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Spearfish
Upcoming Area Events Bay Leaf Cafe Quilt Show
Sept 3-29
Hill City Area Quilt Show & Sale
Sept 14-15
North Country Fiber Fair
Sept 20-22
Huron, SD
“Color”ful Quilt Show
Sept 27-29
Fargo, ND
Indian Summer Quilt Show
Sept 27-29
Casper, WY
Fall Craft Fair
Oct 19-20
Hill City, SD
Quilt Retreat
Nov 7-9
Hill City, SD Watertown, SD
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A woman stopped by our office recently to pick up a copy of The Country Register of the Northern Rockies and Great Plains. That may not sound too out of the ordinary, except that this woman was from Sioux Falls. She was in the area for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, and she made a point to seek us out. I am happy that she was able to pick up the paper while she was here, but I am saddened that she doesn’t have many options for getting the paper on the eastern side of South Dakota, closer to her home. You see, as a “free” paper paid for by almost exclusively through advertising sales, The Country Register Dee Sleep follows an advertiser-distribution model. This means Editor of that generally, only those shops that advertise in the The Country Register paper can distribute it. This ensures that we are reachof ND, SD, WY, ing our target audience and also offers a perk to adverMT & N. ID tisers. We do also distribute the paper to a few tourist friendly sites such as Wall Drug in South Dakota, and to visitor information centers located across South Dakota and Wyoming. As a result, we have a strong presence across the Black Hills and into northeastern Wyoming and Montana. However, our distribution isn’t as strong in western Wyoming, eastern South Dakota and North Dakota in general. But we have a very loyal bunch of readers. So loyal, in fact, that many choose to pay the $18/year subscription fee to have each issue of The Country Register mailed to them when they do not have a local source for the paper. So now I am asking our loyal readers to please share your love of this newspaper with the shops that you frequent – both those who already advertise in and distribute the paper and those who do not. Through your endorsements, we can grow our presence to the ends of our coverage area. Let’s get The Country Register of the Northern Rockies and Great Plains into more of the lovely specialty shops in North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and Northern Idaho. And not just into quilt shops, but let’s get the paper into fiber shops, gift shops, scrapbooking shops, craft stores, antique and vintage shops and more! We also offer a free online version that can be read in a flip-style format at your computer, or on your tablet or mobile phone at www.countryregister.com/nrgp. We offer a little something for everyone, and we want more people to read our wonderful content! The Country Register of the Northern Rockies & Great Plains September-October 2013 • Volume 3 Issue 5 The Country Register of the Northern Rockies & Great Plains is published every two months. Copyright 2013. 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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Hill City, South Dakota
Sparrows at Cobblestone Court Featured on Cover Artwork transformed into fabric, quilts and displays to be showcased Sept. 14 & 15 The “2013 Hill City Area Quilt Show and Sale” is fast approaching, as September 14 & 15 are right around the corner! Last year’s event was a hit as our guests and quilting friends were able to enjoy two days of quilts and amazing vendors that shared everything new and exciting in quilting! This year’s event promises more of the same with exciting Demonstrations and Trunk Shows. Again this year, our show will have judging that will consist of six different categories. 1) Teachers Choice, 2) Children’s Choice, 3) Mayor’s Choice, 4) Committee Choice, 5) Senior’s Choice and 6) “Artistic Flair”, which will be chosen by a representative of the Arts Council. The 2013 Quilt Show Poster, “Sparrows at Cobblestone Court” was created by our own Sonja Taylor. It is an original watercolor painting and it is the 5th painting in the “Quilt Show” collection, created by Sonja. She also designed “Sunflower Patterns for 2009, “Wines and Vines” 2010, “Poppy Meadows” for 2011 and “Tranquility” for 2012. Sonja loves that her poster designs become limited edition wine labels for Prairie Berry Winery, as well as fabric art and patterns for quilted pieces. Melinda Snell is an award winning quilter. She has the challenge of turning Sonja’s watercolor designs into fabric art. Such incredibly talented women! This year’s painting, “Sparrows at Cob-
blestone Court,” is being made into three different quilts, and will be unveiled at our show! When these designs caught the eye of Hoffman International in 2009, it turned the already fun experience into an amazing adventure of watching the art from South Dakota come alive in fabric art. Together Sonja and Melinda make a great team uniting the best of both worlds! Both Sonja and Melinda will be set up in the Vendor Mall where you can view the amazing “Sparrows at Cobblestone Court” quilts as well as their other projects. They will also be selling patterns for the quilts. Prairie Berry Winery will host an “Open House” to showcase their beautiful artwork on Saturday, September 14, from 5 to 6 p.m. in their “Event” room. Immediately after the Quilt Show, the “Sparrows at Cobblestone Court” quilts will leave to travel the country with Hoffman Fabric International of San Diego, CA. What great exposure for The Hill City Area Quilt Show and Hill City. This international exposure results in more people becoming aware of Hill City and our Quilt Show. We are again honored to have as our guests The Hart Ranch Quilters as they share their “Quilts of Valor” quilts with us, as well as their mission to provide quilts to wounded soldiers. Please stop in and visit with the ladies and find out how you can help with their project!
The Hill City Area Chamber of Commerce, with the support of the Hill City Quilt Guild, has worked together for the past five years to bring the show to Hill City. This event would not be possible without our wonderful sponsors: Crazy Horse Memorial, Hill City Mercantile (Hill City’s NEW QUILT STORE), Best Western Golden Spike, KEVN-TV, Prairie Berry Winery, Farmer’s Daughter and Horsethief Campground. For more information or to enter a quilt in the “Hill City Area Quilt Show and Sale,” please visit our website at www.HillCitySD.com or call 605574-2368 or 1-888-1798.
