Turn Around & Think!: Mai 2012

Donnerstag, 31. Mai 2012

Stitching Fun

Coloring Fun - Cake 1, originally uploaded by Glen Mullaly.

I came across these on Flickr today and thought "tea towels!"
The caption from the Flickr owner reads: "Illustration from the "Coloring Fun" feature "Let's Bake a Cake", Humpty Dumpty's magazine January 1958. Illustrated by Dave Lyons.
Print these on plain white stock and Crayola your brains out!"

...so I think he wouldn't mind us stitching them either?

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/10/stitching-fun.html

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Modern Motifs of Mexican Trend

aka "My best friend went to Mexico and all I got was this tiny sombrero"*

Yes stitchy friends, here's your erstwhile blogger managing a post...although I can't feel guilty because a) so many other great bloggers regularly share stitchy goodness and b) I still don't have a scanner.

Mexico is on my mind - literally:

...As my best friend recently returned from two weeks in Mexico and brought me back a wee present. Hope I'm not scaring you with my pic!

I haven't been to see all her photos yet, and for those of you without your own sombrero (because I know you're jealous) I present "fiesta motifs for colorful touches of Mexican gaiety". You know your breakfast nook wants it.

Apparently:
"Your needle will fly along the simple sitches of these motifs of Mexican flavor. Gay up your kitchen with Mexican-inspired dish towels and pot holders. Put a variety of these designs on curtains and table linen in the breakfast nook to add charm to informal meals. Delight the bride-to-be on your gift list with hand-made guest towels, refreshment napkins, luncheon sets or dresser scarfs reflecting in these designs the happy Fiesta spirit of our South-of-the-Border neighbors."

I'm keen to see if my friend's holiday snaps include women with baskets of fruit on their heads, giant cactii, boys eating bananas, and fighting cocks (actually sounding "gay-er" by the minute...oh dear! Come back readers...please...**) But this pattern assures me that these are common South of the Border capers.

Men wearing rugs will give you flowers:

Doves, cactii and maracas abound:

But the scariest thing in Mexico are the deadly attack parrots!

Watch your fruit girls.

*only kidding Nat, I do love my pressie.
**sorry, really I am.

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2010/04/modern-motifs-of-mexican-trend.html

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Detail

Near the Tour de Hassan, Rabat Morocco

Source: http://microcosmic.blogspot.com/2008/01/detail.html

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New viking knit project

Viking knit #4, originally uploaded by ambrosianbeads.

As with most of my projects, this one was actually started 6 months ago. I started beading the agate slab back in December...I had it sitting around and it just appealed to me to give it a peyote beaded edge. Today I'm hoping to give it the final touch of a bail...in the meantime, I worked on making a viking knit chain in black coated copper wire. I used 26 gauge wire and it worked out nicely in single weave, could've been too stiff in double. I always guess at the final length and stopped weaving at 11", hoping it would reach at least a comfortable choker length...well, lo and behold, it passed that length and I even have enough to make a bracelet. In this Flickr set, you can see the progression of "draws" (meaning each time I pulled it through the drawplate...it's what I call them, not sure if that's correct). Next after threading on the pendant, I will attempt to close off the ends with some copper caps and add a clasp...stay tuned for those pics !

Source: http://ambrosianbeads.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-viking-knit-project.html

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Crazy eyes

Donkeys always make such easy photography subjects. Odds on they'll wander up to the fenceline, pull a stupid face and the rest is up to you...
One of the problems with photography in England is the extreme narrowness of a lot of the rural roads. While I'm driving around with one eye on the road and the other on potential photo ops, I need a third eye to spot any potential spot where I can pull up. The size of some of the roads here can make driving a very interesting gamble...

Source: http://microcosmic.blogspot.com/2008/02/crazy-eyes.html

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How wonderful is this? I found this pic on Vintage Love's Flickr.

I must apologise for the lack of posts of late, having to take down all the Vogart ones knocked the wind out of my sails, so to speak, but I'll be back soon with some cute patterns!

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/09/vintage-embroidery-mexico.html

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Yanomama in motion

The Ocelot (Felis pardalis) is a small cat from Central and South America.
The name "ocelot" comes from the Mexican Aztec word "tlalocelot" meaning field tiger.

Source: http://microcosmic.blogspot.com/2007/08/yanomama-in-motion.html

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Happy New Year!

