The salesman was NOT having fun with us.The first one is made from a pattern of a plastic shopping bag and is lined...so it will hold the equivelant of whatever you could fit in a plastic grocery bag.
Here is a link to the tute...
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=177482.0
and the other one is http://sewing.about.com/od/bagstotespurseproject/ss/grocerybag_6.htm
This is just me..but I think the first one looks easier..maybe I'm wrong...and I tend to be sometimes...so point me in the right direction...
We had a great time at Tessa's birthday party on Saturday. I made her this castle cake, which she loved!
If you want to see what I thought of the kit to make it, here's a link to my video review:
http://www.expotv.com/videos/reviews/13/136/Wilton-Romantic-Castle-Cake-Set/291415
If you watch it to the end, you can see us singing happy birthday and Tessa blowing out the candles.
She was so excited that I got her hair to curl on the sides!
Yay, have tons of fun!!!
Thank you everyone for your kind comments about my sewing progress! I am soo slow that every little bit helps!!! You are all the best!
OH...I just sewed them down after I "pinked" and "frey checked" the edges. But now that you mention it....what a GREATidea to just open up the the sides and slip the end in, then resew it shut. I think I will do that for the adults tees....thanks!!!
Adorable!!!! I just overpaid for a half yard of fabric...it was $8 with shipping! But I needed it to go with a tee my dh brought home. Oh well. I really love your jumper and the fabric!
Tessa looked lovely and so festive with here sparkly hair, crown and pretty dress! And the cake was just gorgeous!!!!!!! You did a great job mom!!!!!
Stop Everything! I updated my TR!
but seriously, stop by!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2101044
I finished these 2 cute sets... I really love the mickey set!!!! It is a OOAK and so is the Piggie dress!!! cross your fingers
Lori
Love all the photos of the birthday party!! Beautiful girl and lovely cake!!
Really loved all the clothes that have been posted lately. I've just got properly caught up since my trip to visit a friend in Ontario.
I persuaded her to take a trip to the fabric stores out there and here are some pics of the stash I came home with. Well, some of it anyway...
This is a denim I found. I bought extra of that so I'll have to visit the fabric trade thread.
This is a panel of classic Pooh that is supposed to be for a set of bumper pads but it was on sale for $2 a panel and I thought they might make a good middle section for a twirly skirt. Do you think that would work? I bought a couple, because it was cheap and because I wasn't sure what I'd do with it.
Here is Pooh toile. I love it! There is also a blustery day fabric here that matches the panels above. Not sure what I'll do with these. The toile was $8 a metre but the blustery day one was only $2/m.
I picked up some of the princess stuff because you just can't have too much princess fabric in this house. The dolphins I thought would be good for the aquarium or for Sea World -especially if I ever get confident enough to join in the Big Gives. The fish fabric was just because it's so unusual to find faith fabric up here and it's nice for "I spy" quilts and that sort of thing.
Lastly, here is a dress I whipped up using Carla's A-line dress pattern for a little girl who turned one last month. Didn't know what to get her and so I made this. I was pleased with it. I took the picture before it had buttons. I had to pick up the buttons on the way to the birthday and sew them in the car!
the tinkerbell is for my dgd for our trip this week I am so excited daughter got free rooms at saratoga springs, the pink is university of texas fabric and molly mine had a baby bevo so i did this little dress for a friends gd, the pictures are a lttle big sorry, the tinkerbell has striped capris having trouble with photo bucket tonight
Sheri
there are lots of great tips and advice right here on the Dis.....and of course....there are the outfits for the trip....
How fun! I think I'd be more excited than my DD too!I have booked our first ever trip to Disney!!! I am so excited....Maybe more than the birthday girl!
Love that fabric!Kind of blurry, but only photo I have of the whole thing:
Oh goodness... I think I will ask Judy in the co-op if she can get some of these. I LOVE the Alice one, and Marie!! Omgoodness!!! I am on a month long fabric fast though.
