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Publisher’s Notes
Pasque is South Dakota State Flower
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Springtime on the prairie means longer days, warmer sunshine, melting snow and the pasque flower! While many of the other plants in South Dakota haven’t even turned green, the pasque is peeking above the snow, with its white, pink, or purplish, tulip-like blossoms already open. While I have not personally stumbled across these beautiful wild flowers, I have seen many beautiful pictures and pieces of art depicting the blossoms. The cover of this issue shows one such photo. Also known as the May Day Flower, the pasque flower blossoms peek through the snow beginning in late March. By midsummer, their life cycle is Dee Sleep complete. The pasque is also known as “prairie smoke,” Publisher of “goslinweed,” and “prairie crocus.” The scientific genus The Country Register name, Anemone, means wind flower as their seeds are of ND, SD, WY, dispersed by wind so that new plants develop away from MT & N. ID the parent plant. The pasque is found across much of North America. It is most luxuriant in Eastern South Dakota and becomes more sparse west of the Missouri River, except in the Black Hills, Slim Buttes and Cave Hills, which have been left largely undisturbed by agriculture and ranching. The South Dakota legislature named the pasque flower as the first official symbol of South Dakota in 1903. Each state has an official flower. Read more about the Bluebonnet, one of the official state flowers of Texas, and about Lady Bird Johnson on page 9 of this issue. Or pick up future May-June issues of The Country Register of SD, ND, WY, MT & N.ID to learn about the other state flowers in our area. The Country Register of the Northern Rockies & Great Plains May – June 2017 • Volume 7 Issue 3 The Country Register of the Northern Rockies & Great Plains is published every two months. Copyright © 2017. Reproduction or use, without permission, of editorial or graphic content in any manner is prohibited by law. The Country Register is a registered business trade name. Chicken Creek Communications produced The Country Register of the Northern Rockies & Great Plains. Subscription price: 1 year, 6 issues, $18.00. Single copies: $3.00. This paper is furnished free at each advertiser, highway welcome centers tourism centers, shows, events, and other selected locations throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Northern Idaho. Articles published in this newspaper, which are contributed from outside sources, express the opinions of their authors only and may not express the viewpoints of the management and staff of The Country Register. Such articles that are accepted for publication herein may be edited at the sole discretion of the publisher. Responsibility for products advertised in this newspaper lies with the advertisers themselves. Though The Country Register will not knowingly publish fraudulent materials or fraudulently obtained materials, we are not liable for any damages arising from the purchase or use of products advertised herein.
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Kit ‘n’ Kaboodle
Modern Conveniences Meet Pioneer Woman Today I washed clothes, baked cookies from scratch, started a batch of yeast rolls from scratch, boiled a chicken so we can have scratch-made chickens and noodles tomorrow, made the noodles and cooked lunch for six, as I do most every weekday in summer. I felt accomplished. Then I thought about it and contrasted it to the lives of the pioneer women. I have a rural water system flowing into my home and a water heater; she had to haul water from the creek or a well then heat it on her wood range or, if she was lucky in summer, on a fire built outside her home. I buy my clothes soap at the store; she had to make hers well in advance of needing it. The process was lengthy. She had to take wood ashes and soak them in water; the runoff water contained the lye. Tallow or fat from a butchered beef was added to the lye water in a big kettle and it was boiled together. After it thickened the liquid soap was poured into objects that would give it shape as it cooled and became solid. Once it was solidified the soap bars were removed from the molds, cut into usable sized pieces and given time to further harden. I used two different electric mixers, a rice cooker, a microwave, an electric skillet and a gas stove as I worked in my air-conditioned house. She may have used a hand crank beater or a spoon to mix her recipes. She would have been fortunate to own more than four cooking utensils and a non-temperamental wood range. It’s a sure bet her air conditioning depended on the breeze through her open windows—if she even had windows. Sometimes all they had was oilpaper over the windows to keep the flies to a minimum. I finished the dishes in a flurry by loading the dirty ones into the dishwasher. She had to haul more water and heat it on the stove before she could wash her dishes. Their work output was astounding. They fixed a hearty breakfast, baked all the bread for the family at least weekly and made pies if they were lucky enough to have fruit growing nearby and could beat the birds to the picking. Though it was the accepted way of life and simply the way things were once they got to their homesteads, I truly wonder what those who lived in a proper house in a city or town before moving into a soddie with a dirt floor, thought about their way of life. How many of my generation would have had the fortitude to live like the pioneer women? I imagine we all would have because we currently do whatever is necessary and use whatever tools are available. That was also their attitude at the time. Perhaps in another generation or two, women will look back at how we live now and think we had a difficult life but it’s pretty cushy to me. Peggy Sanders is a national-award winning columnist who can be reached through peggy@peggysanders.com.
