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Official Farmgirl Sisterhood Members:  Do you have questions about the Merit Badges?  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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 Posted - Dec 19 2007 : 11:33:53 PM
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Hi ladies!
We are hammering out all the kinks and quirks of the merit badge system so you can start applying for them sometimes soon after the new year.
I know that I am super excited about this, and I hope you are as well.
If you wouldn't mind helping us, please post any and all questions that occur to you about the merit badges and the merit badge system here. We will get them answered as soon as possible and it will help us get everything organized!
Thanks so much!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8 Just call me Calamity Jane!! |
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
1646 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 12:07:17 AM
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I think probably once it's all up and running, most of the questions will be answered, like how do we actually go about applying for a merit badge. I for one will probably print all the applicable pages to keep as a reference.
One question that does comes to mind at the moment...how do we apply for badges that require us to present our finished project to a chapter if we aren't/can't be a member of one?
Thanks for all the work you have all put into this. I think I speak for everyone when I say this is just pretty darn exciting!!
Di
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 06:08:14 AM
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Hey, Alee, as usual, I have many questions, and already sent one to the farm, but I will be glad to repost it for all to see:
"What if you already DO these some of these things?" Does that then disqualify you from applying for those badges, or providing proof and outcome of the ways you're already growing (i.e, basic knitting, green gardening, food stuff, etc...) There's a lot of the basics that I already accomplish in my daily life, as I'm sure many of us girls do....
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
4813 Posts |
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 08:02:00 AM
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Hmmmm - I had ALL these questions. I guess farmgirl minds think alike!
Farmgirl Sister #98 |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Dec 20 2007 : 08:08:35 AM
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I am sure all my possible questions will be answered if I just keep watching.
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Happy Holidays to my FARMGIRL sisters!
farmgirl #71 Linda in PA |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
2552 Posts |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16448 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16448 Posts |
Posted - Dec 28 2007 : 3:03:21 PM
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Hey farmgalfriends,
We're getting all the kinks in our system worked out for the merit badges. We're almost ready to turn the pages on, "go live," where you apply for a merit badge and post a photo of your work, but before we do we'll update the merit badge requirements based on your feedback.
We'll also answer your questions about prior work and farmerettes and presenting to a chapter and the cost of the badges, etc. (We've penciled out what it takes to produce them now.) And when Gabe gets back he'll finish sketching them.
Because sporadic updates to the merit badge requirements could be confusing, we'll only do those twice per year, January 1 and July 1 of each year. Hold on while we're getting 'er all spelled out for you!
Thanks for your questions and feedback--it takes a village of sisters...
Farmgirl Sistah #1
Look for my new book, "MaryJane's Stitching Room," in bookstores now. Coming next in 2008: "MaryJane's Outpost Guidebook - for Cultivating Your Inner Wild." |
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2008 : 3:36:12 PM
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I just got my number today, and I am SO excited to start on the merit badges!!
Jennifer
Farmgirl Sister #104 |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16448 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16448 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2008 : 6:25:36 PM
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We just posted this over in the merit badge requirements
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/farmgirl-sisterhood/merit-badges.asp
but thought I'd post it here as well:
(We didn't get the specifics of earning merit badges finalized and posted this week but we did get the part about the actual badges figured out. We became increasingly nervous about going into the "badge business." Leave it to Alee to come up with the solution below!)
Say you want to earn a badge in knitting. Once you've completed one of the beginner level tasks under "Stitching Room/Knitting," then you'll apply for a merit badge. Here at "Henquarters," we'll look over your entry, and once it's approved, your entry information will be shouted from the rooftops (cooptops?) on our forum and you'll be e-mailed a private link that includes a password to a page that has an achievement certificate and badge waiting for you that says something like, “I, MaryJane Butters, am proud to present so-and-so with this certificate of achievement, etc.” You can print out the certificate (we’re going to use lots of cool old photos for these) and frame it and then transfer the design of the badge itself to the fabric of your choice. For example, the knitting merit badge will have a drawing of a skein of yarn and knitting needles inside a hexagon. These badges will all be hexagonal like our membership badges. However, they will be slightly smaller. Then, as your skill level progresses and you complete the tasks of your choice in the advanced levels of the Knitting category, you'll denote your increased prowess by adding a line of embroidery or stitching in the color of your choice around the outer edges of your badge. When you see a sister wearing her knitting badge, and it has two outlines, you'll know she's accomplished the intermediate level for knitting. Three outlines and she's a knitting expert! If you aren’t an embroiderer, you can take the badge that you printed from our site to your local print shop and have them create an ink badge for you. There will be no charge for the merit badges. However, the progressive outlines will have to be “threaded” somehow, so at the very least, every sister has to own a needle and thread.
MaryJane
Farmgirl Sister #1
Look for my new book, "MaryJane's Stitching Room," in bookstores now. Coming next in 2008: "MaryJane's Outpost Guidebook - for Cultivating Your Inner Wild." |
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willowtreecreek
True Blue Farmgirl
4813 Posts
Julie
Russell
AR
USA
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mima
True Blue Farmgirl
1573 Posts
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 : 10:05:16 PM
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Oh! I can't wait!!!
I'm starting on being very green and embroidery to start!
"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars,or sailed to an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit." Helen Keller |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jan 04 2008 : 10:25:17 PM
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Sounds wonderful..I can hardly wait!! I am working on a few of them now!
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Lorie
Farmgirl in Training
42 Posts
Lorie
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jan 04 2008 : 11:03:17 PM
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I have my begining knitting class coming up in a couple of weeks. I am so nervous. I haven't been sucessful in the past but I hav been practicing my positive montra in prep for class time. Are you gals under the impression that we send our physical project to the farm for review?
Lorie Q
Farmgirl Sister #33
Gingham Gurls Chapter of Oregon |
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MasterGardener
True Blue Farmgirl
572 Posts
Chandra
Louisiana
USA
572 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2008 : 07:09:43 AM
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I am wondering about the sisterhood hexagon shape with our member name...my # is 64 and I've reply'd to several posts but my badge doesn't show up on the posts yet, so...does the badge emblem represent a completed merit badge project or is it just a matter of waiting for the computer program to add my badge here @ some point?
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-:¦:- ((¸¸.•´Farmgirl Sister #64
She considereth a field, and buyeth it; with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs 31:16 |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22941 Posts |
Posted - Jan 05 2008 : 9:51:22 PM
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Hi Chandra!
It has to be manually entered by the computer guru's that work at the farm. They should have more of the Sisterhood members updated by end of business day on Monday.
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
Please come visit Nora and I our our new blog: http://FarmgirlAlee.blogspot.com |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 11:09:29 AM
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I have a sisterhood membership question. I think I read that it is to be renewed each year. Does your original number always remain the same, or change each year depending on when you renew?
Farmgirl Sister # 31
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16448 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16448 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 12:02:46 PM
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If you renew before it expires, you are Farmgirl Sister #31 until the day you die, which I hope is at least another fifty years down the road, JP. I'm sure your list of things yet to accomplish needs AT LEAST another fifty if not seventy.
Look for my new book, "MaryJane's Stitching Room," in bookstores now. Coming next in 2008: "MaryJane's Outpost Guidebook - for Cultivating Your Inner Wild." |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jan 06 2008 : 3:15:07 PM
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Fifty years from now, I will be 108, and I hope to look folks in the eye, and say, I am proud farmgirl #31!!! :) Thanks MaryJane!
Farmgirl Sister # 31
Psalm 51: 10-13 |
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Official Farmgirl Sisterhood Members: Do you have questions about the Merit Badges? |
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Do you have questions about the Merit Badges?
