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Prescription for Adventure

By Naomi Gaede-Penner

No Matter Where or When, Picnics Make Memories Re-creating traditions brought comfort to Ruby Leppke Gaede, who in 1955 was transplanted 4,000 miles from her Peabody, Kansas., home to Tanana, Alaska, a small Athabascan Indian village along the mile-wide Yukon River where her husband, Elmer, had taken the sole position of Public Health physician at the hospital.Going on a picnic was one of those experiences that elicited heartwarming emotions for the new bush doctor’s wife.

When Ruby was a child her father, Solomon Leppke, seemed always to be working,except on Sundays when the family went to church. That was the life of the farmer.So, when the family went on a picnic, there was the uncommon pleasure of spending leisurely time with “Daddy.”

Ruby fondly recalled, “My daddy liked to eat near a creek, so we’d try to find one that wasn’t dry, and sometimes the grass would be greener, and softer, along the banks and there would be trees for shade, too.”

She could still vividly picture those times, feel the sultry summer and taste the deliciousness of the moment.

“Mom would bring potato salad and cantaloupe. Mom’s salad was made with potatoes, onions and boiled eggs; and then vinegar and sour cream dressing, with some salt and pepper. Mom liked to have those potatoes sliced in a certain way, not chunks, but slices since the dressing would marinate better. Sometime we’d have watermelon. Usually zwiebach, potato chips and pickles. Maybe cabbage slaw. Of course, cold fried chicken. Then for dessert, there would be pies, and we’d try to bring Jello – if we could keep it chilled.”

One of Ruby’s first picnics in Tananawas on a chilly October day when the smell of snow and woodstove smoke hung in the air, and the heavy grayness muffled the occasional sound of a husky’s howl or chainsaw biting into firewood.

Elmer could not go on the picnic. He was delivering a baby. With three children, Naomi (7), Ruth (6) and Mark (1 ½), Ruby needed back-up support. She scribbled a note and called to Ruth, “Please take this to Anna.” Within minutes, Ruth and Anna, the schoolteacher, were back at the house; Ruth gently swung a bag of marshmallows, and Anna carried a box

of graham crackers and some chocolate bars.

Ruby put other food items into a cardboard box. Mark and the box went into a wagon. Naomi skipped ahead. Ruth insisted on pulling the wagon, even though it was too heavy for her. She managed until the entourage started down the rutted incline to the river.Ruby and Anna gasped when the wagon started to run over Ruth. They grabbed the edges.

Tears welled up in Ruth’s eyes and her lips quivered. Mark squealed with excitement. Soon, however, everyone and everything arrived safely at the picnic site, and for a moment, all was silent, except for the gentle laplap of small waves against the dull flat rocks, beaten smooth by the push-pull of the current.

In no time, a campfire warmed the happily chatteringgroup.

Mooseburger grease dripped off the makeshift grill, and the flames sizzled and spit. Round yeast rollsthat Ruby had made for sandwiches functioned as mooseburger buns. Shoestring potato sticks from a can added a salty crunch.

Between mustard and the salty sticks, everyone’s gloves or mittens were yellowtipped; except for Mark’s, who kept pulling his off.

“Nothing like a picnic,”said Ruby. “Best burgers I’ve ever had.”

Behind her back, Mark pulled out the bag of marshmallows. What was an Alaskan picnic without s’mores, or “Angels on Horseback,” as Anna called them?

By this time, the sky and river had merged into a muted mono color.“Look!

It’s starting to snow,” exclaimed Ruby, with delight. This didn’t interrupt the picnic, and Anna and Ruby proceeded to toast marshmallows until they were golden; Ruth had the patience to do so, also. Naomi repeatedly set hers on fire. It wasn’t long before Mark not only had red, cold, yellow-smeared fingers, but a white gooey moustache around his mouth.

Picnics weren’t exactly the same in Alaska, with mosquitos and lack of fresh produce, but eating outdoors, and being with the people she loved, was, and that’s what mattered to Ruby.

–Find Naomi’s Prescription for Adventure books, at www.prescriptionforadventure.com or by calling 303.506.6181. Follow her on Facebook .

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L AWRENCEBURG

Advertiser Index

Shops are listed alphabetically by location.

Cities & Shops

P age # Page

Bloomington ....................... 17 Fancy Works Simply Primitive Brownstown ........................... 5 Scrappy Patches Quilt Shop Crawfordsville ........................ 6 Harvest Inn Interior Decor/Gifts Decatur ................................ 12 the homeplace Ft Wayne ......................... 12, 13 Ft Wayne’s Famous Coney Island Nature’s Corner Antiques Mall Georgetown ......................... 15 The Quilting Bee Greensburg ............................ 4 Tree City Stitches Greenwood ............................ 7 Back Door Quilts Quilts in a Trunk Jasper ..................................... 6 Harvest Inn Interiors Kokomo ............................... 24 One Stop Quilt Shop Hop Lanesville ............................. 15 Olde Country Cupboard Lawrenceburg........................ 3 Tri-State Antique Market Liberty ................................. 19 Pohlar Fabrics Madison ............................... 15 Fabric Shop Marion ................................. 11 Quilters Hall of Fame Martinsville.......................... 20 Berries & Ivy Metamora ............................ 19 Music Festival Middlebury ............................ 9 Pumpkinvine Quilting Mooresville ............................ 7 Breezy Manor Farm

Cities & Shops

P age # Page

Muncie ................................. 10 Cotton Candy Quilt Shoppe Nashville .............................. 16 Quilt Show The Story Inn Wishful Thinking Nineveh ............................... 17 The Farmhouse Cafe Tea Room North Vernon ........................ 5 Sharynn’s Quilt Box Roanoke .......................... 12, 13 Fabrics and Friends Quilt Shoppe Renaissance in Roanoke Rome City .............................. 9 Caroline’s Cottage Cottons Rushville .............................. 14 Elizabeth’s Keepsakes In Stitches St Paul .................................... 4 Olde Barn Primitives Seymour ............................... 18 Primitive Crow Small Town Stitches Shipshewana .......................... 8 Yoder Department Store Spencer ................................ 20 Unraveled Quilt and Fabric Store Wabash ................................ 10 Heaven on Earth Nancy J’s Fabrics Wabash Garden Fest Washington .......................... 21 The Stitching Post

Not Classified by T own Town and Out of State Classified Ads ............................. 22 Out of State ........................ 22, 23 Shop Hop .............................. 3, 24 Tour Towns ................................ 21 Web Based ........................... 22, 23

Row by Row is On the Go in 2017!

You Can Win Prizes for Sewing

Events Listing See shop & show ads for complete details.

Day

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now-9/8 Row by Row,Various Towns & Shops .......................................................... 3 2 Tri-State Antique Market, Lawrenceburg ........................................................ 3 7, 8 Quilts in a Trunk - Back Door Quilts, Greeenwood ..................................... 7 20-22 Celebration/Virginia Gunn - Quilters Hall of Fame, Marion ................... 11 28, 29 One Stop Quilt Shop Hop, Kokomo ............................................................. 24 Day

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6 Tri-State Antique Market, Lawrenceburg ........................................................ 3 18, 19 Stamp & Scrapbook Expo, Schaumburg, IL ................................................ 23 19 Wabash Garden Fest, Wabash ......................................................................... 10

September

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2 2, 3 3 7-9 8, 9 22, 23 22-24

Primitive Fall Thyme Gathering, Olde Barn Primitives, St Paul ................. 4 Music Festival, Metamora ................................................................................ 19 Tri-State Antique Market, Lawrenceburg ........................................................ 3 Quilt Expo, Madison, IL .................................................................................. 23 Reap the Harvest Tour, Various Towns ......................................................... 21 Doug Leko - Tree City Stitches, Greensburg .................................................. 4 Quilt Show - Pioneer Women’s Club, Nashville ........................................... 16

Quilt shops are planning or have completed their new rows, and everyone is excited about Row by Row Experience 2017. Be sure to follow the Facebook page for your area to keep up to date as we go through spring. Simply search in Facebook for Row by Row Experience and the name of your state or province. You will find details regarding shops in your state.

All new for 2017 is Row by Row Junior, a program for kids.

Do you know a young person you would love to bring into the fun of sewing? Now, kids can play too. When traveling with an adult, children ages 614 can receive a free row pattern in any participating Row by Row Junior store. The patterns are designed and written just for kids.

You can also now make our world a better place with The 9th Row. Many of the quilt shops are participating in The 9th Row project. In making a donation to The Make a Wish Foundation, the shops receive an exclusive pattern. Consider the

purchase of The 9th Row kit and a portion of your sale will help out the local children’s charity. Ask for it in the shops you visit.

The game is the same… and keeps getting better each year.

Visit any of the participating shops and receive a free pattern for a row in a quilt. Combine your rows in any way to create a unique quilt that represents the fun you had traveling to the stores. Travel with friends, discover new quilt shops and have fun collecting rows!

You can win prizes! Create a quilt using at least 8 different 2017 rows from 8 different 2017 participating RxR shops and be the first to bring it into a participating shop to win a stack of 25 fat quarters (6-1/4 yards of fabric!). Use that shop’s row in your quilt and win a bonus prize! Note: you may use The 9th Row patterns, row from previous years and even Row by Row Junior patterns in your quilt, but none of these may be counted as any of the eight needed to win a prize.

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A Cup of Tea with Lydia

By Lydia E. Harris

Summer Spontanei-TEAs Our new deck and sunny Seattle afternoons beckoned me to serve tea outdoors. Simple spontanei-TEAs. As I did so, I gathered a few tips to share with you.

Tea with Our Granddaughter Our six-year-old granddaughter, Anna, was the first guest I served on our new deck. No matter what the season, she loves having an egg hunt as part of her snack or lunch. I keep colorful plastic eggs in a kitchen drawer, and together we fill a dozen eggs with foods she likes. Often she selects small crackers, candies, apple slices, carrot circles, and cubes of ham or cheese. We make sure to include a sampling from different food groups, not just sweets. Then I hide the eggs, and Anna enjoys the hunt.

After she finds them, she sits at the table and empties the contents onto her plate.

This time Anna’s egg hunt was extra special since it ended outdoors. I had spread a colorful tablecloth on the deck table and added a bouquet of sweetsmelling white and purple lilacs from my yard. Together we enjoyed the sunny war mth as she nibbled her foods.

Sometimes Anna enjoys peach herbal tea sweetened with sugar cubes. But this time she chose another favorite beverage— chilled mango nectar. Our shared time was plenty sweet without the sugar cubes.

Tip 1: Prepare foods you know your guests will enjoy.

Tea with Neighbors For my next spontanei-TEA, I invited our neighbors to come see our new deck.

