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

[HeatherSue]

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.

Tyler is so cool! I love that he likes to sew!!

WOW!! These are great!! I particularly love the Cinderella outfit. I love the trim you used!!

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!!!!

It looks like we're just going to miss you! I'll be checking into POP on the afternoon of the 3rd, and you're checking out on the morning of the 3rd. Darn it!

We've got a Disboutiquers meet thread, if you'd like to see who else would be there at the same time as you, though!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2205560

The jewelry is really pretty! That book looks awesome! I'd love to have that, just to put in a frame or something!

So am i the only one who cant change their needle? Its so hard to do so, am i tightening them too much to begin with?

we are also there 9/26-10/3 and i dont think our schedule matches any ones lol

9/26 arrival day HDDR
9/27 DHS, 50primetime, hop to MK
9/28 Epcot, biergarten
9/29 Lunch at Cm and MNSSHP
9/30 DDs bday 12pm BBB and dinner at 1900PF
10/1 AK
10/2 MK, bfast at CP hop to epcot dinner at askerhus

You leave the day before I get there. But, there are lots of other Disboutiquers that your dates coincide with. Here's the link:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2205560

It sounds like maybe you're tightening your needle too much. One of my machines only needs to be finger tightened and the other one I need to use the little screwdriver to tighten it up just a smidge. You don't want to strip the screw, so be careful of tightening too much!

Since everyone is posting their schedule thought I would throw mine in there. We will be there 9/14-9/20 so it looks like I miss most everyone on the boards
9/14- arrive in late afternoon, DTD
9/15- AK in the morning/aft, dinner at the castle at 4:10 and MNSSHP
9/16- Universal Studios ressies at T-Rex Cafe at 5:30
9/17- MK, Crystal Palace 4:45
9/18- DHS 50's PTC 1:15
9/19- Epcot , Princess Breakfast 10:30 and Hoop Dee Doo 7:15
9/20- Departure Day Chef Mickey Breakfast 8:30am, get back to hotel and get on Magical express to airport.
I am so excited, it really is getting close.

I was going to send you to the disboutique meet thread, but it does look like you're going to miss everyone that's posted on there. It looks like the earliest person arrives on the 20th.

 

[HeatherSue]

Okay...now I know that our husbands are cut from the same cloth! I went to look for a picture of our yard...let's just say...it looks just like yours...Tim just tends to do diagonal stripes more that straight. He does the whole blowing off of the grass and edges the drive and all. He is the envy of the neighborhood...all the men stop by all the time to ask for tips. The funnier part is...every season we plant new flowers in the flower beds. I thought it was crazy when we first got married...now I love it...our yard is always in bloom! But keep in mind...Tim has no other hobbies...just the yard!

Today was the first day of school for Katie and Patrick. Timmy will start tomorrow. They enter the Kinders staggered so they don't all come on the first 3 days. He will go back on Friday. We have full day K here. I am somewhere in between being sad and excited. Tim's day off is tomorrow, so we get a day off together...just us! He has a full day planned for us. I think that is to keep me busy.

I knew it! At least Tim will accompany you to Disney! I need a picture of your yard! I really do love our yard! It's so soft, like walking on carpet. I always dreamed of having a yard without prickers as a kid. Yes, I had big dreams!

to you for sending your baby off to school! Our school doesn't start until Sept. 8.

 

[muffinstuffin]

Thank you Andrea! That will help out a lot.

 

[busy mommy]

We're there the 6th thru the 12th (but only in the parks from the 7th - 11th). I've been too busy on this thread to spend much time mapping out what to do on what days, and I also think I want to sign up for TGM to get a better handle on things. I do know the character meals I want though. Now to just plan out some unique outfits.




I like the Halloween one the best and love the colorful twirl/spiral fabric you used on the bottom edge -- where did you get that? I HAVE to have that fabric. I'm glad you were able to do the Vida so well. I just ordered the pattern today b/c I want to use that for a 1900 PF outfit with appliques (never mind that I've never before in my life appliquied!). I also think I might want to use it for MVMCP. I love your Xmas one as well -- alot of folks on here are going to be very envious of your Grinch fabric!

