Disboutiquers Part 29 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[nannye]

HELP!
Alright Ladies!
I could use some ideas/suggestions.
My mom has been busy making camera straps and aprons and wants to sell them. I've been doing a few custom shirts so I thought I might try my hand at some RTS shirts. No custom orders for us. I am thinking that we will do a facebook page as it's easy.

Problem is It needs a name! My name is Erin and My Moms is Jenn so I thought EJ Creations might be cute, but is kinda boring. Any other suggestions or ideas? let me know!

Thanks!

Also, has anyone ever done dog collars?

 

[micki1881]

One of my new obsessions. Felt dress up dolls. This is the Minnie dress with customized mouse ears. Dorthy and Tinker Bell. And then a custom rupunzel birthday shirt.

 

[ivey_family]

One of my new obsessions. Felt dress up dolls. This is the Minnie dress with customized mouse ears. Dorthy and Tinker Bell. And then a custom rupunzel birthday shirt.

Those dolls are super cute! Please share how you made them! I think my dd would love them!

Regards,
C.

 

[strega7]

I guess Minnie is an old lady but the polka dots are classic. Why make her look like a golden girl?

that is soooo funny, I was thinking the same thing. That dress is soooo ugly!

One of my new obsessions. Felt dress up dolls. This is the Minnie dress with customized mouse ears. Dorthy and Tinker Bell. And then a custom rupunzel birthday shirt.

I love your felt dress up dolls, they are really cute. Your shirt turned out great too!




I had to make an apron for my serger class I took on craftsy, so of course I had to disneyfy it. I think it turned out pretty cute, but I don't wear aprons, so not sure what I am going to do with it, but here it is...

Here it is on...

 

[micki1881]

The felt dolls are in the hoop from Dejah Vue Designs.
http://www.dejahvuedesigns.com/category_11/In-The-Hoop-Projects.htm
Warning: They are addictive LOL

 

[sewdisney]

One of my new obsessions. Felt dress up dolls. This is the Minnie dress with customized mouse ears. Dorthy and Tinker Bell. And then a custom rupunzel birthday shirt.


Those felt dolls are adorable! Please share how you did them! I LOVE the Rapunzel shirt too!

 

[micki1881]

One of my new obsessions. Felt dress up dolls. This is the Minnie dress with customized mouse ears. Dorthy and Tinker Bell. And then a custom rupunzel birthday shirt.


Those felt dolls are adorable! Please share how you did them! I LOVE the Rapunzel shirt too!

They are in the hoop from dejah vue designs. I merged the name on the hat with embird software. The font is from frou frou by heathersue her waltograph font.

http://www.dejahvuedesigns.com/category_11/In-The-Hoop-Projects.htm

 

[PurpleEars]

I got photobucket to work now!!! Well ,I didn't really get it to work, it decided to be cooperative this time.

Here are the jeans I made to match the dog shirt -- all appliques are Heather's. I planned on putting some small paw prints scattered about too, but dd wanted to wear them right away so in the essence of time, no paw prints.

And the wolf shirt and skirt -- I love these designs from AZ Embroidery Barn because they stitch out so fast! I also wasn't keen on the fabric for the under layer of the skirt, but wanted to use from my stash. Once finished though I think it looks really nice together.

Thanks for looking and now you all know I didn't crawl in a hole and quit sewing. And I'm excited to sew and embroider again so I plan on doing more this week.

Great job on both outfits Andrea! I hope to see more of your creations soon!

Mini Vent


okay done.... hmmm that wasn't really a mini vent. First prize to the one who actually read the whole thing.

I feel a lot better however!

I am so sorry to hear about the trouble you've had Erin. I hope this mom understands the effort that goes into making those dresses. Mind you, that's the reason why I don't sew for my niece and nephew.

I am so bummed...I just got to whine a bit!


I love the beach. Almost as much as I love Disney.

For the past several years we have taken a beach trip as soon as the kids got out of school and a Disney vacation in either September or November.

This year, we owe my grand daughter a beach trip since she could not play at the beach last year. Her daddy wanted to take her for a short Disney trip for her birthday...so we thought we would combine the two...Disney for a few days then a weekend at the beach, just before school starts.

Somehow, that morphed into a million different things, ending with renting a 4 bedroom condo in Destin for a week. My son and his family and my daughter and her family were going with us. We put down a non refundable deposit and all was set in stone.

