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Spring Has Sprung!
City Listing
Austin............................................................................9
Bemidji....................................................................19
Blue Earth..................................................................6
Cannon Falls.............................................................10
Cloquet....................................................................21
Cold Spring...............................................................15
Crookston..................................................................19
Detroit Lakes..........................................................18
Downsville, WI..........................................................23
Duluth................................................................21&22
East Grand Forks.....................................................19
Eden Valley................................................................16
Ellsworth, IA..............................................................23
Foley.......................................................................16
Garden City.................................................................5
Grand Rapids............................................................22
Hibbing......................................................................21
Hinckley.....................................................................21
Hutchinson..............................................................15
Kimball....................................................................16
Lake City....................................................................11
Litchfield..............................................................15
Lone Rock, IA...........................................................23
Luverne........................................................................4
McGregor............................................................22
Moorhead..................................................................18
Morton.......................................................................5
Motley........................................................................17
New Ulm................................................................7&8
North Branch............................................................12
Northfield...................................................................11
Owatonna...................................................................9
Rogers........................................................................12
Sherburn......................................................................6
Shoreview..................................................................13
St. Peter........................................................................7
Tomah, WI.................................................................23
Waite Park..................................................................15
Waseca.....................................................................9
White Bear Lake.......................................................13
Windom........................................................................4
Winona......................................................................11
Worthington................................................................4
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5-8.....................................Hidden Treasures Boutique & Occastional Sale - North Branch
12-16...............................Hidden Treasures Boutique & Occastional Sale - North Branch
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17..................................New Ulm St. Patricks Day Parade and Clan Banquet - New Ulm
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8-11...................................Country Roads Shop Hop - Old Alley Quilt Shop - Sherburn
9-12..................................Hidden Treasures Boutique & Occastional Sale - North Branch
10-12.........................18th Anniversary Open House - Past & Present Antiques - Waseca
11.....................................Anniversary Celebration - Quilt Haven On Main - Hutchinson
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16-18...................Walk Back in Time Shop Hop - Gone To Pieces Quilt Shop - Kimball
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25-May 2...................................Crossing Borders Shop Hop - Sewing Basket - Luverne
25-May 2.....Crossing Borders Shop Hop - Crafty Corner Quilt Shoppe - Worthington
30-May 2..........................Sew Close to Home Shop Hop - Spinning Spools - New Ulm
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19........Lecture and Trunk Show by Jodi Barrows - DeAnn’s Country Village - Litchfield
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11-14................................Hidden Treasures Boutique & Occastional Sale - North Branch
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Often when I’m wearing fingerless gloves or knitted
wrist-warmers, the first response I receive is “Oh,
texting gloves.”
I’ve texted twice, both times when family in another state had
just emerged from surgery. I email—and Alexander Graham Bell’s
invention continues to work well. Most of the time, more can be
achieved or resolved in a short phone conversation than in
numerous e-mails. Beyond that, I like hearing peoples’ voices and sensing their essences.
I don’t begrudge someone’s fascination with today’s communication methods.
They amaze me, too. I rejoice in medical advances and in how social media sites
lead people to help each other.
However, I am still happiest when the motion of my fingers is about more than a
programmed reaction. If we are blessed with the use of hands and minds, we have
precious resources. After all, the brain is the original computer.
Thus, I gravitate to double-pointed needles that look like long toothpicks and work
with skinny yarn to make tiny stitches. I use them to make the hand-knit warmth that
has covered peoples’ wrists for centuries. The men and women, who long ago worked
close to windows for light, needed fingerless gloves when the only warmth was a
fireplace or sunlight. These gloves were on battlefields to better load a musket or a
cannon because, somehow, there has never been a war to end all wars. If a newspaper
was to be printed, the type was once set a letter at a time. Clothing was once sewn
entirely by hand since the sewing machine was yet to be invented. The cooper, who
made buckets and barrels, needed steady hands—as did the wheelwright, the blacksmith
and the miller. As did the spinner, the weaver and any person holding someone vulnerable
and treasured. The world was as awash in uncertainty and tenderness as it is now.
At the beginning of the 1800s, the power of steam began to affect how publications
were printed, how quickly fabric was woven and how far, fast and by what means
people could travel. The turn of time for us today has solidified what we call the
information and digital age. Then, too, the people experienced a metamorphosis in
how much information they received and ultimately how they used their digits.
I knit stitch upon stitch because the first time I picked up double-pointed needles, I
felt a connection to those who had lived before me. For we are very much the same.
We still grow dormant and cold in winter. We harken to spring’s rebirth and its
ensuing warmth. We hope through summer’s emerging crops and flowers and we
treasure a successful harvest in autumn. And then we start all over again, just like
someone two hundred years or more years ago did.
We simply have different details that surround the passing of seasons. Details that
have absolutely nothing to do with the interior hopes, joys, sorrows and affirmations
of the unchanging human heart.
It is all too easy to be distracted from that which means everything by that which
means nothing.
Our lives are still lived one heartbeat, one breath, one blink of an eye at a time.
Whether we pass that time through creating stitches or with the tap of a smart
phone button, each moment builds yet upon another.
In the 21st century view, I knit “texting” gloves. But I’m also simply doing what
people have done as long as winter has come. And for as long as they have hoped
for a new spring.
Kerri Habben is a writer, photographer and historian living in Raleigh, NC. An avid crocheter and knitter,
she learned these skills from her grandmother and mother. She donates many of her yarn creations to
those in need. A published writer for nearly twenty years, Kerri is currently gathering a
decade of essays into a book. She can be reached at [email protected].
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Revealing
Going on a treasure hunt,
We wind up at the scene
Walking on a rainbow and looking for the green.
Not far from the Hundred Acre Wood,
We visit “A Magic Hill,”
Discovered by A. A. Milne, enjoyed by Jack and Jill.
We hear “Music like a curve of gold,”
Smell “Scent of pine trees in the rain,”
As we “Barter” with Teasdale words written in vain.
We see “Casey at the Bat,”
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“There is no joy in Mudville,” so we must move on.
We taste humbleness and sorrow
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Praying for “The Leaden-Eyed,” sharing a simple wish.
Who dared us to “meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same”?
The author of “If,” Rudyard Kipling by name.
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Page by page we reach its end.
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Books-a-Bazillion
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Ah, spring! Time for tulips, green grass, baby calves
Blue Earth • Sherburn
Back Porch Break
by Nancy Parker Brummett
Books-a-Bazillion
Ah, spring! Time for tulips, green grass, baby calves
frolicking in the fields, and spring cleaning! My husband
and I have been in the process of downsizing for a while
now (or “rightsizing” as we Baby Boomers prefer), so
spring cleaning is sort of an ongoing thing at our house.
I’ve had no trouble at all sorting through clothes, linens,
dishes, pots and pans, and even jewelry. So many items
have found new homes or been relegated to the recycle
bins. But there’s one problem. Our house is chock full of
books, and I can’t seem to let them go.
