Kirstin's Skirt

Several months ago, my friend made this skirt for her daughter. It's called the Kirstin's skirt and the pattern can be purchased here. I loved it and wanted to make it for my daughters, so I ran out and bought the fabric where it has been sitting in my sewing room since. I finally got around to making them and LOVE them. So cute!!!

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Nothing Bundt Cake

I'm sure quite a few of you have heard of the weight watcher pumpkin cookies. It's really simple. 1 15 oz. can of pumpkin and 1 box of spice cake mix. Mix together, drop by spoonfuls on a cookie sheet, and bake @ 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. The good news is they are only 1 point per cookie. However, I like to add chocolate chips to them, which makes them not as healthy, but then you have easy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Our cooking group this month was "pumpkin" themed. I figured everyone would bring cookies, so I decided to throw this recipe into a bundt pan and make a cake out of it. I added 1/2 cup of water to make it more cake-like, but I think I might need to add even more to make it fluffier because it was still a little too heavy for my taste. It was still delicious. I added my version of "Nothing Bundt Cakes" cream cheese frosting, added some flowers to make it look fancy like theirs, and there you go!

Here's the recipe for the frosting:
1 8 oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter (1/2 cube), softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2-2 cups powdered sugar

Cream together cream cheese and butter. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar until desired consistency.

Doll Stroller Cover Tutorial

Welcome to Sew Dang Cute! Even though I'm focusing on the sewing part of crafting, I will still occasionally post a recipe or miscellaneous craft, so become a follower, add me to your Google Reader, tell your friends, and don't miss another post! To kick things off, I wanted to give you a fun doll stroller covering tutorial. If you have a daughter(s) like me, then you have a doll stroller cover that *may* be ripped. Ours was, so I decided to make a new covering. I'm not going to claim originality with this concept, but I did make this pattern so here goes. It's for a standard doll stroller. I tried this on a couple and they worked. It did not however fit the Graco doll stroller. You can download the pattern here. You can also use the old cover as a pattern, if you prefer or it's a different size. My directions may seem crude, and I apologize. Hopefully, the pictures clear up any confusion. If not, please let me know!



Supplies needed:

• 1/4 yd fabric (I used home decor in hopes that it holds up better, but cotton is fine)


• 3 yds 1" heavy twill ribbon (or something similar)


• Coordinating thread


• Buckle thing (I took mine from the previous stroller covering)

All seams are topstitching unless otherwise noted. Print off the pattern and tape the pieces together along the dotted lines. Cut out the bottom and top pieces from your fabric. Cut a 2 1/2" x 9 1/8" rectangular piece of fabric. Starting with your rectangular piece, fold a long edge under 1/4" and press. This pressed edge will now be the top edge of this piece. Grab this piece and your bottom piece and line up the bottom edges, wrong sides together. Now you are going to topstitch along the top edge, leaving a 2" opening on each side, to sew these pieces together. I used pins to mark where to start and stop sewing. Cut a 7" piece of ribbon. Roll one end under about 1/8", then fold over to create a loop that's about 2". Stitch rolled end down. Pin other end to the right side of the bottom piece, in the center of the bottom edge, rolled end facing down. (See two pictures down for better idea). Cut a 28 1/2" piece of ribbon. Fold in half lengthwise and press. Center bottom piece in ribbon and pin down, starting and stopping where stitching is from sewing rectangular piece to bottom piece. I used red pins to show where to start and stop sewing. Set bottom piece aside. Cut two 4" pieces of ribbon. Fold each in half lengthwise, press, then topstich shut. Fold in half to form loop and pin to upper corners on wrong side of top piece. Cut 5" piece of ribbon. Feed one end through fastener. Roll end under and stitch down through both layers of ribbon, securing the fastener. Pin to left side of top piece about 4" up from the bottom. Cut 9" piece of ribbon. Feed one end through other part of fastener. Roll end under twice to create a hem and stitch down, but not through both layers of the ribbon since this is the ribbon you pull to tighten or loosen the lap belt.Connect both parts of fastener. Pin ribbon down to right side of top piece about 4" up from the bottom. Cut a 35" piece of ribbon. Fold in half lengthwise and press. Pin to outside edges of top piece, enclosing straps and loops. Cut off any excess. Here's a front and back view. Stitch down. Grab bottom piece and top piece. With right sides together, use the remaining ribbon from the bottom piece to enclose remaining raw edges of pieces. Pin together. Fold the raw edge of one end of the ribbon under and overlap the other end to enclose all the raw edges of the ribbon. Here are a couple of pictures to show what it looks like all pinned together. Stitch down and you are ALL DONE!!! Again, sorry if that doesn't make sense. PLEASE let me know if you have any questions!! Good luck!