My daughter in law has been having problems deciding to put grand princess in public school or private school. She FINALLY made up her mind.....today...and found out the new school year starts while we are in Destin!

We could still go...except for the fact that the price gets MUCH more expensive when you divide things by 2 instead of 3....Overall it will add about $1000 to the trip...something I just can't swing right now.

So...I not only lost my beach vacation...I also lost my deposit!


GRRRRR



Nini

I am so sorry to hear about this Nini! $500 is a lot of money and I will be mad too if I were in your shoes!

Hello everyone! I have been quietly reading these threads for...a year?! And just now finally decided to take the jump off and dust off the ol' machine and make something. Here's the funny part: it's not even Disney themed! We're headed to that other park in Orlando...so this is a Funktional Threads "Rachel" inspired by Minion Mayhem. We're having character breakfast there so....
Thank you to everyone on this thread for their beautiful work. I have drooled over them for so long.
I hope this picture works! Here goes nothing. Don't look too closely either! Lol.

Welcome! You did a great job on the dress. I have that pattern and I need to try it out.

I have no idea where I've left off... I try to hard to stay caught up here, and I just can't. Sigh...


I have no idea when the last time I posted a bag was... So, I apologize if there are any repeats.

Thanks for letting me share.

D~

Great job on the bags like usual D~. I have to say somehow the Mickey peace bags spoke to me tonight.

I have been playing around with my machine, doing a few "in the hoop" projects.

I'm going to put a fun chapstik and some money in the little change purses and give the to my granddaughters for Easter.

ETA: forgot to say the patterns I used came from Five Star Fonts Embroidery

Neat idea for the little change purses for Easter. I wonder if they have something for those little hand santizer bottles. DH said my holder came from the store didn't match with my purse!

So, My post is not really of sewing but I did make one of the potholders in the first picture (the polka dot one) and my Aunt made my special curtains for me while I was on vacation one year. They are Mickey Mouse Plaid, sorry you can't see them better in the second picture.

Here is my New-To-Me kitchen table I bought off craigslist today. I bought two of the chairs from Salvation Army as I posted before and then found this on Craigslist. I had to get it.

What a great find! I am sure you will have lots of wonderful meals at this table!

Hello everyone I was on this thread a couple of years ago. I learned so much from all the wonderful people here. Just popping on to say hi and looking forward to joining in future chats.

Welcome back!

Hi! I've been lurking for a little while now and you all are so talented! I'm definitely a beginner, but I've been inspired to applique some shirts for my son, niece, and nephew for our upcoming trip! I'll try to figure out how to upload pictures. I do have a question I was hoping someone here could help me with. I have a Babylock sewing/embroidery machine (Ellageo), and over the last few days I feel the tension is off. The bobbin thread is pulling through- typically I only use the same color top and bottom thread for monograms/lettering, but since this started if I have a rewound white bobbin, for example, my designs look very sloppy. Does this sound like a tension problem? To my knowledge I can't adjust the tension as its computerized.

Welcome! I am wondering if there are lint or thread bits caught up in the machine somewhere?

My husband is the most easy going person ever, so he actually wasn't too devastated. I think it upset him though, he doesn't let it show. I will say it's definitely a weird situation. We are visiting his Dad in Florida and it is evident that he didn't do much for himself for the last 40+ years. When we arrived there was almost no food, only 3 yogurts, which my kids quickly consumed and 2/3 of his food was gone. My husband took him grocery shopping last night. Our trip has beeb quite an adventure beside that, the kids are still coming off their croup, I got taken down for a few days with fever and cough, and then about 50 miles from grandpa's house one of my boys threw up, a lot. All over the Lilo and Stitch outfit the other kid had fallen asleep eating a Mickey bar and I was able to get most of the chocolate out. Now, however, that outfit is going into the trash. It's beyond ruined. Poor little guy was covered and we had to stop on the side of the highway and strip him down, but when my husband set him on the ground to get him out of his clothing he got about 2 dozen ant bites, so he has welts all over his feet and ankles. I guess if we do go back to Ohana, new stitch shirts are in order. My husband was able to get most of the stink out, thankfully, but I think we will still have the car detailed. Yuck.

