Elaine Baro demonstrates tricks with scarves during a
workshop on creating several different looks using a basic
garment. She is wearing a bungee scarf and is arranging a
pretied scarf that can easily be made in different lengths.
Making ‘Cents’ Out Of Fashion
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LEESPORT (Berks Co.)
Elaine Baro creates a whole
wardrobe from a few basic
pieces.
The secret, she reveals, is in
selecting a neutral color and ac
cessorizing it with scarves,
jewelry, or harmonizing pieces
to give it a whole new look.
During a recent workshop at
the Berks County Ag Center,
Baro worked her magic by
mixing and matching by using a
black dress, jacket, pants, print
skirt, and soUd-color shirts.
“I’m a big fan of vests,” Baro
said. Vests provide other options
to give a different look to pants,
skirts, and dresses. Other
choices to update a black outfit
are a polka-dot shirt or one in a
leopard print.
Denim can also be combined
with black to make it more
sporty. Baro showed how an
oversized denim shirt embroi
dered with a touch of black and
other colors coordinated with
black pants.
Baro is a big proponent of
scarves that can dress up, slim
down, and enhance a dress, suit,
or top. Scarves need not be ex
pensive purchases. Baro demon
strated how to make many
different styles using sheer fab- Cut a 21-inch piece of Vi-inch
rics and serging edges or by elastic. Center elastic ends in the
hiding the seam. middle of fabric ends and stitch
One of her most popular ver- in place. Turn fabric to right
sions is the bungee scarf. To side and stitch shut the opening,
make it, select a sheer, Ends will resemble a rosette;
nonwrinkable fabric. Cut a 12Vi handstitch in place. When ready
by 45-inch piece of fabric.
Fold to wear, simply overlap ends of
fabric in half lengthwise with scarf one time to hold in place,
right sides together. Although separates can be
Sew along the long edge of made t 0 coordinate by stitching
fabric, but leave a %-inch open- a . P r,nt on P lam . mat f ial a . nd
ing in the middle to turn. Sew vlce versa ’ P|f*n colors give
each end. more °PP° rtumt y for mix and
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Ida Risser
So far this year we’ve had them to their door. .1 years pa.
plenty of rain and so the j gold large quantities of both
strawberry crop and the sugar but that is jn the past and now
pea crop have been plentiful, we plant less.
Thus we’ve shared both with M y husband thinks of so
friends and relatives. Seldom do many places to go away from
people say “no” when you bring h ome. He and I drove to
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 17, 2000-B7
matching,” Baro said.
“Don’t discard an item with a
food stain,” Baro said.
She showed how the stain can
be incorporated into a design
through block printing using
acrylic paints or by applique
with a coordinating fabric.
For more information on
classes or scarf instructions by
Elaine Baro, contact the Berks
County Extension office at (610)
378-1327.
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Cumberland County to see a
tree, but it was dead. This was a
particular chestnut tree that had
sprouted after the blight killed
it. People are working on devel
oping an American chestnut
that is blight resistant. The day
was not a complete loss as we
stopped in a churchyard to eat
the lunch that I had packed and
then visited his brother in an
other county. He gave me a
recipe for “India Fry Bread.”
He had just made some and it is
similar to a fastnacht.
The next day my husband and
his brother decided to visit an
other brother in a veteran’s
home in Blair County. They
were gone 12 hours and finally
got home blaming the long day
on a flat tire. That may have
been part of the very long day.
The next day I had the privi
lege of going along to a 65th re
union of his high school class. It
is surprising to see how many
are still able to attend. Many of
the attendees were not willing to
eat the big meal that was served,
and so many “doggy bags” were
required. The program was pre
sented by a class member who is
a world traveler. And, he has an
other trip planned for the fall.
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