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Recipe - Makes 13 omelettes</div>
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18 Eggs, lightly beaten</div>
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1/2 t. Pepper</div>
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1/2 t. Garlic Granules</div>
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1/2 t. Onion Granules</div>
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1 t. Smoky Paprika</div>
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7 T. Butter, each pat cut in half</div>
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Preheat pan on medium heat. Beat all ingredients together well. drop 1/2 of a tablespoon of butter into pan and tip pan to cover. Pour 1/4 to 1/3 cup egg mixture into pan to just cover the bottom. When edges cook, draw them to center and tip pan to spill runny egg out to edges. cook about 1 minute and fold in half,then in half, again. Remove to a plate. Center may be a little soft but that's okay. Continue as before until egg mixture is all used up.Cool, wrap in waxed paper and freeze in an airtight container. To serve, nuke on speed defrost 45 to 90 seconds until hot on both sides, good with salsa and sour cream.</div>
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Cook until edges are a little dry, then draw them toward center and tip pan so runny eggs go out to edge. Cook about a minute more.</div>
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Fold in half and cook about 30 seconds. then, in half again and cook another 30 seconds.</div>
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Let cool, wrap lightly in waxed paper and place in an airtight container to freeze. To serve, Nuke 45 to 90 seconds on Speed Defrost, until hot on both sides and serve alongside ham and pancakes or toast.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you make your own bread, regularly, you can probably make a good sourdough starter from the wild yeasts that are floating in your kitchen. If not, then you can find good ones at your local health food store or online at sites like King Arthur.</span></div>
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SOURDOUGH STARTER RECIPE</div>
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2 1/4 c AP Flour</div>
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2 1/2 T Sugar</div>
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1/4 t Dry Yeast</div>
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Mix water and vinegar and add to work bowl. Add in all other ingredients and mix well, scraping sides and bottom. cover with cheesecloth and let stand on the counter 12 hours. When ready, it will have a strong yeast fragrance. Cover airtight with about 2" head room IN THE FRIDGE, until ready to use.</div>
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Remove from fridge and let stand until it loses its chill, about 2 hours, covered, again, with cheesecloth. Add 2 c Tepid Water and 2 1/2 c AP Flour. Mix well. Don't worry about lumps or thickness. It thins as it works. Let stand UP TO 12 hours under cheesecloth, OR, until bubbly.</div>
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The starter in its tub. This is great for mixing but I store starter in wide mouth quart jars in the fridge.</div>
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Add remaining ingredients but only 1/2 of the total amount of flour. Mix, using the paddle for 8 minutes on low speed.</div>
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who has opened her longarm studio in our shop and will quilt quilts for you at great prices.</div>
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Dorothy Emily Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on the 18th of November 1892. She lived in Scotland all her life. Most of her over 40 books were written in Dumfriesshire. She was related to the famous Scottish writer, Robert Louis Stevenson, who was her father's first cousin. Dorothy was educated at home by a governess and began to write stories and poems at the age of eight.</div>
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She was 24 when she married Captain James Reid Peploe of the 6th Gurkha Rifles in 1916. The Peploes had four children.</div>
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Her first published novel was Peter West , which had appeared as a serial in Chambers Journal . Mrs. Tim of the Regiment was written in 1932 and has sequels: Mrs. Tim Carries On (1941), Mrs. Tim gets a Job (1947) , and Mrs. Tim Flies Home (1952). The Mrs. Tim books actually grew out of Dorothy's diaries she had kept as an "army wife" and were very successful. I've read the first two Mrs. Tim books and loved them.</div>
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Those who read D. E. Stevenson's books for their cosy portrayal of friendship, love and family life are often surprised that she wrote An Empty World in 1936 which can best be described as science fiction! The setting is 1973 and deals with the aftermath of the destruction of life on earth by a giant comet.</div>
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We checked last week and what do you think? Fifty....count'em....50 lovely stalks of the gorgeous green spears. Oh how nice. So, we steamed them and ate them with some butter and salt and pepper.</div>
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So I hunted around for a good, simple recipe and found it <a href="http://lovelylittlekitchen.com/bacon-wrapped-asparagus/" target="_blank">here</a>, on Julie's "Lovely Little Kitchen" blog. I do love home-grown bloggers and Julie's site is really nice. Please visit and check it out...and get this recipe for salty, smoky, crispy goodness! </div>
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I don't think my little patch will be enough for all I want to do with asparagus so we plan to buy a box for my other asparagus treat: pickled asparagus. It's to die for!</div>
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One of my sewing boxes. I like sewing boxes. I don't have enough of them. I think I should have one for every project. Not that I have a lot of projects but I do have more than two. Ergo, I should have at least 4 sewing boxes. Is each box fully equipped? No. I have an etui, needle case, which is my basic mainstay for applique', below. I put it in with whatever project I'm currently working on because it has all my basic hand-sewing tools.</div>
