Caroline Dress Button Closure Instructions

Hello! I created this today and wanted to share with you an alternate way to finish your Caroline Dress OR your Amelia Shirt. View this Button Closure Tutorial on my website. You can also use Velcro or snaps if you wish. Adorable!

Introducting the Amelia Shirt Pattern

Introducing my newest pattern - the Amelia Shirt Pattern for Teens, Tweens, and Adults! Sizes XXS - XL and it's super simple. You can make a mommy and me look by using the Caroline Dress Pattern for girls, too. You can buy the pattern on my website - Frog Legs and Ponytails - or on my Etsy Site! Cool summer style looks cute with shorts and sassy with jeans. Thanks for the great response already!

New Site Open!

At last - it has been a long process, but my new site if finally up and running! Please stop by and let me know what you think! You can shop for PDF patterns, find pattern updates and additional tutorials, and lots of other information. I'll be adding new patterns soon, too! Thanks for stopping by!

Estoy aprendiendo hablar español.

(That means - I am learning to speak Spanish.) I took an amazing trip in February with my sister to the Dominican Republic. This was the scenery on one of our excursions! I promise - this is not the stock photo that came with my computer. I took it with my cell phone nonetheless! Anyway, when we arrived at our hotel we were given the most delicious slushy drink. I tried to order it several other times (a day) during our trip, but always ended up with some inferior version of the original yummy rum drink. I vowed then to learn Spanish before the Punta Cana Girls Trip 2010! If not just to get the yummy rum drink, but to avoid some of the embarrassing events that occurred due to my naivety and lack of understanding of the Spanish language. (One incident - much to my sisters amusement - involved my handing over the room key card instead of the towel "ticket" to the handsome pool boy. The key and the ticket looked the same from where I was standing in line. All I wanted was a towel - promise!)

I got a new iPhone the other day and stumbled upon Coffee Break Spanish. You can download and listen to mini Spanish lessons on your iPhone while the kids are in swimming class! Jeez...what will they think of next! www.coffeebreakspanish.com . So, I am sewing two Kyla dresses for a friend right now and just touched up on Lesson 4 Spanish. I love to multi-task!

Little Butter Beans

I saw this adorable little blue-eyed sweetie in my Flickr Group the other day and had to share these pictures with you. The designer and photographer is Coleen from Little Butter Beans - isn't she talented?! She has done the Caroline Dress Pattern justice! Great job Coleen!

Caroline Dress Class at Crafty Planet

If you live in the Minneapolis area, you might want to check out the Caroline Dress Class at Crafty Planet. The first class is June 14, 2009. If you are new to sewing - this will be a great opportunity for you to acquire some skills! You'll be stitching up a whole closet full of dresses in a weekend. Check out their site under "classes".

New Website!

I'm working on getting my new website up and running! It is so cute - I can't wait to share. Look for an email from me soon announcing the new site launch and new patterns for this spring and summer. Plus coupons and other fun info. Are you on my mailing list? If you have not received an email from me before, drop me a line at froglegsandponytails@hotmail.com and I'll be sure to get you on the list. Have a great day!