Robert and Sara live two houses down the street, and Robert is a talented handyman. Since he has helped us with tasks around our home and built his own deck, I knew he would enjoy seeing ours.

They gladly accepted our spur-of-themoment invitation, even though Robert is recovering from a stroke. I quickly spread a cloth on the deck table and served them homemade rhubarb dessert à la mode. For beverages, I offered tea and sparkling cider. Together we christened our deck and enjoyed a sunny visit.

Later, Sara told me our invitation meant so much to Robert that he mentioned it to his speech therapist the next day. It made me realize that some of the simplest things we do can brighten someone’s day.

Tip 2: Something that seems ordinary to you may delight someone facing challenges in life.

Tea with My Sister A few days later, my sister Ruth emailed that she would be in the area for a ladies’ brunch and could stop by for a cup of tea afterwards. Although I had planned to run errands, I changed my schedule and shared a spontanei-TEA with her.

I covered the deck table with a blueand-white pinstriped sheet and added a blue table runner Ruth had sewed for me.

My orchid in a cup became the centerpiece, and yellow paper plates and napkins made the table look as sunny as

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Buying Antique Clocks

by Richard MacLean

A decrepit $20 flea market find is now worth over $500. Why? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and so it is with antique clocks. A clock must strike a chord in your heart (pun intended) and complement the décor of your house. That said, you do not want to pay a ridiculously high price for something based solely on visual appeal.

Love at first sightmay later turn to exasperation if it needs extensive unexpected repairs. This article provides some clock buying dos and don’ts.

What is a fair price?

There is no universal Blue Book of clock values. In total, there are thousands of types, stylesand name brands extending back hundreds of years. Finding a clock equivalent to the one of interestcan bea challenge.

Most guides such as The Standard Antique Clock Value Guide by Alex Wescotwere publisheda decade or more ago. Unless it is a rare collector piece, priceshavedecreased because of the diminished interest in mechanical clocks by post-Baby Boomer generations.

The online Antique Clocks Identification and Price Guide (www.antiqueclockspriceguide.com) is a good source of more up-to-date information. Etsy and eBay can also provide some good examples of current pricing but,of course, the final sale price may be considerably lower. That said, there are some general guidelines you can use to determine if you are wisely buying.

General guidelines Typically, clocks cost $100 to $350 in antique stores. They can also cost twenty dollars or thousands. What makes the difference?

Age—the older the clock, the higher value. A 50-year-old clock is not “old” by clock standards. Grandfather or tall clocks made pre-1850 are particularly valuable.

Maker and Origin—American brands such Seth Thomas, Gilbert, Ithaca, Sessions or Ansonia are popular.

Especially desirable are very old clocks crafted by well-known individual

clockmakers. French, German, English and Austrian clocks are typically well made and desirable. French novelty clocks (e.g., figural mantel) can be incredibly ornate and valuable, assuming they fit your style needs. Korean and Japanese clocks are much less desirable. Howard Miller clocks typically contain excellent German movements and keep excellent time if well maintained but they are more functional than collectible antiques.

Condition—Mint, all original condition clocks are the most desirable. Look for original paper labels and maker-inscribed logos on dial faces. Antique clock cases converted to quartz battery may look nice but losemost of their value. They keep accurate time, however! Look for clocks that may need some superficial restoration but are complete.

Some parts and repairs are inexpensive and others are extremely costly. The difference is not always obvious so consider talking to an expert before buying.

Style and Features—Stately tall clocks are highly desirable. Weight-driven clocks keep better time than spring-driven clocks. Some wall clocks such as a Seth Thomas Regulator No. 19 are premium clocks. Beware: the term “Regulator” is more of a generic style term than denoting higher value. Eight–day Cuckoo clocks are more desirable than the 24hour variant. Advertising clocks command top prices.

Hour strike clocks are more valuable vs. time-only clocks. Chimes (e.g., Westminster) are more desirable than strike-only. Calendar, moon face dial, triple chime, porcelain face, beveled or reverse-painted glass add value.

Repair—A key consideration before buying is the need for repair or restoration. Clocks are typically sold “as is.” Basic cleaning, oiling and putting a clock in beat can cost over $100 depending on a number of factors.

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New Style Flea Markets & The History Vintage Markets Some buyers maybe satisfied with a non-functioning “wall hanger.” But if you desire a timekeeper, seek firm assurances that the clock is functioning and has been recently cleaned and oiled. For most clocks reconditioning the cabinet can enhance the beauty and enjoyment of your purchase. Rare and very old clocks, however, should be reconditioned very judiciously.

Even if a clock is currently functioning, it will not remain that way indefinitely.

Clocks are mechanical devices, akin to a Model T Ford that may not have had its oil changed. Gear arbors eventually wear the holes on the plates that hold them in position. Re-bushing these pivot holes is expensive. Anniversary (i.e., 400 day) and Cuckoo clocks are especially problematic since few repairers are willing to work on

these. If possible, obtain an option to return the clock conditioned upon getting a repair estimate within a set time period.

Example: The clock in the photograph was bought for $20 at a flea market. Dirty, tarnished and not functioning, was it worth even these few dollars? Yes! It was made by a well-known French clockmaker, Isidore Grenot, around the early 1800s. The potential value was built on it being complete with no broken parts and features such as a signed, un-cracked porcelain face, ornate brass and marble fixtures. A $200 restoration brought it back to an excellent timekeeper worth easily over $500.

–Richard MacLean has repaired and restored clocks varying in age from 20 to over 200 years at his business, the Clock Ticker in Prescott, AZ. He is a member of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors.

For more information, visit www.Clock-Ticker.com.

From Lydia’s Recipe File

Summer Sippers in Frosty Glasses

For a sweet touch, moisten the glass rims with water and dip them in sugar. Chill glasses in the freezer until ready to use.

Refrigerator-Brewed Iced Tea 1. Place four teabags in a quart jar. Fill with cold water and cover.

2. Steep in the refrigerator for three hours.

3. Remove teabags and serve over ice.

This works well with any flavor or type of tea.

Sparkling Rhubarb Punch - Mild-flavored and delicious 3 cups chopped rhubarb 3 cups water 3/4 cup sugar 1 6-oz can frozen pink lemonade (or use half of 12-oz can) 1. Combine all ingredients in a large saucepan; simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes.

2. Strain. (Pulp can be used as sauce separately.)

3. Chill thoroughly before serving.

4. When ready to serve, combine equal parts of punch base and 7-Up, Sprite, or lemonlime soda.

Tip: Prepare punch base ahead and freeze. Before serving, thaw it slightly; then break it apart with a fork. Add soda pop and stir. This makes a refreshing, slushy punch.

A Cup of Tea with Lydia the day. Since she wasn’t hungry, I used my miniature forget-me-not children’s tea set and served mini cheese balls with crackers followed by hazelnut and salted caramel ice cream in tiny teacups. Ruth preferred iced tea, so she sipped mango black tea with a splash of mango nectar, served in a tall glass with a fancy straw.

We enjoyed our leisurely chat, and my

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suntan proves we shared a warm time.

Tip 3: Be flexible, and make memories while you can. People are more important than projects.

-Lydia E. Harris, who holds a master’s degree in home economics, wrote the book, Preparing My Heart for Grandparenting (AMG Publishers). Her grandchildren call her “Grandma Tea.”

Have you wondered about the trend of Vintage shows and markets? It turns out we have someone well versed in the subject in our Country Register family.

After semi-retiring from active publishing several years ago, Barbara Floyd, the founder of The Country Register chain of newspapers across the USA and Canada, jumped into the popular Vintage Market events by staring Love of Junk.

Recently, Love of Junk, Walla Walla, Washington’s Vintage Market ranked number four on a list of nine top Flea Markets in the state.

Their vintage farm version was launched only four years ago, with this year being their 5th event.

When ‘farm style’ took off and became the buzz and the look on magazine covers, the market event was well-positioned with its real farm venue. Locals eager to accessorize with the fresh trend recognized what Love of Junk offered and the word spread about the inspiring and shopable displays the vendors are so good at creating. To date, there are no signs of the popular trend letting up. If anything, it seems to be ‘galvanizing’ the start up of even more vintage flea market events in the Northwest and across other areas of the nation So where and when did the ‘Flea Market’ concept originate? Open-air markets or bazaars seem to have been established in Paris in the mid 1800s.

Since then, generations of collectors and dealers have found it exciting and worthwhile to travel abroad to scour the Parisian outdoor flea markets for both rare and quaint treasures. How wonderful that now virtually anyone can enjoy that type of fun experience closer to home.

And what exactly does Vintage mean?

Not that long ago, we heard it used only in reference to the age of a wine. Now it seems to have replaced the word antique,

by Barbara Floyd & Glena Dunn when referring to desirable old items of the past. It also describes a look from eras in the more recent past, covering a lot of different styles from the 1950’s forward.

So Vintage, as used now, overlaps with many other terms (antique, retro, midcentury, etc.) and is an umbrella term for a very fun decorating style currently popular and evolving every year. Besides farm style, it can incorporate salvage and repurposed pieces, romantic, from chic to country or BoHo, to industrial remnants and antique treasures.

In the current Vintage Style magazine, which is an education in itself, there is a listing of 10 priceless Flea Market finds: Trunks and S u i t c a s e s , Architectural Salvage, Chandeliers, Copper and Silver Plates, Typography signage, Ironstone, Mid-century Furniture, Mirrors, Fabrics and Trim and Obsolete gadgetry.

Get on the Vintage Market bandwagon yourself. Watch our pages as more of more of these events find The Country Register is the best venue for getting the word out about their similar events. And if you know of an event in your area that should be advertising with us, please drop us a line or send an email. (Contact information is on Page 2.)

About the authors: Barbara Floyd is founder of The Country Register chain of newspapers across the USA and Canada and also The Antique Register of Arizona.

Now retired from active publishing she founded Love of Junk, Walla Walla’s Vintage Market and was volunteered to co-ordinate it by her daughter at whose farm the event is held. She has ten grandchildren and a first great grandchildren arriving in June in Moses Lake.

She travels a bit and it is often to Washington, Georgia and Indiana where her children reside. Her home base for over 50 years has been Phoenix, AZ. Glena Dunn, publisher of The Country Register of S. NV and owner of Back in Thyme in Boulder City, NV was raised in Walla Walla and returns each year to see family and do photos during Love of Junk. www.loveofjunk.com

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Madeline’s Musings

by Madeline Lister

Under Her Mother’s Sewing Machine My Mother's sewing machine . . . If I only knew where it was, I'd walk 1000 miles to reclaim it.

"The spool pin connected to the machine head; the machine head connected to the balance wheel; the balance wheel connected to the leather belt; the leather belt connected to the band wheel; the band wheel connected to the Pitman; the Pitman connected to the treadle, with Singer forged into its brace. . .

