Friday May 16, 9:30 a.m.
Lecture and Fashion Show: “Jackets That Fit Your Style”
Silk creations by Lacey J. Peterson
Guest fee $4.
Location: Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia Devon, 762 W. Lancaster Ave, Wayne, PA.
Contact Ruth Lazarus for more information.
www.mainlinequilters.org
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Going to Seattle?
If your travels take you to the Seattle area, be sure to visit the corporate offices of Martingale, & Company, publisher of many wonderful quilt books! Their location in an industrial park in Woodinville, Washington (a half-hour northeast of Seattle), is not all that exciting, until you get inside and see the quilts on display. Martingale offers free one-hour tours of their office building every Monday and Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time). You'll be treated to an insider's look at original quilts and other projects from their books. You'll even get a unique preview of quilts from books not yet published! The tour concludes at the “Hurt Book Room,” where tour guests can purchase slightly damaged books at greatly reduced prices.
Reservations are required and preferably made at least one month in advance. For more information on tours, and a map, visit their website, www.martingale-pub.com/Information/Tour.htm. Call (425) 483-3313 to make a reservation.
And while you're in Woodinville, stop at the local quilt shop, Gathering Fabric, located at 14450 Woodinville-Redmond Road. www.gatheringfabric.com
If your travel buddy would prefer an alternative activity, there are plenty of wineries nearby! Check the Wines Northwest website for area wineries.
When you get hungry, The Forecasters Pub at the Red Hook Ale Brewery (go to www.redhook.com and click on Woodinville under the Breweries menu)
has delicious food and great beer and is a good place to have lunch. Brewery tours and tastings are also available for a nominal charge.
If you are in the city of Seattle and need a quilt shop fix, you'll want to go to Undercover Quilts (www.undercoverquilts.com), located in the block south of the historic Pike Place Market. Beautiful American-made quilts, fabric, patterns and more!
Then, there's another great quilt shop in nearby Bellevue, Quiltworks Northwest. www.quiltsworksnw.com.
Have fun and safe travels!
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Local Quilt Shop News
Quilter's Corner
The Quilt Sampler
Fabrications
Quilters Quarter and Red Barn Quilts
QUILTER'S CORNER
Wow - I can't believe it's nearly MAY!!! Where has the time gone?
Time really does fly as one gets older.... My analytical mind has "decided" that the reasoning behind that sensation is based on reality: A six-month lapse when one is a child is a much more significant portion of one's life than a six-month lapse when one is an adult. So, for a 10-year old, six months accounts for 5% of that 10-year-old's life; but for a 50-year-old, six months is only 1% of my (oops - that person's) life! That said, six months is six months: Fall and Winter are gone, and Spring is finally here!
So - what's new at Quilter's Corner? We continue to get new fabrics in; some great new batiks, Alexander Henry prints, and... the Spring Geisha panel has arrived! We've tucked her away for now (sort of - we've already sold a few of the panels), as we're patiently awaiting the arrival of the coordinating fabrics; but when they arrive Dot will perform her magic and make yet another beautiful shop sample for us.
Be sure to check out our "Back Porch" -- Fabrics discounted at 25%. Great fabrics in need of a new home!
We've also got our spring class line-up. Take a look at our website: www.quilterscornerpa.com for details. But coming up over the next 6 weeks or so....
- Merry Mosaic - Two-session class: Saturdays, May 3, 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. and May 31, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
- Pick-A-Posie and Citrus Smoothies - One-session Saturday class, May 17, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Beginning Quilting - Seven sessions, Saturday afternoons, beginning May 31
- Beginning Hand Applique - Three-session Saturday morning class, beginning June 7
Lastly - be on the lookout for some really big news (anybody remember Ed Sullivan?!). More to come!
Cheers,
-Angela
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Staffer Jody (left) and Manager Britton |
Quilter's Corner is located in Olde Ridge Village on Route 202, south of Route 1 in Chadds Ford, PA.
Shop hours are:
Monday thru Wednesday and Friday, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Thursday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 12 noon - 5 p.m.
Phone: (610) 459-8993
E-mail: QuiltersCornerPA@comcast.net
Website: www.quilterscornerpa.com
While shopping in Olde Ridge Village, be sure to visit EZBeads (next door to Quilter's Corner), and A Garden of Yarn, located directly behind Quilter's Corner.
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THE QUILT SAMPLER
The Quilt Sampler is Chester County's only consignment shop for homemade quilts and quilt-themed crafts, including bed quilts of all sizes, wallhangings, tabletop pieces, toys and games, fabric postcards and other “quilt-y” items...lots of homemade treasures for gifts or decorating! Located on the second floor of the shop are quilting notions and a small line of traditional fabrics for sale, as well as workrooms.
