November 4, 2002
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HISTORIC BABY CLOTHES INFORMATION FROM The Modern Priscilla for June, 1912 - Mother and Child - (part three)
The white underskirts required one bolt of long cloth at $1.65. The trimming for them was nine yards of embroidery with hemstitch edge at ten cents a yard, and the nine yards of narrow torchon lace at eight and one third cents, which I put on narrow tucked ruffles. Above the ruffles of these underskirts were clusters of small tucks. On some I feather stitched between the tucks. I made the skirts gathered to a yoke, the shoulders of the yoke being buttoned together. I did not find this any great advantage, however.
Two of the flannel skirts were plain with feather stitching on the hems. They required three yards of flannel at fifty cents a yard. The other three were of flannel with simple embroidered design above the hem. This bought at a sale cost sixty five cents a yard, a total of $2.93. The skirt which was given me was of beautiful flannel and was hand scalloped, with the tiniest of linen lace frilled in round the scallops. (To be continued next week...)
SEWING/FRAMING PROBLEM FROM LINDA DEFEO, FLORIDA
SEWING TIP FROM PAT CADYA friend from my Church has a family member who mounted her mother's christening dress from the late 1800's. She was shocked to find out that the framing company mounted the dress with glue! The dress started separating from the backing of the frame, so her sister carefully removed the rest of the dress from the glue and put the dress in the cedar chest. I told her to buy the non-acid paper and the non-acid box to store the dress. She is now excited about your magazine & TV program & wants to start sewing again. I watch your program faithfully & can't wait for my magazine to arrive. My husband brings in the mail & says " Lin, Martha Pullen arrived. "I chuckle and say "I wish"!!! I hope to see you in January at the Orlando show."
(NOTE FROM MARTHA: Linda, I have a beautiful christening dress framed in a shadow box and I had the framers stitch, by hand, the dress (the back, of course) to the mounting board. It was tacked in many places. Putting a dress in a shadow box is a great way of preserving the dress for everyone to enjoy. Please, if you frame the dress, write all details of the dress and put it in an envelope glued to the back of the frame. Otherwise, future generations might not have a clue to whom the dress belonged or the significance for the family. If you baste the dress, then it can be untacked for someone else to wear, if desired. The real challenge for our framers was keeping the dress beautifully pressed while taking it and framing it.)
I just read the last two newsletters on having the pin cushion handy. For many years, I've had at least 2 and now have 3 going at a time. One at the sewing machine, I use most, one at an older sewing machine that I use for basting, and one on the cutting table. Depending on what I'm doing at the time, when one gets filled up, I move the empty one to that space and keep rotating them as I go. There is always a pin cushion within reach.
SEWING TIP FROM MARTHA PULLEN
Years ago I discarded all pins except glass head pins, just in case an iron ever touched anything on which I was working.
LETTER FROM DOROTHY MURPHY, A MARTHA PULLEN HUSQVARNA/VIKING LICENSED TEACHER-ABOUT TEACHING GIFT OF THE MONTH CLASSES
I, too, am doing the Gift of the Month. For the October project (the small evening bag in black dupioni): I made a sample in the black for evening, as it was shown, and a sample in a tan suede cloth, with the design in fall colors, a tan leather strap, etc. so the ladies could see both possibilities. I'm always surprised at how many of us, who may have been sewing for some time, sometimes have difficulty visualizing possibilities beyond what they see. It made a big difference when I shared two totally different looks from the same pattern and embroidery design.
(2 Notes from Martha: 1. Dorothy's motto is "The kitchen is closed, check the sewing room." (Don't you love it?) 2. Dorothy's note reminded me to think outside the box concerning all sewing. As teachers and students I believe that is one of our main jobs and one of the greatest joys of sewing - visualizing possibilities beyond the exact project.)
PERSONAL LETTER From MARTHA
Dear Friends,
First, let me ask you to pray for the team of 14 people who are ministering in Benin, West Africa, with John and Suzanne. This team is led by Dr. Dick Thomassian and his lovely wife, Lois. The evangelistic team and the medical team will be ministering under difficult circumstances; please pray that the people will be reached with the love of Jesus Christ through their entire ministry. Please pray for God's strength for them and for safety while traveling. They left October 31 and will return November 10.
