Apron Simplicity #9565

This sewing pattern is a lot of fun and easy.  I call it the Church Lady Aprons.

My daughter wanted one with a ruffle.

My niece wanted one for work.  Guess what she does?

This is a very versatile pattern.

AG doll Matching Dresses

"Easy Peazy Pleats"

by Olive Ann Designs

This was easy but time consuming.  The doll dress is very difficult to get on our American Girl doll but I thought they turned out pretty cute.  Here's the ones I made.

Apron Butterick Pattern #4945

Clothesline Prints by Darlene Zimmerman was the inspiration for this vintage looking apron.

I thought this pattern was too fussy for my liking.  

I did change the tied neck piece for an over the head loop.

Doubt I'd make this pattern again even though I think the apron turned out pretty cute.

Strawberry Shortcake

So it's the 4th of July and I am trying to find a good strawberry shortcake recipe.  I google it and find sites like Food Network, Taste of Home,  All Recipes and Betty Crocker, all that have many recipes with lots of pop ups it made me dizzy.  Martha Stewart had a recipe but the 2 cups of flour to 1 cup of cream seemed like it wouldn't work.  

I find my old 'Betty's Pies Favorite Recipes' cookbook.  Betty was a women who had a small restaurant on the north shore of Lake Superior near Two Harbors, Mn.

 Betty is no longer around, the restaurant has been sold and the new owners call it the same but it's no where near the quality of home cooking done by Betty.  

Her book can still be bought here:

 http://www.amazon.com/Bettys-Favorite-Recipes-Betty-Lessard/dp/0942235509


And the shortcake.......

...it was amazing.  I did use heavy whipping cream instead of half and half cause that's all I had.  I also sprinkled some course raw sugar on the top.

Big Barbie Clothes

I don't think this company sells this pattern anymore.  I have been unable to find very many patterns for this big doll.  Comments welcome if you know of some.

The Cat Dress turned out pretty cute and I found some vintage pink rick rack for the waist.

AG doll bag

Cute little bag made for 18" doll from this

McCall's Pattern 3469.

Felted Tivets

These Tivets were easy to knit up and felted nicely.  They are however, very slippery so you can't use as a potholder.  (Maybe to slippery for a pot to sit on also.)