End of the year Teachers Gift

Its the same question I seam to ask my self every year, What am I going to get for my daughters teacher?? This year her teacher was wonderful!! One of the best we have had so far. So what do you get for the person that has helped your child so much. This year with the help of Pinterest (love that site) we found this homemade super cute idea. My daughter loved being able to make her teacher something and it was also a great time for me to get some one on one time with my daughter. 

What you will need: 

Everything I found at the dollar store

A small box ( something a good size to fit on a desk)

1 to 2 boxes of crayons

Glue

and goodies to fill the box. I went with school stickers, hand sanitizer, note pad, pens, white board markers.

But even baked brownies or cookies would be a really cute idea.

To make the box all you have to do is glue the crayons to the sides of the box. I used a hot glue gun, I found it went a lot faster but just about any glue will work. may just have to wait for a side to dry before going on to the next side.

Multiply Size Sewing Patterns- How to use

Multiply size patterns for a beginner can be a bit intimidating, but at times they can really be great. In our family we have little girls from birth - age 10, so  being able to buy just one pattern to make around 4 sizes of an item can be a real money saver. But how do you use them? I have tried a bunch of things over the years and this is what I have found works best for me.

All you will need is the pattern, scissors, marker and tissue paper! ( just plan old gift tissue paper most dollar stores carry it) I used blue when I took these photos because that's what I had in the house, but white is easier to see.

Lay pattern under tissue paper then trace all marking & lines for the size you need. I like to start with size small and work my way up getting all the sizes done, that way the next time I need to use the pattern I will not have worry about doing this so I can get right to sewing :)

Once you have the whole pattern traced all that's left to do is cut. Super easy right!! I like to store all of the pattern pieces together in a gallon size zip lock bag.

Baking Monkey Bread with kids

I can still remember helping my mother make monkey bread when I was young, and then how my friends and I would wait for it to come out of the oven. The whole house would smell like cinnamon and sugar. It's one of those recipe's that is super easy to make, taste's SO good and super fun to make with kids! 

 Ingredients

4 packages of biscuit dough 

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon

3/4 cups butter

10 inch Bundt pan

Large plastic ziplock bag

Directions

Grease a 10 inch bundt pan, add sugar and cinnamon to the large plastic bag and cut all 4 cans of biscuit's in to quarters.

Once all biscuit's have been quartered add them to the bag and shack to coat..This is the fun part for kids :)

As you take coated quarters from bag start to layer them in the bundt pan. Once all quarters are in pan it will look like there is not enough *don't worry about this because biscuits will raise in the oven.

Melt butter on  medium heat and add remaining sugar and cinnamon to pot, stirring for 1 min then  pour over biscuits. cook at 375 for 30 mins. then let cool, once cool turn pan over on plate and enjoy!!!

  

                                      

Pilllowcase Dress Pattern/ Tutorial

It's done!! Woohoo :) Pillowcase dress pattern/ tutorial. I hope all will enjoy this guide. This was put together  again just like my towel pants pattern with the beginner sewer in mind. When I first started to sew I found that I had to read from a number of patterns just understand what had to be done, with all the technical terms and lack of photos lets just say I am happy I never gave up. This is my main reason for wanting to make patterns, So that EVERYONE can sew. As a mother of two daughters the feeling I get when I see them light up with excitement over their new dress makes it all worth while.

With this pattern you will be able to make dresses from birth to size 8.

PDF-Pattern-Tutorial-Pillowcase-Dress

4th Of July

The summer is almost here and with that means friends,family and of course bbq's!! Love pillowcase dresses this time of the year, keeps the kids cool & look great. Had to share these super cute 4th of July dresses. They were a custom order for Matching sister dresses. This is one of the number one things I love about fabric, being able to match your kids even if they are a few years apart. My daughter's are 5 years apart,  Once my older one no longer fit in 5T  that was it no more matching, and lets face it they look so cute when they match :)

**News
Pillowcase dress pattern coming soon!!! also working on some new free tutorial's that I will be posting here soon. 

Dress Form Pincushion

Loving these super cute dress form pincushion's!!! also work great as a jewelry holder or just as decor for a little girls room or sewing room. I love making these!

Mackenzie Madison's Pillowcase dress Giveaway

Mackenzie Madison's is now on Facebook and to get the page up and running I thought we would have a little fun with it, On May 1st I will have a drawing for all the fans on our page to win a super cute pillow case dress! Keep it for your little one or give it as a gift :) all you have to do to is " LIKE" our page. Super easy just hit the like button and you are entered in the giveway. Good luck everyone and remember to check our facebook page on May 1st to find out if you are the winner. the link for our facebook page is on the right side of this blog or Just click on this like button