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nice magazines, and that I couldn’t
buy myself.”
Cindy has taken cake
decorating, flowers, wildlife, pet
care and basket weaving in 4-H,
and is also a member of the
Woolies 4-H Club, with two Suffolk
breeding sheep. Her other projects
are with the Penn Willow 4-H club,
where she has served as vice
president, news reporter,
secretary and game leader. She
has also worked with the 4-H
clothing judging team.
As a teen leader project, Cindy
started a sewing club, the Super
Sewers, in the city of Lancaster,
and taught five girls how to make a
travel kit. She said she really liked
the experience, but admitted to
getting frustrated sometimes since
some of the girls had never sewn.
A junior at Lancaster Mennonite
High School, Cindy plays field
hockey, sings in the chorus and is a
member of the Future
Agriculturists of America. She also
plays softball in a summer league
and is a member of the Byerland
Mennonite Church.
CINDY TRIMBLE
Cindy Trimble, 17, is another
veteran sewer, but never had the
excitement of being a winner
before this year. A member of the
Solanco Community 4-H Club and
the Kids and Kows Dairy Club,
Cindy has taken sewing each of her
ten years as a member.
She recalls that she joined 4-H
because her dad was a leader and
“encouraged it strongly.”
When she is selecting a 4-H
sewing project, Cindy says, “I look
in the closet and see what I need to
perk up my wardrobe. I like to
make something different.”
Last year she picked two pat
terns, and saved one for this year.
She said she selected the Vogue
pattern because “it was different
from other dresses.” The pleat in
the back, and a turned up collar
made it attractive to Cindy. She
adds that she has the ability to
match up colors and patterns and
visualize how they will look on her.
Her challenge in 4-H wa also to
match a stripe and the fabric ghe
chose had a “damask-like” stripe
through it. She recalls, “I had to
match the stripe all the way
through.”
She also did some very fine top
stitching, and made covered
buttons, matching the covering
with the stripe in the dress. The
fabric is bright red, chosen, Cindy
says, because “it was bright and
cheery and I wanted something
with pizzazz.”
When her name was announced
at the county show, Cindy says, “It
was really thrilling to win. It
makes you feel good. I never ex
pected to be called.”
Cindy attended Leadership
School at Penn State for two years
and is looking forward to returning
to campus for State Days in
August.
She said she enjoys being in
fashion revue because, “It gives
you the opportunity to show off
what you did, and it builds up your
confidence.” She said the project
itself was not terribly difficult for
her, though she did need to take the
cuffs off and redo them, after
sewing them on the wrong way.
“The front pleat was the hardest
because we couldn’t figure out how
to get it to hang right.”
A graduate of Solanco High
School and the Willow Street Vo-
Tech, Cindy will be enrolling at
Willow Street to study as a dental
assistant. At school she was a
wrestling scorekeeper and softball
manager. A member of the
Mechanic Grove Church of the
Brethren, Cindy is also active in
the Brown Swiss Association. She
was a contestant in this year’s
Lancaster County dairy princess
contest.
ALISON BRADLEY
Sixteen-year-old Alison Bradley
joined 4-H because her mother was
good friends with the-leader of the
Lititz-Rothsville 4-H Club, Sharon
Schaich. She has enjoyed learning
to sew, and this year determined
that she wanted a Laura Ashley
pattern. Unfortunately, once she
chose the pattern, she learned that
it was discontinued, which meant
starting from scratch again. She
finally selected another one, and it
proved to be a winner.
Alison’s dress featured a floral
design, and just before cutting into
it, they discovered that there was a
stripe to the flowers, so the pattern
had to be re-pinned. Alison said the
lace on the collar was the hardest
part of the dress, and when asked
how long it took to sew the garment
she replied, “Longer than I wanted
it to.”
A teen leader in the club, Alison
helped plan and carry out the
club’s roundup. She has benefitted
from 4-H by learning to sew but
also by making new friends. Alison
said, “I have met a whole new
group of people.”
It is an advantage to sew for
yourself, because, according to
Alisn, “It is cheaper and you can
make exactly what you want and
choose the color. You don’t have to
just take what’s made.”
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Counted crosstitch is another favorite hobby of Alison
Bradley’s, along with the sewing she has learned as a 4-H'er
A junior at Warwick High
School, Alison is a student athletic
trainer, taping athletes for all
sports. She is also a member of the
band front, the chorus and show
choir and served as class secretary
for two years. A student of voice, it
seems natural that she was
selected as song leader for the 4-H
club. Crocheting and crosstitch are
two of her hobbies.
ANDREA EBERSOLE
Andrea Ebersole might be
considered lucky. She has skill, of
course, but she couldn’t have
received her gold ribbon at
regional fashion revue if someone
else had been able to attend. An
drea was an alternate at the county
level, but was fortunate enough to
go to the regional event and the
judges were pleased with what
they saw
Her skill is evident when it is
considered that last year she was a
junior alternate at county, but
again had the good fortune of going
to regional, where she captured
one of the alternate blue ribbons.
When her name was announced
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Andrea joined 4-H because of the
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a blouse. She wanted to make it
with lace, but couldn’t find a
pattern with lace, so she settled for
dotted swiss fabric.
Andrea recalls starting to sew
“pretty young,” perhaps with the
influence of her mother who sewed
for everyone in the family and who
is now busily making bridesmaids
dresses for an upcoming family
wedding.
She enjoys sewing other clothing
for herself, adding, “It is not as
expensive and you get to fit it just
as you want it to. You also get the
color you want.”
Her 4-H experience has been
especially beneficial, Andrea feels,
because, “I have trouble getting up
in front of groups, and now I don’t
get quite as nervous. I’ve also
gotten to know some girls who will
be going to states, and I think I’ll
have fun.”
Andrea recognizes the ad
vantages of going through fashion
revue in Lancaster County. “It is
almost harder to win at Lancaster
County’s than at regional. If you
win here you feel pretty good about
yourself.” Another advantage of
participating in fashion revue is
the opportunity to see what others
have made. “It gives you ideas,”
Andrea says.
A ninth grader at Manheim
Central, Andrea plays the trumpet
in the band. She is also looking
forward to joining the youth group
at the White Oak Church of the
Brethren.
Andrea said her 4-H sewing
experience is something she’ll use
long after she’s out of 4-H. And it
has already helped her in home
economics at school where she had
to make a skirt this year. “It was
pretty easy-I didn’t have to keep
asking the teacher. I was really
glad for my 4-H experience.”
Andrea has also taken macrame,
cake decorating and quilting as 4-H
projects.
When these four girls participate
in the state fashion revue, it will be
with the best 4-H seamstresses
from around the Commonwealth.
Ten finalists will be selected, and
then, with a score from a white
form detailing all their activities,
one will be selected to go to
national 4-H Club Congress.
However the local seasmstresses
fare, they will have the satisfaction
of having beautiful garments to
add to their wardrobes, and a skill
which will serve them a lifetime.