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Merit Badge Awardees - Woo-hoo Sisters!: Farmgirl Sisterhood Merit Badge Awardees  |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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 Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 2:12:00 PM
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Loyce Krogel (traildancer, #1272) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning a beginner level Sew Wonderful badge.
"When looking through my button collection I found a small sewing kit. With that as my basis, I stitched together some quilt scraps with batting to make a booklet. I strung several buttons on a piece of embroidery floss; added several needles and safety pins; tied on a pair of folding scissors. Out of more quilt scraps I sewed a pincushion in the shape of a heart with several layers of batting in between. Then I stuck lots of pins into it.
My friend, who doesn't know how to sew but wants to learn, was tickled to get the kit. I actually stitched it up in front of her while she was finishing up a quilted potholder." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 2:19:42 PM
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Loyce Krogel (traildancer, #1272) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning a intermediate level Sew Wonderful badge.
"I have been sewing for over 40 years now, and have done many things both by machine and by hand. I know how to sew a straight seam by hand using occasional back stitches to keep the thread from pulling through. And that is the first seam I learned on a machine. For one of the aprons I made, I used a french seam. I have done flat felled seams and feel that they are more trouble than they are worth. The french seams are a nice touch, though.
Since it had been 25 years since I had last done a french seam, I started out wrong and had to rip out and start over. Once I remembered the correct way, the rest was easy. It made the apron look as good on the inside as on the outside. I used batik fabric so there isn't a wrong side to the fabric." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 3:37:47 PM
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Loyce Krogel (traildancer, #1272) has received a certificate of achievement in Stitching & Crafting for earning a intermediate level Aprons badge.
"Last night I sewed up a full apron in Civil War reproduction fabric.
The apron is very pretty and vintage looking. The pattern called for self-made bias binding sewn around all the edges. This was a pain. I did the first section according to the pattern and promptly changed the way I did the rest of it, thanks to many, many years of sewing experience. It was painstaking either way. There is a small gathered inset in the front of the apron skirt with binding across the top. It really adds to the apron. Including cutting out and sewing, I spent more than three hours on this project." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 4:11:07 PM
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Stephanie Orr (OrrShine, #1545) has received a certificate of achievement in Garden Gate for earning a beginner level Bee Good to Your Mother Earth badge.
"This year I was excited to expand my garden. It's the largest one I've ever kept. I began turning over the grass in April. With such an unusually warm spring I was able to begin planting early in mid May. All plants were in by June, and the growing began. I began reading Montrose in July.
I finished reading Montrose the last week of July. I have to say my favorite part is the winter months when Nancy's garden is so alive while mine is burried under two feet of snow. This was the first year growing a potato and I will surely grow more next year."
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 4:38:38 PM
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Kristina Nelson (FieldsofThyme, #800) has received a certificate of achievement in Each Other for earning a intermediate level Families Forever badge.
"We kept a journal and recorded the amount of television that was watched in our home.
Over the years we have cut back on the amount of TV that is watched, suggesting it be no more than 2 hours a day (including computer time in those 2 hours). We definitely can cut back even more on TV time, but it seems the kids run to the computer when the TV is off. During the week of keeping our journal, I noticed the kids reading or drawing more often, and watching TV less. We are spending more time outside together now in the evenings." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 4:43:43 PM
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Kristina Nelson (FieldsofThyme, #800) has received a certificate of achievement in Each Other for earning an expert level Families Forever badge.
"We have gone camping and hiking twice in the last 2 months. The kids enjoyed the fact they could bring their dogs and hike with them.
We are already planning more camping/hiking trips before it snows. We came up with the following ideas to spend more time with each other:
-visit a nearby historic General Store and taste sarsaparillas
-take a boat trip to an island and camp
-search for free u-pick ads for pears, wild black raspberries and other free fruit, and pick them together as a family
-take a tour of a local jelly factory
-spend a weekend camping in a Yurt" |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 21 2010 : 4:49:12 PM
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Laura Hughes (morning, #1915) has received a certificate of achievement in Garden Gate for earning a beginner level Horse Dreams badge.
"We went to the state fair and were able to walk around and meet many different breeds of horses.
I loved the quarter horses probably because I had one when I was a teenager.
