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January / February 2016
Just Between Us…
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In this Issue
by Lenda Brown
About Our Cover Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
We all survived Christmas and now that the chaos is over and we can
appreciate the quiet, it’s time to relax in the sewing room. The first thing
I love to do is just go thru everything. It’s a way of sparking that creativity.
It’s also a way of discovering all those unstarted and unfinished projects
that I have stashed. After all there are more quilt shows and shop hops to
attend. This time of year I don’t feel guilty spending a day sewing and
not working in the yard.
Book Giveaway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Designs, Stitchery & Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 5, 13, 15
The Country Register of Michigan published this a few years ago and
I think it’s wonderful.
God’s Cake….
Author Unknown
Sometimes we wonder, “What did I do to deserve this?” or “Why did
God have to do this to me?” Here is a wonderful explanation!
A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she’s
failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is
moving away.
Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she
would like a snack, and the daughter says, “Absolutely Mom, I love your
cake.”
“Here, have some cooking oil,” her Mother offers
“Yuck” says her daughter
“How about a couple raw eggs?”
“Gross, Mom!”
“Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?”
“Mom, those are all yucky!”
To which the Mother replies: “Yes, all those things seem bad all by
themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make
a wonderfully delicious cake! G-D works the same way. Many times we
wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But
G-D knows that when he puts these things all in His order, they always
work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all
make something wonderful! G-D is crazy about you. He sends you flowers
every spring and a sunrise every morning. Whenever you want to talk,
He’ll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your
heart!
Wishing you a relaxing and creative time until next issue.
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Deer in the Birches
Lenda Brown
This pattern is free
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About Our Cover Art...
Tonya Crawford
At the age of 40, Tonya began painting the things she loves—country
settings and patriotic images. She marketed folk art paintings to several
stores in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Today she lives on a horse farm with her
husband and hero, Norman. She is extremely proud of her four children,
Stephen, Callan, Ralf and Christian. “As I paint, I watch my children grow.
Too soon they’ll be gone, this I know. The best gifts don’t come wrapped
up with a bow.”
To view Tonya’s art prints, go to www.PennyLanePublishing.com or
call Penny Lane Publishing at 800-273-5263 for more information.
use.
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tern to your desired
Tonya was born into an Air Force family,
growing up on bases from Idaho to Puerto
Rico. When her father retired from the service
they settled in Ohio, where she resides today.
Blessed with a mother who always
encouraged her creativity, Tonya remembers
carving mice from a bar of soap when she was
six and making an entire winter village out of pipe cleaners at age nine.
As she got older and entered the job market she created opportunities
for herself and became Assistant Art Director at a very successful printing
company by the age of 24. Tonya’s career lost steam as a better job
presented itself—motherhood. She became a stay-at-home mom doing
“art jobs” as they came up.
commercial
size. This pattern
can be appliqued,
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January / February 2016
National Park Service
Centennial
by Marlene Oddie
Have you found your National Park yet? 2016
is the National Park Service (NPS) Centennial. I grew
up visiting Yosemite National Park several times a year. Although I lived
on the California coast, our frequent visits to Yosemite are great memories
from my childhood. I now live at the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation
Area, which is created by the water backup of the Columbia River behind
the Grand Coulee Dam. The National Park areas have always had a
soft spot in my heart and I regularly try to get more cancellations in my
Passport to Your National Parks® Program.
A little background, my group leader at Jinny Beyer’s last Hilton Head
Seminar in 2009 was Ricki Selva. Little did I know what an important
connection that would become. In January 2015, I was attending the
Washington State Quilter’s Guild Meeting and Ricki was the guest speaker.
As part of her presentation, she talked about being one of the 148
artists in an upcoming curated exhibit of 177 pieces celebrating the NPS
Centennial. The artists represent the United States, Canada and Germany.
Some artists are internationally known, others made their first art quilt for
this project; the common thread throughout is that all were inspired by the
timeless beauty of the National Parks.
Although there are hundreds of national park areas, a flora, fauna
and landscape quilt has been created for each of the 59 National Parks.
