Here's what's happening in July...Located close to the center of “Historic” Unionville, Pennsylvania, Roundabout Quilting is the newest quilt shop in our area. Stop in to say hello to owner Andra and to shop for fabulous new fabrics, patterns, books, great tools and gifts for the quilter and non-quilter alike. The shop gallery will feature changing exhibits of local quilters, historical interest and “just for fun”. Sign up to receive the shop newsletter by email! Visit the shop's website at www.roundaboutquilting.com for lots more information about Roundabout Quilting. Check out the classes, with some familiar names (Jody Beitzel, Jane Hamilton, Madge Ziegler) among the faculty!
Thursday, July 15th, two opportunities to attend our “Notion Commotion”! At 2pm and again at 6pm, Brenda Watson, our representative from Checker Distributors will demonstrate all the latest rulers and gadgets. Free AND there will be door prizes!
Wednesday, July 21, Donna Witkop, our rep from Texture Magic, will demonstrate how to use Texture Magic, and give you lots of ideas about where to use this very cool product. Again, free and there will be door prizes.
Saturday, July 31st, at 1pm - Nancee McCann will show you many, many different ways to make half-square triangles. This is a perfect demo for a beginning quilter, but experienced quilters may not be familiar with some of Nancee's cool techniques. The demo is free, and there will be door prizes!
We have added a class to our schedule, “Snap Happy” , with Nancy Hiss. She will teach you how to make a really cute little purse, which can be made in many sizes, and is adaptable to many uses. The class will be held Wednesday, July 28th, from 10 am to noon. Check the shop's website for other class offerings.
Monday, CLOSEDPhone: (610) 347-1122
Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, CLOSED
The shop is also open occasionally in the evening - call for times.
*** Brandywine Valley Quilters would like to thank Angela and her staff at Quilter's Corner for supporting our Guild. They have graciously made their classroom space available to us for our Board meetings, and they welcomed the attendees of our 2009 New Member Tea with demonstrations and provided gifts for the new members. ***Greetings, Quilters!
Looking for something fun and creative to do, but don't want to tackle a large quilt? Quilter's Corner has just the thing for you! We are starting a “Wallhanging of the Month” program! Starting in March, during every month for 12 months, Quilter's Corner will offer a kit containing the pre-washed fabric and supplies (excluding thread) to complete an adorable wallhanging using a fusible appliqué technique. The kit cost is only $12!! March's wallhanging features dragonflies - perfect for welcoming Spring!Pfaff Owners Class (Generally held the last Saturday of every month)
Learn how to make the most of your wonderful Pfaff! Every month, Marilyn Spicer will instruct participants on different features of their Pfaff machines. During March's class, participants will learn how to machine appliqué an adorable spring mini-wallhanging! There is no fee for the Pfaff Owners Classes, but registration is required, as class space is limited. Additionally, participants must own a Pfaff and use it during class; and, if made available, must purchase the kit associated with the class of the month.Quilting Football League
Please let us know (call us at 610-459-8993, or email us at QuiltersCornerPA@comcast.net) if you'd like to be included on our distribution list for these classes. These sessions tend to fill quickly, so to register, please stop in or give us a call. (Don't rely on email!)
Yes! Quilter's Corner has joined the Quilting Football League and we want YOU to part of our team! Unique patterns, recipes, prizes, discounts, special events...and no, you don't need to know anything about football to participate! The QFL “season” runs from April through August. Join the Quilter's Corner “Fabulous Frogs!” team and be part of the national program! Stay tuned...more information will be available soon.We look forward to seeing you soon! And may you be blessed with the “Luck of the Irish!”
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Quilter's Corner is located in Olde Ridge Village on Route 202, south of Route 1 in Chadds Ford, PA. Shop hours are:
Monday - CLOSEDPhone: (610) 459-8993; Toll Free: (866) 534-1186 E-mail: QuiltersCornerPA@comcast.net Website: www.quilterscornerpa.com |
Valley Forge Homestead Quilt Guild of King of Prussia will have Linda M. Poole speak about her unique appliqué technique. She will share many of her quilts made using this technique, and will be selling her book.
Meeting time is 7:00 pm at the Good Shepherd Church on Henderson Road in King of Prussia.
