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The Castle Keeper Girls Learn to Embroidery
There is something so satisfying about working with your hands and practicing creativity. Recently the CK girls learned the basics of embroidery and I loved what they produced. The girls first traced the pattern that was provided onto a piece of muslin. Every girl was given their own green skein of embroidery floss and then there were several other colors the girls could choose from to complete their project. Basics like how to use the embroidery floss had to be taught because you never know what kids will conjure up in their imaginations of how to use it. It’s good to expose the…
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The Castle Keeper Girls Go Fruit Picking
This time of year the citrus is plentiful here in Arizona so the Castle Keeper girls took advantage of it and spent a morning picking as much as they wanted of lemons, grapefruits, oranges and tangerines. We first obtained permission from the home owners and then we got to picking. It’s been wonderful having fresh squeezed grapefruit and orange juice every morning for the past several weeks. Besides juicing the fruit, I sliced oranges and lemons and flash froze them before placing them in plastic bags. When I want to use them I cut them in half and add them to glasses of water. The other way…
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A Winter Party Hosted by the Castle Keeper Girls
The CK girls hosted their 3rd Winter Party and did a fabulous job once again. It was such a fun evening with lots of laughs. The menu was: 4 different soups breadsticks 2 salads and a variety of Christmas time desserts For activities they planned: a mixer where you had to get signatures from different ones according to whether they had ever did what was listed on the paper decorating gingerbread houses Christmas carol charades As you know by now, I like putting together slide shows, so here is one of our evening. I’m definitely not a professional. I need some skills, people. haha But here it…
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Castle Keeper Girls Complete Their Quilts
The Castle Keeper girls were able to finish up the quilts they had begun a few months ago at November’s class. So many beautiful fabrics were chosen by the girls and they learned a lot – from how to cut fabric properly to learning how important it is to sew a straight line, to seeing the different steps that are involved in making a quilt. 🙂 They learned to persevere as they cut squares and sewed them all together. Tip: One thing I would encourage all ladies who are wanting to learn to sew is be sure you have a good working machine. Many get discouraged with sewing if their…
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Castle Keepers Learn to Quilt
I don’t think I knew what I was taking on which was probably a good thing. It was our monthly class for Castle Keepers and it was my turn to teach. 10 Castle Keeper girls and most with little experience on a sewing machine. That, however, wasn’t the problem. The problem was trying to teach them all the proper way to cut fabric and that took so much time and all my attention. The girls decided they learned more than how to cut fabric. They learned patience as well. They worked for quite a long time cutting fabric. Serenity was a big blessing – volunteering to help…
