If there are any praying folks here… could you please say a prayer for us here in Houston? 🙏 Most of us have been without power for 3 days and they don’t expect it to be on anytime soon in 100° temperatures. We would truly appreciate it! God Bless 🙏

A DIORAMA is a 3-D miniature replica of a scene enclosed in box or frame. Whoever made that for you did a great job!

Anyone who can cook in a fireplace without setting fire to the entire state of Missouri can become an extraordinarily proficient seamstress!

We had a tornado here in eden NY today. The town is on a state of emergency. My hubby and I are OK but please say prayers for my neighbors and the town. One of the farms got hit real bad.

Your apron is awesome. Don’t say that you can’t sew. From where I stand I can see that you are amazing at whatever you decide to do. Words are very important. I think you should say, I am getting better and better at sewing. 💕

Justine, the only way to get better at sewing is to do it! Practice makes perfect. Ladies in the 18th and 19th century learned to sew an a very young age. So don't get discouraged. Everyone has to start somewhere!

Yay! Way to go Ron for having our girls back and stopping her from putting herself down because she can’t see (by praising her killer cooking skills)

I absolutely loved the series on Believe. I admire you both so much for your filmmaking standards, which clearly mirror your life standards. The Believe series looked like one of your videos with a few more camera and viewpoints added. Your dedication to deep historical research combined with great filming and editing make your videos stand out. The fact that you both care so much about this smart and quirky path you have chosen is inspiring and so genuine. Your lack of corporate sponsorship is also massively noteworthy. In other words, congratulations on your marriage and your filmmaking collaboration, what a truly dynamic duo you are!

LOVED you wedding documentary! Thank you for inviting us all. Many blessings on a happy marriage.

Your apron is beautiful. You should be proud of it!

I made a raspberry custard pie. So simple. Four eggs beaten. Add 1/2 cup sugar. 2 1/2 cups milk 1 tsp vanilla. Pour into a semi cooked pie crust. Add in 2-4 cups berries. Bake until center is set and knife comes out clean.

PRAYERS FOR ALL OF YOU FOLKS IN HOUSTON!!! GOD BE WITH YOU ALL❤❤❤❤❤

Oh my goodness, is there anything Ron doesn't do, he builds, he can sew and knows about patterns and things and can play the drum. Love it!

Well now you can't say that you can't sew. 🙌 Great job on your apron!

Hi, the sound of rain is a brainwave and add ASMR. So nice 🌧️🌈😅

George Washington's speech was awesome. Also loved Mt Vernon.

Your little gift is called a diorama. It’s adorable ! What a great gift !🥰

Ron is correct! I had to take a semester of home economics! I have had my own sewing machine for 30 years. To give Justine some perspective, My wife has been sewing for 50 years. She has a project that is sitting our closet that she will never finish because it will not fit her!. It happens.

Back in those days, many women, sadly, did not survive childbirth. If they survived the childbirth itself, many young women passed away a few days later due to sepsis from infection . Thank God, today, we have modern medicine, anticeptics and antibiotics , and vaccines which have GREATLY improved our human lifespan!

Pillowcases! Pillow cases and napkins are a good project for a beginner. It's something that is useful later on and it gives you all the practice that you need for making straight seams and folding and working with the matching edges etc. Ron keeps amazing me with his vast knowledge of all kinds of topics in his versatility!

I agree, bring back more life skills in schools. Even boys should know how to sew on buttons and such basic skills! I personally am a German university lecturer, but both of my parents and my brother were very hands-on persons and they made everything themselves that they could make (my mother was a trained administrator who would later teach some 30 different crafts at an adult education center and at hobby shops, my father was originally a chemist who worked for a printing ink company). So, even as a young kid, I would sew Barbie dresses by hand, I soon made dresses for myself using a sewing machine and even went through a two-year professional training as a seamstress. In the U.S., I learned how to quilt by hand and, almost 40 years later, I still quilt (now mostly by machine, unless I am appliquéing) and although I have been an academic for the past 35 years, I still value my sewing skills learned as a young woman and make many things for myself, for around the house, and as gifts for others. Sewing is therapy. It keeps you from being caught up ion your thoughts and worries. And it produces one-of-a-kind things no one else has…

Diorama box .. that’s what that’s called! Very cool!!

