816-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 7, 1992 Bedford County Women Linda Williams Bedford Co. Correspondent EVERETT (Bedford Co.) Homemakers from Centerville took center stage at the luncheon/ craft exhibit held recently in Everett Sharing her skills and know ledge of creating “something from nothing,” was Faun Howsare, president of the Centerville group of homemakers. Hits of the day included a “quil low,” a pillow in a quilt; “snow people,” made from left over plas tic pipe; a dried apple hanger and a Cinnamon sticks, a candle, and bow plus your own desired finishing touches are all It takes to create this decoration or gift. Faun Howsare displays a quillow. “These make great and useful gifts for the holidays,” Faun says. cinnamon stick candle. Directions for each are as follows: Snow People Plastic pipe 4x6 inches Batting Sequins (large snowflakes, heart for mouth, black for eyebrows) Ribbon (red for girl, black for boy) 1914 inches, 6 inches for a bow. Flowers Red pompom for nose Large pompom for top of hat Red felt (114 x 2 14) for hands (mittens) Rubber bands 4* ''' / Black felt for boys bow tie 3'/i x2’/j inches. Hat, turn up two inches, sew seam. On wrong side, fasten top together with rubber band, twist as tight as possible. Turn hat right side out, put ribbon around hat above part that is turned up, glue in place, glue small bow and snowflake on. Tie, trim ends in slight V shape, carefully separate batting to make 2 sections. Pinch together in cen ter, tie with string to hold. Sleeves (arms) turn up one nar row edge-fold lengthwise in 3 folds, glue, pin if needed, lay aside until needed. Coat, turn up bottom 2 inches, sew back together, turn so turned up section is on outside. Head, Roll batting until it mea sures about 15 or 16 inches around, fasten both ends with rub ber bands, twist tight Body, Wrap plastic pipe with batting, tuck edges in one end of pipe. Place head into other end, push batting from top edge of pipe in around the head. Put coat on body, put rubber band around neck. Glue coat, front section in center, tuck top edge under rubber band, roll bottom to the top of turned up section. Glue and straighten pin to hold in place. Put arms on sides, tuck top edges under rubber band, glue to sides, Pillow In A Quilt Supplies needed: Three yards each of two fabrics at least 45” wide. One piece of polyester bat ting 45x72; one piece of polyester batting 18” square. For Pillow Pocket: Cut one 18” square each of fabric A and B (see sketch). Cut one 18” square of polyester batting. For Quilt: Cut one 45”x72” piece of fabric A and fabric B. Cut one 45”x72” piece of polyester batting. Preparing Pillow Pocket; With right sides together, pin fabric A and fabric B pillow square together having raw edges even. Pin batting to wrong side of fabric B, having raw edges even. Stitch together in 54 ” seam, leaving an 8” opening in the center of one edge to turn; backsticth at opening to reinforce. Trim comers. Turn pocket right side out; press lightly. Turn under 54 ” on opening edges; slip-stitch opening closed. Hold .Croft fo/r~ (pin if necessary), glue mittens into holes at bottom of arms. Fold collar in half (long wise) wrap around neck to cover rubber band, fasten in front Glue on eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth. For boy use black bow tie instead of flower. Dried Apple Hanger 9-sliced apples 1 cinnamon stick (6 inches) Sturdy cardboard 12”xl 'A ” 18 inches of ribbon Slice apples crosswise and bake in oven for six hours at ISO degrees. (Old terrycloth towels on racks under the apples absorbs the mois ture from the apples) Remove apples from oven and cool. Place a cookie sheet on top of them while they are still hot and let this remain on them to prevent curling. Arrange slices on cardboard and hot glue in place. Hot glue cinnamon sticks to the top. A loop of ribbon on the top will give you a hangar. Cinnamon Stick Candles Glue long cinnamon sticks around a can (any size you prefer). Add a big bow and set your candle on top of the can. Very easy but quite festive. Prepare Quilt; With right sides together pin fabric A and fabric B quilt sections together having raw edges even. Pin batting to wrong side of fabric B, having raw edges even. Stitch together in A " seam, leaving a 12” opening in one long edge to turn; back-stitch at open ing to reinforce. Trim comers. Turn quilt right side out; press lightly. Turn under 'A ” on open ing edges; slip stitch opening closed. Attach Pocket to Quilt: Mark the center of one edge of pocket and one short end of quilt. With fabric B facing up (both pocket and pillow) place pocket on quilt matching center marking. Machine stitch 'A ” from edges of pocket, leaving inner most edge open; back stitch at inner comers to reinforce. '■\J 1 8" Quilting; Mark two straight quilting lines from inner edge of pocket to opposite end of quilt. Keeping all thicknesses of quilt smooth, machine or hand stitch along marked lines of fabric print or using embroidery floss de small knots through all thicknesses, evenly spaced apart A dried apple hanger is fashioned easily with around the house Items. r\l i2* i I Folding Quilt into Pocket: On a flat surface, place quilt with pock et side down. Fold quilt into thirds, overlapping long edges. Turn pocket over end of quilt. QF .. U _ Fold remaining end of quilt into thirds and continue folding into the pocket, forming pillow. Give Mayonnaise A Break Fat-free mayonnaise, that is. Fat-free mayo, which has a texture quite similar to the regular pro-, duct, is made primarily of thicken ers, such as cellulose, maltodex trin, gums and starch, all safe ingredients. The fat-free variety contains no oil and usually uses egg white instead of yolk. It’s usu ally wrong, also, to blame mayon naise for food poisoning. Com mercially prepared mayonnaise contains vinegar or lemon juice, ingredients that are acidic enough to inhibit some bacterial growth. It’s not the mayo that causes food poisoning, but the foods that are mixed with it, such as chopped eggs, potato or tuna, that are likely to spoil when left out in warm weather.
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