Disboutiquers Part 15 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

I just booked my airfare to Disneyland! :banana::banana::banana:There is no turning back now! :dance3:I've had hotel booked for a while now. Airfare has been bouncing all over the place. I wanted to fly into Orange County and not LAX and it was clear up to $300 earlier today but tonight it dropped down to $179 :confused3 The lowest I'd found before was a couple of months ago for $178 and I've been kicking myself ever since for not jumping on it since it has been over $250 most of the time since then. I guess it's a good thing DH is in bed watching a really lame movie so I had to come downstairs and get on the computer to kill time until it's over so I can go to bed! :rolleyes1 Totally his fault.

That's awesome! We were there last October and had a great time. I'd love to go back but airfare from the east coast to there is so darn expensive.:sad2: When we went we used a free voucher my husband had gotten and used miles for the 2 other tix. I can't justify paying the usual prices when we can usually get tix for Orlando for under $175. Not complaining though because I'm getting to use my AP for at least 4 trips this time around!
 
wanted to share my beach dress that I made Roseanna for the trip.

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I love these pictures!!! The dress turned out great! What a pretty little girl!
So, I have been forced to take a break in my sewing (I ran out of material, had to go get more, and now it's washing). While my mind is all consumed with how in the WORLD I'm going to make Emmy's Mulan sundress work, and realizing I have spent the last ?week? here talking about the Mulan skirt for Emmy, I thought I'd come all tell you a story about her and her love of all things Mulan, and why I indulge her with it. (Feel free to skip over it if ya wanna get to more sewing since that what the thread is all about, but if you're bored, stay a while. There will be singing!)

Emmy has always been my girl who likes things that are different and unique, but never JUST for the sake of being different and unique. If everyone else likes something she does that's fine, but she's never one to like something JUST because the other kids do. Even as a little kid her favorite food was mushrooms (what kid likes those?!?!) and she could care less about Cindy or Sleeping Beauty- Pocahontas and Mulan were always more her style.

She has a fascination with other races, cultures, and times. I think part of it for her is being mixed race, but being in the odd position of being the green eyed/blonde kid- in school she was your "average non-distinguishable girl" but when she'd be with most of my side of the family, she was the unusual looking girl in the midst of a bunch of Romany. Most of her reading is either urban fiction (Twilighty) or about a girl of her age from another time and culture who is overcoming some type of circumstance.

Two years ago this past February, Emmy walked up to me after school and said, "Guess what, Mom? I'm going to be in the school talent show!" Now Emilee had never even told me the school was having a talent show, let alone that she'd auditioned. This probably sounds bad but I had NO idea what she could be doing! She didn't play a sport, or take dance lessons or anything like that. She was too young to be in band. All I could think of is that maybe her class was putting something together. Emmy could be kind of shy in front of others, but I figured she'd be okay in a class organized group.

"Oh really? That's great! So what are you doing?"

"Oh! I'm singing a solo!"

:scared1:

And off she went to her room to do her homework and read, like it was an every day thing.

My daughter, who never even sang loudly enough for us to hear her in the car, had suddenly decided she wanted to be heard- not in front of 5 or 10 people in the school choir, but all by herself, on stage, in front of about 800 of her friends, classmates, and all their parents!

She picked the song on her own, she practiced on her own, she NEVER for one second showed she was in the least bit phased at doing it! She let me treat her like a princess and doll her up for the day, but other than that she was her own girl and did it all her way. She sounded nervous at first, but after that first little bit...my jaw hit the floor. My little girl. On stage. By herself. Singing her little heart out!

Emmy, singing "Reflection" from Mulan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwjGcOzKjj8

(She had no idea Mulan was one of my two favorite movies, nor that this song is so very special to me for some very personal reasons- I always sang "Part of Your World" to her from my OTHER favorite movie!)

Now, I know she's probably not destined for a recording contract, but you know since that day she's never stopped singing and she's gotten really good. She's sung solos every year since, and this year not only was in the school choir but auditioned and made the county youth chorale (the only one in her school district to do it!)

I love hearing her sing, but even to this day, so many performances later, I always think back to her alone on that stage, surprising everyone, proving to all of us that she could do it- my little Mulan. So our love is more than just the story of Mulan and what she dared to do- it's all wrapped up in the memory of my little girl, who also showed the world what she could do if she tried!