Your apron is really nice! You did a fantastic job !

Amen❤ L❤ve that you pray Ron before your eat. L❤ve 😊your show ! Love the sound of the rain. I thank God for rain as well. God bless your marriage ❤

My wife and I have been married for 42 years on July 31st! Every once and a while she will still serve a meal that she will reject before we sit down. She will come to me and say " We are going out to eat! Don't ask!" I don't ask.

Cannot wait to watch after work. ❤ love you both. I send blessings your way.

I've been sewing all my long life. If Justine can make that apron by hand, she surely can learn on a machine. Start with a very simple pattern. The first thing I ever made was a dress that consisted of only three pieces in 7th grade. I was hooked. Taking a few classes really helps too.

I watched all four episodes, and I cried at George Washington's speech ❤

Make the bub on your apron larger ...about 4-6 inches taller. I'm 71 and my great grandmother had many from her grandmother and they had large bibs. They were.meant to cover most of the dress so it stayed clean.

In my area, rather than ask what pattern someone used, we complement a costume that we like, by saying to the person wearing it, "my compliments to your tailor/dressmaker"! That covers both self-made and purchased costume items!

Justine I love your apron. I grew up in a family that my sister could sew my mom can sew just not me. So I completely understand where you're coming from. The great part about it is is you kept doing it and look you made a beautiful apron.😊 I love blueberries we had a bush in the backyard. I was blessed because they still had home economics when I was in high school so I was able to sew after the class. Still my mother was so good and I was so thankful cuz she made my graduation dress

Love this old way of life. Simpler and happier.

I was lucky to have a grandmother, mother & stepmother who sewed. So when I took those home economic classes, I made a blouse while others made a pillow. There are many, many skills involved in all handcrafts. If possible, take on one new skill to master with each project. I have been a part of knitting groups in the past and would love to be a part of a sewing circle again.

My first sewing machine DID get thrown out the front door. I took it to a sewing repair center, I had put the needle in backwards. User error. Sewing is easy AFTER you've sewn for a couple years. Like all things, practice improves the skill. Several historical sewing channels here on KZfaq are helpful to me. After 43 years of sewing, I am still learning.

That diorama is the cutest thing ever!

I’m similar to Ron, my mom taught me how to sew (both on a machine and manually) when I was young. I even made custom costumes for my daughter without any patterns.

It's called a diorama Justine, and that's soooo awesome that someone would do that for you guys!

Justine, glad to hear that you are on your journey learning how to sew! Good wishes to you! 😊

The apron is so cute.

You did a great job on on your apron! 😊way to go!!!

What really taught me to see was not clothing! It was quilting! I learned so much from the little sewing tricks needed from these experts. But then I was in a reinactment group for Middle Ages. And OMG! I was teaching sewing! You can do this!!!

LOVE the sound of the rain in the cabin!

I love that apron. It looks very flattering. 🙂

For your first project you did very well. I was taught to sew Barbie doll clothes when I was in elementary school. All my sewing was by hand until I took home economics I love to sew especially baby clothes. You did good. Keep practicing

The hem is called a rolled hem I believe...schools aren't teaching the basics like cooking and sewing or shop classes like they used to. Justine beautiful apron! You surely can sew your own things. I am learning to hand sew trims for 1860's things... I need a lot of practice so just keep practicing you will get there! Love you guys!

The 'Chester' presentation is really great. The words - the first and original American epic poem.