Tulip Fun Pattern
Springtime in a new home is full of surprises. No matter how anxious I am to plant, landscape and put my own mark on the property, I wait patiently this first spring to see what is already here. Next winter, I will dream about what to plant and choose plants that will enhance what we were already gifted by the labors of the previous owners. A few weeks ago, the daffodils were real “show offs” and that burst of vivid yellow was a welcome change after a cold winter. I had no idea that these beauties were hidden deep in the soil around the tree near our driveway and was very happy that hubby did not take his weed eater to all that greenery when it first appeared. This week, around that same tree, I was greeted with tulips in a variety of colors and hyacinth in vivid purple. These harbingers of spring happily took center stage as the daffodils finished their performance. Our weather has been very unpredictable this year and these springtime beauties let me know that warmer weather is indeed just around the corner. I am enjoying our ‘mystery garden’ and love waking each day to see what will bloom next. When the tulips appeared this week, I was reminded of a purchase made many years ago – tulip bulbs from a roadside stand. I only had a small space and had decided that eight bulbs would fill it nicely. The vendor did not seem happy with my request for eight bulbs and kept repeating “tulips by the dozen.” I was not sure what he meant and kept stating that I needed eight bulbs. It was not until he repeated it for the third time that I realized that he was stating that he only sold them in groups of a dozen bulbs. Laughingly, I purchased a dozen and later created a little paper pieced runner that I fittingly named “Tulips by the Dozen.” I pull it out every year at this time for a hint of spring inside the house. (You can find that pattern on my website). This year I added a little wall hanging to go with the runner and am sharing that pattern with you here. It measures 15 ½” x 24 ½” and will look great with any spring vignette. Happy Spring! Deb >^..^< Deb Heatherly is a freelance writer and Creative Grids® designer. When not in her studio, she is on the road doing Creative Grids® lectures and workshops for guilds and shops across the country. Visit www.Debscatsnquilts.com and Deb’s Cats N Quilts on Facebook. Creative Grids® fans are invited to join her new Facebook group – Grids Girls.
Tulip Fu n - 15 ½” x 24 ½” You will need: • Scraps of yellow and purple for paper piecing the tulip. • FQ of light blue for background. o Cut (1) 5 ¼” square and cut diagonally 2x to yield 4 triangles to set tulip on point. o Cut 9 1/4” x 9 1/4” square for stem block. • 10” of ¼” green satin ribbon and scraps of green for leaves. • (2) 1 ½” strips WOF for inner border. • (3) 2 ½” strips WOF for outer border. • (3) 2 ½” strips WOF for binding. • ½ yard backing. Directions: • Paper piece the tulip using yellow for “A2”, and various purples for “A4”,”A6”, “A8”, and “A9”. The rest of the numbers will be light blue background. Remove paper. • Add the light blue triangles to set block on point. • Sew the green ribbon in the center of the 9 ¼” square by hand or machine to create a stem. • Cut out 2 leaves. You may use fusible and appliqué by machine or add a turn under allowance and appliqué by hand. • Add stem block to bottom of flower blocks. • Add inner and outer border and quilt as desired.