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This etui holds my embroidery and applique' tools. In the center section are my applique' needles; on the right, are the embroidery needles plus a few pins, both straight and safety. In the right hand pouch are two steel thimbles, one for regular sewing and one for quilting. In the center pouch is my under thimble (for the middle finger, left hand, which opposes the needle underneath when quilting), a small metal needle threader and some finger cots (to protect my fingers and help pull the needle when sewing). On the left are my scissors and tweezers. This etui folds up by overlapping the right and left sections and is held together on the outside with a cloth-wrapped elastic band. I use this bifold etui more than any other one I have.</div>
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Just as an aside, above is a neat little thread holder and pin cushion combined. The thread spools are held in place by a piece of ribbon that runs through every one of them in every section all around the cushion. To dispense any of the threads, just pull the strand and it comes right off for you. The small spools in the holder are Superior Threads topline threads. I use them for applique' when I have matching fabric for them. They are wonderful threads, smooth and tangle-free for the most part.</div>
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A while back, I was making a new sample of my etui pattern called Heart Etui, for a shop. I covered how to make this needle case <a href="http://prairiecottagecorner.blogspot.com/search/label/Heart%20Etui" target="_blank">in another post</a>, several years ago. The inside needle pad is this heart-shaped piece with a saying on it. It holds tons of needles when full. On the outside of the Heart Etui are some leaves and a flower which I put there using Freezer Paper Applique'. Freezer Paper Applique' is my favorite way to do applique'. It looks just like needle-turned applique' when you're finished. It takes a little longer than needle-turned but has the advantage of being fool-proof as to the final shape of the pieces and their placement on the background. In order to achieve the right effect, though, one needs a few tools and tricks, always.</div>
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Here are the leaves. I've traced the leaves from the pattern page onto Freezer Paper, then, ironed the Freezer Paper to the back of the fabric. Then, I cut them out about 1/4" away from the freezer paper edge. Next, I basted a hem all around the leaf using white thread. I always use white thread because colored threads can "dye" the fabric sometimes. After the pieces are blind stitched to the background, I remove the basting threads and the paper.</div>
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Here are all the pieces for the front applique' of the Heart Etui. There are three leaves, five or six petals and the flower center. Since the petals are overlapped by the flower center, I need hem only the portions of the petals that will show.</div>
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When I'm getting ready to Blind Stitch the pieces in place, I thread all my applique' needles I will need, at once, using this nifty Clover needle threader. Then, I put all the threaded needles in my bifold etui and use them, one right after another so I don't have to break away from stitching for too long to rethread. The needle sticks straight up in a hole on the top of the threader while the thread to be used is held over the middle slot of the threader, gently but firmly. The lever on the right is pushed down and the thread is looped through the needle inside the threader.</div>
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You can see, here, the thread looped through the eye of the needle. I blind stitch with a single thread, so I secure the thread at the top of the needle with a little slip knot. I knot the end with a quilter's knot. Then, I'm ready to sew.</div>
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Here are the leaves, top, underside and unfinished.</div>
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Here's a leaf all hemmed and ready to go. To do the points, bring the fabric point straight down over the paper point and fold the sides over it. Secure with a hem stitch and you have almost perfect points all the time.</div>
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One of the down sides of hand sewing is the wear and tear on fingers and fingertips. Some stitchers don't care if their fingertips are abraded and rough. I can't bear it, myself, so I protect my fingertips with little sleeves or cots, cut from plastic gloves. Yes, I'm a woose about this.</div>
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Blind Stitching is my favorite part of the applique'. It's when the piece really starts to take shape. Here you can see the hem basted leaf, glued with a few dots of glue to the background. I've taken a stitch and buried my knot, then, come up through bare edge of the leaf, picking up about three strands of the fabric right on the edge. Then, down through the layers, beside the last stitch, and up, again, about 1/8" away from the last stitch, picking up about three of the woven threads of the leaf fabric.</div>
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I hope this helps your hand applique' somewhat. We have a group of stitchers who meet weekly at our local quilt shop, Experience Quilts!. We call the group "Unplugged" because we are all doing hand work of one sort or another....some applique, embroidery, knitting. Anything that doesn't need to be plugged in is allowed. It's a lively group.</div>
<br />prairiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701390524119839644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503874136676781248.post-70485707499818834532017-03-05T09:50:00.000-08:002017-03-05T09:50:32.311-08:00What's a "Long Rider" and Who was Essie Pearl?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Essie Pearl was a Norwegian Fjord pony with a lot of miles on her. If you love horses, as I do, take some time to <a href="http://www.endeofthetrail.com/trego-montana-september-28th-2016/" target="_blank">read her story</a> and the stories of her journeys with Bernice Ende, of Trego, Montana.</div>
