Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Information on using Kraft-tex for totebags, making facings as an outside accent and using a lightbox for paper piece quilt designs will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain).
Gailen Runge is the Creative Director with C & T Publishing, and she’s going to explain what Kraft-tex is, and show to use it to make bags, accessories, home decor items as well as scrapbooking and cardmaking. There are three styles of Kraft-tex now available and she’ll show samples of each one. Runge is from Concord, California.
ow about facing a different direction? Seamstress and owner of All Dunn Designs, Patty Dunn will share inspiration and step-by-step instructions on how to use facings as an outside accent in a garment. She’ll show how to make the pattern adjustments as well as how to make your own designer facing. She’s from Corpus Christi, Texas.
Designer Ann Butler will show how easy it is to make paper piece quilt designs using a light-box. The lightbox makes it easy to see the lines and to make sure the seam allowance is completely covered. You can also make sure you have the right size fabric for each shape you are covering. She is the spokesperson for Artograph and lives in Villard, Minnesota.
Information on floral arranging, preparing salads with toppers and finding your passion in life will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon Tuesday and 2 p.m Saturday.
Casey Schwartz is a floral designer and co-owner of Flower Duet in Redondo Beach, California. She’s going to show how to line a glass vase with greenery and then take all of one type of flower, lay them down, gather them together, chop the stems and then drop them into the vase. This technique is called “chop and drop.”
Connie Moyers represents Mrs. Cubbison’s Kitchens, and she’s going to talk about the abundant selection of pre-packaged salads now available in most supermarkets, as well as all the add-ons that can be used, including croutons, tortilla strips and wonton strips. Moyers lives in Clovis.
Motivational speaker Sue Hansen says that finding your passion is predicated on the notion that you are aware of your purpose in life. She will explain how to know what you stand for and what is important to you in order to achieve this way of life. Her business is Sue Hansen Speaks and she lives in Montrose, Colorado.
Salads and toppers
Most people love to have a salad as the first course of their meal. In supermarkets today, there is a tremendous refrigerated section that gives you a choice of pre-packaged salads of all types. You can also pick out your favorite greens and make your own mixture. After you’ve chosen your salad mix, you can then vary your “add-ons” from a complete variety of fresh, dried or canned items. There is a large variety of salad dressings. Here too, the homemaker may choose to make her own, usually using such items as mustard, wine, vinegar and spices. Or, you can take advantage of the new toppers that are available. There are traditional croutons, which now come in a larger variety of flavors. Or, use tortilla or wonton strips to add a little punch to your salad.
“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations. Contact her at:
