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Martha Stewart has made a career out of trumpeting the joys of long-abandoned homemaking skills like gathering eggs from Araucana chickens you've raised yourself. So it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise to learn that she made her own wedding dress. The embroidered Swiss organdy gown and matching hat she wore to her 1961 nuptials were the culmination of years of practice. "I learned to sew as a little girl," Stewart says. "My mother made our clothes--every year we had a new Easter coat--and taught me the basics of sewing at a young...
Cheryl is not to be confused with Martha. She will not tie ribbons around 300-thread-count linens that someone else irons. (Mendelson says percale is fine and folding will do.) She will never crow over serving eggs laid by her own Araucana hens. Cheryl does not substitute crafts for life, and she has help only once a month or so. In her cozy Manhattan apartment, bikes are parked in the dining room, and the fridge door is a mess of notes, schedules and magnets. "Who can feel at home in a place where the demands for order are exaggerated...
...style manual, MARTHA STEWART LIVING, even sharing with us her instructive personal calendar ("December 20th: Pot up pastel calla lilies and freesias; December 26th: Off to Egypt with godchildren"). This year she has also graced us with her Martha by Mail product catalog, each item--like the set of "Araucana egg soaps"--a homage to muted chic. And now we have her second annual Christmas special: Welcome Home for the Holidays...
...about a year -- feel fortunate to get an up-close look at glamorous country chic. For three days participants study the Stewart style, committing to memory her 1805 farmhouse, its 19th century English and American antiques, almost six acres of gardens with 15 varieties of lettuce, and barn with Araucana chickens that lay blue eggs. Heady stuff, but Stewart makes her guests feel at home in it. Says Michigan housewife Lynda Byer: "I worried that she'd be a little, you know, snobby. But she's just so down to earth...
...state of Illinois has a new champion rooster. He is a large black and brown Araucana called Hawkeye, and he is owned by John Lynch, 12, of Mount Pulaski, Ill. After a lot of urging and grimacing, John last week persuaded Hawkeye to crow 69 times within a half-hour, 26 times more than his nearest rival at the state fair in Springfield. In Georgia, meanwhile, they are still talking about the new tobacco-spitting champion, Mrs. Marie Davidek by name. "You wouldn't believe it," said Bob Anderson, manager of the 25th annual Georgia Mountain Fair. "Here...
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