Thanks for the compliments. We have no plans yet either. I am waiting on the schedule to be released...should be soon now. The halloween twirl came from fabric.com And I got the grinch from (I think that is how I am supposed to do that) I got barely a fat quarter for too much money. I was sick and on pain pills and not able to think clearly, so I used that as a good excuse to get it. I was still cheaper than buying a grinch outfit, that is what I told my dh.

 

[stephie1012]

Hi! We'll be at rope drop at DHS for our first park day on the 27th! My daughter will hopefully have her Belle gown on, so come say hi if you see us!

We'll also be at MNSSHP on the 29th. Watch for us in line early wherever they say Snow White will be out with her dwarfs. My daughter will be in her Snow White costume. I'm going as the Evil Queen, but might not have it on long because of the heat......

And we'll be at CRT on 10/2 for early entry breakfast.

Would love to say hi to a fellow DISer!

cool we always do RD so we will def come say hi...dd will be wearing a twirl toy story dress, ds will have shirt with mater on it, and you cant miss my DH lol hes 6'5 and his arms are covered in tattoos,lol...we will also be in that ealy snow white line, dd is dying to meet all the dwarves.

thanks for the needle tip i will try it later on i need dh to take it off when he comes home thats how tight it is.

 

[busy mommy]

I added the tutorial on how I make my tiered twirl skirts and tops to my blog - it's a picture tutorial!!

http://my-sweet-sunshine.blogspot.com/

And here's the matching doll set for dd's AG set. (It's what I took picture of for the tute )

Thank you for this tutorial. I have been wanting to try a twirl skirt. Your skirts are precious. Everything you make is fabulous.


Thanks to everyone for making me feel welcome and for all of the compliments. I would never have learned how to sew without you all. Now, I must get back to work. I am about to work on a minnie dot stripwork dress. Wish me luck. This will be my second stripwork using the Carla C. pattern.

One more question. Some of you have mentioned TGM with planning your trips. I am out of the loop. What is this?

Thanks

 

[tricia]

TGM - Tour Guide Mike. He sponsors the Theme Parks Board I think and sells memberships to get plans and hints and tips and a Best Days Calendar from him.

 

[InkspressYourself]

Since everyone is posting their schedule thought I would throw mine in there. We will be there 9/14-9/20 so it looks like I miss most everyone on the boards
9/14- arrive in late afternoon, DTD
9/15- AK in the morning/aft, dinner at the castle at 4:10 and MNSSHP
9/16- Universal Studios ressies at T-Rex Cafe at 5:30
9/17- MK, Crystal Palace 4:45
9/18- DHS 50's PTC 1:15
9/19- Epcot , Princess Breakfast 10:30 and Hoop Dee Doo 7:15
9/20- Departure Day Chef Mickey Breakfast 8:30am, get back to hotel and get on Magical express to airport.
I am so excited, it really is getting close.

I don't post very often (and I'm pretty new to disboards), but I'll be there when you will We check in on 9/12 and out on 9/20. I'm not sure where we will be everyday, but I'm going to look for our list and see if we have any matches! I know I'll be in MK on the 16th, because that is my youngest dd's birthday.

I'm going to go back thru the thread and check out your customs so I can keep an eye out for you

Dawn

 

[itsheresomewhere]

Since everyone is posting their schedule thought I would throw mine in there. We will be there 9/14-9/20 so it looks like I miss most everyone on the boards
9/14- arrive in late afternoon, DTD
9/15- AK in the morning/aft, dinner at the castle at 4:10 and MNSSHP
9/16- Universal Studios ressies at T-Rex Cafe at 5:30
9/17- MK, Crystal Palace 4:45
9/18- DHS 50's PTC 1:15
9/19- Epcot , Princess Breakfast 10:30 and Hoop Dee Doo 7:15
9/20- Departure Day Chef Mickey Breakfast 8:30am, get back to hotel and get on Magical express to airport.
I am so excited, it really is getting close.

I will be there around that time. I will be at MNSSHP the same night.