Now hear ye the word of your mother, 'Get out from under there before you pinch your fingers!' " Oh, and don't forget the polished wooden cabinet with its flip-up lid, and the numerous drawers filled with wondrous gadgets.

Such was my Mother's sewing machine, and I was the Treadle Master.

Being focused on what was going on under the machine, I don't recall much of what went on above. Not that Mommy had problems using her legs. She was quite capable of planting her feet on the treadle, and making that wheel go 'round. She’d been doing it for years, on my grandmother’s machine.

Perhaps it was her way of keeping me close at hand.

Kneeling on a pillow at the backside of the cabinet, I'd place my little hands atop her house shoes and pump away.

Now slow, now faster, now back off a bit. All precisely orchestrated by Mommy's need at any moment. How I loved the rhythm, the hum, the power of that machine!

Occasionally I would perch on the sewing stool, stretch down with my tippy toes, and make the treadle go. Now fast, now slow, now away to the races! Now let go, and watch the wheel spin down on its own. Then do it all over again, such glorious fun that I was hooked for life.

Yet I was not destined to be a Treadle Master forever. One fateful day, dethroned by Nikola Tesla, Mommy’s sewing machine was given away. The magic wheels and treadle were replaced by a foot control and a power switch, the fine sturdy cabinet by a plastic carrying case, and the strong forged insignia by a stick-on logo. Progress, I was told. Get over it. Move on.

And, so I did. To more bells and whistles than I would ever learn to use.

My first portable sewed on buttons and made a dozen variations of a buttonhole; zigzagged, blanket stitched, and blind hemmed; filled the bobbin without it being taken out of its case. Clothes for myself, for my children, and tailored trousers for my husband. Drapes and pillows, diapers and crib sets, and even a quilt now and then.

Sara, my 4-year old daughter snipped my threads; this, like my mother, so I'd keep her close at hand, Before long, she’d turned scraps into teddy bear bandages, and empty spools into necklaces. With an empty shoe box and my trimmings, she started a stash long before we knew what "a stash" was. A decade later, while recuperating from a skiing accident, she sought out those bits and pieces, creating what was to be the first of her many quilts.

In 2004 I purchased a quilting machine and went into business. Sara, who is now all grown up, joined me. What a great time we had! Mackenzie, her infant daughter, so we'd keep her close at hand, grew up in her “tent” under the longarm. She toddled on safaris in and out and around displays of fabric, morphed measuring tapes into slithering snakes, and was read to by our quilties.

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It’s Party Time with Lesley

by Lesley Nuttall

BBQ Party for Summer Fun While we still have beautiful warm weather, I would like to suggest a fun outdoor BBQ party. A Hawaiian theme party offers so many ideas for decorating, fun and fabulous food.

When inviting your guests, let them know that it’s a Hawaiian party and the dress code will be Hawaiian shirts, dresses, grass skirts and flip flops. As your guests arrive, have some leis to hand out to enhance their outfits. Decorating can be fun too, with cardboard cutout palm trees and pineapples placed around the deck area. Place vases of silk flowers and/ or sea shells on side tables . For your food table, purchase a couple of inexpensive colorful paper tablecloths and fringe the sides. Cut one in half and do the same and place on your side tables for a more colorful ambiance. Plan on some soft Hawaiian music for the background.

There are so many wonderful recipes available. Check out your cookbooks or on the internet for something different and appealing. I’m including a Hawaiian potato salad recipe and my husbands famous rib recipe which I have altered into a Hawaiian rib recipe. Add a few more items such as a tropical coleslaw and a mixed vegetable salad. For a beverage, mix up some pineapple punch or a fruity cocktail. Top with those cute little umbrella’s that restaurant’s use. Of course, always have coffee and tea — maybe iced, available. Water should also be available.

For dessert, try cutting a watermelon in half, lengthwise and cut out the pulp in bite size squares. Then fill the watermelon haves with the watermelon chunks, pineapple chunks, melons and/ or grapes. Set them on your food table as your center piece. Guests can nibble before or after the meal.

A game or two is always fun and exciting. Pick up 1 or 2 hula hoops (or more) from the dollar store and have a HULA CONTEST. See who can hula the longest . See who can hula with the most hula hoops going at the same time.

Another fun game is the HULA HOOP FLIP FLOP game. Tire a hula hoop to a tree branch. Have the guests in turn try to flip their flip flop shoe through the hoop. If you don’t have a tree branch, have two guests hold the hoop — one on each side of the hoop holding it vertically and guests can kick their flip flop through — hopefully not hitting the guests holding the hoop.

As you will be serving ribs, I would suggest you have lots of hand wipes available. It always looks nice to have paper napkins that match your table cloths for added accent.

Enjoy your summer BBQ, and continue to enjoy the weather with your friends and family!

–© 2017 Lesley R. Nuttall, the Author of Secrets of Party Planning and llives with her husband in Dryden, ON, Canada.

Hawaiian Potato Salad (Serves 8-10)

1 ½ lbs red potatoes, washed and quartered 2 carrots, peeled, thinly sliced 1 ½ cups medium pasta shells 1 /2 cup frozen peas 1 stalk celery, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced 1/3 cup red onion, thinly sliced ½ cup dill pickles, chopped 2 hard boiled eggs, cut in half In a large pot, cook potatoes in salted water; bring to a boil and cook until tender, (about 15 minutes) Add the pasta during the last 7 minutes of cooking, and add the peas during the last 2 minutes of cooking.

Drain. Cool.

Dressing: ½ cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup dill pickle juice, 2 tbsp white vinegar, 1 tsp Dijon mustard, salt & pepper Transfer egg yolks to bowl, using fork mash yolks with mayonnaise until smooth Stir in pickle juice, vinegar, mustard & salt & pepper Dice egg whites and add to the potato mixture. Add pickles, celery, onions and carrots Toss together with the mayonnaise mixture Chill and it’s ready to enjoy!

Craigs BBQ Ribs, Hawaiian Style (Serves 8 - 10) 3/4 lb per adult (average 6-8 ribs) 1/4 lb per child (average 2-4 ribs) 6 lbs baby back ribs 1- 8 oz can pineapple rounds Sauce: 2 cups BBQ sauce 2 cups ketchup 2 cups water Spices: 1 tbsp salt 2 tsp garlic powder 1 tbsp pepper 1 cup pineapple juice 3/4 cup light brown sugar 1) Remove skin from back of ribs.

Trim off fat. Cut into 4 inch strips.

(About 4 bones) 2) Place in pan, bone side down. Add 2 cups water, sprinkle spices on ribs.

Cover with tinfoil, sealing tightly.

3) Cook in the oven for 3 ½ to 4 hours at 160º C (325º F) or until tender 4) Mix sauce ingredients together. Place ribs into sauce. Allow ribs to marinate for 24 - 48 hours in refrigerator.

5) To reheat, place in tinfoil, baste, wrap tightly and heat on BBQ (or in oven.)

Pineapple rounds: Brush with olive oil and broil or place on BBQ for about 1 minute. Place on platter with ribs.

Happy Summer

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Handmade Woolen Goodies from my sheep, goats and bunnies.

5803 E Watson Rd., Mooresville, IN 46158 317-260-0571 • Donna Jo Copeland, Farmeress • Farm fresh rovings, yarns • Farm made rugs, blankets, shawls, sweaters, and hats • Original rug hooking designs Monday-Wednesday 11-4 and by appointment Open Most Sundays “Like” us on FACEBOOK: Breezy Manor Farm

Life on the Farm

by Donna Jo Copeland

It’s Always Something

Madeline’s Musings Continued from Page 6 And so, the tale carries on. Five generations, all connected by this common thread, the sewing machine. My daughter is now a quilt pattern designer.

Recently I received an email from Sara with the subject line: I'm officially a Northcott designer! She gave instructions on how I could access her bio and view her patterns, ending with, "I'm so excited!" As was I. I clicked on the link she provided. A beautiful picture of herself with Kenzie was followed by this statement, "Sara’s love of handmade design began as a small child playing with fabric scraps under her

mother’s sewing machine." I cried. Her great-grandmother would have been delighted.

Happy treadling to you.

–Madeline Lister writes from the tranquil Trent Lakes district of central Ontario, Canada. Since retiring at the end of 2015 from the quilt shop she founded, Madeline's filled her days with writing and quilting, traveling with her husband Carl, and FaceTiming with their three grandchildren.

You can exchange comments and ideas with Madeline by email: madelinesmusings@gmail.com.

Recipes From Breezy Manor Farm English Tofffee

“huge hit with everyone of us kids” 4 eggs 3 squares baking chocolate, melted 2 t. vanilla 2 to 3 cups powdered milk 1 ½ cups sugar 2 sticks soft butter Cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs and melted chocolate. Beat well.

Add the dry milk and vanilla. Cream well. Pour into a prepared graham cracker crust, reserving some of the crumbs for the top. Chill in the refrigerator 12 hours. from: Donna Jo Copeland, who is a farmeress/fiber artist and owner of Breezy Manor Farm

I have spent the last few days working like mad getting ready for the last big fiber show before fall. Washing, dyeing, spinning, weaving, finishing consumed every non-barn minute. (Today I finally washed dishes so no peanut butter sandwiches for a while.) And now I am proud of what my flock and I have produced. I even tore up some old sheets and wove rag rugs. Found some Arizona grown cotton yarn in my stash and wove some tea towels. I even crocheted a lace edge my great grandmother taught me on each one.

Sounds pretty good doesn’t it? Well let me tell you what happened this afternoon.

As I design and sell my own small rug hooking patterns I had a pile of patterns which needed the edge stitched with the sewing machine.

Sewing along halfway through the 20 patterns the machine became contrary. So I stopped and cleaned her and gave her a sip of oil.

Fine sewing along again when clunk and the needle snapped. Fortunately I was able to grab both ends of the needle before they hit the floor. Then as I opened the bobbin trap door, not only did the bobbin case fall out into my lap but the whole darn housing and hook assembly came as well.

There is not a sewing machine repair shop or person within even an hour’s drive from me and its 5 PM on the day before I set up for the show. However the Fiber Fairies were with me.

I took a deep breath and began putting the pieces back together. I do understand how the whole thing works, or is supposed to work. An hour later I slowly began sewing. And it worked. I finished the patterns.

Ok, now its bourbon time!

July is major county fair time in central Indiana. 4H is such a great program for kids—both farm and city. Whether they are fitting a sheep, wiring a lamp or baking the same cake for the tenth time, they are learning and laughing. And someone is teaching them. Many of our 4H families are multigenerational. The love of lemon shakeups and sawdust beams from their sweaty faces and dusty jeans.