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Tulip Pattern Templates
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Chautauqua Craftsmen & Quilt Show Season Artisans of the Black Hills, Inc. Quilting With Barbara
I heard a meadowlark today. Canada geese are honking overhead, bits of green and yellow dandelions are emerging from their winter hibernation, new lambs and calves are frolicking … It must be quilt show season! Quilters and vendors are coming out of their winter-induced seclusion with new quilts and products to showcase, and we’re all ready for some road trips, aren’t we? Speaking of road trips, some are better than others; when travellers find something unexpected and interesting, that’s serendipity. A few weeks ago while we sun-starved northerners absorbed the sun and warmth of some of the southwestern states, we chanced on publicity advertising “Urban Lights,” the 27th annual quilt show of the Desert Quilters of Nevada staged in Henderson, a city adjacent to Las Vegas. It wasn’t difficult to sacrifice a few hours in the sun to view the hundreds of quilts in many categories on display and check out the myriad patterns, ideas and fabrics offered by thirty vendors from several states. That day we discovered that Las Vegas and area isn’t all glitz, glamour and gambling, although keeping to the theme of urban lights, glittery entries were plentiful. Would-be touchers and feelers of displays (a no-no, as we all know) were discouraged by signs such as, “Touching quilts makes chocolate taste like liver!” and “Touching quilts instantly adds ten pounds!” The food trucks parked outside on the patio with their novel offerings were a wonderful discovery for hungry, foot-weary viewers, and, incidentally, removed the responsibility of providing food and drink from the sponsoring guild. Serendipity indeed. So look around. There are posters and publicity for quilt shows everywhere (e.g. this issue of Country Register). Refresh your quilting self by looking at others’ handiwork. Travelers in Canada this spring will find heavy emphasis on maple leaves, moose and Mounties, those stereotypical symbols of Canada, because July 1, 2017, is our sesquicentennial (150 anniversary) of Confederation. Expect Canada-themed quilt shows and loads of Canada-themed fabrics in shops. What about making a souvenir cross-country quilt? These fabrics will likely disappear from shop shelves as fast as they appeared. Remember millennium-themed fabrics? I thought so. Those looking for Row-by-Row fabrics and other gems won’t be disappointed. See you on the roads and at the quilt shows! Barbara Conquest writes her column from Blue Sky Quilting in Tofield, AB. ©Barbara Conquest.
Believing there was a need for an outlet involving local crafts and learning for all ages, the Chautauqua Craftsmen and Artisans of the Black Hills, Inc. (CCABH opened March 1, 2016. Located at 629 North River Street, it is directly across the street from the Union Depot, which serves as a Hot Springs Visitor Center. CCABH is a nonprofit art center in Hot Springs which stresses there is more to the establishment than the items for sale. It features three avenues all of which gel nicely together and support each segment. There are the market place, the classes and the gallery. Visitors enter into an inviting 3,200 square foot space that allows for a myriad of artistic displays from its current 34 participants. At this time thirteen of these individuals volunteer their time to run the shop in exchange for their participant fee. The other contributors pay a modest monthly price. This dual arrangement makes participation possible for everyone. Offerings run the gamut from the practical – pottery, baskets, trays and benches – to the decorative – paintings, photos, jewelry, wall hangings – to list only a few of the pieces available. The inventory changes over quickly as sales are made and new things are brought in. It is wise to buy when something catches your eye. It may not be in the shop the next day. Classes are held frequently (see the website http://www.chautauquacraftsmen.org for up-to-date information as well as business hours). Periodically instructors are brought in to teach particular subjects. On Wednesday and Thursday, May 3 and 4 from 9:30 to 5:30, Joanne Hall will be teaching tapestry weaving. On the 4th only, at 6 pm, she will be teaching band weaving. Joanne has been teaching weaving since 1971. She travels from her Elkhorn Mountains Weaving Studio in Clancy, Montana to share her knowledge throughout the world. As a woman of Swedish heritage her art is influenced by that country’s techniques. To register or get further information see the aforementioned website. The Chautauqua Artisans Market also features rotating gallery displays including the upcoming shows in May-June of the ten local women who have been taking classes under the auspices of a Zonta grant received by CCABH. The classes and instructors are merchandising, marketing and customer interaction, Leann DeRouchey; writing an artist bio, Nancy Whiting, and extending creativity with DeDe Farrar.
