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Great Falls & Townsend, Montana
The Way It Was and the Way It Is!
Winter’s Light is Special
Surprisingly, the sight that reminds me most of winter is not when leaves turn golden and fall to the ground. It’s not the chill in the air as night approaches and the days grow short. It’s not even the light wisps of snow mixed with rain. It’s the color of the sky and surrounding area as evening approaches and at sunrise. It’s that blue-pink color that turns to a purple glow all around us. When this starts, you know winter is here. No other season produces this aura. My memories are always stirred by it. A picture of an outdoor skating rink comes to mind along with crackling bonfires, warm sweaters and sweatshirts. I look forward to that cozy feeling of cotton fleece next to my skin. Laughter echoes through the sharp winter air as children play and shuffle in large mounds of fallen leaves. This always brings a smile to my face. An aroma of cold air lingers on my clothes as I step inside my home—never forgetting to stomp my feet free from the messy wet snow. The smell and sight of wood smoke as it curls from chimneys throughout the neighborhood completes this Norman Rockwell winter scene in my mind. Most of all it reminds me of families gathered around a fireplace, engaged in lively conversation and the feeling of love as you tuck the little ones into bed at the end of the day, their faces flushed the color of red roses from the crisp outdoor air. I just looked out the window and saw a mule deer doe and yearling, belly-deep in snow. They were unconcerned, but the excitement they caused in our house was something to see and hear. The grandchildren pressed their faces to the window and chattered excitedly as they viewed this winter mural created by Mother Nature. Moments like these are always more memorable when shared with a child, especially a grandchild, an extension of your own life. Yes, the color of the sky does affect my mood. I always await the purple glow of winter evenings with great anticipation. Perhaps it will add another memory to my life, like the doe and fawn belly-deep in snow seen from the front window with the purple aura all around them. 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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While my older two daughters have made a few sewing and craft projects over the years to exhibit for 4-H, they have never been quite as interested in the process of creating something as my youngest daughter. Rylie is 6, and we affectionately call her “Builder Rylie.” She started building with blocks as a toddler, and she graduated to paper, tape and glue in her preschool years. As a first grader, she has made the leap to more durable materials such as pipe cleaners and foam sheets. And she recently learned to weave pot holders with loops on a loom. Only she isn’t happy with just pot holders. She wants to sew the pot holders together to Dee Sleep make things like purses and pencil holders. She defiEditor of nitely thinks in three dimensions! The Country Register We celebrated Christmas with one grandma who of ND, SD, WY, gave Rylie the Crayola Marker Maker. It has been a big MT & N. ID hit. We should have more than year’s supply of markers at our disposal before the New Year even begins. Making these markers is more expensive than buying them already made, so some may consider us crazy. But I know most of you readers won’t. You understand that the joy is in the process of creating and in seeing what you’ve made when you’re done. Rylie had another “builder” tool under the tree this year. She also received this Janome Hello Kitty 11706 sewing machine from her other grandma on Christmas Day. It is a genuine, three-quarter sized machine, and it has received positive reviews on Amazon.com and Target.com. Grandma also gave Rylie a small selection of fabric to get her started. I must admit that like many crafters, I have quite a fabric stash of my own, some of which I’m sure she will use. With three girls still at home and my own business, I have more time to shop for supplies than to use them. But that’s OK. I am enjoying watching my daughter start her crafting and quilting hobby. I can’t wait to see what she creates with her new sewing machine. Watch for the March-April 2014 issue of The Country Register for an update! The Country Register of the Northern Rockies & Great Plains January-February 2014 • Volume 4 Issue 1 The Country Register of the Northern Rockies & Great Plains is published every two months. Copyright 2014. Reproduction or use, without permission, of editorial or graphic content in any manner is prohibited by law. The Country Register is a registered business trade name. Chicken Creek Communications produced The Country Register of the Northern Rockies & Great Plains. Subscription price: 1 year, 6 issues, $18.00. Single copies: $3.00. This paper is furnished free at each advertiser, highway welcome centers tourism centers, shows, events, and other selected locations throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Northern Idaho. Articles published in this newspaper, which are contributed from outside sources, express the opinions of their authors only and may not express the viewpoints of the management and staff of The Country Register. Such articles that are accepted for publication herein may be edited at the sole discretion of the publisher. Responsibility for products advertised in this newspaper lies with the advertisers themselves. Though The Country Register will not knowingly publish fraudulent materials or fraudulently obtained materials, we are not liable for any damages arising from the purchase or use of products advertised herein.