As a fair judge for over 40 years I still get excited when fair time comes around. I hold my own competition memories dear. And I have my own rules for judging: Be kind and fair Say 3 positive things before criticizing Thank the 4Her and family You can take the girl out of 4H when she is too old for the program but you can’t take the 4H out of a lady. We endure.

Since I have nothing to do….I adopted another sheep needing me. Wooliam is a Finn yearling wether.

Coal black. And has spent most of his life in a horse barn and stall. He really doesn’t know he is a sheep. I have him pastured next to my flock so they can get to know each other and give Wooliam sheep lessons. This is interesting.

I am so thankful for my crazy critter and fiber filled farm life. Always something!

Growing up this recipe was made and served at all of the local schools and was a huge hit with everyone of us kids. This was back in the days when the cooks actually cooked.

– © 2017 by Donna Jo Copeland, who is a farmeress/fiber artist and owner of Breezy Manor Farm & Wool Shed in Mooresville, IN. “Like” her on FACEBOOK @ Breezy Manor Farm.

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SHIPSHEW ANA SHIPSHEWANA

Grandma’s Spinning Wheel

by Gayle Cranford

An Amazing Journey

Salvage Style

by Marla Wilson

Home for the Birds

This is a project where you can let your creativity go crazy. Many, many different materials and items could be used. It can be as simple or as fancy as you want it to be.

I started with a battered up old tea kettle with no lid. I painted it a fun color and screwed it onto a piece of reclaimed wood.

The roof is made out of an old tin ceiling tile, which I bent and shaped and then attached w i t h screws.Attach wire for hanging.

I added a metal flower that someone else had thrown away, and I painted it to match the tea kettle.Then I put some vine around the opening of the birdhouse.

You can add any embellishments, such as vine, wood cutoutsor metal objects.Just have fun with it!

Other suggestions for the body of the birdhouse are tin cans, sifters, pots and pans, etc.The roof can be reclaimed wood, metal lid, pie pan, etc.

I like having birdhouses and birdfeeders in my garden and yard, but I am not a bird expert.My birdhouses always seem to be occupied, and I enjoy watching all types of birds. If you want to build a birdhouse to attract a specific type of bird, do some research or talk to a knowledgeable person for more information.

–Marla Wilson is the owner of The Rusty Wheel, a gift boutique in Scandia, KS. The shop features her floral designs and repurposed "junk," as well as kitchen and baby gifts, home decor and fashion accessories. Follow The Rusty Wheel on Facebook, or www.therustywheel.vpweb.com

It was a ship’s wheel, a large steering wheel, or the carding paddles were a musical instrument to us grandchildren when we were at Grandma Roberts’s house and looking for games to play.

Grandma Sidney Prince Roberts was the caretaker of a spinning wheel that graced the small sitting room just off her living room. Windows all around made it a perfect place for us grandchildren to congregate and play, especially with the spinning wheel.

The spinning wheel has a history...as do most antiques...and the history I know of this family antique was validated by my mother Edna Roberts Hickman, the oldest of the four Roberts girls. Two sons completed the family. Part of the history is that its legend mandates that it be passed from mother to oldest daughter through the generations.

According to that family legend, the story begins with David Griffith Prince (1844 to 1886) and Mary Jane Ferguson (1848 to 1921).

They were of e a s t e r n Kentucky A p p a l a ch i a n S c o t ch - I r i s h stock. Little is known about David and Mary Jane Prince and nearly all those who could have “filled in the genealogy blanks” are gone.

My attempt to validate David Griffith Prince’s participation as a Confederate in the Civil War was made difficult because her served twice. He served in Company L of the First Regiment Capital Guards, Sandy Valley Battalion. He enlisted on July 6, 1864 in Frankfort and was discharged on March 11, 1865 at Catlellesburg. He was a Private. He also served in Company A of the 68th Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry as a Sergeant. He enlisted on May 21, 1864 and was discharged on June 22, 1864.

Mary Jane’s spinning wheel was already one hundred years old when it was given to her son, John Patton Prince, and his new bride, Florence Ellen Whitt, as a wedding gift in 1882. It was a necessary tool to be used by the new couple as their family grew.

John and Florence had ten children, eight of whom survived infancy. At the time Sidney inherited the spinning wheel, her three older sisters were deceased making her the oldest daughter.

Before her marriage, Sidney’s job growing up on the farm, besides helping to string leather britches, tend the garden, assist with the butchering, knit socks for the family, and a myriad of other chores, was to care for the family horse. She owned two dresses. When one was being laundered, she would remove the buttons and transfer them to the second dress.

Sidney Ann Prince (1892-1978) married Chester Orin Roberts (1894-1976) on August 9, 1912. in Louisa, Kentucky.

They were my maternal grandparents.

Grandma always joked that she had robbed the cradle when she married Grandpa because she was a tad older than he. They grew up on nearby mountain farms a few hundred yards apart and connected by a usually dry creek bed, a convenient path between them, a place called Dry Ridge. At the age of sixteen, Grandma had been voted the prettiest girl in Adams County.

Because she was the oldest surviving girl in her family, Sidney was given the spinning wheel some time after the death of her mother in 1946. It had seemed to me to have always been in Grandma’s home, but it was brought from Kentucky long after Sidney and Chester had moved to Pennsylvania.

By the time Sidney and Chester moved from Kentucky to Pennsylvania via Columbus, Ohio, their first two children, Edna Lee and John Henry, had been born.

G r a n d p a ’s uncle, Drew Ball, a streetcar operator in Sharon, Pennsylvania, told Chester and his brothers, Jay and Ernie, there were jobs available in w e s t e r n Pennsylvania.

The three of them jumped at the opportunity and moved to Sharpsville, just over the border from Youngstown, Ohio. Chester and Jay became streetcar drivers (later bus drivers) and Ernie found work in a foundry.

My grandparents’ home was the center of much of our Roberts family activities such as holiday dinners, picnics, cardplaying, celebrations and the family bluegrass band rehearsals. Family members seemed to be always coming or going at their house. Grandma prepared meals for whoever visited.

The spinning wheel enticed each new grandchild who experienced playing with it at some time or other.

It was at the death of Sidney when the spinning wheel was then passed on to her oldest daughter, my mother, Edna Hickman. John, Mae, Kathleen, Merle, and Shirley were her younger siblings.

Instead of keeping it herself, Edna gave it to me, her older child and only daughter.

By then, I had been married to Robert Cranford, my childhood sweetheart since 1959.

At the time of Sidney’s death, we lived in Hermitage, Pa. Before Bob’s death in 2009, we had lived in three different houses in Hermitage, carefully moving the spinning wheel to each new home. I was happy to have had the spinning wheel with us in all of those homes.

Consequently, our two daughters had the

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However, three years after Bob’s death, I decided to down-size, and move to the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area to be closer to our two daughters, Jennifer and Joanna, and their children.

My townhouse was too small to house the spinning wheel, so it was presented to Jennifer, my older daughter, where it graced their home in Maryland for a few years. When Jennifer’s husband died in 2014 she decided to move to New Cumberland closer to me, it was again time to find another home for the wheel.

After notifying a few first cousins, a couple of their children expressed interest in becoming the new caretaker of the spinning wheel. Sidney’s son Merle’s granddaughter, April, in New Mexico was interested but getting the spinning wheel to her would have been difficult. Merle’s namesake, Merle Taylor (Publisher of The

Country Register), the second son of Sidney’s second daughter Mae, has two daughters but neither had room for the spinning wheel. Mae’s granddaughter, Susan, who lives in Maryland was interested.

Susan Taylor Thompson’s father, Tom Taylor, recently drove from his home in Pittsburgh to pack up the spinning wheel and deliver it to Susan.

Now, Becca, Susan’s ten-year-old daughter, has the pleasure of “playing with” great-great-grandmother Mary Jane Ferguson’s precious spinning wheel. It hasn’t been used to spin wool for many years, but continues to be loved by those family members who enoyed many hours of fun playing with it and especially those who have been privileged to have it in their care for awhile.

(Photos: Our Spinning Wheel. and 4 generations. I’m the toddler in Grandma’s arms.)

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Landmarks & Memories Outside my bedroom window there sits a barn. It’s my neighbor’s barn, old and mostly used for storage now. Most people would probably tear it down, but I love that old barn and I’m glad my neighbor still finds it useful.

I’ve never been in it, but it holds a lot of memories for me.

My dad hung a tire swing for my sisters and me in the old oak that used to stand in my front yard. I remember swinging and hearing the sound of the neighborhood boys voices as they hung out in the old barn. Sometimes they’d even try to scare us.

My neighbor who owns the barn hung a rope swing on the tree right in front of the barn. Practically everyone in the neighborhood (including some of the adults) would gather in a line by the old barn and patiently wait their turn for the swing.

In the winter, with snow lying on it and all around it, the barn looks like something you would see on a postcard or a Christmas card. I have taken pictures of it every winter after a snowfall and it just gets lovelier every year.

by Jo Branham

I have found that different things can become landmarks in our lives. Events, places, and even people can be landmarks, for example: the death of a loved one or your wedding day; the first day of school or graduation.

September 11, 2001 is a landmark day for many.

A special tree or rosebush you’ve planted in honor of someone or to honor an event can be a landmark. And yes, even my old barn is a landmark to me. It’s a symbol of many childhood memories, happy times and sad times. The barn has always been there. And I hope it lasts through many more seasons.

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MARION

The Quilters Hall of Fame

Celebration 2017 Takes Place July 20-22 Quilt Shows • Vendor Mall • Workshops • Lectures

We would be delighted to have you join us in celebrating the induction of Dr. Virginia Gunn into The Quilters Hall of Fame.

As always, the Celebration schedule is full of wonderful programs and events. Wednesday evening from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, we will have a MeanderThrough the Garden at Matter Park with hors d’oeuvres afterwards.

(Please call 765-664-9333 to reserve a spot if you haven’t already done so).

This garden was developed by the City of Marion to honor Marie Webster and other artists.

Dr. Gunn will do walk-throughs of twoexhibits of her quilts, “A Selection of Favorite Quilts from My Collection” and “The Rococo Era: Celebrating Red and Green American Quilts,” both on display at the Marion Public Library.

She will also present several lectures: “The Red and Green Era: A Blend of Anglo and Germanic Influences” about quilts from the 1840s-1870s; and “Quilts of the Modern Era, 1920-1939.” Dr. Gunn will also present

“My Textile Journey: How Quilts Became a Central Part of It and Enriched My Life” during our Friday luncheon event at Roseburg Event Center.

Saturday night will be her induction into The Quilters Hall of Fame.

Honoree Merikay Waldvogel will present a lecture on “Bertha Stenge: One Woman’s Life in Quilts,” and Merikay will also moderate a panel “What theFuture Holds for Historic Quilts.” Sue Reich will look at sewing trading cards and World War I quilts. Xenia Cord will present two lectures: one on “19th Century Fads: Tobacco, Mourning, Garibaldi, Gaudy & Gold Standard,” and another on “Companies, Commerce, Kits: The Influence of Print Media on Early 20th Century Quiltmaking.”