CCABH sent an email to all of those who have expressed an interest in being on their list and asked women who were interested in the classes to reply to the opportunity. During June and July the gallery will feature longtime local artist Robert Gossell. August and September will bring an opportunity for artists throughout the Black Hills to show their creations in a regional art show titled, “Balloons Over the Black Hills,” which will dovetail with the second annual Fall River Hot Air Balloon Festival on August 26 and 27, 2017. Find the festival under that name on Facebook. Past gallery exhibitions have included over 60 works by Hot Springs High School art students, the paintings of Franz Brown and photographs by Dick Kettlewell. Nonprofits always welcome tax-deductible donations and a generous Hot Springs business has agreed to match them dollar for dollar. Monetary gifts can be restricted for specific use, such as education or technology, or they can be unrestricted. Whether your passion is viewing art in the gallery, taking classes to expand your horizons and/ or supporting area artisans, Chautauqua Craftsmen and Artisans of the Black Hills may be just the place for you. Peggy Sanders is a national-award winning columnist who can be reached through peggy@peggysanders.com.
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Become Inspired
Decorating, Entertaining & Living Early American Style Part 3 of 3
As the month of May approaches our imaginations often turn to our gardens, our plantings and our use of outdoor space. Having longer days filled with abundant sunshine draws us out of doors and we welcome the chance to be out in our yard, happily working on that which we love.
Joyful Tasks of Spring
Parts 1 and 2 of the Mystery Quilt pattern were published in the Jan-Feb and March-April 2017 issues of The Country Register, respectively.
Creating a welcoming setting at the entrance to our home is one of the joyful tasks in spring. Finding special plants and sturdy antiques to create a special display is truly a personal choice and our efforts are always rewarded. A careful selection of perennial herbs to enhance our walkways provides beauty that returns each year. The visual appeal coupled with fragrance that only nature can provide gives us a soulful lift that is one of spring’s special blessings. Gathering large antiques that are suggestive of the outdoors helps us to decorate our outdoor space and many times these items may be used to help us complete our gardening chores. Antique wheelbarrows or wooden carts are primitive symbols of summer but also offer a way for us to clear out garden beds with ease or help us to easily fill our favorite antiques with soil to plant our annuals which can provide vibrant pops of color.
Symbols of the Season
The addition of other symbols of the season can also enhance our outdoor displays. Bee skeps, so named because they attract bees to a garden area, can be placed in the center of a garden as a focal point to enjoy. Traditionally the interior of a bee skep was rubbed with the fragrant herb, lemon balm to attract bees. Classic sundials are also signature accents to the country garden. Whether reproduction or antique, sundials can be mounted on a wooden hewn post and carefully set in the yard on a sunny day, so as to be in the ideal spot for telling accurate time. Decorating your outdoor space with these traditional accents helps to calm the spirit as they bring us back to a much simpler time.
With the Ease of Nature
As the season of spring transitions easily into summer our time is often spent more leisurely. We ease into our days as nature does and we feel a deep sense of pride when we know we have created a space that beckons us to enjoy all that nature has to give. Annice Bradley Rockwell is an educator and owner of Pomfret Antiques. She is currently working on her book, New England Girl. NewEnglandGirl2012@hotmail.com.
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Row by Row Ju nior Is Brand New Sewing Program for Ages 6 to 14
Row by Row Is On the Go in 2017 The shops are planning the new rows, the new lists and maps are being designed, everyone is getting ready to take off on June 21 for Row by Row Experience 2017. Many of the quilt shops are participating in The 9th Row project. In making a donation to The Make a Wish Foundation, the shops received an exclusive pattern. Consider the purchase of The 9th Row kit and a portion of your sale will help out the local children’s charity. Ask for it in your store! Beginning June 21 and trough Labor Day 2017 visit any of the participating shops and receive a free pattern for a row in a quilt. Combine your rows in any way to create a unique quilt that represents the fun you had traveling to the stores. Travel with friends, discover new quilt shops and have fun collecting rows! Create a quilt using at least 8 different 2017 rows from 8 different 2017 participating RxR shops and be the first to bring it into a participating shop to win a stack of 25 fat quarters (6-1/4 yards of fabric!). Use that shop’s row in your quilt and win a bonus prize! You may use The 9th Row patterns as part of The Make a Wish Donation, a row from previous years and even Row by Row Junior patterns in your quilt, but none of these may be counted as any of the eight needed to win a prize. Row by Row Experience™ began in 2011 with 20 quilt shops across New York State. Today thousands of stores across the US, Canada and Europe welcome travelers through their doors. The quilts created with those rows are stunning… and no two are alike! Although the quilt shops are organized by area, quilters have no borders. Travel, shop, collect patterns and add rows from anywhere!