Linda will be having a WORKSHOP on Wednesday August 18, 2010 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Trooper, PA from 9:30 am to 4:00 PM. Fee: $25.00 plus kit ($15.00).
Contact valleyforgequilters@gmail.com for more information.
See their website for guild information at http://www.valleyforgequilters.org/index.html.
Heartstrings Quilter’s Guild of Wynnewood, PA presents lecture by Cindy Friedman, fiber artist.
Visit her website at http://www.cindyfriedman.com/dev/ for an interesting visit with Cindy.
See http://www.heartstringquilters.com/HTML/aboutus.html for guild information (fees, location, directions)
Calico Cutters Quilt Guild of West Chester presents lecture “Overcoming Quilter’s Block: Jumpstart Your Creativity” by Cyndi Souder.
Visit http://www.moonlightingquilts.com/lectures.htm to read about this lecture.
See the guild website at http://www.calicocutters.com/2.html for meeting information.
Main Line Quilters of Strafford, PA presents lecture by Judy Gelzinis Donovan. Judy is an award winning textile artist and beader. Her work has appeared in numerous publications; Quilting Quarterly, Fiber Arts, Art Quilt Magazine, Quilting Today, Art to Wear. Her work has been shown at the Wayne Art Center in the Fiber Art 200 Show, and the 2002 & 2006 Bernina Fashion Shows.
Visit http://mainlinequilters.org/ for guild information.
Valley Forge Homestead Quilt Guild of King of Prussia will have a fabric and book sale at their monthly meeting.
Newtown Quilters’ Guild of Newtown, PA presents lecture by Trish Hodge “Batik Textile Traditions of Indonesia” http:// www.batiktambal.com/lecture.html.
See guild website for guild information (http://www.newtownquiltersguild.org/welcome.shtml)
Workshops presented by Calico Cutters of West Chester, PA, are held at the Goodwill Fire Company, 552 E. Union St. (Union and Bolmar Streets), West Chester, PA, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Email Chris Kamon or call her at 484-341-8559 for more information or to register. Workshops are $40.00 unless otherwise noted.
Visit Calico Cutters on the Web at www.calicocutters.com for information about their meeting dates and program topics.August 10 - Cheryl Lynch, Personalize It!Calico's own Cheryl Lynch will be teaching us how to make personalized Quilted Photo Frames. Students will need to email/snailmail a photo of their choosing to Cheryl (oyveyquilts@yahoo.com) at least two (2) weeks prior to the workshop. A supply list is available and optional kits available for $12. Sewing machines will be needed for this workshop. Check out Cheryl's work at www.CherylLynchQuilts.blogspot.com. Cost of workshop: $35 plus $3 for photo fabric & printing.September 14 - Cyndi Souder, Paintstick PrimerAt this workshop, learn to use Shiva paintstiks in two basic ways and you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to create your own fabric.
(Cyndi will speak at BVQ that very evening...her lecture for us will be “It’s OK to write on your Quilt” - see Speakers and Programs page for details)
October 12 - Sue Spargo, Folk Art with WoolYou will be able to buy a complete kit from her or bring your own wool and buy just a pattern. Her website is www.suespargo.com. Check out her work and her store.
Lecture and Trunk Show that night at BVQ - see Speakers and Programs page for details).
November 9 - David Taylor, Pictorial AppliquéCome and learn how to turn your own photo or drawing into an appliquéd wall quilt! He will have a quilt kit for students to use for $30.00 (in addition to the workshop fee). This man knows what he is doing and can help us learn a lot. Check out his website at www.davidtaylorquilts.com.
Lecture and Trunk Show that night at BVQ - see Speakers and Programs page for details).National Quilting Day - Third Saturday in March
The third Saturday in March is officially designated as National Quilting Day. The National Quilting Association (NQA) began sponsoring National Quilting Day with a resolution passed by members attending the 22nd Annual Show in Lincoln, Nebraska, in June 1991.
BVQ celebrated National Quilting Day 2010 with a workshop by award-winning quilter and BVQ member BJ Titus. It was held on March 20, 2010, from 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Goodwill Fire Company, West Chester, Pennsylvania. Participants made a small quilt using BJ's fusible appliqué technique and her Daffodil Delight pattern - a great way to welcome spring after a long snowy winter!Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative
The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative is a grassroots effort to raise awareness and fund research for Alzheimer's disease. It was founded by quilter Ami Simms, whose mother suffers from the disease, “because I think it is possible to make a difference, one quilt at a time”. The 52 quilts in this exhibit will tour through July, 2009, their poignant artistry encouraging people throughout the United States to spend time thinking about Alzheimer's disease and to ultimately work towards a cure.
