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KISSed Quilts - Sail Away Collection Lends Itself To Double Sparkle Pattern
By Marlene Oddie Using AnglePlay® shapes, I set ors to celebrate a special occasion.
two blocks together to create this Marlene Oddie is an engineer by
Having grown up on the Mon- Double Sparkle quilt pattern. Squint education, project manager by pro-
terey Bay in California, I have an and just watch it sparkle! Given the fession and now a quilter by passion
affinity towards fabrics that deal fabric themes, this quilt is named in Grand Coulee, WA, at her quilt
with the ocean, seashore or being on Regatta. It may look difficult with shop, KISSed Quilts.
the water — any body of water. all the special triangle shapes but (marlene@kissedquilts.com) She
I feel super blessed to currently AnglePlay® really makes it easy. quilts for hire on a Gammill Opti-
live with a beautiful view overlook- The directional sailboat fabric mum Plus but especially enjoys de-
ing Lake Roosevelt above the Grand was actually not too difficult to cut signing quilts and assisting in the
Coulee Dam in Washington State. so that it all stayed upright. The pat- creation of a meaningful treasure for
This new Sail Away collection tern will give you tips to ensure a the recipient. Fabric, patterns, kits
from Island Batik is very patriotic successful outcome. and templates are available at
but also captures the essence of sail- Consider this pattern in holiday- kissedquilts.com. Follow Marlene’s
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This Innkeeperchic - Holidays Set The Rhythm For The Year Ahead
By Kelly Illick provision.
This Innkeeperchic Then, the day after Thanksgiving, when
most folks are Black Friday shopping, I am
I have a calendar schedule for all the dec- usually chucking my multitudes of pumpkins
orating for the different holidays. It is my in the horse pasture and my scads of gourds
rhythm and the drum I beat to when it in the woods of the ravine to nourish the
comes to decorating here at Second Wind. squirrels.
For me, in my mind, I start with spring. Next out comes the totes of my favorite,
If it were to be a list it would look like elegant (but simplistic) Christmas decora-
this: tions. I love proclaiming, through my deco-
•Spring (springing into summer) rating, the joy that has come to the world. I
•July 4th love hanging the mistletoe and dancing with
•Autumn/Harvest my hubby and grandkids under it ... singing,
•Christmas “Don't go under the mistletoe, with anyone
•Valentine's Day else but me.” I love wreaths on all my
I start decorating for spring when I get doors, garage doors and barn doors. I love
tired of winter and need to focus on the hope playing the slew of my favorite Christmas
that winter (which I love, but only for so carols.
long) will end. One of my favorite memories when we
Holiday decorating gives us all something to look forward to - what holidays garner your
It all started one spring when I was just raised our family was readying tins of best efforts in decorating?
antsy for spring to come. I bought some fake Christmas cookies to bring to a handful of
(but very realistic and beautiful) silk tulips. neighbors. We would bundle up the kids I am grateful for the fun, beautiful, is a good time to pull out this Charles Dick-
I put them out in my garden with the strug- close to Christmas, and go knocking on their strong women who modeled this rhythm. ens quote. Happy New Year to you all!
gling tulips. I'll never forget, the day I doors singing Christmas carols. One little This year, in particular, I have had many
“planted them,” one of my sons came home lady, who became our kid's adopted bouts of missing them more than ever. This Innkeeperchic by Kelly Illick, featur-
from school applauding away about how grandma, danced with each of our kids as And this concludes my ramblings for ing fresh seasonal recipes from the north-
pretty they were, and how he couldn't be- we sang. Oh, the memories! Many of the 2021. You my reader will be reading this in woods of Wisconsin. Kelly loves using
lieve he hadn't noticed them until that day. traditions we held were handed down to me the new year, 2022. My prayer for you is locally grown fruits and vegetables grown
After he mentioned it a few more times, I from my mama and my grandmas. Such giv- that you may sense in this new year, the joy here in the north. She and her husband
had to tell him that they weren't real and I ing generous hearts they had. I will ever that came into the world 2000 years ago. Mark operate Second Wind Country Inn in
had stuck them in the ground earlier that treasure the legacy each one of them handed And may you reach deep into your memo- rural Ashland, Wisconsin. Second Wind is
day. It's just one of many unforgettable “son to me. ries and pull from the happy ones. Thus, I known for its rustic elegance, old-fashioned
memories.” I keep up Christmas decorations until the conclude my conclusion with a quote I'm hospitality and delightful farm animals.
