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In this Issue
by Lenda Williams
About Our Cover Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
It’s here, it’s here…Look out the window…I see green, I see leaves, I
see tulips… I SEE SPRING! There have been times, during the winter, that
I was pretty sure SPRING would NEVER come. Oh such little faith. How
else would spring look so good if we didn’t have to suffer thru winter?
Hope you have started going to the shop hops, quilt shows and craft
festivals. After a long cold winter, they are so invigorating. New patters,
new crafts, new notions, WOW it just doesn’t get any better! Our local
shops have just gotten back from market with lots of new ideas that they
are anxious to share with us. They are offering new class schedules, lots of
new materials and products. I visited a bead shop that has all new spring
beads and accessories for making your new jewelry and craft shops are
getting ready for your spring crafting.
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Lisa Kennedy Eighteen years ago, with her
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Kennedy enrolled in an evening painting class
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program. After finishing her first project, she
was amazed at how natural it all came to her.
Lisa comes from a talented family, both of her
Grandmothers were painters. After taking this class
she realized this gift had been passed on to her as
well. Taking advantage of the quiet times while the kids were napping,
painting quickly became her therapy.
Eventually, Lisa turned this talent into a career by selling her creations
at craft shows. She has painted on all types of surfaces from antique
furniture to cookware. In 2000, after years of painting at the kitchen
table, her family built her dream studio. That’s when she started designing
patterns for her whimsical characters to be published in magazines. The
patterns and products are also available on her website.
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Quilting with Barbara
While looking out the window at bleak fields of brown grass with
patches of snow and leafless trees against a cloudy sky in late January,
I began to think about colors. Warm colors! Bright colors! Any color!
Contemplating the lack of it outside inevitably led me to think about color
in relation to quilts I have made and intend to make.
Many quilters say their first and foremost quilting problem is choosing
fabric, which really means they have trouble choosing colors. That isn’t
surprising, taking into account all the choices available. First to consider is
personal preference. Even very young children have their favourite colors,
often choosing the same crayon time after time. Children who consistently
choose dark sombre colors are of some concern to child psychologists. It is
common for beginning quilters to use only their favourite colors, and why
not? If it’s comfortable, go for it! But eventually, after realizing all their
quilts are very similar, they are ready to expand their choices.
One starting point involves using as a basis for choice the color wheel
we all learned as children: pure red, yellow and blue are the primary
colors, and all others on the wheel are a mixture of those colors with black
and white added in various amounts to produce tones and tints. But even
here there are choices. There is more than one color wheel. Fabric dyers,
photographers and others use the Ives colour wheel, where magenta,
yellow and turquoise (cyan) are considered primary colours, and orange,
violet and green are the secondaries. This change in orientation can be
a little confusing, since we were so thoroughly taught the first, but the
Ives color wheel is worth a second glance; the colors are bright and clear.
Your color printer cartridges use the Ives system. Looking at adjacent
colors (analogous colors), complementary colors and tertiary colors on
either wheel can be a source of inspiration. Several excellent books on
color for quilters are available.
Certain colors evoke differing moods and emotions. Blue and green,
for example, are considered to be calming and relaxing. Red and orange
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stimulate and agitate. (I wish I had known that when we decorated our
first child’s room in bright orange and yellow)! It is no coincidence that
so many fast-food places use red, orange and other bright colors in their
décor. They desire customers who eat quickly and leave -- no leisurely
lunches there!
Quilting is a highly-symbolic craft, and color is often used for symbolic
purposes. Blues, greens and browns frequently represent nature, peace,
earth or sky, for example. Red and black often symbolize blood, death
or bravery, but red and pink can also stand for love. However, color as
symbolism is culturally bound. In our society, white may represent purity,
but for some eastern cultures white represents death and mourning.
Pastels are considered “baby colors,” but who among us would present a
baby boy with a pink quilt?
The significance of the number of color choices mentioned above
may seem daunting to a new quilter, but making these choices soon
becomes second nature. Eventually we learn that even colors we once
considered unspeakable ugly have their places in our quilts, even if only
to contrast with or draw attention to our favourites.
So we’re back where we started: choose the colors you like, but enrich
the experience by keeping in mind some of the underlying principles of
the craft. After all, it’s your choices that make your quilt unique to you.
Barbara Conquest writes her column from Blue Sky Quilting in Tofield,
AB. ®Copyright Barbara Conquest.
Piecing Life Together
Danger! Danger!
by Barbara Polston
Are your daily activities dangerous? You
might think not, unless you’re a first responder
or employed on the bomb squad. I’m here
to tell you otherwise! Danger, it appears, is
truly all around us.
I’m a writer and a quilter. Pretty safe
activities, for the most part. I can’t think of any
injury I’ve sustained as a writer except for eye
and muscle strain from sitting too long in one
spot staring at the computer screen. I’ve had
a few injuries quilting. I’ve nicked myself with
the rotary cutter and sewn through the tip of
my finger. I’ve been pretty lucky, though. I’ve
never had to phone 911 nor have anything stitched up. I have friends
who have not been so lucky.
Because quilting has moved from the realm of leisure pastime to
profession, I wanted a new hobby. I settled on cooking. I’m much better
at savory recipes. I’m not much of a baker. I watch television programs
about cooking and, when the TV is on, it’s most often tuned to Food
Network. I love watching professional chefs create recipes, slicing and
dicing with speed. I’ve tried to hone my knife skills, following their
examples. I’ve added several kitchen accessories, including a grill pan,
immersion blender, and small food processor. Love using them all.
I’ve been wanting a mandoline. Not the stringed instrument, but
a manual device for slicing foods quickly. I’ve watched the chefs on
television make quick work of onions, tomatoes and potatoes using this
device. Finally, I made my purchase. A bit smug, the first time I tried it,
I ignored the safety warnings. The price paid, a fairly deep slice in my
thumb. The very next day, I thought I would get back up on the horse and
try again. This time, I followed all the safety precautions. The price paid? I
sliced the fleshy tip of my middle finger almost clean off.