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Bernice is a <a href="http://www.thelongridersguild.com/membersd-e2.htm" target="_blank">Long Rider</a>. Do you know what a Long Rider is? Read about it<a href="http://www.thelongridersguild.com/what_is_the_long_riders.htm" target="_blank"> here.</a> Long Riders are men and women who have ridden horseback for 1,000 continuous miles on a single equestrian journey.</div>
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Bernice is a wonderful woman, living in one of the more remote parts of the United States, where I lived, once, as a small child and remember well. Trego and Stryker, Montana, were the places in which our family spent the most time in the immediate post WWII years. We lived in Stryker and my parents taught at the Trego School. My dad helped build the Trego Community Hall in the early 1950's, which Bernice mentions in her blog posts.</div>
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If you love horses, as I do, you won't be able to leave her site without reading and reading and reading. This ballerina (yes, that's what I said) and her wonderful journeys in real life, will capture your interest and your love. Rest in peace, Essie Pearl, faithful bearer and friend to Bernice...much admired by all of us.</div>
<br />prairiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701390524119839644noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503874136676781248.post-42653253091970195512017-02-05T12:51:00.001-08:002017-02-05T12:51:57.259-08:00Great English Mysteries - Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh's A PRESUMPTION OF DEATHThe truth will out, don't you know? And the truth is: I'm an inveterate reader of English mystery writers and Victorian authors. Looking at my Kindle, the other day, there are more than 300 books on it; most of them from British writers of one sort or another.<br />
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I don't much get into authors born post World War II because they often embellish with graphic sex and violence. I prefer my murders and tales clean and pure...with only the barest suggestion of sex and horror. I like suspense, but not too much violence. I love untangling the mysteries.<br />
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I began reading these authors (Christie, Sayers, Chesterton, Collins, Trollop, etc.) when I felt the desire to write a story of my own. I thought studying the established writers would be good for my stories. The first thing I learned about writing was that a talented writer can produce a vivid image of place and time with only a few lines or paragraphs. I was using up pages and pages for descriptions, at first.<br />
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Anyway, I thought I would write about writers and books a little, from time to time and the first book I'd like to trot out is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Presumption-Death-Harriet-Mystery-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B000FA66TO/ref=sr_1_30?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1486322109&sr=1-30&keywords=Dorothy+Sayers" target="_blank">A PRESUMPTION OF MURDER, by Jill Paton Walsh</a>. If you read <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Paton_Walsh" target="_blank">Walsh's biography,</a> you will see that she was a follower of Dorothy L. Sayers. You can find a fairly good biography of Sayers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_L._Sayers" target="_blank">here</a>. She finished the manuscript for THRONES, DOMINATIONS, which Sayers left unfinished at her death in 1957 and went on to write three more Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane novels after that. A PRESUMPTION OF MURDER was the second of the four she wrote, and one of my favorites.<br />
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Sayers wrote eleven novel and two sets of short stories about her creation, Lord Peter. She said, in later years, she intended to put an end to Lord Peter via matrimony by introducing Harriet Vane. However, Lord Peter refused to die, in her mind, so she wrote one book about their murder-filled honeymoon and, later, the murder mystery in London which she was writing when she died.<br />
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Below: the village of Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire which looks much as I imagine Paggleham would.<br />
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Lord Peter books by Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh (continuation after Sayers's death)</div>
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<b>Whose Body?<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1923<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
<b>Clouds of Witness<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1926<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
<b>Unnatural Death<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1927<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
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<b>The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1928<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
<b>Strong Poison<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1930<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
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<b>Have His Carcase<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1932<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
<b>Hangman's Holiday (short stories)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1933<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
<b>Murder Must Advertise<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1933<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
<b>The Nine Tailors<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1934<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