$25 Gift Certificate Winner Holly Main, Belle Fourche, SD won a $25 gift certificate to her favorite shop – Tri-State Bakery Fabrics, Belle Fourche, SD. To enter the next drawing, fill out the form on page 18 or visit www.chickencreek.net. Congrats
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Ennis & Sidney, Montana
Hill City Mercantile
Old Building, New Relationship Make Successful Main Street Business An old 1903 brick building and some love come together to create the Hill Steven Turner of S&S became City Mercantile, which opened its doors in on integral part of the project, May 2013 in Hill City, South Dakota. as he supplied much of the viPam Wynia and Gary Sokoll decided to sion that determined the store’s open their quilt shop, Hill City Mercantile, aesthetic, which is evidenced in the Black Hills of South Dakota after by the brick walls, inlayed floor purchasing an empty Main Street Buildand metal fixtures. Using an ining in July 2012. Gary moved to Rapid dustrial theme throughout the in August of 2011, after retiring from his building presented additional previous career of being a professor of challenges for displaying fabric, Funeral Studies at University of Central notions and other items. Gary Oklahoma. Pam moved in October 2012 and Steve built fabric carts and to marry Gary. She resigned her position pattern/notion racks which as Director of Development at Sisseton match the style. Wahpeton College in Sisseton, SD to move The store uses a picture rail here. Together they decided to forge a new system to hang everything on career as business owners as well as a new the walls. Quilts and artwork marriage. hang from chains attached to hinges that straddle the picture rail. Only the Gary Sokoll and Pam Wynia, When Pam and Gary bought the buildpicture rail is bolted into the brick, while the chains can be reconfigured to owners of Hill City Mercantile. ing, in July of hang assorted sized quilts, quilt panels, pat2012, it had a terns, art and signage. wood awning and small front windows. There The Hill City Mercantile not only carries was very little natural light. The interior was a fabric, notions and patterns, but also carries a low dropped ceiling with carpet glued to the variety of antiques, artwork, cards, handmade wood floor by one of the previous owners. soaps, lotions, balms, TCHO chocolate, jewelThe building was most recently a gift shop and ry, wild flower seeds, postcards and souvenir the brick walls had several layers of paneling fabric panels. covering a thick layer of plaster, according to They also have free yardsticks for everythe new owners. one! “After a couple months of demolition, They carry several fabric lines including Gary had discovered the beautiful brick walls Benartex, Moda, In the Beginning, Clothand that was when he knew this was going works, Art Gallery, Troy, Avlyn, Andover, to be a special building,” said Pam. “At first, Northcott, Marcus, P&B and Windham, with we thought we would rent the building out to new lines coming in all the time. a vendor but the more we worked on it, the The interior of the century-old building has been refinished The transformation from an old, neglected more we knew that we wanted to do something back to its original appearance and finished with an indus- building to a quilt shop has been a labor of love, that would be a way for us time to spend time trial aesthetic from doors to fabric carts. both for the new business and for each other. there.” Early on in the demolition, Gary hired S & S Construction of Rapid City Meet Pam and Gary at the Hill City Mercantile at 227 Main Street #111 in to help with both the demolition and the subsequent renovations. Hill City, SD or online at www.hillcitymercantile.com.
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Livingston & Missoula, Montana
Pumpkin Foods for Every Meal
Fall Baking Sets the Mood for Holiday Seasons Fall is my favorite time of year. I look forward to the cool evenings, changing leaves on the trees, a fire in the fire pit (and s’mores, of course), beautiful sunsets, and re-decorating the house to reflect the fall leaves and pumpkins. And, best of all, I look forward to the smell of pumpkin treats baking in the kitchen. I wanted to share a few recipes that will be in my oven just as soon as this issue of the paper goes to print! I’m covered with everything from breakfast to dinZesty Pumpkin Chili ner and even dessert. - Amy Rans, Editor 1 pound Ground Beef 1/2 tsp. Crushed Red Pepper Flakes 1 tsp. Garlic (minced) 1/2 Onion (diced) 1 Green Bell Pepper (chopped) 1 Red Bell Pepper (chopped) 1 (15-oz) can Kidney Beans 1 (15-oz) can Black Beans 1 (15-oz) can Great Northern Beans 1 (8-oz) can Tomato Sauce
Pumpkin Pancakes 1 1/2 cups Milk 1 cup Pumpkin Puree 1 Egg 2 Tbls. Oil 2 Tbls. Vinegar 2 cups All-Purpose Flour 3 Tbls. Brown Sugar
2 tsp. Baking Powder 1 tsp. Baking Soda 1 tsp. Ground Allspice 1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon 1/2 tsp. Ground Ginger 1/2 tsp. Salt
Mix milk, pumpkin, egg, oil and vinegar together. Combine flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon ginger and salt in a separate bowl. Stir into pumpkin mixture until just combined. Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium-high heat. Pour or scoop batter onto griddle. Brown on both side and serve hot.
