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Friday Sampler worth braving the weather
By Elaine Bailey

Due to heavy rains throughout the night and showers during the morning, the attendance, as compared to previous years, also dropped.  However, the first program for the annual Friday Sampler at the Great Darke County Fair, proved to be worth every raindrop and mud puddle that the participants experienced on their trek to the youth building.

The room was filled with cheery inspiration as Raine Hunt Longfellow shared creative ways to revamp vintage.

One of twelve siblings, she learned to, as she quoted from an ole World War II adage, “Use it up, Wear it out, Make do, or Do without.”

Her “Revamped Vintage on Parade” included clothing made from calendar towels, chenille bedspreads, quilts, doilies, tablecloths, and feed sacks.  Her most unusual technique was using Kool-Aid to dye cloth.  She also creates jewelry from broken pieces of china, silverware, or scraps of vintage lace.   

Raine shared, with a break in her voice, that her husband of five years, Terry Longfellow, provides tremendous loving support.  Terry also participates in the creative venture by designing hand-carved knives and utensils from various hardwoods.  

Anyone interested in her designs can follow her on the Etsy website or Etsy Facebook page.

Other presenters during The Friday Sampler included “Family in the Kitchen” by Trish Wolford (Brownie Bites) and Becky Brandon (Peppermint Scrubs) from KitchenAid in downtown Greenville, Ohio; “How Yoga Fits You,” presented by Emily Jasenski, owner and director of elementsLife Yoga & Wellness in Greenville, Ohio; and Steve Stone, of Nature’s Green in Fort Recovery, Ohio on “What’s Trending Now?”

Door prizes throughout the day were generously provided by:  Birt’s Sewing Center, Darke County Agricultural Society, El Camino Real, Fairlawn Steak House, GNC, Goody’s, Great Clips, Helen’s Flowers, Hibbett Sports, JT Brew & Grill, Montage, Nature’s Green, Plessinger Brothers Florists, Roots, The Bootery, and Town Squares Quilt Club.

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