It was a lot of fun walking around and meeting all the different horses and watching a little bit of the jumping competition." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 23 2010 : 09:25:19 AM
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| CJ Armstrong (ceejay48, #665) has received a certificate of achievement in Farmgirl Legends for earning the Schoolmarm Cleaning Up badge. |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 4:17:50 PM
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Monique Bergeron (RIGardenGirl, #1838) has received a certificate of achievement in Cleaning Up for earning a beginner level Shopping Green badge.
"I have been using reusable bags for about 2 years. My family thinks I am crazy because I have about 20! I actually had more, but I started my parents on the green path too!
I use my bags where ever I shop."
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 24 2010 : 4:25:01 PM
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Monique Bergeron (RIGardenGirl, #1838) has received a certificate of achievement in Cleaning Up for earning a intermediate level Shopping Green badge.
"I wanted to use something other than glass cleaner. It seemed to me that I could put something together that cleaned just as good without the chemicals and dye.
I use straight vinegar to clean glass now. The smell is good and doesn't linger. I have removed any glass cleaner from the house. The glass actually sparkles better than anything else I have used." |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 27 2010 : 1:11:25 PM
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Jessie Yonkovit (JessieMae, #134) has received a certificate of achievement in Cleaning Up for earning a beginner level Shopping Green badge.
"I collected 6 reusable shopping bags and 1 shopping basket and have used them consistently. The wrinkly orange bag (second from right in the photograph) folds down into its own pouch and can be carried in my regular purse, so I am never without it!
I use the bags with every shopping trip!"
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 27 2010 : 1:22:25 PM
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Jessie Yonkovit (JessieMae, #134) has received a certificate of achievement in Outpost for earning a beginner level 'Out There' Women badge.
"I assembled a survival kit containing a flourescent rain poncho, combination whistle/compass/matchbox, waterproof matches, first aid kit, nylon cord, a Swiss Army knife, a plastic mirror, an (organic!) energy bar, and a space blanket. I also made a muslin sack to keep it all together in my backpack. In addition, using the book Roadside Guide to Michigan Plants, Trees, and Flowers by Edwin and Connie Arnfield that I borrowed from the library, I was able to identify 10 plants native to Michigan and whether or not they could be used as medicine or food, or if they were poisonous.
The survival kit will be handy on hikes (I won’t have to run all over the house finding stuff, since it’s all in one place now), and learning the native plants was interesting enough that I think I will buy a copy of the book I borrowed and keep it with my pack, so I can identify more of the plants I walk through and hardly notice!"
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 27 2010 : 1:31:49 PM
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Anna Vaagen (vaagen, #2074) has received a certificate of achievement in Each Other for earning a beginner level Entrepreneurial Spirit badge.
"I finally opened my real estate firm, after years of planning and wishing! Thanks for the motivation I needed!
I have already recruited two new agents!"
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 27 2010 : 4:02:19 PM
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Linda Douglas (lindadouglas, #2117) has received a certificate of achievement in Garden Gate for earning a beginner level Horse Dreams badge.
"I have been around horses my whole life from working at a stable as a young lady and now my daughter owns her own horse (that she keeps at her Poppy's house). She is a bay, and a real beauty, but on Monday the 20th (my day off) I took your challenge and drove around my community (Eagleville, TN to be exact) looking for different kinds of horses...mostly all there were was Tennessee Walking Horses but I was pleasantly surprised when I came upon this one farm that had an Appaloosa...so this has become the breed that I plan to research for my next level. As far as "meeting" a horse up close and personal, I do that everytime I need to help my daughter saddle "Taylor" her bay or brush her, or put braids in her mane.
It was nice to have a drive around in the country with nothing to do but look at horses for a change. I took my trusty goat, Cookie with me. Picture enclosed is of my daughter, Hannah and her horse Taylor."
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
7318 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Sep 27 2010 : 4:11:47 PM
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Linda Douglas (lindadouglas, #2117) has received a certificate of achievement in Garden Gate for earning a beginner level The Secret Life of Bees badge.
"I watched the trailer and even though I had heard of CCD, I guess I just didn't realize that it spread all the way around the world...I agree with what the one lady said about industrialization, I would leave too. Pretty much sums it up. I read the Secret Life of Bees a couple years ago, and loved it but was very disappointed when the movie came out, it didn't do the book justice. I always plant sunflowers and cosmos in around my vegetable garden, last year my cosmos were pink, this year they are orange, but I don't think the bees mind. :)
I have always loved bees, my grandmother kept them her ever since my dad was a little boy. I looked up my local bee association, they meet the first monday of the month, can't wait to go in a few weeks." |
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