My Daddy's birthday was October 31. Although he went to be with the Lord about 20 years ago, he is always in my mind for so many things. He is the only person that I ever knew, personally, about whom I can say "I never heard him say one unkind word about another person." His grandfather, Rev. W.D. Ward, was a Methodist circuit riding preacher who came with 30 other Tennessee ministers to start the Methodist church in Alabama. My Daddy's grandfather was one of the greatest influences in his life and he always told me, 'Martha, my granddaddy told me if you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything." I need to remember that every day of my life, not just on my Daddy's birthday. I need to work very hard to practice that principle.
This morning while I was doing my aerobics class at 5:30 am I was thinking about you, our precious friends and customers. There are several philosophic things I would like to share. One of the main joys of our having educational events and schools is knowing you look forward to them so very much. Everyone needs something to look forward to.
We have another goal in our business - to offer you new products and educational materials to bring the joy of sewing to you in an exciting, creative and professional way. We pray that our business products do just that in your life. We have another goal which is just as important: to treat you like a best friend when you call us or contact us in any manner. I have the world's best staff and they want you to be treated like friends when you order from us or just call us for other information. We want to be the business which brings you happiness in every way. We strive to meet these goals. We also want everyone to know that we are able to accomplish what we do by the grace and goodness of God and that God owns our business.
We will be in Orange Beach this week for our very first "Sewing at Orange Beach." We are so very excited since Joe and I have been talking about having a school in the Gulf Shores area for the whole 21 years I have been in business. Our staff members are already there, and Joe and I leave tomorrow. We can't wait! I'll let you know all about it next week. The truck is packed; I never shall forget packing all my household possessions in a U-Haul truck and driving from Gainesville, Florida, to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to attend graduate school. The only disaster on my trip was pulling into a gas station with an overhang (which was too low) and bumping the top of the U-Haul truck. Thank goodness the truck was not hurt and the gas station ceiling did not fall!
The best Christmas present I ever received in my life was when I was 8 years old. When I awoke on Christmas morning there was a beautiful Toni doll and a whole wardrobe of doll clothes that my Mama had made all over the living room floor. I still have that doll and that wardrobe, but most importantly, I have the memories that Mama and I shared over that particular sewing project - one which lasted for her whole lifetime and will last for mine. Every year when I begin to get the Christmas spirit, which is always before Thanksgiving, I start thinking about that wardrobe of doll clothes and my Toni doll. But mostly those memories are about Mama and her sewing those clothes.
As Mama's memory began to fade, sometimes it was up to me to make up most of our conversations. One of the favorite things she loved to hear about was those doll clothes. She would light up and remember part of the wardrobe. If I talked about the hounds' tooth wool coat with the green wool lining, she would say, "But your favorite was the wedding dress." If I would talk about the swim suit she would remind me that there was a beach coat with the swim suit. She helped me make more clothes after Christmas. Since Mama taught school, she would have to wait until I went to bed to begin sewing those precious doll clothes. I would always tell her in the later years, "Mama, Joe has given me beautiful and expensive gifts for which I am very appreciative. But do you know the best Christmas present I ever received?" She would laugh and say, "Those doll clothes I made." I would say, "You're right."
I truly want you to consider making a wardrobe of doll clothes, with a matching brand new doll, for someone you love. Making a wardrobe of doll clothes for a new doll is more than just a Christmas gift. For me, it was literally a lifetime of memories for my Mama and me to share. You can make those same memories for any one you love from age 3-93, as long as she loves dolls. We have 8 gorgeous dolls for your Christmas giving which should begin arriving about the middle of November. Although we have another doll, Katherine Ruth, arriving next week, we do not have any specific doll dressing patterns to fit her. We have doll dressing books with patterns to fit both Martha's Friends (18") and Joanna's Friends (13"). Using these basic patterns you can be creative in planning your doll's wardrobe. Best of all, if you order now, you will, hopefully, have time to make this wardrobe like my Mama made for me in time for Christmas.
There are some very important facts about these VERY SPECIAL Martha's Friends and Joanna's Friends dolls.
1. They are from the German company, Gotz, the world's finest "play-with doll" company.
2. They are VERY LIMITED EDITION (only 400 worldwide of each doll). All of our other editions have been around 1500 for each doll. When these 400 of each doll are gone - that's it.