My husband and I once fantasized about selling everything we own and buying a sailboat to sail around the
world. We figured we could generate enough income via the internet to keep the
galley stocked, and we could stay in touch with friends and family via e-mail. Only
one thing—well, besides the fact that neither of us knew how to sail—was stopping
us. What would we do with all our books?
It's not that we never give a book away, sell a book at a garage sale, or take a
stack of books to a used bookstore. We just don't seem to have done any of those
things frequently enough. Hardbacks, paperbacks, pocket-sized volumes and coffee
table tomes...our house is full of books.
Even with all the moves over the years, we both still have textbooks from college
courses we took in the late sixties. I saved valuable texts like the Norton Anthology
of English Literature and the Harbrace College Handbook. He, on the other hand,
has texts titled (I'm not making this up) Engineering Economy, Applied Regression
Analysis, and Principles of Operations Research with Application to Managerial
Decisions, copyright 1969.
Now, excuse me, but William Blake will always be William Blake and the tiger
burns just as brightly "in the forests of the night" in 2015 as he did in 1967.
However, any manager needing advice based on what was known about systems
operations in 1969 is probably managing a push broom—if that!
In addition to nonfiction titles and novels, we have a complete library of children's
books. Now I'm reading Dr. Seuss favorites like Hop on Pop, Mr. Brown is Out of Town
and The Foot Book to a second generation. I suppose I could forego the set of 1975
Encyclopedia Britannica Junior (minus Vol. 16, which one of my sons left at school),
but I couldn't abandon Tuggy the Tugboat for the most luxurious sailboat made!
We also have travel guides to every place we've ever been or dreamed of going.
Those would come in handy on the sailboat, but where would we put them? At least
I could toss overboard those for inland locations, like Beijing: An Illustrated Guide.
We would need one whole foot locker to hold those classics we plan to read
some day, including the Complete Works of William Shakespeare and the Complete
Novels of Jane Austen, and another for the books we bought but haven't read yet.
We'd need all the books we've saved from foreign languages we've taken so we
could look up how to ask directions to the post office in every port, and I'd need
my full supply of cookbooks in the galley, with titles spanning trends from fondu to
gluten-free.
You may be wondering why we don’t just read books on an electronic reader
like a Kindle or Nook. Well, we do. But somehow that hasn’t replaced the joy of
holding a book in hand and turning the pages one by one.
Although we do own a book titled Sailing for Dummies, I doubt we’ll opt for the
sailing fantasy. Far more likely is that we’ll move to a smaller house with a lot less
stuff—except for the books stacked floor to ceiling in every room!
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We would need one whole foot locker to hold those classics we plan to read
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New Ulm
It Hasn’t Always Been Easy Being
Green
50th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade to Hit the Streets and German Residents of
New Ulm are Green with Envy
New Ulm - Three Irish attorneys walk into a German
bar. The bartender turns to them, takes one look, and
says, “What is this - some kind of joke?”
Many may have thought the same thing when Irish attorneys
Terry Dempsey, Tom Donnelly and the late Bill O’Connor
walked into Veigel’s Kaiserhoff one fateful day in 1966. Conversation
soon drifted from law and politics to the conception of an Irish parade.
This is an era of minorities, they agreed, and every clan shall have its
day, even in New Ulm, Minnesota, a town that boasts a 65% German
ancestry population, more per capita than any other city in the U.S.
So began the New Ulm St. Patrick’s Day Parade - the oldest,
continuous Irish parade in the state. “We are fortunate to live in a
southern climate and have never had a blizzard on that day in
49 years,” Donnelly said of the parade that steps off at 5 pm on
March 17. As custom, the parade route begins at 3rd
South and Minnesota Streets and proceeds the
wrong way, up one-way Minnesota Street to its
conclusion at the Glockenspiel.
“For years, instead of having the parade go down the street by the crowds we
were going to have the parade stand stationary and have the crowd walk around it,”
the late O’Connor is quoted as stating. “But we’ve practiced it and these Germans
can’t
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are
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March 14. The event encourages
friendship,
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of New Ulm and thesaid
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It Hasn’t Always Been Easy Being
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Irish Quilts and Dancers Highlight Irish Fair
Embarking on a new tradition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the parade,
the Irish Cultural Society of New Ulm will host the Great Irish Fair of New Ulm on
March 14. The event encourages friendship, loyalty and kinship among those people
of New Ulm and the surrounding area who are interested in Irish culture, traditions
and history.
The festival will feature the O’Shea Irish Dancers travelling performance troupe
from St. Paul, Charlie Heymann and Chad McAnally Irish folk music, an Irish Bed
Turning - a presentation of heritage quilts along with an Irish tea and scones, ‘Irish
Tales and Other Blarney’ storyteller Pati Kachel, an artisan market, beer and bacon
tasting and traditional Irish foods and refreshments. The festival will be held at the
Holiday Inn Conference Center and runs from 9 am to 7 pm. For more information,
visit newulmblarney.com.
All art and music performances are free, open to the public and made possible
by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts
Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage
Fund. Additional support provided by the New Ulm Area Foundation.
Irish Quilts and Dancers Highlight Irish Fair
Embarking on a new tradition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the parade,
the Irish Cultural Society of New Ulm will host the Great Irish Fair of New Ulm on
March 14. The event encourages friendship, loyalty and kinship among those people
of New Ulm and the surrounding area who are interested in Irish culture, traditions
and history.
The festival will feature the O’Shea Irish Dancers travelling performance troupe
from St. Paul, Charlie Heymann and Chad McAnally Irish folk music, an Irish Bed
Turning - a presentation of heritage quilts along with an Irish tea and scones, ‘Irish
Tales and Other Blarney’ storyteller Pati Kachel, an artisan market, beer and bacon
tasting and traditional Irish foods and refreshments. The festival will be held at the
Holiday Inn Conference Center and runs from 9 am to 7 pm. For more information,
visit newulmblarney.com.
All art and music performances are free, open to the public and made possible
by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts
Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage
Fund. Additional support provided by the New Ulm Area Foundation.
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A few years ago, my eldest daughter, Tracy, was an attendant at a friend’s
wedding. As things go, the couple is now expecting their first child and Tracy
shared their good news. Being a quilter, I believed this precious new arrival would
certainly need his or her own quilt.
With my return to full-time work, sewing time has become very limited and very
precious. Without even thinking about how a new quilting project would get done
by the baby shower five months away, I offered to make the new baby a quilt.
Tracy checked with her friends who said they would welcome such a gift.
Tracy lives in New York City but was home for the holidays. We selected fabrics
and a quilt design. We discussed the name for the quilt and the information for the
label. The baby shower was now four months away.
My place of employment is closed between Christmas and New Year’s. That
week was a lovely gift of time with the family. I cooked every day, making family
favorites and trying new dishes. We celebrated the holidays, which included the
engagement of my younger daughter, Caitlyn. I worked on my editing responsibilities to move another magazine issue into production. We enjoyed a potterypainting outing. And I sewed!
