Disboutiquers Part 16 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[revrob]

AGH!!! I was too late!!!

The album is still up! There are still fabrics unspoken for!

 

[aimeeg]

April - you are so right! And dont worry, you will be recognized by cast members without a huge costume. Last year Bill and I went as Philadelphia Eagles fans - we had on green shirts with iron ons with mickey with an eagles jersey on - and the cast members really looked at them and called us sports fans - and people asked us where we bought them all night long - lol!!!



You did GREAT!! I love your shirt and your outfits too!! Your daughter is adorable!!

We didnt go down to OC this weekend because of the storm - hope to be there this weekend though!!!! Wonder if the water is still warm or if the "Bill" sent the cold water in!!! or jellyfish

We went to OC MD on Friday. OMG the current was so strong. I do not remember a rip tide like that any time we have been to the beach.

 

[Tweevil]

I also got some pictures of Tessa in her Cinderella outfit. I used CarlaC's twirl scallopini pattern for the skirt and I used a pattern I made up a couple of years ago for the shirt. It's a little big on her, but it'll do! She's going to wear this to 1900 Park Fare in October.

Here's what I got when I tried to take a picture of the back:

She thought she was very funny!

Closeup of the applique:

Closeup of the trim:

Now I'm working on a Jasmine outfit for Tessa and an Aladdin appliqued t-shirt and little vest thing for Sawyer. They'll wear them to Akershush (hopefully Jasmine and Aladdin will be there).

Wow Heather! This is just tooo cute! What size is your hoop?

 

[lovesdumbo]

FYI to all who post pictures.

It has come to my attention that pictures posted here have been copied and posted on other sites. (Some of those pictures were used to make fun of my child). Also there is something called "boardtracker" that copies our pictures to another site as does google.

Needless to say I will not be posting pics of my child on here anymore.

Unbelievable! I just don't get people.

This is the cake I made for my friend's daughter. Her birthday party was at the botanical gardens. I was pretty happy with how it turned out and tons of the staff at the gardens came by to see the cake, so it seemed to be a hit. Also, my friend was well enough yesterday that she made it to the party, so thanks for all the prayers for her and the well wishes. I can't say it was fun transporting the cake -- it weighed alot and I was so worried it would get ruined. I cut a box to fit it in and covered the box with saran wrap, and put my car a/c on as low as it would go (thankfully it was only in the upper 80's yesterday so it survived the heat).

Now once I get my house cleaned (which I anticipate will take all day) I can get back to sewing.

Love the cake! Continued prayers for your friend.

We just finished another birthday weekend, so that means I was all about exercising my craft skills. My daughter requested a Minnie cake, so here's what I came up with:

She loved it!

She also requested a "Nemo dress with no ruffles or frillies" for her birthday. I'm still not 100% sure what constitutes frillies, but she was happy with her simple Nemo dress.

That cake is so cool! Love the Nemo dress too!

I have some catching up to do but I had some things to share. Megans first day of third grade today. She has been waiting to wear this dress since she got it for her birthday this summer. I did not make it sadly. Her great grandma bought it. And I keep telling you all that I am working on aprons for my friend. Get ready for lost of Aprons. I made half aprons and full aprons.

What a cute dress! Love all your aprons too!

Okay, here are the dresses I have been working on... Nothing yet for Disney, but I will be starting that stuff soon.

Here is the twirl dresses I made for Cheeseburger in Caseville. Please excuse the bad hair, it was REALLY hot and they had been playing hard with their cousins! DD2's is a littl log on the straps, but it should be good for next year too




And finally, here is my first vida, the bottom ruffle is a pink and brown stripe, but the pink is not showing up well. Also, DD2 is wearing the Molly Peasant Dress that I made for both of them for Cheeseburger as well



I think I put the buttons a little too low, but I will be pairing this with a shirt for school. I tried tying a knot in it and that worked well too.

Thank you so much for all of your inspiration. Especially for the 2 Vida sew alongs, they were really helpful for strap placement, etc.

Next are 2 more Vida's with appliqued Spartan S's for States home openner! Hopefully my new machine gets here fast! At least I have time to cut the fabric!

Those are great!