1 (4-oz) can Tomato Sauce with Garlic & Onions 1 (14.5 oz) can Petite Diced Tomatoes 2 (14.5 oz) can Fire-Roasted Diced Tomatoes 1 (15-oz) can Pumpkin Puree 2 tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice 2 tsp. Chili Powder 1 tsp. Ground Cumin 1 tsp. Salt, to taste
Brown hamburger in a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook until crumbly and no longer pink (about 5 minutes). Stir in red pepper flakes, garlic and onion. Continue cooking until onion is translucent. Add green and red bell peppers and cook an additional five minutes. While beef is cooking, combine kidney, black, and Great Northern beans, tomato sauces, diced tomatoes and pumpkin puree in a large slow cooker. Add remaining spices. Stir in ground beef mixture. Cook on low until chili is hot, about 1-2 hours. If you want to make this on the stove top, reduce simmer time to 30-45 minutes.
Roasting Pumpkin Seeds, Easy as 1, 2, 3!
1. Rinse seeds under cold water, pick out the pulp and strings, and pat dry. 2. Place pumpkin seeds in a single layer on an oiled making sheet, stirring to coat. 3. Sprinkle pumpkin seeds with salt and bake at 325 degrees until toasted (about 25 minutes), checking and stirring after 10 minutes. Cool & store in an airtight container.
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(Mystery) Quilting with Barbara
Pumpkin Fudge 2/3 cup Evaporated Milk 2 1/2 cups White Sugar 3/4 cup Pumpkin Puree 1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
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7 oz jar Marshmallow Creme 2 Tbls. Butter 1 cup White Chocolate Chips 1 tsp. Vanilla
Line a 9 x 9” pan with aluminum foil and set aside. In a large saucepan, heat milk and sugar over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon. Mix in pumpkin puree and cinnamon (you can also add a pinch of salt now to make the flavors pop a bit more). Bring back to a boil. Stir in marshmallow creme and butter. Bring to a rolling boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 18 minutes or until 230 degrees on a candy thermometer. Remove from heat and add white chocolate chips and vanilla. Stir until creamy and all chips are melted. Pour into prepared pan. Store in a cool, dry place.
Confession time: I am an addict. Although not addicted to substances (well, maybe a little bit to caffeine) whenever I see or hear the phase “mystery quilt” I run for my rotary cutter and start pawing through my stash. Waiting for the next “fix” can be agonizing. Is the current segment here yet? Did I miss it? Help! What is so compelling about mystery projects? Well, first of all, who can resist a mystery of any kind? Not me! For the uninitiated, mystery quilts are those for which we receive partial directions at intervals, not knowing until the very end what the completed project will look like. Ideally we make each block or segment as directions are received, often monthly, and by the end of the project we will have a complete set of blocks to assemble into a quilt. Colour choice is usually left up to the piecer, so we have the choice of staying within our colour comfort zone or experimenting with newto-us colours and combinations. And it’s painless: because directions arrive at intervals, smaller chunks of time are required, making it easier to fit into busy schedules. Since each month’s “assignment” takes only an hour or two, there is less danger of being overwhelmed and adding yet another project to our pile of UFOs. A close relative of the mystery quilt is the BOM (block of the month). Usually we know ahead of time what the finished project will look like, and our colour/fabric choices may be limited if fabric is provided as part of the program. The mystery is gone, which is a boon to those of us who are insecure about such things, but even so there is room for individual creativity in the setting of blocks, quilting designs and border arrangements. Many BOMs are learning opportunities. Some progress from easy to more-difficult blocks; others introduce new techniques. Where can we find mystery quilts and BOMs? Many quilting periodicals (e.g. Quilter’s Newsletter, Quiltmaker) offer interesting ongoing projects. Some organizations (e.g. American Quilters’ Society) offer them online. Many guilds do one yearly as part of their program, as do a lot of quilt shops. Googling mystery quilts reveals dozens of patterns for mystery quilts and BOMs; many are free. If you like to quilt in company, you will even find online groups who do the same mystery quilts at the same time and keep in touch with one another as they progress. So … are you up to a challenge? The next time you’d like to add a little unpredictability to your quilting life, consider adding a mystery. I could tell you a lot more about the advantages, but I have three of them on the go at present, and I can’t be late with my “homework!” Check out the upcoming Nov/Dec 2013 issue of The Country Register of the Northern Rockies and Great Plains for a new mystery quilt!
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Modern Quilts: Not Your Grandmother’s Quilts! I love traditional quilts, maybe because my grandmother taught me to sew, as so many grandmothers have taught other quilters, one block at a time. But, leafing through any quilting magazine of the last decade will reveal something new: Modern Quilts. Effective with the 2013 Quilt Show hosted by the Washington State Quilters – Spokane Chapter, we have a new quilt category—Modern Quilt Design (Category 2100), described on our Quilt Show entry form as “contemporary, bold, colorful, inspired by modern design, asymmetrical, expansive negative space.”
What is a Modern Quilt anyway?