For several chunks of time, one an entire Sunday while dinner simmered in the
Crockpot and the gentlemen watched football, I worked on the baby quilt. By the
time I returned to work and Tracy returned home to New York City, the quilt top
was done! It’s taken a little longer to get the backing and batting assembled but,
finally, it’s ready to go off to be quilted. It looks like I will meet the baby shower
deadline with little trouble.
Steve Jobs said, “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear
that the most precious resource we all have is time.”
This quilter couldn’t agree more! Today, I’m giving myself the gift of my time.
You’ll find me in the studio.
Barbara Polston is the author of Quilting with Doilies: Inspiration, Techniques, and Projects
(Schiffer Books, 2015) and an award-winning quiltmaker. You can see Barbara’s quilts, join her on
Facebook or book her class and lecture offerings at www.barbarapolston.com. She was inducted
into Arizona Quilters Hall of Fame in 2013. Barbara, who has lived in Phoenix, Arizona, for almove
30 years, is calmly quilting in Studio Narnia. ©Barbara Polston, Phoenix, AZ, January 2015
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Thankful for Snakes
New seasons of parenting bring new joys and concerns. The things I worried about
when my teens were tiny now seem small. But some of the lessons we learned were big.
“I’m afraid they might bite me,” my five-year-old confessed on a warm August
evening as I tucked her in bed.
“There are no snakes in the house,” I answered, smoothing her bedspread, and
bending over to kiss her goodnight.
“But they might come in my room and climb in my bed.” Christine answered as if
she hadn’t been listening to my response and couldn’t feel the warmth of my kiss.
“Mommy and Daddy will keep you safe. You don’t have to worry about snakes.” I
turned out the lights, discouraged. I couldn’t explain why snakes slithered into her
thoughts and I couldn’t calm her fears.
Nightly I tried to bring her peace by creating a rational answer or creative explanation for each worry. I invented reasons why snakes would not get in her bed
with her. Snakes don’t climb stairs. Snakes can’t crawl across the carpet. We don’t
have poisonous snakes around our house. But nothing could calm her fears. She
stuffed a baby blanket under her sheets and around her legs as protection from the
snakes and called out for us in the night.
Her fears worried me. When are childhood fears about germs, monsters, and
bugs normal? I didn’t want to over-react, but I also didn’t want to watch her
struggle unnecessarily.
“Mommy! Could you come here?” Christine called. I was tired and out of ideas.
Finally, I sat down on her bed, sighing in desperation. Remembering a friend’s card
on my bulletin board, I thought through the handwritten verse from Philippians, Do
not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
“Let’s give thanks for the fears,” I began. “And for the snakes.”
“Why would I want to do THAT?” she exclaimed, sitting up. She had a point. It
was an unusual strategy.
“Well it worked for Mommy.” I answered, “One time Mommy was worried about
something and I thanked God for the problem and it helped.
Christine leaned forward and frowned, “What were YOU worried about?” she
asked. I didn’t want to delve into the world of adult fears.
“Oh something Mommies worry about,” I answered vaguely. “So, let’s pray.” As
she lay on her bed, we prayed. I thanked God for her fears, and I thanked God for
snakes while I stroked her head and back. By the end of the prayer she was relaxed
and nearly asleep. Peace. I was so thankful. I know she was, too.
Fears don’t go away overnight and so the next
evening when I came to kiss her goodnight, I braced
myself for the onslaught of questions.
“Tonight let’s just skip the other stuff,” she began.
“What do you mean?” I asked. And then came the
best answer straight from my pre-kindergartner’s heart.
“Just go straight to the prayer, ” she explained.
I smiled. I’ve found that’s good advice for all seasons.
© Ann Stewart 2013. Used by permission. No reprint without author’s permission
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Discovering Life’s Repurpose
by Jace Sanders
I cringe now at the thought of having missed a perfect repurposing opportunity,
but I was young and hadn't been initiated into that uniquely creative world then. It
won't happen again!
Most of us know the three Rs of Sustainability: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
There’s a fourth R and it is fabulous—Repurpose.
My education started sometime after I spent a challenging week renovating an
abandoned house in Phoenix that we bought at auction. At the time, it felt like I
was participating in something really great by improving the dilapidated property,
knowing that it would help revitalize the neighborhood where it was located. We
spared no expense on the new windows, doors and stucco that were badly
needed. That home would look great when we were done.
Of course, in the process we tossed all the old stuff we pulled out of the house
—because I just didn't know any better. But don’t worry; I have repented of my
former careless ways thanks to my friends at Merchant Square Antique Marketplace
in Chandler, AZ.
When I told them about the renovation, my friends winced at the thought of my
trashing ninety-year-old windows. They took me to a booth in the store where a
similar window lay. Someone had seen the discarded
window’s potential, dusted it off and put it up for sale.
My friend asked, “How many kids do you have?”
“Four,” I replied and was told to email their photos.
There were six panes in the window. My friend
typed a couple of quotes and printed them along with
my children’s pictures. We taped the images on the
back of the glass, using each pane like a photo frame
and—well, you can see here how incredible it looks.
That was my introduction to just how exciting
repurposing can be—and cheap, since the window
only cost me fifty dollars. Just yesterday, a friend
commented on how great it looks. Sure, I’ve got
good looking kids, but she was more impressed with
the homey feeling this repurposed window brings to
my otherwise boring living room.
Although easy, repurposing does take some creativity. If you’re stumped, just
search the Internet for that fourth R—Repurpose—and add whatever you’re thinking
about sending to the landfill.
The doors from that house we threw away could have been made into any
number of repurposed treasures: a headboard, shelving, wall décor, a hope chest
or even a coffee table.
Now I’m on a crusade to save others, like I’ve been saved, from throwing away
perfectly good junk with the potential of it becoming something beautiful and
amazing once again. I’m not suggesting that we begin hoBrding. Clutter isn’t good
for the soul, but before you go trashing old stuff, just ask yourself if that item has
any potential for becoming something else. I promise you will be pleasantly
surprised at what you come up with!
Jace Sanders is a manager at Merchant Square Antique Marketplace in Chandler, Chandler, AZ.
For more fantastic reads and ideas, visit http://www.merchantsquareantiques.com/blog.
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North Branch • Rogers
Pieces From My Heart
by Jan Keller
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It happens all the time.
In fact, it’s so commonplace that when a funeral procession passes us along the
street, we, engrossed in our private world of worry and care, may hardly turn our
heads to notice. We might not even give so much as a passing thought to those
poor souls in that procession who are toting their loved one and a heavy load of
grief out to some cemetery.
It happens all the time.
It’s so usual.
It’s so commonplace.
It’s so ordinary ... ordinary, that is, until it strikes
those we know; those we care about; those we
love. Then it is ordinary no more. Then it comes
roaring into our experience like a runaway freight
train. Then it explodes upon us with a pain and a
despair of absolutely frightening intensity.