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<b>Busman's Honeymoon<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1937<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </b><br />
<b>Striding Folly (short stories)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1973<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></b><br />
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<b>A Presumption of Death (co-author Jill Paton Walsh)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2002</b><br />
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Below: I can imagine Talboys would have looked something like this:<br />
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The story takes place in the village of Paggleham, Hertfordshire. Lady Peter had evacuated to the village from London at the start of World War II, with her two children and the three children of her sister-in-law, Mary Wimsey Parker. Their home, Talboys, was introduced in an earlier novel, BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON, another of my favorites, along with several of the local "color" characters, Superintendent Kirk and Miss Twittertown. At the time, the villagers were establishing and digging bomb shelters. The night of an air raid drill, a young woman, one of the Land Girls, was found dead on the High Street, after the drill. </div>
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Underlying the murder mystery is the world of the war, Bunter and Lord Peter's long absence on a spying venture in Europe and the usual, lovely English village and country life. The lives of the several children are intertwined throughout and the threat of bombings and invasions looms ever over all.</div>
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I liked this story very much because we finally see Lord Peter and Harriet with their family, complete, in the English countryside, albeit, over-shadowed by the dangers of war and the threat of murder. The pleasant scenes are unforgettable. I am especially fond of how the love of Peter and Harriet has grown and blossomed.</div>
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It would be good to read all the Lord Peter novels in order of publication, especially from STRONG POISON forward. Those latter books build the relationship between Lord Peter and Harriet very well. Oh, how I wish Dorothy Sayers were still writing; and that Jill Paton Walsh would keep on with the Lord Peter Wimsey stories.</div>
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I'll write about the other novels, too, in time, but this is my favorite right now. I hope you'll enjoy it too.</div>
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<br />prairiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701390524119839644noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503874136676781248.post-38825704356998853462017-02-03T12:55:00.000-08:002017-02-03T12:57:21.327-08:00Rest in Peace - Debbie<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="text-align: left;">One of my best friends, Debbie, died late last year. She was a very good person and a great friend. Debbie and I met in the 1980's when she was just going through a divorce and recovering from a transplant operation. </span></div>
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She had suffered brittle diabetes all through her life from the time she was about 12 years old. Gradually, it undermined her health until, in her early 60's. she died from the effects of influenza. At the time of her death, she had been blind for several years; a result of the diabetes. </div>
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She was a devout member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I miss her and her prayers and her exemplary devotion to the Savior.</div>
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This is one of her favorite poems:</div>
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BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW</div>
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<i>What The Heart Of The Young Man Said To The Psalmist.</i></div>
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Life is but an empty dream! </div>
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For the soul is dead that slumbers, </div>
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And things are not what they seem. </div>
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Life is real! Life is earnest! </div>
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And the grave is not its goal; </div>
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Dust thou art, to dust returnest, </div>
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Was not spoken of the soul. </div>
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Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, </div>
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Is our destined end or way; </div>
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But to act, that each to-morrow </div>
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Find us farther than to-day. </div>
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Art is long, and Time is fleeting, </div>
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Still, like muffled drums, are beating </div>
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Funeral marches to the grave. </div>
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In the world’s broad field of battle, </div>
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In the bivouac of Life, </div>
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Be not like dumb, driven cattle! </div>
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Be a hero in the strife! </div>
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Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant! </div>
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Let the dead Past bury its dead! </div>
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Act,— act in the living Present! </div>
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Heart within, and God o’erhead! </div>
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Lives of great men all remind us </div>
