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

[gulf breeze]

I think that someone answered already, but I just have to say - Heather's designs really are the best! I have hundreds and hundreds of designs that I've purchased, and in the short amount of time that Heather has had her shop, she has become my favorite digitizer of designs that I use for disney customs. WHY, you ask? She digitizes from the perspective of a seamstress. What do I mean by that? Her designs have as few layers as possible - which means that everything stitches out easily. There are no little tiny perturbing little curves to cut around. She layers things so that they are in large pieces and are easy to cut out. Because of that, they stitch out MUCH quicker than most designs. I can stitch one of Heather's designs, usually, in half the time that it takes me to stitch a similar design from another designer.

There are a lot of digitizers that I still love, and I DO purchase from lots. BUT, if I'm looking for something for a custom that is inspired by Disney, I'm checking Heather first.

She TOTALLY did NOT pay me to say that, either!

As far as Stitch On Time - I've purchased many designs from that site. I enjoy her variety. If you will go to the bottom of the page on the website, there is a drop down area that will say GBP (?) and you can change it to say US Dollar. When you change it, it will show you the appropriate price. Also, when you check out through paypal, it will convert it for you so you know what you're paying.

Thank you and 3huskysmom for the quick reply.

 

[sahm1000]

What a GREAT girl! LOVE her! Please let me know what she is planning to do, I'd like to help!


OK - finally - Ariel!

What a wonerful Ariel dress Shannon! Thanks so much for whipping it up so quickly! It's actually better than you described it!

No! Now see, you were not even supposed to READ it. It says AG moms. LOL These look like inncoent little BOOKS. Mickey D's is advocating READING. That is good thing right?

Don't you think we should send Tessa some "special" dolls? Heather would love us!

Here is what I have been up to:

The LONG awaited Fawn outfit:

And from MK: (Heather Sue don't look)

And just because I thought the face was funny:

Such a cute outfit! Morgan looks really big! How old is she now Cindee? I swear she looks like she's grown about 4 inches (at least from the pictures anyway!).

 

[gulf breeze]

And mirandag819 It looks like Heather has a fan club! LOL

 

[JUJU814]

Really nice. I love the silhouette




Very Pretty.



Cute, make sure you post it again once you have the pants to go with it.



Great dress. Hurry and get that air conditioning fixed for that poor child. And poor you, sick and with no air. Get better soon.

Where can I find a tutorial for that pillowcase dress style? I have been looking for a tutorial for one like that with the straps!
Thanks!

julie

 

[revrob]

Where can I find a tutorial for that pillowcase dress style? I have been looking for a tutorial for one like that with the straps!
Thanks!

julie

Jeanne's (jham) instructions really are about the easiest. Here's a link:
http://disboutique.blogspot.com/

 

[HeatherSue]

That is fantastic!! I love Cinderella customs and this one is so unique!

I really, really, REALLY need it to be vacation time! Forget Calgon, only Disney is gonna help this!

Oh sweetie, I'm so sorry. It sounds like you've had a really awful day. I'm so sorry to hear about your dog. I had a schnocker (I made that up, but she was a cocker/mini schnauzer mix) that we had to put down 2 years ago. I still miss her so much. I had her from the time I was 16 until I was 32! She was very much a part of our family. We have 2 schnauzer now, but they can't compare to her.

That is adorable!! I love it! Thanks, now I keep hearing that little voice saying "Mario Kart- Wiii!!" Stephres plays a mean game of Mario Kart!

I think that someone answered already, but I just have to say - Heather's designs really are the best! I have hundreds and hundreds of designs that I've purchased, and in the short amount of time that Heather has had her shop, she has become my favorite digitizer of designs that I use for disney customs. WHY, you ask? She digitizes from the perspective of a seamstress. What do I mean by that? Her designs have as few layers as possible - which means that everything stitches out easily. There are no little tiny perturbing little curves to cut around. She layers things so that they are in large pieces and are easy to cut out. Because of that, they stitch out MUCH quicker than most designs. I can stitch one of Heather's designs, usually, in half the time that it takes me to stitch a similar design from another designer.