The Kennett Paper published a super article about the Quilt Sampler on page A12 of the January 17-23 issue. If you missed it, stop in to the shop to see for yourself what a unique and special place The Quilt Sampler is! While you are there, be sure to sign up for the mailing list to receive periodic newsletters.
And now, some news snippets “From the Scrap Bag”:
- Quilting classes (see below)
- “Thursdays at The Sampler” - Beginning February 7, 2008, the workrooms on the second floor of The Quilt Sampler will be available every Thursday between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. for anyone who would like to come in to use the sewing machines, quilt hoops, large cutting and basting table, or just to chat and work on projects. The cost is $5.00 each day that you come in. Call the shop at (610) 444-1887 for details.
- 2008 Outdoor Quilt Show dates: September 20-21, 2008.
Quilting Classes at TQS
Last fall's basic skills instructional workshops were pretty well-received, so they are being re-offered (with some modifications!) for new participants - plus a couple of new sessions have been added for some techniques that haven't been covered previously. Call the shop at (610) 444-1887 for details and to sign up for any of these basic lessons:
Workshop #1 -
Where to Start? | Wednesday, February 20, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 pm. OR
Saturday, February 23, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Cost: $20
(no supplies needed) |
Workshop #2 -
Cutting and Piecing | Wednesday, February 27, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 pm. OR
Saturday, March 1, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Cost: $30
(includes materials) |
Workshop #3 -
Hand Appliqué | Wednesday, March 5, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 pm. OR
Saturday, March 8, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Cost: $30
(includes materials) |
Workshop #4 -
Quilting | Wednesday, March 12, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 pm. OR
Saturday, March 15, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Cost: $30
(includes materials) |
Workshop #5 -
Finishing and Binding | Wednesday, March 19, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 pm. OR
Saturday, March 22, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Cost: $20
(no supplies needed) |
The Quilt Sampler is located at 719 West Baltimore Pike, Kennett Square, in the historic stone house next to the Kennett Diner and across from Eckerd Drugs. The shop will be on your right as you drive out of downtown Kennett Square on State Street. Hours are 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Call (610) 444-1887 for directions or more information.
Donna Bacon, Proprietor; email: DCBacon57@aol.com.
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FABRICATIONS: A Very Nice Sewing Center
Located at 610 E. Cypress Street in Kennett Square, PA, this shop offers fabric, notions and books for sewing, machine embroidery and quilting, Pfaff sewing machines and classes. Stop in and say hi to Mary and Penny, who will be happy to assist you!
Store Hours:
Tuesday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
(Closed Sunday and Monday)
Phone: (610) 444-3056
Fax (610) 444-4754
E-mail: fabric8@kennett.net
Website: http://fabrications.8k.com/
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QUILTERS QUARTER and RED BARN QUILTS of Mountaintop, PA
This month, we are featuring Quilter's Quarter, one of the vendors at Undercover Quilters' 2007 quilt show. We recently received a letter from Sue, the shop owner, introducing us to her and her shop:
“We just loved being at the show; both my daughter and I had such a great
time! We met so many people and got a chance to see such good work! The
group has really inspired my daughter! She already is a quilter, but really
wants to create something to compete with at a show; such a great aspiration
for a 17-year-old!
“We have a large
shop, and can easily accommodate up to 80 shoppers at one time. We also have
a large parking lot with bus parking. We have had many bus trips, and can
provide a light refreshment if you are interested. Just let us know if
you will be coming as a large group so that we can prepare to have staff on
hand.
“We are open 7 days a week, and
there is a cute greasy spoon diner close by for lunch (they are closed
Monday). We have a wide variety of fabrics, 30-foot notion wall, over 1000
titles of books and patterns, and 800+ bolts of fabric at $3.99/yd.
Overall, we have approximately 8000 bolts of fabric that include batiks,
Thimbleberries, brights, mid-tones, country, reproduction and primitives.
“We look forward to seeing you!”
Quilters Quarter and their sister store, Red Barn Quilts, share one building for your shopping pleasure!
Red Barn Quilts specializes in fabrics in primitive styles and colors as well as other stitchery techniques. Visit both shops on the Web at www.quiltersquarter.com and www.redbarnquilts.net.
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Quilts for Soldiers
Quilts of Valor
Members of our Armed Forces continued to be killed or wounded in the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. To do more than talk about supporting our troops, quilters took up their sewing implements to help make Quilts of Valor at a Quilting for Soldiers sewing session that was held on February 10th at Quilter's Corner in Old Ridge Village in Chadds Ford, PA. The event is was hosted by Rikki Newlander, a member of both the Brandywine Valley Quilters and Penn Oaks Quilters guilds. For more information about Quilts of Valor, visit www.qovf.org.