Yes, I NEED that one. I don't know why I am so Alice obsessed lately, but I just love her!
Tessa looks so beautiful! Her hair is just darling!We had a great time at Tessa's birthday party on Saturday. I made her this castle cake, which she loved!
Aww.. that is cute!
http://featheredfibers.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/fabric-stash-organization-and-tutorial/Okay, I have a question for those of you that have used comic boards for your fabric. How did you fold your fabric and how did you attach it to the board?I picked up boards today, now the task of folding it all around the boards. I've got most of my sewing room stuff moved to the new room. Now to figure out where I want it all put.
When I get it all finished I'll post pictures.
Wow... I kept trying to figure out another way to secure other than using straight pins. Great idea!!! I don't own any bobby pins, but I will get some.
I'm sure that you do. I always forget to do the rolled hem like you mentioned above. I've avoided doing rouching because I hate making tiny hems. I need to find that foot!! I hear those Babylock sergers are great for these types of things.
Love them! I think the Mickey is my favorite. The back was a surprise! Now I want the Anna pattern.I finished these 2 cute sets... I really love the mickey set!!!! It is a OOAK and so is the Piggie dress!!! cross your fingers
Lori
LOVE THE DENIM!!! Omgosh! Where did you find it??? I NEED it...This is a denim I found. I bought extra of that so I'll have to visit the fabric trade thread.
Everything looks beautiful. Love the tink outfit especially. What did you use for her wings? They look sparkly!
the tinkerbell is for my dgd for our trip this week I am so excited daughter got free rooms at saratoga springs, the pink is university of texas fabric and molly mine had a baby bevo so i did this little dress for a friends gd, the pictures are a lttle big sorry, the tinkerbell has striped capris having trouble with photo bucket tonight
Sheri
LOVE THE DENIM!!! Omgosh! Where did you find it??? I NEED it...
Love your A line. I make those for parties too... I'm the same way about the buttons too.
Thanks!
& remember, the seam ripper is your friend!
all hail the seam ripper, without it I could not sew How fun! I think I'd be more excited than my DD too!
Love that fabric!
Oh goodness... I think I will ask Judy in the co-op if she can get some of these. I LOVE the Alice one, and Marie!! Omgoodness!!! I am on a month long fabric fast though.
Yes, I NEED that one. I don't know why I am so Alice obsessed lately, but I just love her!
Tessa looks so beautiful! Her hair is just darling!
Love the cake as well. I'll need to go and watch your review.
Aww.. that is cute!
http://featheredfibers.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/fabric-stash-organization-and-tutorial/
I use that one. It is so neat looking when it is done. I <3 it!
Wow... I kept trying to figure out another way to secure other than using straight pins. Great idea!!! I don't own any bobby pins, but I will get some.
I'm sure that you do. I always forget to do the rolled hem like you mentioned above. I've avoided doing rouching because I hate making tiny hems. I need to find that foot!! I hear those Babylock sergers are great for these types of things.
Love them! I think the Mickey is my favorite. The back was a surprise! Now I want the Anna pattern.
LOVE THE DENIM!!! Omgosh! Where did you find it??? I NEED it...
Love your A line. I make those for parties too... I'm the same way about the buttons too.
Everything looks beautiful. Love the tink outfit especially. What did you use for her wings? They look sparkly!
K.. now back to my gumbo. I almost burnt my roux by reading this thread.
I saved it though!
I am making gumbo a day in advance. I think it is yummier the second day.
Here are some fabrics I just had to have when I saw them. I am in love with the purple princes fabric. I have no clue what I am making with most of it. The snow white fabric is my favorite. It is just gorgeous. I have no clue what to do with it either. It is like they are so pretty I don't want to cut them up!
Part of me wants to wait until she is older to use them too. Definitely for a disney trip I think! The bunny fabric is some really old fabric that my grandma(deceased) made me a quilt with when I was really little. I am maybe making an Easter dress out of it if I can make up what I want to do with it. It is special to me.