To help raise money for Alzheimer's research, please consider making a very small donation quilt for the Priority: Alzheimer's Quilt project. Maximum size is just 9" x 12" - that's small enough to fit inside a USPS flat cardboard priority mailer without folding. Quilts need not be about Alzheimer's. Any theme, style, color, technique, and shape are welcome. Priority: Alzheimer's Quilts are auctioned monthly or sold outright to raise money for Alzheimer's research.
For more information on the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative, please visit www.alzquilts.org.Donate Your Stuff!
Recycle Your Greeting Cards ** Other ItemsSt. Jude’s Ranch Collects Greeting Cards
St. Jude’s Ranch for Children serves all abused, abandoned, and neglected children and families, creating new chances, new choices and new hope in a safe, homelike environment.Over thirty years ago, wishing to show our donors appreciation for making St. Jude’s Ranch for Children possible, the idea was conceived for turning the previous year’s Christmas cards into “new” cards for the coming season. The recipients were so delighted with their unique “thank you,” they requested the children sell them the special cards. And so, the St. Jude’s Ranch Recycled Card Program was born.DONATE YOUR GREETING CARDS!!!! Visit www.stjudesranch.org/help_card.php to read more about the program and for the address to where to send your cards. Read on to find out where you can donate your greeting cards locally...
Since then, the Program expanded to include all occasion greeting cards…just about anything that starts with a used greeting card front. People from all over the world have sent us their used card fronts!
The children participate in making the new cards by removing the front and attaching a new back. The result is a beautiful new card made by the children and volunteers. The benefits are two-fold: customers receive“green” holiday cards for use and the children receive payment for their work and learn the benefits and importance of “going green”.Other Items Being Collected
BVQ members Donna Ricchuiti and her mother, Dott Whittaker, are very involved in volunteer activities in their Delaware communities. Read all about them, and let Donna know if you have any items you're willing to donate to these worthy causes. (If you're not a BVQ member, email the Webmaster and your message will be forwarded to her.) She will be most grateful!Mom prepares 30 goodie baskets for Forwood Manor each Christmas. We collect things all year long for them: combs, tissue packs, decks of cards, pencils, memo pads, costume jewelry (even the ugly necklaces - we restring them), small ornaments, lip balm, etc. We've already received a generous donation of toothpaste and toothbrushes so that's covered for this year. Mike's been making small gift boxes from Christmas cards to hold the “jewels”. I decorate with paint and glitter any small jewelry size boxes, so save those for me, please.
We'll be coordinating a pre-Christmas coat drive again through work. My cousin Jean, my friend Norma, and Mike's mother, Ellen, continue to crank out scarves and Ellen also makes baby afghans for Christiana's Neonatal ICU. With a heavy heart I delivered the last of Dad's hats this past December, but we hope to honor him by continuing to make hats. Mom's been working on some on a hand loom. When we're ready, we'll fire up his knitting machine and make a bunch in time for Christmas. A long-time patient who's contributed hand crocheted scarves to us each year has branched off and is coordinating her own coat drives now in association with her quilt and knitting/crochet groups. We gave them some of our extra yarn for hats and scarves they're making and also some to another patient who knits for the Seaman's Association. Mom makes lap size afghans for the Ministry of Caring. I'd be happy to share any yarn donations with all of these busy charity stitchers.
Save me your greeting cards, any occasion, which I can recycle into gift tags, holiday postcards and these cool baskets that I'm making from my great-grandmother Clara's old pattern. She was ahead of her time, recycling cards and plastic bags of all types (she had every family member and friend eating Sunbeam bread because their package had the best color scheme!).
Thanks so much for any donations you may make throughout the year - we appreciate it very much!
-DonnaBack to Donate Your Stuff!
Back to topDelaware Quilt Documentation Project
The last public Quilt Harvest Day was held on Saturday August 29, 2009, at The Milford Senior Center. Efforts are currently underway to compile the results of the Harvests. Visit The Delaware Quilt Documentation Project (www.delawarequilts.org) and click on “Quilt Images” to see images of many of the documented quilts.