It doesn’t matter what the illness or how long
the suffering. In an instant—the time it takes to
draw a breath or fail to draw one—the sunniest
place in all the world is immediately transformed into dark and gloomy despair. At
that time, when everything is so very discouraging, friends reach out with the
encouraging gift of their presence.
Sometimes there may be enough in a handshake, a warm embrace, a hand on
the shoulder, or a soft smile. Sometimes that’s enough to keep hearts from breaking
and hopes from dying. But sometimes, those gestures just aren’t enough. And in
thoseUJNFT, we need to learn and remember the ministering power of tears.
Tears are our most profound expression of sympathy for those about us, as well
as our most blessed emotional release.
In life we’ll all see joy and we’ll all see pain—but may we never see the pain
that can kill the joy of being supported by those who express their love and share
their tears.
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Grandma Brenda’s to die for
Butter Milk Biscuits
From Brenda of McGregor, MN
2 Cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2/3 - 3/4 Cup butter milk
1/3 Cup oil
Mix all ingredients just until it makes a ball. Put a little flour down and pat dough
down. Cut with a glass and put the cut dough in a glass pie plate with 1/4 cup
oil. Bake at 400˚ for 20-25 minutes.
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Happy Easter!
Country Register Recipe Exchange
Individual Blueberry Cakes
Your Cup of Tea
From Janice Edwards of Cloquet, MN
1 1/2 Cups blueberries
1 box (8.5oz) corn bread mix
1 egg
Heat oven to 400˚. Generously coat 12 cups in a muffin pan with nonstick
cooking spray. Place 5 or 6 blueberries in each muffin cup; set aside. In a medium
sized bowl stir corn bread mix, egg, granulated sugar and milk until combined.
Top the blueberries with 1 tablespoon of batter. Repeat with another layer of 5
or 6 blueberries and 1 tablespoon of batter on top. Muffin cups should be about
half full. Bake at 400˚ for 10 minutes. Cool in muffin pan on rack for 5 minutes.
Run a sharp knife around each cup and remove cakes to racks to cool completely.
To serve, turn upside down. Dust with confectioner’s sugar and top with a dollop
of whipped topping.
Scrub-a-Dub-Dub...
Your Cup of Tea
a Hoarder’s
Tale Tale
Scrub-a-Dub-Dub
. . . a Hoarder’s
by Susan Springer
After reading several true-life-account books on World War II shortages, rationing
and concentration camp deprivations, I was impressed with the idea of stocking up
on those
items mentioned
as treasured.
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about two hundred bars of soap. Put another way, I quit counting at two hundred.
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hygiene packs to refugees in various countries. That made but a mere dent in the
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teaspoons
cinnamon
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1 cup
chopped
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Tips for a Successful
Children’s Tea Party
1/2 cup milk
Confectioner’s sugar for garnish
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by Susan Springer
Hosting a successful children’s tea party can be a lot of fun if you know the
tricks of the trade. Both boys and girls enjoy the teatime experience and can learn
valuable social skills by participating.
Many children, especially younger ones, have an attention span of between three
to five minutes so you will want to have shifts in action about every five minutes.
Learning to sit properly, standing while greeting others, shaking hands in the proper
manner and passing foods can be good activities with hands-on action for those
who find it harder to sit still. I recommend that you consider the age group of the
attendees and that each table has an adult present for every six youngsters.
Children enjoy tea and learning to finesse a cup with a hot/warm beverage is
part of the experience so don’t make the mistake of serving lemonade at your tea
party. Half the fun of teatime for children is pouring and stirring the tea and most
really enjoy sipping tea out of a pretty china cup and saucer.
Tea should be prepared following the directions on the container. For very young
children, dilute the hot tea with cold water to a temperature of 98°F, which is body
temperature. This will prevent serious burns should the tea be spilled. Older children
can usually handle progressively hotter teas. More tea will be consumed at the parties
than you might think so plan on about three or four half-filled cups for each child.
You can monitor the sugar by using sugar cubes especially since plopping the
cube into the cup is part of the fun. Milk should be available just for the tea and
only added to black tea. Do not make a faux pas by offering cream, half and half or
dry cream products.
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are kid friendly. However, be mindful of your guests’ allergies and make sure the parents
know what you plan to serve so they can advise you of any specific food concerns.
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making
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cream cheese
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with
a mixer.
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of drained
sandwiches,
begin byof freezing
your bread
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crusts
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little2 sandwiches.
kids will love this, as crusts are often not on their preferred-food lists. Use a favorite
cookie cutter to cut out unique shapes for your sandwiches.
Scones should be about 1.5 inches in diameter and one scone will be enough
for most
children. Traditionally,
butter, jam
and clotted
cream are served with the
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scones. I have found that Extra Creamy Cool Whip with a little added vanilla extract
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instructions on package, add 2 teaspoons almond flavoring. Bake.
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Copyright 2015 by Susan S. Springer. All rights reserved.
COUNTRY REGISTER RECIPE EXCHANGE
Olive Dip
Submitted by Carol Poole, Louisville, KY
1 small jar olives
1/2 cup mayo
3/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese
1/2 cup sour cream
Drain olives, reserving 1 Tablespoon of the juice. Chop olives with a chopper
Soften cream cheese, add olives and the 1 Tablespoon of reserved olive juice,
mayo, sour cream and nuts. Mix and chill. Serve with crackers or vegetables.
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DeAnn’s Country Village Shoppe
Welcomes Jodi Barrows
DeAnn’s Country Village Shoppe is excited to
announce that on May 19th at 6pm, Jodi Barrows
will be in our store! Not only she will be showing
her new line of fabric in a fun trunk show, but will
also be doing demonstrations of her great Square
in a Square technique. Jodi will also bring books,
kits, rulers, fabric and her new Block of the Month
programs.
Jodi Barrows is an internationally known quilting
teacher, speaker and writer. She currently lives in
the North Texas area. Over the past twenty years,
Jodi has remarkably touched thousands of quilters
throughout the world with her unique method called Square in a Square®. Her
point of view provides the quilter with the freedom to create most any quilt design
with speed and accuracy.
The Square in a Square® system is a process that anyone can implement in most
any design. Jodi has written seventeen books (ten of which have been on the best
seller's list), produced four tools, two video/DVD's and five teacher's books. Additionally,
she has designed several lines of fabric and written two novels. She also has a Certified
Teacher's Program in the United States and Canada. Jodi has had numerous quilts appear
in McCall's, Quilt , Quick and Easy Quilt World, House of White Birch publications,
Quilter's Newsletter Top Ten New Products and a featured teacher in the Traditional
Quilter.
Jodi has been commissioned to compose quilts for many state and national organizations
as well as working with the Kansas Historical Society. She has been active in guilds
as well as owning several crafting and sewing related businesses over the years.
Call DeAnn’s Country Village today to preregister for this free event!