Alice Ridge will present a lecture, “Quilting from the Hardware Store.”

We will have numerous classes as well. TQHF Board Secretary Joyce Hostetler will do a beginning quilt class on Thursday morning.

Mattie Rhoades-Haines will do classes on Thursday (at Hostess

JulyFamiliar and Little Known Holidays

by Jo Branham July is the month for ice cream lovers. The 1st is National Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day. And then you have: National Ice Cream Day on the 16th, National Peach Ice Cream Day on the 17th, National Vanilla Ice Cream Day

on the 23rd, and National Hot Fudge Sundae Day on the 25th.

July 4th is not just Independence Day; it’s also National Barbecue Day and National Caesar Salad Day. Sounds like a great 4th of July dinner .

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House where we will also have a buffet luncheon) and Friday using Marie Webster patterns and a new quilting technique Quiltsmart. Heather Givens will do a workshop building oversized hexagons into a Succulent Garden Quilt.

Alice Ridge will teach four techniques for machine appliqué, and Theresa Doyle will teach how to make a “FabrikAddikt Doll Pin.” Jocelyn Smith will teach paper piecing “Feathered Star.”

Thursday at 7:30 pm we will have Show and Tell fun on the lower level of the Marion Public Library.

Bring something to share!

The Library is also the site for the Friday evening auctions. The Silent Auction startsat 6:00pm, and the Live Auction begins at 7:00pm. The auctions benefit The Quilters Hall of Fame. Bid early and bid often!

We will have an Open House at the PCC & St Louis Train Depot on Friday

from 2:00pm to 4:00pm and Saturday from 10:00am to noon to show our newest addition to TQHF. Quilt exhibits will also be at TQHF/ Marie Webster House and at Sunnycrest Baptist Church. Cindy Claycamp will do free (no registration required) walkthroughs of the exhibit, “Exploring the Drunkard’s Path.” Sue Reich will do free walk-throughs of the exhibit, “World War I Quilts.” There also will be a vendors’ malland workshops at Sunnycrest Baptist Church. Certified Quilt Appraiser Chris Moline will also conduct appraisals during Celebration.

The list of things to see and do is great! Be sure to sign up early for workshops and events.

A big thank you to all of the volunteers and participants in Celebration! Hope to get acquainted with you during Celebration 2017! Enjoy!

–by Debbie Divine, TQHF President

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COME ALONG WITH THE REGISTER FT W AYNE COUNTRY AREA WA

A Country Register Excursion...

For years and years I have thought how fun it would be to go from state to state and explore and discover what could be discovered for The Country Register publications such as the specialty shops and events that bind our readership together. But, for years and years, nearly 25, I was keeping bimonthly deadlines for five publications in Arizona where this all began, plus Wa s h i n g t o n , Oregon and Nebraska.

But never the less, when I did go to another state or Province or even country my passion for The Country Register would kick in and still does.

Quite recently a family member moved to Ft. Wayne, IN. What a great reason to visit there and spend ten days with two granddaughters on spring break. And, what a great opportunity to offer to hand out The Country Register of Indiana and meet shop owners for the publishers, Gail and Merle Taylor. With the help of a local resident friend there, we covered some great areas for three days of the visit.

Many thanks to Marlene Bassett for being such a great tour guide.

The “sweetest" experience we had together was a delightful tour of DeBrand Fine Chocolates complete with samples and a peek into their kitchens. We left with a few goodies as well. Another sweet treat discovery was the Amish donuts and their great little lunch counter at Rise & Roll Bakery at SW 5129 Illinois Rd. I have had good donuts before but these were the prize winners. We enjoyed Salsa Grill and breakfast at Spyro’s at 6455 W. Jefferson Blvd. and Tacos Arandas on Broadway.

One Sunday afternoon we got a very complete tour of Sweetwater, well known in the music industry the world over and the reason that brought family to Ft. Wayne. Sunday was the perfect tour time because it is not busy and most employees are off that day. It was amazing and a must see kind of place, whether or not you are a musician.

On our first day of our Country Register search we headed to Decatur and Roanoke, just a lovely drive from Ft. Wayne. Our first stop was for lunch at Corner Cafe at 105 N. 13th St. It was a jewel of a find and I had to try their sauerkraut soup for starters, shared a sandwich and a piece of homemade butterscotch pie. The lunch was worth the drive! We had a meeting time set for right after lunch at Yvonne Marie’s Antique Mall. We wanted to meet the owner, Yvonne Marie Gilbert as well as one of her vendors, Eileen Spieth and her hubby Dan. They are parents to a close friend of my friend Marlene and owner of Wishing Well Antiques. She took space at Yvonne Marie’s in 1991. This very large antique store consists of three floors of well arranged booths from approximately 50 vendors. The shop has something for everyone and the prices were great.

Yvonne’s daughter, Lori Fullenkamp, assists with running the store and between them they operate seven days a week year-round.

Three more fantastic discoveries were made in Decatur within a few blocks of the antique store. Just a couple doors

apart we found Woodwings at 140 N. 2nd St., and The Homeplace, Accents for the Home at 136 N. 2nd St. The Homeplace owners describe their beautiful shop on their business card that says "Country, Classic, Chic” and it was all that and more. It is filled with Past and Present Accents for the Home from primitive to Country and classic home decor and some antiques.

When you walk through the front door, you are greeted with a feast for the eyes as well as awesome scents and music that says 'relax and enjoy'. We stock pictures, rugs, candles, clocks, greenery, pottery, and wood painted furniture that is made local (A must see!)

Woodwings had handmade Wood Furniture by Tyler, Gas Station Memorabilia, Antiques and Collectibles.

Creativity abounded even in the historic buildings that housed these shops. The owners at these shops sent us over to The Grainery very close by at 217 N. 1st. St. The history and story of this Garden and Gift Shop is fascinating and it was a delight to meet mom, Marge Franz, owner and her son Josh who has joined her in this venture. Bedding plants fill the garden part of the shop and the gift store was amazing. I would say the four shops we discovered in this small town were all amazing and some of the best kind of discovery for typical readers of The Country Register.

The next town we visited was Roanoke and this city was a totally different discovery that ranked high up on The Country Register scale of delightful places to visit also. We parked and walked to all of the shops we got to visit and left feeling like there was a lot more to discover here but had to save that for a next time. First stop was at Fabrics and Friends Quilt Shoppe. They should just put Fabulous in front of their name. The historic home it was housed in was only part of what made this large quilt shoppe so fascinating with all of its various rooms and inventory and finished projects. The afternoon was getting away from us so we got on our way and found Katharos Art and Gift which was lovely. The lady tending the shop found out I was from Phoenix and her mom had lived in my neighborhood. In years past mom and daughter had eaten at Gooseberries Tearoom and Gift Shop (now closed) which my daughter and I had started shortly after I started The Country Register. It is a small world and the art and gifts from a number of artists at this gallery were very lovely.

The Trove is a fantastic large vintage shop and has a second cool building full of really good stuff. Fine Consigns was a classy furniture consignment and home decor…very well done, affordable pricing and open Wed-Sat. La Dolce Vita was delightful combining European Elegance with America Classics…a Chef has taken a lovely house at 165 S. Main St. and decked it out with Lunch on Wednesdays May-December. All of the above shops were close by and a true destination stop.

The staff at The Trove told us about

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FOR...A TRIP TO THE FORT WAYNE AREA To Ft. Wayne, Decatur and Roanoke Renaissance in Roanoke which takes place on October 14, 2017 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Historic Main Street, in downtown Roanoke, will be filled with artisan booths showcasing a variety of original works of art by regional artists.

Each year the committee strives to showcase an artisan or two with live demonstrations of their particular medium to provide the public with a snapshot view into their world of creativity. Read more about this event in the next edition of The Country Register.

(I might have to plan a return trip in October!)

It was a bit harder on my first trip to find all the shops in Ft. Wayne because there are a lot of different areas to discover and my time there was mostly to be with family. This is not a small town! But, I have a great list all lined up for the next time I visit.

We did get to Edwards Sewing Center and Nature’s Corner Antique Mall at 2307 Spy Run Ave. as well as Antiques on Broadway at 1115 Broadway, and House of Furniture at 537 W. Jefferson.

At all of these places we met friendly people and found much to discover. The two story home that houses House of Furniture is awesome and so was everything in it. Both antique shops were

large and filled with treasures from the past in unique buildings and Edwards Sewing was busy with lots of creativity going on. I did mention the food discoveries we enjoyed in Ft. Wayne earlier in my story and know there are a lot more food places to discover.

Next visit I have promised myself I will visit Fort Wayne’s Famous Coney Island, located downtown on Main Street.

Everyone said it is a great place to “step back in time.”

There are more antique stores such as Mercantile on Main, The Wood Shack, and Vintage Treasures Antique Mall. Other enticing names on my “want to visit” list are Sharon’s Victorian House of Gifts, Saving Grace Vintage, Emiley’s Haute Cottage, Smiley’s Joy, The Hedge (Artists at Work), Fancy & Staple, Third World Shoppe, Bead Source, Maisie & Maude, and Spry Fashion, (Vintage clothing, hats, shoes, accessories located inside Mercantile on Main). I think it is going to take several trips back to Ft. Wayne to cover all of this! Enjoy discovery all of these shops and tell them The Country Register sent you.

by Barbara Floyd, Founder

(Photos are of The Homeplace) –Barbara Floyd, Founder of The Country Register, The Antique Register of Arizona, and Love of Junk, Walla Walla’s Vintage Market has lived in Phoenix, AR for the past 54 years. Since semi-retiring she travels a bit, likes to read, cook, entertain and enjoys her

ten grandchildren and four children spread from Cumming, GA to Tri-Cities and Walla Walla, Washington and Ft. Wayne, IN. She can be reached at barbara@countryregister.com Feel free to follow The Country Register, Inc. on FB and Love of Junk, Walla Walla’s Vintage Market.

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Colonial Dooryard Gardens Kitchen dooryard herb gardens would have been carefully planned and tended with cooking in mind. Useful, hardy herbs such as parsley, marjoram, thyme, dill, basil, lovage and chives thrive when clipped often and can be a perfect addition to a summer-fresh evening meal.

Picnic potato salads pop with the celerylike herb, lovage. Cold or hot tomato dishes come alive when adorned with basil or oregano from one’s own patch of earth.

The joy of herbs is not limited to culinary use. One only needs to brush up against garden beds filled with the vibrant smell of lemon balm to be inspired to

cut a few stems to blend with beautiful blooms of beebalm to put into an early crock for a fragrant and visually appealing summer bouquet. Nature’s bounty being brought indoors reminds us of this especially beautiful time of year when nature’s fireworks are in full, spectacular bloom.