After contacting NPS Centennial Exhibit Curator Donna Marcinkowski
DeSoto, I learned she had recently curated an exhibit of quilts for each
of 150 Beatles songs. How fun! We discussed the possibility of hosting
the entire exhibit in our area as part of the NPS Centennial celebrations.
The entire collection will be shared with enthusiasts during our Festival of
America – 4th of July weekend when fireworks are set off from the top
of Grand Coulee Dam. We are honored to bring these pieces of art to
our area and hope to see many from our region as well as visitors. These
exhibits have a coffee table style book that can be purchased and which
includes photos of all the quilts along with personal narratives by rangers
and personnel of the National Parks.
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Your choice of wrapping paper, boxes and bags
This unique holiday packaging was created by painting Chalk
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as shown in the picture. You can customize your color to go with your
décor. To add some glam to you packaging you can make metallic
dots with silver foil and some leaf and foil size using the round eraser
of a pencil as a stamp. Have fun experimenting and make it your own
with Annie Sloan!
Here is a quick and fun holiday project for customizing
your own holiday packaging using Chalk Paint®
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Quilts That Redeem
Virtual Ministry Quilt
By Sherry Osland
We are entering into a season of
thankfulness and joyful anticipation for most
people. For others? Well . . . maybe not so
much. I would like to take this opportunity to
reach out to those in the “not-so-much” group.
With years of giving ministry quilts, I’ve
come across people in all stages of grief
as they deal with tragedies and difficult
situations. Healing seems long in coming. The
journey through to the other side of the valley
is an on-going process. Some days go fairly
well until a hiccup blindsides them. Those
days seem like two steps forward; one back.
Oftentimes, the holiday season holds its fair share of just such days.
Every ministry quilt I’ve been a part of giving has been given with a
prayer. When asked if I can offer a prayer, no one has turned me down.
If you’re reading this and you are walking a difficult path right now, may
I pray with you?
Close your eyes and imagine a beautiful quilt wrapped around
your shoulders. You’re enveloped in tangible love and care. You are
experiencing the Heart of Jesus through the hands and feet of those doing
His work. As I stand near you, I put my hand on your shoulder, and we go
before the throne of God where He stands ready at the right hand of His
(and our) Father to hear and intervene on your behalf. Offer these words
to Him.
“Father God, this world is a paradox of incredible beauty; yet
brokenness and pain. I humble myself before you and ask for healing,
restoration and redemption from this journey of pain. You are with me
every second of every day. Jesus, I thank you. Please, take my hand and
continue to walk alongside of me. Please go before me so I don’t lose
my way. Cover my back, Jesus, and give me your strength to go forward.
In Jeremiah 29:11, you’ve promised me a “future and a hope.” Help me
persevere and trust in that. When tempted, tired, depressed, discouraged
and doubting, be my strength, my comfort and my peace. Lead me
through this valley and bring me out on the other side. Show yourself in
supernatural, yet tangible, ways so I might feel Your Presence. Thank You.
It’s in Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.”
Written by Sherry Osland of Praise Works Quilting in Abilene, Ks. In
business and ministry for l5 years. For examples of quilting (and Quilts
That Redeem books for sale) go to: facebook.com/praiseworksquilting.
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We’re sixteen years into the new century. We have a new provincial
premier and a new prime minister; our southern neighbours will have
a new president in a few months. These changes in leadership will
undoubtedly set our countries on new paths and we often feel insignificant
in the grand scheme of things. Prime ministers and presidents come and
go, but everyday life will continue much as it has in the past for most of us.
The past year has not been a happy one. There is no need to recount the
world-wide disasters and terrible events that have affected so many; we
are all too aware. Some have gone so far as to suggest we’re entering
a new dark age.
So I am proposing that each of us tries to lighten the gloom in some
small way. This is not a new idea by any means, but what would happen if
every quilter or handicrafter made some small effort to make a stranger’s
life a little brighter (e.g. a lap quilt for someone who is wheelchair bound,
a fidget quilt for an Alzheimer patient, a cheery pillowcase for a sick child,
a crib quilt for a new mother who has little, a prayer shawl for an elderly
person…) and presented it in person, not through an agency?
