Hello sweet friends! Welcome to Lessons With Laura Little Town On The Prairie. This is the eighth post in an eleven-week series. You can find all of the Lessons With Laura posts HERE.
Lessons With Laura Little Town On The Prairie
In this post, we will feature two chapters from Little Town On The Prairie along with some accompanying activities.
Chapter 5: Working In Town
Chapter 9: Blackbirds
We will be taking a look at my collection of antique fashion magazines and visiting a log cabin site.
This post works in conjunction with my YouTube channel.
THE FULL-LENGTH VIDEO CAN BE VIEWED BY CLICKING HERE.
Chapter 5 Working In Town
In chapter 5 Laura goes to work in town. She sews men’s shirts to help raise money to send Mary to college. Her descriptions of Mr. Clancy’s dry goods store as well as its occupants make you feel you’re sewing right beside her.
Chapter 9: Blackbirds
Preparations are underway to send Mary to college and there is so much to do. Ma is worried about Mary’s dress. As a seamstress, I understand wanting to get things just right.
In the video, I am wearing a 1930’s Smocked Sleeve dress I made last year.
At the visit to the log cabin site, I am wearing the Natural Form Era pioneer work dress I just finished. All the details about the dress are shared in this historical Fashion Friday post.
YOU CAN VISIT THE SITES
Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Homes
105 Olivet Ave.
De Smet, South Dakota 57231
(605) 854-3383
I hope you have enjoyed today’s lessons.
Laura
Love that 1930’s dress and those shoes. 🙂
Laura, your skill with the needle never ceases to amaze me. I’m guessing that lovely cabinet is yours. Perfection.
Love the new dress, can’t wait to hear, well, read about it!
I would love to find some Lady Godey’s magazines! A co-worker let me borrow her mother’s collection of bound magazines and they were so interesting. It was fun seeing your little Featherweight. I have the same model, a $20 Goodwill find, . and I love that it’s the same age as me. Recently, I had my Pfaff in the shop for servicing and used my Featherweight to make most of my 1880’s bustle dress. I just love the sound it makes as it stitches along! As always, your video was great and I look forward to hearing more about your pretty Natural Form Era dress.
Oops, excuse the senior moment! I meant Godey’s Lady’s magazines!
Those dresses! You are amazing with sewing–where do you find the time?? Love these post, Laura. ❤️
Jane x