3. I will personally sign and number each of the Martha's Friends, the 18" doll.
4. Joanna, my daughter, and I will both sign (and they will be numbered, also) each of the Joanna's Friends, the 13" doll. Joanna's Friends are also limited to 400 worldwide.
5. We have doll dressing books with patterns to fit both the 18" and the 13" dolls. They can be ordered at half price when you order a doll.
6. They come dressed in their sweet little Gotz dress, panty hose and shoes, and each doll will come with a second FREE dress!
We have offered Martha Pullen/Gotz signed and numbered dolls for several years now. Very few of these signed and numbered dolls have even gone up for sale on e-bay. People are keeping these dolls for enjoyment and for future investments.
You can still get very low numbers if you order your dolls this week. We assign the numbers by the date and by the hour that the orders are received. You can order from the web site or call the 800 number to order or, of course, send a fax or e-mail to toni@marthapullen.com. Here are pictures and names of each of the dolls:
 Anna Christine blonde hair, blue eyes |
 Hannah Grace red hair, brown eyes |
 Susan Marie brown hair, blue eyes |
 Nancy Lea black hair, brown eyes |
 Anna Garrin brown hair, blue eyes |
 Emily Jessica red hair, blue eyes |
 Victoria Elizabeth black hair, brown eyes |
 Ashley Madison blonde hair, blue eyes |
Thank you so much, all of you IEC members, for renewing your membership for 2003 so very quickly. We welcome new members to join for 2003; a membership which will bring you a $315 value for only $49 if you renew or join before December 31. This will be the very best Christmas gift for someone you know who loves to do machine embroidery. We are giving 26 designs this year rather than the 12 promised. (PS- We have always given more than the 12, but this year we decided to have the whole year mapped out so we would know exactly what we were going to send.) Truly, if you purchased CDs with the monthly designs, the two antique bullion rosebud alphabets and ten matching bullion rosebud pieces to go with the alphabets or to use separately, you could pay up to $315. You can read more about 2002 and 2003 memberships on our Club Web Page.
It is TIME to call to register and get your discounted tickets for Martha's Sewing Market in Orlando, January 9-11, 2003! The two days before that, January 7 and 8, 2003 are the sit and sew days with brand new projects. Those classes are filling quickly so please call to get in these classes. We need your ticket reservations by December 1, 2002 for those of you who want your wristbands mailed in advance. That is so much better than waiting in line at the door to purchase daily tickets. Please order quickly. Call 800-547-4176 ext. 109 or 114 and speak with Diane or Patti.
I'll tell you all about our Orange Beach sewing school next week. Don't forget to order your dolls so you can have time to make a wardrobe before Christmas and to get the lower numbers assigned to your dolls. By the way, I'm back at Weight Watchers. You just won't believe how many of our staff have lost from 15-35 pounds over the last 5 months. I need to follow their example. My sister, Mary, has joined in Scottsboro. She says one lady in her social work office has lost over 75 pounds this year with Weight Watchers.
Thank you for your loyalty over the years and for letting me come to visit with you each week. We have exciting things that we are working in the form of new books and other projects. Please go ahead and register for the licensing of your choice if you are planning to come in 2003. Please go ahead and get your Orlando Martha's Sewing Market tickets and register for the sit and sew day of your choice. Please go ahead and register for the February school for the experience of a lifetime. We have the most exciting Quilt Academy planned for next year but we are not ready to take registrations on that yet! It is also time to register for the Great Lakes Sewing Extravaganza in Detroit! I'll see you next week, my friends.
God Bless You and Those You Love,
Martha
RENEW OR JOIN THE IEC FOR 2003 FOR ONLY $49 -- NOW THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2002!
1. You can download, immediately after receiving your renewal confirmation, TWO gorgeous Antique Bullion Rosebud Alphabets. There is one upper case alphabet and one lower case alphabet! (Value $180)
2. You can download 10 matching pieces for these two alphabets. There are 2 bows, 2 end pieces, a bullion circle, a bullion spray, and four small bullion roses. This would make up half of an embroidery CD (if purchased separately); I believe you will love each of these designs to use with the alphabets or to use separately. (Value $45)
3. In 2003, you will receive 26 beautiful machine embroidery designs, of course in all formats! We will have 23 designs in the 4X4 size and 3 designs in the 5X7 size, which will be split for smaller hoops. (Value $90)
4. You will be able to purchase new Martha Pullen machine embroidery CD's published during 2003 for $54 plus $5 shipping. Regular price is $90. We have fabulous CD's lined up for you in 2003!