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We can make our lives sublime, </div>
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Footprints on the sands of time; </div>
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Footprints, that perhaps another, </div>
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Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, </div>
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A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, </div>
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Seeing, shall take heart again. </div>
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Let us, then, be up and doing, </div>
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With a heart for any fate; </div>
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Still achieving, still pursuing, </div>
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Learn to labor and to wait.</div>
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No, I haven't forgotten. I was just overtaken by life and a huge pile of quilt patterns. Needless to say, I fell over, so to speak.</div>
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But I'm upright again and have posted the last three Odessa Quilt Guild Mystery Quilt blocks on the Craftsy site.</div>
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These are the last three quilts in the 9-block quilt pattern. We have been teaching "quilt-as-you-go" in our guild, so that all of our members know they can have a finished, hand or free-motion-quilted quilt without having to go to a professional quilter.</div>
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Don't get me wrong. We have nothing against our long-arm helpers. It's just that some quilters have real difficulty finding funds for the service and, consequently, have produced tied quilts only. This is our effort to help those quilters.</div>
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By January 31st, we hope to have our quilts done. The deadline for submitting them to the Odessa Quilt Show is April 1st. <a href="http://www.odessaquiltclub.com/" target="_blank">You can obtain an entry form here</a> about March 1st, 2017. We accept quilts from out-of-towners, so please participate, if you can. Instructions for shipping, etc., are on the form.</div>
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<br />prairiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701390524119839644noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503874136676781248.post-20796849045419282272016-12-02T10:41:00.000-08:002016-12-02T10:47:17.928-08:00For the Holiday......shhhhhhhh! It's a cover-up..........just in time to keep you clean and tidy while you roll out the holiday spirit! It takes a lot of work: picking up, sweeping, dusting, waxing, decorating. Then, there's the mixing, flouring, rolling, mulling, stirring, steaming, cooking side of it. A person can get down-right messy trying to roll out the holiday.<br />
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Well, here's something that's just in time for all that stuff we have to do every December. It takes about 3 hours to make. No buttons or ties. Just slips on right over your head. You can find the pattern at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairieCottageCorner" target="_blank">Etsy</a> and <a href="https://www.craftsy.com/profile/prairie-cottage-corner" target="_blank">Craftsy</a>, as well as, here, in Odessa, WA, at <a href="http://www.experiencequilts.com/" target="_blank">Experience Quilts!</a><br />
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My grandmother introduced me to this shift-style apron. She liked it because it covered her house dresses, well, had pockets and straps that didn't give her a headache. Here's a page from the pattern:</div>
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She said the "around the neck" apron bothered her neck and gave her a headache.</div>
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This is a pretty good gift or stocking stuffer for your stitching friend.</div>
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Or, made up, altogether, in a pretty box, tied with a red ribbon!</div>
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It's a pattern from the 1880's, I've been told. You can make it any length you like and it fits women sized small to plus whatever.</div>
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Before cutting the fabric, you can fit this. The length of the straps determine the size of the apron; so, you can lengthen or shorten the straps accordingly.</div>
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Here's the pocket. It's lined and done up with applique', which you can sew on your machine or do by hand.</div>
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That's about it for today. Oh, the pattern costs $9 retail. I'm making some up for myself this winter. You can never have too many aprons. Keeps my clothes nice underneath, no matter how messy the chore!</div>
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"Bison of the Plains" Wall Hanging Pattern makes a piece about 11" x 11"</div>
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We promised Palouse Divide Lodge, a dealer in wools for quilters, in Princeton, ID, that we would design some patterns especially for them. Hence, all the small pieces here which can be done in cotton, flannel, wool, satin, velvet, etc. </div>
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This trio of Halloween/Autumn patterns is being re-introduced in a new set of colors. I don't have samples of all my patterns, yet, but these three are done. My dear friend, Joan Kowano, over at Moose Stash Quilting made these samples for us.</div>
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This one is called "Harvest Ghost" and finishes at about 36" x 36".</div>
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Every year, they return, as we, barricaded in our kitchens, link arms together in an effort to surround and control them....the dreaded zucchinis!</div>
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Actually, we love them. It's just that....there are so many of them. And we try so hard to help them to be useful to Mankind.</div>