There is never a lack of recipients, and one small act can have farreaching consequences. Over 30 years ago when I had ESL (English as
a Second Language) students, one newly-arrived teen seemed lost and
completely bewildered by her new surroundings, even though she did
have family here. Her birthday is in July, when school is closed, so I sent
her a card and a small gift. She was appreciative far beyond reason, I
thought, but that small act resulted in a 35-year family friendship which
I greatly value. (Incidentally, she became an R.N. and now has 2 sons
who are university graduates – a success story indeed).
Within the next year we will have more opportunities than ever as
bewildered immigrants and refugees who have lost everything arrive
on our shores with hardships in their recent pasts that we cannot even
imagine. Some may never recover from their trauma, but perhaps we
can help, even a little.
Let’s work – individually and together – to make 2016 a brighter year
for newcomers and those already in our midst. It has been said that it’s
better to light a candle than curse the darkness, but perhaps an old song
says it best. “Brighten the corner where you are!” Happy New Year!
Barbara Conquest writes her column from Blue Sky Quilting in Tofield,
AB. © Barbara Conquest.
Winter Word Scramble
Unscramble the words. Key is below.
1._________________ asbnllow
ball of packed snow
2._________________ lvoehs
_________________ tool with a broad flat blade used for moving snow.
3._________________ tsmnwrsoo
_________________ heavy fall of snow, esp. with a high wind
4._________________ naeosss
_________________ the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter)
5._________________ ocaco
_________________ powder made from roasted and ground cacao seed
6._________________ moofrtcre
warm quilt
7._________________ teerwsa
_________________ knitted garment, worn over the
upper body
8._________________ eselt
rain containing some ice
9._________________ onwrbdaso
_________________ board resembling a short, broad ski, used for sliding downhill on snow
10. _________________ efezer
_________________ be turned into ice or another solid as
a result of extreme cold.
11. _________________ ctekja
_________________ outer garment extending either to
the waist or the hips
12. _________________ otbso
_________________ _________________ sturdy item of footwear covering the foot, the ankle, and sometimes the
leg below the knee
13. _________________ eulgnsg
_________________ settle or move into a warm, comfortable position
14. _________________ efriclaep
_________________ open recess for holding a fire at the base of a chimney
15. _________________ eienbahrt
spend the winter in a dormant state
16. _________________ nruajya
winter month
17. _________________ agngobto
_________________ long narrow sled used for the sport of coasting downhill over snow or ice
18. _________________ arhwte
_________________ an arrangement of flowers, leaves, or stems fastened in a ring
19. _________________ voesgl
cover hands to protect from cold
20. _________________ fracs
_________________ length or square of fabric worn
around the neck or head
1. snowball 2. shovel 3. snowstorm 4. seasons 5. cocoa 6. comforter 7. sweater 8. sleet
9. snowboard 10. freeze 11. jacket 12. boots 13. snuggle 14. fireplace 15. hibernate 16. january
17. toboggan 18. wreath 19. gloves 20. scarf
There is always a vast outpouring of donations of gifts around Christmas
to innumerable charities and the food banks which support so many
people, and rightly so. These contributions are extremely important. But
what about the rest of the year? Dare I suggest that we each make two
personal donations throughout the year – or even monthly ones? Poverty
and need are present all year. Now I do realize that a great number of
quilters already far exceed this imaginary quota year round. Our thanks
and admiration go out to them. However, there are many more, myself
included, who could do more. What better time to start than the new
year?
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In This Land Of
Little Rain
Cowboy Poetry
by Jane Ambrose Morton
Childhoods
I asked my dad what games he played
when he was just a kid.
He thought a moment, then replied,
I played what others did.
He got down on his hands and knees,
and we climbed on his back.
Mom probably couldn’t stand the noise,
but she cut us some slack.
I tried to pin him down on that,
but nothing came to mind.
I sensed his childhood memories
were hard for him to find.
Then he reared up and bucked us off.
He whinnied, and he neighed,
and grabbed us by our ankles as
we both called out for aid.
He had no childhood to recall.
We worked while others played.
He worked as if he were a man
by time he reached sixth grade.
He plowed, he harrowed, planted crops,
oh, he could do it all.