You sewed your apron BY HAND!!!! I'm immensely impressed. ❤

Praying for you all. We are in North fla. and got hit last Aug. with a hurricane. It was the first time in at least 80 years for this area, if I remember correctly. We were without power for at least a week. Some even longer.

That Raspberry tart would be FABULOUS served over vanilla ice cream!!

There aren't enough hours in a day to make everything from scratch. Clothes, food,furniture, gardening, etc. Your clothes are awesome Justine!

Justine CAN sew.

Your wedding videos were so much fun to watch!!!

Been missing you two. ❤

Women use to get together and sew quilts and this honed their skills. Justine keep trying with the machine. By all means use a pattern. Using a pattern is not cheating. When a dress gets worn, you could take it apart and make your own pattern. I really started sewing when I had children. But you can make curtains bedding, pillows and more for your new home. Ron did a beautiful job on the 4th of July ceremony. ❤😊❤

Hi everyone sorry I'm late. CONGRATULATIONS ON a beautiful wedding love and health to you both. I'm in western NY and uts just starting to rain 🌧. Enjoy the cool night and Justin I just adore you and love the dress ❤

Just gotta say...I love you two. So charming and fun. Love how Ron encourages you, Justine. I agree, you done good with the apron! You SHALL overcome that insecurity. Looking forward to future creations.

I loved it. You guys handled the challenges really well. I'd watch it again. Good Job and congratulations to you both

I love watching your videos! ❤

A properly ripened peach is the best thing on earth. I got my first peach off my tree this year and it was small, but it was delicious!

Mrs. Rayfield, I love your apron and you will be sewing difficult patterns in no time. Ron, you did a wonderful job at the Independence Day Celebration. Thank you both for another fine Chew and Chat. Be blessed and may good weather shine in you soon! xoxo

You guys are my favorite ❤ Peace, love and good health

Great job on the apron! Never a failure with anything you do, because you learn what or what not to do.

You did great with the apron, Justine! Both of you are amazing in all you accomplish!

I thank God for you both and that you found each other

Justine you did a great job making your apron! 😊

I loved that Diorama! 🥰 It was absolutely adorable! 😊

Fire and extreme heat plus wind and NO rain 😢 So glad you're getting rain. I'm in Oregon, central north.

Justine, I made my self a jumper style dress when I was in homec class, but because I was extra short in the waist area, my dress did not fit me right, so my older sister took it apart and re-cut it and resowed it and made it fit me the way it was supposed to. So don't feel bad or sweat it. your apron is beautiful

Very nice job on your apron Mrs Rayfield!

I took home economics class at school and learned how to sew and of course I used a pattern. Doesn’t everyone except a few people that are extremely talented at sewing.

You both were so calm and so non stressed at your wedding. Nothing always goes to plan and yall were happy to run with it ❤ So nice to see. I would practice some PDF patterns before tackling old ones. Then you'll know all the languages and what it's saying. PDFs have step by step. Give yourself grace. My kids wore horrific things while I was learning to sew😂

I’m an advid sewer. You did a wonderful job! It’s harder to sew by hand than by sewing machine. Keep working on it and your skills will improve, we all start out as beginners.

That apron is so great! You did a fantastic job- and all by hand??? Absolutely beautiful!

SE Washington State, on the farm, fresh raspberries for the past three weeks! Just in time post pie cherries. We are at 108 today so enjoy the rain and drop in temperatures! YUM!

Your apron looks so beautiful Justine. You overcame your fear of sewing. I didn’t know about the existence of another national anthem. Your raspberry pie looks great, not like Pepto Bismol. One of my favorite fruit is peaches. You will enjoy picking then pm from your trees. Fresh and without pesticides. Thank you Ron and Justine for the video.

Coming from someone who never learned to sew on a machine, I think you did a great job on the apron. As hubby stated, sew a few more aprons to build up your confidence and then have a go at a dress. As for the folks in Texas (Houston) and New York, thoughts go out to you and hope everyone stays safe.