There are a lot of digitizers that I still love, and I DO purchase from lots. BUT, if I'm looking for something for a custom that is inspired by Disney, I'm checking Heather first.

She TOTALLY did NOT pay me to say that, either!

Thank you so much, Shannon! You guys are making me

That is so cute! I love that fabric! Isn't Jeanne great?

4 more outfits for Taylor to go..... HEATHERSUE.... I NEED MORE DESIGNS! No way will I finish everything on time without more of your wonderful designs.... they are so much better, faster, and they work on the first try..... here are the things I still need outfits for hint hint...

Chef Mickeys
Taylor's Birthday, I am thinking a mickey bday theme
Ohana breakfast (lilo and stitch, I already have a lilo though)
Ohana Dinner

Now I guess I will listen to the dr and rest a little while I check out everything that was posted today, I am behind!

I'm sorry your AC broke down, especially when you're already sick!

That outfit is FABULOUS!! I love it!! I also love that bedding! Where did you get that?

I have PMed Marah and hopefully she can help us out!

If I could I would get ALL my designs from Heather.... okay now maybe I am sucking page.

This has not been my week on top of the ring thing, I have Walking Pnunomia, And My Baby is turning 4 on Sunday

You sound like you need a Four sounds so much older than three, doesn't it?

Don't you think we should send Tessa some "special" dolls? Heather would love us!

Well, I don't particularly dislike dolls, I have just always preferred stuffed animals. So does Tessa! She has an AG-like doll named Jayda who almost never comes out of the box. That's right, she lives in a little box . Please don't report me to AGDPS (that's American Girl Doll Protective Services).

 

[emcreative]

And mirandag819 It looks like Heather has a fan club! LOL

I'd join! And I don't even have an embroidery machine!

 

[sahm1000]

Hello!!
I love all the beautiful customs I've seen since I got home. I promise, I looked through every page that I've missed over the last 2 1/2 weeks but there is just no way to quote everything.
I'm so thrilled for T and the new baby. Praying for those who have asked and sad to know that we won't see Linette here anymore.
I wanted to share the great fabric finds I've come across to add to my stash in the last few weeks.
The first photo is of fabrics I found at a local clearance sort of place. It's always hit or miss, but this day I found the JACKPOT!!!! Star Wars fabric. I am now mother and wife of the decade according to my son and hubby. Better yet, it was only $2 a metre! (that's a little more than a yard)

This batch of fabrics I found at my favourite hole-in-the-wall in Ontario -Lens Mills. This place is kind of a warehouse and you never know what you'll find. Not even the girls who work there know what they have. The were surprised to see these fabrics. I am so thrilled to have the Snow White fabric especially. I think it's from a few years ago.

Oh wow! Like everyone else, I'm loving the Bambi and Snow White fabrics!

GORGEOUS! The piglet outfit was from you too, right? I loved that one as well.

And Livndisney I LOVE the stuff with the new fairies on it!


Those of you with sensory/spectrum kids will understand this:

While my oldest is my diagnosed SPD/Spectrum girl, middle sister Liz has some sensory issues with clothing. Well, Wednesday she decided that all those flip flops she tried on at Joanns and said were "great!" when we got them to craft were horrible horrible and they didn't feel good on her feet and she couldn't stand the idea of wearing them for even a minute. SO, we had to rush to our mall yesterday (remember we live in nowhereville so it was 30 minutes to a hallway of a shopping center) and by some miracle she found some sandals that even fit (she is a big size girls, tiny size womens, ugh) and were acceptable feeling (adidas flip flops that were "pillows" on her feet- watch, first day of disney suddenly they will feel horrible too. OMG though don't even get me started on trying to get her to wear socks. We don't make her most of the time, but softball season almost ENDED for her because of SOCKS!)