He helped out with beet harvests on
the family farm in fall.
We yelled and screamed, but we had fun
a-wrassling on the floor.
We had all his attention in
this nightly tug-of-war,
As soon as he let go of us,
we scurried back for more.
We played till it was time for bed,
and we had fun galore.
When he had hitched the horses
to a V-shaped pulling tool,
he had to pull six rows of beets
before he went to school.
At that time, Dad taught high school kids,
coached basketball and track.
He hadn’t played, but he could teach;
he somehow had the knack.
He never learned to ride a bike,
play ball, or swim, or skate,
but he could harness up a team
and plow a furrow straight.
I don’t know how he learned enough,
but teams he coached did well.
It seems he found the right techniques
to help the boys excel.
He took no part in high school sports,
although he wanted to,
for chores awaited him at home,
and daylight hours were few.
We moved into a bigger town
where Bill joined Little League.
Dad practiced with him evenings
till done in with fatigue.
My father didn’t tell me this,
but Mom made sure I knew—
because he had no time to play,
he never learned how to.
Dad missed a childhood of his own,
but did fulfill his dreams,
vicariously, through his son, Bill,
who made the high school teams.
However, Dad did play with us
when Bill and I were small.
He’d be the horse who gave us rides.
We loved it, I recall.
©2012 Jane Morton.
All rights reserved.
Used with permission.
“IN THIS LAND OF LITTLE RAIN”
Tales of a family and a ranch—told
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water to make a passable red.
THE FARMER’S DAUGHTER
The Color Red
By Bernita Hill
The color red. What a powerful impact it
has on our lives. We see red, celebrate redletter days, and roll out the red carpet while
trying to avoid red tape and going into the
red financially.
In the 17th century, red was the color
of power. Red was associated with palaces;
Louis XIV wore scarlet red heels. Red was
chic, flashy and very expensive. Wearing red
in Japan or Italy indicated you were of high
status but some Japanese secretly lined their kimonos in red and wore red
underwear.
Whenever one thinks of the color red in terms of quilting, the term
“Turkey red” always comes to mind. It was widely popular in the mid1880’s in America. Turkey red actually refers to the dye process. It produces
a rich, cool, bluish colorfast product. It gets its color from the roots of the
madder (rubia) plant. There were two types of madder red developed.
The dying process was different. If water was used to make madder red
dye, it was less colorfast. If oil was used, it was colorfast.
The process for dying cotton Turkey red, as it was first practiced in
Turkey in the 1700’s, was complicated and time consuming. In fact, there
could be as many as 38 steps in the process! Because the process involved
wood ash, urine, soda, sheep dung, olive oil, a gall nut solution, alum,
lead acetate, sheep’s blood and dung liquor, it was said in some villages
where it was produced the stench was so bad the only inhabitants were
the dyer’s families.
The use of oil caused Turkey red fabric to be marketed as “oil boiled”.
Red can be the color of Satan or the Roman Catholic Church. In India,
brides marry wearing red saris. Thought to bring good luck, one-monthold Chinese babies celebrate their birthday with red eggs. The Roman
senators wore a red band on their togas. 80% of all modern-day flags
include red.
Quilters loved it. It didn’t fade or bleed. The red and green appliqué
quilts of 1840-75 captured the hearts and needles of the American
quilter. Even after synthetic dyes (which had a habit of fading to beige;
thus beige and green quilts)were introduced about 1875, if they could
afford it(it cost ten times more), quilters bought Turkey Red.
The color red impacts our daily lives. Athletes and teams who wear
red uniforms are more likely to win, says British anthropologists who
studied the 2004 Olympics. They found that boxers, wrestlers, tae Kwon
do and soccer teams who wore red in some form on their uniforms won
more than if they wore blue or white.
And how do you tell if your quilt is made with Turkey Red cotton? If
it looks like a pair of worn blue jeans where high spots weather to white,
you have it.
Whenever you see the color red, you will understand how important
it is to our culture.
They point out that red is associated with aggression in many animals
as dominant males have red markings. Even in humans, they believe
the color red makes athletes subconsciously feel more aggressive and it
intimidates opponents. But, researchers point out red provides an edge
only if the opponents are evenly matched.
