Hello sweet friends, today I am taking you on a tour of Rocky Ridge Farm, Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved Ozark home located in Mansfield, MO. Rocky Ridge Farm Laura, Almanzo and Rose Wilder left DeSmet, South Dakota and moved to Mansfield, Missouri in 1894. They purchased a forty-acre farm with a one-room log cabin near a spring and ravine. (Laura shown in the ravine in 1900.) In the spring of 1895 they built a room onto the cabin. The following year they rolled the room, on logs, to ... View the Post
Wilder Days
Every year the quiet town of Mansfield, Missouri transforms into a flurry of activity to celebrate Wilder Days. This annual celebration occurs the last weekend in September and honors the life and legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the beloved Little House series of books. Wilder Days The Wilder Days festival is held in the downtown Mansfield square as well as at the historic Laura Ingalls Wilder Home & Museum (Rocky Ridge Farm and the Rock house), where the author ... View the Post
Little House on the Prairie Learn To Sew Patterns
Hello friends, today is truly a dream come true. For the past two years I have been working on a line of Little House on the Prairie® Learn To Sew patterns and step by step sewing tutorial videos. Over the years I have met so many wonderful people at various Little House and Laura Ingalls Wilder events. Many people, of all ages, asked if I could teach them how to sew. This series of patterns, instructional booklets and step by step YouTube video tutorials is designed to do just that! The ... View the Post
Diana Barry’s Pink Picnic Dress
In 1985 I fell in love with an Edwardian ensemble featured in Kevin Sullivan's Anne of Green Gables. It was to my 16 year old heart too poetically beautiful for words. For forty one years I have loved Diana Barry's Pink Picnic Dress. Laura's House of Dreams After recently rewatching Anne of Green Gables the love for Diana Barry's dress was rekindled in my heart. Tomorrow I will mark my 58th trip around the sun. So I decided that I wanted to make this dress and I didn't ... View the Post
A Visit To Plum Creek
I recently traveled to Walnut Grove, Minnesota. It was the golden hour as the sun was setting when I paid A Visit To Plum Creek. A Visit To Plum Creek In the book On The Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about her family living in a dugout. This wonderful site is pure enchantment. Native grasses have been planted and land looks much the same as when the Ingalls family first arrived. You cross over a wooden bridge and turn right to view the area where ... View the Post
An 1870s Work Dress
I recently attended Carrie Days at the Little House on the Prairie Museum. For the event I created An 1870s Work Dress. A Bit of History The 1870s are known in the fashion timeline as the Natural Form or Second Bustle Era. You can read more about this style in this post. As with fashion today there was high fashion. The bodices became long and smooth fitting over the hips. This was known as the Cuirass style. Also fashionable was the Princess Dress, where the bodice and ... View the Post
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