Jen

Oh no, so sorry to hear that your kids got sick and ruined the outfit. At least you can always recreate the outfits later. I hope you can get the car cleaned up.

Got my neighbors dress done for his grand-daughter. yes, another one. I figured I would make it up to him for wanting a simple dress and not getting one. I found a pattern almost exactly like the contest ones he liked in the size I needed. I hope he likes it. Here it is....

I like the dress that you made. I am sure it would meet with grandpa's approval this time.

Given the options, would you
1.Buy a Brother PE750D on craigslist or hold out for a Brother770? http://columbus.craigslist.org/art/3687329393.html and get rid of the Singer Futura 350 for some cash on Craigslist.
2. Buy a Janome 9000 on Craigslist to replace my Janome 1000? I have had it for 23years and all my kids learned to sew on it. http://columbus.craigslist.org/art/3692384140.html
3. Sell my two old sergers (3 thread and 4 thread) to get money for either/or both of the above? I have a Baby lock 5 thread so I only use the old ones so I do not have to switch threads.

I know this sounds stupid but I cannot decide. DH will never disagree on how many machines I own because they all earned their keep. I always made sure I could pay off a machine in 3 months.
Sugestions? Thank you.

I would hold out for a 770 if I were in your situation.

One of my new obsessions. Felt dress up dolls. This is the Minnie dress with customized mouse ears. Dorthy and Tinker Bell. And then a custom rupunzel birthday shirt.

Cute cute cute! What a great idea. Thank you for sharing!

I had to make an apron for my serger class I took on craftsy, so of course I had to disneyfy it. I think it turned out pretty cute, but I don't wear aprons, so not sure what I am going to do with it, but here it is...

Here it is on...

You did a great job with the apron. I hope you can find a good home for the apron!


So a little bit of update from my corner of the world:

The last month has been crazy since my aunt died from the traffic collison (it was a double hit and run). We are now the "responsible adults" to my cousin, which added to our work quite a bit. However, I finally got back to the sewing room this weekend and started sewing again. It was very theraputic. I finished a few things for the Gives and I hope to get around to making something for myself. Some of you may remember that we were talking about a September trip. Well, we decided to go in the beginning of December instead - we wanted to attend the Candlelight Processional and this year is one of the few years we can do that given DH's work schedule. Also we can redeem airmiles for plane tickets if we go in December. This means I will have to plan some fall/winter outfits for our trip. I will have to look at the average temperature for that time of the year and decide what we need to bring. Let's hope everything works out so we can take the trip!

 

[nannye]

So, My post is not really of sewing but I did make one of the potholders in the first picture (the polka dot one) and my Aunt made my special curtains for me while I was on vacation one year. They are Mickey Mouse Plaid, sorry you can't see them better in the second picture.

Here is my New-To-Me kitchen table I bought off craigslist today. I bought two of the chairs from Salvation Army as I posted before and then found this on Craigslist. I had to get it.

That is so COOL!!!!!!!!

 

[sewdisney]

They are in the hoop from dejah vue designs. I merged the name on the hat with embird software. The font is from frou frou by heathersue her waltograph font.


Thank you so much for sharing! I just purchased a few dolls from Dejah Vue. I can't wait to make them.

 

[micki1881]

They are in the hoop from dejah vue designs. I merged the name on the hat with embird software. The font is from frou frou by heathersue her waltograph font.


Thank you so much for sharing! I just purchased a few dolls from Dejah Vue. I can't wait to make them.

They are super fun. And she has some awesome dresses/outfits for them

 

[pyrxtc]

I love the table and chairs. Did you ask the seller if they were the ones who donated them to the thrift store? maybe you reunited them! What good luck that you would find both!

Two totally different parts of the state, plus the two I got at the thrift store store were much better taken care of.

My husband is the most easy going person ever, so he actually wasn't too devastated. I think it upset him though, he doesn't let it show. I will say it's definitely a weird situation. We are visiting his Dad in Florida and it is evident that he didn't do much for himself for the last 40+ years. When we arrived there was almost no food, only 3 yogurts, which my kids quickly consumed and 2/3 of his food was gone. My husband took him grocery shopping last night. Our trip has beeb quite an adventure beside that, the kids are still coming off their croup, I got taken down for a few days with fever and cough, and then about 50 miles from grandpa's house one of my boys threw up, a lot. All over the Lilo and Stitch outfit the other kid had fallen asleep eating a Mickey bar and I was able to get most of the chocolate out. Now, however, that outfit is going into the trash. It's beyond ruined. Poor little guy was covered and we had to stop on the side of the highway and strip him down, but when my husband set him on the ground to get him out of his clothing he got about 2 dozen ant bites, so he has welts all over his feet and ankles. I guess if we do go back to Ohana, new stitch shirts are in order. My husband was able to get most of the stink out, thankfully, but I think we will still have the car detailed. Yuck.