SOURCES: Brackman, Barbara. MAKING HISTORY: Quilts and Fabric
from 1890-1970, “Turkey Red and Claret”,p.36-38, 2008. Klos.
Dagmar. “Cochineal, Kermes, Lac, Madder and Brazilwood”, PIECEWORK
MAGAZINE, March/April, 2014,p.12-14.
All this happens because of dye from a little bug the cochineal found
on Mexican cactus. When the Spaniards overwhelmed Mexico, they
began to export cochineal by scraping them off cactus plants and drying
them.
The dried bugs, looking like small pellets, were then shipped to
Europe. It required 70,000 dried insects to weigh one pound. In 1587
alone, they shipped 65 tons of it. Cochineal exports became second only
to silver.
Importers did not know if the little pellets were a berry, a bug or a
mineral and the Spaniards spent a lot of time and money keeping that
a secret.
The female cochineal produces carminic acid to annoy ants and other
predators. She is the red dye. Pinch a female and blood-red dye pours out.
Apply a mordant(which is used to set the dye) and the cloth will remain
red for centuries. It was discovered in 1630 that treating cochineal with
an acidic tin solution made it bind even better and brighter. This became
the first scarlet as we know it. Again, highly expensive but Roman Catholic
Cardinals robes and English military officers jackets were made with it.
(Enlisted men’s red coats were dyed with madder; thus not as bright.)
The male and female cochineal insects differ. As soon as she hatches,
she buries her mouth in the cactus and starts sucking. The females are
wingless, crawling around on their cactus, waiting for a “flying husband”
to descend. She will live, breed and die on that spot, hidden beneath a
bit of cottony fluff.
The males have wings and lead a more adventurous life but live only
one week. Their mouths deteriorate and they starve. The female lays her
eggs and her offspring crawl only as far as they must to dig into another
spot on the cactus.
In addition to being used to dye fabric, cochineal became a favorite
food coloring. Cakes, cookies, beverages, maraschino cherries and
tomato products were made brighter as were chewing gum, pills and
cough drops.
It is currently the only natural red food coloring authorized by the
FDA. When the FDA banned Red Dye #2 in 1976, some food and
cosmetic manufacturers returned to cochineal which is neither a toxin nor
a carcinogen.
By the 1880’s the market crashed when synthetic dyes were invented.
Artificial dyes were cheaper, more consistent and easier to use. With
cochineal production in decline, a major crisis in the Spanish market
followed and a key industry of 250 years failed within a couple of decades.
Cochineal was not without competition. The Portuguese found trees
in South America, later known as Brazil wood, offered a reasonable red
dye. It was cut and shipped to the Netherlands where it was ground into
a powder for dye. Portugal gained great wealth but as a result the Brazil
wood tree faced extinction.
Kermes, a pest on oak trees, was dried, ground and dissolved in
Additional: Behan, Jeff. “The Bug That Changed History.” Greenfield,
Amy Butler. A PERFECT RED: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the
Color of Desire, Harper Collins. Diane Ackerman, Washington Post, July
24, 2005. Hartcottagequilts. Com/his3.htm. “Swatchbook: Turkey Red.”
w.w.w.History.org/foundation/journal/summer12/dye.cfm.
“Putting
Red in the Redcoats: the Colonial Williamsburg Official History and
Citizenship”. Wikipedia. Org/wiki/Turkey red.
Bernita Hill is a retired college instructor who enjoys researching and
writing about quilt history. © 2016
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How Do You Spell Love?
Love makes the world go ’round. So, as the year begins, here are
some “heart-Tea” ideas to share love with family and friends of all ages.
Heart-Tea Menu for Adults
Last February, I was pleased to serve lunch to my sister Ruth. Since it
was near Valentine’s Day, a “heart-Tea” meal was in order.