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Ennis & Sidney, Montana
Scrap Happy and Loving It
Those Scraps You Can’t Toss Offer Lots of Potential A few weeks ago, I took a class on how to use scraps from my stash. I didn’t expect to learn so much in just a day. We participants came with sewing machines, a few supplies (cutting boards and rotary cutters) and a healthy bag of scraps. We set up our irons and sewing machine and we admired the bright and beautiful quilts that Venita Aldrich, our teacher, had brought. Venita started us off easy, making widgets – a small square decorated with a circle that could be hand appliquéd or machine stitched. She brought a variety of lids. We picked our favorite size, drew around the lid on freezer paper and cut that out. Then we rough cut a scrap of fabric, just about 1/4” inch larger than that paper circle. We put the fabric right side down, then the freezer paper circle, shiny side up, and ironed the seam around to make a perfect little widget, ready to appliqué. Next, we decided what size square to cut – 3” or 4" of a contrasting color (light widget = dark square, for example). What fun! The resulting widgets looked almost Japanese – maybe for a whole accent row on that Japanese quilt fabric that’s hiding in my unfinished objects (UFOs). We learned how to make strata – just little scrappy columns maybe 3” or 4” long and of varying widths of 1-2” sewn together in a pleasing order, considering texture and light and dark. Again, these could be used as accent rows or a border. Some of us practiced with larger lengths of fabric; the result was very close to a landscape quilt square. Venita folded a small square. Presto, we had prairie points, something I’ve never even attempted! Sewn into our ‘landscape’ square, these points created little mountains. “Think outside the box,” Venita kept saying. And so we did – even those of us who came with rulers in our hands and traditional patterns in our hearts. Venita next taught us how to sew across a 5” square and make the block square again. Sewing this slant took courage, though the beginning was
simple. Take a traditional block and cut it in half from opposite corners, creating two triangles. Next, take a 1-1/4” strip of fabric and sew it to the inner side of each triangle to create a slash of color in the middle. Once we mastered that technique, Venita took to cutting and sewing in several different directions, trimming as she went. The result was a modern quilt block that surprised us all. This technique was adapted from the book, Freddy and Gwen Collaborate Again. We went back to our scrap bags and commenced sewing with great vigor! We all see such potential for using those lovely little scraps we can’t quite throw away. Here’s a picture of one of Venita’s unique demonstration quilts – all made from what Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston call the ‘parts department.’ To get started on your scrap stash, Venita recommends either Freddy and Gwen Collaborate Again (Lark Books, 2009) or Collaborative Quilting (Sterling/Chapelle, 2006, both by Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston. The first snow of winter is falling as I write this. What a perfect time to begin a quilt to keep someone warm. Beth Camp and Venita Aldrich are members of the Washington State Quilters - Spokane Chapter.
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Livingston & Missoula, Montana
The Knitter’s Season
Cold, Dark Months Are Great Time to Start Next Year’s Holiday Gifts Some lament winter’s arrival. Then, there are knitters. The cold and dark months of the year are the knitter’s season. The first cool fall day flips a switch in our brains that sends us back to our stashes and project bags. We’re ready to wrap our loved ones in layers of handcrafted warmth whether they like it or not. Our holiday projects start to take shape with production in full swing by Thanksgiving and in overdrive during December. While we pinky swear every January that this year will be different, we will end up knitting like fiends. Sometimes we make our deadlines; sometimes we wrap up sweater sleeves or I.O.U.s in boxes all in the name of keeping those we love safe and warm. We understand folks who look at us cockeyed when we speak fondly of winter. We don’t expect them to know the feeling of putting on mittens we made with yarn found in a little shop on vacation. Or to know about dipping into drawers to dig out favorite sweaters and socks after being tucked away all summer. However, there are a few that understand the contentment of settling into a favorite chair with a mug of hot tea on a cold crisp day to work on a project. To us, it’s a little slice of heaven. Winter is what we work for all year and when it finally arrives, we’re in our happy place. If you’ve got some winter knitting to finish, here’s a sweet little mug wrap to keep your favorite hot beverage a little hotter. Enjoy!
Cozy Mug Wrap
• Materials: 75-100 yards of worsted weight yarn • Needles/Notions: US 7 needles, Size G Crochet Hook, tapestry needle • Button • Finished Size: 3 ¼” x 7” (not stretched) • Gauge: 6 sts = 1” in pattern stitch Glossary: St stitch K knit P purl SKP slip stitch purlwise, knit next stitch, pass slipped stitch over knit stitch WYIF with yarn in front Pattern Note: The Openwork Rib pattern is worked over a multiple of four stitches plus two extra stitches (4 sts + 2). Pattern: Cast on 50 sts and work as follows: Row 1, 3: (WS) *K2, P2, rep from * to the last 2 sts, K2 Row 2: (RS) *P2, K2, rep from * to last 2 sts, P2 Row 4: P2, *WYIF, slip the next stitch purlwise, yarn over and knit the next stitch on the left needle, pass the slipped stitch under the yarn over and over the knit stitch (this is the SKP), P2, rep from * to end of row (50 stitches total) Row 5, 7, 9: Repeat Row 1 Row 6, 8: Repeat Row 2 Row 10: Repeat Row 4
Repeat Rows 5 through 10 two more times. Then repeat Rows 1 through 3 once more. Bind off in pattern. Using the bind off tail, seam the top corners together for ¼ of an inch. Repeat at the bottom corners of with a cast on tail. Single crochet a chain with 8 stitches and attach the loop at the center of the right edge. Attach the button on the left side across from the loop. Weave in ends. 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 find more free original knitting patterns on that website. Follow Knitting Savant on Facebook and Twitter.
