New Pattern

 

Here's the newest Little Craft Cottage pattern hot off the presses!              

It's A Brei's Apron pattern. 

Very easy to make. It has criss cross straps across your back, so there is no stress on your neck or upper back, also 3 pockets on the front. A breeze to put on and take off. I have the pattern available in paper form right now. you can find it here

It should be in PDF form in the next couple of weeks. I will have those links available at that time.

Mom-mom's Vintage Style Portable High Chair Pattern

My new old pattern. I revised, and took this pattern out of retirement. It is Mom-mom's Vintage Style Portable High Chair. Made out of necessity in 1984, we couldn't afford a high chair along with all the other baby stuff we needed to buy. I collaborated with my Grandmother and this is the result. This is my daughter in the original one. Later that year I made it into a pattern and have sold many over the years. Now it is back for a new generation of parents and children to enjoy. You can find it at my My Etsy Shop. Available for instant download in PDF form for $9.95.

Wow time flies. I must apologize--- it has been so very long. No excuses, just quite busy creating, filling orders, and life in general!! Here is my newest pattern. LCC Large Ornie, Santa Door Greeter! He is about 19" tall when finished. I include very easy detailed instructions and drawings. His eyes are handpainted and you trace them onto your fabric and follow the easy painting instructions step by step. You can even use permanent markers instead of paint for the eyes. I made him from plush felt and Debbie Mumm Christmas fabric. I will have the PDF pattern available very soon. I put the red hatted Santa on Ebay and he sold right away too. Until next time.... I hope it is sooner than this last time in between writing.

New Doll Pattern ~~~Anya is her name!

I apologize for such a long time in between posts but life gets in the way. I'm always sooooo busy everyday all day long. It makes me wonder how did I manage to get all this done when I had a full time job outside the home too!!!?
Anyway I just finished her last week. Here's Anya my newest Raggedy Doll Pattern. Available in PDF download form   Click here for the PDF
Also available in mailed paper pattern form actually on sale right now Click Here for Paper Pattern 
I don't have her listed at all my venues just yet, only at the two links here in this post.
I'm off to try and finish another pattern real soon I hope. I don't know, now that we are in Christmas Season it's time to decorate the house and make all the gifts for family, friends, and neighbors. So thinking in terms of reality I'll be surprised at myself if I get another one done before the first of the year. But it is the time of year for miracles......
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Season to all!

New Pattern~~ Primitive Prairie Flowers

I finally finished 1 of the 3 new patterns I started back in January! I've been making these and selling them finished over the years and now I've turned them into a pattern so y'all can make your own. That's actually how a lot of my patterns have come to be. They are scribbles on note papers from items I've been creating and selling for years. It's just finding the time to gather my little notes and write them into patterns! I find it hard to believe that life gets in the way so much so that it took this long to complete this one! So far this is the picture on the cover but I'm sure that will change as I make new ones for gifts or to sell.This set is actually a birthday gift for a friend tomorrow. I know she is busy tonight so she won't be reading my blog and see them early!

 I keep forgetting to post the picture of one of the broccoflower plants right before I cut some and cooked them! It was quite sweet and tender. I planted 17 and only 6 survived the birds that munched on them when they were tiny. I thought I had bugs eating them at night till one morning while washing dishes looking out the window I saw a bird biting pieces off the leaves! My husband and I built a netted cover from netted tulle and pvc pipe that totally covered the 6 plants that were still ok so the hungry birds couldn't get to them. Then we got a little smarter and draped netted tulle over the whole garden to keep the birds out when we did our spring planting. We don't have a large garden. It is 4' deep about 28' long. It's at the back of our yard, raised about 2'  like a flower bed but a very large flower bed considering it's 4' deep. I do my best to plant as many veggies as possible in there.  This spring we scaled down to using half the garden while the Mister levels out an area of the backyard and puts down block pavers to cover it because it doesn't grow grass very well in that area. So we planted 1 zucchini plant, 2 tomato plants one was a cherry tomato, several pole beans, radishes, onions, and carrots. We have strawberries growing in a huge planter. Learned awhile back the dog loved to eat the strawberries. I thought critters were eating them. I'd see them growing then a day or 2 later they'd be gone. One day I found out it was my own furry critter Abby our Australian shepherd. So with them in a huge planter she can't get to them.

Time to get back to making more Prairie Flowers. I'm on  a roll now so I don't want to spoil the momentum.

I've been quite busy

I've gotten done a few new patterns. All my patterns are for sale on my website.
These are so adorable and very easy to make.
Click here for Fancy Pants Pattern Ebay Auction 

 Here's my Olde Scarecrow Doll Pattern. His face reminds of the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. I wasn't trying to resemble anything just did it free hand and that was the result. I hope everyone has a good week. 
Click here for Scarecrow Pattern Ebay Auction