Because my youngest daughter is a trained medical assistant, trips to
the emergency room were avoided. There is no evidence of infection;
the cuts are healing nicely and it appears that, given time, all will be well.
However, my writing and quilting are much and negatively effected.
My right hand is only capable of hunting and pecking on the computer
keyboard. While I can sew on the machine, pinning is a challenge and
hand sewing is out of the question. Yes, it could have been much worse.
I am looking for the learning and the silver lining in the experience.
Jane Austen, in Persuasion, wrote, “An interval of meditation, serious
and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous.” I’ve most
seriously and gratefully chucked the mandoline in the trash.
Barbara Polston an author, designer and 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 September 2013. Barbara, who has lived
in Phoenix, Arizona, for over 28 years, is calmly quilting in Studio Narnia.
©Barbara Polston, Phoenix, AZ, February 2014
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March / April 2014
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The Way It Was and the Way It Is!
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My grandfather’s rocking chair was made of oak. It was straightbacked without arms and complete with a scruffy brown leather seat. On
one side, where the seat met the back, it was held together with bailing
wire. This chair enjoyed a special place of honor in my grandfather and
grandmother’s home, a stately house with pillars on the porch and ivy
stretching across the front.
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The chair sat in their living room close to a large black pot-bellied
wood-burning heating stove. No one sat in this chair but Grandpa. It
was his and his alone. Sort of like a throne, humble in its simplicity, in
honor of all the labor he had performed throughout his life, first as a
farmer, then as a hard rock miner and ending up digging ditches for the
local gas company. All the jobs he ever had in his seventy-eight years
were associated with Mother Earth and a pick and shovel. Yet he always
provided food, clothing and shelter for his wife and twelve children without
complaint, often being away at the mines for months at a time. He never
owned a car and had little except the simple pleasures of life and the
love and respect of his family.
Grandpa worked the mines in the Wallace Kellogg area. Two of these
were the Starr and Galenia mines. It was a physically demanding job and
a rough place to live. Grandpa and Grandma and their twelve children
lived in an extremely narrow canyon near the mines where Grandpa
worked. The canyon was so narrow that when the daily train came into
town, the stores along the main street had to pull up their store awnings.
Years later, I would see pictures and read stories about Burke Canyon in
history books.
I never ceased to wonder at the steel nerves of this man. The
soft canvas hat he had worn in the mines would have offered him no
protection in case of falling rock. The small carbide lantern attached on
the front would have produced very little light in the damp, dark tunnels
in which he worked. These mementos and others became my playthings
while I was growing up, as well as part of my fond memories of this man.
I remember so vividly as a child, watching him rocking in his chair at
the end of the day, the only time he had to sit in it. In the evening, the
twilight shadows slowly crept across the living room’s linoleum-covered floor
eventually creating only a silhouette of this kindly man, while the flames
inside the woodstove, reflecting through its tiny window, danced upon his
weathered features. The crackling and popping of burning tamarack only
added to his mystique as he slowly rocked back and forth, causing the
gold nugget on his watch fob to glisten in the flickering firelight.
I always waited with anticipation for the slight squeak I knew would
come from the rocker’s wired joint as he competed his backward motion.
In my mind, it added character to his melodic rocking, wump-wumpsqueak.
He never sat in his chair for long before Susie, his German shorthaired
pointer who never pointed at anything except her dog dish, would
be at his side. She knew it was only a matter of time before his hand
would reach out and find her head with his soft touch. This dog, which he
often referred to as “that old pot hound” always looked up at him with
adoration and tail wagging, knowing full well she would be sleeping by
his bed that night.
The only time his chair was moved was on Saturday night. He would
take it to the front room and set it next to a small table radio, encased
in a beautiful maple cabinet. There he rocked and laughed incessantly
at the satirical humor of two of America’s favorite comedy giants, Amos
and Andy. The rest of the family ended up retreating to the living room
so they wouldn’t have to hear him say in his gruffest voice, “Shush now,
I’m trying to listen.”
Before I was tall enough to reach the top of their back gate I would
stand there looking through the wire, watching for him to come home
from work. I could see him coming blocks away, walking briskly, his worn,
shiny lunchbox under his arm. I eagerly awaited his arrival since we had
this little game we always played. I knew he had saved his dessert from
lunch for me, and as he came through the gate, I asked, “Did you save
anything for me?” He’d grin, look down at my outstretched arms and give
me the lunchbox saying, “I don’t know. You will have to look inside.” I
opened the lid slowly, knowing full well the desert would be there, and
it always was. I learned later in life that Grandma packed two desserts in
his lunch when I visited. So he wouldn’t go without.
In the summer, he always wore a full-brimmed straw hat that came
to a pointy peak on top of his head. The green eyeshade sewn in front
of the brim cast a soft green hue over his eyes giving him a grandfather’s
gentle look as we toiled together in his small garden, while Susie lay
nearby dozing in the sun on a pile of warm, soft dirt.
Most of all, I’m fortunate to have the memory of Grandpa gently
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rocking in his chair with Susie at his side. He was gruff, yet gentle, and in
his rocker, represented so much more to me than just a grandpa. He stood
for hard work and sacrifice for his family, not to mention the great role
model he presented to all of us. These thoughts are always accompanied
by a warm feeling whenever I see an old, straight-backed, armless rocker
with a brown scruffy seat. I really hope someday to find one with baling
wire holding one of its back joints together. It will happen.
We didn’t have many years together—he left us when I was twelve—
but all of them were packed with adventure and learning. We went on
hunting and fishing trips and took long walks and had long talks. Most
were filled with grandfatherly wisdom and advice. It’s unfortunate so
many children grow up today without a grandfather’s strong influence.
Yes, I always puff up a little with pride as I remember the man I have
always striven to be like—my namesake, Grandpa Jim.
