I found some perfectly adorable cowgirl fabric at Hobby Lobby. I was sure Kammy would want it, but she didn't like it because the horses on it were not real. It was too cute to pass up though, so I made one for Kaite.
I used a red t-shirt for the top. The bottom had this pretty trim, so instead of throwing it away, I used it to make ruffles down the front.
Then, I cut the sleeves off, because I prefer 3/4 length to long for little ones. I put a little elastic in the sleeves to make them pretty. Then, I took what I had cut off, rolled it, and used it to make a "flower" for the top of her dress and also one for her hair.
For the skirt, I just did three simple ruffles, trimmed in red rick-rack.
The fabric has little cowgirls in ruffly dresses riding rocking horses and stick horses.
I think Kaite is going to be a little cowgirl too!
She loves her dress!
Oh, and so does Kammy now that it's done--guess I get to make another one now!
One of our favorite fall traditions, and one we look forward to all year, is going to the Pumpkin Patch! There is a quiet little place called The Berry Ranch not far from our house that we like to go. The Berry Ranch supplies all the pumpkins for all the Walmart's in our area, so I guess I can't really say "little" can I? We ride a wagon out the the field and choose our pumpkins.
The kids are allowed to choose any pumpkin they wish (as long as they can carry it themselves) for a flat fee.
Kaite was completely satisfied with a little one. She said she "loved it soooo much!"
The older girls agonized a bit longer over their decisions. Kalli found a HUGE, TALL orange pumpkin and fell in love with it, but coulden't quite get it off the ground, let alone all the way back to the wagon. Kayla found a pretty green pumpkin that she wanted, it was smaller, so in sweet sisterly fashion, they carried each other's pumpkins!
Kaite leaning against daddy and enjoying the ride. She has recently started the goofy grin thing.
Kammy is a farm girl through and through.
Kalli hugging her big pumpkin after Kayla got it on the wagon.
See? I told you it was a big one!
All my little punkins. Sometimes a bit scary, but mostly sweet. =)
The hubby and I. (Hubby is on my RIGHT.) =)
Love me a day on the farm!
"There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors. This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way, wherein man receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground, in a kind of continual miracle, wrought by the hand of God in his favor, as a reward for his innocent life and his virtuous industry."
- Benjamin Franklin
...and underneath are the everlasting arms...Duet. 33:27
I found some perfectly adorable cowgirl fabric at Hobby Lobby. I was sure Kammy would want it, but she didn't like it because the horses on it were not real. It was too cute to pass up though, so I made one for Kaite.
I used a red t-shirt for the top. The bottom had this pretty trim, so instead of throwing it away, I used it to make ruffles down the front.
Then, I cut the sleeves off, because I prefer 3/4 length to long for little ones. I put a little elastic in the sleeves to make them pretty. Then, I took what I had cut off, rolled it, and used it to make a "flower" for the top of her dress and also one for her hair.
For the skirt, I just did three simple ruffles, trimmed in red rick-rack.
The fabric has little cowgirls in ruffly dresses riding rocking horses and stick horses.
I think Kaite is going to be a little cowgirl too!
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