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Lillian Weber’s Basic Peasant Dress Pattern To Celebrate Her 100th Birthday!

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Lillian Weber makes a beautiful basic peasant dress. She sends them to little girls through the Christian outreach Little Dresses For Africa (LDFA). I posted earlier on Why 99-Year-Old Lillian Weber Is Not Retired.

Lillian Weber’s goal was to make her 1,000th dress by her 100th birthday. On Thursday, March 12, she accomplished that goal, well before her own birthday deadline in early May.

So, in honor of Lillian Weber’s 100th birthday on May 6, 2015, I found a beautiful tutorial over at Once Upon A Sewing Machine for the basic peasant dress (before ruffles and appliques and pockets) just like Lillian makes (with shorter sleeves). Most beginning sewers can do this.

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75 Classic Books We Shouldn’t Neglect In A Child’s Reading Repetoire

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Having been a child myself in the early 50s, there are classic books I feel should never be neglected in a child’s reading repertoire.

With the exception of a handful I did not list here, these were the stuff of our children’s early homeschool reading aloud experience. They are all still around and available today because they strike a chord in all who read them – parent and child alike.

They set an enriching foundation in the heart and mind of children age 2 through 7 or 8. In my opinion, reading aloud should continue even after a child has mastered reading on his or her own and beyond.

Parent – be honest – you’ve only got so much time for reading aloud with your children! The last thing you want to do is choose a dud. If you are new to this, I hope this reading list makes the choosing easier and provides many delightful reading hours for you and your child! Enjoy!

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Titus 2 Advice To All Seeking Mothers In Painting & Quotes

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I used to believe that to give advice as an older woman, I needed to live a picture-perfect life – to be a perfect role model. But, if I gave in to the old lie that ‘I have no business giving advice because I am so flawed’, I would never do what I am commanded in the Bible to do: to ‘teach what is good’ and ‘urge the younger women to love their husbands and children’, (Titus 2: 3-4).

So even with all my personal imperfections, I still hope to communicate powerful truths through each quote and image. These principles are as relevant today as ever – and maybe more-so – for they are ever more needed today! 

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