 

[ncmomof2]

We're staying at the POP. I'd love to know which parks you'll be in. Here's our lineup:

9/26 /Sci Fi Lunch
9/28 MK BBB/CRT lunch/1900 PF Dinner
9/29 AK/TH breakfast/MNSSHP
9/30 EP/AK lunch/Teppan Edo Dinner
10/1 MK (girls only)/CRT Dinner/MNSSHP
10/2 1900 PF Breakfast/Open Day
10/3 Checkout/CRT breakfast/MK/depart 2 PM

Let me know if we'll cross paths anywhere along the way!

9/26 - MK, with Kona for dinner
9/27 - AK, with Boma for dinner
9/28 - DS MM for dinner
9/29 - Epcot, LC for dinner
9/30 - MK, CM for dinner
10/1 - EP, Teppan Edo for dinner
10/2 - MK, CP brunch, 'Ohana dinner.

Notice the 1 park per day theme going on. We are travelling with family whos budget is very tight, so we are not doing park hoppers for the first time this year. We are not up early enough to take advantage of EMH am, nor can we stay up late enough for EMH pm, and we do not want to wait for like 2 hours to see Fantasmic again. So, with that in mind we have used the stay away from EMH and F! days plan in combination with recommendations from TGM.

i just did this the other day, worked fine for me.

So am i the only one who cant change their needle? Its so hard to do so, am i tightening them too much to begin with?

we are also there 9/26-10/3 and i dont think our schedule matches any ones lol

9/26 arrival day HDDR
9/27 DHS, 50primetime, hop to MK
9/28 Epcot, biergarten
9/29 Lunch at Cm and MNSSHP
9/30 DDs bday 12pm BBB and dinner at 1900PF
10/1 AK
10/2 MK, bfast at CP hop to epcot dinner at askerhus

We will be there around the same time! Here is our plan:

26th arrival day, dinner at Cape May
27th MK Crystal Palace lunch
28th E Norway Princess dinner
29th HS Playhouse Disney lunch
30th MK 1900 Park Fare dinner
Oct 1st MK CM dinner
Oct 2nd AK Donald's breakfast


stephie1012, it looks like we are having dinner at 1900 Park Fare the same night. Our ADR is for 4:35pm.

mom2rtk and tricia: Looks like we will be at MK on the same day.

 

[emcreative]

At long last, the Ponyo pictures WITH my model and designer! We used the Patricia tunic pattern by the fabulous CarlaC! Please keep in mind that the fit of this on Lizzie is NOT an indication of the "fit" of this pattern- My daughter is a girl's size 12, but she loves her clothes HUGE so we actually made her the adult size medium! To me it's gigantic but she LOVES the fit of it, and I suppose that's what is important. I just wanted to make sure if anyone was considering the pattern they didn't think it ran ginormous- that's all on us!

I was actually pretty thrilled that Lizzie (the one who usually hides from pictures, or just stands there with a blank face) really got into the pictures! Check this pose out!!!

It was a horrendous day already for many reasons I can't really post in a public forum (short version the funeral was today...among other things my Hannah really took it hard!) She got excited though when we got home and I could show her this:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-319431
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-319430

CNN is considering two more of her pictures!!! So far she's got two videos and three pictures in the running...and there are some she isn't crying in, for once, so Momma feels a little better about it too!

I know the photos we should find out about tomorrow (if we made the "cut" for the photo gallery) but I'm hoping we do because not all the pictures have the "on CNN" stamp (not even all mine do!) so I'm hoping it's a good omen. We haven't heard from the producer again about the video (they took one more video as well) and I'm not sure when we'll find out about that.

So, now I'm off to take a nap! I feel like I crammed about a month of stuff into the past 24 hours and I need to rest my head!

 

[sahm1000]

Hey everybody! I am about 70+ pages behind and have officially given up on catching up! So I know I'm missing lots of beautiful outfits and children but I cannot keep up! My DH and I went on vacation by ourselves with no children (first time ever!) and he made me leave my computer at home so I wasn't able to keep up.

