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County Fair Table Topper
In a previous post, I wrote about resurrecting some old decorative art sketches to make pen and ink panels for a tri-stand quilt rack. That post is here:...
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Pie Contest Table Topper–Mini-Quilt
In the 1990s, I did a large painting of our county fair pie contest. I took a picture of this painting and printed it on June Tailor Colorfast Fabric for Inkjet Printers. I left the backing paper on...
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Garden Flag Made from Canvas Duck Fabric
I have a small garden flag stand beside my front walk and have a lot of nice seasonal flags for it, but I was never able to find a flag with a harness horse on it. This past week, I bought some...
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Sugar Cream Pie
In the 1970s, my young daughters and I loved a Sugar Cream pie that we could buy frozen at our local grocer. As the years went by, the pie disappeared from the grocery store and several of my...
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Health Bread
I first made this bread in 1988 when it won a ribbon at our county fair. The recipe came from an old publication called Blue Ribbon Gazette, a collection of blue ribbon winning recipes from around...
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Poppyseed Rye Bread
In the 1980s, I started using Saco Buttermilk Powder to make bread and sent away for a collection of recipe cards. It was a wonderful set of cards and this was one of my early favorites. I first...
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The First County Fair of the Season
My older daughter and I went to our first fair of the season – our Warren County Fair in Lebanon, Ohio. The day was beautiful with bright, sunny skies and an 80 degree temperature. I’ve exhibited...
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Collectibles from the Butler County (Ohio) Fair
I have so many wonderful collectibles acquired over the last 80+ years. Some were gifts, some were part of my life growing up, some are inherited, some were purchased at antique malls and thrift...
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