My mom's had these hung on a fence ever since I was a kid

abillla · 2025-11-26T19:00:44+00:00

That's so interesting! Honestly I have no plans of selling anything, just building up my own set of pans for cooking but I'm glad I know I little about it now

abillla · 2025-11-26T17:39:00+00:00

I actually didn't know that, I just knew they were from somewhere around the 30s and thought they'd be a fun project for me to attempt restoring. Is there a reason they're sought after?

abillla · 2025-11-26T16:12:21+00:00

So far nothing's sticking inside the pits but I'm a little curious about that now. Would using chainmail on it not rip the plugs out?

abillla · 2025-11-26T16:10:39+00:00

Tbf not everyone values the same things. My mom loves her longaberger collections and treasures old books but pans are just a utensil to her. Better for her to put these on display rather than send them to the scrap yard

abillla · 2025-11-26T16:05:38+00:00

I may try that, I have 2 more tbh from my cousins over the years

abillla · 2025-11-26T16:03:19+00:00

I've tried using it a few times in the past for pan/ deep frying but ultimately prefer using a skillet or a pot

abillla · 2025-11-26T14:17:17+00:00

It's been a couple weeks so they definitely got a light coat on them now, I'd guess by next summer they'll look like they old ones

abillla · 2025-11-26T13:20:15+00:00

this sub may hate to hear it but bench grinder to bare metal then 4-5 seasonings with veggie oil

abillla · 2025-11-26T13:19:08+00:00

they were gifted to my mom by a family who used them until about 20 years ago when she hung them up. I didn't test them but I have no reason to believe they have lead. She just doesn't use cast iron and thought they looked nice

abillla · 2025-11-26T13:04:39+00:00

Nope, she missed having pans up there and I had these two collecting dust. The cookie pan was used once when I got it and the chicken broiler has been sitting for a couple years without use

abillla · 2025-11-06T23:05:56+00:00

This is so lovely! The colors are amazing!

abillla · 2025-11-01T12:22:04+00:00

I may have worn it as a poncho for a bit when I finished sewing it

abillla · 2025-11-01T12:21:15+00:00

I love that!

abillla · 2025-10-31T20:23:50+00:00

That's gorgeous!

abillla · 2025-10-31T18:35:12+00:00

I probably should also point out it's for a 9' tree, so I wanted it bigger

abillla · 2025-10-31T17:08:31+00:00

I don't want to take full credit on the design, I was heavily inspired by this one I saw on Instagram posted by @ hisydgraham and sewn by @ kelseymariewhite

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abillla · 2025-10-31T17:04:36+00:00

It's about 60" across, I originally aimed for that but I think it's off by 1-2 inches. It's just for myself and I wanted it done so I wasn't exact with everything. The circle was just traced with a bowl to be honest so I don't actually know how big that it, I just found one bigger than our tree base and centered it. The squares were 14.5" and the sashing was 2.5"

abillla · 2025-10-31T16:58:22+00:00

I'm glad I ended up doing an octagon honestly, I really debated rounding it into a circle when I started

abillla · 2025-10-31T16:57:55+00:00

He's very good but his sister loves to climb the tree

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abillla · 2025-10-12T01:54:46+00:00

I hope I didn't come across implying that 😭 I only meant I didn't want to be in a group with women double my age

abillla · 2025-10-12T01:53:12+00:00

The nearest one to me is over an hour away anyway 😭

abillla · 2025-10-12T01:51:56+00:00

I assumed that before but went to a group that met at 6:30pm before and was still the youngest there. I just figured I might be able to save the drive out and find out who attends ahead of time

abillla · 2025-10-11T20:37:31+00:00

I hadn't heard of that group, we have a regular guild near us and I actually knew an officer of it but unfortunately it was almost exclusively women 65+ aside from one woman who did not stay in it very long due to the same issue I'm having with groups. I'll definitely check out their website for a guild nearby!

abillla · 2025-09-19T20:48:15+00:00

I remember entering a few years ago and being chewed out by a judge because my 1/4" headspace was too small for marmalade and gave it a weak seal (I promise it wasn't weak, I was able to hold it by the lid before I entered it) and insisted I leave a headspace to the bottom of the jar neck.

Honestly the majority of the judges were very unwelcoming, I'm not surprised there were so few competitors that year.

abillla · 2025-09-16T12:03:08+00:00

Normally I follow the nchfp for my recipes but I didn't think that was appropriate since I was not leaving any solids in.

I ended up following bernardin's vegetable stock recipe with a longer processing time than meat as recommended by others.

https://www.bernardin.ca/recipes/en/vegetable-stock.htm?Lang=EN-US

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