The 3 little pigs and Little Red Riding Hood are from the Japanese fabric co-op. I am in love with those too. My Alice fabric isn't here yet. I am waiting on some more to come in. I have a sample somewhere, but I couldn't find it when I took pictures of all of these. I took a picture of the side view of the pink storybook toile because it has alot of yards on it. Just wanted to show you that you can fit alot on a comic book board. It doesn't look as neat as the smaller yardages, but it works.
These are all clickable thumbs
I am not sure how you guys comment in between each picture. How do you know which picture is which??
Oh and I posted a picture of all the tape on the castle bed. I thought it warranted a pic! It was so hard to have all that tape on there and not be able to pull it off. It was fun pulling it all off to reveal the brick lines though!
Do you guys prefer thumbnails or the bigger pictures? I don't want people to get mad at me for posting the big ones. I don't usually post so many. Let me know which option you guys pick on photobucket so that I know next time please!
the tinkerbell is for my dgd for our trip this week I am so excited daughter got free rooms at saratoga springs, the pink is university of texas fabric and molly mine had a baby bevo so i did this little dress for a friends gd, the pictures are a lttle big sorry, the tinkerbell has striped capris having trouble with photo bucket tonight
Sheri
I love Mickey Mouse outfit and the bows are perfect!I finished these 2 cute sets... I really love the mickey set!!!! It is a OOAK and so is the Piggie dress!!! cross your fingers
Lori
This is a denim I found. I bought extra of that so I'll have to visit the fabric trade thread.
This is a panel of classic Pooh that is supposed to be for a set of bumper pads but it was on sale for $2 a panel and I thought they might make a good middle section for a twirly skirt. Do you think that would work? I bought a couple, because it was cheap and because I wasn't sure what I'd do with it.
Here is Pooh toile. I love it! There is also a blustery day fabric here that matches the panels above. Not sure what I'll do with these. The toile was $8 a metre but the blustery day one was only $2/m.
I picked up some of the princess stuff because you just can't have too much princess fabric in this house. The dolphins I thought would be good for the aquarium or for Sea World -especially if I ever get confident enough to join in the Big Gives. The fish fabric was just because it's so unusual to find faith fabric up here and it's nice for "I spy" quilts and that sort of thing.
Lastly, here is a dress I whipped up using Carla's A-line dress pattern for a little girl who turned one last month. Didn't know what to get her and so I made this. I was pleased with it. I took the picture before it had buttons. I had to pick up the buttons on the way to the birthday and sew them in the car!
Thanks to HEATHER! I have now become obsessed with finding this gorgeous fabric!!
It's Japanese, has anyone seen it?
Hi Friends,
Well, here we are still sick! It has been almost 2 weeks of fevers and now I lost my voice. Mom is now sick from taking care of us when we came home.We have missed snowboarding for two Sunday's now and we can't stay awake all day yet. The dr says there is nothing they can do, just rest and stay hydrated.
I did make a very quick Jack head shirt for Birthday on Sat. But no sewing other than that. I can't wait to try out my ruffler, Thanks Benita!!!!! But for now, just more rest. I love the great clothing and table runners.
I will keep George and your family in our prayers today! Let us know how his surgery goes today please.
Have a great day.
PS: Yes, I have a head silly.
I am sick of being sick.
Here are some fabrics I just had to have when I saw them. I am in love with the purple princes fabric. I have no clue what I am making with most of it. The snow white fabric is my favorite. It is just gorgeous. I have no clue what to do with it either. It is like they are so pretty I don't want to cut them up!
I finished these 2 cute sets... I really love the mickey set!!!! It is a OOAK and so is the Piggie dress!!! cross your fingers
Lori
We had a great time at Tessa's birthday party on Saturday. I made her this castle cake, which she loved!
We're leaving tomorrow!!!! The kids can barely contain themselves. Nothing is in the suitcases but it is all set out on the bed ready to be packed. I'd better get to it!