I'm sorry things have gone bad so far. Maybe somehting really special will happen and make the whole trip worth it all.

I have a brother embroidery machine, but I understand they are made by the same company (?) so perhaps the troubleshooting is the same. When mine does that it is tension, but not necessarily the way the machine sets it, it is more like the thread is caught on something and isn't feeding smoothly, or there is something caught in the thread path like a little snarl or some dust or something. I would re-wind the bobbin and re-thread everything, clean out any dust out of the bobbin area or thread path.

I dropped my PE770 off for routine maintenance last week and the lady told me never pull the thread out backward through the thread path, which of course I ALWAYS do, she said to snip it at the spool, then pull the thread through from the needle end, it prevents those thread fiber buildups in the thread path. I had never heard that and I was doing it the "wrong" way every single time, so I thought maybe someone else was too.

Jen

Thanks for that last bit of info. I will change how I take the thread out of my machine forever.

I guess Minnie is an old lady but the polka dots are classic. Why make her look like a golden girl?

I don't know why they mess with things that work ??

Omg that is terrible. I can't imagine! Makes my plight seem a little more manageable. I do feel terrible about the ant bites mostly. His little feet and ankles are covered in welts and blisters. They don't seem to be bothering him but are serving to make us feel like the worst parents ever. Hey kid, you just covered yourself and our car in puke. How about we feed you to ravenous bugs? He even has the between his toes and on the bottoms of his feet. it all happened pretty fast so we didn't notice or think to look for ants.
I doubt grandpa has baking soda, but we should pick some up and try it. There is definitely still an aroma.

I have never been bitten by fire ants but can only imagine. You couldn't see and I'm sure he is being spoiled for it. your a great Momma and things happen.

 

[NiniMorris]

I am so sorry to hear about this Nini! $500 is a lot of money and I will be mad too if I were in your shoes!


Some of you may remember that we were talking about a September trip. Well, we decided to go in the beginning of December instead - we wanted to attend the Candlelight Processional and this year is one of the few years we can do that given DH's work schedule. Also we can redeem airmiles for plane tickets if we go in December. This means I will have to plan some fall/winter outfits for our trip. I will have to look at the average temperature for that time of the year and decide what we need to bring. Let's hope everything works out so we can take the trip!

Yeah...it is pretty bad...we are taking a short trip to Disney (as in one day) to celebrate you youngest DD's 13th birthday in June. We decided to make a swing by the beach for a day or so on the way back. We offered to take the Princess with us, but my DIL has yet to respond! Of course, the Princess did make an announcement that she is going to the beach with her little friend Eden...news to us...


Ohhhhhhh we will be in Disney the first week of December! Staying at POFQ... we need to get together!




Nini

 

[DMGeurts]

Got my neighbors dress done for his grand-daughter. yes, another one. I figured I would make it up to him for wanting a simple dress and not getting one. I found a pattern almost exactly like the contest ones he liked in the size I needed. I hope he likes it. Here it is....

Also, did you see they are trying to re-dress Minnie Mouse ?

Totally love the dress you made... The fabric is so perfect for that dress - it just seems so classic and - did I say perfect yet? LOL Love it!

And poor Minnie... Definately got the Golden Girl look - hate it!

One of my new obsessions. Felt dress up dolls. This is the Minnie dress with customized mouse ears. Dorthy and Tinker Bell. And then a custom rupunzel birthday shirt.

Super cute -and I love the shirt too!

I had to make an apron for my serger class I took on craftsy, so of course I had to disneyfy it. I think it turned out pretty cute, but I don't wear aprons, so not sure what I am going to do with it, but here it is...

Here it is on...

Very cute! I love ruffles!

Great job on the bags like usual D~. I have to say somehow the Mickey peace bags spoke to me tonight.