I haven't caught up on all of the posts from the last few days. But, I had some pictures to share! Tessa has been begging me to teach her to sew. So, I let her make a portrait peasant dress for her doll. We modified it a little bit to make it easier (no gathering at the waist or elastic in the sleeves). Tessa pinned the pattern to the fabric, cut it out, and sewed it together- ALL BY HERSELF!! I just pushed the foot pedal while she steered! She even sewed a bunch of buttons to it for decoration- ALL BY HERSELF!!

I'm so proud!

Here is Jayda AKA: Sarah AKA: Alamander

Muu Muus are all the rage in the fake American Girl crowd, dontcha know!

Cute!!!!

I also got some pictures of Tessa in her Cinderella outfit. I used CarlaC's twirl scallopini pattern for the skirt and I used a pattern I made up a couple of years ago for the shirt. It's a little big on her, but it'll do! She's going to wear this to 1900 Park Fare in October.

So beautiful!!!!!!

 

[2cutekidz]

Did you applique the Mickey head or use an embroidery machine?
Soooo cute! I love this.!

Thanks!! All of my appliques are done "by hand" on my regular sewing machine.

 

[MouseTriper]

Here are the close up pictures. I like the idea of using bias tape, it would be quicker and easier.

Uncsrunched...

Rightside

Ohh thank you so much for these pictures!!! That totally makes sense now!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!!

I thought I would share the worlds best sewing secret.

I am not sure what it is called but you find it in the upholstery cording section. There is a tape that is made to gather valances. It is fantastic for princess dresses. The "tape" has two channels with cording inside. You stitch the tape to your dress with a zipper or piping foot. After it is secure pull the cording and you have perfect gathers.

I left it BIG on purpose. I hope you can see.

Ohhhh that sounds awesome too!!!! Thank you!!!

Thanks! I'm about to make the dolls skirt and I will take pictures and do a little tute on how I make the skirt - it's just math.

I make the yoke/waistband 1.5Xthe waist measurement. Then each tier is double the tier above it. So, if you DD has a 20 inch waist, here are the masurements (for the AG skirt each tier was 4inches wide, but you can make them whatever measurement ot the length you want.

I had 3 tiers + the waistband/yoke:

waistband 8X30 (this will be folded in half lengthwise.)
tier1 4X60
tier2 4X120
tier3 4X240

I worked with 30X4 inch strips. Sew all your strips together to get your tiers (tier1 had two strips, tier2 had four and tier3 had eight)

gather your now reaaaaaly long bottom tier so it is half it's original length and matches up to tier2. Pin, and attatch. Press the seam up. Pin your ribbon so it is even with the seam of the 2 tiers. I didn't put the ribbon over thegathers. Stitch it along the length using an edge stitch, as close to an edge as you can. Turn it around and stitch the other edge of ribbon - take the pins out as you go this time, don't stitch over them. Your ribbon wil lay much nicer if you take the pins out as you go.

Repeat with the next tiers,

For the waistband, I fold the youke in half lengthwise and press. I make a casing 1inch from the top and insert my elastic - secure it at one end, but don't pull it all the way through.

Gather your 3 tiers (that are now all together) so it is the same length as your waistband. Pin, attatch and press the seam up - attatch the ribbon the same as you did on the bottom tiers.

Now, pull the elastic throught to the end of the waistband and stitch to secure it. Pin your side seams (right sides together) and stitch the seam. Press your seam, and all done!!

Instead of attatching this to a waistband, you can attatch it to a bodice and have a full twirl skirt too!

Ohh I gotta try this too..thanks!!!

 

[aimeeg]

I thought I would post a picture of Lisa's fantastic Alice dress. My DD went to her Kindergarten orientation today. I am not sure where the last five years went.

 

[Tink561]

I thought I would post a picture of Lisa's fantastic Alice dress. My DD went to her Kindergarten orientation today. I am not sure where the last five years went.

Aimee, Hannah looks adorable in that dress!

 

[DisneyKings]

gorgeous!

Great photos! Love all the outfits! Yikes about your stroller and the reaction!

thanks!

adorable!

Your girls are so cute!! I love all their outfits! And, did I read that right? Her child threw up on your stroller and she accused you of spilling a drink? Uck!

thanks! Yes, her child threw up on my stroller & she very loudly accused me of spilling a drink out of my stroller on her foot--more than once. The dad never corrected her either & he had it all down his back so he had to know what it was! I didn't know until the lights came on & my DH told me what it was. The mom just was grumpy toward some other people & rushed off the bus. I had to tell the bus driver so it could get cleaned up.