Summer Simplicity Our vegetable gardens give us a feeling of being productive and self-reliant. As we bring in an early chopping bowl filled with tender green beans we feel a kindred connection to a much simpler time.

Baskets brimming with tomatoes and zucchini can inspire us to try new dishes for our family to love and enjoy.

Somehow in summer the demand of outdoor work coupled with the satisfaction of an abounding yield, leaves one feeling genuinely happy. Our time spent working the way generations before us did, reminds us of the value of hard work and the joy that can come from simplicity.This summer season give yourself a chance to feel closer to a less complicated time. Use the abundance of nature to enhance your days through hard work, tender care and an appreciation of the benefits of what nature can always provide.

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By Andrea Springer

My (Local) Knitting Heart In the early 1970’s, my mother went to a yarn shop and took me – a young knitter – along on the errand. I’m sure she didn’t know the impact that first visit would have on me, or that we would bring home a bag full of red, white and blue yarn and a poncho pattern. I entered that poncho in the County 4-H Fair, took home a blue ribbon, and became a lifelong knitter – all because of the inspiration and encouragement at a local yarn shop.

A decade ago, our area had eight Local Yarn Shops (LYS) in a 50-mile radius(a quick drive in our part of the world).

As I write, that number is down to three.

Knitters and crocheters still gather to work on projects and enjoy each other’s company, but in my interpretation, there’s a big hole where skeins of yarn, tools and inspiration oncelived and breathed.

Our yarn shop closed over a year ago, and I’m not going to lie – I miss it terribly.

We still have a big box retailer in town, but when my LYS closed their doors, I made a commitment to continue to buy my knitting supplies from local retailers.

Why am I so loyal to local?

On almost every occasion, I get great customer service and, more often than not, from the owner of the shop. Their knowledge of the products they sell, insight into trends and their personal assistance keep me coming back to the experts. Shop owners are on the front lines of fiber craft every day, and I find their expertise is valuable.

I like that almost every local yarn shop I’ve ever visited has offered instruction for knitters of all skill levels – from beginners to advanced practitioners.

Having problems with a pattern or need assistance with a mistake? Your LYS has

your back, giving you guidance, work arounds, moral support and in the most extreme instances, ripping out your mistake when you can’t bring yourself to do the deed. In my experience, online instruction videos are great for reference, but it’s the one-on-one coaching and encouragement that makes a good (and confident) knitter.

The LYS is a great place to meet people. I met some of my favorite folks at our weekly Knit Night – people I would have never crossed paths with had we not had a common interest and place to gather. They’ve taught me new skills, supported me when things were tough, and helped me look at the world in new ways.

We forged deep personal bonds all because of our LYS. For me, buying yarn isn’t just about dollars and cents. We all like a bargain when we shop, but as a friend once said, “Sometimes things cost more than money.” Each purchase I make at an LYS is an investment in the community I’m shopping in. It’s supporting an entrepreneur, energizing a shopping district, funding a local school system through sales tax dollars, and keeping a source of creative expression and friendship alive. Here’s to our Local Yarn Shops – may we continue to support the service they provide all of us.

–Andrea Springer blogs at www.knittingsavant.com where she helps folks remember that they have e verything they need to be successful in knitting and in life. You can share comments or ideas with her at andrea@knittingsavant.com or follow Knitting Savant on Facebook and Twitter.

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I have a 25 year old bar of soap. It is cracked and dried out, and I never actually use it.

Presently my soap lives on the workbench. It has been there since 2002.

Prior to that it lived in a wash basin in the back of my grandmother’s linen closet.

My soap came to me during the summer of 1992. Uncle Henry was dying, and it was my honor to help care for him.

My grandmother was then 85, and my mother had broken her leg the previous autumn.

On Christmas night of 1991, Uncle Henry gently called me over to him.

“I don’t know what the next year will bring, and I may need you,” he said.

I promised him that I would be there for him because I loved this life-long bachelor brother of my grandmother as a second grandfather. My mother loved him as a second father. He was a kind, warm soul who never judged, always lived his faith, and gave a peaceful essence to any space he was in.

I’d watched him care for people my entire life, especially my great-Aunt, his sister who had also remained single, and my grandfather, his brother-in-law. Aunt Wilma died in 1986, and Poppy in 1988.

It remains one of my greatest blessings that these three precious people and my grandmother lived across the street from us.

Uncle Henry had survived tuberculosis in the late 1920’s, and he’d lived with one lung since 1931. Though he’d never smoked, second hand smoke from the office provided him with emphysema.

Now, nearly 87, his body couldn’t produce enough oxygen. He grew thinner and weaker, and on July 24th shortly after 12 noon in 1992, he was eternally cured.

As we were cleaning up after they came to remove his body, I shoved the washbasin with the bar of soap into the back of the closet. I had no memory of

doing so until I discovered it again in 2002. By that time, my dad had passed away the previous year, and my 95 year old grandmother was moving to an assisted living community.

When I found the soap and basin a decade of summers after Uncle Henry passed away, I was instantly transported to my 19 year old self with him. The memories washed over me.

As in 1992, what cleansed me wasn’t soap but love. Uncle Henry’s love and trust. But especially God’s unending love and grace, the fostering of which Uncle Henry had shown every day I’d ever known him So here I sit, 25 years later.

Those organizing articles tell me that the soap isn’t the memory itself. I know that, but it sticks to my fingers. One day I will let go of it. Then, as now, I will breathe this forever moment.

Uncle Henry had pulled the oxygen during the night, and briefly there wasn’t enough air to his brain. It was a merciful gift to him. He caught butterflies only he could see and believed that he was well.

One day as I was bathing him, he looked at me and asked who I was.

I said, “I’m Kerri. I’ve been taking care of you.”

Then he smiled. “I love you,” he answered.

It is a moment I have deliberately carried with me every day of my life since.

I’d learned that love isn’t a part of your life: love is simply and absolutely everything.

With or without a 25 year old bar of soap.

-Kerri Habben is a writer, photographer, and crochet instructor living in Raleigh, NC. An avid crocheter and knitter, she learned these skills from her grandmother and mother.

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My childhood summers were spent outdoors. I was never athletic or anything like that, but it was just too nice to stay inside all day. Of course, once I began reading books, that changed somewhat, but that’s another story.

Many weekends were spend with my Aunt Ruth and whatever cousins, step kids and other kids she could round up. We’d all pile into her car and go to one of the nearby state parks to hike one of the trails. Lunch usually consisted of bologna, white bread, mustard and mayo. Maybe chips and pickles, too. And I think Aunt Ruth was the one who introduced us to banana, peanut butter and marshmallow cream sandwiches. Not that I ever ate one. I was such a horribly picky eater back then.

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by Jo Branham we’d stop at the local Dairy Queen and get an ice cream cone.

Aunt Ruth never had any children of her own, so she spilled her love onto her nieces, nephews, step kids, and even the neighborhood children. We’re fortunate to still have her around and her love flows over us.

My sister recently got married and Aunt Ruth hemmed the bridesmaid dresses for us.

Summer always makes me think of Aunt Ruth, all the kids she’d bring down, and days spent hiking the shady trails at the state park. I cherish those memories.

However, I don’t think I’ll ever have the energy or patience to pack up my nieces, nephews and their friends and take them hiking. I can take them out for ice cream though! _Jo Branham lives in Nasshville, IN. She enjoys quilting and ice cream.

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Both of our daughters are gone for the summer. One works as a camp nurse and lifeguard, and the other flew to Amman, Jordan to study Arabic, bringing an early empty nest to Skyemoor Farm. I find myself staring at a new season. How do I transition?

My mother taught me to embrace change. Every season she switched the décor in our home, welcoming not only holidays but each change in temperature and family lifestyle. Similarly, as my parents grew older, instead of longing for the past, they lived in the present and joyfully anticipated the future. After my dad passed, my mom continues to celebrate life, as busy as ever, and involved in more than she can keep up with. She

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Now it’s Will and me. Cooking for two. We know when we’re eating dinner, who’s fed the dog and who hasn’t, and when to turn out the lights. And like our friends, we shall reinvest in our marriage.

The things I will miss? Too many to comprehend or list in a 500-word article. And so, I busy myself with everything RE. Motivated to re-look at every room in the house and get rid of the unnecessary to reorganize the necessary. I love the rearranging, reinventing, repainting, and repurposing.

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In her empty Nest Ann is at work writing “Out of the Water,” her second novel. “Stars in the Grass,” recently nominated for a Christy Award, can be found where books are sold.

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Ironically, she and her sister, Nancy had the same thoughts. And so, in April of 2005 MATBA was born. Each meeting provides an educational forum, as well as an opportunity to offer help and encouragement to one another.

Over the years MATBA has expanded to include members from PA, MD, DC, VA, WV, DE, NY, NJ. Each quarterly meeting, held at a member’s tearoom, affords us the opportunity to experience another member’s tearoom, as well as to get to know other tea professionals.

Friendships have been formed over the years, and so with each meeting we rejoice in being able to share, to inspire, and to encourage those who are not yet in the business, but are well on their way to opening one, as well as to some of the more veteran members who need encouragement as well.(Believe me

operating a tearoom is not an easy job.)The good news is you leave the meetingsfull of enthusiasm and hope, and asin my case, full of ideas. Some of the speakers we have had in the past addressed new tea regulations as well as tea trends, tea tastings, tea etiquette, tea the leaf, tea blending, and the list goes on. In addition, wehave had the pleasure of having Bruce Richardson, Elizabeth Knight, Bill Waddington, LisaBoalt Richardson to name a few, speak to us.

So one can seewe have received educational tidbits at the highest level.

If you are like most tea enthusiasts, this summer as you travel near or far away, you will most likely try to have at least one afternoon tea reser vation on your agenda. I would encourage you to express a few words of appreciation to your hostess. For whether he or she is a member of MATBA does not matter, tearoom owners work hard to make it possible for you to have a pleasant tea experience.

And, speaking of travels, if you are in the Mechanicsburg, PA area on September 29th or 30th, you may want to stop by the PA Tea Festival. My colleagues from the Rosemary House and Sweet Remembrances are organizing this event, and will feature tea tastings, informative programs, merchants and vendors, and representatives from MATBA. As one of the featured speakers, I plan to be there both days. So if you are in the area please stop by and say hello. I would love to meet you.

For more info, please go to www.TeaFestPA.com.

–Janet Young, Certified Tea and EtiquetteConsultant, is a founding member of Mid-Atlantic Tea Business Association and freelance writer/national tea presenter. Visit her website at www.overtheteacup.com.

