The Prairie Girl's Guide to Life: How to Sew a Sampler Quilt & 49 Other Pioneer Projects for the Modern Girl (Hardcover)

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"If you're looking for a fun read, pick up a copy of The Prairie Gril's Guide to Life for a nostalgic look at prairie life and how to re-create assorted home-spun projects." -- Nancy Soriano "Country Living"

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Frontier fun meets a home-spun touch in this heart-warming mixture of pioneer projects and wistful nostalgia. Jennifer Worick teaches readers how to sew a quilt, master the art of bread-and-butter pickles, speak old-time slang, and much much more. This is for the legions of Laura Ingalls Wilder fans who have dreamed of what a pioneer life out on the prairie would be like. Combining step-by-step how-to on crafts, with tongue-in-cheek instructions on prairie slang, winning a spelling bee, and singing a lullaby, The "Prairie Girl's Guide to Life" allows fans to finally act out their childhood dreams or to simply enjoy the vicarious thrill of reading about it one more time. This is a book that will pull at the heart strings of every childhood Laura and also teach us a few prairie-time crafts along the way.

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Product Details Hardcover: 200 pages Publisher: Taunton Press (October 16, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1561589861 ISBN-13: 978-1561589869 Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.2 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #149,745 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 10 of 10 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasure Chest of Vanishing Know-How, October 16, 2007 By  J. Black (Dresher, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    The Prairie Girl's Guide to Life: How to Sew a Sampler Quilt & 49 Other Pioneer Projects for the Modern Girl This book is a real treasure chest of rapidly disappearing folk knowledge and skills. It captures a nostalgic segment of the cultural heritage of the U.S. and our pioneering ancestors. Where else would one go for information on how to make a garlic-mustard poultice, rock candy, or learn to play jacks, let alone make your own furniture polish? Even if you are not searching for Grandmother's recipe for peppermint soap, this book is delightful to read. It's charming, funny, quaint, and totally engaging. The book construction is reminiscent of early bookbinding techniques, with an easy-to-read layout and wonderful illustrations. This book would make a perfect gift for daughters and grand-daughters, siblings, friends who like handcrafts, and friends who are seeking the simpler life of earlier times. 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Sassy Worick does it again, October 16, 2007 By  Rhubarb Rhett (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews Jennifer Worick has written another zesty, tidy, and oh so fantastic tome, this time on crafts from the great mid-west and "pioneer times". As with her previous books (which I recommend highly--especially "How to Live with a Man and Love it!") she injects her sardonic sense of humor into even the most basic of craft projects. As a pie maker, I thoroughly enjoyed the recipe for the Rubarb pie, and intend on getting one in the over this fall. For anyone who wants a quirky, vintage (yet simultaneously avant garde), and feel good read that allows you to escape from the modern world of email, texting, and teleconferences, this book is for you. 14 of 16 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars Great inspirational book, October 27, 2007 By  Creating Ms. Perfect "www.creatingmsperfect.b... (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews There's something incredibly soothing about reading about how to make candles, soap, and quilts, even if you never plan on taking the time to actually create all of them yourself. Jennifer Worick writing style is funny and light; spending hours reading this book feels like an escape in itself. And it even convinced me to have a tea party.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars This is a keeper that even Mom will want to own for herself! Worick perfectly captures the spirit of doing for yourself covering the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, parlor and barn. Read more Published 3 months ago by Lisa Barker 2.0 out of 5 stars Not much faith in the advice given This book seems to have been researched by the author but not "lived" by the author. The more I read the different short descriptions for various "prairie" activities (By the way,... Read more Published 4 months ago by Cherrybomb 4.0 out of 5 stars Every farm girl needs this book This book has so much information! The author really did her homework! I keep it on my bedside and read a chapter every night and I learn so much. Read more Published 6 months ago by Linda Koetitz 4.0 out of 5 stars Laura is my hero I liked this book. Some of the projects were VERY basic, and some were pretty involved. I was a good mix! Read more Published 9 months ago by K. Klimstra 5.0 out of 5 stars Calm, Comforting, Country: The Things That Count The Prairie Girl's Guide To Life is the perfect gift for an old hippie-type (me), and for a modern girl with a sentiment for "how it was in Nana's day". Read more Published 16 months ago by Jen Hartnett 5.0 out of 5 stars You Know You Wanted to Be Laura Old fashion skills that fit wonderfully into modern life. The Prairie Girl's Guide to Life is great! Read more Published 19 months ago by Holly M. C. Bishop 5.0 out of 5 stars The Prarie Girls Guide to Life Jennifer Worick has compiled a collection of practical old fashioned skills that can still apply in our fast paced society of today. Read more Published on October 16, 2007 by Christopher Worick 5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for the City GIrl Who Desires a Little Prairie in Her Life My boyfriend's mom is naturally "prairie" as she grew up on a farm and cherry orchard. I wouldn't say she looks down on me for my lack of "prairie" skills, however I could have... Read more Published on October 16, 2007 by Jennifer Grosman Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Taunton Press (October 16, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561589861
• ISBN-13: 978-1561589869
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #149,745 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasure Chest of Vanishing Know-How, October 16, 2007

By	J. Black (Dresher, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Prairie Girl's Guide to Life: How to Sew a Sampler Quilt & 49 Other Pioneer Projects for the Modern Girl

This book is a real treasure chest of rapidly disappearing folk knowledge and skills. It captures a nostalgic segment of the cultural heritage of the U.S. and our pioneering ancestors. Where else would one go for information on how to make a garlic-mustard poultice, rock candy, or learn to play jacks, let alone make your own furniture polish?

Even if you are not searching for Grandmother's recipe for peppermint soap, this book is delightful to read. It's charming, funny, quaint, and totally engaging. The book construction is reminiscent of early bookbinding techniques, with an easy-to-read layout and wonderful illustrations.

This book would make a perfect gift for daughters and grand-daughters, siblings, friends who like handcrafts, and friends who are seeking the simpler life of earlier times.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sassy Worick does it again, October 16, 2007

By	Rhubarb Rhett (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

Jennifer Worick has written another zesty, tidy, and oh so fantastic tome, this time on crafts from the great mid-west and "pioneer times". As with her previous books (which I recommend highly--especially "How to Live with a Man and Love it!") she injects her sardonic sense of humor into even the most basic of craft projects. As a pie maker, I thoroughly enjoyed the recipe for the Rubarb pie, and intend on getting one in the over this fall. For anyone who wants a quirky, vintage (yet simultaneously avant garde), and feel good read that allows you to escape from the modern world of email, texting, and teleconferences, this book is for you.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great inspirational book, October 27, 2007

By	Creating Ms. Perfect "www.creatingmsperfect.b... (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

There's something incredibly soothing about reading about how to make candles, soap, and quilts, even if you never plan on taking the time to actually create all of them yourself. Jennifer Worick writing style is funny and light; spending hours reading this book feels like an escape in itself. And it even convinced me to have a tea party.