Creative Living: Hanging artwork featured on show

Information on hanging artwork, time savers for quilting, and using a Giclee process to reproduce images on canvas will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday.

Interior decorator, Latriece Brooks is going to show a clever way to hang groups of artwork, whether it be paintings, photos, or crafted items, and it's foolproof! Brooks owns Brooks Interior in Clovis.

Author and quilter, Meryl Ann Butler is going to demonstrate some clever time savers for quilting, and they are all based on her 90-minute quilt technique. She lives in Norfolk, Va.

Sandy Grossman-Morris is the owner and designer of Sandy Grossman-Morris Design, and she's going to show how her company uses a Giclee process to reproduce images on canvas, which results in one that is vivid in color and water resistant. She's from Brentwood, Calf.

Information on candy making, spiral piecing and using convenience foods will be the featured topics on "Creative Living" noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Nancy Siler is the Director of Consumer Affairs with Wilton Enterprises in Woodridge, Ill. She will show how to work with candy melts to make numbers, letters, and other candy treats.

Designer, author and sewing instructor, Linda McGehee will show a sewing technique called spiral piecing. Her business is Ghee's, and she's from Shreveport, La.

Kathy Moore is a home economist with Williams Foods., Inc. in Lenexa, Kan., and she will discuss how to "think outside the box" as she demonstrates Asian cooking using convenience foods.

Oriental chicken salad

Dressing

• 1 package (3/4 ounce) Sun-Bird Fried Rice Authentic Oriental Seasoning Mix
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 cup white or cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup sesame oil

Salad

• 1 bag (10 ounces) romaine, cabbage and carrot salad blend (or 6 cups torn lettuce greens)
• 3 green onions, sliced
• 1 1/3 cups diced, cooked chicken
• 1 cup chow mein noodles

Combine dressing ingredients in a small bowl and whisk to blend. Allow dressing to stand for 10 minutes for flavors to blend. Place all salad ingredients in a large salad bowl. Pour dressing over salad and toss. Makes 6 servings.

"Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.