by Jennifer | Mar 20, 2017 | Cooking
This is a fantastic bread for beginning bread makers. It’s mostly foolproof, and despite a few mishaps I’ve had with it in the past, it always turns out delicious and beautiful. The loaves are big, and if you’d prefer you can divide the dough into...
by Jennifer | Mar 13, 2017 | Amish, Quilting Bee
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! When I saw the pattern for this cute, quilted wall hanging, I couldn’t resist making it. The pattern is by Joan Ford on Bernina’s WeAllSew.com. Each heart-shaped shamrock leaf is made from 11 different fabrics, so I started this quilt...
by Jennifer | Mar 6, 2017 | Faith, Family, Farming&Gardening
By Richard Gappmayer, Jennifer’s father Near the end of WWII, German POWs were brought to the United States and housed in camps around the country. They were brought here because there was no place to keep them in Europe, and there was a shortage of labor here....
by Jennifer | Feb 20, 2017 | Quilting Bee
Last month, I showed you these beautiful ribbon-star quilts and explained how I made the stars. Now let me show you how I finished the quilts. First, I laid out all 18 stars so I could decide which stars I wanted in each quilt. I tried to divide the stars evenly by...
by Jennifer | Feb 13, 2017 | Faith, Family, Farming&Gardening
My father, Roy, was born in 1900. He was too young to serve in WWI and too old to be in WWII. (I wonder how high those numbers will go.) Many of the young men from our small town served in the war. Wesley Graff came home burned and disfigured. Every time I saw him I...