Oh my goodness, your girls looked adorable in all their outfits!! So cute!

Thanks!

I lost a few quotes & am still a few pages behind.

Marah--such a great story, I'm glad you shared!

 

[teresajoy]

I haven't caught up on all of the posts from the last few days. But, I had some pictures to share! Tessa has been begging me to teach her to sew. So, I let her make a portrait peasant dress for her doll. We modified it a little bit to make it easier (no gathering at the waist or elastic in the sleeves). Tessa pinned the pattern to the fabric, cut it out, and sewed it together- ALL BY HERSELF!! I just pushed the foot pedal while she steered! She even sewed a bunch of buttons to it for decoration- ALL BY HERSELF!!

I'm so proud!

Here is Jayda AKA: Sarah AKA: Alamander

Muu Muus are all the rage in the fake American Girl crowd, dontcha know!

I can't believe she didn't call me!!! That is amazing!!! Great job Tessa!!! I love it!

And, just to clarify, that is not a fake American Girl doll, it's a Just Pretend doll. They are there own little category of 18" dolls.

First Samantha, now this. I should call dolly social services on you! (for the misclasification of poor little Jayda/Sarah/ Alamander, what the heck is Alamander????? Is that like Salamnder???)

I also got some pictures of Tessa in her Cinderella outfit. I used CarlaC's twirl scallopini pattern for the skirt and I used a pattern I made up a couple of years ago for the shirt. It's a little big on her, but it'll do! She's going to wear this to 1900 Park Fare in October.

Here's what I got when I tried to take a picture of the back:

She thought she was very funny!

Closeup of the applique:

Closeup of the trim:

Now I'm working on a Jasmine outfit for Tessa and an Aladdin appliqued t-shirt and little vest thing for Sawyer. They'll wear them to Akershush (hopefully Jasmine and Aladdin will be there).

Oh Heather!!! My goodness gracious! How gorgeous is this!!! Wowza!! I better get busy with the girls' outfits!

I didn't think you were doing Akershush?



I'm sorry, I had intended to make one big ole multiquote with comments and everthing, but I got too tired!! Just konw that I loved everything posted!!! Such amazing creations!

 

[*Toadstool*]

There's plenty of time to plan a December trip! We decided before our last trip that we wanted to go 3 weeks before we left. And it was an AMAZING trip! You can do it! I agree, Christmas at Disney would be really magical!

I don't think Hannah is too young at all! We started taking Ethan when he was 18 months old and he has been every year (at least once a year) since then. AbbyGrace went for the first time just two weeks after she got home - she was 3 1/2 and didn't speak English - and she STILL LOVED it!

I hope your visit with your sister goes well! And I hope you enjoy sewing up your new dress (and I hope I have some fabric that will work for your trip!)

My visit went great. Thanks for the well wishing.
My big thing is that Hannah has outgrown most of her customs from last years trip with my parents. I'd HAVE to make customs for the trip. I think that will be the funnest part for me.. lol Well.. I guess I'll change my mind once I get to DW and see Hannah there.
One big thing I am thinking about too is that we probably won't go every year or even every other year like most of you do. I really want to get the most bang for my buck. Do you get what I mean? I'm wondering what age she will enjoy it the most because it will probably either be this year or next year. I'm hoping my DH gets sucked in and wants to go again, but I don't know. He keeps saying we won't be going back.

Your daughters look ADORABLE!!

Okay I think we saw the same Belle and we really really loved her!

Here she is "twirling" with Hannah:

I love this pic!
I accidentally deleted Lizzie's picture, but that story was so touching. Thanks for sharing Marah!

I say go in December! That's when I'm going. I'm waiting to start real planning until the hours come out. Hopefully by the 1st the hours will be posted. Then I'll have to get busy making outfits. Free dining is until the 17th. If you start your trip on the 17th you get it for the remainder of your trip as well. Unfortunately our trip doesn't start until the 22.

Thanks for the info. I'd love to go in December. I'll let you guys know when we decide.

I do it the traditional way then overcast together before topstitching.

Hum I wonder which serger can ruffle????

My serger can ruffle. It has a ruffling foot that makes it ruffle even more. I use the differential feed on it to gather the fabric. It does not make pleats like a ruffling foot does though. It gathers more like the look of by hand gathering.