(if you want to see her latest and how far she's come, here she is this April singing harmony in the honors group of the "honors" youth chorale! LOL you can even hear Ferb go "Dadadadad!" and see my bad camerawork as I try to keep Phineas amused while filming, lol!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc2dgMQpaFY

That is really sweet!!! Thanks for sharing.

I went back and found my first post-2-25-07 first thread. Ironically I joined in the middle of a the first great "copyright" debate. Now people openly copy And no one answered my question LOL.
The original "oldtimers" I saw were Jessica (How LITTLE Dallas was!), Tadamom, and Castle, mytwotinks (has anyone heard from her lately?). I made it to page 38. It is funny I remember some of the clothes, but can't believe they were posted 2 years ago!

I am still trying to find my first picture. Castle was the first person I met IRL. I bumped into her at SW that year. Then I met the wonderful Sisters the following spring. And I met T and little, and of course the dismeet! I am still waiting to meet some people who I have chatted with (Shannon, I am looking at you

I was way after that, on page 130somthing. I see I didn't even introduce myself, just jumped in, hoping no one would notice! :lmao:

I loved meeting you and Morgan too! :love:

Hi everyone....I am so far behind that I will never get caught up before I leave for vacation tomorrow. I am taking the kids to California and meeting up with my twin sister and my brother and his family. Unfortuantely, DH is staying home due to work. I am excited though as we are hoping to do Disneyland one day and Knott's Berry Farm another day. The rest of the time will be on the beach...YEAH!!!!

So I am sure there will be a zillion pages to read when I get back. I may have to skim and just look at all the adorable pictures!!! :goodvibes Chat with you guys soon!!!!

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Have a great trip Beth!!!!
Love it! What size did you make? I saw the pattern only went up to a 4/5 or something and was hesitant to purchase it.

I lost my other quotes! So much wonderful stuff lately! Marah, your DD is gorgeous and her singing was so pretty. What a great story!

I just booked my airfare to Disneyland! :banana::banana::banana:There is no turning back now! :dance3:I've had hotel booked for a while now. Airfare has been bouncing all over the place. I wanted to fly into Orange County and not LAX and it was clear up to $300 earlier today but tonight it dropped down to $179 :confused3 The lowest I'd found before was a couple of months ago for $178 and I've been kicking myself ever since for not jumping on it since it has been over $250 most of the time since then. I guess it's a good thing DH is in bed watching a really lame movie so I had to come downstairs and get on the computer to kill time until it's over so I can go to bed! :rolleyes1 Totally his fault.

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo: Let's hear it for lame movies!!! :banana::banana::banana::banana:
 
Marah, that skirt is awesome! Emmy picked out great fabric. And you did excellent on the sew job! see you can do it!!! I can't wait to see what else you have in store for us.

Now off to catch up again. Peach was home from summer school sick today. She only has one week left. Hopefully, I can get her to school on time. That kid just doesn't like school.
 
Thanks Kell. And (((Hugs)) to poor Peach, I hope she feels better!


Well I was moving on the Mulan sundress but now my machine(brother keeps giving me the E6 error. I keep cleaning out the thread but then it bunches up again...it had been working perfectly. Same thing JustcallmeHappy was having happen the other day. :(
 

Woot, knock on wood, I think it's fixed!

It would probably not be a good Mommy move to wake my Emmy up at 4am to try something on, huh? :rotfl2:
 
ARGH!!!!!!!

I must confess...I am impatient! Always have been, probably always will be! When I start a project, I have an idea of how long it SHOULD take me, and decide how much 'wiggle room' I should allow to get it finished. (I even have a calendar up in the studio with sewing/quilting times available.)

I am working on 2 stripwork jumpers. It started taking longer than I thought when I had so many seams to finish up...(don't have to do that in quilting!) that is when I started thinking about a serger. (which I can use in quilting...business expense!) I am now so far behind scheduel I am wondering if I can finish it!

I hate making ruffles! There, I've said it. I know how to make ruffles, but just dislike doing it. I actually know several ways to make ruffles by hand, but just don't like it! The ruffles on the bottom of the skirt are giving me fits!!!

I have now ripped out stitches about 4 times! That ruffle is L o n g !! My gathering thread keeps breaking. I've used quilting thread, embroidery floss, dental floss...I have officially given up! I've ordered a ruffler foot and have to wait for that to come in to finish my two jumpers!

Now...to find a project to work on until it comes in...maybe I should have sprung the extra $25 for the overnight!!!