Home of the Brave Quilt Project
The Home of the Brave Quilt Project is a grass-roots, non-partisan group of dedicated volunteers providing a comfort quilt to grieving families and support to our soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Projects include quilts, Christmas stockings, pillowcases and cuddle-ups.
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If you would like to make a quilt to honor a fallen Delaware service person, contact the Delaware Coordinator, Peg Parsons of Ladybug Quilt Guild, at redbird1217@juno.com so she may secure the organization's certificate and sympathy card to go with the quilt and help you with the specifics about the quilt.
The quilt is made of reproduction fabrics similar to those used during the Civil War. The finished size of each block is 12" and is the basic 9 patch block. Finished size of the quilt should be 48" by 84". The quilt sandwich is tied together instead of traditional quilting. Click here to download instructions to make the quilt, in .pdf format. |
For more information about the Home of the Brave Quilt Project, including additional ways to support our service men and women and their families, visit the website at www.homeofthebravequilts.com.
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Delaware Quilt Documentation Project
Recent andd upcoming Delaware Quilt Documentation Days:
Saturday, March 1, 2008
The CHEER Center
546 S. Bedford Street, Georgetown, Delaware
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Phone: 302-856-5187
Saturday: June 7, 2008
Winterthur Museum
Route 52 (5105 Kennett Pike), Wilmington, Delaware
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Phone: 302-888-4600
Website: www.winterthur.org
Fran Mayhew, Ph.D, one of the principal investigators of the Delaware Quilt Documentation Project, enthusiastically shares the following news:
- They documented their 1,000th quilt on December 1, 2007, at the Delmar Quilt Harvest.
- The have received an additional grant from the National Quilting Association which runs until December, 2008.
The Delaware Quilt Documentation Project (www.delawarequilts.org) is a collaborative effort between the Fashion and Apparel Studies, the University of Delaware and the Delaware State Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to record information on the quilts currently residing in Delaware that were made before World War II and the quiltmakers who created them. The project is designed to document the rich tradition of quiltmaking in the state of Delaware and to help preserve its legacy for future generations. Documentation events were held at various times in 2007 at the Air Mobility Command Museum on the grounds of the Delaware Air Force Base in Dover, and at the Winterthur Museum and Country Estate in Wilmington. The organizers welcome the participation of any interested quilt enthusiast who would like to become involved with the documentation. The information gathered will be submitted to The Quilt Index, a national data base on quilts maintained by The Alliance for American Quilts.
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BVQ Awards Scholarships
BVQ's 2007 scholarships were awarded to Garnet Valley High School graduating seniors Kia Brinkley and Margaret Sullivan, both of whom are planning to pursue further education and careers in fashion design. We wish them the best of luck and much success!
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PBS Quilting Shows
“The Art of Quilting” aired in March, 2007, on PBS television stations. If you missed it, you can purchase the video on VHS or DVD at the PBS online store (search for "quilts") or on Amazon.com.
Visit www.pbs.org for details on The Art of Quilting and other PBS quilting shows. You can also share your quilting stories and read those submitted by others, and even take a quilting quiz!
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Sewing Professionals Needed
Significant Threads, a new company, is looking for sewing professionals with experience
making quilted items using a sewing machine to work from home. If you or someone you know is interested
in an opportunity to work from home making quilts, wall hangings, pillows,
couch covers, etc., go to www.Significantthreads.com and complete the application on that site.
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Handquilter Needed
Jennifer Cauffman of Unionville needs a handquilter to quilt on portions of silk jackets. She can be contacted at (610) 444-5646 or gloryfibers@yahoo.com. Her website is www.gloryfibers.com.
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Arden Quilters Looking for Volunteers
Arden Quilters needs volunteers. They quilt projects and give the proceeds to charity. This group hand quilts at Trinity Presbyterian Church at Darley and Naaman’s Roads every Wednesday from 9 A.M. – 2 P.M. If you don’t know how to hand quilt they will teach you. E-mail Shirley Harrison or call her at (302) 798-0436 for more information.
If you have a quilt that you would like to have hand-quilted, contact Shirley regarding fees and to be placed on the waiting list.
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Quilting Instructor Needed
Sellers Senior Center in Wilmington is looking for someone to teach quilting classes. Contact Linda at (302) 762-2050.