As a quilter drawn to Laurel Burch designs and African and Japanese fabrics, I get bold and colorful. Because my aunt was an artist, I also kind of understand modern design, and asymmetrical and expansive negative space (influenced by the Japanese concept that what is NOT there is as important as what IS there). But is there a difference between ‘modern’ quilts and ‘art’ quilts? The answer is a resounding ‘maybe.’ A fine line exists between art quilts and modern quilts. Most often, art quilts are ‘artistic,’ that is you can recognize a theme and images – they’re representational (landscapes and portraits, for example), and often made to hang on a wall. Modern quilts, on the other hand, are often non-representational, geometric, abstract, and functional. You can put a modern quilt on the wall or on a bed. As modern quiltmaker Venita Aldrich says, “You wouldn’t want to sleep on an art quilt as they are often glued and fragile; they may feature needle and/or fiber arts (lots of thread), and embellishments of all kinds.” Buttons and beads are tough to sleep on. Modern Quilt by Venita Aldrich Some modern quilts cross (permission to use photo granted by Venita Aldrich) over. They can be considered modern quilts AND art quilts! Perhaps these quilts use standard blocks but in a nontraditional or original design. Traditional quiltmaker Molly Destefano thinks that even if quilters use a pattern, they may be inspired to take another look at modern quilts. She points out that, although modern quilts feature larger pieces of fabric, there’s no making of 160 blocks all alike. QuiltArt describes such modern or contemporary quilts as “any quilt that is non-traditional in style.” These quilts may be any traditional quilt size or a wall hanging; all will feature unusual fabrics, original designs and experimental techniques. Dawn Goldsmith, blogger extraordinaire at Subversive Stitchers: Women Armed with Needles (http://subversivestitch.blogspot.com), notes, “I can totally agree with this definition when it comes to modern quilting. One example that I've enjoyed is the Disappearing Nine Patch, which begins with the traditional nine patch pattern and then cuts it into fourths and is then sewn back together in a new way. One does not need to abandon traditional patterns, one uses them as a jumping off point to experiment and find today's quilting voice.” If you love bold colors and innovative design, you might be drawn to
creating a modern quilt. Sherry Thompson, a traditional quilter and appliqué artist, suggests that modern quilts may appeal to some for “the freedom it gives you to experiment with color and different fabrics that you wouldn’t ordinarily work with as so many new fabrics and designs are available.”
Any tips for making a modern quilt?
Venita Aldrich has made several modern quilts and encourages quilters to use a design wall when making a modern quilt. “Sometimes you get ‘stuck’ and need to leave your quilt on the design wall for awhile. Then you go back, adding, subtracting or rearranging until you like the looks of it.” This process of letting the design ‘speak’ to you is part of the creative process in making a very unique modern quilt. You have the opportunity to pursue your own vision. • Browse through the patterns and class schedule at your local quilt shop. You may be intrigued by the exciting use of color or design in a geometric design you’ve never tried before. • Consider taking a class from one of the freewheeling and tremendously creative leaders in the modern quilt movement. Quilters like Gwen Marston, Freddy Moran or Jean Wells are exciting teachers and may be coming to a quilt show or guild meeting near you. • Check out the Modern Quilt Guild website (www.themodernquiltguild.com) to find a chapter near you. For example, the Spokane Modern Quilt Guild chapter meets at the Top Stitch quilt shop monthly to share ideas and projects. • One of these books may inspire you: • Gwen Marston and Freddy Moran. Collaborative Quilting and Freddy & Gwen Collaborate Again: Freewheeling Twists on Traditional Quilt Designs. Here’s inspiration! You’ll find clearly presented techniques and instructions for vibrant modern quilts in both of these books. Gwen Marston’s Liberated Quiltmaking I and II would be a useful addition for any modern quilter’s library. • Lorraine Torrence. Design Essentials: The Quilters Guide. Lorraine suggests that the design wall is key. When you’ve got your quilt up on your design wall, she suggests, “see the journey the eye takes.” With modern quilts, design is more important than technique. • Jean Wells, Journey to Inspired Art Quilting: More Intuitive Color & Design. Jean shows quilters how to work from photographs to build color for modern and art quilts. Her Intuitive Color & Design: Adventures in Art Quilting has very useful insights for modern quilters. • Rayna Gillman, Create Your Own Free-Form Quilts: A StressFree Journey to Original Design. I would have described myself as a traditional quilter – until I did the research for this article. May you find joy in quilting – and consider jumping in to something new: a modern quilt! Beth Camp, a member of the Washington State Quilters – Spokane Chapter, writes historical fiction and quilts in the great Pacific Northwest – each occupation has its own challenge. For more information, go to: http://bethandwriting.blogspot.com.
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Bozeman, Great Falls & Townsend, Montana
Zentangle Lesson #4: Let Your Creativity Flow Freely Zentagle® Lesson 4 – Tangle Pattern: “Crescent Moon” An easy to learn method of creating beautiful images from repetitive patterns Collect your materials: • No. 2 pencil • Micron pen (01 Black) • Tiles (good quality paper in 3.5” squares) • Table and chair • Peaceful setting with soft background music Remember… • You cannot do it wrong • It does not need to look like anything • Relax • Rotate your tile as needed • Enjoy the process
With your pencil, quickly draw an enclosed square.
Use your Micron Finish your “tangle” pen to create the tangle, by adding shading with following the steps as your pencil. shown.
(The lines in red show the series of steps)
Thank you for joining me! This is the fourth and final Zentangle lesson. If you missed a lesson, visit www.countryregister.com/nrgp to read past issues of The Country Register of the Northern Rockies and Great Plains. To book workshops or purchase Zentangle® supplies contact Jayme Crow at info@bellanonnaquilt.com or check out her website at www.bellanonnaquilt.com.
