Day 3 of this Countdown to Christmas is about Snowmen.
Button button whose got the button?
Pattern of the Day is the Snowflake Family.
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What I am listening to: A Tejano Country Christmas (1994)
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Snowmenskis
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Monday, December 2, 2024
Rustic Star Project
Welcome to Day 2 to the Countdown to Christmas. This project was published in the Country Sampler's Christmas (2015). I bought Christmas craft magazines at thrift. This is the first of a few projects I have bookmarked as crapht attempts.
"Top a country Christmas tree with a primitive star crafted from bundled-together sticks or grapevines."
The only instruction is the text above.
Grapevines are pliable but it was like wresting with an octopus to coax them into a star shape. I used zip ties to affix the vines while they dried.
There you have it, my attempt at Rustic Star. Let's call it Wonky Star. ⚝ Next year, I hope to have more grapevines to work with.
Continuing on with Butterick Pattern of the Day from 1991.
Recipe is from Jingle Bells and Pastry Shells (1968) by Alma Smith Payne. Dust cover image above.
KOLACHE
Czechoslovakian Fruit Buns
Basic Sweet Dough
4-1/2 to 5 cups sifted flour
2 envelopes dry active yeast
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. salt
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
To one-half recipe listed above, add 1 egg, 1 tsp. grated lemon rind, and 1/2 tsp. mace.
After 2nd rising, form into shapes and place on greased baking sheet 2" apart. Let rise again until light and almost doubled in size. Press thumb into center of each and fill cavity with marmalade, jam, or poppyseed filling. Bake preheated oven 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Cool on wire rack, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Poppy Seed Filling
1/2 cup poppy seeds
1/3 cup sour cream
1 tbsp. butter
1 tbsp. honey
1/4 cup almonds, chopped
1/2 tsp. lemon rind, grated
1 tbsp. candied fruit
1/4 cup seedless raisins
2 tbsp. sugar
1 tbsp. corn starch
2 tbsp. currant jelly
Mix all ingredients in a large saucepan. Boil two minutes, stirring to avoid scorching. Cool, and fill dough cavities. Bake as described above.
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What I am listening to: Acoustic Christmas (2000)
Sharing this YouTube video of Ariana Grande and Kelly Clarkson.
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Countdown to Christmas Day 1
The Countdown to Christmas begins! There will be excerpts of holiday recipes and thrift shop rescued CDs of Christmas music.
The cross-stitched image above is Wire Whimsy Snow Angel. I swear I picked up that partially completed kit, then put it down. When I got home he was in my stack of sewing patterns purchased at thrift.
Candy Cane Express is one of the specialty sewing patterns I have offered for sale.
Mrs. Claus sewing cabinet ornament was offered at online auction.
I will share recipes from holiday publications. Day 1 recipe is from Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book from 1977.
ROAST GOOSE WITH POTATO STUFFING
Singe, remove pinfeathers, wash and scrub a goose in hot soapsuds; then draw (which is removing inside contents). Wash in cold water and wipe. Stuff, truss, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and lay six thin strips fat salt pork over breast. Place on rack in drip-pan, put in hot oven and bake two hours. Baste every fifteen minutes with fat in pan. Remove pork last half-hour of cooking. Place on platter, cut string, and remove string and skewers. Garnish with watercress and bright red cranberries, and place potato apples between pieces of watercress. Serve with apple sauce.
POTATO STUFFING
2 cups hot mashed potato
1-1/4 cups soft stale bread crumbs
1/4 cup finely chopped fat salt pork
1 finely chopped onion
1/3 cup butter
1 egg
1-1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sage
Add to potato, bread crumbs, butter, egg, salt, and sage; then add pork and onion.
Each day will feature a Christmas CD. What I am listening to Sounds of the Season 1998. Spice Girls!
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