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Making the Perfect Hard Boiled Egg - A Tutorial
It's getting close to Easter and everyone knows that the dreaded coloring of mass quantities of eggs is in their immediate future. Why not get those eggs cooked properly the first time so you can use...
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Vinegar Sugar Cookies for Easter or Spring
This is my favorite SOFT sugar cookie recipe. It might sound gross, but they are VERY tasty. You will need to follow this recipe in the steps given for them to work the best for you. I also made my own...
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How to beat the Cake Mix Companies at their own game!
It is frustrating to buy a cake mix at the store and pay some really HIGH prices for them to only make a 1" thick cake when it is all said and done. I can't afford name brand so knowing that they also...
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Happy Good Friday to All!
It's been pretty quiet on the blog for the past few days. I pulled a near all nighter with a sick kid and couldn't function yesterday enough to spend time writing anything semi-intelligent. LOL! Got...
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Making a Kitchen Towel Hanger with Potholder
I decided to follow the lead after seeing a video on how to make these things. Of course we all know what one person does well... might end up as a fail if we do it. So needless to say, I had one of...
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Recipe Test Tuesdays - Wild Violet Jelly
Never made it before but so far so good. Gathered my wild violets out of the yard then rinsed them under cold water. I'm surprised I got 2 heaping cups of these bad boys for the recipe I found. Took a...
View ArticleSpring! I should be planting! But...
Procrastination... or is it because I got a cold and felt MISERABLE that I didn't want to do anything for a few days? I spent time outside today emptying a sopping wet bag of manure composted dirt into...
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I Think I Want to Fix up some OLD Sewing Machines
This past Saturday I went out to the local citywide garage sales. I ended up bringing home THREE older sewing machines and only spent $2.00. NOT A TYPO! I bought one and two of them were free. The one...
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Re-birth of a Vintage Japanese Branded Sewing Machine
Okay, I did another garage sale thing yesterday and brought this baby home. Her cabinet is in bad shape and she is a little dusty with quite a few cobwebs. It's another Japanese Branded Sewing machine...
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An Old Singer 128-13 Sewing Machine in Combination Table
My first antique sewing machine renewal project. Back of case - Before Case Front - Before Case Right Side - Before Case Left Side - Before And then the machine table: Before - After This little...
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Davis Vertical Feed Treadle Sewing Machine NVF
WOW! It's been a month since I typed up and published a page on here. I'm still here and busy as heck with several sewing machines that I am servicing, parting out, or working on purchasing. So for the...
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Minnesota Treadle Machine Without Cabinet
I picked up several machines and a couple of treadle cabinets about a month ago. My goal was to learn a little more about how to clean and repair machines properly. The hardest thing with any sewing...
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Buyer Beware -- Craigslist Stoopid People and Sewing Machines
Okay, so today's been one of those weird days where some of us Vintage Sewing Machine Addicts dig through Craigslist ads in our area. So we find an ad where some person proclaims a RARE sewing machine...
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1923 Singer Model 66 Redeye Decal Treadle
I drove to Kansas City a few weeks back and got a couple of treadle cabinets and 4 other treadle machine heads of various makers and model types. Today's post will be of the Redeye that I'm hopefully...
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1895 Singer Model 27 with Sphinx Decals - Rusty Rescue
Nothing is as sad as seeing an OLD antique machine in this condition found at a hoarder's junk shop in Marshall, Missouri. In the freaking parking lot out in the weather. Looks pretty rough doesn't it?...
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Sewing Baskets... I'm Clueless and researching...
Okay... so I don't know much about baskets, but grabbed a few up to get the stuff inside of them at an auction. So this post is dedicated to the baskets that I got and hope that with some help from...
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Impossible Pie with an Eggnog Twist
If you love pie, this one is a good one. I've tweaked this recipe to make it into an Egg Nog Flavored pie and after several tries, I was able to get the flavors just right. This would be a great...
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Lemon Bars Recipe Guaranteed not to Last on the plate
Lemon Bars Crust: 2 Cups flour 1 C butter 1/2 C powdered sugar Mix them together, pat into a 9X13 baking dish, and bake in 350F oven for 15 minutes or until slightly browned Filling: Sift together 2...
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PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH APPLE PIE
This is the BEST apple pie that I enjoy to make, bake, and eat. Pretty easy and straight forward that anyone can make this and serve at the holiday table. Practice with a homemade crust so you can...
View ArticleGetting Back To Blogging :-)
It's been forever since I posted my random blog entries, but I will be back and better than ever. One kink in my plan is getting a new laptop. My keyboard is angry so I have to use the on-screen...
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Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe
My first ever meringue pie was a lemon meringue that had a recipe posted on the crisco website. My feelings are that if I can do it, so can you. So basic and easy to make even with the few steps it...
View ArticleCookie Baking Challenge - November
I'm going to make the last few days of the month into a challenge to bake as many cookie recipes I can. You all are more than welcome to join me. You may share your favorite cookie recipes or pictures...
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No More Boring Drive Thru or Diner Biscuits and Gravy
I almost cruised through the drive thru at McDonalds this morning, but the line was a little TOO long for my liking. Then realized I had all the ingredients to make Biscuits & Gravy at home. Back...
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Shop Your Way Rewards & Sweepstakes - A New Adventure
Just recently I started to participate in the Sweepstakes on the Shop Your Way website. Just yesterday I was able to purchase a sock loom for FREE with the points I won in the past 2 days from the...
View ArticleFinding Dish Cloth Patterns to Knit
I've been relearning how to knit and decided to purchase some cotton yarn to make dish cloths in the process. I want to use this post also as the means to help YOU find patterns as well since many I've...
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