Toddler Peasant Dress

Ever since having my daughter, I have been a sewing machine! This past week I was scouring my brain and the internet for something to give as a present to one of Miss K's little friends who was having a birthday party. I decided I would make her a little peasant dress. I love this style because it so easy to make and add your own personal touches to. I used this tute from Prudent Baby and added my own special touches as well. Here's the steps...

 For one toddler dress (size 2t): 

•  1 yard of fabric
•  1/4 inch elastic (approximately 13″)
•  corresponding thread
•  safety pin
• elastic thread
•  pins (optional)

And away we gooooo!

(pattern illustrations from http://prudentbaby.com/2010/11/baby-kid/long-sleeve-peasant-dress-tutorial-2/)

I made 3/4 length sleeves so my ARM PIECE was 5"x14" instead of the 5"x16" as listed above. 

On one of the dress pieces I took a piece of ruffle and folded it in half to make a cute neck accent and sewed it about 2 inches from the top of the neck. I then made a little black bow out of a square on fabric that was approx. 4 inches long by 2 inches high. I then sewed the bow on and a couple little black buttons and voila, an adorable easy to wear dress!

My difference in the dress tute is where they have you placing elastic in the sleeves. I used elastic thread and just sewed a stitch around the sleeve about 2 1/2 inches up from the hem of the sleeve. I'd never done sewing with elastic thread before and it was SUPER EASY! If you have any questions let me know and I'll help you!

Gluten Free Magic Cookies!

Although no one in our family needs to be gluten free, I do like to have that option. Especially if my husband's used all the flour in one of his cooking creations. So today my friends, I bring you MAGIC COOKIES! They just happen to be GF also! My recipe is adapted from this recipe over at Fashionlushxx.

Ingredients

(mine yielded about 12 cookies because I used a cookie scooper so they are probably a little bigger than hers)

• 1 cup peanut butter- I used crunchy HEB brand
• 1 cup sugar

• 1 egg


• 1/2 cup buttersscotch chips (optional, but I love the richness they provide)

Preheat oven to 375

Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl until it looks like cookie dough.

Scoop approx 1 inch balls onto an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for about 13 minutes.