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DuPont Quilt Display
Interested in sharing your quilting with others? Consider displaying your quilt at the Capital Management Office of the DuPont Company. The office is located on Route 202, Building 1, 3rd Floor (Pink buildings across from Borders). Quilts hang behind a Plexiglass cover located next to the receptionist's desk. Any size quilt up to 65" wide and 70" long will fit the space. This is a nice way to expose people to the art of quilting so please volunteer your quilt to share with others. For more information contact Jeanne Haley at (302) 239-7286
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Basting Services Available
Main Line Quilt Guild is offering basting services. You provide them with the quilt top, batting, backing and thread and they will ready the quilt for quilting.
Cost:
Bed size quilt -- $20.00
Small quilt or wall hanging -- $10.00
Call Peggy Daniel at (215) 545-1235 to set up a session.
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Quilt National 2007
Quilt National '07 is the fifteenth in the series of biennial international juried competitions dedicated to promoting the contemporary quilt as an art form. For more than 25 years, Quilt National has showcased the most exciting and innovative trends in the medium. The jurors will select approximately 85 works that represent unique approaches to the medium and that demonstrate the breadth and diversity of contemporary expressions. These works will be on display in Athens, Ohio, at the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center from May 26 through to September 3, 2007.
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Insuring Your Quilts
by Maria Elkins
- Your quilts may not automatically be covered by your homeowners insurance. Contact your insurance agent to determine if your quilt is covered under your current homeowners insurance policy. Don't rely on verbal assurances from your agent. Get it in writing.
- Ask if the policy is for full value or only replacement value. Be clear about what the terms used in your policy actually means and what it actually covers. Does it cover total replacement cost? Does it cover only a percentage of the value? Is your quilt only covered when it is in your home? Typically, a homeowner's policy does not cover your quilt while it is being shipped or while it is at a show, but it may cover your quilt while it is in your car. Be sure you know what the limitations are.
- Have a current appraisal. Your insurance agent will probably want an appraisal to establish the value of your quilt. Keep your appraisals current by having the quilt appraised every three years.
- Good record keeping helps validate the value of your quilt. This could include several photographs, receipts for fabric and material, estimated time spent making the quilt, size of the quilt, pattern, fabric samples, any shows the quilt was displayed in and awards it may have won.
- If you display your quilt at a show, check to see if it will be insured by the show coordinators during the show. Your quilt may be covered only for a nominal amount unless you give them a copy of your appraisal. Coverage beings when their representative takes possession of your quilt and ends when the quilt is turned back over to you.
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Thoughts on Quilting Labels
by Maria Elkins
As a minimum, your label should include the name of the quilter or quilters, name or patterns of the quilt, date finished, and the city and state or country. It is recommended that you also include your phone number and address, especially if you plan on shipping or displaying your quilt. Consider signing and dating the front of your quilt. Other information you may want to include would be the name of the recipient (if it is a gift), reasons for making the quilt, interesting stories relating to the quilt, new techniques tried, etc.
If this quilt is going to be a gift, it is wise to include washing and care instrucions. Quilt through your label so it can't be easily removed.
For security purposes, it is a good precaution to put your name in a hidden area that could be uncovered, if needed, to prove the quilt is yours. Choose a place that can be revealed without damaging your quilt. One suggestion is the space under the hanging sleeve. Use a Pigma pen to write your full name, address, and phone number directly on the quilt and then stitch the sleeve in place. You can also write your name in the seam allowance that will be inside the binding.
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What do Judges Look For?
Advice given by a quilt judge:
- Thread color should not show in the seams.
- There should be no shadowing from underneath fabric used in appliqué
- Quilting stitches and the spaces between them should be of equal length whether they are long or short stitches.
- Consider using a Q-Snap frame for hand quilting.
- Traveling stitches should never be more than one inch in length.
- The mitered corners on bindings should be stitched closed on both sides of the quilt.
- Straight of grain binding can be used on wall quilts, but bed quilts should have bias binding.
- Quilt backings can be pieced together as long as the seams look appropriate on the particular quilt.
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Quilt Care Tip
(the following tip is from Friendship Quilters of Southern Chester County's May 2007 newsletter)
Buttermilk Stain Removal Recipe:
1 Gallon of Water
1 Quart of Buttermilk
1 Tablespoon of Lemon Juice
Soak the quilt in the mixture, then gently wash with a mild detergent. The yellowed age spots should disappear and the colors will be more vibrant.
(Careful consideration should be given before washing any antique quilt!)
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Ode to My Wife, the Quilter
She learned to quilt on Monday,
Her stitches were very fine,
She forgot to thaw out dinner,
So we went out to dine.
She quilted miniatures on Tuesday.