I prepared four heart-y soups to sample: my mother’s meatball-anddumpling soup (my childhood favorite), white bean and ham, French
onion, and asparagus with lemon. Ruth loves asparagus, so that soup
with its refreshing, lemony taste and chunks of roasted asparagus was
her favorite. It looked appealing served in a heart-shaped glass bowl
and topped with a heart-shaped piece of wheat toast and a roasted
asparagus spear. I garnished another soup with a slice of tomato cut into
a heart with a cookie cutter and added a chive arrow across the top.
Our menu also included green-pea salad with small, heart-shaped
pieces of cheddar cheese served in paper muffin liners and placed on
doilies atop heart-shaped saucers. We finished our meal by nibbling
heart-shaped chocolate chip cookies and sipping Bigelow’s Pomegranate
Pizzazz herbal tea, a rose-colored, fruity blend.
Lovely Setting
Pink and red make a cheerful setting for teatime. I used a pink
gingham cloth, pink heart-shaped teacups, and red and white tulips for
the centerpiece. Heart-shaped cookie cutters made inexpensive napkin
rings, and heart-shaped red, pink, and white doilies added a lovely
accent. Since Ruth enjoys the candy bar with her name, a package of
Baby Ruths waited at her place setting.
Heart-Tea Ideas for Young Sweethearts
Often our grandkids and I bake and frost heart-shaped sugar cookies
together. Sometimes we also make chocolate chip cookies into hearts.
They’re easy to make: Roll the dough into a ball, flatten it, and then cut
out the dough with a heart-shaped cutter. If the cookies lose their shape,
recut them with the heart-shaped cutter as soon as they come out of
the oven. For gifts and mailing, we place the heart-y cookies into heartshaped boxes or cookie tins.
Last year our three grandkids (ages 4 to 11) came for a sleepover
on Valentine’s weekend while their parents celebrated their wedding
anniversary.
We started by drawing names and making Valentines to show love
in special ways to the person whose name we drew. I set out colored
construction paper, doilies, stickers, markers, scissors, tape, and glue. My
four-year-old granddaughter, Anna, took her Valentine making seriously.
She kept whispering to Grandpa and her older siblings to get the
information she needed. I wondered what she was up to. Then we made
our own Valentine holders and hung them from our chairs by the table.
The heart-y theme continued during mealtimes with heart-shaped
pizza for dinner. The next morning we feasted on waffles cut into hearts
and topped with whipped cream and heart-shaped strawberries. We
sipped hot chocolate from heart-shaped teacups and added a dollop of
whipped cream and pink sugar.
After breakfast, we read our Valentine cards. When I opened mine
from Anna, I found crooked strips of colored construction paper with letters
printed on them. I strung the pieces together and saw they included the
entire alphabet. Anna couldn’t write words and messages, so she simply
wrote all the letters of the alphabet so I could create my own words. I
kept those jagged scraps of paper, because to me they spelled L-O-V-E.
Any time is a good time to show love to others. I’m ready to
express affection to family and friends with a hearty meal, a lovely setting,
or tea and treats. Won’t you join me?
Lydia E. Harris holds a master’s degree in Home Economics. She
is blessed with five grandchildren who call her “Grandma Tea.” Lydia
authored the book, Preparing My Heart for Grandparenting (AMG
Publishers).
January / February 2016
From Lydia’s Recipe File:
French Onion Soup
If French is the language of love, what better way to express your
love than with French onion soup? And your friends will undoubtedly ask
for amour of this tasty, easy-to-make soup. For Valentine’s Day, cut the
cheese into heart shapes to fit on the bread slices.
Ingredients:
1 package Onion Soup Mix (such as Lipton)
1 tablespoon sugar (optional)
sliced French bread (one or two slices per person)
Swiss cheese slices (one or two per person)
Directions:
1. Prepare onion soup mix according to package directions. Add
sugar and simmer.
2. Toast one or more slices of French bread for each person. Butter if
desired.
3. Top each slice of toast with a slice of Swiss cheese cut to fit the
bread.
4. Microwave bread for 30 seconds or until cheese melts.
5. Pour hot soup into bowls. Top each with bread and melted cheese.
Enjoy!
Makes 4 one-cup servings.
Optional: If you wish more onions in the soup, brown one or two thinly
sliced onions in two tablespoons butter until tender. Add to packaged
soup mix and simmer according to package directions.
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