Jim Nelson enjoyed a career at the Spokane Review and retired
in Spokane. WA. His writings have been widely published in nationally
known magazines, including five times in Chicken Soup of the Soul books.
His book, The Way It Was and The Way It Is, can be found in the public
libraries and school systems in Spokane. It is available for purchase through
Amazon.com and contains 46 nostalgic short stories. Jim Nelson enjoys
hearing from our readers and can be reached at 43 E. Weile, Apt. 214,
Spokane, WA 99208. Jim has been writing for over 50 years.
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March / April 2014
Prescriptions for Adventure
THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER
Caring for Your Quilts
By Bernita Hill
With exception, the most frequently
asked question I receive is “How can I care
for my quilts?” So, I will try to answer but I
would point out that the experts often change
their minds so what we hold true today may
change.
Let’s start with how to store them. Here
we are talking old, fragile, heirloom quilts.
The same advice generally holds true for
newly made ones, but I am a believer quilts
are made to be used. Chances are if you are
a true quilter, you will make more than you
can ever use or give away anyway.
Keep them as flat as possible. Laying them out on a spare bed
would be ideal IF you make certain there is no harsh, reflective bright
light hitting them. Keep them away from smokers and NEVER store them
in the attic, the basement or the laundry room. You will find that even a
small wall hanging in the kitchen will absorb odors and grease so rotate
them frequently.
NEVER STORE THEM IN PLASTIC BAGS. Most quilt material is cotton and
so it needs to breathe. Besides, trash bags are made from oil by-products.
Instead, use old, frequently washed pillow cases or place them inside
layers of old cotton sheets.
If you must fold them, place sheets of acid-free tissue paper between
the folds and refold them often to prevent the threads from breaking
along the fold lines. And, you can also roll them.
If you are placing them on shelves, be sure to line the shelves first
with muslin or old sheets. I use acid-free tissue paper and acid-free boxes
for the very old ones. The others I put in pillow cases; use two so the larger
quilts are completely enclosed and then lay them on the shelf or on the
closet floor. It will save you lots of time if you write the name of the quilt
on a piece of fabric and pin it to the case. Then, you are not having to
pull out every quilt to learn which it is. Unless you have a great memory,
listing the color is a good idea, too. Ex: Ohio Star, red/white.
For many years, experts have deplored storing quilts in cedar chests
but that IS where most Midwestern quilts were stored. Most have survived
nicely but remember, those brown spots you find on them today most
likely came from oil oozing from the cedar. Those brown spots might also
have come from drops of blood caused by needle or pin pricks to the
fingers of the seamstress or quilter. If only she had known that her own
saliva would have dissolved those blood spots when she was working on
the quilt, if she didn’t wait too long.
None of these spots is going to come out so forget putting the quilt
on the grass on a sunny day so the sun can bleach them out. Believe me,
the sun won’t be able to remove the even larger spots left there by birds
who flew over either! And, be comforted by the thought that now we are
told the spots add character and not to worry about them.
Next time, how to clean a quilt. I might alert you that there is a school
of thought now that says “Don’t!”
Bernita Hill is a retired college instructor who will share her knowledge of
quilting and quilt history plus reminisce about growing up on a family farm.
Good Therapy
by Naomi Gaede-Penner
She was just a black Pekingese runt who got lost on the black tiles of
the linoleum squares in our kitchen. I was just a nine-year-old girl living on
the hospital compound where my father was a Public Health physician on
an Indian reservation. Each day on my way to school, I walked anxiously
past two liquor bars with open doors, looked behind me for skinny stray
dogs, bent my head into the ubiquitous wind, and braced myself for a
day with no friends – and a gym teacher who yelled at me. My mother
worried because I had no appetite and only ate cheese crackers and
cranberry nutbread. “Tiny” was my therapy. I dressed her up in doll clothes
and held her tightly.
Copperfield was my husband’s hunting dog. The butterscotch
golden retriever crashed through ice to retrieve ducks and dove through
invisible electric fences to run away. My husband died when the pup
was 10 months old. For over 15 years, Copperfield was my solace and
companion. Stroking his fur and nestling my nose next to his face got me
through plenty of tough times. Putting down that dog was one of the
saddest things I’d ever done. I couldn’t bear to put down another; and so
I planned to enjoy my independence. For six-and-a-half years, I had that
freedom.
“Mom, you do better with a dog,” said my daughter last January.
I knew that. I missed going for walks along the creek and hikes in the
mountains. I missed the feel of a warm furry dog beneath my feet at the
kitchen table when I ate my meals or read the newspaper. I missed the
interruptions in my writing of articles, curriculum, newsletters, and books
--- when a dog wanted to play or go for a walk. Getting out of the
office into moist springtime rainy air or eye-watering cold winter snowy
air --- cleared my mind, relaxed my drawn up shoulders, and eased my
squinted eyes.
Four months ago, I
brought home a creamy
Golden Retriever with long
eyelashes and black eyes
and nose. I’m greeted
when I enter the house. I’m
entertained by the frolicking
fur ball that romps in the
snow and dives into the tall
grass. Sometimes I just sit
and run my fingers through
her thick curly fur. “Taffy” is
good therapy for me.
I want to share good
therapy. Taffy has already
shown the innate qualities of
a Therapy Dog. Together, we
will visit people and children
who need encouragement,
a laugh, entertainment, or
a quiet moment stroking a
warm, loving dog.
Naomi and Taffy on the rock
Having a puppy is an adventure. Training her is an adventure. Sharing
therapy will be an adventure.
What is good therapy for you?
Naomi Gaede-Penner writes non-fiction Alaska articles, and books
including From Kansas Wheat Fields to Alaska Tundra: a Mennonite Family
Finds Home, Alaska Bush Pilot Doctor, and ‘A’ is for Anaktuvuk: teacher
to the Nunamiut Eskimos. Find her at www.prescriptionforadventure.
com, Facebook (Prescription for Adventure) or http://blog.
prescriptionforadventure.com/ Order her books from her website, call
303.506.6181, or check your local bookstores.
