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This year's Rock Around the Quilted Tree theme is "Blue Christmas. Twenty-one quilts were entered in this year's seasonal show. This year's grand champion was Gail Smith of North Barrington. The pattern for her quilt was "Robert's Floral Garden" and she called the blue and white quilt "Delft Garden." Linda Heidtke of Woodstock earned People's Choice honors for her Christmas crazy quilt. It featured some of great-grandmother's tatted lace for decoration..
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Hand Quilt Bed Size
F.E. Rawson general store is seen in Greenwood
"Serial Quilter" comes clean
Elgin textile artist Laura Wasilowski presented "Where Did I Go Wrong: Confessions of a Serial Quilter” Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the McHenry County Historical Society Museum, 6422 Main St.
Wasilowski earned a degree in costuming from the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn. and later a master's degree in fiber from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. She has since written three books, taught numerous workshops and opened Artfabric, Inc., where she sells hand-dyed fabrics and threads, patterns and fusing books.
Old jail landmarked
One hundred and twenty years ago, national icon Eugene Debs stepped out of the front door of the old McHenry County Jail on the Woodstock Square before a large and enthusiastic crowd – flanked by his attorney, Clarence Darrow.
Upon his release, the Woodstock Sentinel reported that more than 300 people “went crazy with delight, rending the air with cheers and tiger shouts lifting [him] onto their shoulders that the crowd might see him.”
Bull Valley has every right to celebrate its 40th birthday
"A two-hour tour ..."
Two pontoon boats full of history buffs left Famous Freddie's Roadhouse at 1 p.m. Sept. 10 for a two-hour, sun-bathed trip – from the Manning Hotel where the remnants of George "Bugs" Moran's gang were killed following the St. Valentine's Massacre in Chicago, to estates of the rich and famous. The latter included the George Sayer/Billy Skidmore mansion and boathouse.
Landmark status to the William H. Coventry House and Barn
Kurt Pearson, McHenry resident and Crystal Lake native, began researching Swedenberg about 5 years ago....
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