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Beautiful pics and dress! Your DD is just lovely!

THANKS SO MUCH!

Love it! What size did you make? I saw the pattern only went up to a 4/5 or something and was hesitant to purchase it.

It is about a 5, I just sized it up a bit---no problem! The top was a little tricky but after the one side, no problems.

CONGRATS ON THE AIRFARE :banana:

I love the dress and the photos! What beach did you go to? I see you're in PA, so are we!

We went to Ocean City, MD---my parents own a place there. I have been going since I was a kid. You are near lancaster? I go there for fabric ALOT! I am just over the river in York.

I love these pictures!!! The dress turned out great! What a pretty little girl!

Thanks Teresa!


I want a beach dress! Your dd is gorgeous and the dress is so summery. I wish I lived near a beach.

Thanks so much!

Woot, knock on wood, I think it's fixed!

It would probably not be a good Mommy move to wake my Emmy up at 4am to try something on, huh? :rotfl2:

No don't wake her! I always say let sleeping kids sleep :) or otherwise you will have a monster on your hands later!!!!!
 

That is so cute and your credits crack me up! :lmao: I think Timothy Mouse on a little pocket on the skirt would be absolutely adorable!

I know this has probably been covered, but what's the simple way to make a circle skirt??? I have some fabric that would be perfect for that with a bias tape hem. Thanks!

I have made a couple from the bookmarks and never got the math exactly right; I'm glad you had better luck! I use Carla's skirt/skort pattern now. It has options for a circle (flouncy) skirt, gathered skirt, and a pleated skirt, in addition to instructions to adding shorts underneath for all three.


Cute, I like the fabrics you chose. I used the same colors:

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Cute: thanks for showing us a bigger picture! Congratulations on the DVC!


I love that criss cross kind of dress and your pictures are beautiful!

Emmy has always been my girl who likes things that are different and unique...

Awww, sweet story, thanks for sharing with us. I am tearing up a little!


Cute outfits! I admire you for keeping the secret, I could not do that for anything!

ARGH!!!!!!!

I must confess...I am impatient!

I am the same way. It takes me a while to get started on a project, but once I start I don't want to stop until it's finished. I hope you get your ruffler soon!
 
Here's Hayleigh's circle dress Cinderella outfit. I found this fabric on the red dot clearance at Jo-Ann's so it was $2.50 a yard. It has a little spandex in it so it's a little stretchy. It has a nice feel to it. Of course the Cindy cutie is a HeatherSue design. It stitched out beautifully. Hayleigh wants to wear the outfit all day today. The skirt is a but longer than I planned but I think it looks ok and the shirt and skirt give her growing room.
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I finished another dress today....I did the applique of Dumbo by hand from a coloring page and the lettering was another story. You know how we were talking about having to move the hoop for each individual letter?? Well, Kathy (Nae Nae) suggested trying editing software to combine files. I tried it and it worked! I loaded each letter and moved it to where I wanted then saved it as one new file. It was so easy peasy...I couldnt believe it. Thank you again Kathy for your help!

So here you go....



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I love her tongue sticking out...:rotfl::rotfl:. I am tempted to put a little Timothy mouse patch on the skirt...what do you think? :confused3

Credits: ;)
God - Everything
Disney - for Dumbo
Carla - Simply Sweet
Janome - embroidery machine
Some online coloring book page? -
Font - KaboDesignsdotcom
Joann Fabrics - fabric and notions






ETA: Hey check out my ticker....3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days...how cool is that??!!
The dress is so great! The credits are cracking me up! Except you need to add to the end. A happy child PRICELESS!
Here is something I just did tonight. I will be needing to do it a couple more times for it to look better



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Very cute!
Ok, I need some advice

Where oh where do you guys buy your thread for normal sewing machines?

Is Gutermann a good brand? B/c that is what I have been using but gosh I am running out of thread big time.. Help!
I usualy get mine at walmart but if it is a unique color Joanns or hancock.
wanted to share my beach dress that I made Roseanna for the trip.

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What gorgeous pictures. Love the dress!

So, I have been forced to take a break in my sewing (I ran out of material, had to go get more, and now it's washing). While my mind is all consumed with how in the WORLD I'm going to make Emmy's Mulan sundress work, and realizing I have spent the last ?week? here talking about the Mulan skirt for Emmy, I thought I'd come all tell you a story about her and her love of all things Mulan, and why I indulge her with it. (Feel free to skip over it if ya wanna get to more sewing since that what the thread is all about, but if you're bored, stay a while. There will be singing!)