Source: http://microcosmic.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-new-year.html

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Brownsville revival kick-started

Source: http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2012/03/brownsville-revival-kick-started.html

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Stitch-a-long #3

summer SAL, originally uploaded by stitchinwitch3.

So much stitching goodness! Click on the photo for a closer look. And I shamefully admit I haven't even started yet.

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/07/stitch-long-3.html

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Just a Little Bit of Uncensored Free Writing...

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Polishing a Brownsville gem

Paul Orris of Brownsville is nearly lost in the mist from a power washer he is using in his hometown to remove paint from a storefront a local couple are reopening as Mitchell's Cafe & Bakery. (Scott Beveridge photo)

Scott Beveridge

BROWNSVILLE, Pa. ? It's always inspiring to see young people invest in the redevelopment of derelict buildings in the Mon Valley, where blight in downtown districts has become a common sight.

Mitch and Brianne Mitchell have taken on such a project in Brownsville, Pa., between raising two you children and making marks in their own careers. She's a college professor and runs the Brownsville Film Office, and her husband is a bail bondsman, attorney and publisher of a local online newspaper.

"My husband has such a passion for Brownsville," Brianne Mitchell said in March, while workers remodeled and restored the former Plaza Bakery at 121 Brownsville St, which the couple hopes to reopen next month as Mitchell's Cafe & Bakery.

"So we said, 'Yes. Go for it.'"

Going for it can be a lot easier than it sounds in these older municipalities, some of which inhibit reinvestment by taxing merchants on their sales. It's no wonder all the new retail has shown up in such nearby places as Rostraver Township, where that tax doesn't exist. Bureaucratic red tape also can make it costly and confusing for start-ups to apply for historic preservation tax credits in these towns, which rarely offer tax breaks for those who choose to invest in historic preservation.

So these reasons make it all that much more impressive that the Mitchells are taking the time to hire local people to help them by using eco-friendly products to remove paint from the glass and brick on their two-story brick building. They want to reinstall a decorative tin ceiling inside above the original white marble honeycomb tile floor, and also recreate the wooden lunch counter that used to be inside Brownsville Pharmacy.

They also plan to hire a soos chef to recreate family recipes.

And, there appears to be a lot of local buzz about the opening of this cafe, of which I can't wait to be among the first customers.

Source: http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2012/05/polishing-brownsville-gem.html

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A Novel Treasury

My Venezia bracelet is part of this treasury based on the novel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. This collection is so interesting, I'm tempted to go check out the book !

Source: http://ambrosianbeads.blogspot.com/2010/07/novel-treasury.html

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Detail

Near the Tour de Hassan, Rabat Morocco

Source: http://microcosmic.blogspot.com/2008/01/detail.html

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Fun on Rollerskates!

By popular demand, here's the kitty from the set I blogged a few weeks back.

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/08/fun-on-rollerskates.html

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Red Gem Ring

Red Gem Ring, originally uploaded by ambrosianbeads.

I started this little ring a few weeks ago to submit to the Embellishing the Runway Flickr group. This was supposed to go with the crazy long-legged design challenge. The red garment was spectacular...weirdly awesome in a way...and I thought the ring would be a nice touch. Here it is finally, better late than never !

Source: http://ambrosianbeads.blogspot.com/2011/10/red-gem-ring.html

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All in a row

In the mysterious shell grotto - ooooooh!
Margate - Kent

Source: http://microcosmic.blogspot.com/2007/08/all-in-row.html

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Too many hands didn't spoil this soup

By Scott Beveridge

WEBSTER, Pa. ? It would be impossible to serve up the exact recipe for this most-excellent potato cheese soup because there were too many hands in this pot, and, in a good way.

But here is how in went down last Sunday.

Three great friends invited themselves over for dinner. I offered to cook the soup. They agreed to bring the beer.

To get it going, the onion and garlic were fried until translucent in some extra virgin olive oil (first and cold pressed) in a large pot on the stove.

The stock went in next and was brought to a boil.

Into the pot next went five or six medium sized Idaho potatoes, cut into cubes, after they were soaked a bit in a bowl filled with cold salted water.

Those potatoes were slow boiled until they began to disappear into the stock, while we tossed in some bacon, chopped celery and carrots along with some of the grated cheese.

At one point one of my friends added half of one my best 12 oz. bottles of India Pale Ale.