Thanks!

The last month has been crazy since my aunt died from the traffic collison (it was a double hit and run). We are now the "responsible adults" to my cousin, which added to our work quite a bit. However, I finally got back to the sewing room this weekend and started sewing again. It was very theraputic. I finished a few things for the Gives and I hope to get around to making something for myself. Some of you may remember that we were talking about a September trip. Well, we decided to go in the beginning of December instead - we wanted to attend the Candlelight Processional and this year is one of the few years we can do that given DH's work schedule. Also we can redeem airmiles for plane tickets if we go in December. This means I will have to plan some fall/winter outfits for our trip. I will have to look at the average temperature for that time of the year and decide what we need to bring. Let's hope everything works out so we can take the trip!

I am so sorry to hear about your aunt, I missed your post about her. I hope that things come together and start to return a bit to normal. I also hope that your cousin is doing OK. Being the 'responsible adults' - does that mean that you now have custody of your cousin?

Happy to hear that you are planning another trip and you get to go in December... It is a dream of mine to go at that time. I can't wait to see what you make for that trip, because I always love that you dress up.

Yeah...it is pretty bad...we are taking a short trip to Disney (as in one day) to celebrate you youngest DD's 13th birthday in June. We decided to make a swing by the beach for a day or so on the way back. We offered to take the Princess with us, but my DIL has yet to respond! Of course, the Princess did make an announcement that she is going to the beach with her little friend Eden...news to us...


Ohhhhhhh we will be in Disney the first week of December! Staying at POFQ... we need to get together!




Nini

First - jealous that your get to stay at FQ - you know my love runs deep there. Secondly... Very interesting about the grandprincess going to the beach with her friend Eden - you'll have to keep us updated on that one.

D~

 

[karice2]

I really want to join the disboutiquer club. It's one of the coolest ones on the board and I want in. I don't sew but have always wanted to learn. I got really inspired by Dgeurts bags and some of the other fun stuff that people have done so I wanted in. Today I tried to join.

I have been reading this thread for months. I watched youtube videos, I visited some sewing machine stores, fabric stores, read books and did lots research.

I was committed. Even if no one else understood, I was going to do it. I went to Sears because they had a couple of different choices, I had some rewards points and a 10% coupon. I had my heart set on a brother machine but when I got there, the Singer Stylist had so many more features (some I learned about during the research stage) that I decided to get that one.

Why, Sears are you making the little old lady that sells vacuums and sewing machines use an Ipad to ring people up? Why are you torturing her that way? The coupons never work so we wound up going over to the register anyway.

Anyway, the coupon would not take because it was some everyday low price and I could only use my points. Anyway, it was $191.00 once my points were taken into consideration, with tax $202. Not a great deal but I felt bad for spending so much time with this lady so I bought it.

I got home and looked on Amazon for the same machine. $164 . I took it back to Sears right away. I have $80 in gift cards on Amazon so my OOP cost will be a lot less. I can get my rotary cut and mat this way.

I also have Amazon Prime so free shipping. I will become a disboutiquer, I will.

 

[micki1881]

I really want to join the disboutiquer club. It's one of the coolest ones on the board and I want in. I don't sew but have always wanted to learn. I got really inspired by Dgeurts bags and some of the other fun stuff that people have done so I wanted in. Today I tried to join.

I have been reading this thread for months. I watched youtube videos, I visited some sewing machine stores, fabric stores, read books and did lots research.

I was committed. Even if no one else understood, I was going to do it. I went to Sears because they had a couple of different choices, I had some rewards points and a 10% coupon. I had my heart set on a brother machine but when I got there, the Singer Stylist had so many more features (some I learned about during the research stage) that I decided to get that one.

Why, Sears are you making the little old lady that sells vacuums and sewing machines use an Ipad to ring people up? Why are you torturing her that way? The coupons never work so we wound up going over to the register anyway.

Anyway, the coupon would not take because it was some everyday low price and I could only use my points. Anyway, it was $191.00 once my points were taken into consideration, with tax $202. Not a great deal but I felt bad for spending so much time with this lady so I bought it.

I got home and looked on Amazon for the same machine. $164 . I took it back to Sears right away. I have $80 in gift cards on Amazon so my OOP cost will be a lot less. I can get my rotary cut and mat this way.