Emmy has always been my girl who likes things that are different and unique, but never JUST for the sake of being different and unique. If everyone else likes something she does that's fine, but she's never one to like something JUST because the other kids do. Even as a little kid her favorite food was mushrooms (what kid likes those?!?!) and she could care less about Cindy or Sleeping Beauty- Pocahontas and Mulan were always more her style.

She has a fascination with other races, cultures, and times. I think part of it for her is being mixed race, but being in the odd position of being the green eyed/blonde kid- in school she was your "average non-distinguishable girl" but when she'd be with most of my side of the family, she was the unusual looking girl in the midst of a bunch of Romany. Most of her reading is either urban fiction (Twilighty) or about a girl of her age from another time and culture who is overcoming some type of circumstance.

Two years ago this past February, Emmy walked up to me after school and said, "Guess what, Mom? I'm going to be in the school talent show!" Now Emilee had never even told me the school was having a talent show, let alone that she'd auditioned. This probably sounds bad but I had NO idea what she could be doing! She didn't play a sport, or take dance lessons or anything like that. She was too young to be in band. All I could think of is that maybe her class was putting something together. Emmy could be kind of shy in front of others, but I figured she'd be okay in a class organized group.

"Oh really? That's great! So what are you doing?"

"Oh! I'm singing a solo!"


And off she went to her room to do her homework and read, like it was an every day thing.

My daughter, who never even sang loudly enough for us to hear her in the car, had suddenly decided she wanted to be heard- not in front of 5 or 10 people in the school choir, but all by herself, on stage, in front of about 800 of her friends, classmates, and all their parents!

She picked the song on her own, she practiced on her own, she NEVER for one second showed she was in the least bit phased at doing it! She let me treat her like a princess and doll her up for the day, but other than that she was her own girl and did it all her way. She sounded nervous at first, but after that first little bit...my jaw hit the floor. My little girl. On stage. By herself. Singing her little heart out!

Emmy, singing "Reflection" from Mulan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwjGcOzKjj8

(She had no idea Mulan was one of my two favorite movies, nor that this song is so very special to me for some very personal reasons- I always sang "Part of Your World" to her from my OTHER favorite movie!)

Now, I know she's probably not destined for a recording contract, but you know since that day she's never stopped singing and she's gotten really good. She's sung solos every year since, and this year not only was in the school choir but auditioned and made the county youth chorale (the only one in her school district to do it!)

I love hearing her sing, but even to this day, so many performances later, I always think back to her alone on that stage, surprising everyone, proving to all of us that she could do it- my little Mulan. So our love is more than just the story of Mulan and what she dared to do- it's all wrapped up in the memory of my little girl, who also showed the world what she could do if she tried!

(if you want to see her latest and how far she's come, here she is this April singing harmony in the honors group of the "honors" youth chorale! LOL you can even hear Ferb go "Dadadadad!" and see my bad camerawork as I try to keep Phineas amused while filming, lol!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc2dgMQpaFY
What a sweet story! Thank you so much for sharing these with us.

Finished a AK shirt for DS & an outfit for DD. I don't have any models b/c every normal person is in bed right now.

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DD's skirt is the salvage effort from the messed up bottom to a previous outfit. I still have another piece just like it. I think I will make one for a godchild or something. Too cute to throw.

I have a few more shirts done for DS, but I would wake up people sneeking in to get them. Remember that they must be hidden b/c DS doesn't know we are going. He will not question DD's stuff b/c she is a Minnie/Mickey nut like her mom.
Very cool! Love the Minnie!

Love it! What size did you make? I saw the pattern only went up to a 4/5 or something and was hesitant to purchase it.

I lost my other quotes! So much wonderful stuff lately! Marah, your DD is gorgeous and her singing was so pretty. What a great story!

I just booked my airfare to Disneyland! :banana::banana::banana:There is no turning back now! :dance3:I've had hotel booked for a while now. Airfare has been bouncing all over the place. I wanted to fly into Orange County and not LAX and it was clear up to $300 earlier today but tonight it dropped down to $179 :confused3 The lowest I'd found before was a couple of months ago for $178 and I've been kicking myself ever since for not jumping on it since it has been over $250 most of the time since then. I guess it's a good thing DH is in bed watching a really lame movie so I had to come downstairs and get on the computer to kill time until it's over so I can go to bed! :rolleyes1 Totally his fault.
Yippee on the Tickets!
 