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Simply stunning! I love it. I think it is just perfect.. much better than any store bought dress imo!

Love the BBB pictures! Sooo cute.

So I find this today:

It looks like somone's foot but I can find the body!

I immediately zero in on the guilty

But he's not talking!

I think I will be forced to destroy the evidence before Megan gets home. I really cannot find an animal without a foot any where!

Haha.. that was too funny. Glad to know you found that poor plush friends other parts!

That is so pretty! You must have so much patience to do all those little letters. I love the way she crossed her little feet to pose.

Love these sets. Ariel is amazing. I'm thinking of trying something really big on the scale of that Pooh set. It would seem like it would be easier than the size of Ariel.

Love this set. You have such a knack for picking out fabrics.

That cake is sooo pretty. It looks really well done.
The Nemo dress is really cute too. Love the Nemo fabric.

I have some catching up to do but I had some things to share. Megans first day of third grade today. She has been waiting to wear this dress since she got it for her birthday this summer. I did not make it sadly. Her great grandma bought it. And I keep telling you all that I am working on aprons for my friend. Get ready for lost of Aprons. I made half aprons and full aprons.

That dress does make me think of gumballs. She looks so cute in it!
Do you bake alot???
Love the aprons. The patchworks are my favorites.

Okay a WILD day!

Mom2 is right about things coming in 3's! When you said that I was like, "We only have two! (Draykey being picture of the day at a gaming site- it was FOREVER ago but I just found it today, and then an email from a CNN producer about maybe using an image I posted to an iReport)

Well, then, I have The Husband call out "CNN is on the phone for you!" It was about a VIDEO I sent in! She asked me a bunch of questions, and said someone else may be calling us with more, and then they'd let us know if they would use it.

Well I just went and checked the video and now it has an "on CNN" stamp on it!!!!

I can't see where they are using it other than there on the site, but wow, how fun!!

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-318994

So she just cried on the whole ride?? THey don't stop to let them off?? LOL.. gosh I'd have a nervous break down. I'm not sure if I am ready for DW. That is so cool for you though!

I love that dress. sooo pretty!
I used that stuff in my curtains in my living room. Sure made the job alot easier.

I think they have more pictures of my kids on their pages than I do.

Gosh.. I hear ya. I hate when I send someone a picture of my DD in an email and they think it gives them permission to share it with the world. I even have a relative that uploaded videos of my DD to her public myspace account. I was irate. I just feel like that is the kind of thing you ask someone about before you do.

THat vida is adorable! Your DD's must be so happy in their new clothes!

I haven't caught up on all of the posts from the last few days. But, I had some pictures to share! Tessa has been begging me to teach her to sew. So, I let her make a portrait peasant dress for her doll. We modified it a little bit to make it easier (no gathering at the waist or elastic in the sleeves). Tessa pinned the pattern to the fabric, cut it out, and sewed it together- ALL BY HERSELF!! I just pushed the foot pedal while she steered! She even sewed a bunch of buttons to it for decoration- ALL BY HERSELF!!

I'm so proud!

Muu Muus are all the rage in the fake American Girl crowd, dontcha know!

Great job Tessa! I used to sew clothes for my dolls when I was your age too. I've been sewing ever since!
Muu Muus are all the rage huh?..... As long as it doesn't travel into mommie wear I'm okay with that!

I thought I would post a picture of Lisa's fantastic Alice dress. My DD went to her Kindergarten orientation today. I am not sure where the last five years went.

Gorgeous!!!!! She looks so beautiful in that. Her shoes are perfect too.

HeatherSue - I missed quoting that gorgeous outfit somehow, but it is stunning!!! Definitely one of my favorites ever. I really adore it!!

 

[PixieDust32]

OMG! I love sewing and making stuff for my kids.

 

[VBAndrea]

Well, just had to say I am so proud of myself, I appliqued !!!! I just did two practice Mickey heads on an old t-shirt, but I think they turned out ok and my DD likes them so, I think I will try one on a real project. I really just wanted to purchase some from fellow disboutiquers, but I have been off for two months(broken ankle), no paycheck and state disability has not even been approved yet and I go back to work next week So money is scarce and I need to save every penny for our trip. Anyway it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, thank you heathersue for the wonderful tutorial. Well we are getting close to our trip. And I have a few more projects to finish, AK dress, Crystal Palace pooh dress and denim skirt for Hoop Dee Doo. So please enjoy my latest creation a princess dress for Princess Breakfast at Epcot. It is a Simply Sweet with ruffled sleeves.