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I call these "Italian" because they have Parmesan and Oregano in them. This is an old recipe given to me by my mother who must have collected it sometime in the 1960's.</div>
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My daughter eats these with butter and syrup, sometimes. Lately, she's been putting a new avocado/cilantro salad dressing on them.</div>
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My favorite topping is sour cream. Serve these with a salad for a light summer meal. I always make a big batch and freeze them for later. Frozen, 3 minutes in the microwave will make them hot and ready to eat. Yum.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">.....we made naan this week, partly due to the heat of summer and partly because my oven door handle fell off and we're waiting for a new one to arrive. Yes, the truth will out. So, no oven, hot days = Naan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Also, I was contemplating summer in India, anyway, and imagining what 100 degrees in the shade is like with 80% humidity. I was doing this so that I could better apprciate our 100 degrees in the shade with 11% humidity. It's an exercise in counting one's blessings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But seriously, when it's that hot, no matter what the humidity, what do you do if you want a little piece of bread with your salad (Salad being about the only thing one can imagine eating on a day that hot....other than sending one's husband out to pick up a bag of burgers that someone else sweat over.)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">An ancient bread,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naan" target="_blank"> "naan"</a>, today originates from South Asia with influence from the Middle-East. The most familiar and readily available varieties of naan in Western countries are the South Asian varieties. In Iran, from which the word ultimately originated,</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 1; text-align: start; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naan#cite_note-8" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;">[8]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">nān</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"> (نان) does not carry any special significance, as it is merely the generic word for any kind of bread, as well as in other West Asian nations or ethnic groups in the region, such as amongst </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Kurds">Kurds</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_people" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Turkish people">Turks</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;">, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijanis" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijanis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"> (from both</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.4px;"> and Iran), etc (See Wikipedia)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I read that and asked myself, "Why Naan?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The answer was this: When you have only an open fire and a grill, or a fire of some sort, the only way to bake bread, anciently, was to do it on a rack or a rock or in a skillet of some sort. Today, many people the world over have ovens or access to ovens. But the production of a loaf of bread, in early times, and today in some parts of the world, is not a common thing due to the lack of ovens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So, I'm thinking, what did the pioneers, coming across America in early days have for bread? No ovens, right? If they had an iron skillet and a lid, they had sourdough bisquits. If they had a pan but no lid, they had sourdough pancakes. No pan? NAAN, of a sort....any sort. To make the most basic form of bread, all you need is flour and water. A little oil helps, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Naan became known in the west in the early 1800's although forms of it have been known in written record since early Biblical times (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/31.54?lang=eng#53" target="_blank">see Genesis 31:54</a>). One beautiful story about bread comes from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAwuKUHKKBw" target="_blank">story</a> of the great prophet, Elijah, and the widow of Zarephath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, I made Naan, not exactly the ancient way, but close. Okay, not close. I used my bread machine and pasta maker. There! Are you happy now? The truth will out. I found this recipe online at food.com by Aarti Sequeira. I made some changes so the bread machine could cope with it. Even so, it makes a very moist dough. Consequently, when you roll </span>it out, you need a lot of flour.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You'll remember in an earlier post, I used the pasta maker to roll out my tortilla dough. It works great, aside from the shape. But, hey, tortillas are round because that's what two hands produce: a round product. When you use a pasta maker, you get a...um....rectangle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay. Rectangle. Circle. If you read the wikipedia article you saw "shovel-shaped" bread (say that 10 times really fast).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I rolled them out, I put them, with plenty of flour on them, between pieces of waxed paper in a rectangular refrigerator container with a tight-fitting lid. This morning, I took five out and baked them on the griddle. My recipe made about 24 naan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After they cooled, I slipped them into a plastic bag to keep them soft for the rest of the day. One of the advantages of naan is in that you can bake off however many you need at a time. That way, your bread is always fresh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Part of the summer baking problem is, not only that it's too hot to even think of firing up the oven, but also that the bread molds quite fast if stored on the counter; or becomes mealy, if stored in the fridge. We almost always wind up finishing the loaf by making toast. Fresh bread for sandwiches, in a house where bread is homemade, is best on the first day of the bake. After that, it's not quite so good. </span></div>