Kansas born Naomi Gaede-Penner is the author of the Alaska, nonfiction Prescription for Adventure series. To learn more about her and her
“prescriptions” find her on Facebook (Prescriptions for Adventure) or www.
prescriptionforadventure.com
The Country Register of Missouri
March / April 2014
Save the Date! Fab 4 Shop Hop July 10, 11, and 12
213 W. Sneed St.
Centralia, MO 65240
(573)682-1320
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9-5 Sat: 9-1
Unique Kits
Gifts for Quilters
Centralia, Columbia, Jefferson City, Mexico, Shelbina
SAVE the DATE
Fab 4 Shop Hop July 10, 11, 12
Quilt Fabrics • Patterns • Books • Notions • Fat Quarters
Classes • Machine Embroidery Supplies
Jack Dempsey & Crabapple Hill • Ancor Floss • Gift Items
123 W. Monroe, Mexico, MO • 573-581-2047 • Mon-Fri: 9-5 Sat-9-1
www.mexicosewingcenter.com • [email protected]
NEED HELP? Let Us Help You On Your Quilt
Exciting Fabric from Contemporary to Traditional
Heirloom Quality Fabric • Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes, Charm packs
Visit Us Online: www.materialgirlquiltshop.com
The Farmer's Daughter
Fabric • Patterns • Sewing Notions • Country Gifts
Including: Moda, Timeless Treasures, Riley Blake and Blank,
Classes in Quilting, Knitting, Crocheting and Tatting,
Home Decor, Candles, Placemats, Dips & Mustards
Fun & Friendly Shop
Hours: Wed.-Fri. 10-5, Sat. 9-Noon
102 Hall Street, Shelbina, MO • 573-588-7000
Quilling Class
Drop Spindle
Learn the Art of Paper Quilling
Learn to Spin Your Own Fiber
Learn to Make Your Own Basket
Learn to Make Your Own
Crochet Project
Basket Weaving
Crochet Class
Knitting Class
Learn New Knitting Projects
Sit n Stitch
Come in to be Inspired & Create a Memory.
Every Thurs. Night 5pm-7pm
Huge selection of Jelly Rolls,
Layer Cakes, Charms, Fat Qtr Bundles, Kits,
Wide linings, embroidery blocks, etc.
Moda, Timeless Treasures, Benartex,
Michael Miller, Windham and much more
Quick Turn Around
On Computerized Quilting
216 W. Monroe • Mexico, MO • 573-581-8007
email: [email protected]
Hours: Wed & Fri:10am-6pm, Thur:10am-7pm, Sat:10am-3pm,
Closed Sun., Mon. & Tues.
to Illinois
518 N Main
Woodlawn, IL
618-735-2003
Mon-Fri: 8:30-5
Sat: 9-5
It’s The Little Things That Make a Big Difference!
2709 D Industrial Drive (Rear Entrance from Metro Dr.)
Jefferson City, MO 65109
www.specialtyquilts.com • 573-761-7313
Tues-Fri 9-5, Sat 10-2
Open Monday by Appointment
Special Quilts for Special People
Mark your calendar!
Fab 4 Shop Hop • July 10, 11, 12
Quilts ••• Braided Rugs ••• Placemats ••• Pottery
Candles ••• Throws ••• Quotable Signs ••• Benches
Wall Shelves ••• Painted Furniture ••• Clocks ••• Tart
Burners ••• Usable Dishware ••• Berry Garlands
Wreaths ••• Baskets ••• Primitives ••• Pictures
Jars ••• Tins ••• Seasonal Decor & so much more!
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Adrian, Brunswick, Columbia, St. Louis
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Crestwood-Sunset Hills Rotary Club
Spring Arts
& Crafts Fair
April 5-6, 2014
Lindbergh High School
5000 S Lindbergh Blvd.
St Louis, MO 63126
5th Memories of MOM
QUILT SHOW
Show Hours: Saturday 9am – 4pm
Sunday 10am – 4pm
Sponsored by Relay For Life
Funding Cancer Research
Free Admission
Food available all day
240 booths filled with wonderful
gifts for Mother’s Day,
Father’s Day, Spring!
Lots of Quilts & Vendors
e-mail: [email protected]
show dates are March 14 & 15
March 14th: 10am-6pm & March 15th: 9am-4pm
Adrian Optimist Building,
Outer Road 71 Hwy, Adrian, MO 64720
To enter a quilt or to have a vendor booth call
Karen at 660-679-3796 or Sharon at 660-679-6277
Craft Fair contact: Martha Henderson
See you at the show!
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March / April 2014
Quilt 4 U
Columbia, Rockville
Maybe this is the year for me to downsize
and for you to get out of the cold!
Lovely 2,500 sq. ft. home, well maintained and decorated, three car garage, low
maintenance landscape, single story, 4 bedroom with family room, formal diningliving room, can be bought fully furnished, ready to move in. Or buy furnishings
by the room. Good location in Moon Valley area of North Phoenix, close to three
freeways, Moon LIght Cove III, at Greenway and 7th Ave. Serious inquiries only.
Owner, Barbara Floyd, Founder of The Country Register.
Call 602-321-6511 or email [email protected] for details
• Jelly rolls, layer cakes, fat quarter bundles
• Embroidery blocks and large selection of patterns, books, and notions
• We carry the full line of True-Cut Products
• Fabrics arrive daily – Moda, Michael Miller, Red Rooster, Benartex,
• Hoffman, RJR, Marcus Brothers, Studio E, Timeless Treasures,
• Diawabo, and many others
• Large selection of gift items
• Q4U Club
• Wool and Wool Patterns
[email protected]
6thAnnual
May 29, 30 and 31, 2014
Thursday, Friday & Saturday
9:00 am to 7:00 pm each day (Extended hours for the Shop Hop!)