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Cooking with the Oldies
Cookbook Collections and Fond Memories Most of October I have been on a manic quest to go through every drawer, cupboard and closet in every room of my home. In the process, I have discovered things I had forgotten, found many things I no longer need or want and my greatest joy was to cart things out to the garage in anticipation of our annual community garage sale. There is enjoyment in having less and it makes keeping house much easier. My children will thank me someday for doing this! A few years ago I had cut my cookbook collection down by at least a third. This round, I let go of many more and have a tiny stack left of only cookbooks I have a favorite recipe in or fond memories. I no longer needed the one that said “365 Ways to Cook Pasta” because I had never used it all the years I had it. There were a lot that fell in that category. As you have guessed by some of my past articles, I cook more by opening my refrigerator and seeing what is on hand to use up. Today it was fresh green beans, zucchini squash, celery, red pepper, onion, kale and carrots diced up and thrown into a Crockpot. Over the top went the wonderful discovery from the freezer that had been thawed out a couple of days ago. It was a large Tupperware bowl that, unlabeled as usual, I thought was some soup and I am in the process of cleaning out freezers, also. To my surprise, it was full of some Greek Stuffed Chicken I had frozen after making too big of a batch for company. The chicken in a delicious lemon, white wine broth and feta cheese made for great eating the first time around but even better as leftovers. The first day I just ate a bowl of the meat and broth that had some spinach and red peppers from the stuffing. For the next two days, I put two corn tortillas in a little hot olive oil in a fry pan, some of the drained chicken on top and grated cheese on top of that. The pan was covered until all was hot and melted and the tortilla crisp but still bendable. Into these “tacos” went avocado, shredded Romaine lettuce and radishes. Salsa would have been great on top but I did not have any on hand nor the right ingredients to make some. Today’s Crockpot experiment took care of the rest of this wonderful leftover chicken. I think it would be a good thing to have prepared meat like this on hand on purpose! It came in handy this week while preparing for the garage sale!
Cookbook Drawing
Instead of offering you a real recipe this issue, I am having a drawing for a very special cookbook from my longtime, large cookbook collection. Heart of the Home, authored by Susan Branch, was copyrighted in 1986 and still has the original jacket cover on it. At one time in our country shop many years ago and then in our tea room gift shop in Phoenix, we had offered Susan’s books for sale. Many of The Country Registers print some of her art today in each edition of their papers. This book is beautifully illustrated and full of delicious recipes in Susan Branch style. To enter this cookbook drawing, email barbara@countryregister.com with Susan Branch Cookbook in the subject. Write a brief message saying
which edition of the paper you read and how long you have been reading it. A winner will be drawn from all the entries at the end of January and announced in my next column. I have saved back many cookbooks to give away to readers so you will have more chances. The papers are now published in 46 states and 5 provinces of Canada with many loyal readers. Check out the new company website www.countryregister.com for a listing of all the publishers and much more! There is also a company Facebook page that will keep you updated on more of my personal activities including drawings, recipes and fun articles. Go into Facebook and Like The Country Register. Barbara Floyd, founder of The Country Register and Love of Junk, Walla Walla’s Vintage Market, resides in Phoenix. The kitchen is one of her very happiest places. Her goal this holiday season is to fill her collection of holiday tins with home baked goodies and give them all away. It is one more way of cleaning out another cupboard! She can be reached at barbara@countryregister.com
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My Winter Mitten
Enlarge pattern to desired size. This mitten would be cute as a small doorknob hanger or larger as a door decoration. Fill the mitten with greens and twigs. This mitten was designed as a wool applique project. It would also be cute painted on wood. It can be used as a punch needle or rug hooking pattern. Give it a try and have fun with whatever medium you choose. This pattern is free for you to use. Please give the artist credit. Not for commercial use.
Designed by Kathy Graham
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Become Inspired!: Decorating, Entertaining and Living in the Early American Style Winter Serenity
Peacefulness abounds in the quiet days of winter. Evenings spent by the wood fire with a book filled with passages written centuries ago I am reminded of early New England and the blessings found in simplicity. As I read of times spent gathering wood or going down to the pond to cut blocks of ice, I am left to ponder how a hard day’s work in winter would give one a deeper appreciation for the warmth and security of home.
