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Piece by piece Quilter’s knowledge transformed into stained glass artwork
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This pair of lovebirds in stained glass is Clara Fuerstenberg’s favorite piece of those she’s made during the past 20 years.
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and, afterward, Clara told her husband she was interested enough to spend the $300 needed to purchase the necessary equipment for her new hobby. “He said, ‘You do it and I’ll help you,’” she recalled, noting that it was his way of saying she could do it, but he would find another hobby for himself. After purchasing a grinder, the tools necessary for scoring and shaping glass and the materials for soldering the pieces together, Clara set out on her first pattern — a window hanging in the shape of a heart with red tulips inside. The piece still hangs in a dining room window in the couple’s Wilmont home. The piece, with its flaws known only by Clara’s keen eye for detail, is a reminder that people can always learn something
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By Julie Buntjer jbuntjer@dglobe.com WILMONT — Ever since she can remember, Clara Fuerstenberg has been an admirer of stained glass art. For the longest time, though, she had other hobbies to keep her busy — sewing, quilting and crocheting — until she had enough quilts and enough doilies and enough handmade things to realize she should find something else to do in retirement. Though she admired stained glass work — even stockpiling pieces of glass when a downtown Worthington craft store went out of business — Clara needed to learn the art. As luck would have it, she and her husband were staying in a resort in Texas 20 years ago, where a couple of the men were offering a free lesson in stained glass art. Clara and her husband, Lloyd, took the class
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Clara Fuerstenberg cuts a small piece of glass to use in her latest stained glass project -- a cross.
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new — and one is never too old to learn. Now, two decades after putting those first pieces of glass together, Clara has two photo albums filled with pictures of stained glass pieces she has created. “I have no idea how many pieces I’ve made,” she said. “I usually take a picture of each one. I have big ones and little ones, and I’ve repaired pieces that people have dropped.” Aside from her first free lesson, Clara took one class in stained glass at a shop in Texas. She’s been picking up patterns — many off the Internet — reworking color combinations, often adding in her own little alterations and collecting varying shades and textures of glass ever since. As a one-time quilter, Clara said her former hobby has helped her a lot with her stained glass work. “You learn to put colors together and you learn to fit pieces together,” she said. “The only difference is you can’t snip (excess) with a scissors — you have to use a grinder.” Doing stained glass is a lot like quilting in other ways as well. “You’re not done with one piece and you’re thinking about the next
piece already,” Clara said with a laugh. “Any quilter will tell you that, too.” When Clara and her husband still lived on their farm on the edge of Wilmont, Clara worked on her stained glass projects in different areas of their home. When they decided to build a house in Wilmont several years ago, a dedicated workroom was one of Clara’s requirements. Her work space is located in its own room off the garage. There, she has a large work table in the middle of the space, with the grinder within easy reach. Panes of glass are neatly organized by color, and an area with pegs is used to hold many of the tools she uses in her work. “There are so many different kinds of stained glass that you can buy,” Clara said. “There’s
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Clara Fuerstenberg earned a champion ribbon at the Nobles County Fair several years ago for this stained glass piece she made. clear, but with so many patterns. Brogue glass has swirls of different colors in the glass. Some of them can be real expensive and some not too bad. “Of your ordinary glass, your most expensive is red because it has a gold
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This is one of the kaleidoscope patterns Clara Fuerstenberg made in stained glass.
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Fuerstenberg uses push pins to hold the glass in place as she’s piecing together her design.
grandchildren continues to grow with four new babies expected in the family in the coming months. With that large of a family, Clara is teaching the second- and thirdgeneration girls how to do the craft as well. Thus far, three daughters and six grandchildren have been taught, and she
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This is one of the larger stained glass pieces Clara Fuerstenberg has made. It is an insert in the front door of the family’s Wilmont home.
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the piece are the final steps to completing her stained glass projects. Most of Clara’s projects have been given to family as gifts. She and her husband have 11 children, 31 grandchildren and 47 great-grandchildren thus far. When the grandkids get married, they receive a larger stained glass cross as a wedding gift. “I didn’t start with the crosses, but they all got a stained glass piece of some sort,” she said. The same rings true for their great-grandchildren — she makes each one a smaller cross for their baptism. Clara pointed out that she has eight grandchildren who haven’t married, and the list of great-
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Pieces of colored and textured glass are categorized by color scheme inside Fuerstenberg’s work room at her Wilmont home.