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Looks like I still have a few loose threads I need to get to... but you get the idea.

OMG!!! This dress is to die for!!!! That has to be one of the BEST and MOST CREATIVE Disney dresses I have ever seen! (I don't think photo is copying right, but I am referring to your DHS dress ~ awesome job!).
 
So, I have been forced to take a break in my sewing (I ran out of material, had to go get more, and now it's washing). While my mind is all consumed with how in the WORLD I'm going to make Emmy's Mulan sundress work, and realizing I have spent the last ?week? here talking about the Mulan skirt for Emmy, I thought I'd come all tell you a story about her and her love of all things Mulan, and why I indulge her with it. (Feel free to skip over it if ya wanna get to more sewing since that what the thread is all about, but if you're bored, stay a while. There will be singing!)

Emmy has always been my girl who likes things that are different and unique, but never JUST for the sake of being different and unique. If everyone else likes something she does that's fine, but she's never one to like something JUST because the other kids do. Even as a little kid her favorite food was mushrooms (what kid likes those?!?!) and she could care less about Cindy or Sleeping Beauty- Pocahontas and Mulan were always more her style.

She has a fascination with other races, cultures, and times. I think part of it for her is being mixed race, but being in the odd position of being the green eyed/blonde kid- in school she was your "average non-distinguishable girl" but when she'd be with most of my side of the family, she was the unusual looking girl in the midst of a bunch of Romany. Most of her reading is either urban fiction (Twilighty) or about a girl of her age from another time and culture who is overcoming some type of circumstance.

Two years ago this past February, Emmy walked up to me after school and said, "Guess what, Mom? I'm going to be in the school talent show!" Now Emilee had never even told me the school was having a talent show, let alone that she'd auditioned. This probably sounds bad but I had NO idea what she could be doing! She didn't play a sport, or take dance lessons or anything like that. She was too young to be in band. All I could think of is that maybe her class was putting something together. Emmy could be kind of shy in front of others, but I figured she'd be okay in a class organized group.

"Oh really? That's great! So what are you doing?"

"Oh! I'm singing a solo!"

:scared1:

And off she went to her room to do her homework and read, like it was an every day thing.

My daughter, who never even sang loudly enough for us to hear her in the car, had suddenly decided she wanted to be heard- not in front of 5 or 10 people in the school choir, but all by herself, on stage, in front of about 800 of her friends, classmates, and all their parents!

She picked the song on her own, she practiced on her own, she NEVER for one second showed she was in the least bit phased at doing it! She let me treat her like a princess and doll her up for the day, but other than that she was her own girl and did it all her way. She sounded nervous at first, but after that first little bit...my jaw hit the floor. My little girl. On stage. By herself. Singing her little heart out!

Emmy, singing "Reflection" from Mulan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwjGcOzKjj8

(She had no idea Mulan was one of my two favorite movies, nor that this song is so very special to me for some very personal reasons- I always sang "Part of Your World" to her from my OTHER favorite movie!)

Now, I know she's probably not destined for a recording contract, but you know since that day she's never stopped singing and she's gotten really good. She's sung solos every year since, and this year not only was in the school choir but auditioned and made the county youth chorale (the only one in her school district to do it!)

I love hearing her sing, but even to this day, so many performances later, I always think back to her alone on that stage, surprising everyone, proving to all of us that she could do it- my little Mulan. So our love is more than just the story of Mulan and what she dared to do- it's all wrapped up in the memory of my little girl, who also showed the world what she could do if she tried!

(if you want to see her latest and how far she's come, here she is this April singing harmony in the honors group of the "honors" youth chorale! LOL you can even hear Ferb go "Dadadadad!" and see my bad camerawork as I try to keep Phineas amused while filming, lol!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc2dgMQpaFY

what a GREAT story! how sweet! I think it's great that she loves Mulan!


Woot, knock on wood, I think it's fixed!

It would probably not be a good Mommy move to wake my Emmy up at 4am to try something on, huh? :rotfl2:

SO, is it finished? I see you didn't wake her up at 4 am. Did you get it finished? When can we bug you for pics?
 