Have your passport stamped at ALL eight locations to qualify for
Chance to win One of THREE Shopping Sprees
1st -$240
2nd-$160
3rd-$80
Chance to win other quilting related PRIZES from each shop. Collect block fabric kits for ONLY $4
at each location. Receive a FREE Rewards card for later purchases. See a sample project at each shop
showcasing their variation of putting the blocks together. Fabric finishing kits will be available for an
additional fee while supply last. Receive DISCOUNTS and SPECIALS offered at each shop!
Catch the Fun, Win Prizes & More as You Hop to these Participating Shops!
Brenda’s QUILT
STOP & More
785 SW Highway 54
Osceola, MO 64776
417-876-9997
Nine Patch
Quilt & Fabrics
129 E Walnut
Nevada, MO 64772
www.ninepatchnevada.com
417-667-7100
Creative Notions
DbarJ Quilts etc.
211 East Street
Stockton, MO 65785
www.ozarkscreativenotions.com
417-276-4216
405 1st Street
Rockville, MO 64780
www.dbarjquilts.com
660-598-2222
Rocking Chair Quilts
Blue Top Quilt Shop
21 N Main Street
Butler, MO 64730
www.rcquilts.com
660-200-2226
107 SE 1st Lane
Lamar, MO 64759
www.bluetopquiltshop.com
417-681-0330
Material Matters
Quilting Shop
105 E Highway 54
El Dorado Springs, MO 64744
www.materialmatterstoo.com
417-876-2606
Margie Pearl
Fabrics
4743 S. 131st Rd
Boliver, MO 65613
417-777-4913
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10 Cape Fair, Higginsville, Knob Noster, Sedalia, St. Joseph’s
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We offer quilting fabric, machine quilting,
quilting classes, upholstery, carpet binding
and embroidery. Fat quarters, jelly rolls, layered
cakes and bolt fabrics for you to choose from.
Books, patterns and notions also.
Est. 1988 • 18255 County Rd. 349 • (816) 662-3105
[email protected] • www.glendassewing.com
Flat Fold Price $5.99 per yd.
Full Line of DMC Floss * Over 7000 Bolts of Fabric * Notions * embroidery
Blocks • Patterns • Lots of New Fabric • 30,000 + fat quarters
LARGEST SELECTION OF FAT 1/4’S • THOUSANDS TO PICK FROM, $2.75ea.
OESD STABLIZER • ISACORD EMBROIDERY THREAD
AUNT MARTHA’S IRON ON TRANSFERS • TEA TOWELS
SIZE 28X28-7 FOR $16.00 AND 33x35 -7 FOR $22.00
3620 S Marshall Ave, Sedalia, MO 65301, Hwy 50 to east side of town,
South 1 3/4 miles on Marshall, 660-826-4788, email: [email protected]
KAY’S BRIDAL & QUILT SHOP
Warm Carter Batting • Jack Dempsey Embroidery • Pre-Stamped
Hand Embroidery Patterns • Quality Fabrics - $4.99 per yard & up
We also Stock:
The Civil War Tribute Collection just $6.99 per yard
Hard to Find Notions • Aunt Martha Transfers • Blank Towels • JHB Buttons
Upstairs - A Complete Bridal Shop
Formal Wear • Wedding Gowns • Prom Dresses • Jewelry & Shoes
218 South Ohio • Sedalia, MO • 660-827-5297
•Spacious Beautiful Facilities•
Delicious Home Cooked Farm Meals & Yummy Sweets
Clean Cabin Accommodations…Sleep in a bed all to yourself!!
• Wonderful Hospitality
• All Inclusive Retreat Packages
Special, Girlfriends
Open Quilt Retreats!
check web-site for dates & details.
Evening Lake Excursions available
Lots of quilt shops, flea markets
& other points of interest close by!
www.ivyjeans.com • Call Cyndi at 417-230-3587
Cape Fair, MO. 20 minutes west of Branson on Table Rock Lake
Making Memories
Over Family Favorites
The last column I wrote was about cleaning out my cookbook collection
along with a drawing for a Susan Branch Cookbook, which was posted on
The Country Register’s company home page at www.countryregister.com
as well as in a number of Country Register newspapers across the country.
Every day now a few entries come in for the cookbook drawing that will be
held the end of January. It is amazing to read of others’ interests and love
of cooking and collecting cookbooks.
Here is an entry that came from Anita Bell: “This is my first time reading
The Country Register (TN and KY edition). I found my copy at a rest area and
enjoyed it very much, as I like all things domestic. I, too, collect cookbooks.
So did my mother. She probably had over 400 in her collection. Mother
is now in a nursing home with dementia, but she still talks about cooking.
When she moved, my brother and sister and I each took some of her
cookbooks for ourselves. We donated the remainder to the local library
for their used book sales. I tend to be sentimental so I took mostly ones I
remembered from my childhood. My favorite is The Mississippi Cookbook,
a hardbound edition that is literally in pieces. I have many memories of
Mother studying that book for new dishes in the 1970s. In fact, some of the
recipes she found, I use today in my cooking. I keep my cookbooks in a
white wooden cabinet that my grandmother purchased upon her marriage
in 1920 as a 15-year-old bride. I think your idea is wonderful!”
And I just had to write back to tell her that I would probably be just
like her mom when my memory dims and be talking about cooking in
the nursing home. No, I would probably try and get into the nursing home
kitchen and do the cooking! All kidding aside, the kitchen used to be the
heart of the home and so it is heartwarming to hear many responses to a
cookbook drawing that tell me for some people it still is.
This past weekend in Lake Havasu City, starting on January 9th, which
was my sister JoAnn’s 80th birthday, a group of 10 of the family (all cousins
- three generations) from AZ, GA, ND, CA and Canada spent four days
together. I do like planning events, especially surprises. Part of the fun was
the food planning and preparing, much of it ahead of time. I pulled out
some family favorite recipes such as JoAnn’s Rum cake. She also made a
great carrot cake for years and years. (Some of you may remember that
cake from Gooseberries Tea Room when we first opened it. JoAnn used to
make the carrot cake and was a part time hostess.)