I used those tulips over and over. They week before Valentine's Day. Then down sure you've heard before, Check them out at www.secondwind-
stretched my tulip patch for many a year. comes much of the Christmas decor, though “God bless us, every one!” countryinn.com or like them on Facebook.
Those tulips and many other flowers take me keeping out my many snowmen, snowy ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Look for more of Kelly’s favorite recipes in
from spring into summer. I flow with my moose and red cardinals. I figure they can Though a bit beyond Christmas, any time upcoming issues of “The Country Register.”
gardening theme until autumn. In the middle stay up all winter. Besides, they all look well
of summer, I line my many little flags all with a few Valentine accents. And Valen-
WinInnd
www.secondwindcountryinn.com
SecondCountry
along my sidewalks, as I have need to cele- tine's Day, like all holidays (on my list), is
brate my love for the great country God has my favorite!
given me to live in. How could that be? That all holidays are
Autumn/harvest decorations get pulled my favorite? Well, they are ... truly! Perhaps
out the week after Labor Day. That is my it's like our kids. Aren't they all our fa-
cue for stopping at every roadside pumpkin vorite? That is why I leave Halloween out
stand to add to my fall array of scarecrows, ... it's not a favorite and I don't celebrate Come Enjoy The Quiet Hush Of Northern Wisconsin
Mark & Kelly Illick
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Bubbles & Friendship, Among Friends Who Became Family
By Becky Van Vleet her turn. Of course, we always hoped it “rinsed” because the abundant bubbles she
would be her sisters’ turns so that we created immediately invaded the rinse
“There are friends, and there is family, could go play. But when it fell upon us to water.
and then there are friends that become clear the table, stack the dishes, fill the Whether the dishes truly got the rinse
family.” (Unknown) sink with bubbly water, well, we took on they needed, it didn’t matter. This was a
this chore without too much complaint. time that two friends talked about every-
I ran across this quote recently, and my No dishwashers in the 1960s. thing under the sun: crushes on boys,
childhood friend, Claudette, came to In fact, when dishwashers came out school, our parents, our sisters, our teach-
mind. Without coming right out to reveal later, both our mothers said, “We don’t ers, and who would win the World Series.
our ages — women just don’t like to do need dishwashers. We have our daugh- Ahh, such fun memories from long
that — I will tell you that we have been ters!” ago, bubbles and all. I wish young girls
friends for more than 60 years. Claudette always washed and I always could wash and dry dishes together today.
Our friendship actually began through dried. I never questioned this, it’s just the They don’t know what they’re missing!
our parents at church. Walter and Alberta, things because I just knew she would have way it was. Claudette would squeeze the
Claude and Becky were as thick as gravy all the answers. We ended up as college liquid soap bottle under the running tap Becky Van Vleet, a retired school ad-
on mashed potatoes. With seven daughters roommates, and later we stood at the altar water like I squeezed the ketchup bottle — ministrator, lives near Colorado Springs
between the two couples, our families’ in each other’s weddings. way too much. The result? Bubbles galore. with her husband Troy. They are the par-
friendship flourished as we spent time to- There is one childhood memory that I Those bubbles would be all over the place ents of four grown children and enjoy
gether at church and in each other’s homes continue to remember to this very day, and — the floor, the countertops, even on her, spending time with their eight grandchil-
for many years. it’s all about bubbles! sometimes on me. I stood next to her to dren. Becky is a children’s picture book
As a young girl, I looked up to When I would go over to Claudette’s remove each dish from the rinse water to author, and her website is devoted to fam-
Claudette who was almost one year older house after church on Sundays, I would place in the drainboard to be ready for ily stories and creating memories:
than me. I cracked up laughing at her help wash and dry the dishes with her if I drying and putting away. But in truth, only www.beckyvanvleet.com.
witty pranks. I always asked her advice on happened to be at her house when it was the first couple of dishes really got
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