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.
And just like that ...
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I'm stitching hearts that I recently claimed to avoid.
I mentioned Needle 'n Thread, Mart Corbet's site for all you need to know
about needlework. Anoth...
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