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Motley
The Dropped Stitch
by Sharon Greve
THE INCREDIBLE—INEDIBLE—EGG
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The egg is a universal symbol of the sun and the source of all life. Myths handed
down from the past have shown man’s relationship with the egg as deep-rooted. In
Pagan times, the egg was celebrated in the coming of spring as symbols of new
life and fertility as a rebirth of nature after the long, cold winter. It was a mediator
between earth and heaven and between humans and deity. As such, the egg has
occupied an important cultural place for thousands of years. An old Latin proverb:
“Omne vivum ex ovo” means “all life comes from an egg.” Eggs were held as an
emblem of life and rebirth in almost all ancient cultures, entering into many
religions and as an emblem of resurrection to Christianity.
Aside from all the mystical meanings of egg-decorated designs of various cultures,
just the act of egg decoration is part of a greater legend. However, egg decorating
doesn’t need to be accomplished with messy dyes, paints, or wax and often timeconsuming methods to have beautiful reusable keepsake eggs which become family
tradition treasures. Visit your local yarn shop for Easter egg patterns available for
knitters, crocheters, and quilters. Or, enjoy the following simple pattern.
Super simple crochet Easter eggs can be safely
made by children as well as adults. Don’t know how
to crochet? No problem. All one needs to know is
how to crochet a chain—the first basic stitch in
crocheting which is easy for all ages and is taught in
crochet/knitting magazines/books and local yarn
shops as well as internet tutorials. It’s so simple!
Materials needed: crochet thread/yarn, crochet
hook for size of thread/yarn, a Styrofoam egg, and
fiber glue. Simply crochet a long chain of about four
feet to begin; pull the open loop large so as not to
have stitches unraveling, and remove your hook.
Apply glue to the egg’s base end. Then tuck the
beginning chain tail under the first stitch; place that stitch on the glue in the center
of the egg base and begin gluing and wrapping the egg with the chain around and
around (keeping the right side up), applying glue to the egg to continue wrapping.
When the wrapping of the chain reaches the top of the egg, apply glue to the tip
end; fasten off the chain, hiding the ending tail under the last couple of chain
stitches and press the last stitch into the glue. Note: If the original chain of four feet
is not enough chain for the egg size, stop wrapping and gluing and crochet more
chain stitches. If the original chain is too long for the wrapping of the egg, just
unravel the chain to the last two chains needed to finish off the covering of the egg,
fasten off, hide the tail under the chains, and finish gluing to the egg. Yarn may be
glued in stripes or bands, using separate chains of color. Embellishments are optional.
For display, you can’t just set an egg on a table—it will roll off! Somewhere in
your home is a unique egg display item. For example: (1) Tuck eggs into colorful
Easter grass in a pretty basket. (2) Stack several eggs in a rose bowl or brandy
snifter. (3) Place an egg in a liquor glass at each place setting for Easter dinner. (4)
Place eggs in a candy dish on a base of small candies. (5) Place an egg on an
ordinary egg cup at each place setting for Easter Sunday breakfast. (6) Hang eggs
by ribbon at various lengths in a window. (7) Place eggs on top of candlestick
holders of various heights for a table grouping. Be creative!
Give the Easter Bunny some competition!
© 2015 Sharon Greve Contact: [email protected] No reprint without permission.
Good Egg? Bad Egg?
Good eggs will sink to the bottom of the
pan. Bad and old eggs will float to
the top of the water!
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Top 10 Collections of 2015
Collections are very
important to primitive and
Colonial decorators. A
common question asked
among these decorators is,
“What are you collecting
now?” So, we once again
polled our readers to find
out what the most popular
collections for 2015 are.
The following is a list of
our readers’ most popular
collections.
1. CROCKS: Crocks
once again topped the list
of most popular collections among our readers.
The appeal of crocks is
that they are so easy to find and they come in a great
variety of styles. They can be quite affordable to very
expensive, so there truly is a crock out there for every
collector. They fit perfectly in indoor and outdoor
spaces and can serve as great storage for collectors.
2. VINTAGE TEXTILES (fabrics, linens, coverlets, &
quilts): Vintage textiles are a great way to soften up
any space. They are easily displayed, and a collection
can be large without appearing overly cluttered.
Vintage textiles make a pleasing impact when folded
and stacked on shelves or in cabinets. They can be
used as tablecloths, table runners, wall hangings, and
bedspreads. They also work perfectly as a way to
disguise the not so primitive aspects of a home.
3. WOODENWARE (boxes & bowls): It is unlikely to
walk into the home of a primitive/Colonial decorator
and not see wooden items displayed throughout the
house. The most popular wooden items that our
by Dan Weaver
Senior Writer – A Primitive Place & Country Journal magazine
readers collect are wooden bowls and
boxes. These are wonderful items to collect
because of the variety that is available. They
can be found in every imaginable color and
size and can be displayed in any room of the
house. They can be grouped together in
graduating size or can be displayed alone.
4. BASKETS: Baskets are a great addition
to any primitive/Colonial home. They can be
displayed in every room of the house and
can be found in a variety of sizes and colors.
They range in price depending on the
condition, size, and color. They can be
displayed together or can serve as the
perfect centerpiece for a tabletop. They can
also be used to house smaller collections like
children’s shoes or textiles and can be used
to store books and magazines.
5. PEWTER: Pewter is
another staple of
primitive/Colonial homes. It
can easily be found in
antique shops and online. It
can range in price depending
on its age and condition. For
the more budget friendly
collector, there are several
brands of reproduction
pewter available.
6. YELLOWWARE:
Yellowware was made from
the 1830s until the 1940s, so it is very easy to find.
Yellowware gets its name from the clay that was used
to make it. The fine yellow clay, which ranges in color
from a butter yellow to a deep mustard, lines riverbanks from New York to Ohio. Yellowware is sometimes
so easily accessible that many collectors narrow their
search to only one variety of it.
7. REDWARE: Some feel the best American producers
of redware were the potters of Pennsylvania who were
known for decorating their pieces with a yellow wavy
line design. Redware has continued to be popular among
primitive/Colonial decorators for years. Early redware and
reproduction redware can be purchased and displayed
in dining rooms and kitchens. Its reddish brown color
makes it a great addition to any fall or holiday display.
8. LANTERNS: Lanterns come in a great variety of
styles and sizes and can be displayed on shelves,
tabletops, or hung from the ceiling to create the look
of early lighting. They can be found made of wood or
tin. Early and reproduction lanterns are available for
purchase in some antique shops and online.
9. BOOKS: Books continually remain popular
among primitive/Colonial decorators. Leather books
are particularly popular. Their warm
brown or tan color makes a great
statement when displayed on a shelf
or stacked on a tabletop.
10. CANDLE MOLDS: Candle
molds round out our list of most
popular collections for 2015. Candle
molds were just that; they were used
to make candles for the early settlers.
Candle molds can range in price
depending on their size and
condition. Some candle molds were
small and made two or three candles
while some were large making up to seven or eight
candles. Candle molds make a great addition to any
shelf or mantel.
