An Update on the Girls Club

A few weeks ago I told you about how I had wanted to start a girls club but had never made it a priority until just a few months ago.  We have now voted on a name and we’re calling ourselves “Castle Keepers”.  Our girls are learning home keeping skills for their future “castles”.

We had our first class on apron making.  The kids had a lot of fun but we mothers are having a great time as well.  One of the mom’s suggested that each of the girls make a 2nd apron just to cement the skills they had learned in the apron class. It was an idea that everybody embraced and the sewing machines have been humming. 🙂

I even got in on the action and made my first one. We learned how to make these using an apron that was already sewn as our pattern. It took me 4 1/2 hours to make. Another girl in the club who has made a few only took about 2 hours from start to finish, so as you get comfortable with the whole process, I’m sure it gets quicker.

Some things I thought was kind of fun about my apron.
1. The black and white check was fabric that belonged to a friend of mine.
2. The lining was an old sheet of my mom’s.
3. The white lace on the pocket is off of a skirt both Serenity and Audrey wore when they were little.
4. And the cherry print, right above the lace is a piece left over from a quilt I made for Audrey when she was a baby. 🙂

Total cost of apron $2.50 (for hot pink material)

Serenity has her second one made and it turned out lovely.

Serenity and I both used the same white lace on our aprons.  Here she only has a small bit of it showing whereas I showed off quite a bit more.

Each month we are also posting a monthly challenge (we have a Google+ community where we share pictures and communicate about anything dealing with Castle Keepers) and this months challenge was to make a salsa they had never made before and post about it on Google+ along with the recipe.  Then at our next meeting they are to bring enough for us all to sample.

Audrey made a delicious salsa that you would typically have in a Mexican restaurant.  Everything was done in the blender.

Here she is sporting her ladybug apron that she made!

Serenity made a unique salsa – Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips. The cinnamon chips alone were really good.  They reminded me of churros.

So it’s been an exciting month for Castle Keepers. What a treat for us all to gather and focus on things that will be of importance to our girls when they are running their own households.