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We went to Great Wolf Lodge for an overnight stay...
The room...
Bed time story...The clock comes to life and tells the story.
DD pretending to sleep...
The fun stuff!!
Hey ladies! If you do, I will be thereI live in Southern MA about 2 min. from RI, about 30 min. from Putnam CT, 1 hour from Mystic CT, and about 50 min. from Boston.
I would totally get to brag that I met The famous Carla C!
I finally finished the Simplicity Daisy Kingdom dress for my daughter (2988). Here are a few pics and below I'll give a mini review of the pattern. I know others have this pattern and hopefully my comments will help some avoid the mistakes I made.
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Whew, sorry so long-winded. Hope this helps others considering making this dress! Oh, and one more thing...I'm not so sure I like the topstitching on the waist band, I may take that out.
No, but I do know where you live now
We live about 15-20 min. from there. We live near N. Smithfield/Woonsocket.
I finally finished the Simplicity Daisy Kingdom dress for my daughter (2988). Here are a few pics and below I'll give a mini review of the pattern. I know others have this pattern and hopefully my comments will help some avoid the mistakes I made.
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First off, I had a terrible time with the binding/piping. Thanks to Tinka Belle's help, I re-cut the binding being very careful to cut it exactly right. It did work better the 2nd time, but I'm still not happy with it around the neckline. I considered using store bought binding, but was concerned that I wouldn't get the "look" I was hoping for with this dress.
Secondly, this dress is sized very generously. According to the measurements on the package, my daughter is right between a size 5 and a size 6. I made her a size 6 since we are going to Disney in October and I wanted the dress to be a little big now hoping it would fit her perfectly when we go. I have been making her a size 6 in other patterns and it is slightly big, so I expected this one to be the same. Thankfully, I tried the bodice on her before I attached the skirt. The elastic in the back was way too big. So, I took the bodice apart and shortened the elastic by over four inches. It is still too big, but I couldn't shorten it any more or the side seams would have been in the middle of her back. The dress is still big, but due to the way it is made, there isn't much else that can be altered or taken in to make it fit better.
Lastly, the dress feels really heavy due to the double layer skirt. And the weight of all of it hangs from one button around my daughter's neck. It just doesn't look very comfortable. I may add a snap or two by the button just to take some of the stress of the button itself. It just doesn't look like it will hold up over time.
This dress was kind of a pain and I don't think I would make it again. I probably could have made 3 other outfits that I liked just as well in the time it took me to make this one. And of course, I paid full price for the Princess fabric from JoAnns, which I rarely do. (forgot my coupon on that trip and I bought all that was left on the bolt and it really was not quite enough. I had to cut very carefully to eek out all the pieces.)
Oh, one other thing I did not like - I carefully centered Belle on the bodice piece. When I started putting the dress together, I realized the waistband goes over the top of the bodice rather that being attached to the bottom of it. So, it covered up the bottom part of Belle and I didn't have enough fabric to cut another piece. And by that time, I don't think I would have taken it apart for the 3rd time and started over.
Whew, sorry so long-winded. Hope this helps others considering making this dress! Oh, and one more thing...I'm not so sure I like the topstitching on the waist band, I may take that out.
I am trying really hard to work on my scrapbooks - it's no use - all I want to do is SEW with my free time.
What's a girl to do.....guess my kids will just have to scrap thier own pics - of them in all the custom outfits I made them.
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I even had the package in front of me when I typed that in!!!! It's Simplicity It's So Easy 3743. Sorry!
Whew, I am beat! I think I am ready and after packing her clothes she has more than enough outfits. Here is what I made for Epcot, I do not understand how Lori can whip those circle skirts out, it took me forever to figure it out. DH laughed and asked if this was the first I've used geometry outside of high school. Why yes, it was!
Megan asked the girl to paint mickey heads on her toes:
With all the excitement, Megan asked if I would teach her to sew. Here is a skirt she made for her doll. I helped with the waistband and the ricrac, she did all the rest.
And here is the big faced Belle dress I cased from Tom. I made so many mistakes on it, probably because I was trying to hurry. The gathers looked terrible so I scrapped it and just added some trim. I found the pink trim in the quilt shop, you get it wet and it gets all fuzzy. I thought it was cool.
Now I just have to pack for me and go to bed. I'll miss my sewing buddies: be back Friday!
ps sorry no Scrappy, he is already at the vet!
AWWWWW no Scrappy?!
Leaving my dog at the pet hotel is the WORST part of the trip. I hate it. I cry every single time! We left him at a "highly rated" *SNORT* boarding place last summer. When we picked him up he had a HUGE deep scratch on his nose and his potty training was GONE. He'd been kept in a "run" the whole week with no contact with anyone. He was so traumatized that if I was out of his sight AT ALL he'd have an accident. Poor baby. And I'm pretty sure they had FELONS working for them...I SWEAR I saw one of their workers on America's Most Wanted!
I'm SERIOUS!!!
We're leaving him with our house sitter this time. He loves her and she'll let him sleep with her the whole time! He'll be in hound heaven!!!
I LOVE the Epcot outfit and tell your little one that the skirt she did is AWESOME!!!
like mother like daughter!!!
have so so so much fun!! Can't wait to hear about it!!!
ps-I'll say a prayer to St. Francis for Scrappy's safety and protection while all y'all are gone!!
Miss Cammy, I'm pretty sure you are more worried about Scrappy than Steph is!
That is a very pretty dress.Okay everyone...here it is. I have worked on it since 10am this morning and I've just finished it. The pink Ariel dress.
I still have some hand stitching that has to be done on the lace where I missed and around the waist. Plus I have to do a tulle skirt and the lining.
DH and I are actually afraid to leave our baby with anybody. We wanted his grandmother to watch her but she is going to be out of town for the first couple of days. I think that I am going to ask my friend to watch her, but I'm still afraid. She is very spoiled. She sleeps in the bed with me and I treat her just like she was a human. I think I'm afraid that noone can treat her the way I do.AWWWWW no Scrappy?!
Leaving my dog at the pet hotel is the WORST part of the trip. I hate it. I cry every single time! We left him at a "highly rated" *SNORT* boarding place last summer. When we picked him up he had a HUGE deep scratch on his nose and his potty training was GONE. He'd been kept in a "run" the whole week with no contact with anyone. He was so traumatized that if I was out of his sight AT ALL he'd have an accident. Poor baby. And I'm pretty sure they had FELONS working for them...I SWEAR I saw one of their workers on America's Most Wanted!
I'm SERIOUS!!!
We're leaving him with our house sitter this time. He loves her and she'll let him sleep with her the whole time! He'll be in hound heaven!!!
I LOVE the Epcot outfit and tell your little one that the skirt she did is AWESOME!!!
like mother like daughter!!!
have so so so much fun!! Can't wait to hear about it!!!
ps-I'll say a prayer to St. Francis for Scrappy's safety and protection while all y'all are gone!!
WHAT a great idea! I love that!!!!
The last picture reminds me of that cartoon "Cat Dog"
I love it!!! I have always wanted one of those dolls!
Cat dog, cat dog... All alone in the world is a little cat dog!!!
Such an odd show!
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Really pretty.