Summer 2017 will be alive with learning when kids hit the road to participate in Row by Row Experience’s brand new program, Row by Row Junior. It’s designed for kids ages 6 to 14. They travel along with an adult, collect free row patterns designed just for them to make, and learn to sew with family help and support from www.rowbyrowexperience.com. “Row by Row On The Go! is our theme for 2017 and we’re taking kids along,” announced Row by Row Experience founder Janet Lutz. “We hope to enhance your Row by Row experience with kid-friendly materials that foster the love of fabric and machine sewing,” she added. “We want to get kids sewing and we’re excited to offer it to you this summer through our participating shops.” Row by Row Junior follows the same time schedule as adult Row by Row Experience – June 21 through Labor Day. It has the same basic guidelines for registered brick and mortar quilt shops. Children need to be present in the shop to get the free pattern handout but anyone can buy a kit. Grandmothers can buy them as Christmas presents. Travelling family members can bring them home as gifts or souvenirs. The Row by Row Junior program includes five appealing row patterns. Shops choose one (or more) of these patterns as their free pattern handout. Row by Row designed the patterns so you can be sure they are kidfriendly. Have fun traveling to collect all five. Make it an adventure to see how shops creatively use different fabrics to make up their chosen row. Enjoy the experience at each shop you visit. It’s a perfect summer activity for the whole family. Blue “I Made This!” ribbons will be awarded to the first five kids who return to a shop with something they’ve made using a Row by Row Junior pattern. Any sewing effort will be celebrated, not just quilting. Red “I Made This” ribbons will be awarded to kids in Canada and the UK. The Row by Row Junior curriculum includes an extensive collection of free online activities, Road Trip journal pages and sup-
port materials for learning to sew at home for both girls and boys. A Junior page, where you can find all these goodies, is under construction at www.rowbyrowexperience. com. Shops participating in Row by Row Junior will have an icon placed by their name on lists so you can find them. Some shops will plan kid’s classes and special events. Other shops will just have their row on display and the free pattern available. “We want our kids to learn how to sew and carry on this craft that’s so dear to us,” Janet said. “Travelling to new places, collecting something just for them, visiting Grandma, summer vacation – this is all part of the wonder and excitement of Row by Row Experience. It’s a great time to nurture the love of fabric and sewing. Please join us.” Row by Row Experience is the popular, summertime travel event now entering its seventh successful year. Over 3100 brick and mortar quilt shops all over the US, Canada, and Europe participated in 2016. Consumers collect a free row pattern, representing a theme, from each shop they visit. If they return to a shop with a quilt made with rows from eight different shops, they win a prize. For details and to find participating shops in your area visit www.rowbyrowexperience.com.
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Pieces From My Heart
Thank You, Lady Bird! By Jan Keller A road trip to the Texas Hill Country in the spring has long been on my “to-do” list ... and near the end of March John and I packed our bags and were on our way. We were not disappointed. While driving we ran into patches of Bluebonnets stretching as far as the eye could see. “Oh John, please stop so I can get a picture here!” I pleaded over and over and over again. Kindly he obliged! In addition to the Bluebonnets, there are also a mirage of many different flowers, including the vibrant splashes of Indian Paintbrush extending on down the roadside. Delighting in the butterflies and blooms, I began to understand why Lady Bird Johnson, who had grown up in this region, had such an appreciation for the Lone Star State’s annual floral displays. Of course she is also remembered
for making the entire nation more aware of the need for better scenic views across America. The signature achievement that laid the groundwork for roadside enhancement and conservation was the Highway Beautification Act. The bill, often referred to as “Lady Bird’s Bill,” aimed to reduce junkyards and billboards and increase scenic beauty along our nation’s roads that receive federal funding. The president reportedly told his cabinet, “I love this woman and she wants this bill, so by gosh, she’ll get it.” During the Johnson presidency, over 200 beautification laws were passed and 47 national parks were created. That’s more than during any administration before or since. The first lady may have inspired them. “My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery, order and disorder of the flowering earth. I wanted future generations to be able to savor what I had all my life.” – Lady Bird Johnson Jan Keller is publisher of The Country Registers of Colorado & New Mexico.
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