Prairie Dress

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Here is my very first prairie dress! I did it last weekend and it turned out just wonderful! I wear it all the time. Even to The Home Depot or wherever. Above is the McCall's pattern link that I used. You can get it Jo-Ann right now they are on sale for $1.99. Please try it and send me a picture of yours! (Put it in comments)

Blueberry Pie

Here is my very first blueberry pie! We went berry picking the other day and got so many we didn't know what to do with them! So I made up this blueberry pie. You can find a zillion good pie recipes online for free. So give it a shot!

How to make a tiered skirt

Here is how to make a tiered skirt. It is super easy and it doesn't take long at all. Plus I finally have pictures!

To start off you are going to cut out five strips of fabric. The first one is just a little bit bigger than your waist (for the elastic) and the next one is 10" longer than the first. You might have to add fabric like I did in the picture so it is bigger. Then the third strip needs to be ten inches longer than the second and so on. Make sure to sew the pieces you add together.

Now make your casing on the first strip...

And hem the last one.

Next take your second strip and gather it until it matches the first strip.

Then sew it to the first strip right sides together

It should look like this.

Now do the same exact thing as before. Take the third one gather it until it matches the second one and with right sides together sew together.

Now it should look like this.

Do it again it looks like this...

Then this.

With right sides together sew short sides together making sure not to go through the casing.

Pull the elastic through the casing with a safety pin.

Sew through the casing.


And you are finished! Enjoy your awesome skirt that twirls!!!!!!

How to make a sun bonnet

Here is a wonderful pattern for a pioneer's sun bonnet! I found this person's website online and just love it! The picture above is the one I tried. Here is the link: http://pickupsomecreativity.blogspot.com/2009/10/pioneer-sunbonnet-tutorial.html
Give it a try! Just note that you may have to make it a bit bigger like I did.

How to make a smock dress

Here is how to make a really pretty sun dress that I think is perfect for the beautiful weather we've been having. I used an old flat sheet of mine to make this dress. It saved the time and money of going to the fabric store and I didn't have to do a hem because I used the edge of the sheet. It's as easy as 123.. but don't forget 4!
*Extra item: Elastic thread*

1) First off you need to determine how big your rectangle needs to be. This is the body of your dress. Start by measuring the top of your chest down to the length you want your dress to be. This is the length of you rectangle. Next measure the width, measure the largest part of your bust and add 10 inches. Now take your measurements and mark them on your sheet. Cut it out.

2) Now let's do the straps. With the dress in the picture I took three different pieces of fabric 2" wide, and braided them. After I braided it I measured how long they should be by putting them over my shoulders.

3) Next we are going to smock our dress, but first we need to hem the top of our dress body. Do a small little hem. Now we need to take an empty bobbin and wind our elastic thread on it. You have to do it by hand because there cannot be any tension in the elastic. Now with the right side of your fabric up begin to stitch right along the hem. After you get all the way to the end go back to the beginning and stitch the same way but half inch away from the last seam. Keep going until you have 16 or so of those rows.

4) With right sides together sew the two edges together. And put it on to make sure it fits and decide where the straps should go. Pin them and take off your dress then stitch on the straps matching up the seam with the hem seam.
Try on your dress to make sure everything fits right again and enjoy!

Apple Pie

This is my very first apple pie! I gave it a shot yesterday when I got bored and it turned out wonderful! I used fresh apples I think that definitely makes a difference from the canned. Give it a shot it's a lot of fun!!!!
You can find this recipe at http://www.myhomecooking.net/apple-pie/
                                        

How to make an easy vintage apron

This is how to make a much simpler apron then I last posted. I think it is just as cute though! I hope you enjoy it!

1) Cut out your apron body. 33" by 20" Then the tie. 70" by 4 1/2" After that the heart pocket. All I did was fold some fabric in half and draw half a heart then cut it out. Make 2.

2) Hem the apron on every edge but one of the longer ones. The with right sides together stitch around the hearts except for about 3" to turn right side out. Press.

3) Gather the unhemmed side of the apron body and match the centers of the tie and apron body, stitch right sides together.

4) Press ends of apron tie over 1" and then fold in half. Sew along sides.

5) Finally, sew heart pocket to apron body. Top-stitch carefully around the bottom 3/4 of the heart.

That's all there is to it! Please tell me how it turned out in comments.