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Casper, Gillette & Sheridan, Wyoming
The Knitting Savant makes Summer Game Plan for a Balanced Life Tis’ the season of divided loyalties. We’re in that cycle of the year when the fun stuff happens all at once. Well, at least all the things I think are fun. My attentions (and sometimes intentions) are scattered during the summer. There are outdoor activities and projects, gardens in full production, family gatherings, and road trips happening. I want to wedge everything possible into this window of opportunity. And of course, I’m always working knitting into that crazy schedule too because it’s the yin to all the other yang going on in my life. Call it my training wheels. It makes me feel balanced. With all that goes on, summer is a complete game changer when it comes to my knitting. I must take triple digit temperatures, limited time availability, and travel into consideration when choosing a project. I also won’t take on a pattern that’s so challenging I need to sequester myself in a quiet room to concentrate on my stitches. My philosophy of summer knitting is “Easy and Breezy” and my go-to roster includes items that are small, light and portable. Baby items, simple socks and dishcloths fall in that category. I keep a supply of hand knit dishcloths for quick gifts. I like to pair them with locally made soaps for handy hostess or shower gifts and they’re well received. This is a pattern that I worked up for a class this year. Dishcloths are a great way to learn new stitch patterns or practice color work. If you’re like me, you always have odds and ends of cotton yarn that aren’t quite enough for a full project. This pattern is a way to take care of some of those leftovers in your stash. Enjoy!
Ladder Stitch Dishcloth
• Materials: 2 skeins of worsted weight cotton in two different colors (Color A and Color B) • Needles/Notions: US7 and a tapestry needle for weaving in ends • Gauge: 5 sts = 1 inch in pattern stitch
Glossary: • St: stitch • K: knit • P: purl • Sl: slip stitch from left needle to right needle purlwise • YFWD: bring the yarn from the back to the front between the two needles • YBK: bring the yarn from the front to the back between the two needles Pattern Note: The Ladder Stitch pattern is worked over a multiple of six stitches plus five (6 sts + 5).
Pattern
Cast on 41 sts using color A. Row 1: (RS) Using A, K2, *sl1, K5, rep from * to last 3 sts, sl1, K2 Row 2: Using A, P2, *sl1, P5, rep from * to last 3 sts, sl1, P2 Row 3: Using B, *K5, sl1, rep from * to last 5 sts, K5 Row 4: Using B, *K5, yfwd, sl1, ybk, rep from * to last 5 sts, K5 Repeat these 4 rows until the dishcloth is long enough to form a square. Knit one additional row in A. Bind off loosely on the purl side. Weave in all loose ends. Andrea Springer blogs at www.knittingsavant.com where she helps folks remember that they have everything they need to be successful in knitting and in life. You can find more free original knitting patterns on that website. You can also follow Knitting Savant on Facebook and Twitter.
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Devils Lake, Fargo & Wishek, North Dakota
Fargo, ND Show to Feature DaVinci inspired Quilt: The Supper 34th Annual Indian Summer Quilt Show, Sept. 27-29
Viewers, quilters, bargain-seekers and colvarious shapes, animals and motifs in a Quilt lectors are expected to flock to the 34th Annual Scavenger Hunt created for this event. School Indian Summer Quilt Show and Conference groups, bus tours and organizations are encourscheduled September 27, 28 and 29 in Centenaged to plan field trips and gatherings to view nial Hall at the Fargo Civic Center, 207 4th St. and discuss the quilts as a group. N. Fargo. Sponsored by the Quilters’ Guild of It’s not too late to take a quilt class during ND, the three-day event features over 35 classes the three-day event. According to ISQSC Chair and lectures, an exhibit of over 200 quilts, daily Muriel Richardson, “We encourage every interdemonstrations, a packed vendor area featuring ested person to join us to experience quilting. quilt shops and related business from across ND Registration is open and we have beginning, and MN, and a small quilt silent auction. intermediate and advanced level classes in Featured along with the hundreds of local and almost every technique. If you don’t want to do regional quilts, is the massive “The Supper” by hand work, machine classes are available. If you Texas dentist, Dr. Donald E. Locke. Inspired by don’t want to bring your machine, you can take a Leonardo DaVinci’s painting, “The Last Supper,” design class or an appliqué class or a hand-workLocke spent two and a half years constructing his manship class.” Class descriptions and registra5’ x 15’ masterpiece using 51,818 one-half inch tion materials are available at area quilt shops squares of fabric. Locke will answer questions and or online While some classes are filled, regisdiscuss the piece during exhibit hours. tration remains open for those that have space Former Quilt Show Chair, Mary Ann Waxler available. For updated class listings check www. Inspect and admire the talent and artistry required says, “The Centennial Hall at the Civic Center is ndquilts.com. transformed overnight. The room that hosts Pride to make quilts like this previous Grand Prize In addition to taking classes, viewing quilts, award winner, The Green Mile by Peggy Kragnes, of Dakota booths and Christmas Craft events and shopping the vendor area, attendees have the Felton, MN. will be opportunity to see demonstrations of various tools turned and techniques, and may also bid on small quilts, into a colorful maze of pieced and which are donated by Guild members and sold in a silent auction that runs appliquéd quilts, wall hangings, Friday 8 a.m. through Sunday at 2 p.m. Proceeds from the Small Quilt Silent quilted clothing and accessories. Auction are designated to support various education projects. Proceeds from Around the perimeter of the room, the 2013 auction will be donated to African Soul, American Heart vendors pack bolts and boxes of Admission is $5 per person; children under the age of 12 are admitted fabrics, trims, beads, buttons, free of charge. Show hours are 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. patterns, books and quilting tools Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. into every square inch of display space. Of course,” she adds, “They Quilt books, fabrics, notions and ideas do leave room for shoppers and the are available at over a dozen vendor booths that surround the annual show cash register!” Mothers can keep younger September 27, 28 and 29 at the Fargo viewers entertained looking for Civic Center.