She says they are a must.
They really were quite lovely,
But she forgot to dust.
On Wednesday it was a sampler,
She says the stippling’s fun.
What highlights! What shadows!
But the laundry wasn’t done.
Her patches were on Thursday,
Green, yellow, blue and red.
I guess she really was engrossed,
She never made the bed.
It was wall hangings on Friday,
In colors she adores.
It never bothered her at all,
The crumbs on all the floors.
I found a maid on Saturday,
My week is now complete.
My wife can quilt the hours away
The house will still be neat.
Well, it’s already Sunday,
I think I’m about to wilt.
I cursed, I raved, I ranted,
The MAID has learned to QUILT!
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BVQ Member's Recipes
Peg Miller's Copper Pennies
(served at BVQ December 2007 PotLuck dinner)
2 lbs carrots, pared and cut into round slices
1 onion, chopped
½ cup chopped celery
1 green pepper, seeded and chopped
Dressing
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) tomato soup
½ cup salad oil
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup vinegar
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
salt and pepper to taste
Boil carrot slices in salted water until almost tender. Drain and combine with green pepper, onion and celery. Mix well together soup, oil, sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and salt and pepper to taste. Pour over vegetables and refrigerate until well chilled. Will keep in refrigerator a week or more. Serves 8-10.
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Chocolate Applesauce Cake
¼ cup margarine
2 Tbsp. sugar
1½ cups sugar
6 oz. Chocolate chips
2 eggs
2 cups flour
¼ tsp. salt
1¼ tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. cinnamon
2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
1 can (1 pound) applesauce
Cream margarine and sugar until well blended. Beat in eggs. In separate bowl, sift the dry ingredients together. Mix these, alternately with the applesauce, into the egg mixture. Pour batter into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Before baking, sprinkle the 2 tablespoons of sugar evenly over the top; then sprinkle on chocolate chips.
Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. No need to frost as chips and sugar make a nice topping. Enjoy!
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Mother’s Quick Kolachi
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
2 Tbsp. melted butter
2 Tbsp. honey
1 Tbsp. milk
Dash of cinnamon
1 Crescent roll
½ cup powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix first 5 ingredients together in a medium bowl. Divide Crescent rolls into 4 rectangles. Working with one piece of dough, sprinkle with 1 Tbsp. powdered sugar and roll to a 4¼ by 6 inch rectangle. Spread with ½ of the nut filling. Starting at the short end, roll up dough. Place seam side down on a parchment covered cookie sheet.
Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden.
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Pumpkin Pie Cake, submitted by Ann Tumolo
1 16 oz. canned pumpkin
4 eggs
1 can evaporated milk
1¼ cup sugar
2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
Mix ingredients together and put in an ungreased 9x13 pan.
Then sprinkle 1 yellow cake mix (dry) on top.
Melt 2 sticks of butter and pour on top.
Sprinkle w/ pecans or walnuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 1½ hours.
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Vegetable Casserole, submitted by Gail Kozicki
1 can Cream of Mushroom or Cream of Celery soup, undiluted
1 can Shoepeg Corn, drained
1 can French Style green beans, drained
1 to 1¼ cups frozen peas (optional)
8 oz. sour cream
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1 medium green pepper, diced (optional)
1 small onion, diced fine (could use less than a whole onion)
(Other vegetables could be substituted for the above, if desired.)
Mix all of the above ingredients together and put into a large rectangular baking dish.
In a small pan, melt 1 stick of butter or margarine. Crush 1 whole small box of Cheez-It crackers and mix crumbs together with the melted butter. (Put the crackers in a large zip-lock bag and roll a can of some kind over it to crush the crackers). Put the cracker/butter mixture on top of the vegetable mixture and bake.
Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
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Glazed Fresh Apple Cookies, submitted by Lillian Kreider
This has been in my family for 75 years!
4¼ cups flour
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoons soda
1 cup shortening
2 2/3 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup cider (may substitute orange juice or milk. Do NOT use vanilla when using orange juice!)
2 cups finely chopped apples, unpeeled (Ida Red or Jonathan)
1 cup raisins
1 to 2 cups nuts
Sift together flour and spices. Cream shortening and brown sugar. Add eggs, cider, and chopped apples. Add dry ingredients. Fold in raisins and nuts. Drop from spoon on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes. Glaze while hot and remove from pan.
Glaze:
1 tablespoon butter
1¼ cups confectioner's sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2¼ tablespoons cider (may substitute orange juice or milk. Do NOT use vanilla when using orange juice!)
½ teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter, sugar, and salt. Stir in apple cider and vanilla.
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