The Bleu Door pattern site ( www.thebleudoor.com ) continues to be a gold mine of patterns to adapt for the Prairie Flowers. Here are a few new patterns, all of which (with the exception of the crochet sweater above) have been adapted from these patterns.First, there is a simple nightgown from 1920. This is made of a pale pink batiste, with a sprinkling of crochet flowers around the neck, and featherstitching around the bottom. The pattern is here:
http://sites.google.com/site/designbybethann/home/links/PFNightgown.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
The bedjacket is just a simple sweater crocheted from laceweight mohair yarn. I developed the pattern originally for Waldorf dolls, and have adapted it for mini-free spirits, and now the Prairie Flowers:
http://sites.google.com/site/designbybethann/home/links/Crochet_Sweater_for_PrairieFlowers.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
Next is a simple shirt and jumper combination. The shirt has 3/4 length sleeves that are not set in; the neck and sleeve edges finished with either purchased or self bias trim. The pattern is here:http://sites.google.com/site/designbybethann/home/links/PFBasicShirt.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
The jumper is also super easy, and from the same 1920 pattern as the shirt:
http://sites.google.com/site/designbybethann/home/links/PFJumper.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
These cute and simple overalls are from a 1917 pattern. I made them from an old pair of my husbands blue jeans...the straps here were a little narrow to easily make up, so on the pattern I've widened them a bit. And added a touch of embroidery to the legs. Same simple shirt with these overalls as above. The pattern is here:
http://sites.google.com/site/designbybethann/home/links/PFOveralls.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
Close up of the overall embroidery. A Prairie girl should have Prairie flowers blooming across her overalls :-)