Visit these websites for more about Delaware quilts and the documentation project: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. The project is supported by the National Quilting Association and private donations.
- Renowned quilt historian Barbara Brackman’s blog:
http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2010/01/delaware-quilts-rising-suns.html- Review of the Delaware Quilt Documentation project on State of Delaware’s website:
http://history.delaware.gov/news/press/quilt_doc_history.shtml- Images of some of the quilts documented:
http://history.delaware.gov/collections/documentation_quilts.shtml
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.
For more information on The Delaware Quilt Documentation Project, visit www.delawarequilts.org or call 302-739-5316.Three-Seam Pillowcase
Here are instructions for a fun and easy method, using only three seams! This method features hidden seam allowances and goes together in a snap, using 3/4 yard of fabric for the pillowcase body and less than 1/3 yard of border fabric. You can add an optional strip of fabric between the border and pillowcase body - using less than a skinny 1/8 yard of fabric.Quilt Basting Services
Main Line Quilt Guild offers basting services! You provide basting thread, needles, batting, and backing that is 2" larger than the top all the way around. They provide the labor!
The cost is $0.50 per square foot. Call Velma Reilly at 610-449-6243 or email her at: billnvelma@aol.com to schedule.
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 of Ladybug Quilters.
Volunteer Opportunities
Wilmington Senior Center ** Arden QuiltersWilmington Senior Center
The Wilmington, DE Senior Center is looking for volunteers to instruct or mentor their handiwork and craft group. They have an extremely enthusiastic group of women who love to hand-quilt, embroider and knit. If you live in this area and have some time to help out, please contact Gretchen Broadwater at (302) 651-3400 for details about how, when, and where.
Arden Quilters
Arden Quilters welcomes 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.
Quilting Programs on Verizon FIOS Television
Thanks to Ellen Nobles-Harris for letting us know about a couple of quilting television shows available with Verizon FIOS:
- Sewing with Nancy airs on Verizon channel 472, WLVT, on Mondays at 6:00 AM, Noon, 6:00 PM and midnight going into Tuesday.
- The Eleanor Burns series Quilt in a Day airs on channel 247, RFD-TV, Wednesday, 4/21 at 2:30pm.
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.
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 instructions. 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.
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.
Quilting Tips
This month's tips come to us from the “Sew Many Tips” page of the May/June 2007 issue of Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine.Tidy BobbinsBut wait!! There's more!!I had a problem with thread unwinding from the bobbins in my bobbin case. I bought 7 1/16"-diameter clear plastic tubing from a hardware store and cut it into small rings. I cut through one side of a ring and clip it around the bobbin. The thread stays neat and tidy, and I can easily see the thread color. (Submitted by Jan Grummer, Venture, IA)Removing Chalk and Pencil LinesI use a lightly moistened Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to remove chalk and pencil lines from fabric. (Submitted by Carolyn Reger, Geneva, OH)Scratch ProtectorCover your sewing machine table with Glad Press'n Seal® to protect it from pin, needle and scissor scratches. The plastic wrap contains no adhesives, so it will not damage the surface of the table. It will peel off easily, leaving no residue. (Submitted by Patty Goodsell, Arivaca, AZ)
How else can we quilters use Glad Press'n Seal®? Here are a couple of suggestions from BVQ members:A Google search for “quilters use glad press and seal” turned up a gazillion links with tips and comments. Here are just a few:
- Barbara Gross says, “I'm a fan of Press'n Seal®. Use it to lay out appliqué pieces, then cut around each piece as you need it. It especially works great with wool. Works for covering and moving messy stuff too!”