And once we got back I needed to get busy on back to school outfits for my girls since they start this week. And unfortunately, I'm just not as fast as some of you are and cannot whip outfits out like the rest of you! The way some of you sew so fast amazes me! Anyway, here are my girls on Grace's first day of kindergarden yesterday.

Sorry for the picture of our garage but we were trying to find some shade so Grace wouldn't squint her eyes but it wasn't working too well!


Here is Claire getting in on the act of posing with Grace.......she's such a little ham!

Here they are at the school

Grace loved school and couldn't wait to go back today. Claire doesn't start preschool until tomorrow and has had a hard time adjusting to life without her best friend and playmate. Yesterday was not good for her! Poor thing kept asking when Grace was going to come home, is Grace eating lunch, how much longer till we pick her up, etc., etc. She finally just went upstairs and took a nap all by herself. Hopefully tomorrow will make her better since she'll have school.

 

[stephie1012]

We will be there around the same time! Here is our plan:

26th arrival day, dinner at Cape May
27th MK Crystal Palace lunch
28th E Norway Princess dinner
29th HS Playhouse Disney lunch
30th MK 1900 Park Fare dinner
Oct 1st MK CM dinner
Oct 2nd AK Donald's breakfast


stephie1012, it looks like we are having dinner at 1900 Park Fare the same night. Our ADR is for 4:35pm.

mom2rtk and tricia: Looks like we will be at MK on the same day.

Our ADR is for 640pm...too bad bc we are having a custom cake made and i just know its going to be way to much to finish lol i would have loved to share it with a fellow DISer...looks like we will be in Epcot the same day as well.

 

[ireland_nicole]

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




Here is a twirl action shot that DD1 insisted I include!




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!

So cute! You're doing amazing!!

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

Here is DD1's 4th birthday

And DD2's 1st birthday

DD1's 2nd birthday



Here is 'bad Stitch' for a friend at work




And lastly, a Baby Einstein caterpillar for a first birthday for a friend at work

So cute! I really love the stitch!

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!

wow, what an awesome job! That girl has a future, I tell ya!!

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).

Gorgeous! Gorgeous!

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 added the tute with photos to my blog

http://my-sweet-sunshine.blogspot.com/

Thanks!!

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.

well done on the appliques! I love the dress!!

 

[ireland_nicole]

At long last, the Ponyo pictures WITH my model and designer! We used the Patricia tunic pattern by the fabulous CarlaC! Please keep in mind that the fit of this on Lizzie is NOT an indication of the "fit" of this pattern- My daughter is a girl's size 12, but she loves her clothes HUGE so we actually made her the adult size medium! To me it's gigantic but she LOVES the fit of it, and I suppose that's what is important. I just wanted to make sure if anyone was considering the pattern they didn't think it ran ginormous- that's all on us!

I was actually pretty thrilled that Lizzie (the one who usually hides from pictures, or just stands there with a blank face) really got into the pictures! Check this pose out!!!

It was a horrendous day already for many reasons I can't really post in a public forum (short version the funeral was today...among other things my Hannah really took it hard!) She got excited though when we got home and I could show her this:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-319431
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-319430

CNN is considering two more of her pictures!!! So far she's got two videos and three pictures in the running...and there are some she isn't crying in, for once, so Momma feels a little better about it too!

I know the photos we should find out about tomorrow (if we made the "cut" for the photo gallery) but I'm hoping we do because not all the pictures have the "on CNN" stamp (not even all mine do!) so I'm hoping it's a good omen. We haven't heard from the producer again about the video (they took one more video as well) and I'm not sure when we'll find out about that.

So, now I'm off to take a nap! I feel like I crammed about a month of stuff into the past 24 hours and I need to rest my head!

Awesome job!

Hey everybody! I am about 70+ pages behind and have officially given up on catching up! So I know I'm missing lots of beautiful outfits and children but I cannot keep up! My DH and I went on vacation by ourselves with no children (first time ever!) and he made me leave my computer at home so I wasn't able to keep up.