I heard a meadowlark today. Canada geese are honking overhead, bits of green and yellow dandelions are emerging from their winter hibernation, new lambs and calves are frolicking… It must be quilt show season! Quilters and vendors are coming out of their winter-induced seclusion with new quilts and products to showcase, and we’re all ready for some road trips, aren’t we?

Speaking of road trips, some are better than others; when travellers find something unexpected and interesting, t h a t ’ s serendipity. A few weeks ago while we sunstarved northerners absorbed the sun and warmth of some of the southwestern states, we chanced on publicity advertising “Urban Lights,” the 27th annual quilt show of the Desert Quilters of Nevada staged in Henderson, a city adjacent to Las Vegas. It wasn’t difficult to sacrifice a few hours in the sun to view the hundreds of quilts in many categories on display and check out the myriad patterns, ideas and fabrics offered by thirty vendors from several states. That day we discovered that Las Vegas and area isn’t all glitz, glamour and gambling, although keeping to the theme of urban lights, glittery entries were plentiful. Would-be touchers and feelers of displays (a no-no, as we all know) were discouraged by signs such as, “Touching quilts makes chocolate taste like liver!” and “Touching quilts instantly

by Barbara Conquest

adds ten pounds!” The food trucks parked outside on the patio with their novel offerings were a wonderful discovery for hungry, foot-weary viewers, and, incidentally, removed the responsibility of providing food and drink from the sponsoring guild.

Serendipity indeed.

So look around. There are posters and publicity for quilt shows wherever you look (e.g. this issue of Country Register).

Refresh your quilting self by looking at o t h e r s ’ handiwork.

Travellers in Canada this spring will find heavy emphasis on maple leaves, moose and Mounties, those stereotypical symbols of Canada, because July 1, 2017, is our sesquicentennial (150 anniversary) of Confederation. Expect Canada-themed quilt shows and loads of Canada-themed fabrics in shops. What about making a souvenir cross-country quilt? These fabrics will likely disappear from shop shelves as fast as they appeared.

Remember millennium-themed fabrics?

I thought so. Of course those looking for Row-by-Row fabrics and other gems won’t be disappointed.

See you on the roads and at the quilt shows!

–Barbara Conquest writes her column from Blue Sky Quilting in Tofield, AB. © Barbara Conquest.

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Metamora Music Festival

19th Annual On Sept 2nd & 3rd

Stories of a Farm Wife Summer Sounds

As my husband and I often do after a long day at work, we sit outside on our old swing on the patio and discuss our day. The sun is starting to set and we begin to hear the summer sounds of the farm. One sound in particular we hear every evening is the bullfrogs on the pond. They sing their songs back and forth to one another as if having a conversation. They will continue to croak all night as we move indoors to wind down the evening.

But before we can head indoors, we notice another noise. A new noise this summer. It is a hoot owl!

He hoots in his own little melody talking to the other creatures of the woods. He flies away as dusk appears and we don’t hear him anymore that evening. We searched the trees lining our property and can see that he or she has made a nest in the bough of a closeby tree. We will keep our eyes on this one in hopes of seeing him again.

Another sound on our farm is cattle bellowing to my husband as if to say, “we are hungry so quit your visiting and hurry down to the barn and give us some feed”.

We raise registered Polled Herefords and they are pretty spoiled!

As June arrives, we also hear the next door neighbor children outside playing, squealing and sometimes fighting. A typical day with siblings! I miss the time when our children were home on summer break and they played all day. I loved to hear their voices as I went about my daily

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chores. They were busy and mischievous at times but it’s a memory I treasure.

As July disappears and August slides in, the summer sounds of home make way for the Putnam county fair sounds.

Our granddaughter, Kennedy is now showing cattle and the beef barn is the place you’ll find us most evenings. The sounds of the cattle lowing, the music from various “boom boxes”, the loud speaker directing the 4Her’s to get to the arena and the kids laughing as they out-do each other in a game of cards are some of the best sounds of summer. Our own three children showed beef and sheep and the week of the fair was one of our favorites of the year. A sense of pride is instilled in the children as they raise and care for their animals. I once counted how many work vacations I spent at the fair when our children were in 4H and they totaled 16 years. I never regretted one of them.

After a long, usually hot July, the month of August brings with it some new summer sounds. The sounds of school buses going up and down our road each morning and afternoon, the sounds of football games and cheers from the crowd at our local high school and still, as we sit each evening on our favorite swing we can still hear the bullfrogs talking to each other.

–Tammy lives on a working farm with her family .

The 19th Annual Metamora Music Festival, celebrating 10 Years of Music on the Back Porch, will be held on the Sat & Sun of Labor Day Weekend, Sept 2 & 3 at Lane’s End Farm, Lovers Lane, in Metamora, Indiana’s Canal Town.

This event offers free stage shows at the Back Porch of Lane’s End Farm on both days. Those feature regional groups such as Slates Family Band, Yellow Kite, Mark Utley and Bulletville, Punkin Holler Boys, Brian Wallen, and My Brother’s Keeper. The Side Stage provides music as the bands change on the Back Porch and will showcase talents such as Chris Wolf, Kimmy & Zorba, Dean Phelps, and Pineridge Partners.

Performances will be held from 10 to 9 on Saturday, Sept 2; and from Noon to 6 on Sunday, Sept 3.

Bring your folding chairs or take advantage of the straw bales provided under the big tent at the Back Porch. Food is served all day by the Metamora Lions Club in the Back Porch area. Free parking is available in the meadow across Duck Creek from the barn, watch for the yellow sign on US 52 east of Metamora.

Workshops and Demonstrations are located in the Making Music area along the Whitewater Canal.

Builders Joe Bauer, Kevin Rose, and David Lynch will be showing instruments from their workshops. Instructional workshops will be offered in several instruments including Slide Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica, Appalachian Dulcimer, and more. Most of these are geared toward the beginner and function as an “introduction to playing the….”

On Sunday, Larry Wayt will be offering his popular Jamming 101 Workshop at the Metamora Grist Mill. This will be held along with the monthly Grist Mill Jam that takes place on the first Sunday of each month from April through September, from 1 to 4 PM. This is an acoustic slow jam that is very inclusive and welcoming, using familiar songs in a friendly, supportive atmosphere.

During the weekend additional music will be offered by the merchants of Duck Creek Crossing on the Wagon Stage up in the west end of town, across from the Grist Mill area. The possibility of finding musicians busking or jamming at other locations around town is very high.

Sponsorships are available and donations are gladly accepted. Email metamoramusic@ gmail.com for information.

Metamora is home to the Whitewater Canal State Historic Site which features an operating grist mill, horse-drawn canal boat, and wooden covered bridge aqueduct. Whitewater Valley Railroad offers excursions to Metamora that originate in Connersville, and local 2 mile trips down the beautiful Whitewater Canal past the famous Millville Lock.The unincorporated village of Metamora is located just about half way between Indianapolis and Cincinnati on US 52, 9 miles west of Brookville Lake.

Follow the Facebook page for the Metamora Music Festival and find more details at the festival website at ww.metamor amusic.wixsite.com/ metamorafestival. The 19th Annual Metamora Music Festival is organized by Metamora Perfor ming Arts, and supported by the community.

Sponsorships are available and donations are always gladly accepted. Email metamoramusic@gmail.com if you would like more information.

Metamora Performing Arts presents activities throughout the year in Metamora, Indiana’s Canal Town.

Monthly events include Bluegrass Nights on the third Saturday of each month from March to November, Acoustic Final Fridays on the last Friday of the month from March to October, Grist Mill Jams on the first Sunday of the month from April to September. MPA is a sponsor of the Metamora Woodsongs SongFarmer Group. More information can be found on the website: www.metamoraMPA.org

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by Marlene Oddie

Trying Something New Ever want to try something new but you were afraid to?Here are a few things I’ve tried recently that are new to me.

You may have seen my recent ad for the Rondure Retreat—an intensive three days for making my Rondure quilt design.

Although I didn’t expect anyone to actually get the quilt done, we did make it through all learning skills and got a lot of it done. To my great delight, I’ve since heard from at least one student who has already finished it.

Hosting the retreat was trying something new for me and we learned that it probably was too intense, but a five day, two learning skills per day, with some extra time each evening to use at the quilter’s discretion might be a better format.

Each month, Island Batik Ambassadors are given a challenge. In April it was Adventurous Appliqué. I had worked on a paper pieced heart, designby RaNae Merrill, earlier in the year but hadn’t decided what to do with it. The idea of an ‘adventure’ and this heart got me thinking about the adventure a balloon takes when accidentally released. Trying to appliqué something that is already paper pieced was new for me and I thought using the trapunto technique would also be a fun adventure. I used my domestic machine to add the first layer of batting and then loaded it on the

longarm to do the rest, which included a double layer of batting using 80/ 20 and wool to make sure the clouds still looked fluffy, too.

One aspect of my co-authored book, You Can Quilt! Building Skills for Beginners, is that it allows you to try something new just one block at a time. Another adventure was to take the orange peel shapes (Chapter 10) and change the sizes to 2”, 4” and 6”.

This fits the golden ratio principal and makes for easy placement on the quilt top with just a simple press of the fabric folded on the diagonal both ways you can place the interfaced shapes. When you like it, press it in place and then add a zig zag around all shapes.

Although I normally hesitate to work with appliqué, I did enjoy working on these projects. I hope you’ll take the initiative to work on something you might normally hesitate about and just have fun with it.

–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 http:// www.facebook.com/kissedquilts and her blog at http://kissedquilts.blogspot.com.

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4th of July When we were kids, my dad usually bought fireworks and we’d have our own fireworks display at home.

Usually the boys next door came over and Dad let them help set off some of the safer ones.

I loved the Roman Candles best. I still remember all the beautiful colors as it shot off into the night sky. Sparklers on the other hand were never my favorites. The sparkles didn’t seem to last very long and they gave off a cold light rather than the vibrant colors in some of the other fireworks.

After we grew up and my parents were gone, my sister and I went to some of the local firework shows. The closest town would conduct their show from the top of a hill just outside of the town, near the fairgrounds. People would bring lawn

by Jo Branham chairs and blankets and set at the fairgrounds to watch the show. We would often sit downtown, on one of the benches along the street to watch. You could see almost the whole show from there; multi-colored splashes of light against a midnight black sky.

These days I sit at home and watch my neighbor’s firework displays that they do for their kids and grandchildren. I love it.

I don’t have to leave home. I can sit in my lawn chair with a glass of tea and watch the whole thing. Or if the mosquitoes become too bothersome, I can go inside and watch from one of my windows and still enjoy most of the show.

However you celebrate the 4th of July, I wish you a happy, safe and blessed holiday.