5. Each month you will get antique pictures, historical poems and tidbits, as well as interesting historic articles to download. These pictures could possibly be used for photo transfer, or just printed for saving in a scrapbook.
6. You will continue to get monthly sales (up to 30% off) which are exclusive to our IEC members. Included will be laces, books, and items purchased just for IEC members, such as imported linens for machine embroidery.
I thought you might like some hints about some of the 26 designs to be brought to you next year! January will bring you 3 designs, circa 1920. These pieces match and can be interwoven for a very sophisticated look. There is a floral cascade, a floral corner and a floral connector! One of the 5X7 designs is an antique Rose Cutwork design. There will be one lace motif design, and four mini designs (as requested by many of you) to use on little things. There will be one album quilt design, circa 1900.
You have requested 4X4 redwork, so one month you will get just that - with an added bonus of the redwork design being stitched in satin stitch also! There will be a few seasonal designs and some very Edwardian shields and matching pieces. In other words, we tried to run the whole gamut from sophisticated lady, to seasonal adorable, to heirloom, to redwork, to classic, to antique, to cutwork, to lace motifs -- 26 designs in all! This is in addition to your 2 two antique bullions rosebud alphabets and their 10 matching pieces!
A club membership would also be the perfect Christmas gift for you to give to someone who loves machine embroidery! It is truly a gift which keeps on giving! The alphabets and the 10 matching pieces are ready for you to see!
MARTHA'S SEWING MARKET IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA - JANUARY 9-11, 2003 PLEASE SIGN UP VERY SOON! DISCOUNTED WRISTBAND FOR DAIILY ADMISSIONS WILL BE MAILED BY DECEMBER 15, 2002!
Our exciting schedule for 2003 begins with Martha's Sewing Market in Orlando, January 9-11! We will teach pre-day sit and sew classes on Tuesday, January 7, and Wednesday, January 8! Call Diane at 800-547-4176 ext. 109 to register and get your early bird discounted tickets. We have a special event on Friday night of the Orlando market. Jinny Beyer will be our guest speaker. Her topic is Color Confidence and the lecture will begin at 6:30pm. She will have her books, etc. to sell after the lecture. The cost of this special lecture is only $3 extra if you hold an admission ticket for the Friday market.
We will also have a sewing contest at this market with very special prizes from Sulky of America, Wild Ginger Software and Martha Pullen Company. The best of show prize will be tuition to the Martha Pullen School of Art Fashion in Huntsville! The theme of this market is "High Tech to Handwork" and we will have many classes from digitizing to software to hand work to fitting to stabilizers to needles to crazy patch to just about everything. Click here to get more details.
FEBRUARY, 2003, SCHOOL OF ART FASHION BROCHURE NOW ON WEB SITE, marthapullen.com
February 2-5. 2003 (Pre-Day Classes) February 6-9, 2003 (Four Day School CALL 800-547-4176 EXT 105 TO REGISTER! A complete copy of the school brochure is also included in your current issue of Sew Beautiful. We have a large number of students already registered. Please call if you are coming to the biggest and best school ever! Schools are Beginning School, Australian Quilting School, Carol Ahles School of Fine Machine Sewing, Fine Embroidery for Little Ones, Jenny Haskins Victorian School, Mirella Arroyo School, Wendy Schoen Baby School, Creative Serger School, Baby Lock School, Bernina School, Elna School, Husqvarna/Viking School, Janome School, Pfaff School! Wow what a line up!
MARTHA PULLEN'S GREAT LAKES SEWING EXTRAVAGANZA--April 3-6, 2003
For the very first time we will take our Huge Sewing Extravaganza to the Great Lakes Area! This four day event will be held in the Double Tree Hotel, at the Detroit Metro Airport. Everyone will take all 9 sit and sew classes! This event will be underwritten by Husqvarna/Viking, who will furnish machines and sergers for everyone to use! The teachers are Martha Pullen, Dody Baker, Kathy McMakin, Peggy Dilbone, Jody Hooker, Deb Yedziniak, and Connie Palmer.