"Whoa. Whoa. Whoa," I said. "That's enough."

Really, he could have wasted some of the Yuengling.

Next we added the remaining potatoes, bacon, cream, cheese and spices until the soup tasted right to us, and continued to simmer the pot until the potatoes became nice and soft.

We also added some grated potato to thicken the soup and a whole lot off great memories along the way, paring them with a fantastic loaf of garlic and onion bread from Sunseri's in Pittsburgh's Strip District.

Ingredients:

1 lb. thick sliced bacon, peppered, fried well and drained on paper towel
Enough Idaho and red potatoes to get it right.
1 - 32 oz. Emeril's chicken stock
1 - 32 oz. Emeril's vegetable stock
I large white onion, chopped
4 cloves of garlic, pressed
1/2 pint of half and half
1 - 8 oz. package of expensive, creamy sharp cheddar cheese, grated
Six or seven stalks of celery.
1/2 of one of those bags of slivered carrots stores sell
Some beer
4 - Tbsp. butter
Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
Tabasco, to taste
Fresh grounded chili pepper corns, to taste
A big pinch of chopped parsley

Source: http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2012/02/too-many-hands-didnt-spoil-this-soup.html

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The bacon that bonds us

A tasty sandwich we affectionally named the South Franklin bacon and gorgonzola burger. (Scott Beveridge photo)

Call us good friends who have been bonding this winter over bacon.

The cheaper and greasier the bacon on the plates the better for this group of six I have been joining regularly for dinner at the tables that have switched weekly among our homes.

"Let's have bacon-wrapped shrimp next," one guest said last Sunday, deciding the next menu without argument. "Yes, let's do it."

Our parties began at my house over a cheesy bacon and potato soup.

We also decided in advance that these dinners must also include an activity, and mine featured a rather complicated playing cards game that died on delivery.

Next up it was bowling after dinner of lasagna and a most-excellent spinach salad with warm bacon dressing.

It should have been bowling first and then dinner because all that food, including our devouring an entire large loaf of garlic bread, sat like a lead balloon in my stomach while I bowled gutter ball after gutter ball. Two games were enough to burn us out.

Sunday we regrouped at a different house for bacon burgers with gorgonzola cheese and fresh-cut baked potatoes.

"They were tasty," one friend said.

I couldn't tell because, without realizing it at first, I was coming down with a cold that had begun to numb my taste buds. So I cannot attest to the quality of that last meal, even though it gets props for the effort it received.

But I'm still laughing at the silly cook who prepared the bacon on his stove while wearing a deer head mask.

Then it should come as no surprise that the activity of that day involved watching NASCAR.

The semi-anonymous cook frying bacon for the burgers. (Scott Beveridge photo)

Source: http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2012/03/bacon-that-bonds-up.html

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Mittwoch, 30. Mai 2012

Secrets Revealed, and a Free Offer for You!

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The iconic Fiesta dinnerware isn't just for the table

By Liz Rogers

NEWELL, W.Va. ? Handpainted on a Sunflower Fiesta dinner plate perched high atop a shelf in the Homer Laughlin China Co. museum: "Jill, will you marry me? Jim."

And you thought the iconic Art Deco ware was just for serving up some meat and potatoes.

For the past 75 years, the vibrant hues of Fiesta have been part of kitchen table settings everywhere. Vivid colors bearing names of Scarlet, Plum Shamrock, Lemongrass and Paprika have helped to make Fiesta the most collected china in the United States.

And, it's made in the United States, in the northern panhandle of West Virginia. In fact, an easy hour's drive from Washington.

"That's part of the appeal of Fiesta," said Dave Conley, director of Homer Laughlin China's retail sales and marketing. "This is the only thing they can find anymore made in the U.S."

Another selling point: It's lead free, and says so on the product line's back stamp, he added.

Nestled along the banks of the Ohio River, the pottery put the tiny town of Newell on the map ? literally.

Founded in 1871 in East Liverpool, Ohio, by Homer and Shakespeare Laughlin, the company's steady growth led to its move to an undeveloped tract of land across the river in West Virginia. Utilities were installed, a suspension bridge built and a trolley line created to transport pottery workers over the Ohio. Newell was established in 1905, and the new Homer Laughlin plant became the largest of its kind in the world at the time.