A Primitive Place is the fastest growing primitive, colonial and country
magazine on the market today. For more info, visit
www.aprimitiveplace.org or email [email protected].
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Early American Style
PLENTIFUL PEACE
The winter months often seem unusually long in New England. But this
spectacular season can bring us the truest of blessings. Winter months often
provide us with time for peaceful contemplation and quiet moments to create a
warm home setting that will shelter us from the unpredictable bitter blasts that
characterize a classic New England winter.
HARMONY AT HOME
Creating an environment that conveys warmth and solace is rewarding and
worthwhile. After the holiday decorations are safely stored away, the backdrop for
your decorating is like a clean canvas awaiting a perfectly painted scene. To
achieve harmony in your room settings, begin with the larger pieces that you
absolutely love. Consider positioning your seating arrangements in a new way for
the winter to create cozy spaces to gather nearer to the fire to share stories of your
winter adventures. Give some of your larger pieces a new purpose. Cupboards can
be utilized to create two separate spaces to make your space look entirely different
and blanket chests can be used to create distinct areas as well.
THE COMFORT OF COLOR
After all of your larger pieces are in place, consider some of the colorful
elements you have that can add warmth and texture to a room. After a long day
out in the cold, it is so inviting to come home to the beauty of color. Early woven
textiles and carefully arranged oriental rugs lend elements of texture and color that
are comforting and warm. Carefully placed decorative smalls are another way to
introduce new color into a room. Antiques in early paint can be artfully displayed to
create a look that is fresh and inviting. New arrangements of your favorite pieces
combined with bright and vivid additions can be soulfully appealing, especially in
the winter when our landscape has an absence of color.
ENHANCING YOUR ENVIRONMENT
Taking time to enliven your home environment does give your spirit a true lift.
This winter venture out to some of your favorite shops and think about how you
can incorporate some new pieces into
your winter displays. Be on the lookout for
pieces that can be used in different ways.
Think about adding vibrant hues to your
displays to make them more appealing to
the eye. By taking time to arrange your
home so that it is an inviting and warm
place to be, you will be providing yourself
with a perfect balance to the icy blasts of
the coldest season of the year.
Annice Bradley Rockwell is an educator and owner of Pomfret Antiques.
She is currently working on her book, New England Girl. [email protected]
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March/April 2015
Happy Easter!
Along for the Journey . . .
by Dr. Joe Wheeler
Yosemite National Park–Part 3 — part a series of articles featuring our National Parks
Yosemite National Park was, for Stephen T. Mather,
Founder of the National Park System, unquestionably, his
favorite park. But it needed a hotel that could match the
grandeur of the park. After all, automobile ownership had
exploded across the nation: In 1915 alone, nearly a million
new cars crowded roads meant for stagecoaches and
wagons. As for Yosemite, the first all-weather highway (140)
was opened in 1925. And car-loads of people poured in!
Both Mather and his able assistant, Horace Albright,
envisioned a grand hotel for Yosemite on the scale of
Yellowstone’s Old Faithful Inn, the Glacier National Park
lodges, and Grand Canyon’s El Tovar. For architect, Gilbert
Stanley Underwood, who had already proved his worth
at Bryce and Zion, was chosen. But the consensus among
the many project principals (architects, bureaucrats,
businessmen, visionaries) was that while they desired
the proposed hotel to be rustic, they envisioned an
elegant country estate that would blend flawlessly with
its breathtaking setting. Eventually, two organizations
(Curry Camp Company and Yosemite Camp Company)
merged, ending decades of wrangling. Mather now
had a stellar team of Albright, Underwood, landscape
engineer Daniel Hull, and San Francisco contractor
James L. McLaughlin, individuals who bickered plenty,
but saw through the massive building project that
eventually cost $1,250,000 (a vast sum back then).
Originally, it was the plan to build it in the center of
the valley, but wiser heads prevailed; it was concluded
it ought to be moved to a more secluded spot, backed
up to the massive mountain walls of Royal Arches. A
core block six stories high anchored it, and two wings
set at angles enabled guests to feast their eyes on Half
Dome, Glacier Point, Yosemite Falls, and Royal Arches.
One year late, the grand hotel opened on July 14, 1927.
It has wowed the world ever since. Indeed, numbered
among its guests are VIPs such as Presidents Hoover, FDR,
Eisenhower, Kennedy, Reagan; foreign leaders such as
Winston Churchill, King Badouin of Belgium, the exiled
Shah of Iran, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip (who
had the hotel all to themselves), and Ethiopia’s Emperor
Haile Selassie; Hollywood greats such as Kim Novak, Bob
Hope, Judy Garland, Red Skelton, Mel Gibson, Robert
Redford, Bing Crosby, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Charleton
Heston, Boris Karloff, William Shatner, Shirley Temple
Black, Helen Hayes, Jack Benny, Leonard Nimoy; and Desi
Arnez and Lucille Ball stayed here when filming The Long
Long Trailer in the park—the list could go on and on.
ENTER THE WHEELERS AND EARPS
Although a fifth-generation Californian on both sides of
my family, and a frequent visitor to the park down through
the years, never before had I or my bride stayed at the
Ahwahnee. Best I could do on a limited budget was to visit
the world-famous Dining Room (6,630 square feet; 130
feet long, 51 feet wide, 34 feet high, with vaulted peeled
log trusses, 24-foot-high windows, through which we
could see and hear Yosemite Falls). The food and service
five-star quality, and after a while a concert pianist
playing Chopin on the grand piano. Not often, in this
journey we call life, have I experienced a sensory
overload–but this was one of those times. Mere words
came hard, for no one wished to shatter the mood.
Then, tired from the long day, we had little trouble
falling asleep to the thunder of the falls.
Next morning, we all shutterbugged in the verdant
grounds of the hotel. Then, an unforgettable breakfast in
the great Dining Room, now transformed by the glory
of morning light. Then to the Visitor Center to see the
splendid film, “Spirit of Yosemite.” Afterwards, we donned
coats or rain gear for our walk to the base of Lower Falls.
The closer we got to it, the wetter we got; it became
almost impossible to hear each other speak. We never
were able to get to the base of the falls. And the people
kept coming, young and old from all over the world. It is
unlikely, in my lifetime, that I’ll ever experience the like
again. Later, we took the shuttle to the Mist Trail, and
trekked all the way up to the base or Vernal Falls, also
boiling over at floodstage. Later in the afternoon, we
were privileged to be given a personal VIP tour of the
hotel by its genial General Manager; he took us through
the lobby, gift store, beautiful Mural Room, the Great
Hall (second-largest room in the hotel, flanked by two
great fireplaces), kitchen (where we got to talk with the
chef and his pastry gurus), even the outside foundation
stone. We felt deeply honored by his willingness to
spend all this time with us. After eating in the Bar Café,
exhausted from the hikes, we quickly fell asleep.