She wanted a picture next to spongebob on the tv.

This is a charmy euro skirt from youcanmakethis in Mary Engelbreit fabric. I love charm packs and these are so easy and my DD loves them. We took this pic this weekend at my mom's house in Ocean City, NJ, couldn't go in the water because of Hurricane Bill, so we went to a pottery painting place and shell museum.

Your Simply Sweet turned out so nice. I love the Cinderella applique on it. I haven't officially tried an applique yet, but I'm going to pull out a stained t-shirt to practice on as well. I just wish I had a stained kids shirt in the spot I want to put an applique in case it actually turns out!

You guys have some amazing talent. I have been looking at all the fun customs admiring your work again for hours. I am even going to attempt to make a few before our trip in Sept. (with lots of help from my mom)

Can someone point me to the awesome bow making tutorial that I am almost positive I found a while back on one of the Disboutiquers threads. I have been searching for hours and can't find it and if I actually plan to make anything I need to get busy and stop surfing the net.

Thanks in advance!!

Here is a one with pretty decent pictures -- and once you master this you can embellish and improvise to do ones the way you'd like:
http://www.girlythingsbows.com/boutique_bow.html

I thought I would post a picture of Lisa's fantastic Alice dress. My DD went to her Kindergarten orientation today. I am not sure where the last five years went.

She looks awesome in it! I think I'd wear a Lisa Zoe every day if I could! My dd starts K this year too, but for us it's not a big deal b/c she's Montessori and is the same class she was last year. I was actually hoping she'd get advanced to the next class as her former teacher now has moved to that class (1st thru 3rd grade) but that class is always packed full so I didn't even bother to ask. Likewise, I'm not big on advancing and my sole purpose would have been to retain the awesome teacher. My ds will have him though At least you know Hannah will be the best dressed in K!

As far as me, I was supposed to get my cleaning all finshed yesterday so I could sew today, but no surprise, that didn't happen. As I was wiping down baseboards I couldn't take it anymore and decided they must be apinted now (it has been on my to do list since the fall). I got the hallway and foyer done yesterday as they needed it the most. Kitchen and DR are next and the pantry door is in dire need of a fresh coat of paint as well. We had rented our house out when we were in RI for two years and when we moved back in the fall we got all the walls repainted and tile redone, but I still have so much more to do to freshen things up. I also have a dh who isn't home, so I'm in charge of all the yard work (oh wait, I do that anyway even when he's here) and child care as well. I'll muttle through. He does come home late Friday, but we are going to try to do fun things with the kids on the weekend. I added up my dh's presence at home, and between July 09 and July 10 he will be home 11 out of 52 weeks. And for one of those 11 weeks he will actually have vacation so we can go to Disney!

On my agenda this week is to also find ds some inexpensive denim shorts on sale. Why oh why Target doesn't put theirs on clearance I'll never know. I want to applique them and I want cheap shorts since a)I've never appliqued before and may ruin them and b) it will make the shorts way less versatile (though I'm appliqueing them with Thomas so he'll want to wear them every day). I can't believe my 7 year old is still so infatuated with Thomas. All he wants to do at Disney is ride the trains.

ETA: I just ordered my Vida Pattern! I am soooo excited! Ok, off to finish cleaning now and catch up on laundry....

 

[busy mommy]

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I can't wait to see the pics. All you have to do is a post telling us a little bit about yourself and then a second post about your upcoming trip -- what dates and where arre you staying (I think we may be going around the same time).

A little about me... I have been a stay at home mom since my oldest was born, eleven years now. My days pretty much involve taking the kids wherever they need to go. My kids are Abbie, Gray, and Maddie. They are great kids. And I have a wonderful dh, Tim. We recently celebrated our fifteenth anniversary. Oh yeah, my name is Jamie.
Next post will be about our trip, so I can get these pictures up.

 

[busy mommy]

We will be at Disney Dec. 5th thru 12th. We have decided to stay at the campgrounds this year. We've never camped at Disney, so we thought we would try it.
Now, I am on my way to photobucket to get my pictures. If I mess something up, I'm sorry. I will try to get them up correctly.