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has a 14-year-old greatgranddaughter who may get her first lesson this month. “I kind of like teaching the kids,” she said. “That way when I’m gone, it will continue.” Some of her granddaughters have made stained glass pieces to give as wedding gifts to friends. “It’s something unique, you know?” Clara said. Though Clara said stained glass is meant to
be hung in a window, she has worked projects into other pieces, such as an antique picture frame or an opening in a piece of decor. “I’m always looking for, in antique shops … something with a hole and I think, I could put something (stained glass) in there,” she said. Just as she’s looking for new projects to incorporate stained glass designs into, Clara is also looking for ways to use up the little pieces of leftover colored glass from a project. Thus far, she’s 001491034r1
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Michael “Doc” and Tina Shelton point to the state of North Dakota on a map in their kitchen, surrounded by mugs from 49 states. Missing the North Dakota mug to complete the collection, they made a trip to Dickinson and Bismarck to purchase one in September. The photo was turned into a postcard to be shared with their friends.
By Linda Sailer Forum News Service DICKINSON, N.D. — Michael “Doc” and Tina Shelton recently made a trip from Alta Loma, Calif., to North Dakota on a quest. The retired couple was looking to buy the final coffee mug in their state collection. H av ing t aug h t engineering at Cal Poly Pomona University, they started collecting coffee mugs while traveling with teams of engineering
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Great ideas for seniors in your life Metro Creative Graphics Every holiday shopper ends up with at least one loved one on their shopping list who they can’t seem to find anything for. Some people seem to have it all, while others may be less than forthcoming with regard to items they may need or want. Many seniors tend to fall into the latter category. Shopping for holiday gifts for seniors can be difficult if shoppers don’t know what seniors want. But the following are a handful of gift ideas that might make this holiday season that much more special for seniors. Books: A 2015 survey from the Pew Research Center found that 69 percent of adults age 65 and over acknowledged reading at least one book in the previous 12 months. That makes books a good bet for shoppers who don’t know what to get their 65-and-over loved ones this holiday season. But shoppers might want to opt for more traditional print books rather than e-books, as the survey found that only 15 percent of readers age 65 and over had read an e-book in the previous 12 months.
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Good Samaritan Society now offering free Life Coaching for Caregivers program Daily Globe WORTHINGTON — A new program available to anyone caring for a loved one in the state of Minnesota is now being offered by Good Samaritan Society. Life Coaching for Caregivers allows caregivers the opportunity to speak with a professional coach about creating and accomplishing specific goals. Good Samaritan Society serves southwest Minnesota by offering services in Worthington, Luverne, Jackson, Windom and Mountain Lake. “Our life coach will work with the caregiver to create a plan of self-care, identifying caregiving responsibilities, develop a plan to overcome family conflicts, navigate through difficult decisions and assist with delegation of responsibilities when appropriate,” explained Thomas Ritchie, social media coordinator for Good Samaritan. Coaching sessions will be done weekly via phone and/or in-person, depending on the individual’s schedule,
and will last between 30 and 60 minutes. The service is being offered free to caregivers across Minnesota. “There are more than 40 million caregivers in the United States who provide about 37 billion hours of care to their loved ones,” Ritchie said. “Their work is valued at $470 billion. The number of seniors over age 65 is expected to jump nearly 100 percent by 2030, to around 72 million, meaning the need for more educated caregivers continues to rise. “Additionally, stress and a lack of information about care tactics and health concerns can harm caregivers themselves,” Ritchie continued. “These initiatives by Good Samaritan Society are aimed at reducing stress, educating caregivers and cutting health care costs overall.” The Life Coaching for Caregivers program is part of a broad-based education initiative funded by a $3 million grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation that’s aimed at increasing awareness of
resources for caregivers and providing support for those who need it. Among the other resources Good Samaritan Society provides to caregivers and the seniors they care for are: Relevant online stories and information about senior care tactics, relieving stress, aging well, fitness and more. Good-Sam.com can be utilized as a resource for anyone who is a caregiver seeking support, Ritchie said. Services such as LivingWell Home, which uses technology to allow seniors to stay in their homes longer and more safely. Online chat functionality — which Ritchie said will be available in the coming month — will give seniors and caregivers instant access to Good Samaritan Society support staff. To learn more about partnering with a life coach through the Life Coaching for Caregivers program, call life coach Tanya Unterbrunner at (605) 679-1765 or email care.coach@good-sam. com.
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