Coming in from the Cold
New England winters bring a sense of the unpredictable. Snowstorms can easily become blizzards and bracing for these tempest blasts often means preparing the home to provide much-needed warmth and comfort. Last year I hosted my first “tavern supper” in January after a fierce storm left over two feet of snow blanketing the region. At first I was concerned that the snow would cancel our special day, but then I looked at things differently. After the roads were clear, my family and friends ventured to my home in northeastern Connecticut and spent a day in “18th Century New England.” We used our snowshoes to experience the stillness of the woods. It was remarkable how the depth of the snow provided views unrecognizable on more common days. Winter had indeed blessed us with this unrivaled
beauty. When we came in from the cold the warmth of the wood fire greeted us and made us feel content. Hot, homemade stew and cornbread warmed us from within and when we gathered in the tavern room our conversations on the day were alight with joy and camaraderie.
Shared Sense of Peace
There is a stillness in winter that gives us all a chance to retreat and find what gives us a sense of peace. I find that spending time making my home feel warm and inviting gives me comfort. Winter is the season I go out to look for pieces of the past to add to my room displays. I treasure the slower pace of winter that gives me this soulful luxury. This winter pursue what provides your sense of peace. View the next “snow day” as a chance to see things differently and as an opportunity to shift your focus inward. Savor the stillness it brings and share that peacefulness with the ones you hold dear. For further information and inspirational photos Facebook us at Milltown Primitives. Annice Bradley Rockwell is an educator and owner of Pomfret Antiques. She is currently working on her book, New England Girl. NewEnglandGirl2012@hotmail.com. Robin Rock is the owner of Milltown Primitives. www.milltownprimitvesshop.com.
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Cheyenne, Gillette & Sheridan, Wyoming
Kissed Quilts: Cool Penguin Quilt Block Here is a tutorial for making a penguin quilt block. Maybe you’d like to set it in snowflake blocks and make a child-sized quilt or just put a border around it. Several years ago I designed a quilt using two blocks – the bear paw and the traditional snowflake. The idea was a baby bear being protected by the mama bear and I called it ‘Protection from the Storm.’ It was the perfect gift for my cousin and her baby son, who was born in the middle of a blizzard. This year, penguins seem to be very popular. I wanted to come up with a block for penguin feet and make something similar. Well, the numbers just don’t work the same. I ended up with this little penguin quilt. There is an on-line tutorial for the snowflake block available from CraftyFox at: http://www.acraftyfox.net/tutorial/snowflake-sampler-block-2-traditional-snowflake/. I liked how the diagonal elements created a secondary pattern in ‘Protection from the Storm.’ By alternating the centers of the snowflakes between dark and light, your eye continues to move around the quilt. The penguin is made up of 3 different blocks. Each block also uses a mirror image of itself to make up the total of 6 blocks. I used my Electric Quilt Software v.7 to draw these up. Fabric requirements for the penguin blocks: Black 3/8 yard [2 – 12.5” squares, 2 – 4.5” x 12.5”, 2 – 2.5” x 12.5”, 2-3” diameter circles], white 1/3 yard [2 – 6” circles, 2 – 12.5” x 10.5”], orange ¼ yard [2- 2.5” squares, 2 – 3.5” squares, 2- 12.5” x 8.5”], background ¼ yard [2 - 3.75” squares, 4 – 2.5” squares, 2 – 8.5” x 12.5”]
Block 1: 2- 6” diameter white circles, 2 - 3” diameter black circles, 2 - 12.5” square black penguin face. 2 - 2.25” beak square, 2 - 3.75” quilt background square. On the wrong side of the background fabric, mark 2.25” from the corner in both directions. In the opposite corner, draw a diagonal line 3.75” from the corner in both directions. Take a ‘beak’ square, placing right sides together with the black background at the corner you’ve marked of the same size. Sew on the marked diagonal. Press towards the corner of the black background. Trim to ¼” seam. Repeat for the 3.75” corner with a background square. Appliqué white circle then black circle in center of 12.5” square. Repeat to make two blocks.
Block 2: 2- 12.5” x 10.5” white penguin belly, 2 2.5” x 12.5” black body, 2 – 3.5” square beak. Sew black body strip onto white belly. Repeat to make two blocks. Set together, so black strips are on the outside. On both blocks, on backside of inner upper corner, draw a diagonal line from the top 1.5” from the corner down the side 2.5”. Place right sides together with the beak square and sew on the marked line. Repeat for opposite block. Trim seams. Press beak towards corner. Trim blocks to 12.5” square. Block 3: 4- 2.5” quilt background around feet squares; 2 – 4.5” x 12.5” black body, 2 – 12.5” x 8.5” feet, 2 – 8.5” x 12.5” background around feet. Mark 2.5” diagonals on the back of the black body fabric on two corners on the same long side of the fabric. With right sides together with the background square on a marked corner, sew on diagonal line. Press and trim. Use a 12”x8” piece of cardstock to draw the penguin feet shape. Trace on feet fabric. Cut out and apply onto the background around feet using you favorite appliqué method. Be sure to center the feet leaving ¼” seam allowance on all sides. Sew foot block and lower body block together. Assemble all 6 blocks to make the penguin. If you’d like the .PJ7 file for this, send me an email to: marlene@kissedquilts.com; subject: “Penguin PJ7 file please” Here’s to having Happy Feet! 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.
