Bl6—Lancaster Farmini
Romantic ribbons & lace
With lace, ribbons and em
broidered designs, a pillow can be
fresh, romantic and beautiful in
any room. It can also be sur
prisingly easy to make.
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Although the design shown may
look lavish, it works up quickly
with candlewicking knots, chain
stitches and simple accents. The
ribbon border, for example, just
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lays flat on the fabric with stitches
to secure it.
The butterfly pillow, designed by
“Dimensions,’’ is available as a kit
with cotton threads, preprinted
design on white muslin, pillow
back, lace, ribbon, needle and
instructions. To order Kit EMII9,
send $ll plus $2 postage and ser
vice (California residents please
add 6 percent sales tax) to Ellen
Appel Crafts, your newspaper’s
name, Box 1144, Laguna Beach, CA
92652.
In any pillow project, ribbons
add a wonderful touch, Whether
you use ribbons in a border, or
actually embroider with them,
ribbons spice up the plainest
design.
The trick to working with rib
bons is in your purchase of sup
plies. Ribbons for embroidery
must be slim and flexible. As long
as you buy the right ribbons,
stitching is easy.
Here are hints for stitching with
ribbons:
MATERIALS; Silk or synthetic
ribbons one-eigth to one-sixteeneth
inch wide; candlewicking thread
or embroidery floss; needle;
sewing supplies.
STARTING A BORDER; 1.
Thread needle with two strands of
floss. 2. Lay ribbon on fabric. Take
a tiny stitch through ribbon end. 3.
Take a vertical stitch over ribbon,
V« inch from end.-4. Skip a half
stitch. Take another vertical
stitch.
STITCHING BORDER: 1.
Continue to take vertical stitches
%-inch apart, all around ribbon
border. 2. When turning corners,
keep stitches close together. 3.
When ribbon ends meet, let ribbons
overlap. Take a vertical stitch. 4.
Take a tiny, tacking stitch through
the ribbon. As much as possible,
keep stitch hidden beneath last
vertical stitch. 5. Trim ribbon end.
STARTING TO EMBROIDER:
1. Cut ribbon end diagonally.
Thread end through needle. 2.
Stitch needle through ribbon Mi
inch from end. This keeps ribbon
proudly present their
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from sliding out of needle.
EMBROIDERY HINTS: 1. Use
any embroidery stitch desired,
such as satin stitch, outline stitch
or chain stitch. 2. Keep ribbon flat
as you embroider. To help, slide
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“If it doesn’t fall right out, there
are probably Spots on it that aren't
ready to be unmolded,” she ex
plained.
If the candy is forced out of the
mold before it’s completely har
dened, some of the mold’s detail
may be lost or the candy may
break, she said.
Further details such as candy
eyes or carrots can be painted on
with a small paint brush after the
candy is removed from the molds,
Arlene said.
Arlene said she tries to bag the
candy as soon as it’s finished to
eliminate possible' smudges or
distortions that could result from
people handling it. Completed
candy should not be stored in the
refrigerator because it would turn
white. However, filled candy, if not
consumed within two or three
days, should be refrigerated to
prevent spoilage, she said.
About 45 or 50 individuals have
ordered Easter candy from Arlene
this year, but she said those orders
are often placed for several people.
She estimates that she has made
over 1,000 filled eggs so far this
year.
Some of those eggs will go to the
students who ride her school bus.
Arlene said she makes about 150
peanut butter and coconut creme
eggs to treat her own riders, and
this year she is making eggs for
her son and daughter-in-law, who
also drive bus.
“I think I make about as much to
give away as I do to sell,” she said.
“It’s fun.”
Much of her candy goes to
friends, so she doesn’t like to
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one finger under the ribbon as you
stitch. Any twists will then be
pulled through the fabric. 3. If
ribbon twists too much, drop
needle and allow ribbon to unwind.
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charge much for her candy.
“I know I don’t charge near what
I should,” Arlene said, but “most
of my orders are with friends and
you know how you treat your
friends.”
She charges $4.25 for a hollow
Easter basket that she fills with
other chocolate goodies, a
duplicate of a basket Wolfgang
sells for over $5, she saicl.
Over the years Arlene said she
has collected over 300 candy
molds, so she has quite a variety of
shapes, sizes and designs to select
from.
“Every time I saw a mold, I just
bought it,” she said.
Arlene said she buys Wilbur
chocolate in 50 pound boxes and
gets a lot of her other supplies from
D & B Cake Decorating in Camp
Hill.
While Easter is her busiest time
of year, Arlene makes candy
during most of the year,catering to
special holidays or selling boxes
filled with assorted carmels, fudge
centers, chocolate covered
cherrys, and peanut and raisin
clusters.
When she isn’t making candy,
Arlene keeps busy quilting,
cooking, or refinishing furniture.
She said the next craft she would
like to leam is soft sculpturing.
“I’ll never have nothing to do,”
she says with a chuckle.
Arlene and her husband, Leroy,
operate the chicken houses on their
farm , while their son rents the
farmland and has dairy cows.
Arlene said their chickens escaped
the avian flu.
“We’re one in the area that
didn’t get hit. We’re very, very
fortunate,” she said.