 

[Rymer]

Hey Ladies
has anyone ever made the carla simply sweet reversable? I was thinking of making one side tinkerbell and the other ariel for when we go to Pixie Hollow and ariel's grotto. figured I could just switch around her dress. wondering if this would be difficult? I want to cut down on the amt of outfits I have to bring! LOL! thanks ladies.
Amy

 

[HeatherSue]

Great job on the appliques!! It's so much fun to come up with new stuff once you get the hang of it! You'll start seeing every picture as an applique. Or, is that just me?..... The Simply sweet looks adorable. Your top stitching looks perfect on it! I also love the patchwork skirt. The fabrics are perfect!

For those wondering what Cheeseburger in Caseville is...

Basically 10 days of Jimmy Buffet and all things Key West insanity!

Caseville is a VERY small town in the thumb of Michigan. It is a farming community. It also has a large weekend population because it is right on Lake Huron and has beautiful sandy beaches. I grew up going there when I was a kid, my parents had a place at Oak Beach, 9 miles north of Caseville.

Cheeseburger brings in thousands of people... for the parade (Parade of Fools) this year, they estimated about 70,000 people lined the 1 mile stretch of town. There is hat making and all kinds of activities throughout the week. Each night a couple of bands play and they get some really good people playing.

My DH's mom moved up when she remarried. It has been fun for me, since this is where I went EVERY.WEEKEND in the summer of my childhood.

If you get really curious, google Cheeseburger in Caseville to see some of the nuttiness.

I live 4 hours away from Caseville, near Kalamazoo, and I've never heard of it, or the festival! I say we should all copy someone's outfit to wear and go to CASEville!

She looks adorable! That first day of kindergarten is hard for mommies! When does she start?

I'm thinking this year is going to be really hard for both me and Tessa because she had 1/2 day kindergarten and she'll be going into all day 1st grade this year. It will be a big transition for us both. I've got myself all teary just thinking about it.

Yes, her child threw up on my stroller & she very loudly accused me of spilling a drink out of my stroller on her foot--more than once. The dad never corrected her either & he had it all down his back so he had to know what it was! I didn't know until the lights came on & my DH told me what it was. The mom just was grumpy toward some other people & rushed off the bus. I had to tell the bus driver so it could get cleaned up.

WHAT?! That is just so gross!! Plus, it's incredibly rude!

I can't believe she didn't call me!!! That is amazing!!! Great job Tessa!!! I love it!

And, just to clarify, that is not a fake American Girl doll, it's a Just Pretend doll. They are there own little category of 18" dolls.

First Samantha, now this. I should call dolly social services on you! (for the misclasification of poor little Jayda/Sarah/ Alamander, what the heck is Alamander????? Is that like Salamnder???)

Oh Heather!!! My goodness gracious! How gorgeous is this!!! Wowza!! I better get busy with the girls' outfits!

I didn't think you were doing Akershush?

See, I try to show some dolly love and I still can't get it right. I do think Jayda AKA Sarah AKA Alamander is a really pretty doll! Her teeth don't even stick out! I think she was trying to name her Salamander, actually. How weird is my kid?

Lydia LOVED Tessa's Cinderella outfit. I wanted to have her model it, too. But, mom wanted her back over there because you were on your way home and Shelby just hurt herself.

OMG! I love sewing and making stuff for my kids.

!!! So do we!! Do you have any pictures? I love the tie dye Mickey shirts in your siggy!

As far as me, I was supposed to get my cleaning all finshed yesterday so I could sew today, but no surprise, that didn't happen. As I was wiping down baseboards I couldn't take it anymore and decided they must be apinted now (it has been on my to do list since the fall). I got the hallway and foyer done yesterday as they needed it the most. Kitchen and DR are next and the pantry door is in dire need of a fresh coat of paint as well. We had rented our house out when we were in RI for two years and when we moved back in the fall we got all the walls repainted and tile redone, but I still have so much more to do to freshen things up. I also have a dh who isn't home, so I'm in charge of all the yard work (oh wait, I do that anyway even when he's here) and child care as well. I'll muttle through. He does come home late Friday, but we are going to try to do fun things with the kids on the weekend. I added up my dh's presence at home, and between July 09 and July 10 he will be home 11 out of 52 weeks. And for one of those 11 weeks he will actually have vacation so we can go to Disney!