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Devils Lake, North Dakota
The Dropped Stitch: Let’s Scrumble Let Your Imagination Be the Pattern We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. -Walt Disney Come with me down a new path called scrumbling to add a new technique to your creative knitting and crocheting. There are no worries about straight edges or parallel rows. Gauge isn’t important – yahoo! Make a mistake? Turn it into a design with imagination. Minimal familiarity with basic knitting stitches (cast on, bind off, knit, purl, garter, and stockinette) and basic crochet stitches (chain, single crochet, and double crochet) is needed. Scrumbling creates a motif of freeform knitting and crochet that can be joined to others to make a piece of desired size and shape. Once the technique is learned and the scrumbling concept is understood, large projects of wearable art are at your fingertips. Fabric and structures can be created in two and three dimensions. Scrumbled motifs can be used for jewelry, cushions, shawls, hats, bags, embellishment, pockets, etc. Small motifs are interest points when used for pockets, handbag flaps, or collars. Combining plain and novelty or fancy yarns is alluring to the eye. Consider color, contrast, and texture before designing your project. Balance the design, motifs, and color. For example, knit or crochet plain back or sleeves of a sweater. Then use some of that same yarn within the scrumbled area for balance and consistency. Textured stitches and yarns are very attractive. Avoid working lots of textured stitches with highly textured yarns. Combine knitting and crochet in the same motif; i.e., knit a square, then
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crochet on one side. Work in any direction – circles, odd shapes, up and down sides, or in strips – changing yarns, colors, and stitch patterns. When using yarns of different weights and thicknesses, occasionally double any thinner yarns to avoid major edge distortions. Binding off with a smaller sized needle will curve the motif in slightly. With a larger sized needle, the motif will curve outwards. Creating a garment? Make a template for motif placement so front pieces match for measurements/dimensions. Jigsaw the puzzle motifs onto the template. Fill in areas between motifs with single crochet, half double crochet, or double crochet stitches. Work bridges of chain stitches. Stitch motifs together with evenly spaced overhand stitch. Sew freeform garment seams together with the mattress stitch. For further detailed information and ideas, refer to Freeform Knitting and Crochet by Jenny Dowde as well as your local yarn shop and many internet sites. Take note that scrumbling may not be for everyone as no pattern is followed. But, try a small project of a few freeform motifs, letting yarn and needles and hook take you down a new path. Soar without a pattern! ©2014 Sharon Greve. Reach Sharon at castonshar@yahoo.com No reprint without permission.
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Huron & Central SD, South Dakota
New Farm Wife Starts Her Quilt Bucket List Every time I attend a quilt show, read a quilting magazine or browse the quilts on Pinterest, I think to myself, “Gosh, I’d love to make a quilt like that one!” I make mental notes such as, “I want to make a Farmer’s Wife quilt in shades of brown and green.” But, when I read the next magazine my mind fills up with another list of fun, beautiful quilts. I’ve forgotten too many could-have-been quilts because of my fuzzy mental list. So, I decided to formalize this process by creating a Quilt Bucket List. Instead of wishing, I actually wrote down what quilts I hope to make. My Quilt Bucket List is divided into two sets of ten. Of course, you could set one up in whatever method fits your quilting goals and personality. First, I made a list of 10 quilts I’ve never made. Secondly, I made a list of 10 quilting techniques I want to learn. I’m a relatively new quilter; I recently started to notice that my technical skills are limiting the types of quilts I can create. So far, my Quilt Bucket List has been fun. No more forgetting new quilt ideas! I hope that you’ll join me and create your own list, too. If you’re thinking of creating one keep these tips in mind: • Share your Show yourK. quilt guild, friends or family. Better yet, bylist: Maranda Jones Malena get together with your quilting friends and write your lists together. I posted my Quilt Bucket List on my blog. You can view it here: I remodeled my kitchen in a day for less than $30! www.sierrashea.com/bucketlist Presley I had not planned on this undertaking, but when I spotted my inspiration in the open street market, I knew it was going to happen. Teague I do not usually cook out of enjoyment, but more out of necessity. I need to feed my family. My kids get hungry, I get hungry, and my husband makes spaghetti with chili powder. Well, he did once, and that was enough. I am the designated cook by default. I cook, he cleans. It has always worked for us. If I was independently wealthy, or had a well-paying job, I would seriously consider hiring a cook. I would love having food prepared for me that I did not have to plan for, shop for, and prepare. I dream of a salad bar in my kitchen with an attendant to provide fresh vegetables and sweep up crumbs of croutons that escape onto the counter. Because we live an hour away from a major grocery store, we tend to have a well thought-out menu, planned in advance with repeat items every couple weeks. This makes it easier to stock our fridge and pantry, and then I know what I have on hand to prepare supper. The planning and preparing has become more enjoyable since the remodel though. How did this transformation take place so quickly and so cheaply? I bought a chair. This is not just any chair. This is one of those chairs with the steps that pull out from underneath. It is a Cosco retro chair with step stool to be exact, and my family loves this chair. My husband reminisces about his grandparents having one like it. I understand because mine had one too. The three-shelved wooden cabinet that held my great grandma’s cookbooks sat in the opposite corner from their stool, which was always my first destination when we arrived at her house. She and my great grandfather would watch for us out that kitchen window lined with bird figurines and wave as we walked up the sidewalk lined with flowers and a neatly manicured lawn. I had the best view in their house sitting on that stool covered in contact paper with pink roses. I was near the window so I could watch the street. I faced the living room so I could watch Wheel of Fortune from that spot. I was right between the kitchen table, where the rest of the family found seats, and the kitchen counter where Grandma was working. She rarely sat down in the kitchen because we always looked hungry and in need of a snack. Her aprons strings digging into her back, she moved back and forth from the counters to the table to the fridge to the sink, and repeated that path until she felt we were sufficiently fed. It was best to just take a seat and get out of the hostess’ way. After a lovely sit-down breakfast of beignets, grits and eggs at a New Orleans inspired restaurant, my mom, my sister, and I walked up and down the aisles of the Paris Street Market in Aspen Grove. We were not looking for anything in particular