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So, last night, we had naan with a great salad I found on Marie Ranier's blog, <a href="http://theenglishkitchen.blogspot.com/2016/07/bistro-potato-salad.html#more" target="_blank">"The English Kitchen"</a>.</div>
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It's called 'Bistro Potato Salad' and it's really a wonderful combination of tastes for a hot summer's day. You can get a lovely printable recipe on her site.</div>
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Place in the bread machine bowl, or the bowl of an electric or stand mixer:</div>
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Process as for Pizza Dough in the bread machine. Using an electric mixer, blend altogether on low, scraping the bowl well. Then, set the mixer on low and mix for 10 minutes to bring up the gluten. Pour into a greased bowl, sprinkle and rub the top of the dough with a little oil, and cover to rise double in size.</div>
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When risen, turn out onto a leveled pile of about two cups of flour, so that the dough touches only flour, not the board (it's very sticky). Divide in two, then divide each of the two in sixths. Form the pieces, into balls, keeping lots of flour on your hands. Roll the balls in more flour and set aside.</div>
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Cut each piece in two and form into an oval. With flour on the rollers and flour on your hand, under the rollers, put the piece of dough through on the thickest setting of your pasta machine. Mine was set on "3". Let the naan fill your hand from wrist to fingertips. Dust the naan with more flour and place between pieces of plastic in an airtight container to keep refrigerated until used. Or, bake immediately. Continue until all the dough is rolled and stored and/or baked.</div>
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To bake, heat a skillet or griddle to medium high (I would advise against using a non-stick surface skillet because of the high heat) until almost smoking. Bake the naan on each side, 1 minute. Remove to a plate until all are done. Store in a ziploc bag at room temperature or in the refrigerator for up to a week. They can also be frozen for future use.</div>
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Alternatively, you can roll them out in a circle or in the traditional tear-drop shape with a rolling pin. For thick naan, pat them out to about 1/4" thick in your hands. To make thicker naan flat, poke it all over with a fork before baking.</div>
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AND LOOK! THE FIFTH BLOCK IN THE MYSTERY QUILT IS OUT NOW. SEE THE SIDE PANEL TO THE RIGHT.</div>
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CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLYING GEESE</div>
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Each block in the Mystery Quilt is 12" square, finished. With each new block, the build offers a class (on the third Monday of each month in Odessa, WA) teaching a quilting trick or skill associated with the block that month.</div>
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This month we offered a trick, which you can find when you download the block over at <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/user/633318/pattern-store?_ct=cx-buvjdql&_ctp=my-pattern-store,manage" target="_blank">Craftsy</a>. Go ahead! It's FREE!</div>
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The Mystery Quilt you sew can be entered in our annual quilt show, each April. We'd love to see what you come out with. We accept quilts from everywhere.</div>
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<br />prairiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00701390524119839644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3503874136676781248.post-72491139305385467312016-05-13T10:13:00.002-07:002016-05-13T10:13:44.212-07:00Mystery Quilt Block #3 - Shoo Fly with a Lesson on HSTs<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Half
square triangle units are possibly the most commonly used patchwork component.
Sometimes abbreviated as HST or called a triangle square, the units are squares
that are composed of two triangles. Each triangle occupies half of the square's
space, leading to the name half square triangle unit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sew two triangles together to create a HST unit, but it's easier, and often
more accurate to quick piece them, since it eliminates the need to handle the
stretchy bias edges of individual triangles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One way
to piece HSTs is the easy sandwich method, where two squares of fabric are sewn
together along the diagonal and then cut apart to create two identical HSTs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sandwich method is a perfect technique to use when you're making a scrap quilt
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of fabric scraps or small yardages. However, I use it even when I'm making lots
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cut squares that are 7/8" larger than the finished size of the units
(unless you want to make them oversize and then cut back for complete accuracy,
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one unit and carefully move the iron into the diagonal that separates the dark
half from the light half. Let the weight and heat of the iron press the unit,
because ironing with vigorous back and forth movements will stretch it out of
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still slightly small, try sewing the next squares together with seams that are
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Isn't he a beauty? He needs love! In fact, he needs it (or is it kneads it?) so much, I couldn't get him far enough away from me to get a good photo.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then show your quilt here, on Craftsy or send it to our annual show in Odessa, WA, in April of 2017 (or all three)! We'd love to see it!</span><br />