I also have Amazon Prime so free shipping. I will become a disboutiquer, I will.

Congrats on the new machine. Wishing you many happy days of sewing

 

[sewdisney]

I really want to join the disboutiquer club. It's one of the coolest ones on the board and I want in. I don't sew but have always wanted to learn. I got really inspired by Dgeurts bags and some of the other fun stuff that people have done so I wanted in. Today I tried to join.

I have been reading this thread for months. I watched youtube videos, I visited some sewing machine stores, fabric stores, read books and did lots research.

I was committed. Even if no one else understood, I was going to do it. I went to Sears because they had a couple of different choices, I had some rewards points and a 10% coupon. I had my heart set on a brother machine but when I got there, the Singer Stylist had so many more features (some I learned about during the research stage) that I decided to get that one.

Why, Sears are you making the little old lady that sells vacuums and sewing machines use an Ipad to ring people up? Why are you torturing her that way? The coupons never work so we wound up going over to the register anyway.

Anyway, the coupon would not take because it was some everyday low price and I could only use my points. Anyway, it was $191.00 once my points were taken into consideration, with tax $202. Not a great deal but I felt bad for spending so much time with this lady so I bought it.

I got home and looked on Amazon for the same machine. $164 . I took it back to Sears right away. I have $80 in gift cards on Amazon so my OOP cost will be a lot less. I can get my rotary cut and mat this way.

I also have Amazon Prime so free shipping. I will become a disboutiquer, I will.

Congrats on finding it at a lower price!

 

[dianemom2]

Given the options, would you
1.Buy a Brother PE750D on craigslist or hold out for a Brother770? http://columbus.craigslist.org/art/3687329393.html and get rid of the Singer Futura 350 for some cash on Craigslist.
2. Buy a Janome 9000 on Craigslist to replace my Janome 1000? I have had it for 23years and all my kids learned to sew on it. http://columbus.craigslist.org/art/3692384140.html
3. Sell my two old sergers (3 thread and 4 thread) to get money for either/or both of the above? I have a Baby lock 5 thread so I only use the old ones so I do not have to switch threads.

I know this sounds stupid but I cannot decide. DH will never disagree on how many machines I own because they all earned their keep. I always made sure I could pay off a machine in 3 months.
Sugestions? Thank you.

If you are deciding between the Pe750 and the PE770, you might want to go with the PE770. Amazon has had the PE770 brand new for about $590 so to buy a used machine for around $400 doesn't seem to make sense. I would sell the two old sergers that you are not using currently. Then you'd have the extra money for the new PE770.

Thanks for the tip on socks! I've got to try that out for my dd!

Ok, I thought I was done with 4 machines, but now you're enticing me with the idea of a cover stitch machine! Please share some close-up seam pictures when you get her going!


No exciting sewing for me this week. I'm just pluggin away at towels with charms.

Regards,
C.

Carrie what machines do you have? Sewing, serger, embroidery and ????

If you make some socks, you should post some pictures. They would be adorable on your dd.

Good luck finishing up your towel orders.

HELP!
Problem is It needs a name! My name is Erin and My Moms is Jenn so I thought EJ Creations might be cute, but is kinda boring. Any other suggestions or ideas? let me know!

Thanks!

Also, has anyone ever done dog collars?

I'm not coming up with a great name for your store. Sorry But I do like EJ Creations. Simple and easy to remember!

I have not done dog collars. But there is a lady who works at our Joanns who makes those and also fleece dog sweaters. Her stuff on etsy seems to fly out of her shop.

Sorry I missed this when you posted it. I think I was posting at the same time. It is adorable. I hope that the grandpa likes it. I have some of the same fabric. I think I am going to use it for a sundress.

I HATE the new Minnie dress. It is horrendous!

I had to make an apron for my serger class I took on craftsy, so of course I had to disneyfy it. I think it turned out pretty cute, but I don't wear aprons, so not sure what I am going to do with it, but here it is...

The apron is adorable! If you don't think you will use it, maybe save it for a Big Give. Paired with a chef hat, it would be great for a meal at Chef Mickey's.