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Incorporate Nature’s Bounty Inside and Out Fall is the perfect time of year to use nature’s bounty in decorating. Mother Nature can provide some of the best in fall decorating. Pumpkins, gourds, bittersweet, mums, corn stalks and straw bales will create rustic, simple displays for your country/primitive home.
Natural Garland
Adorn your fireplace mantel, cabinets or windows with a garland made of natural elements – dried fruits, colorful leaves, walnuts, and cinnamon sticks.
Nature’s Table
Let nature’s bounty take center stage when you set your table this fall. Create a one-of-a-kind display by grouping squash of interesting shapes and colors down the center of your farmhouse table. Fill a wooden trencher with colorful fresh fruit or vegetables such as pears, apples, artichokes or squash. Finish off your display by accenting with pewter candle sticks. Fill glass jars with acorns or candy corn and nestle a scented votive candle in the middle. Choose scents such as baked apple pie or cinnamon stick to fill your whole room with the sights and scents of fall. Find a mismatched set of candleholders at a garage sale, flea market or thrift store. Place a miniature pumpkin on the candleholder instead of inserting a candle. Don’t worry! You can spray paint the candleholders to match your décor. Use candleholders of varying heights for added interest. For something
different, add white pumpkins and wrap bittersweet around the candleholder.
Simple Displays
Grouping pumpkins and gourds along with bales of straw, cornstalks and mums will create eye-catching displays. Focus on your porch, entryway, or even just a random spot in your yard to create a pop of color to an otherwise dull area. Be creative! Create a focal point with an old wheelbarrow or wagon. Fill them with miniature pumpkins, gourds or Indian corn. Set an old chair next to your display and add a primitive fall sign or festive fall wreath. Wrap porch or fence posts with corn stalks, attaching with wire, and then adding your favorite fall-themed ribbon giving added color and interest. Fill bushel baskets or crocks with colorful mums in bright colors of yellow and orange. Place on your porch, near your front door or in flower beds that need an extra pop of fall color. Find decorating inspiration from Mother Nature and incorporate the fall harvest inside and out this autumn. Kristine Berg Doss is the owner, editor, and publisher of A Primitive Place & Country Journal magazine. A Primitive Place & Country Journal magazine is the fastest growing primitive, colonial, and country magazine on the market today. For more information, visit www.aprimitiveplace.org or email info@ aprimitiveplace.org.
Kit ‘n Kaboodle Embraces her Inner Techno Geek There are “tests” for determining your age by health markers – wearing seat belts, having high blood pressure, being under or over weight, family history, and so on. Then there are the days when no test would be helpful; you just feel old. These are the days that involve technology, the daily changes in available gadgets. Frighteningly enough, I am the computer whiz in my family, which mostly means I use the computer a great deal and have encountered many problems. I have learned how to fix some of them. It does not mean I have a clue about other technology. We hear iPad, smartphone, iPhone, apps, G4 and other terms that are common to those who spend the money and take the time to learn about them. Often these technos are younger than I or they work in the technology field. I’m pretty sure I’ve been most annoying to my younger family members when they come to visit and I pepper them with my questions as they roll their eyes. I have no desire to step up to any of these new devices, but it’s important to me to at least become somewhat fluent in the language. Computers also change continually, though I’ve used the same one for several years. It gets the job done. For one thing, each time a new operating system has come out there are so many complaints about how the system doesn’t work that I conclude I need to stay with what does. One day I will likely have to move up and when I do, it will be a giant leap as the chasm will be wide. Then there are the e-book readers. Sigh. I am an author and avid reader who does not like to read things on a screen, even a large sized one. There are various models and brands, and some books can be read only on e-publications. Even if I bought into this, my most often asked question is,
“In ten years, how am I going to read the books I buy today?” Think of all the good music on albums, 8-track tapes and even cassettes that is not accessible. The music is still there but without the machine to play the mediums, they remain silent. That is my biggest hesitation for not jumping on the e-book reader bandwagon. In addition, most of the books I purchase are nonfiction, history-related for research. Those I know I will consult again, and I do not want to have to rely on a device to do so. Perhaps the assumption is that we will not want to read the same book twice. After all, e-book readers can hold several thousand books, even though you can only read one book at a time. Every person I have talked to who has an e- reader loves it but I’m not convinced. For those who read that way, good for you! Peggy Sanders writes from the family farm in southwest South Dakota. She is in fourth of six generations in the same county, residing elsewhere during college including a year at the Sorbonne in Paris. Please contact her at peggy@peggysanders.com and visit her author website at www.peggy@peggysanders.com.
