Stories of family, creativity, and diverse distractions.

Month: September 2022

Pictures from the Old Threshers Reunion 1966

The Midwest Old Threshers Reunion in Mount Pleasant has been an event since 1950. I found a couple of pictures from the 1966 event in Georgie’s photos.

Another of My Favorite Tools: Layout Fluid

We’ve all heard “measure twice, cut once”, right? But if you don’t mark the measurement, you might as well not bother measuring at all.

To mark wood, you could use chalk, or a pencil. But those don’t work very well on metal. You need something more precise. You need a scriber, and layout fluid.

St. Mary’s Orchestra in 1934

I found this picture again while I was scanning some photos. I had used it in this post. It is from 1934 and shows the Orchestra from St. Mary’s school. Georgina isn’t in this picture, but she did play the flute.

Organization is key to not confusing yourself – laying out a big quilt

Image shows several colorful arcs of fabric on a black background
There are 104 pieces of fabric in this one section

I have only made one large quilt in the past. Most of my projects are wall hangings or throw quilts or baby quilts. When I started working on a quilt for our bed, I knew it was going to be a bit of a project to keep it all organized.

Just one section has over 100 pieces pieces! So it was a lot to keep it straight as I worked. Fortunately, the pattern was very good at helping keep it together during the cutting and initial sewing.

Happy Birthday Cletus “Clip” Freitag

Cletus “Clip” Freitag was born on September 16, 1914 in Lee County, Iowa. His parents were William Henry Freitag and Catherine Bernadine Menke.

Delores Wellman, Georgina Hoel, Cletus, Linus, and Leo Freitag, taken in Houghton, Iowa in 1936. (the boys might be out of order, as it wasn’t clear on the photo who was who).

Using the fresh pesto: Chicken with prosciutto

Last week, I posted about making fresh pesto from the basil I grew in the garden. This week, I am going to talk about one of my favorite recipes that uses pesto – stuffed chicken breast with prosciutto.

The chicken, with homemade macaroni (ok, rotini ;)) and cheese and Georgie’s green beans.

Fun photos – mirror shots

I haven’t done a lot of editing on these pictures, but I got such a smile from them that I wanted to share. When Carl and Georgie were dating, they did several sets of pictures where they would pose one and then the other in a similar setting. Here are a couple of fun ones.

More cooking from the harvest – Fresh pesto

I really enjoy using fresh from the garden food in my cooking. This year I grew basil, so it’s time to make some pesto! It’s an easy to make recipe that can add so much flavor to your food.

Fun photo finds: cute cousins!

I have been working on scanning in some photos from the many boxes we have. I found a couple of fun photos of Walt’s brother’s and cousins from the 1950s.

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