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Merit Badge Chit Chat:  Just a bit of merit badge chit chat  |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7231 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
7231 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 22 2016 : 4:57:30 PM
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Denise- Oh my gosh! You are so right! I have finally caught on and now it all makes sense. I love it! I am so looking forward to the weekend so I will have time to sit down and do some more! Good luck on the knitting.
Thank you Kristine, Judith, and Justine.
I feel better now that my friend has shown me how. I am so proud of my crocheting! I can’t wait to finish my project!
P.S. This is a brand new one. I started over because I was doing a single crochet in the picture above and needed to be doing a double crochet.
Krista
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9436 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9436 Posts |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7231 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
7231 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2016 : 5:56:54 PM
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Thank you Denise! I love it to! When I seen the yarn it was screaming my name.
Krista |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
3162 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
3162 Posts |
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NY Pumpkin girl
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Christine
Gouverneur
New York
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2016 : 3:55:20 PM
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I love the yarn also. Great job.
NY Pumpkin girl Farmgirl sister 6634. |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7231 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
7231 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2016 : 5:32:33 PM
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Thanks ladies! I am really enjoying it!
Shannon, how is your crochet coming along? Have you been able to start?
Krista |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9436 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9436 Posts |
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hudsonsinaf
True Blue Farmgirl
3162 Posts
Shannon
Rozet
Wyoming
USA
3162 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2016 : 09:42:49 AM
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Denise - it depends on how many people apply for them at that given time... sometimes they get backed up. My last ones came back in about a week, but I have had others take around a month.
Krista - slowly, hahahahaha
~ Shannon
http://hudson-everydayblessings.blogspot.com/ |
Edited by - hudsonsinaf on Jan 27 2016 10:14:18 AM |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2016 : 10:11:48 AM
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Denise,
I agree with Shannon on her reply to your question. I suggest that, if you haven't heard anything after two weeks, you send Brian and email and check in with him. His email is: brianogle@maryjanesfarm.org
They DO get pretty busy with everything going on at the farm and Brian wears a lot of hats there!
Hope that helps!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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ijjie
True Blue Farmgirl
92 Posts
Joan
Knoxville
TN
USA
92 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2016 : 2:25:28 PM
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I hope this is not a duplicated query, as I did not read thru all the previous pages. Now that I have earned a few badges, I wondered how everyone has displayed theirs. Would love to see or hear how you decorated them and then displayed them to give me some inspiration.
Ijjie
Farmgirl # 849
muddybootsandlace.blogspot.com |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7231 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
7231 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2016 : 4:15:36 PM
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Denise- It's coming along. I started over because I realized I was doing the wrong pattern. ( But I am saving the other one to make a washcloth.) With the new pattern I seem to be moving faster. But my edges don't seem to be straight. I asked my friend if that was normal and she said yes. She said it has to do with how tight I am making my stitches. Hearing that I felt like starting over again, but I talked myself out of it. I can't be so hard on myself, I am just learning. I will just make sure to focus a bit more on my tightness from here on out. Have any of you had this? Or does it still happen to you?
Oh I hear you Shannon! To many things to do in a day and not enough time.
Joan- That is a good question. I am working on my first one now and would like to know what to do with mine.
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9436 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9436 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2016 : 6:05:33 PM
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Thanks Shannon and Ceejay! It helps to get an idea. That way I'm not always wondering if there is something wrong if I didn't hear something right away.
Just another thing I appreciate here is if you ask a question there is always someone who can answer it! 
~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
http://www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9436 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9436 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2016 : 6:12:42 PM
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Krista, It took me a lot of practice to get my stitches from not being so tight all the time. My mom taught my brother and I when we were younger. We are both left handed and she was right handed so she had us sit across from her so we could follow the way she was holding the hook and the yarn. I haven't been crocheting for a while as I am trying to learn knitting. I was talking to my dh and told him that since I have been looking into the badges I realized how many things I can do or have already done on the list of requirements. I need to get everything in order (photos) and organized so it will be easier to keep track and apply for them.
~Denise~
Farmgirl Sister #43
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
http://www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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ijjie
True Blue Farmgirl
92 Posts
Joan
Knoxville
TN
USA
92 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2016 : 09:58:54 AM
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Ceejay I was looking at your blog and saw a photo of some of your badges....looked like you had embroidered them. Hard to tell, but looked very cute. Also love your string of glamper lights you made. Any change you can share how you made them. What a talented group here! Thanks for all the inspiration you share.
Krista You have encouraged me to try crocheting again. I always have the stitches so tight that I could not get the hook through the next row and gave up. Have a great pattern book with granny squares. Need to give it another try.
Ijjie
Farmgirl # 849
https//www.muddybootsandlace.blogspot.com |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2016 : 12:36:05 PM
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A close up of a couple badges. I use buttons to show that I've earned the different levels. Three buttons means I've earned all three levels. The buttons are sometimes different colors or different shapes, but sometimes I use the same shape/color. I also use novelty buttons if I have some small enough and the appropriate theme.
I also sometimes embellish the badge with some little item, such as the little bow on the Apron badge.
It's just how I do mine . . .
Thanks for letting me share!
CJ
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..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9436 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9436 Posts |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7231 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
7231 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2016 : 4:16:34 PM
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Denise, that is what I was thinking. I had a feeling it would take some time to get it right. That is why we practice. How is your knitting coming along? That is so awesome! I hope you are able to apply for a bunch of badges. Let us know what you have done.
Aww thanks Joan! I am so happy to hear that. That was my problem too. I was making my stitches so tight that the hook wouldn’t move. Once the stiches are loose it’s a completely different feeling. It’s so much smoother and I feel like I can work faster. Let me know when you try again! I know you can get it!
CJ, your badges look fantastic! I love how you choose to display them! The buttons are a great idea. Way to go.
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
Posted - Jan 28 2016 : 4:26:24 PM
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I was amused by the different sized writing I used on those two in the last pic. I finished the Aprons badge a long time ago,one of the very first ones I did and the writing is much smaller! Paper Quilling is one I just recently finished and the writing is much larger.
Hmmmmmmm . . .
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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ijjie
True Blue Farmgirl
92 Posts
Joan
Knoxville
TN
USA
92 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2016 : 06:18:41 AM
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Thanks for sharing Ceejay. I like the button idea to show the different levels you've accomplished and pinking shear the edges.
Ijjie
Farmgirl # 849
https//www.muddybootsandlace.blogspot.com |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13664 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13664 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2016 : 07:19:28 AM
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I trace the badge designs onto natural colored super muslin I get from Walmart and then, after embroidering but before sewing on buttons, I use Wunder-Under and iron on a piece of fabric, sometimes it's super muslin, sometimes, lighter weight fabric but I use natural/ecru/ivory colored fabric. That way the back of the badge is covered and stitch ends protected.
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
my aprons - http://www.facebook.com/FarmFreshAprons
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9436 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9436 Posts |
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Merit Badge Chit Chat: Just a bit of merit badge chit chat |
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Just a bit of merit badge chit chat
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