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• Keep it handy: Don’t write it down and then never look at it again. Keep the list in an easy to find place and review it before starting a new project. Hopefully, it will be a source of inspiration! • Embrace the journey: When you begin, date your list. Then, write down the date of completion for each quilt or technique. Without much effort, you will create a fun, written record of your quilts and your growth as a quilter. Even though it is the start of a new year, I am not making a goal to finish my Quilt Bucket List in 2014. I don’t want to be overly ambitious. I don’t want to rush these quilts. I just hope to complete the this list before I “kick the bucket.” Sierra Angell calls herself a “Modern Day Laura Ingalls Wilder” because of her new lifestyle in South Dakota as a farmer’s wife, quilter and writer. Read more on Sierra’s blog at www.sierrashea.com.
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Savvy and Thrifty: Great Gifts For Valentine’s Day and Beyond With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, now is the time to start thinking about your gift-giving needs. Instead of patronizing the crowded malls and box stores and paying top dollar for quite ordinary mass-produced trinkets and home accessories, why not be remembered this year for your spectacular, unique and antique Valentine’s Day gifts? My area of interest is antique china. In that niche, you will find everything you need to fit all taste levels on your gift list. You are holding the best resource for your antiquing jaunts in your hands. You can make your shopping easy and a delight by patronizing the advertisers who appear in this paper. Make a point to attend auctions, shows, estate sales, visit your local antique malls and shops and say “hello” to your neighbors. Have fun getting out and about while crossing off the names on your gift list. One of the best buys is a partial lot of china. These incomplete sets usually can be found for great prices. Don’t overlook pieces that are dusty or have small imperfections. They can be spruced up! Everyone loves vintage teacups. Why not purchase several? Teacup sets are items of enduring beauty that will get you through your Valentine’s gift list and on to birthdays, get well or hostess gifts. Fill the cup with an assortment of individually packaged tea bags. Place the cup and saucer on a large square of tulle. Bring the tulle up around the cup and saucer and wrap with a long colorful piece of fabric ribbon. What a welcome gift! Try the same with butter pats! Place one large wrapped chocolate on a pat and surround it with tulle and a beautiful ribbon. Don’t forget to set one of these delightful treasures at each guest’s place setting at your next luncheon or dinner party and enjoy your guests’ complimentary remarks.
Butter pats are also great votive candleholders. Buy several votive candles to accompany your bounty of antique butter pats. Voila! You now have several inexpensive but delightful gifts for your special girlfriends, not only for February 14 but also throughout the year ahead. Bouillon cups always remind me of my transatlantic crossings on the QEII and the mandatory “elevenses.” It is so rare to see these vestiges of gracious 19th Century living. Bouillon cups are charming gifts. Place tiny color foil-wrapped bouillon cubes in the cup. Use gift wrap with a nautical theme and surround your pretty package with tulle. Use an extra long flowing fabric ribbon festooned with lighthouses. For the mustachioed man in your life, a mustache cup is a must! These relics of Victoriana will be treasured for years ahead. Antique shaving mugs are another terrific present. Pack up a gift bag of shaving creams and lotions and you will be able to present a gift that you are proud of and one that won’t cost you a bundle! Add a brush to the mug and you will surely please the special man in your life. A day of snooping around antique shops and bidding at auctions should provide you with the opportunity to pick up several inexpensive soap dishes. Make a side trip to your local discount store for a variety of decorative soaps. Pack a bar of soap with each dish and wrap the ensemble in vintage hankies tied up with big red ribbon. The possibilities for great gifts are endless when you go antiquing. Add your own touches to create truly memorable gifts. Why not bake up a storm and artfully arrange the heart-shaped goodies on a 19th Century Havilland dessert plate? Surely someone on your gift list would love a matching sugar and creamer. Do you have a dog-lover on your gift list? Fido certainly would appreciate some doggy treats presented on a 19th-century Staffordshire bone dish! Always remember, it is the thought that counts. Gifts of antique china are packed with memories and, by adding your own special touches, you will relay the message that your gifts have been packaged with careful thought and love. Mary Dessoie covers a variety of topics in the field of antiques and collectibles. She founded the Butter Pat Patter Association for beginner and advanced collectors of exquisite china butter pats from the Victorian through Edwardian eras and 19th Century to current-day transportation and restaurant ware pats. Butter pats are miniature plates that were introduced during the mid-1800s for individual servings of butter. A subscription to The Patter newsletter costs $22 and includes a mint-condition Royal Doulton butter pat and 10 issues. Sample copies are available by sending $4 and a LSSAE (66 cents) to: Mary Dessoie, 7950 E. Keats Avenue, No. 178, Mesa, AZ 85209-5025. Those who would like to start their subscriptions immediately and receive their Royal Doulton pat by return mail, please send your check or money order, in the amount of $22, payable to Mary Dessoie. Mention this article and you will receive an extra butter pat. Please mention this special double china premium offer when you write!