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Bristol, Dell Rapids & Watertown, South Dakota Fiber Arts Celebrated at Annual Fair Including Sheep Dog Herding & Workshops
The 20th annual North Country Fiber Fair will be held September 20, 21 & 22 at the Codington County Extension Complex in Watertown, South Dakota. Friday is for workshops only. The Fiber Fair will be open to the public on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and again on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Demonstrations of wool hand spinning, knitting, weaving and other fiber crafts will be on going throughout the weekend. Come and watch Sheep Shearing demonstrations on Saturday and demonstrations of Sheep Dogs herding sheep throughout both days. David Potter, a wellknown and respected restorer of spinning wheels will be at North Country Fiber Fair. He plans to bring some examples of his craft and will be available to answer the questions you may have concerning repairs or restorations. A variety of workshops will be held over the weekend on knitting, hand spinning, basketry, felting, dyeing yarns, weaving and crochet – there are class fees associated with the workshops. New this year are: Irish Crochet, Tapestry Weaving, Beginning Bobbin Lace, Felted Soap and Wool Combing. Nationally known teachers giving workshops will be Robin Russo (VT), Carol Carpenter (IA) and Kathleen Taylor (SD). Many local and regional instructors will be teaching classes for the beginner, intermediate and advanced fiber art student. There will be over 35 vendors selling knitting, hand spinning, crochet, felting and weaving supplies. Find quality yarns, books, carded fibers, exotic animal fibers, equipment and finished products at this exclusive market. There is a concession stand serving homemade food. North Country Fiber Fair is a non-profit organization that conducts several annual events to expand opportunities for fiber animal producers and consumers, as well as, promoting education in all aspects of fiber production, the fiber arts and marketing. For more information check out www.northcountryfiberfair.org or call 320-265-6319 or 605254-8434.
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Chamberlain & Pierre, South Dakota
4 Technology Tips for Inspiring and Improving Your Sewing As a quilting blogger and member of the millennial generation, I am familiar with sewing and technology. I love that sewing is a traditional craft, but I enjoy bringing the old and new together through the use of technology. Best of all, the technology I use is free.
1. Blogs
By reading blogs, readers are able to find inspiration from other quilts and new techniques. Unlike a book or magazine, blogs can publish an unlimited amount of large, color photos at no extra cost. This is excellent for a visual art like sewing. Since the early 2000s, blogs have grown in popularity and quality. Combining blogs and sewing is a natural fit due to the social and visual nature of many quilters. By reading sewing blogs, you may find new color combinations, fabrics, techniques and patterns. To find specific information on a blog, search “quilting blog tutorial on mitered corners” or “quilting blog pattern with churn dashes.” Overtime, I imagine you will find favorite blogs, which are the most helpful and enjoyable for you to read.
2. Pantone Color Forecasting
Pantone is a world-renowned authority on color for multiple industries; including fashion design, home decorating and graphic design. Pantone provides a color numbering system that allows these industries to find and reproduce an exact shade of a color. By adding numbers and scientific exactness to the process of describing colors, Pantone brings order and simplicity to an otherwise complicated process. For quilters and seamstresses, Pantone can be a valuable, free resource because of their Pantone Fashion Color Reports. Several times a year the authorities at Pantone put together a free PDF Color Report on the upcoming season’s most popular colors. Just like a weatherman predicts a storm or a stockbroker selects the next stock to increase in value, Pantone forecasts the most popular colors for the upcoming season. Reading the Pantone Fashion Color Report can a source of fresh inspiration for the colors in your quilts or sewing projects. To find these reports visit www.pantone.com and search “Fashion Color Report.” Pantone also selects a “Color of the Year” for each year. The 2013 color is emerald. Quilters and seamstresses may enjoy creating trendy projects based around the Color of the Year. Occasionally, bloggers or quilt shops will create project-related contests based on this color. To find a contest search “quilting blog Pantone Color of the Year contest.” Or, create your own contest! That’s what I did through my blog with a friend who owns a quilt shop. To join our contest visit www.sierrashea.com/emeraldchallange.
3. Video Tutorials
For some projects or techniques, even 50 photos would not be sufficient. Videos can make understanding quick and simple. When searching for
“mitered corners” on www.youtube.com 15,500 videos instantly come up in the search. In July of 2013, some videos on this topic had as many as 60,000 views. Quite a few people are already taking advantage of these free resources to learn new techniques. To find videos enter the technique you want to watch into the search bar of www.youtube.com. Another video tutorial resource is www.heyquilty.com, look under the “Episodes” tab where they provide lessons on quilting skills.
4. Facebook
Utilizing Facebook is an easy way to add sewing inspiration, information and education into your daily routine. According to Bloomberg Business Week, in 2012 Facebook officially reached one billion users. Businesses are quick to follow their customers and many have already created “Pages” to represent their businesses. After clicking “like” for these pages, sewing or quilting related information will come through your personal news feed. This is a simple way to receive free information about your interests. Furthermore, these pages can be used as a customer service tool. If you are having problems with a product or technique, a person can post about their issue. Responsible companies should respond with answers and solutions. Here are a few suggested Facebook Pages that will be personalized for you: • Your favorite quilt shops: They may post unexpected closings, sales and promotions or even photos of new fabrics. • Your sewing machine maker: May post giveaways, videos with tutorials related to your machine, sales, new products or new attachments for your machine. • Your current magazine subscriptions: Many print magazines (and this newspaper) now have Facebook fan page, too. “Liking” these pages can bring additional magazine content directly to your news feed. I hope these technology tips help improve your sewing and quilting experience. My favorite method for learning to sew will always be face-to-face, but sometimes a busy schedule doesn’t allow that luxury. Instead, I keep my computer near my sewing machine and I enjoy using technology to enhance my sewing and quilting experience – for free! Sierra Angell calls herself a “Modern Day Laura Ingalls Wilder” because of her new lifestyle in South Dakota as a farmer’s wife, quilter and writer. Read more on Sierra’s blog at www.sierrashea.com.