Your cost for the whole 4 days is $625 which includes instruction for all classes, kits for all classes, four lunch meals, Thursday night seminar "You Can Make Money from Your Hobby," Friday night table top clinics, and Saturday night banquet with special celebrity speaker Sue Hausmann! Please call 800-547-4176, ext. 105 or 106 to register.
SALE SALE SALE SEW BEAUTIFUL SUBSCRIPTION SALE EXTENDED: ONLY $23.99 FOR A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION! CALL 800-547-4176 ext. 116 - SUBSCRIBE (at this sale price of $23.99) ON LINE! Don't forget about ordering Video XI for $9.99 when you subscribe. Sew Beautiful Link
IEC IEC IEC IEC - $59 Each month you get at least 1 beautifully digitized machine embroidery design in the 4X4 size, plus bonus designs for larger hoops twice per year . If you join NOW you get all of the machine embroidery designs from January 2002 as well as the rest of the ones for the coming months through 2002. You can see the 2002 alphabets and designs (so far) on our info page.
MARTHA PULLEN LICENSED TEACHER WEEKS - The next machine groups (which have openings) and dates are as follows: Janome, November 17-23, 2002; Pfaff, January 15-21, 2003; Viking, Feb 13-19, 2003 (full but taking a waiting list); Bernina, March 15-21, 2003; Babylock, June 17-24, 2003; and Viking, October 1-7, 2003. Call 800-547-4176 ext. 107 or 108 to get more information. Or visit our licensing info page: Licensing Link
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SCRIPTURE FOR THE WEEK
Ephesians 5:4
4. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
I am reminded of my Daddy's never speaking ill of anyone when I chose this scripture for this week. The Bible is filled with verses about our speech and what it reveals about our hearts. I must pray hard for the wisdom to only let words which reflect God's love come from my mouth. How can I be a witness to Him if unkind or unwise words come from my mouth?
PRAYER FOR THE WEEK FROM Dr Jim Daughdrill
Dr. Jim Daughdrill, Prayers at Work, Inc., 4646 Poplar Ave, Suite 543, Memphis, TN 38117 -- Copyright 2002. To get these weekly prayers go to http://www.PrayersAtWork.com
(Meditation: Romans 12:2)
God, I have an important decision to make. I have thought through all the alternatives and possibilities. I have considered my own motivations. I have envisioned the consequences of each choice. I have done everything I know how to do to make the right decision. But I still can't make up my mind. Once I decide, I won't be able to take it back. God, slow my frenzied thinking. I put my decision in Your hands. I pray that Your will be done. Help me to trust . . . and to wait on You. Guide me to make the right decision. In Jesus' name. Amen.
HISTORIC RECIPE FROM The Modern Priscilla, April 1924
Swedish Crullers
4 egg yolks
4 teaspoons sugar
4 tablespoons heavy cream
FlourMix egg yolks, sugar, and cream. Add enough flour to make stiff dough. Roll very thin and cut in strips two inches wide and six inches long. Cut a slit in each one and draw one end through. Fry in deep fat. Drain on absorbent paper. Sprinkle with sugar. (Oil temperature 370 degrees; cook each for 3 minutes) Mrs. W., Iowa
MODERN RECIPE FROM JANE WINDBERG - This recipe is so easy...I hope you will try it yourself!
EZ Tasty Recipe - Mocha Trifle
You will need:
1 box fudge brownie mix 2 small boxes instant vanilla pudding 1 container Cool Whip 3 Heath toffee candy bars. 1) Prepare the brownies as directed on the box.
2) While brownies are cooking. Prepare the vanilla pudding with 1/2 cup strong coffee and the rest milk as directed on the package. That is, instead of 2 cups milk, use 1-1/2 cups milk and 1/2 cup coffee. Refrigerate to set.
3) While vanilla pudding is setting, whiz 3 bars of Heath candy in food processor (or chop fine) so you have little bits and pieces of toffee.
4) After brownies have cooled, cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
5) After pudding is set, prepare dessert in a crystal bowl by layering as follows:
Bottom: brownies followed by pudding with sprinkling of candy then cool whip.
Layer as many times as your bowl allows. Then top with cool whip and toffee. ENJOY!
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