My mom was a terrific seamstress, she made my costume for me and people have admired her stitches. I took Home Ec but couldn’t sew. I was good at other things. Your apron looks wonderful!

Justine, you and Ron have done something, created something so wonderful, You are very talented,.

I thought it was apart of the dress, its quite beautiful young lady, I love the color, material and style, Good job!! And to your husband, your contribute celebration to the 4th was amazing, very knowable,, Good Job to him as well 🎉😊🎉

I can’t wait looking forward to seeing you both 🙏❤️

Been pondering for years re sewing…you’ve encouraged me to take the leap:)

I hand sew too! But only dabbled in custom pouches for myself because couldn't find premade ones that fit my needs. Also making it myself it feels more high quality because I get to choose the materials and hardware. I agree with the sewing machines being frustrating haha.

A diorama! Love all your videos...God bless!

It's a diorama! How cute! She is definitely very talented! I like watching people making miniatures and mini food on instagram!

Yes, I would definitely make this meal.

LOVED the wedding on Believe +…. Just wish there were more episodes 😄 love you two! ❤❤

Very proud of your sewing. Good for you. No one I have ever met were good at what they do. It takes practice to get used to it. I had to teach my self how to quilt. I am still learning. So keep up the good work.❤❤❤

I've watched ALMOST all of your videos 😊

We watched the wedding documentary on the 4th and enjoyed reliving your beautiful wedding day. It was also fun to catch glimpses of ourselves in the wedding video portion of the documentary. We enjoyed watching all four of the videos and we think Believe+ did an excellent job. Congratulations again Mr. & Mrs. Rayfield.

You can sew. It just takes practice, like anything else. Your apron looks good, so you're halfway there!

I look forward to this every week. Thank you for sharing .

I just learned to sew last year and now I’m addicted!! I love making aprons! There are so many good learning videos on you tube. I’ve learned everything from there and have yet to sew from a pattern. Great job on the apron!!

Hello Justine and Ron! I'm a 1700's reenactor from Finland and I love your videos! I would say the same as Ron said, just start learning to sew by making e.g. kitchen towels or tablecloths, where you hem each edge, i.e. fold the edge twice so that the cut edge is hidden. Then you can move on to something a little more challenging. The easiest historical garments to make are of course aprons without that top, but also, for example, 18th century loose pockets are quite easy to make or the really basic 18th century skirt with the back and front closure. Little by little, the good stuff comes! Trust me 🙂

We had home ec classes at my school...but they were electives. One semester of cooking, which I took, thankfully. One semester of sewing, which I did NOT take. Wish I had! Always wanted to learn to sew. My mom could sew, but she never taught us (3 girls) how. She never taught us how to cook, either. Did NOT want to! We weren't allowed in the kitchen when she was in there! Lol! My husband taught me how to cook, after we were married. I love cooking, NOW!!! We've been married for 35 years now! It took YEARS to learn enough to love cooking. Luckily, I had 2 boys...ages 30 and 31 to cook for. I always enjoyed cooking for the kids in the neighborhood! So much fun!

Since I have met the two of you in Ste Genevieve and subscribed to your channels, I have loved watching your videos. I hope the addition of the inside sill to the windows helped in keeping your house dry inside.

That is the neatest Miniature! WOW! whoever made that has a super creative detailed mind ☺️i’ve also been so in awe of all things miniature

Peaches, strawberries amd oranges are my favorite. Great job on the apron Justine❤️

The apron is so cute!! A beautiful job making it. Should definitely be over your sewing anxiety!!

It's been raining here on and off all day in Northern ohio. And I say starting a quilt block 4 patch is a great way to practice sewing. 😊 really easy. I have faith in you! You Can do it!

Patience and practice and you will become a good seamstress. I wish I lived closer so I could help teach you. I've sewn since I was 16. My mother taught me. She's an excellent seamstress. Just keep at it. Love you both.