The last month has been crazy since my aunt died from the traffic collison (it was a double hit and run). We are now the "responsible adults" to my cousin, which added to our work quite a bit. However, I finally got back to the sewing room this weekend and started sewing again. It was very theraputic. I finished a few things for the Gives and I hope to get around to making something for myself. Some of you may remember that we were talking about a September trip. Well, we decided to go in the beginning of December instead - we wanted to attend the Candlelight Processional and this year is one of the few years we can do that given DH's work schedule. Also we can redeem airmiles for plane tickets if we go in December. This means I will have to plan some fall/winter outfits for our trip. I will have to look at the average temperature for that time of the year and decide what we need to bring. Let's hope everything works out so we can take the trip!

I am glad that things are slowly getting back to normal in your life. I am sure that helping your cousin is adding to your workload but it is an important role.

What do you have in mind to make for yourself for your December trip? We used to love to go in early December when our girls were younger and we didn't have to worry about school. The parks are not crowded and since we are not late night people, the earlier closing times suited us well.

I got home and looked on Amazon for the same machine. $164 . I took it back to Sears right away. I have $80 in gift cards on Amazon so my OOP cost will be a lot less. I can get my rotary cut and mat this way.

I also have Amazon Prime so free shipping. I will become a disboutiquer, I will.

Welcome to the group and happy sewing! Congratulations on your new machine. I hope you put it to good use!

 

[ivey_family]

Carrie what machines do you have? Sewing, serger, embroidery and ????

If you make some socks, you should post some pictures. They would be adorable on your dd.

Good luck finishing up your towel orders.

... And a Vintage Singer inspired by and very similar to D's Patience. I refurbed her about a year ago. It did occur to me that if I got a 5th machine, it would mess up my naming convention. My 4 girls are Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. I guess a future machine could be Marmee or Laurie or Hannah.

D - I realized I failed to comment on your latest bags. Dopey is my fav from that group, but they are all gorgeous as always!

Flora - I hope it works out for you to go in December! We absolutely loved that week after Thanksgiving last year and we loved the Candlelight Processional! (Though our kids were a bit squirrelly!). Honestly, I'm not sure if I want to go any other time of the year now! The Christmas decorations and the Osbourne Lights were just so magical! The OL dances every few minutes to music and one of the songs was Feliz Navidad. For the rest of Christmas last year, if we heard that BOTH dh and I would tear up remembering the fun of being there! And then there's the castle lit up. I could go on and on about visiting WDW at Christmas!

Regards,
C.

 

[DMGeurts]

I really want to join the disboutiquer club. It's one of the coolest ones on the board and I want in. I don't sew but have always wanted to learn. I got really inspired by Dgeurts bags and some of the other fun stuff that people have done so I wanted in. Today I tried to join.

I have been reading this thread for months. I watched youtube videos, I visited some sewing machine stores, fabric stores, read books and did lots research.

I was committed. Even if no one else understood, I was going to do it. I went to Sears because they had a couple of different choices, I had some rewards points and a 10% coupon. I had my heart set on a brother machine but when I got there, the Singer Stylist had so many more features (some I learned about during the research stage) that I decided to get that one.

Why, Sears are you making the little old lady that sells vacuums and sewing machines use an Ipad to ring people up? Why are you torturing her that way? The coupons never work so we wound up going over to the register anyway.

Anyway, the coupon would not take because it was some everyday low price and I could only use my points. Anyway, it was $191.00 once my points were taken into consideration, with tax $202. Not a great deal but I felt bad for spending so much time with this lady so I bought it.

I got home and looked on Amazon for the same machine. $164 . I took it back to Sears right away. I have $80 in gift cards on Amazon so my OOP cost will be a lot less. I can get my rotary cut and mat this way.

I also have Amazon Prime so free shipping. I will become a disboutiquer, I will.

Congratulations Kim!!! So glad you found a deal on a machine. IF you have any questions - Please let me know - otherwise everyone here is so helpful.

Yah - why in the world are they making those poor people ring on an Ipad? Makes no sense to me.

... And a Vintage Singer inspired by and very similar to D's Patience. I refurbed her about a year ago. It did occur to me that if I got a 5th machine, it would mess up my naming convention. My 4 girls are Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. I guess a future machine could be Marmee or Laurie or Hannah.

D - I realized I failed to comment on your latest bags. Dopey is my fav from that group, but they are all gorgeous as always!


Regards,
C.

No worries Carrie... So have you ever posted pictures of all your machines? If so, I may have missed them, but I'd love to see.

D~