As demand for the pottery grew, more plants were built, and in the mid-1920s, the company hired English potter Frederick Hurton Rhead. Rhead created glazes in colors of red, blue, green, yellow and old ivory, deviating from the traditional white. Plus, a concentric circle design was imprinted on each piece, lending to the appearance of pottery handcrafted on a wheel. Fiesta became Rhead's legacy.

To date, Fiesta has launched 42 colors, and 15 remain in production. Each year, a color is retired and a new one introduced. Evergreen retired in 2010, and Chocolate is about to follow suit, ending production in March. The 2012 color will be announced at the International Trade Show in Chicago in March.

And the most popular color of all?

"Scarlet," says Conley without hesitation. Introduced in 2004, the color is the runaway favorite with collectors. The original Fiesta red was not a true red, he added, but more of an orange.

"For years, we couldn't do red," he explained. The pigments could not withstand the 2,300-degree firing temperature without burning out the color.

And the high temperature is necessary to ensure the product's durability.

The least popular color was Pearl Gray, which was produced for only two years.

Fiesta was taken out of production from 1973 until 1985, when Fiesta was reintroduced with lead-free glazes and vitrified china in five updated colors: White, Black, Rose, Apricot and Cobalt Blue.

Over the years, the company changed hands, and today is owned and operated by Joe Wells III, and his sisters Jean Wickes and Elizabeth McIlvaine, the fourth generation of the Wells family to run Homer Laughlin.

The company employs 965 people, most of whom are second- third-fourth-and fifth-generation employees.

The factory is open for tours twice daily by appointment, and is well worth the drive.

Barb Watson, who spent 30 of her 48 years with the company as a "handler" ? someone who attaches handles to cups ? came out of retirement to conduct the tours. She's familiar with every nook and cranny of the sprawling factory and knows everyone by name.

She proudly tours a visitor through the factory in late December, starting at the end of the production line and working her way to the beginning, where rolls of clay are cut and molded into the familiar shapes of Fiesta.

Among tour highlights: watching bowls move along a conveyor through a spray of glaze; artisans applying decals on plates and hand-painting gold trim on cups, and the imposing 350-foot-long main kiln, which bakes china at a blistering 2,300 degrees for eight hours.

The tour ends in the Homer Laughlin China museum, which features pieces of china manufactured throughout the company's history.

Also on display is a commemorative bowl marking the company's production of its 500 millionth piece of china in 1997. Only 500 pieces were produced, and the remainder was presented to dignitaries, the governor of West Virginia and the Smithsonian. Fifteen were donated to charities for auction, fetching an average of $5,200 apiece.

This year, in honor of the 75th anniversary of Fiesta, a special tureen and platter in this year's anniversary color, Marigold, are being produced. The 75-week production ends in November, or when the company reaches 10,000 pieces, whichever comes first.

The adjacent retail store features open stock of Fiesta, but the biggest draw is the seconds room, where pieces containing imperfections in glaze or color are sold at reduced prices.

Collectors look forward to the company's twice annual tent sales, held in June and October in the outlet store parking lot at the factory.

"The day it opens, we have 400 people standing in line waiting to get in. It's like Black Friday. They think they are getting something no one else is going to get," Conley says with a chuckle.

As for the plate bearing the marriage proposal?

"She said 'yes,'" Watson said.

For factory tour appointments, call 800-452-4462.

(Liz Rogers is editor of the Observer-Reporter in Washington, Pa. This story first appeared in the January/February issued of newpaper's Living Washington County magazine)

Source: http://scottbeveridge.blogspot.com/2012/04/iconic-fiesta-dinnerware-isnt-just-for.html

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Turquoise Agate Pendant Necklace

Turquoise Agate Pendant Necklace, originally uploaded by ambrosianbeads.

Here's a little pendant that needed a chain. I used Wildfire thread and had SOOO much trouble getting the last few stitches through the beads the more than once. Arrgh !

Source: http://ambrosianbeads.blogspot.com/2011/10/turquoise-agate-pendant-necklace.html

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Mid-Year 2008 Stitch-along #1

Mid-Year 2008 SAL, originally uploaded by rufffledfeathers.

Look at one of the beautiful pieces I found on flickr today for the Embroidery group stitch-along. Blogged at www.ruffledfeathers.typepad.com.

Source: http://stitchybritches.blogspot.com/2008/07/mid-year-2008-stitch-along-1.html

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