I finished another dress today....I did the applique of Dumbo by hand from a coloring page and the lettering was another story. You know how we were talking about having to move the hoop for each individual letter?? Well, Kathy (Nae Nae) suggested trying editing software to combine files. I tried it and it worked! I loaded each letter and moved it to where I wanted then saved it as one new file. It was so easy peasy...I couldnt believe it. Thank you again Kathy for your help!

So here you go....



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I love her tongue sticking out...:rotfl::rotfl:. I am tempted to put a little Timothy mouse patch on the skirt...what do you think? :confused3

Credits: ;)
God - Everything
Disney - for Dumbo
Carla - Simply Sweet
Janome - embroidery machine
Some online coloring book page? -
Font - KaboDesignsdotcom
Joann Fabrics - fabric and notions






ETA: Hey check out my ticker....3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days...how cool is that??!!
Love the dress, love the credits:thumbsup2 I think Timothy would be adorable, but not needed, it's perfect both ways!

Here is something I just did tonight. I will be needing to do it a couple more times for it to look better



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And a hair bow
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Great job!
Ok, I need some advice

Where oh where do you guys buy your thread for normal sewing machines?

Is Gutermann a good brand? B/c that is what I have been using but gosh I am running out of thread big time.. Help!
Gutermann is a great brand, but I find for my regular sewing that the cheaper Coates and Clark works just as well; I usually just get it at Joann's.
wanted to share my beach dress that I made Roseanna for the trip.

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The dress is gorgeous, the pics are stunning!!
So, I have been forced to take a break in my sewing (I ran out of material, had to go get more, and now it's washing). While my mind is all consumed with how in the WORLD I'm going to make Emmy's Mulan sundress work, and realizing I have spent the last ?week? here talking about the Mulan skirt for Emmy, I thought I'd come all tell you a story about her and her love of all things Mulan, and why I indulge her with it. (Feel free to skip over it if ya wanna get to more sewing since that what the thread is all about, but if you're bored, stay a while. There will be singing!)

Emmy has always been my girl who likes things that are different and unique, but never JUST for the sake of being different and unique. If everyone else likes something she does that's fine, but she's never one to like something JUST because the other kids do. Even as a little kid her favorite food was mushrooms (what kid likes those?!?!) and she could care less about Cindy or Sleeping Beauty- Pocahontas and Mulan were always more her style.

She has a fascination with other races, cultures, and times. I think part of it for her is being mixed race, but being in the odd position of being the green eyed/blonde kid- in school she was your "average non-distinguishable girl" but when she'd be with most of my side of the family, she was the unusual looking girl in the midst of a bunch of Romany. Most of her reading is either urban fiction (Twilighty) or about a girl of her age from another time and culture who is overcoming some type of circumstance.

Two years ago this past February, Emmy walked up to me after school and said, "Guess what, Mom? I'm going to be in the school talent show!" Now Emilee had never even told me the school was having a talent show, let alone that she'd auditioned. This probably sounds bad but I had NO idea what she could be doing! She didn't play a sport, or take dance lessons or anything like that. She was too young to be in band. All I could think of is that maybe her class was putting something together. Emmy could be kind of shy in front of others, but I figured she'd be okay in a class organized group.

"Oh really? That's great! So what are you doing?"

"Oh! I'm singing a solo!"

:scared1:

And off she went to her room to do her homework and read, like it was an every day thing.

My daughter, who never even sang loudly enough for us to hear her in the car, had suddenly decided she wanted to be heard- not in front of 5 or 10 people in the school choir, but all by herself, on stage, in front of about 800 of her friends, classmates, and all their parents!

She picked the song on her own, she practiced on her own, she NEVER for one second showed she was in the least bit phased at doing it! She let me treat her like a princess and doll her up for the day, but other than that she was her own girl and did it all her way. She sounded nervous at first, but after that first little bit...my jaw hit the floor. My little girl. On stage. By herself. Singing her little heart out!

Emmy, singing "Reflection" from Mulan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwjGcOzKjj8

(She had no idea Mulan was one of my two favorite movies, nor that this song is so very special to me for some very personal reasons- I always sang "Part of Your World" to her from my OTHER favorite movie!)

Now, I know she's probably not destined for a recording contract, but you know since that day she's never stopped singing and she's gotten really good. She's sung solos every year since, and this year not only was in the school choir but auditioned and made the county youth chorale (the only one in her school district to do it!)