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Belle Fourche, Rapid City & Wall, South Dakota
Jeannie Hudson Just Released
Behold a Lone Horseman
Behold a Lone Horseman, a historical suspense novel by Spearfish novelist, Jeannie Hudson, is now on the market. This is Mrs. Hudson’s fifth suspense novel to be published. Historical suspense, Behold a Lone Horseman is the story of Regan Townsend, a young photographer who in l876 travels into untamed Deadwood with the Wild Bill Hickok and Charlie Utter expedition. This wagon train, made up of men and women traveling together to escape the Sioux revolting against the invasion into their sacred Black Hills, also delivers Martha Jane Canary into the midst of unsuspecting Deadwood miners. Behold a Lone Horseman will please readers who like a historical background, plenty of romance, and characters who come to life during a unique time in American history. Mrs. Hudson grew up on a Wyoming ranch. Home-schooled through the eighth grade, she attended high school in Gillette where she also wrote a column and worked as a reporter for the Gillette News-Record. She attended Casper College where she was the first and only student to serve both years as editor of the campus newspaper, The Chinook. At the University of Wyoming, she began selling short stories for national magazines. During the 70s and 80s, she sold four suspense novels and procured an agent. Then the fiction market underwent cuts, and became less inclined to take on projects that weren’t certain to become best sellers. Mrs. Hudson’s agent died during this same period and she sold no more books until recently. Interim ventures filled the next several years. She continued writing throughout this time, striving to constantly polish her craft. As a consequence, several viable book manuscripts accumulated in her files. This year, she embraced the new publishing opportunities made possible by the past decade’s technical advances and the result is the release of Behold a Lone Horseman. Several more titles, including those polished manuscripts that remain in her files, will be released over the next years. Now, with her writing career top priority once more, Mrs. Hudson still finds time for other loves – watercolor painting, a huge flower garden that has been featured in the Rapid City Journal, and two adoring beagles. Behold a Lone Horseman is available as a paperback at Amazon.com or as an ebook on the Kindle. Mrs. Hudson will be marketing her novel at book signings in Lead, Sturgis and Rapid City as well as at The Festival of Books, Sept 20-22 at the Mountain Grand in Deadwood.
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Can I Use an Antique Quilt Top?
Do you have an antique quilt top or coverlet that is sitting in a closet folded up and not getting used? Some quilt historians indicate that the last stitch in the quilt is the ‘date’ of the quilt, so if you decide to repair or finish the quilt, it then becomes a contemporary quilt rather than an antique or vintage quilt and may lose value if that is of concern to you. If you’ve got a well cared for one that could still be used if it was finished, here are some things to consider. I’ve had the privilege of working on several antique quilt tops and making them into usable quilts. Antique tops are often hand-stitched, so the piecing may be getting loose. One of the key things I have tried to do is ensure that all pieces are well stabilized and use cotton batting and backing. On a Dresden plate design, I stitched a spiral into the Dresden and back out again. On my long-arm, I attached a circle onto the hopping foot and used that to keep an equidistant spiral into the center, then stitched in between what was already there as I spiraled out. Since I put muslin on the back, it had a modern quilt look on the back side. On a crazy quilt, each block had many decorative stitches on it, but where it was seamed to the next block, it didn’t have any decorative stitches, so just stitching in the ditch of the block allowed the quilt to be stabilized sufficiently and did not stitch on top of or disturb any decorative stitches. Let’s use those treasures we have in the closet—or maybe you’ll find one at a local vintage show. Create some of your own memories with them! Marlene Oddie is an engineer by education, project manager by profession and now a quilter by passion in Grand Coulee, WA. She enjoys long-arm quilting on her Gammill Optimum Plus, but especially enjoys designing quilts and assisting in the creation of a meaningful treasure for the recipient. Follow Marlene’s adventures via her blog at http://kissedquilts.blogspot.com or on http://www.facebook.com/kissedquilts
Raspberry Oatmeal Bars 1 pkg. cake mix (I used lemon) 2 1/2 cup oatmeal 3/4 cup melted butter
1 cup raspberry jam 1 Tbls water
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 13 x 9 x 2” pan. Combine cake mix, oats, and melted butter. Spread and press half of mixture into bottom of pan. Combine jam and water. Spread over mixture in pan, then press remaining crumb mixture over jam. Pat firmly. Bake 18-23 minutes or until top is very light brown. Cool in pan on rack. Cut into bars. Store in airtight container. Note: Substitute apricot, blackberry or strawberry jam for the raspberry. I love this recipe! It is from my book, Cookies to Share with Friends & Family by Jane Quinn. It can be purchased at Quilting in the Country (5100 S. 19th, Bozeman, MT 59718), www.QuiltingInTheCountry.com or 406-5878216 for $20.
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Hill City, South Dakota......................................................................................... 2 Hill City, South Dakota......................................................................................... 4 Ennis & Sidney, Montana..................................................................................... 5 Livingston & Missoula, Montana........................................................................ 6 Bozeman, Great Falls & Townsend, Montana................................................... 9 Casper, Gillette & Sheridan, Wyoming.............................................................10 Cheyenne & Story, WY • Orofino, Idaho.........................................................11 Devil’s Lake, Fargo & Wishek, North Dakota..................................................12 Bristol, Dell Rapids & Watertown, South Dakota...........................................14 Chamberlain & Pierre, South Dakota ..............................................................15 Belle Fourche, Rapid City & Wall, South Dakota............................................16 Custer, Hot Springs Spearfish & Rapid City, South Dakota...........................17 Belle Fourche, Edgemont, Faulkton, Huron, Hot Springs, Rapid City & Spearfish, SD..........19 Rapid City & Spearfish, South Dakota.............................................................20
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