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by Roxanne J. Ferguson

Garden Tradition I love gardening. There is nothing more fulfilling than putting a seed into the ground and watching it sprout and grow. Maybe it is the witnessing of the miracle of life that excites me. Whether it is the nurturing of an indoor plant or hoeing a row of vegetables, the feeling is the same.

I think my fascination with growing things comes from my grandparents on both sides of the family. My paternal grandmother gardened and had a porch full of houseplants. In her outdoor garden I remember the garlic, the beautiful columbine, and clematis.My maternal grandmother had nice African violets and a big indoor fern.

Outside were peonies, dahlias, gladiolas, and a garden full of vegetables.

My interest in gardening started early.

There is a picture of me as a three or four year old digging potatoes with my maternal grandparents, Grandma with a scarf on her head, Grandpa with a hoe in his hands.

When my husband and I were first married, we started gardening with my grandparents. I suppose we thought we were helping them, but they helped us, teaching us how to plant, tend, and harvest the right way, at the right time.We bought our first tiller, moved up on the farm, and have been gardening ever since.As our children came along, they joined in on the gardening, learning to love the land as we did and how to live off what we grew. My first born daughter called her great grandparents Grandma and Grandpa Hoe, a name that came from the activity we did the most with them, gardening. My middle daughter lovedto eat onions at an early age. She also would eagerly remove Japanese beetles from berry bushes, a penny for each bug! I cherish a picture of my grandfather with my youngest child. It shows her toddling through the raspberry bushes, with a berry bucket in her hands (and probably a purple berry-stained face!)

As they got older, my daughters always knew there would be three rows of green beans in the garden, one row for each of them to pick. Then we would sit, under

the big shady red maple tree and snip beans, along with great grandma and great grandpa, for as long as they were able Now, I garden with my grandchildren.

They love to plant seeds and cover them with dirt. Sometimes seeds are put where I might not have planned, but that’s alright! They will bloom where they are planted!

This spring, we planted corn together, along with several other things. As I showed them how to place onions in a row two by two, my grandson asked, “Why do you plant them this way?”

I answered, “That’s how my grandma taught me.” That is the best and only reason I could come up with.

Just like knowing that I should put 5 or 6 seeds to a hill of corn.

For the same reason I put a row of zinnias at the end of the garden. I can still hear my grandfather tease, “You can’t eat flowers”!

We would sprinkle radish seeds in with the carrots. Radishes always come up quicker than carrots, so they help mark the row and can be pulled early. Grandpa would always say to plant a dozen tomato plants. “If they do well, that’s enough. If they do poorly, that’s enough."

Grandma would always put in Black – seeded Simpson leaf lettuce. We planted green beans, but a row of yellow wax beans, because Grandpa said they were easier to see and pick. We would plant red potatoes and white potatoes; we planted the pumpkins with the corn, and grew dill with the cucumbers. So many traditions. I have kept some of the old ways, but have added some of my own preferences, but I continue to garden.

Best of all, I delight in watching my adult daughters enjoying flower and vegetable gardening at their own homes.

I guess I love gardening because I love to help things grow. That includes children and grandchildren. Fresh air, clean dirt, green plants, good conversation, lessons of life, working together, making memories. Gardening is a family tradition.

––Roxanne Ferguson lives in the Tug Hill region of New York State. She has recently retired from teaching and can now enjoy more gardening time with her grandchildren..

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By Patsy Terrell

The Quest for the Perfect Pie Crust I’ve been on a quest for the perfect pie crust for a very long time. The one I grew up with was lard, flour and water – as little water as possible. When lard fell out of favor, we started using vegetable shortening. As we all know, pie crust has never been the same.

I can make pie crusts that are good. I can make pie crusts that are pretty. But doing both simultaneously is nearly impossible. I’m not the only one. The Midpoint Café on Route 66 in Adrian, Texas, advertises their “Ugly Pies.” I can state for the record their pies are delicious. I don’t remember too much about their beauty standards.

Making pie crust is far simpler than some would have you believe. Once you get the hang of it, you can do it in five minutes. Plusyou never have to buy one again, and you’ll have the adoration of everyone you share pie with.

The tricks to flakey pie crusts are: 1. Keep it cold.

2. Don’t overwork the dough.

These are both for the same reason, and also the reason your mama told you not to add any more water than necessary.

The goal is to keep the fat and flour in layers(actually blobs of fat covered in flour, but let’s not get overly technical) because that’s what creates the flakiness.

Keeping everything cold makes the fat less likely to blend fully with the flour. If you keep working the dough until it’s all blended – especially with your warm hands – you’ll destroy the blobs and your potential for flakey crust. That was all the easier to do if you put in too much water.

This is why pretty is difficult for me. I leave my crust almost crumbly when I begin to roll it out. It’s barely holding together.I know it will be flakey, but to have those pretty edges,I would need a smoother dough. I’m never willing to risk it, but if you practice enough you’ll find the sweet spot. I just let mine be homely.

I explained to a new boyfriend a long time ago that I knew my pie crusts were

ugly. He looked at the pie and said with some reverence, “It’s not ugly. It’s homemade. It’s beautiful.” And that, my friends, is how you get more pie!

Some recipes call for a little vinegar, but the science is not on the side of vinegar in pie crusts. The idea is that the acid keeps the flour from creating long strands of gluten, which can make the crust tough. The reality is gluten forms better in a slightly acidic environment. Some suggest using vodka -- because it’s only about 60% water you have more liquid to make the crust prettier, but the other 40% of the vodka vaporizes during cooking. But I don’t keep vodka around, so I don’t use it. Some recipes are made with oil, and you can press them directly into the pan without rolling out. But the rolling out – smooshing those layers of fat and flour – also leads to more flakiness.

This is the recipe I love after trying dozens of them.

–Patsy Terrell makes brownies and friends whenever possible. See more recipes and stories at cookslibrarywithpatsy.com.

Pie Crust Extraordinaire 4 cups all-purpose flour 1 3/4 cups shortening 3 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg 1/2 cup water Mix all-purpose flour, sugar, and salt.

Cut in shortening with a pastry cutter until crumbly. Separately mix egg and water, then blend into flour mixture. Chill, then roll out as needed.

This will make crusts for two pies if you make them thin or one hearty pie with a top and bottom crust.

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Fun with breakfast food With the school year just completed, hot weather is beckoning. We’re feeling the need to flee the kitchen, but kids of all ages still want tasty, homemade treats.

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This summer, create quick desserts out of traditional breakfast foods. Melted marshmallows have long served as the miracle binder for cookie bars made with -- yawn -- crisp rice cereal. So why not switch out the plain cereal for chocolate cereal? Why not brighten things up with fruit-flavored cereal? Let the kids help or even take over, especially with the recipes

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Melt butter in large microwavable bowl. Stir marshmallows into butter.

Return to microwave. Cook 30 seconds; stir and repeat until marshmallows are softened just enough to combine with butter. Add cereal and stir to combine. Transfer to sprayed or buttered 9- by 13-inch dish. Tamp down with well-buttered fingertips. (Plastic kitchen gloves may be used, if desired.) When cool, cut into 18 bars.

Nutty Cereal Bars 2 cups toasted, ring-shaped oat cereal 1 cup corn flakes 1 cup roasted, unsalted peanuts 1/3 cup butter ½ cup white sugar ½ cup light corn syrup ½ cup peanut butter Combine cereals and peanuts. Set aside.

Combine butter, sugar and corn syrup in large saucepan. Slowly bring to rolling boil. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter. Add cereal mixture, stirring to coat. Spoon into sprayed or buttered 9- by 13-inch dish; spread evenly and tamp down. When cool, cut into 18 bars.

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Caroline’s Cottage Cottons ........ 195 Weston Street ......................... Rome City............ IN .......... 260-854-3900 Cotton Candy Quilts ................. 5001 N Wheeling Ave.................... Muncie ................ IN .......... 765-254-1584 Cotton Cottage Quilts .............. 831 Lincolnway.............................. Valparaiso ............ IN .......... 219-286-3929 Cotton Junky Quilt Shop .......... 110 W Main Street ........................ Wilmington ......... OH......... 937-366-6302 Crimson Tate ............................ 845 Massachusetts Ave ................. Indianapolis ......... IN .......... 317-426-3300 Erica’s Craft & Sewing Center... 1320 N Ironwood Dr ...................... South Bend .......... IN .......... 574-233-3112 Heaven on Earth .......................... 4767 N ST RD 15 ........................... Wabash ............... IN .......... 765-833-5461 In Stitches ................................... 837 W Third Street ........................ Rushville .............. IN .......... 765-938-1818 K&S Sew N Quilt ........................ 304 E Commercial Ave ................... Lowell .................. IN .......... 219-690-1695 Linda's Sew 'n So ....................... 216 W Fayette Street .................... Celina .................. OH......... 419-586-2324 Little Red Quilt House .............. 3616 Ridge Road ............................ Medina ................ OH......... 234-248-4492 Lowery’s Sewing Center ........... 707 E Winona Ave ......................... Warsaw ............... IN .......... 574-267-8161 Nancy J’s fabrics ......................... 1604 S Wabash Street .................... Wabash ............... IN .......... 260-563-8631 Pohlar Fabrics ........................... 941 West Coe Road ....................... Liberty ................. IN .......... 765-458-5466 Quilt Quarters............................. 9840 N Michigan Road................... Carmel ................. IN .......... 317-757-8340 Quilts n Gifts .............................. 2190 Commerce Drive, Ste 205 ...... Bluffton ............... IN .......... 260-565-4438 Quilts Plus ................................ 1748 E 86th Street ......................... Indianapolis ......... IN .......... 317-844-2446 Scrapyard Quilt Shop ................ 10501 W 1000 S ............................ Wanatah .............. IN .......... 219-733-9980 Sew Ezy Quilt Shop .................. 11427 Lebanon Road ..................... Cincinnati ............ OH......... 513-563-7474 Stitch in Time Fabrics ............... 2305 Miami Street ......................... South Bend .......... IN .......... 574-234-4314 Sweet Stitches Quilt Shop ........ 1585 South Calumet Road ............. Chesterton .......... IN .......... 219-250-5942 The Back Door ............................. 2503 Fairview Place Ste W ............ Greenwood .......... IN .......... 317-882-2120 The Quilterie ............................ 126 S Main Street .......................... Celina .................. OH......... 419-586-0910 The Scarlet Thread Quilt Co ..... 1974 E 1000 S ................................ Twelve Mile.......... IN .......... 574-721-5899 Tree City Stitches ..................... 125 E Main Street .......................... Greensburg .......... IN .......... 812-222-0920 Unraveled Quilt Shop ............... 381 Fletcher Avenue ...................... Spencer ................ IN .......... 812-821-0309 Yoder’s Dept. Store ................... 300 S Van Buren Street .................. Shipshewana ....... IN .......... 260-768-4887