When the sun, birds, and falls woke us up next morning,
it was to an almost unworldly radiance. Not one of us
but longed to remain there. For a time, we relaxed and
drank in the ambiance of the Great Hall, cups of steaming
coffee in hand, and imagined all the events held in that
room over three-quarters of a century; all the worldfamous celebrities who had walked through those doors.
Then one last breakfast in the Dining Room. When we
As our car emerged from the Wawona Tunnel, there finally pried ourselves out of our chairs, walked toward
spread out before us was one of the grandest views on the the hallway, and turned back for one last look, we felt
planet. Bridalveil Fall was at full strength, but even before physical pain at the parting. How could any place else
we arrived at the Ahwahnee we could hear the thunder we ever saw or experienced build on such perfection?
of that wonder of the world, Yosemite Falls, hurtling over
SOURCES: Christine Barnes’ Great Lodges of the National
the canyon wall almost 2600 feet above the valley floor. Parks I (Bend, Oregon: W. W. West, Inc., 2002); Keith S. Walklet’s
Once checked in, we moved into our second floor
historical tour de force, The Ahwahnee: Yosemite’s Grand
room. After sprucing up, we gazed out the window at a Hotel (Yosemite: DNC Parks and Resorts at Yosemite, 2004).
sight that never ever could grow old. Once downstairs,
Reprinted by permission of Joe Wheeler.
we began to explore the hotel a bit. Then it was time
Visit his blog at: http://joewheeler.wordpress.com/
for another treat: dinner in the largest room in the hotel,
the hotel. Christmas in My Heart readers may remember
that the Ahwahnee is part of the worldwide setting of my
Christmas story, “Christmas Sabbatical.” It is also slated to
play a key role romance-wise in my upcoming novelettelength Christmas story, “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,”
in Christmas in My Heart 22 (due out fall of 2013). But
now, since staying in the hotel had been on my Bucket
List for so long, I saved my shekels long enough to
treat Connie to a two-night stay. Earps too, had long
wanted to stay in this legendary Shangri-La of a lodge.
That last week of May 2011 represented a once-in-alifetime experience, for the tremendous snowfall of the
winter of 2010-2011 was now paying huge dividends:
the falls of Yosemite were at a 50-year-high in terms of
the volume of water—and not coincidentally: sound!
Crowds were already swarming in to see and hear the
falls. Before the season was over, 5,000,000 people
crowded the valley wall-to-wall.
Be Light! Be Love!
March/April 2015
Page 21
Cloquet • Duluth • Hibbing • Hinckley
National Quilting
Day
March 21, 2015
In 1989, the Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society organized
a "Quilters' Day Out" on the third Saturday of March to celebrate
the rich tradition of quilt making in Kentucky. In 1991, the NQA officers were so enthused
with the concept and success of "Quilters'Day Out" that they voted to take it to a
national level.
The first National Quilting Day was observed in 1992 and since then it has grown
into a global celebration for all quiltmakers and quilt lovers. Helen Storbeck, one of
the founders of National Quilting Day, wrote in The Quilting Quarterly, "Groups of
quilters were encouraged to hold special events, publishers and shop owners were
invited to sponsor promotions especially for quilters and it quickly became a grassroots
endeavor with quilters in every part of the country participating. In the first year of
National Quilting Day, quilters in other countries asked to participate. They were
welcomed with open arms. As our feelings of a community network has evolved to
include a world community, it is only appropriate that quilters and quilt lovers everywhere
united to give recognition to the special art form."
This year’s National Quilting Day is March 21st! Visit your local quilt shop and see
what fun they have planned!
A Brief History of National Quilting Day can be found on The National Quilting Association, Inc. website, www.nqaquilts.org
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Black - Eyes, Whiskers
Blue - Dress
Orange - Flower Pot
Use a copy machine to increase size
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Stitch around all lines with a
backstitch using 2 strands of floss.
Eyes, buttons and necklace are
French knots
Frame or sew up into a pillow.
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Quilts That Redeem
by Sherry Osland
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Quilts That Redeem
by Sherry Osland
True Confession
I have a confession to make. I have never slept under a quilt I have made. There, I said it.
Publicly, even! It’s never been something I’ve done (or not done) purposefully. It’s just that,
being in business as a machine quilter these past 14 years and four months, a lot of my
personal quilts go vertical vs. horizontal. I hang them on my Studio walls. They become
examples of quilted design choices for my customers, eye-candy decor, incentive, atmosphere,
etc. While I don’t see any Quilt Police on the horizon, something about that confession
leaves me feeling a bit convicted and guilty...of “something”—but I’m not quite sure what.
Of the quilts I’ve actually made and kept, there was always one I planned to take down
whenever our bedroom received a coordinating coat of paint! I finally brought it home to
be used for the first time a couple months ago. I took great delight walking past the open
bedroom doors; glancing at the bright colors, reveling in the texture of the quilting;
enhanced by the natural light coming through the windows. I was so pleased and excited I
was practically giddy. For the first week or so, I dutifully took it off each night. I didn’t want
skin oil on it, or to maybe break some stitches, or have it end up on the floor or, or, or. If I
sat on the edge of the bed, I folded it back. I found myself uptight about its use, in general.
I thought, “Good grief! I’ve been better able to LET GO of quilts I’ve given away. This is
nuts!” If I made it to be used, I just needed to cut the apron strings and USE it. So, one
night, I left it on and crawled in. I turned a few times, tried to tuck and re-tuck a few times,
then ended up lying there thinking...thinking...and thinking some more. I went back in my
mind to the various quilts I had slept under in the past.
As a very little girl, there was the big heavy comforter/quilt kept in the cellar. I never
saw it in any light other than that of a lantern, so it remains fairly mysterious to this day. I’ve
no idea its color or whether it was quilted or tied. I do remember the weight and smell. It
smelled like dirt. When a storm threatened, Mom and Dad would cajole, carry and herd we
five little ones outside across the yard and down the steps into the cellar. There was a
potato-bed frame attached to the back wall with the front side raised up for storing
out of
the way when empty. Dad would lower the front and it would swing a bit, suspended by
chains from the ceiling. Mom would spread the quilt on the wire netting and we five would
snuggle into it while she tried to assure us all was well. It took a pretty bad storm to get us
down there. As a WWII vet, Dad refused to stay underground. He insisted on keeping watch
from the doorway. That quilt was always associated with dirt and a sense of tremulous
safety. That was my first quilt memory.
My next memories were of sleeping under Grandma’s quilts in the cold north bedroom
of her big two-story frame farm house. The bedroom itself was huge, too. I might have been
ok, but besides all the room the Boogie Man had to hide in (including UNDER the bed!)
there was also a picture of a silhouetted howling wolf under a hazy moon. That did it! If the
Boogie Man didn’t get me, that wolf would!! Grandma didn’t have night lights, so once she
said goodnight, all the protection I had were those HEAVY quilts pinning me to the bed.