I did not have JoAnn’s recipe so I made carrot cake loaded with coconut,
crushed pineapple, walnuts and substituted half the oil for applesauce and,
of course, cream cheese frosting. Of the three cakes served on antique
cake stands at a friend’s home on the Friday evening, the carrot cake was
voted best with the rum cake a close second and the wine cake came in
third. The wine cake tastes a bit like eggnog with the nutmeg in it. Serious
dents were put in all three moist Bundt cakes, ice cream and a few other
goodies by the twenty-four guests. A few family members did not like the
loaded carrot cake but the rest of us were glad to eat their share. My sister’s
recipe calls for only the walnuts and the shredded carrots.
Another family recipe, which everyone loves but I am afraid will die
with my generation, is our Danish grandma’s Floating Island dessert. I must
admit, it is more work than some desserts. There is the fluffy white egg
whites folded into a thickened lemon mixture and over that is served the
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thickened egg yolk, lemon rind, milk sauce that you can’t boil and it takes
forever to heat it to the point where it coats the spoon. My Canadian cousin
had just flown across country and landed in Phoenix to spend the night with
me. Tired as she was, she made the mistake of asking if she could help in
the kitchen. So, she got the job of overseeing this “coating of the spoon”
job. What she failed to realize is my gas burner and the short handle on
the whisk was working together to roast her whole right arm to well done.
When this dessert appeared for the family dinner the next night (at
another friend’s home in Lake Havasu), it created a lot of excitement. There
was no problem cleaning up the tad bit that was left over. I think the last
time any of us had this dessert was at a family reunion years ago. A newly
tried cookie recipe for Baklava Cookies was also a big hit. (Google it and
see what you come up with. A buttery crisp cookie with lots of chopped
walnuts and a honey, lemony, cinnamon glaze—or write to me if you want
the exact recipe.) It is my thinking that family favorites from the past should
not be forgotten, but trying new recipes can add a lot to this thing called
food, family and fun.
Check The Country Register’s company website homepage at www.
countryregister.com for another cookbook drawing to start in February.
Winners will be posted there as well as personally notified.
Barbara Floyd, Founder of The Country Register, The Antique Register
of Arizona, and Love of Junk, Walla Walla’s Vintage Market, resides in
Phoenix, AZ, and still loves the kitchen. She can be reached at barbara@
countryregister and will soon celebrate two years of semi-retirement
International Quilt Study Center & Museum
Website Showcases
Quilts and Quiltmaking
by Patricia Crews
The International Quilt Study Center & Museum (IQSCM) in Lincoln is
sharing its collection with the world in a whole new way. IQSCM’s World
Quilts, a website that offers a global perspective on quiltmaking, recently
launched “The American Story,” its first module.
The website showcases the museum’s collection and hallmarks scholarly
perspective on the worldwide significance of quilts and quiltmaking. You
can view “The American Story” at worldquilts.quiltstudy.org/americanstory.
“We’ve created a clearinghouse of accurate and engaging information
about American quilt history by using our unparalleled collection, our
more than 15 years of scholarly research, our existing online resources
and the resources of other important organizations, such as the American
Quilt Study Group, the Quilt Index and the Quilt Alliance,” said Marin
Hanson, IQSCM curator of exhibitions and co-editor of the project.
With more than 4,000 quilts in its collection–too many to show in any
physical gallery–the IQSCM values sharing quilts and their historical and
cultural contexts with visitors virtually.
One Stitch at a Time
By Andrea Springer
“Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good.
It’s the thing you do that makes you good.”
~ Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success
I knew I was a true knitter when I found stitch markers in the pocket
of my bathrobe, lying in the driveway and on my key ring. If you stick
with a creative pursuit long enough, you can move from learning a skill
to completely immersing yourself in the process. I’d crossed a threshold
without realizing it. Over several years I had knitted my way into the “hard
core” category.
As a hard core knitter, I get questions about patterns or projects with
errors. Every knitter’s made a mistake they’re sure has rendered their
project “terminal.” They’re going to have to rip everything back to the
beginning and start over. We’re often able to puzzle out the next steps
and make any repairs without taking drastic measures. “How do you
know how to fix things?” they ask.
“It’s easy,” I reply. “I’ve had years of practice making mistakes with
my own knitting.”
To become good at a skill, we simply practice it. Our projects are built
stitch by stitch, working the same process over and over until sweaters,
scarves and mittens emerge. Mistakes are a part of the process and
learning to fix them offers its own lessons. I honed my repair skills on
evenings and weekends when the local yarn shop was closed. I was
faced with the choice of waiting until I could get help or hunkering down
and trying to fix it myself. My early repairs weren’t pretty but each mistake
was an opportunity to learn. I started to understand what not to do in the
future and figured out how to correct what had gone wrong.
However, there are times when ripping out hours of work isn’t a step
backwards, it’s the only way forward. This kind of deconstruction is best
done in the company of friends. Knitters share that common bond. They
understand the frustration of pulling apart something you’ve invested time
and energy in. If you’re fortunate, they’ll offer to do it for you, cushioning
the blow just a little. Knitting pals will offer sympathy, possibly tea or an
adult beverage, and share their own stories of yarn carnage. They also
remind you – when you’re ready to hear it – that tearing your work apart
to begin again is a part of what we do. The sooner we make peace with
that idea, the sooner we relax and enjoy the process.
The good news is that knitting comes with a measure of grace. It’s
one of the things in this world that offers an infinite amount of “do-overs.”
As surely as we’ve ripped something apart, we can put it back together
again. Knitting offers us a daily opportunity to practice our skill and to
share the things it teaches us with others.
Andrea Springer blogs at www.knittingsavant.com where she helps
folks remember that they have everything they need to be successful in
knitting and in life. You can contact her at [email protected] or
follow Knitting Savant on Facebook and Twitter.
