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COUNTRY PORCH
Spring 2008 Newsletter
Time to Refresh
Greetings from The Porch!
Up here in the North Country winter has overstayed its welcome.
Despite new fallen snow, we are encouraged with the chatter of native birds and great skeins of honking geese
returning to begin the chaos of setting up house. Spring, when it gets here, will surely bolt!
The first day of spring is one thing, and the
first spring day is another. The difference between
them is sometimes as great as a month.
~ Henry Van Dyke, Fisherman's Luck, 1899
Well, we're too busy now to give the weather much pause anyway . . . our glorious new
patterns have arrived!
We're thinking "refresh" and spring cleaning with oohs and ahhs as we unpack new country style curtains,
table linens,
ceramics,
shower curtains,
curtain valances and tiers, NEW
Donna Sharp quilts,
tab cut out valances, NEW
layered valances and
home accessories. Just wait 'til you see . . .
Take a minute to "refresh", browse and begin that creative process. You'll find many new patterns; our Mother's Day Favorites,
Quilt of the Month, Candle Club and Seasonal Recipe. Oh, and don't forget to bookmark so you can find your way back home.
Spring Cleaning
March bustles in on windy feet
And sweeps my doorstep and my street.
She washes and cleans with pounding rains,
Scrubbing the earth of winter stains.
She shakes the grime from carpet green
Till naught but fresh new blades are seen.
Then, house in order, all neat as a pin,
She ushers gentle springtime in.
~ Susan Reiner
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What's New!
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Green Apple
Sweet and tart hues of apple green, rustic reds, dijon and soft white blend into this fabulous homespun plaid from Park Designs. 100% cotton.
An extraordinary plaid, Green Apple
coordinates with Casual Classics Kitchen Decorating Themes
in Sand, Fern, Green, Celery, Persimmon, Red, Dijon, or Butter and Village Dinnerware in
Vanilla,
Persimmon and
Dijon. How easy is that!
Find more cream of the crop decorating ideas in Apple Decor
and Cottage Decorating Themes OR change direction with
Kitchen Decorating Themes.
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Mother's Day Quilts
The Country Porch is thrilled to offer Donna Sharp quilts!
Donna, a Kentucky native and 5th generation quilter has put her creative gifts and love of fabric to work crafting a line of exquisitely
pieced and appliquéd heirloom quilts. Here are a few of our Mother's Day favorites.
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Dandelion Many Trips
Just like dandelion fluff carried on the wind, Donna Sharp's exquisite Dandelion Many Trips Quilt
and bedding accessories are impressionistic with its watercolor design and hues of illusive color.
Dramatic in its simplicity, this rich variation of the traditional "Trip Around The World" pattern combines thousands of hand quilted
one inch squares into diamond shaped squares separated by rows of soft white and yellows. Each diamond radiates leafy greens, tiny bees
and floral prints creating an overall bursting effect with yellow prairie point edging.
Find more natural living in Cottage Decor or change direction
with Kitchen Decorating Themes.
Shop our online Donna Sharp Quilts catalog or find more quilt
patterns in Country Quilts and our
Victorian Heart Quilts catalog.
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Barn Raising Pine Cone Quilt
Cabin life lived richly! Rustic romance is captured in this Barn Raising Pine Cone Quilt and bedding accessories by Donna Sharp.
Quilt blocks are pieced and set in the old tradition of "barn raising" with rustic red center patches representing hearth and
home and strips of black, olive, brown and tone-on-tone neutral prints symbolizing the sunshine and shadow of our lives.
Meandering embroidered pine boughs and pinecones murmur all is well while prairie point border has the final say. Patch work quilt
reverses to a rustic gold-brown print and features Chocolate Gingham bedskirt and Euroshams.
Browse our online Donna Sharp Quilts catalog or find
more quilt designs in Country Quilts and our
Victorian Heart Quilts catalog.
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Butterfly Garden Quilt
Cocoon yourself in Donna Sharp's glorious Butterfly Garden Quilt and bedding accessories.
Beautifully embroidered butterflies emerge from dormancy to shimmer on a field of butterfly print quilt squares set in a diamond pattern.
Bound in olive, quilt reverses to yellow butterfly print while stipple quilting covers the quilt from head to toe. Matching butterfly
print Euroshams create a sunny backdrop for roof tile, envelope and butterfly embroidered pillows.
Find more natural living in Cottage Decor or change direction with
Kitchen Decorating Themes.
Browse our online Donna Sharp Quilts catalog or find more
quilt designs in Country Quilts and our
Victorian Heart Quilts catalog.
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Meanwhile back at The Country Porch, winter is beginning to melt down and
tiny Snowdrops are breaching the snow. We're going to pretend its spring and celebrate with this delicious Fruit Trifle Salad!
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
A Pinch of This, A Dash of That
From Gooseberry Patch
Fruit Trifle Salad
6 oranges, peeled and sliced
3 bananas, sliced
3 c. blueberries
2 c. seedless grapes
3 c. strawberries, halved |
4-oz. pkg. instant vanilla pudding
1-3/4 c. milk
3/4 c. dairy sour cream
1 t. orange zest
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In a large glass bowl, layer all of the fruit in order listed above. Fruit can be substituted for
in-season items, except melon. For the topping, combine pudding mix and milk. Beat for one to 2
minutes. Beat in sour cream and orange peel. Serve with fruit.
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Bon Appetite!
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Spring Candle Club
The best way to see divine light is to put out thy own candle.
~ Thomas Fuller, British Clergyman 1608-1661
Spring is the season of fragrance and what could be more delicious then the sweet scent of Strawberry Shortcake, Tart Cherry, Snickerdoodle or our Coconut Layer cake candles.
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It was so good to visit with you and we thank you for your business!
Our creative energy is in overdrive and we're all on a mission . . . to bring you the very BEST of everything that we
and the shop have to offer.
New and exciting patterns are arriving daily, so visit often, anytime. We're always OPEN on-line. Or call us at our
toll free number @ 1-866-664-9182 and chat 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday thru Friday, PST; we'd love to hear how you
transformed your home with decorating themes from The Country Porch!
We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.
~ Winston Churchill
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