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<i>This is the Odessa Quilt Guild project for 2016. Blocks will be made available in January, February and May through December. Participants may send their finished, bound, quilts to the 2017 Odessa Quilt Guild show in Odessa, WA, for judging, April 28 and 29. Applications for entry may be found on the Odessa Quilt Guild website at http://www.odessaquiltclub.com </i></div>
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<i>2017 Quilt Show Applications should be available on the site in January 2017. Join the fun with us or, simply make your project and email a picture of it to me at prairiestitcher at centurytel dot net. We'd love to see how your project turns out!</i></div>
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The traditional St. Patrick's Day Feast is Corned Beef and Cabbage.<br />
A tune for the day.....<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHSV8igDiEo" target="_blank">"When Irish Eyes are Smilin'"</a></div>
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Here's a recipe for Corned Beef and Cabbage from over at "<a href="http://www.milehighmamas.com/blog/2015/03/06/corned-beef-cabbage-recipe/" target="_blank">Mile-High Mamas Blog".</a></div>
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In my DH's Irish family, which settled in Vermont in the 1840's, however, that meal evolved into New England Boiled Dinner, over the years. </div>
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Below, the five Donahue brothers of Vermont, sons of John Donahue of Kerry and Ellen McCarty of Cork. They were cheesemakers in the early days.</div>
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Here's the <a href="http://prairiecottagecorner.blogspot.com/2012/03/st-patricks-day-feast-vermont-style-our.html" target="_blank">recipe</a> for New England Boiled Dinner from an earlier post on Prairie Cottage Corner.....and a tune for the season, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy76MPHzLcc" target="_blank">"In Your Easter Bonnet"</a></div>
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This is a favorite meal at our house for an after-picnic-ham-use-of-bones-and-scraps. </div>
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Our favorite Easter Feast is a roasted ham and all the fixings. <a href="http://prairiecottagecorner.blogspot.com/p/recipes.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is a recipe for a solid Easter Feast from my Recipes page.</div>
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While preparing my grocery list for our monthly trip to the big city (Ephrata, WA), last week, I discussed with the family the proximity of St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) to Easter Sunday (March 27th).</div>
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I said, in all wisdom and frugality, "Dear ones, our holidays are upside-down, food-wise."</div>
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See, ordinarily, I would buy a ham in March for St. Patrick's Day and one, again, in April, for Easter Sunday. This year, though, our budget wasn't going to handle two hams in one month, nor would our diets. That's a lot of ham in a ten-day period.</div>
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So, my suggestion to my loved-ones was, "Let's reverse the meals! We'll have roast ham on St. Patrick's Day and New England Boiled Dinner on Easter Sunday." There was a pregnant pause after I suggested it.</div>
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Lo and behold, they agreed. Having left-overs for the Easter Feast was fine with them, because we all dearly love, adore and cherish New England Boiled Dinner. </div>
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Hence our Frugal Easter Feast.</div>
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I'll make an old-fashioned Trifle for dessert.</div>
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">St. Patrick's Day Menu</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">....And on another note, stay tuned for the release of a new applique' pattern: "Seasons of the Heart" coming soon to online venues.......</span></div>
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Remember that song from the musical, State Fair? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1VEifmf9Uw" target="_blank">It Might As Well Be Spring!</a></div>
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I know, I know. Spring isn't here yet but it is fleeting in our semi-arid corner of the world. So we have to catch it while we can....as early as possible and as long as possible. Isn't it great?</div>
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!!!!!!! Natureluvr57 !!!!!!! </div>
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Yes, we've been very quiet out here on the prairie! I've been drawing and drawing and drawing, which is why you haven't heard from me until now. I almost missed our February visit! See below for how to enter the give-away.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Valentine Sunbonnet Sue"</span></div>
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These patterns are traceable and available on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/PrairieCottageCorner" target="_blank">Etsy</a> as physical or digital patterns and on <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/my/pattern-store-overview?_ct=cx-buvjdql&_ctp=my-pattern-store,overview" target="_blank">Craftsy</a> as digital. All are $5 each. They're good for embroidery, crewel, applique', fabric painting, needlepoint, tee-shirt art, quilt blocks and all kinds of linens.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT SPRING?</span></i></div>
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I think my favorite thing is warm days and daffodils....well, that's two things, isn't it? There are more, actually, but I won't bore you with them here. Contest ends Friday, March 4th at 5 PM.</div>
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Let's celebrate! I'm kicking up my heels (so to speak....I can't really kick them up anymore, but.....oh well, it's all in the mind, anyway) !!!!</div>
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