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Dell Rapids, Faulkton & Pierre, South Dakota
Mystery Quilt: Raspberry Swirl Designed by Ann Jones – Nevada, MO. Pattern Submitted by Nine Patch Quilt & Fabrics, 129 E. Walnut, Nevada, MO, www.ninepatchnevada.com. This is part two of a three part series. To see part one, pick up a copy of the November/December issue of The Coutnry Register of the Northern Rockies & Great Plains or visit www.countryregister.com/nrgp.
Part 2, Block 2
The block uses fabrics A, B & D. Make 18 of these blocks. Cutting instructions for one block: A: Cut four (4) 4 ½ x 4 ½” squares B: Cut one (1) 4 ½ x 4 ½” squares D: Cut two (2) 4 ½ x 12 ½” rectangles and two (2) 4 ½ x 4 ½” squares Sewing Instructions: • Sew the two 4 ½ x 4 ½” square of fabric D on either side of the fabric B square. Press towards D. Set aside. • Mark a diagonal line on the wrong side of fabric A square. With the right sides together, sew an A square to the long D block ends along the marked lines as shown in the diagram. Press A towards the corner of D, matching the corners of A to D as best you can. You will have three layers of fabric in the corner. It won’t always match perfect, but that’s ok. As long as the A is close and within the ¼” seam allowance when the block is sewn together, you won’t have to rip! • Sew the block together per diagram. Press seam towards the A/D strips.
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Spicy Friendship Tea
Makes Great Gifts for Friends
These cool winter evenings seem incomplete without a cup or two of Friendship Tea. For years now I have made large batches, placed smaller amounts into cute jars with ribbons and left them in a basket by the front door to give to guests who come and go from our home. In more recent years, my batches have gotten bigger to meet the “demand” of friends and families who rush to claim theirs. While Friendship Tea is also known as Russian Tea, historians agree that this drink probably originated in America. One of the first references to the Friendship/Russian Tea was in a 1925 cookbook. In that recipe, it called for Black steeped tea, orange juice, orange peel, cinnamon sticks, cloves with a splash of cream. While this variety of Friendship Tea is hard to make as pre-packaged gifts, it does make for a lovely sit down tea party. There are many varieties of Friendship Tea—all well worth researching to find recipes that best suit you and your tastes and your friends. I have found that the recipe below suits my friends and me well. Perhaps it has something to do with the “spicy.” Yet, I have also made different varieties using lavender blooms, vanilla beans, lemonade and lemon drops instead of the Cinnamon. It is pure heaven to sit on the sofa with the fire crackling in the background, a cup of hot Friendship Tea in hand as you reflect on all those you have been blessed with in calling friends. René Groom is a freelance writer and public speaker who loves to share her adventures, misadventures and the amazing people she meets down life’s dusty trails. She and her husband, Tom, make their home in Prosser, WA. She is the mom of four amazing men. Some of her stories can be found at www.adventureswithdusty.blogspot.com. Spicy Friendship Tea 1 - 18 oz Jar Tang 2 C. Sugar 1/2 C red cinnamon candy
1/3 instant Tea Mix 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground cloves
Mix well and separate into gift size servings.