And once we got back I needed to get busy on back to school outfits for my girls since they start this week. And unfortunately, I'm just not as fast as some of you are and cannot whip outfits out like the rest of you! The way some of you sew so fast amazes me! Anyway, here are my girls on Grace's first day of kindergarden yesterday.

Sorry for the picture of our garage but we were trying to find some shade so Grace wouldn't squint her eyes but it wasn't working too well!


Here is Claire getting in on the act of posing with Grace.......she's such a little ham!

Here they are at the school

Grace loved school and couldn't wait to go back today. Claire doesn't start preschool until tomorrow and has had a hard time adjusting to life without her best friend and playmate. Yesterday was not good for her! Poor thing kept asking when Grace was going to come home, is Grace eating lunch, how much longer till we pick her up, etc., etc. She finally just went upstairs and took a nap all by herself. Hopefully tomorrow will make her better since she'll have school.

Love the dress!! Hope Claire does well tomorrow.

 

[VBAndrea]

I added the tutorial on how I make my tiered twirl skirts and tops to my blog - it's a picture tutorial!!

http://my-sweet-sunshine.blogspot.com/

And here's the matching doll set for dd's AG set. (It's what I took picture of for the tute )

Thanks for the tute. I'd have to look at my pattern, but I'm pretty sure it's about the same measurements I have for my twirl dress pattern (which of course you can improvise and do as you wish with). Funny thing is before I attached the skirt to the bodice I slipped it on. It surely didn't give me the twirl factor my daughter gets (which is more than fine by me) but I thought I could add a waistband, a bit of elastic, and have a cute skirt. I really like how you added the ribbon between the layers ~ that's something I wouldn't have thought of. I really think the fabric makes that skirt though (I know I already mentioned to you wanting to borrow your daughter to help me fabric shop). Has your dd seen the doll dress yet?

Okay...now I know that our husbands are cut from the same cloth! I went to look for a picture of our yard...let's just say...it looks just like yours...Tim just tends to do diagonal stripes more that straight. He does the whole blowing off of the grass and edges the drive and all. He is the envy of the neighborhood...all the men stop by all the time to ask for tips. The funnier part is...every season we plant new flowers in the flower beds. I thought it was crazy when we first got married...now I love it...our yard is always in bloom! But keep in mind...Tim has no other hobbies...just the yard!

Today was the first day of school for Katie and Patrick. Timmy will start tomorrow. They enter the Kinders staggered so they don't all come on the first 3 days. He will go back on Friday. We have full day K here. I am somewhere in between being sad and excited. Tim's day off is tomorrow, so we get a day off together...just us! He has a full day planned for us. I think that is to keep me busy.

Can I borrow Tim?

Thanks for the compliments. We have no plans yet either. I am waiting on the schedule to be released...should be soon now. The halloween twirl came from fabric.com And I got the grinch from (I think that is how I am supposed to do that) I got barely a fat quarter for too much money. I was sick and on pain pills and not able to think clearly, so I used that as a good excuse to get it. I was still cheaper than buying a grinch outfit, that is what I told my dh.

I'm headed over to fabric.com That fabric is just calling me. I already have three fabrics selected for a stripwork skirt for dd for halloween, but I may have to figure out a way to work that in as well or do another outfit with. I just hate when I don't have a defintie plan as then I never know how much to order, but such is life! And good excuse on the Grinch -- whatever you spent it was worth it. The outfit is awesome. Are you going to MVMCP? We'll be there on the 10th.

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Thanks to everyone for making me feel welcome and for all of the compliments. I would never have learned how to sew without you all. Now, I must get back to work. I am about to work on a minnie dot stripwork dress. Wish me luck. This will be my second stripwork using the Carla C. pattern.

One more question. Some of you have mentioned TGM with planning your trips. I am out of the loop. What is this?

Thanks

Tour Guide Mike. If you look on the parks and attractions strategies board (not sure if that's the exact name) you can get some info on it. Some people feel it's only useful for what days to go to what parks -- which I've heard is go to a park the day after it had extra evening hours -- but others add he gives strategies for doing rides and other good tips. I've heard it's good to combine with Ridemax. Some people feel his site is too outdated though. I think it will be the worth the 20 or $$ to try it, especially since I haven't been to Disney in over 10 years.

