816-Lancasler Farming, Saturday, November 16, 1991
From Lebanon County Extension Workshops
Ideas For
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
PRESCOTT (Lebanon Co.)
Just in time for holiday prepara
tion, 'the Lebanon County Penn
Slate Cooperative Extension pre
sented workshops on “I Can Do
That!”
More than 1,200 attended the
workshops presented November 5,
6, and 7 to learn how to make deco
rations, gifts, and holiday food.
“Ticked” ideas
Dressed in jumpers, cuffed
shirts, earrings, and necklaces
made from ticking, Christenna
Stamm and Hetty Wengert demon
strated using ticking material to
make grocery sacks, angels and
bears used to decorate the tree, a
Christmas tree skirt, napkins,
aprons, lined baskets, and more.
Here arc directions for a Ticked
Recycled Bear.
Using recycled foam meat trays,
cut out the bear pattern on this
page. Paint bear with two coats of
Gesso and two coats water-based
paints m color you prefer. Be sure
each coat of paint is dry before lop
ping with the next coat. Dip
sponge the lop color and dab onto
the bear to obtain a furry look.
Draw a face on the bear. Spray
with clear acrylic paint
Dress the bear with the simple
pattern show on this page.
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Pinafore: Cut a 3'/< -inch Cut a I‘/< -inch square out of
square of muslin for the yoke, the center of the yoke. Gather
Cut two pieces 4x6'/» -inch for 4x6'/« -inch piece and attach with
the skirt. running stitch to yoke. Hem
Holiday Eating , Decorating , Gift-Making
Rob Wood of Spoutwood Farm
in Glen Rock showed participants
how to use dried materials to make
swags, wreaths, and garlands.
Wood, who grows 85 varieties of
herbs and flowers on his 26-acre
farm, suggests wiring cranberries
in shape desired to attach to
wreaths, swags, and garlands.
To make a garland:
Use baling twine or roping in the
length desired for a garland. Form
smalls bouquet of dried flowers.
Use 22-gauge florists’ spool wire
to wired the bouquets in an over
lapping manner until you come to
the end of the rope.
Wire the last bunch in reverse
direction, spreading apart the pre
viously wired bunch and inserting
stems into the opeing.
Fill gaps with small sprigs of
dried material by using a glue gun
or florist’s tape if necessary.
Winifred McGee, extension
agent told participants how to
make a profit when holding craft
shows and holiday bazaars.
Letie Schadler, home econom
ist, shared ideas for family fun and
recipes that will appear in future
editions of Lancaster Farming.
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Holiday evergreens:
Lilly Hcrshcy encouraged parti
cipants to combine a wide variety
of evergreens in holiday decora
tions. Holly, boxwood, bayberry,
Oregon grape holly, English Ivy,
magnolia, and rhododendrons can
be combined with evergreens.
After the greens arc cut, make
sure they are kept moist and cool.
Keep the cuttings in a plastic bag
or standing in water. Store outside
in the shade or in an unheated
garage.
If the greens are for indoor deco
rations and are expected to last for
a period of two weeks or more, dip
or spay the greens with an anti
dessican to minimize moisture loss
and act as a flame retardant. Sprays
and dips are available from garden
centers or can be made at home
with the following ingredients:
Mixture 1
'A cup boric acid
9 tablespoon borax
2 quarts water
1 teaspoon dish soap
'/< cup Epson salts
5 tablespoons borax
2 quarts water
1 teaspoon dish soap
Use the mixture as a dip or apply
j with a spray bottle or garden
; sprayer.
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Mixture 2
Pinecones interspersed with dried materials adds a
delightful touch to your decorating scheme.
Wreath with German statice:
Start by using a straw wreath.
Wire small bunches of statice to Sherry Kalbach, the dryer lint
straw wreath with florists’s spool ladyj was back with ideas for t .
wire by overlapping previous wir- children involved in
mg. Fill m any gaps by gluing in decorating
This swag uses a variety of greens, dried and dried mater
ials to make a delightful decoration to hang above door
ways, on windowsills, over mantels and other places.
and formed into the shape
desired then placed on dried This spice broom was
or evergreen wreaths for a decorated by Lilly Hershey.
holiday touch.
sprigs of statice. Decorate by glu
ing dried flowers into the pattern.
Make a swag
Starting with dried materials
such as Sweet Annie, caspia, or
golden rod, place two bunches
with ends together in center and
wire. Decorate by gluing or insert
ing dried flowers of your choice
Place bow in center to cover ends
and wire in place.