'6—Lancaster Farming, Saturda: 7( Crafts By JOANNE SPAHR 'CONESTOGA - everyone knows, crafts are the “big thing” nowadays. What used’to be considered a waste of valuable time is now thought of as a beautiful way to use your talents in a creative form of self expression. Plus, it’s a lucrative way to relax. More and more women and men are learning macrame, embroidery,. ' knitting,' woodworking, ceramics, and leather crafting to name just a few basics. Putting this knowledge **■ Mrs. Kathy Bucher, leader of this year's crafts group of the Penn Willow 4-H Club had a stand of her own at the Conestoga Community Bicentennial Craft Fair where she displayed trapunta, quilting, and other types of hand work. Here, she shows a machine-appliqued pillow. BIG HUB TIRE SERVICE Phone 354-4931 1 Mile West of Blue Ball on Rt 322 are popular: even in 4-H into action, the-Penn Willow 4-H Club of Conestoga, who exhibited their crafts in the Conestoga Community Bicentennial Craft Fair, last weekend, is adding a crafts group to their many varied projects within the dub this year. Penn Willow is a community dub directed by- Mrs. Joan Huber and Ronald Walton which average 60-100 members and has projects in rabbits, vegetables, capons, cooking, flowers, biking, and sewing. This will be the first year for crafts. “Actually, we did have s♦, „ w * * -* Jtm * lune 12. 1976 .crafts last year, but it was more popular areas of the really just a way to keep the club, although there Is yet no extra girls occupied when all estimate of, how' many, the sewing machines were in children-will be taking part, use,” says Mrs. Kathy. It 5 s really not hard to see Bucher,, the soft-spoken,' whythereissomucb’inlerest petite leader of the crafts in crafts, since many of the _ ►group. She went on to explain accomplished" exhibitors at' from behind her stand at'the the' Conestoga Craft Fair crafts fair, that tbe sewing ere the leaders of the club, group had only 12, sewing- For instance, Dawn Reishra machines available to it, sewing instructor who, lives while there were,at least" at Conestoga R 2, was thirty girls taking part in this hooking intricately designed dividion of the club. So, when rugs fashioned' after ~ the they weren’t busy, the girls manner of. - her grand learned to be “crafty.” And, mother’s made with pieces, gradually, interest of material. Mrs. Reish has generated to the. point that been involved with 4-H for Penn Willow has established five years. a crafts group, which so far has proven to be one of the J « who finances acres, bushels,cases, crates,kilowatts, gallons, board feet, tons, head,bales, andlugs? -WE DO. The Farm Credit System. We’re agriculture’s own credit source. Owned by and operated for the benefit of farmers, ranchers, and growers. We help farmers, buy and improve acres that produce millions of bushels of.grain, cases of eggs, crates of oranges, gallons of milk, board feet of if Kathy Huber had her own (Continued on Page 77] Jumber, tons of hay, countless head of livestock, t bales of cotton, lugs of peaches. And all' other kinds of products of American Agriculture. There’s more. We provide money for feed, seed, fertilizer, feeder calves, baby chicks, machinery, and all the other supplies to operate a modern farm. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY OFFICE. 'Pri/A l . _ ' /‘uhh four - V w These cute little dolls are made from clothspins and will be part of the crafts program taught to the youngsters of the Penn Willow 4-H Club. * ' r, VI . - It’s our job to gather tHe most important crop of all - capital. Money for ail the things it takes to keep agriculture at full capacity,' able to feed and help clothe the other 95 percent of our population ... untold mijlions in other lands. ' - we do ~ ~v - * z -V. > «
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