On my agenda this week is to also find ds some inexpensive denim shorts on sale. Why oh why Target doesn't put theirs on clearance I'll never know. I want to applique them and I want cheap shorts since a)I've never appliqued before and may ruin them and b) it will make the shorts way less versatile (though I'm appliqueing them with Thomas so he'll want to wear them every day). I can't believe my 7 year old is still so infatuated with Thomas. All he wants to do at Disney is ride the trains.

You're supposed to wipe down the baseboards?
Actually, I usually give the kids $1 to do it for me. They do an okay job! I once paid my nephew $15 to do it for me because I despised the job so much.

I can't imagine having to do the yard work on top of all the housework. I don't know how some of you ladies do it! I really do applaud you! My husband OVER-does the yardwork. He mows our 3 acres every other day and has a striper thing that leaves pretty stripes in the lawn. Plus, he gets out the leaf blower and blows off any grass that may be left on the driveway. Here is photo evidence:

My parents live next door. Let's just say they're not quite as meticulous as my husband. There is a pretty clear line where our yard stops and theirs starts!
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LOOK AT MY TICKER!!!! I MUST GET TO SEWING!!!



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[tricia]

Okay a WILD day!

Mom2 is right about things coming in 3's! When you said that I was like, "We only have two! (Draykey being picture of the day at a gaming site- it was FOREVER ago but I just found it today, and then an email from a CNN producer about maybe using an image I posted to an iReport)

Well, then, I have The Husband call out "CNN is on the phone for you!" It was about a VIDEO I sent in! She asked me a bunch of questions, and said someone else may be calling us with more, and then they'd let us know if they would use it.

Well I just went and checked the video and now it has an "on CNN" stamp on it!!!!

I can't see where they are using it other than there on the site, but wow, how fun!!

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-318994

Oh, that is fun. Glad to see some good stuff coming your way.

So Miss K's birthday was Sunday I made her this skirt to go with her new Punk look she is going for. She wore it to school today.

Sorry the pic was so blurry they were dancing.
She is so excited she is getting riding lessons this weekend. She had hopes to get a horse for her birthday but we decided to try lessons first the a horse when she understands the responsability.

Cute new look. All the best with the riding lessons.

Okay, here are the dresses I have been working on... Nothing yet for Disney, but I will be starting that stuff soon.

Here is the twirl dresses I made for Cheeseburger in Caseville. Please excuse the bad hair, it was REALLY hot and they had been playing hard with their cousins! DD2's is a littl log on the straps, but it should be good for next year too

All great dresses. Love the twirly ones.

While I am in my photobucket account, I thought I would show you some of my cakes...

Here is DD1's 4th birthday

Awesome cakes, love the climbing caterpillar.

GREAT JOB TESSA!!!!

Tyler has decided he wants to graduate from rag quilts to making PJ pants and shorts for him, his brother and dad. He got the fabric cut out for a pair of PJ shorts for Dad on the weekend.

I also got some pictures of Tessa in her Cinderella outfit. I used CarlaC's twirl scallopini pattern for the skirt and I used a pattern I made up a couple of years ago for the shirt. It's a little big on her, but it'll do! She's going to wear this to 1900 Park Fare in October.

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Again, great job on the Skirt. And I love the top you made to go with it.

This is a charmy euro skirt from youcanmakethis in Mary Engelbreit fabric. I love charm packs and these are so easy and my DD loves them. We took this pic this weekend at my mom's house in Ocean City, NJ, couldn't go in the water because of Hurricane Bill, so we went to a pottery painting place and shell museum.
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Godd job on the first applique. Great simply princess dress. I too love the charm pack itea. Gotta try that one day.

I thought I would post a picture of Lisa's fantastic Alice dress. My DD went to her Kindergarten orientation today. I am not sure where the last five years went.

Stunning as usual.

 

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these are some of my first sewing attempts. Thanks to the ladies for the wonderful Vida tutorials. I never would have attempted this without you both. And thanks to Carla C. patterns. These are the best.
Everything I have learned about sewing has been from this board. I am so excited that I know how to sew ,and I look forward to learning much more. I take constructive criticism well, so lay it on me!

 

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LOOK AT MY TICKER!!!! I MUST GET TO SEWING!!!



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HeatherSue: I'm not even looking at my ticker any more.... Too much sewing to do and not enough days to get it done........

What days will you be there? We check in the 26th.

BTW: That Cindy skirt set is AMAZING!!!!