- Joan Jasper uses it to mark quilting designs on her quilts. She marks the lines on the Press'n Seal®, presses it in place on the quilt top and sews through it, removing it when finished. She learned this technique Diana DeWalt.
http://quiltingonabudget.blogspot.com/2009/04/using-glad-press-n-seal-in-your.htmlBack to Quilting Tips
http://www.blockcentral.com/tips-handquilting.shtml and http://www.blockcentral.com/tips-handquilting.shtml (find other good tips here as well!)
http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&webtag=ab-quilting&tid=58626 (good discussion about marking quilt designs)
http://www.appleblossomquilts.com/tips/GladPressNSeal/page1/ (good tutorial on “back basting” when appliquéing on dark backgrounds)
Removing Sewing Machine Oil from Fabric
This tip comes to us from the folks at www.unitednotions.com.If you accidentally get machine oil on your quilt top, work some dry cornstarch into the spots to absorb the oil. Then, brush the cornstarch away with a soft, clean toothbrush.Back to Quilting Tips
Caring for your Olfa Rotary Mat
This tip courtesy of www.olfadeals.com.In order to clean and condition your green Olfa rotary mat, you can actually give it a bath!Back to Quilting Tips
Put your mat in the bathtub and use ¼ cup white vinegar to a gallon of tepid (not hot) water, and a couple of squirts of a mild dishwashing soap. Using a mushroom brush (or other mild bristle brush), create a lather and gently clean and condition your mat. Rinse the mat and let air dry or dry with a Turkish towel. The mats love moisture. It helps keep them supple. Be sure to store them flat and out of direct sunlight.
Piecing Batting Scraps
From the blog of Christine Brown, Editor-in-Chief of American Quilter magazine; submitted by Marje Rhine, American Quilter's technical pattern editor.Marje uses small pieces of leftover batting for hot pads and placemats, or for padding in packages to be shipped. Larger pieces of batting can be pieced together by hand to use in bed-size quilts:Back to Quilting TipsFor more details and photos of this technique, visit http://www.AmericanQuilterMagazine.blogspot.com/, scroll to the bottom of the page and click “older posts”, then scroll down to MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009, Pieced Batting - Part 1 of 2. Scroll further to MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009, Pieced Batting - Part 2 of 2 to read about Marje's better method for joining small pieces of leftover batting, great for doll quilts and wallhangings.
- First, lay the batting pieces on a rotary cutting mat, overlapping by about 4", and rotary cut a gentle wavy line through both pieces.
- Remove the small excess pieces, line up the pieces along the curve, and hand stitch the cut edges together with large stitches. To make sure the stitching will hold, run a thread in each direction.
- Making the curved cut ensures that quilting stitches are more likely to catch both sides of the cut in many places.
Organizing Your Machine Needles
From The Quilt Show Newsletter - Volume 3, No. 36. Find more quilting tips, projects, videos and much more at www.thequiltshow.com!Organizing Your Machine Needles: Keeping track of sewing machine needles can be challenging, especially when there are so many types of needles to organize. An inexpensive bead box (available at most craft stores) serves as the perfect solution for keeping your various needles segregated by size and function. The individual, self-locking lids make the box virtually cat-proof! Put a little antique button into the appropriate compartment so you'll remember what's in the machine.Back to Quilting Tips
Is it Time to Air it Out???
(from Nancy McElroy, from The Quilt Show Newsletter - Volume 3, No. 20)Quilts often spend time being stored in less-than-desirable places, and will pick up odors from their environment. What's a quilter to do? Periodically airing your quilts outdoors is ideal, but not always possible depending upon where you live. Might we suggest a run to your neighborhood grocery for some Dial Gold soap?Back to Quilting Tips
Cut the bar of soap in half or thirds. Wrap the pieces in paper towel and secure with a rubber band. Place soap and the “offending” quilt in a covered box or secured large bag for several days. The soap will absorb the odors, making your quilt smell fresh and squeaky clean.
Keep That Iron Clean:
(from Nancy McElroy, from The Quilt Show Newsletter - Volume 3, No. 33)Sprinkle table salt on the waxed paper. Run the hot dry iron over the salt until all the sticky residue is removed from the sole plate. How easy is that?! If you have a Teflon coated base plate, be sure to check with the manufacturer before trying this cleaning method.Back to Quilting Tips
Buttermilk Stain Removal Recipe:
(from Friendship Quilters of Southern Chester County's May 2007 newsletter)1 Gallon of WaterSoak 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!)
1 Quart of Buttermilk
1 Tablespoon of Lemon JuiceRecipes from BVQ Members (**newly added!)
Sour Cream-Chocolate Chip Cake
(another yummy dessert from Karen Martin!)
This moist yellow cake packs a triple helping of chocolate chips. Bittersweet chocolate chips have a higher cocoa content and less sugar then semisweet chips, resulting in an extra chocolaty glaze; look for the Ghirardelli brand.
