This past week I visited Naperville, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. I gave a lecture and two workshops for the Faithful Circle Quilt Guild. What a great guild with fantastic quilters. To learn more about them visit their website at http://www.fcquilters.com
This is a very active guild and they often bring in national teachers.
My contact, Joan, was great. She provided Joe and I with guest passes to the Arboretum where we saw some glorious trees and flowers. Here are just a few photos I snapped.
Joe called this the Perfect Rose
I love coneflowers and these colors were beyond beautiful
More flowers
Naperville has a small river running through it. There is a nice River Walk and the downtown is bustling with hundreds of boutiques and restaurants. What a great place to live. There are some covered bridges with beautiful potted plants along the sides. And, there were lots of potted plants along the walk. A really beautiful area.
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Student’s Work
Joan Dupuis-Neal finished her quilt from my Fiesta Mexico pattern in late fall. Joan entered it in the Manitoba Prairie Quilters’ Quilt show in April. She won a first place in category and an Excellence in Hand-Applique! Joan, also, won a first in category and Best of Show in their provincial expo (fair). It looks great with the black borders/sashing! Way to go, Joan! Good job.
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I finished John Grisham’s book “Rogue Lawyer” on the plane ride to Chicago. I did like this book. I am a John Grisham fan.
Sebastian Rudd is not your normal lawyer. He works from his bulletproof van moving from place to place because the last building where he worked was bombed. His driver is also his bodyguard. He tends to work on some high profile cases so he attracts a lot of attention. He takes the cases no one else wants.
At the end of the book I thought….I don’t like this ending…and then I started thinking…..why don’t I like this ending….and I think it is because I wanted more. I liked the character and wanted the story to continue. Hey, John Grisham, is there a sequel in the works??