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Mrs. Marg Garniss, Brussels. feels her interest in
woodworking was fostered by her grandmother. Mrs.
Moe Sharpin who made wooden chests for her and her
sisters when they were children. Now, her husband
works away from home quite often and she found she
needed to know how to repair things and how to use
tools properly. Her first efforts were bird feeders and
wren houses. such as the one in this picture. She .a
currently making a coffee table from a slab of black
walnut which she acquired when she spotted a large
walnut tree being cut down in Brussels.
photos
by Bev Brown
Seen above is Mrs. Aileen Davies, Wingham, who is
fitting back together the legs of a used, standard -sized
butcher table for her kitchen. She acquired the table
from a local butcher and has taken it completely apart,
sanded it down and is now fitting it back together
again.
"So many things
/ would like to do"
Dear Sirs;
In November issue of "Rural Voice", the title
"Winter Doldrums" caught my eye. I think your term
"productive" in more meaningful than just "pass the
time."
Each winter 1 have so many things I would like to do,
some I get done and some not. I make quite a few quilts
the tops of which are pieced from sewing scraps or cut
from used clothing that is out of fashion or outgrown;
making crocheted and knitted articles also fills in spare
moments waiting for family to come for a meal, etc.
Things gathered from outdoors can be used for dried
arrangements, such as corn husks, pine cones, birch
bark, acorns, large bean pods, also grasses, cattails and
some things I don't know the names of them. Also save
peach pits and walnut shells, cherry pits note paper
decorated with small pressed leaves and flowers are
attractive as gifts or personal use.
I made rag hooked rugs also. 1 can't seem to buy
any more stamped burlap so hope to design more this
winter on plain burlap sold for general craft work.
En;pty pop cans can be covered by a scrap piece of
cotton so that they can be sewn together by hand to
make a hassock (toot stool).
Home made soap doesn't take a lot of time to make
but certainly is economical as laundry soap. And one
can make use of fat also collected from cooking beef.
I have made women's work gloves from a man's worn
out leather jacket. These are very good for gardening
and other ouside work.
These are highlights of my work through the winter,
besides ordinary homemaking work.
Hope this will be helpful to you and others too.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Lloyd Alexander
RR2 Cargill, Ont
THE RURAL VOICE/MARCH 1980 PG. 11