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Custer, Hot Springs & Rapid City, South Dakota
Gram-isms
Quotes & Lessons from Grandmas Make Lasting Memories Thinking back on the years spent with my paternal grandmother I recall her fun ways with words that my family calls Gram-isms, and though not original with her they bring back good memories. The first one that comes to mind is, “A lick and a promise.” That is what we said we had to whip our hair into shape or wash our faces when going somewhere on short notice. It meant we gave a quick brushing to make our hair into a more or less acceptable form, while promising to do it up properly when we had more time. “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” The first time she told me the following riddle, I did the math so intently and came up with a good sum, although it was not correct. It seems like she had to tell it to me once or twice more, quite slowly, before I got it. “As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives, Each wife had seven sacks, each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits: kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?” When Gram’s own mother (my great-grandmother Hattie) purchased a pump organ and had it freighted by wagon from a town 40 miles from the ranch home, Hattie did not have any musical background, other than she liked and missed music. She taught herself to play, after a fashion. One day Hattie came in from working in the orchard and her son was standing on a stool, singing for all he was worth, a song he wrote himself, “My mother bought an organ; she didn’t know how to play. She banged and banged and banged ’til she banged it all away.” I never heard if that theatrical piece earned him a spanking or if they shared a good laugh. From what I have been told about Hattie, I imagine it was the former. Gram was known to many in the county as “the Stanley lady.” She sold Stanley Home Products usually at home parties. When I was in the seventh or eighth grade a hostess gift was a two and one half gallon metal roasting pan and I wanted one. She gave me the supplies I needed to host a book party and I sold enough to achieve my goal. I still have – and use – that roaster. It was an old gold color and it is still quite recognizable. That was just one of the times she showed me how to work for something that I wanted. Somehow her title grandma got shortened to Gram and it stuck. I’ve always thought it would be an honor to be called Gram, but I was given the moniker of Grandma Peggy. On a recent trip to Texas to see our younger son and his family, he brought up that maybe, after all, I should be called Gram, and his four-year old daughter chimed in with, “Yes, Gram Cracker.” And, so I am. Peggy Sanders’ internet latchstring is out at peggysanders.com or peggy@ peggysanders.com. Author of: Fall River County and Hot Springs: 1881-1955; Wind Cave National Park: The First 100 Years; The Civilian Conservation Corps In and Around the Black Hills; Custer County, SD; Fall River County and Hot Springs: 125 Years. Columnist for: The Rocky Mountain Fence Post, The Country Register, Edgemont Herald Tribune; Hot Springs STAR.
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Always Your Design, Dell Rapids, SD............................................................... 12 Badlands Quilting Association, Wall, SD......................................................... 15 Black Hills Visitor Center, Rapid City, SD....................................................... 13 Creative Closet, Townsend, MT.......................................................................... 2 Dakota Quilt Company, Spearfish, SD............................................................. 16 Fall River Fibers, Hot Springs, SD..................................................................... 15 Flip-Side Fabrics, Sidney, MT.............................................................................. 4 Heartsong Quilts, Hot Springs ,SD................................................................... 13 Hill City Mercantile, Hill City, SD..................................................................... 16 Hot Spring Housing, Hot Springs, SD.............................................................. 15 J.L. Wright’s Trading Post, Townsend, MT......................................................... 2 Knothole, Spearfish, SD...................................................................................... 15 Nuts & Bolts Fabric Shop, Edgemont, SD........................................................ 15 Quilt Connection, Rapid City, SD..................................................................... 15 Quilt Essential, Devils Lake, ND......................................................................... 9 Quilt Nook, Gillette, WY...................................................................................... 8 Quilt-Tiques, Rapid City, SD............................................................................. 15 Quilter’s Corner, Faulkton, SD.......................................................................... 12 Scavenger’s Journey, SD...................................................................................... 10 South Dakota Quilter’s Guild, SD..................................................................... 10 Stitches That Bind, Ennis, MT............................................................................. 4 The Fiber House, Sheridan, WY.......................................................................... 8 The Quilt Yard, Pierre, SD.................................................................................. 12 The Quilt-A-Way, Great Falls, MT...................................................................... 2 The Quilted Corner, Cheyenne, WY................................................................... 8 The Quilters Nook, Custer, SD.......................................................................... 13 Things That Rock, Hill City, SD......................................................................... 16 Tri-State Bakery, Belle Fourche, SD.................................................................. 15 Vicki’s Quilts Down Under, Missoula, MT........................................................ 5 Wall Drug, Wall, SD............................................................................................ 14 Windy Stitches Quilt Retreat, Livingston, MT.................................................. 5
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Belle Fourche, Edgemont, Hot Springs, Rapid City, Spearfish & Wall, South Dakota Upcoming Area Events Wall, SD Badlands Quilter’s Weekend Getaway
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Hill City & Spearfish, South Dakota Cover Artist: Monica Sabolla Gruppo
Answered her Calling
Born and raised in Italy, artist Monica Sabolla Gruppo inherited the love for brushes and colors from her maternal Grandfather, an award- winning painter. She has spent the latest 20 years nurturing her creative soul full-time through painting, crafting and photography, always growing and evolving, experimenting and trying new techniques until she decided to answer her calling and devote herself to painting as a profession. Monica lives in England with her beloved husband and their sweet Golden Retriever, and she’s passionate about infusing creativity, beauty and inspiration in every aspect of her life. Monica is represented for licensing by Linda McDonald, Inc. in Charlotte, N.C.