The website moves existing quilt studies scholarship beyond disciplinary
boundaries to integrate quilts within a broader art and humanities context.
It serves as an excellent starting place for anyone who wants to learn
about the role of quilts in American society, past and present.
“This new website promises to be an important resource for all
who desire to learn about quilts—whether they are students, teachers,
quilt makers, dealers, appraisers or conservators,” said Lynne Z. Bassett,
costume and textile historian. “I am very glad to have this resource not
only for my own education, but to point out to those who come to me for
information about American quilts.”
“The American Story” also offers a platform for the IQSCM to share
new information as it becomes available, making it a dynamic resource.
Future World Quilts modules are slated to cover other regions of the world.
This project was made possible thanks to the generosity of the Robert
and Ardis James Foundation and the support of the University of NebraskaLincoln’s College of Education and Human Sciences, Department of
Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design and the IQSCM staff.
“Whether you’re a quilt history buff like me, or know very little about
American quilts, you’ll find riches on every page of IQSCM’s beautiful new
website,” said Marianne Fons, co-host of “Love of Quilting” on public
television and co-founding editor of Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting
magazine. “Wonderful visuals, solid, entertaining content and links to
fascinating extras create a trip around the patchwork globe every quilt
enthusiast should take.”
rimitive
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Stitchery • Fabrics • Notions • Gifts • Classes
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March / April 2014
OZARK HILLS
8th Annual Mini Shop Hop
Shop Hop Dates
Thurs, Fri, & Sat • March 6th, 7th & 8th, 2014
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. each day
Pick up your passport at the first shop you visit,
and have it stamped at each successive shop
for entry into a drawing for:
$300 GRAND PRIZE
2ND PRIZE
Quilt Kit (top only) from one of the five participating shops.
3RD PRIZE: Gift Basket
Gift Certificate in the amount of $60.00 from each shop
PARTICIPATING SHOPS
Uniquely Yours
The Thread Peddler
404 E. State MO72
Rolla MO
573-364-2070
23470 Sage Rd
Waynesville, MO
573-774-2658
Quilters Journey
The Fabric Store
844 E. Hwy 32
Lebanon, MO
417-588-2324
Melear Fabrics - Salem
215 W. 4th St
Salem, MO
573-729-8900
1424 Hwy 68
Salem, MO
573-453-2100
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Tea for Two
“You should meet Randa,” said my friend. “Like you, she’s crazy
about tea.”
New Hoffman
Batiks
New Pattern
Kits/Classes
Your Hometown Sewing & Quilt Shop
1 Block E of Lowes on Hwy 42, Osage Beach
M-F: 10-5; Sat: 10-2 • 573-348-1972
www.lovetosewboutique.com • [email protected]
When I phoned Randa a few days later, we hit it off, and her bubbly
laughter punctuated our chat. She expressed eagerness to explore
tearooms together, but I hesitated because of my full schedule. She
persuaded me, and we agreed to carpool to a nearby tearoom.
Randa drove up, and I hopped in to ride with her. As we chatted, I
learned she not only loved going out for tea, she possessed a wealth of
tea knowledge and dreamed of opening a French tearoom. We enjoyed
our visit, but I still wasn’t sure I had time for a new friendship.
Tea Adventures
Randa e-mailed suggestions for more tea adventures, and gradually
she worked her way into my life. Over several years, we visited one
tearoom after another together. I enjoyed our long chats and learned
about Randa’s challenges as a single mom who had raised two daughters
alone. As our relationship deepened, she began e-mailing prayer
requests.
One day as we sipped tea in a Scottish tearoom, we learned both
proprietors had undergone kidney transplants. Then Randa casually
mentioned she also had a kidney transplant. That explained her
hospitalizations between our tea jaunts. Yet Randa never complained.
She trusted God, and her outlook overflowed with hope and joy, while
her infectious laughter enlivened every conversation.
Tea Al Fresco
One summer evening, I invited Randa to stop by for tea and scones
after work. I set the teacart outside for tea al fresco. She was delayed, so I
made more tidbits while I waited. By the time she arrived, I had prepared
a full tea! Randa laughed when she saw all the goodies and enjoyed
every morsel. At dusk, we moved inside to chat and sip more Macintosh’s
Fancy tea, one of her favorite blends. Our hearts were blending too.
After she saw my tea collection, including the blue-and-white teapot
from Romania, she said, “I just bought a picture at a garage sale that would
look nice in your home.” She went to her car and lugged back a large,
beautifully framed painting of a blue-and-white teapot with background
colors that matched my decor. As I leaned the painting against the wall,
she explained, “I was late because I stopped by a friend’s garage sale
on the way here. My friend had saved this picture for me, certain I would
love it.”
“It’s beautiful,” I said, touching the walnut frame.
“I knew it didn’t belong in my home, but I bought it because I thought,
God has someone else in mind.” She smiled. “Now that I’ve seen your
home—I know it’s you!”
I had admired similar expensive artwork in shops. What a surprise
that God delivered the perfect picture right to my home. I felt like I had a
personal shopper who knew what delighted me.
Tea Friendships
Over the next year, Randa and I shared tea times whenever we
could. Then I didn’t hear from her for a while. When I phoned, I learned
the sad news that my tea friend had passed away. I miss my tea buddy,
but I picture her healthy and happy in heaven—hosting tea parties in her
French tearoom.
I gave Randa a little of my time, but she gave me much more
through her courageous example, cheerful heart, and warm friendship.
Now I realize that when God brings someone unexpected into my life, He
has a purpose beyond what I can see. And this time, part of His purpose
was to bless me with a cherished friend.
Treasured relationships can be formed in any season. This spring, let’s
celebrate friendship by inviting someone over for a cuppa’ tea. It’s easy
to set a perky posy on a tea table, add fresh blueberries to a packaged
scone mix, and brew a pot of Earl Grey tea. Won’t you join me?