Cake:3 cups cake flourGlaze:
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup canola oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips1/3 cup heavy whipping creamGarnish:
1/4 cup unsalted butter, cut up
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips2 cups semisweet chocolate chipsDirections:Makes 16 servings. You don't want to know the calorie and fat content. :-)
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 1/2- or 10-inch tube pan with fixed bottom and 3 3/4-inch-high sides with nonstick cooking spray. Line bottom with parchment paper; spray paper.
- In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt until blended.
- In large bowl, beat eggs and sugar at medium speed until thick, fluffy and lightened in color. Bean in oil and vanilla at low speed until blended. Beat in flour mixture just until blended. Beat in sour cream until blended. Stir in 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips. Spoon batter into pan.
- Bake 55 - 60 minutes or until wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean or with just a few crumbs attached. (If toothpick penetrates chocolate chip, test another spot.)
- Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes. Invert cake onto wire rack; remove parchment. Leave bottom side up for glazing; cool completely.
- Meanwhile, heat cream, butter and corn syrup in medium saucepan over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes or until butter melts and mixture is hot. Remove from heat; add bittersweet chocolate chips. Let stand 1 minute. Stir until chocolate melts and glaze is smooth. Let stand at room temperature until slightly thickened
- With small spatula, spread glaze over top and sides of cake. Let stand 30 minutes or until glaze is set. Press 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips onto sides of cake. (Cake can be made up to 1 day ahead. Cover and store at room temperature.
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5 Minute Chocolate Mug Cake
(submitted by Sue Green)
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional FYI...chocolate chips are NEVER optional...always a must)
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe)
Directions:
Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Pour in the milk and oil and mix well.
Add the chocolate chips (if using) and vanilla extract, and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.
The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed!
Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.
EAT! (This can serve 2 if you want to feel slightly more virtuous.)
And why is this the most dangerous cake recipe in the world?
Because now we are all only 5 minutes away from chocolate cake at any time of the day or night!
:-)
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Karen Martin's Pumpkin Dessert
(served at BVQ's 2008 Quilt Show Wrap Up Meeting)
1 box (18.25 ounce) yellow cake mix, divided
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 egg
1 (29 oz) can pumpkin
1/2 c brown sugar
2/3 cup milk
3 eggs
2 T pumpkin pie spice
1/4 c butter, chilled
1/2 c white sugar
3/4 c chopped walnuts
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
Set aside 1 cup of cake mix. Combine remaining cake mix with melted butter and 1 egg and mix until well blended; spread mixture in the bottom of the baking pan.
Combine pumpkin, brown sugar, milk, 3 eggs and the pumpkin pie spice; mix well and pour over the cake mixture in the baking pan.
In a food processor, combine chilled butter and white sugar with reserved cake mix and mix until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over pumpkin mixture. Sprinkle chopped walnuts over all.
Bake 45-50 minutes, until top is golden.
ENJOY!!
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Dale Kendall’s Chinese Cole Slaw
1 package prepared cole slaw mix
2 packages Ramen Noodle dry soup mix (crush before opening package)
1 stick butter or margarine
1 small bag slivered almonds or sesame seeds (or more if you like)
5 scallions chopped (optional)
Dressing (recipe follows)
Melt Butter/margarine in pan. Add in crushed noodles and almonds.
Sauté until lightly browned; let cool.
Add cole slaw and scallions to cooled noodle mix.
Add dressing just before serving.
Dressing:1 cup oilMix all ingredients. If you have a jar with a lid, put all ingredients in it and shake to mix.
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
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Karen Martin’s Fruit Dip
8 oz. package cream cheese
7 oz. marshmallow crème
1 Tbsp. orange juice
1 tsp. orange rind
Put the cream cheese in a microwave-safe bowl and soften in the microwave for 15 seconds.
Soften the marshmallow crème in the microwave for 30 seconds.
Blend all ingredients with a mixer.
Serve with fruit slices and chunks for dipping.
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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 soupBoil carrot slices in salted water until almost tender. Drain and combine with green pepper, onion and celery. Combine dressing ingredients and mix well. Pour over vegetables and refrigerate until well chilled. Will keep in refrigerator a week or more.
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
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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