I love hearing her sing, but even to this day, so many performances later, I always think back to her alone on that stage, surprising everyone, proving to all of us that she could do it- my little Mulan. So our love is more than just the story of Mulan and what she dared to do- it's all wrapped up in the memory of my little girl, who also showed the world what she could do if she tried!

(if you want to see her latest and how far she's come, here she is this April singing harmony in the honors group of the "honors" youth chorale! LOL you can even hear Ferb go "Dadadadad!" and see my bad camerawork as I try to keep Phineas amused while filming, lol!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc2dgMQpaFY
That is such a sweet story! And I love your camera work in the second video!!
Finished a AK shirt for DS & an outfit for DD. I don't have any models b/c every normal person is in bed right now.

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DD's skirt is the salvage effort from the messed up bottom to a previous outfit. I still have another piece just like it. I think I will make one for a godchild or something. Too cute to throw.

I have a few more shirts done for DS, but I would wake up people sneeking in to get them. Remember that they must be hidden b/c DS doesn't know we are going. He will not question DD's stuff b/c she is a Minnie/Mickey nut like her mom.
Super cute!
That is so cute and your credits crack me up! :lmao: I think Timothy Mouse on a little pocket on the skirt would be absolutely adorable!



I have made a couple from the bookmarks and never got the math exactly right; I'm glad you had better luck! I use Carla's skirt/skort pattern now. It has options for a circle (flouncy) skirt, gathered skirt, and a pleated skirt, in addition to instructions to adding shorts underneath for all three.



Cute, I like the fabrics you chose. I used the same colors:

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Cute: thanks for showing us a bigger picture! Congratulations on the DVC!



I love that criss cross kind of dress and your pictures are beautiful!



Awww, sweet story, thanks for sharing with us. I am tearing up a little!



Cute outfits! I admire you for keeping the secret, I could not do that for anything!



I am the same way. It takes me a while to get started on a project, but once I start I don't want to stop until it's finished. I hope you get your ruffler soon!
Cute; love the fabric!
Here's Hayleigh's circle dress Cinderella outfit. I found this fabric on the red dot clearance at Jo-Ann's so it was $2.50 a yard. It has a little spandex in it so it's a little stretchy. It has a nice feel to it. Of course the Cindy cutie is a HeatherSue design. It stitched out beautifully. Hayleigh wants to wear the outfit all day today. The skirt is a but longer than I planned but I think it looks ok and the shirt and skirt give her growing room.
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So cute!
 
Whew! Caught up again. :)

Took off yesterday from work and went to Joanns. Bought some fabric to make a couple of cotton Simply Sweet modified dresses to mimic Sleeping Beauty and Belle. Now I just have to eventually MAKE the dresses. I am REALLY good about buying fabric and having great ideas, I am less good about executing them! :)
 
OOk...It is official...Ebay and Tabberone's website are officially off limits!

The money I saved earlier this month has just been spent on fabric! Now, to make sure hubby isn't home when it comes in!

Oh well...maybe that ruffler will hurry and get here so I don't take another shopping trip online. (shopping online is so much fun...no packing the car, no extra diaper bag to pack...no snacks to worry about. Just give the older kids a few pages of schoolwork and the younger one her own Disney book to draw in and I have at least 15 minutes to myself! but I do miss the instant gratification of touching my haul!)

Nini

****STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!*****
 
So, I think DH is giving into the idea of going back to DW in Sept! We just need to make sure we'll have the extra money. So we are working that out right now. Last night I pulled out the Nemo fabric I never used for the last trip and started cutting it. He was like, "You're already sewing for this trip? I don't know if we're going yet!" hehe...I just want to be prepared...:rotfl2: So, if we do go I definately want Violette's outfits better planned out this time. I wasn't really happy with what I came up with last time. If we go it will be 5 days/4nights and we'll be driving down(8 hours). I'm really loving the patchwork twirl skirt/simply sweet combos with the embelished jeans. Would it be TOO repetitive if I made those for everyday in different characters? I've already decided I'm doing it with Nemo. But now I'm trying to decide what other characters I should do. I've got a lot of Minnie dot left over so I'll be using that for an outfit too. I don't know if we'll go back to animal kingdom. It wasn't our favorite park. It was VERY hot that day so that's probably the reason. Violette's really loving the princesses a lot more this year so I think I want to go that route as well. What do you guys think? I really value your opinions :) Do you think jeans will be too hot for september? Even if they are paired with a halter? Thanks everyone :)
 


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