814-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 29,1984
Make an armadillo
Fabric, thread, your trusty
sewing machine, polyester stuffing
and an ingeniously designed
pattern by Colette Wolff are all you
need to make an acquaintance with
the homely armadillo.
This soft sculptured stuffed
animal would be most welcome in
any child’s or teenager’s room.
Made up in some faux leather it
could be a real conversation piece
in the den.
You can also make your ar
madillo a friend a 4V 2 -mch little
bird to be embellished with your
own embroidery or bead design.
Also offered with the pattern is a
helpful booklet titled The Fine Art
of Stuffing Dolls and Stuffed
Animals. This booklet contains
hints and information that you will
not find anywhere else. Colette
also supplies her catalog (36
pages) with other patterns, kits for
dolls, pillows and toys with every
order.
What makes these kits and
patterns so unique is an innovative
series of leam-as-you-go projects.
These kits provide muslin, lining
fabric, reusable patterns and
complete instructions for projects
that can be either stretched onto a
Extension service offers family finance program
MEDIA - Your checkbook
seems to have a negative balance
at the end of the month. You can’t
find important receipts and can
celled checks at tax time. You
have no idea what your family’s
assets are and what your
borrowing capacity really is. You
and your family buy things on a
whim and can’t seem to save any
money.
If any or all of these apply to you,
the Penn State Cooperative Ex
tension Service may be able to help
you establish a money
management plan that will
balance your checkbook at the end
of the month and will adapt to the
changing needs of your family,
says extension home economist
Greta C. Vairo. You can set up a
budget that will see you through
not only the next month but into the
future, whether that includes a
new home, education for your
children, or a comfortable
retirement.
“Families Managing Money in
the 80’s,” a learn-at-home
program offered by the extension
service, will help you organize all
frame or stuffed and used as
pillows. You supply the thread,
pillow form or frame and the
desire to leam decorative stit
ching.
The simplest kit teaches simple
hand-stitching by outlining the
silhouettes of a trio of chubby
kittens. “Cording” is taught with
the next kit, by making channels of
stitching and drawing a cord
through them. This results in a
raised design.
“Night Flower,” the third in the
series, gives practice in quilting by
hand through two layers instead of
the traditional three layers of
material.
The last kit results in an abstract
soft sculpture with gatherings,
tucks, ruffling, smocking and
stuffed channels. Each piece will
work up to measure 12-by-12 in
ches. Prices per kit run from $12.95
to $15.95.
So, if every time you pick up a
needle and thread you feel like a
duck out of water, yoii might
consider consulting a Platypus ...
Platypus being Wolff’s company.
Write for her catalog ($1) at Box
396, Planetarium Station, NY
10024.
important financial and legal
papers into a file system, to
determine just what your family’s
net wo-th is now and what your
family’s goals are for the future, to
set up a usable spending and
saving plan, and to establish a
credit history.
The program, developed by
extension specialists at the Penn
sylvania State University, is made
up of an introductory meeting and
five mini-lessons and is offered
free of charge. Topics include a
system for important papers, what
and where; measuring financial
progress; achieving financial
priorities; and planning for saving
and spending; and credit
management.
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Make (bod choices
carefully at fast
food restaurants
NEWARK, Del. - Can you eat a
balanced meal at a fast food
restaurant? It depends on the
establishment’s menu and the food
choices you make, says University
of Delaware extension home
economist Claudia Holden.
If your favorite fast food place
has a salad bar, you should have no
trouble obtaining the nutrients
your body needs. A satisfying
lunch might include a hamburger
on a bun, a salad, and a shake
made from real milk. If no greens
are available, an orange or banana
from home can help round out a
burger-and-fnes meal.
Critics of fast food restaurants
complain about the high calorie
and sodium content of the foods
these establishments serve.
Typical fast food meals contain
from 900-1,800 calories and from
1,000-2,515 milligrams of sodium.
Many fast food meals are also high
in fat and low in vitamins A and C.
Obviously, Holden says, calorie
counters and persons on sodium
restricted diets must evaluate
their choices carefully and limit
their consumption of certain fast
foods.
Studies completed several years
ago indicate that younger persons
consume most fast foods.
Relatively few persons, it was
found, depend on fast foods for the
majority of their meals and
nutrients.
Many fast food restaurants have
had their menu items evaluated for
nutritional content, and will supply
this information on request. If you
eat fast foods often, this in
formation can help you evaluate
your daily food and nutrient in
take.
Whether you eat fast foods every
day or only as a last resort, try to
select those menu items that will
combine to meet your daily
nutritional requirements. If your
fast food meal falls short in a
particular nutrient area, try to
make it up in the foods you con
sume during the rest of the day.
If you’re not sure whether your
meals are meeting your nutritional
needs, you can get free educational
materials from your county ex
tension home economist in Newark
(451-1239); Dover (736-1448); or
Georgetown (856-5250)
10 pi ei e&isier 101 me in
troductory meeting where you’ll
get an overview of the total
program, a chance to better un
derstand the advantages of sound
family financial management and
a chance to ask questions, call the
Delaware County Extension Office
at 565-9070, or write the Delaware
County Extension Office at 1521 N.
Providence Road, Media, PA
19063.
Those who complete the
program will receive a free copy of
Penn State Extension’s “Getting
Organized,” a 48-page book of
information and forms that will
help to keep tabs on your family
financial matters.
Penn State is an affirmative action, equal
opportunity university
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