At long last, the Ponyo pictures WITH my model and designer! We used the Patricia tunic pattern by the fabulous CarlaC! Please keep in mind that the fit of this on Lizzie is NOT an indication of the "fit" of this pattern- My daughter is a girl's size 12, but she loves her clothes HUGE so we actually made her the adult size medium! To me it's gigantic but she LOVES the fit of it, and I suppose that's what is important. I just wanted to make sure if anyone was considering the pattern they didn't think it ran ginormous- that's all on us!

I was actually pretty thrilled that Lizzie (the one who usually hides from pictures, or just stands there with a blank face) really got into the pictures! Check this pose out!!!

It was a horrendous day already for many reasons I can't really post in a public forum (short version the funeral was today...among other things my Hannah really took it hard!) She got excited though when we got home and I could show her this:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-319431
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-319430

CNN is considering two more of her pictures!!! So far she's got two videos and three pictures in the running...and there are some she isn't crying in, for once, so Momma feels a little better about it too!

I know the photos we should find out about tomorrow (if we made the "cut" for the photo gallery) but I'm hoping we do because not all the pictures have the "on CNN" stamp (not even all mine do!) so I'm hoping it's a good omen. We haven't heard from the producer again about the video (they took one more video as well) and I'm not sure when we'll find out about that.

So, now I'm off to take a nap! I feel like I crammed about a month of stuff into the past 24 hours and I need to rest my head!

The outfit looks great -- you did an awesome job. I'm glad she likes it -- she looks adorable posing.

Whaaaaa!! The apple picture won't open for me, but good luck and how exciting for Hannah to become famous!

Sorry it was a rough day. Here's hoping for a brighter tomorrow.

Hey everybody! I am about 70+ pages behind and have officially given up on catching up! So I know I'm missing lots of beautiful outfits and children but I cannot keep up! My DH and I went on vacation by ourselves with no children (first time ever!) and he made me leave my computer at home so I wasn't able to keep up.

And once we got back I needed to get busy on back to school outfits for my girls since they start this week. And unfortunately, I'm just not as fast as some of you are and cannot whip outfits out like the rest of you! The way some of you sew so fast amazes me! Anyway, here are my girls on Grace's first day of kindergarden yesterday.

Sorry for the picture of our garage but we were trying to find some shade so Grace wouldn't squint her eyes but it wasn't working too well!


Here is Claire getting in on the act of posing with Grace.......she's such a little ham!

Here they are at the school

Grace loved school and couldn't wait to go back today. Claire doesn't start preschool until tomorrow and has had a hard time adjusting to life without her best friend and playmate. Yesterday was not good for her! Poor thing kept asking when Grace was going to come home, is Grace eating lunch, how much longer till we pick her up, etc., etc. She finally just went upstairs and took a nap all by herself. Hopefully tomorrow will make her better since she'll have school.

I love Grace's outfit! And good luck to Claire on her start of preschool. Think of all the time you'll have now to sew!

 

[*Toadstool*]

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:

Wow! I didn't even know there was a thing that made the stripes. I always assumed it was just from cutting the grass in opposite directions. Our grass would probably need to be cut every other day too. It grows like crazy during the summer. DH is allergic to grass though, and he only cuts it when he has to. He won't let me cut it either.

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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!

Wow! You did a great job on those Vidas. I love the princess and the grinch one. Were those both from pillowcases?

OK, quick question. Has anyone tried to applique a mickey head onto a ribbed tank top? I wasn't even thinking when my DSIL bought these for us. Do you think it would work if I just stretched the tank a bit, then ironed on the applique and the stabilizer?

Oooh.. I would definitely not stretch it! You would probably get puckers. I realize why you want to, but I know in machine embroider you do not stretch it. I would use a fusible cut away stabilizer.. something kinda light weight. Fusible polymesh is my favorite. Then you can float a layer of tear away if you think you need more stabilizer underneath. I doubt you'd need it though.

