Today I have an update on Block 3 of my McHenry Crazy Quilt:
And here's closeups of some of the embroidery:
Thanks to our McHenry historian, Patrick Wirtz, I learned that new brick Train Station replaced the old wooden depot somewhere around 1922.
For reference purposes, here is a map of McHenry Illinois from the 1872 McHenry County Atlas:
McHenry Illinois is located way up north, about 50 miles north of Chicago. We're on the Wisconsin border.
Tomorrow, I'll use the map to show ya'll where all these historic buildings are.
A slight adjustment
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I've been merrily slow stitching circles onto the first section of the
latest landscape and, upon sitting back and staring at it for awhile, I
decided t...
4 hours ago
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