Lydia E. Harris, Master of Arts in home economics, is blessed with five
grandchildren from two to teen and is the author of the book Preparing
My Heart for Grandparenting. She also speaks at conferences and church
and community events. Contact her at [email protected].
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From Lydia’s Recipe File:
Friendship Fruit Bouquet
Add a special touch to your tea times with
this bouquet of fresh strawberries.
You’ll need:
Fresh strawberries with stems, washed
One bunch of fresh parsley, washed
Leafy celery stalks (optional)
6-inch wooden picks or skewers
Sour cream
Brown sugar
Directions:
1. Use a drinking glass for a vase; fill it half full with water.
2. Place one-half bunch of parsley into the glass. Parsley height should be
about three inches above the top of the glass. If desired, also add leafy
celery stalks for greenery.
3. Poke each strawberry onto a skewer with the pointed end of the berry
up to look like rosebuds.
4. Arrange the “rosebuds” in the glass at varying heights to make a
bouquet. The posies can stick up above the parsley or nestle in the
greens.
5. Add enough strawberries for two people to share. For a larger group,
make several posy bouquets, or make individual ones for each place
setting.
6.Serve sour cream and brown sugar in small dishes for dipping.
Strawberries taste delicious dipped into sour cream and then brown
sugar.
Variations:
More dipping ideas: Serve strawberries with whipped cream, sprinkles,
chopped nuts, coconut, mini-chocolate chips, or melted chocolate.
Fruit flowers: If desired, add additional fruits on picks to the bouquet,
such as melon balls or grapes.
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We Can Do It!
Part 1
by Marlene Oddie
I was already scheduled to
make my first visit to the AQS
QuiltWeek® in Des Moines,
Iowa, last October so I could
experience my quilt, ‘Rosie’s
BOMb,’ getting juried into the
American Quilter’s Society show.
What made the trip even more
fun was getting the phone
call telling me that my quilt
had won second place in Bed
Quilts—Machine Quilted!
This journey started in 2011
when I discovered a quilting
skill builder happening online
but chose not to participate
because I didn’t think I needed
to build skills—plus I had a busy
schedule at the time. However,
near the end of 2011, I realized the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler
Quilt Along (QAL), hosted by “Sewn by Leila,” was using the iconic ‘Rosie
the Riveter’ poster image as her blog button for the project. As a female
engineer with a can-do attitude, I relate to Rosie and decided I had
to jump in even though they were six months into the QAL. Making a
‘Rosie’ quilt was a natural progression in my thought process. It became
an interesting challenge—one that made me realize I still had a lot to
learn.
Using my Electric Quilt 7 software to design a layout, which included
the Rosie poster as a center medallion, I chose colors that would coordinate
with the poster. I used colors within each block to create a layout to frame
and mimic the poster’s colors—blue/white backgrounds in the top area,
yellow in the sides and red at the bottom (dark and ‘anchoring’ to the
whole quilt).
Mid-year 2012, I was away from my long-arm for several weeks
while my husband took a job out of state. I worked diligently to catch up
on the QAL. Towards the end, I drafted the feathered star through a paper
piecing technique so no “Y” seams were necessary, and was honored to
be asked by Leila to draw up the butterfly pattern so that all followers
could use the necessary templates through an easy PDF download.
The whole idea of this QAL was to start out with basic techniques,
building confidence and moving on with more difficult ones. This included
doing things improvisationally, creating your own ‘crumb’ fabric and
designing your own house block. I laid them out in the quilt from start to
finish, top row to bottom row, left to right. There were typically about 3
blocks per technique.
Now I needed to create the poster on fabric. I tried a couple of times,
after much planning, to print it on an inkjet plotter on self-treated muslin.
The ‘rinse’ process took out all magenta and it looked quite ‘antique.’ The
effect might have been nice, but I had used such brilliant colors in the
quilt, I really wanted a brilliant level of color in the poster. I decided to try
spoonflower.com and got wonderful results.
My sashing details included finding a MODA fabric that had a row of
buttons. I fussy-cut many yards of it. Finding the red fabric that reads as a
polka dot but is actually various buttons was great for the border since it
tied in with Rosie’s headband so nicely. I then added appliquéd rivets to
emphasize the original concept of what was going on with ‘Rosie’ in WW
II.
The bottom of the poster needed to be filled in. I had found a fabric
with all the different quilt block names and terms printed on it that seemed
to be very appropriate.
In designing the quilting I wanted to be able to show my clients, in
one piece, different types of quilting. For example, one block might have
a background fill and the next one doesn’t. Some have formal feathers,
others open feathers. Others have an edge-to-edge design within a block
following the piecing as a registration guide and some just ignore the
piecing.
The border quilting was designed to look like polished steel and I
wanted the rivets themselves to have a movement about them. I used
some kitchen tools to help. (Thank you, Martha Stewart, for your rubber
Quilting Rosie herself was the biggest challenge. So grateful to find
Virginia Graeves online—she provided me with some advice and gave
me the confidence to move forward with Rosie’s face, arms and blouse
details.
(To be continued. In Part 2, I’ll tell you about my journey with the
completed ‘Rosie’s BOMb.’)
Marlene Oddie is an engineer by education, project manager by
profession and now a quilter by passion in Grand Coulee, WA. She enjoys
long-arm quilting on her Gammill Optimum Plus, but especially enjoys
designing quilts and assisting in the creation of a meaningful treasure
for the recipient. Follow Marlene’s adventures via her blog at http://
kissedquilts.blogspot.com or on http://www.facebook.com/kissedquilts.
Note: Modern block credits used in ‘Rosie’s BOMb’ include: Breaking
Out: Jennie Finch, Canandaigua, NY (generously sharing); Starry Night:
Faith @ Fresh Lemons (only for personal use); and Circle of Geese: Beth
McBride @ Piece by Number (see piecebynumber.com for usage details).
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