Hi Everybody!
I'm back after a 4 day trip to the finger lakes in upstate NY.
I am extremely far behind and will have to wait to catch up at nap time. But I have a few photos to share.

First. I was visiting my Godfather and his wife Margie, who makes jewelry and has a huge assortment of beads. she let myself and another gal visiting choose whatever we wanted and helped us to make a necklace for ourselves. I am NOT good at photographing still objects, but I hope you can get an idea. I love it, but need to wear something other than a polo shirt to wear it (my apparel of choice lately)


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and then we also went to an outdoor antique event and I found this in the barn out back. printed in 1965 (not truly an antique) I thought the gown was unique, different than the books I have for DD3 now, I immediately thought of all of you and that someone might want to make a dress from it.


and someone PM'd me and here are the MM fabrics I was discussing.

Pretty necklace! I could never do that. I've tried making jewlery and it was a disaster. I love the Cindy gown. I LOOOOOVE pink. I keep meaning to email you back, but I forgot! Did you get your kit??

So am i the only one who cant change their needle? Its so hard to do so, am i tightening them too much to begin with?

Are you using the little screw driver to unscrew it?? It should be fairly easy then. Your needle could be stripped too. I have no trouble changing my needles. I change them almost every new sewing project.

TGM - Tour Guide Mike. He sponsors the Theme Parks Board I think and sells memberships to get plans and hints and tips and a Best Days Calendar from him.

I just got a membership there last night.

Sorry you had a rough day.
Did you go see Ponyo yet?? I'm debating on taking my Hannah.
She looks so happy in her tunic! That is definitely the best part of sewing!

Wow! What a cute Vida! I love it.

 

[angel23321]

livndisney -
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.

Love the minnie cake and the nemo dress.

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.

For some reason when I see her dress I think of gumballs.

That dress is beautiful (even if you didn't make it). I love making aprons..they are so easy and fun.

I make my own marshmallow fondant. It's A LOT cheaper to make, pretty much the cost of a bag of marshmallows and a bag of powdered sugar to make a large batch, and I find it easier to work with than the store bought. If you have a big mixer (I have a kitchen-aid) it's not hard to make, just a little messy.

Here's a link to the recipe I use: http://cakecentral.com/articles/105. I think it's a lot like working with play-doh. The cakecentral site has the answer to about any cake decorating question. That's where I've gained most of my knowledge.

Hope that helps. Any other questions, feel free to ask.

Thank you! I always hate store bought fondant. I will have to try this recipe.

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

congrats!!!

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.

Very cool!

 

[teresajoy]

Oh come on, stupid internet! I lost my connection while posting my reply, and now it's gone! GRRRR...

Benita, I love the back to school outfit!

Marah, Ponyo looks great. Arminda saw it and said, "WOW, that is really nice! I like those fabrics and it looks just like Ponyo." So, I think she approves.

Ok, someone who just started sewing posted some gorgeous Vidas, I particuarly liked the Cinderella one! And, like my sister said, I love the trim!

I know I'm missing some things! I'm sorry!

Heather, you were trying with the dolls, so I'll let it slide! I still can't believe Tessa didn't call me though! I bet you had time to take Lyddie's picture, I wasn't quite done when Mom called.

 

[JPFamilyMom]

Hello all, new to this thread, only on pg 59...

first... all of you are so talented. Love all the items you all have made... the dresses are all just darling, makes me want a girl again... I do have a niece though, so might have to try my hand at some fun dresses for her.

I have sewn in the past, nothing quite so spectacular, though I did make my oldest sons baptismal outfit which I was quite proud of.

I'm wanting to make my 18 mo a Peter Pan costume, but I want to make like shorts, so it's not so hot. And I want it to be comfy, looking for suggestions.

Also making myself a Tinkerbelle Costume, also want it to be comfy, as we are planning to do a Halloween 5k fun run. I'm thinking like a skirt with attached shorts, or I guess like a tennis dress type deal. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions on patterns and fabric?

Thank you in advance for any help and advice. I will be sure to post pictures in October when complete.