And, believe me, they were tucked around every inch of my body, including my head
except for the little tunnel left open for air. They were heavy and they were TUCKED—like
a suit of armor. If I couldn’t get out, nothing was gonna get in! And, as long as no hands or
feet hung over the precipice edge of the mattress, I was SAFE!
The next quilt came when I was in early high school. A special Aunt had always made
dresses for my older sister and me throughout our grade school years. They were made
from the same patterns, but mine were always shades of blue and my sister’s dresses were
in shades of red. The quilt she made me was a Sun Bonnet Sue from scraps of those
dresses. I understood it for the special quilt it was (and is) and have chosen to never
actually use it. It is my keepsake from Aunt B.
There was a time of chenille bedspreads and blankets made out of a new material called
velour, and quilts took a breather in my life. Then, in my senior year of high school, my
maternal grandmother gave me two feed sacks. I had no idea what they were until she
explained (now I have a small collection). After taking Home Ec. my freshman year,
followed by sewing projects in 4-H, I made almost all of my clothes, so I had lots of scraps.
I sewed four-inch patches of dress materials and feed sacks into a quilt top. Having no idea
what I was doing and no guidance, I proceeded to find the heaviest cotton blanket for the
inside “stuffing” of my quilt. I refused to use anything but the heaviest! I was remembering
the weight of Grandma’s and the cellar quilt. In my mind, quilts were associated with weight!
I also didn’t know anything about machine quilting, so I ended up tying it with yarn. When
finished, I put it in a big black plastic garbage bag and stored it in my parent’s basement
because life happened: four years of college, a year and a half of teaching overseas, then
coming back home and settling down. Six or seven years later, I came across the sack with
my quilt in it. As I said, I had known “nothing.” When I took it out of the bag, all the pink
gingham patches were GONE! They had simply “melted” away...disappeared. All I can
surmise is that there must have been some sort of chemical reaction between the black
plastic bag, the climate of the basement and the partial polyester of that fabric. That was a
hard lesson to learn. Thankfully, I didn’t learn the “never-put-a-quilt-in-a-black-garbage-bagcuz-it-could-get-thrown-out” lesson. That one came later and with other people’s quilts.
Quilts used in the intervening years were limbered up with use and lighter-weight inner
battings. I guess, as an adult, I no longer needed protection from scary things in the night. Fast
forward to my new quilt and thinking my thoughts that first night of using it. I finally fell asleep.
In the morning, I had a realization, as did my husband. When I finally admitted my
special quilt was sort of...er...well...“stiff,” we chuckled and agreed it was a bit like sleeping
under a tarp. It laid over top of us—there was no “tucking” it in, I came to a conclusion. It
Publicly, even! It’s never been something I’ve done (or not done) purposefully. It’s just that,
being in business as a machine quilter these past 14 years and four months, a lot of my
personal quilts go vertical vs. horizontal. I hang them on my Studio walls. They become
examples of quilted design choices for my customers, eye-candy decor, incentive, atmosphere,
etc. While I don’t see any Quilt Police on the horizon, something about that confession
leaves me feeling a bit convicted and guilty...of “something”—but I’m not quite sure what.
Of the quilts I’ve actually made and kept, there was always one I planned to take down
whenever our bedroom received a coordinating coat of paint! I finally brought it home to
be used for the first time a couple months ago. I took great delight walking past the open
bedroom doors; glancing at the bright colors, reveling in the texture of the quilting;
enhanced by the natural light coming through the windows. I was so pleased and excited I
was practically giddy. For the first week or so, I dutifully took it off each night. I didn’t want
skin oil on it, or to maybe break some stitches, or have it end up on the floor or, or, or. If I
sat on the edge of the bed, I folded it back. I found myself uptight about its use, in general.
I thought, “Good grief! I’ve been better able to LET GO of quilts I’ve given away. This is
nuts!” If I made it to be used, I just needed to cut the apron strings and USE it. So, one
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from the doorway. That quilt was always associated with dirt and a sense of tremulous
safety. That was my first quilt memory.
My next memories were of sleeping under Grandma’s quilts in the cold north bedroom
of her big two-story frame farm house. The bedroom itself was huge, too. I might have been
ok, but besides all the room the Boogie Man had to hide in (including UNDER the bed!)
there was also a picture of a silhouetted howling wolf under a hazy moon. That did it! If the
Boogie Man didn’t get me, that wolf would!! Grandma didn’t have night lights, so once she
said goodnight, all the protection I had were those HEAVY quilts pinning me to the bed.
And, believe me, they were tucked around every inch of my body, including my head
except for the little tunnel left open for air. They were heavy and they were TUCKED—like
a suit of armor. If I couldn’t get out, nothing was gonna get in! And, as long as no hands or
feet hung over the precipice edge of A
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SAFE!
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The next quilt came when I was in early high school. A special Aunt had always made
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dresses. I understood it for the special quilt it was (andwww.quiltedsteeple.com
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There was a time of chenille bedspreads and blankets made out of a new material called
velour, and quilts took a breather in my life. Then, in my senior year of high school, my
maternal grandmother gave me two feed sacks. I had no idea what they were until she
explained (now I have a small collection). After taking Home Ec. my freshman year,
followed by sewing projects in 4-H, I made almost all of my clothes, so I had lots of scraps.
I sewed four-inch patches of dress materials and feed sacks into a quilt top. Having no idea
what I was doing and no guidance, I proceeded to find the heaviest cotton blanket for the
inside “stuffing” of my quilt. I refused to use anything but the heaviest! I was remembering
the weight of Grandma’s and the cellar quilt. In my mind, quilts were associated with weight!
I also didn’t knowVisit
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four years
of college,
a year andIA
a half
of teaching overseas, then
coming back home and settling
down.
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or
seven
years
later,
1mile East of I-35, Exit 133 I came across the sack with
my quilt in it. As I said,
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known “nothing.”
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it out of the bag, all the pink
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some sort of chemical reaction between the black
plastic bag, the climate of the basement and the partial polyester of that fabric. That was a
hard lesson to learn. Thankfully, I didn’t
learn
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Quilts used in the intervening years
were limbered up with use and lighter-weight inner
battings. I guess, as an adult, I no longer needed protection from scary things in the night. Fast
forward to my new quilt and thinking my thoughts that first night of using it. I finally fell asleep.
In the morning, I had a realization, as did my husband. When I finally admitted my
special quilt was sort of...er...well...“stiff,” we chuckled and agreed it was a bit like sleeping
under a tarp. It laid over top of us—there was no “tucking” it in, I came to a conclusion. It
NEEDED washed and (gently) dried in order to start on its way to becoming a well-used,
very loved, soft and “tuckable” quilt.
There! You have my full confession! I think I’ll leave it to you to figure out what it is I feel a
bit guilty about. “To sleep under a quilt is to be loved” is a saying I came across a long time
ago that makes me feel a little better. The quilt just needs to be used and loved in return.
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