Anyway last night we were seeing which outfits needed cami's etc...and she suddenly says the top to her Minnie outfit doesn't "feel" right either! She tried it on two weeks ago and it was great! Last night she's freaking out totally like it's covered in shattered glass. I could not get her to vocalize, either, why the Minnie shirt wasn't right! It wasn't the material, it wasn't too tight, the straps were fine, etc...she just gets this way sometimes! Then, she starts completely falling apart and bawling. Lizzie is my most sensitive kid emotionally- she was crying mostly because she was CRUSHED she would hurt "Miss Missy's" (mommyof3princess) feelings if she didn't wear the shirt. She almost worked herself up to a panic attack that if she didn't wear the shirt Miss Missy would cry, and she'd make her feel bad for all the work she did on it. /sigh. So then I had to write a quick PM to Melissa, who (bless you) of course told her that she would NOT have her feelings hurt if she didn't wear the shirt, she just wanted her to be comfortable and have fun at Disney! (we love you Miss Missy you saved the night!)

So today we had to run out to that same hallway mall we'd scoured just the night before to find a shirt that would fit, feel good, match the Minnie skirt she loves AND, erm...either be appropriate without a training bra or look okay with one, or have one inside it. Yes, at 9 that is an issue, and that's a WHOLE other sensory clothing story. Anyhoo we somehow managed after trying on what feels like about 10000000 shirts. Melissa if you are reading us, Lizzie did say we would have to bring the shirt for her to at least put on at Disney for a picture for you. We'll see what happens.

And then today we had to put my dog down. I'm not able to go into details yet I'm just not ready. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I'm sure some of you are as close to your pets as I am, but this felt like losing my baby. And speaking of babies, this was on top of yesterday getting some startling news from Ferb's OT about his progress, and that his issues may be more serious than we thought.

I really, really, REALLY need it to be vacation time! Forget Calgon, only Disney is gonna help this!

You poor thing! That is a lot to deal with. Get to Disney and take a few deep breaths! And maybe drink around the world showcase!

I finally finished the outfit I started back in the spring.. I needed it done so I can start on Disney outfits! So, here is my little ham posing her heart out.

Twirling in the dead grass (we get no rain anymore)

And showing off her mario kart wii

Once I started sewing it went pretty quick. I learned some new things with this one

Love that pattern! You did a great job!

Okay I didn't get good pictures since she was tired and we were just in her room, but I finished Taylor's dress for breakfast at 1900 Park Fare today. Excuse the sweatyness (is that a word?) So all day today I was burning up and sweating, but I thought that was just the fever from swine flu.... never thought to check the thermostat.....apparently our A/C is broken.... (we have 2 seperate heating and cooling systems for upstairs and downstairs....both of them at set on like 60 right now and it is 85 downstairs and 93 upstairs......grrrrr why didn't I check them earlier I thought it was just me until she came how and was hot too..... now we have to wait until morning for the repair man to come, and I don't get how 2 units go out at the same time when the house is less then 2 years old!

I might try to get better pictures tomorrow because these aren't great and the coloring is a little off.

Can you tell she was too hot and tired to get her pictures taken?

My 2nd attempt at a hairbow....still not as good as I'd like, maybe I will practice a little more this weekend.

4 more outfits for Taylor to go..... HEATHERSUE.... I NEED MORE DESIGNS! No way will I finish everything on time without more of your wonderful designs.... they are so much better, faster, and they work on the first try..... here are the things I still need outfits for hint hint...

Chef Mickeys
Taylor's Birthday, I am thinking a mickey bday theme
Ohana breakfast (lilo and stitch, I already have a lilo though)
Ohana Dinner

Now I guess I will listen to the dr and rest a little while I check out everything that was posted today, I am behind!

Hope the air conditioner gets fixed quickly! Oh yuck! I cannot imagine not having air conditioning!

The dress turned out great!

And on to the Heathersue appliques.........I don't even have an embroidery machine yet and I am half tempted to send her a list of appliques that I'll want once I get one!

This has not been my week on top of the ring thing, I have Walking Pnunomia, And My Baby is turning 4 on Sunday

Oh yuck! Try and take it easy and get some rest!

 

[mirandag819]

I'm sorry your AC broke down, especially when you're already sick!

That outfit is FABULOUS!! I love it!! I also love that bedding! Where did you get that?

I have PMed Marah and hopefully she can help us out!




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You are so awesome! The whole time I was working on the Alice dress I was cursing my machine and wishing you had made Alice designs! I was convinced my machine was having problems this past week, but then I would stitch out your dessert designs in between and presto no problems with the machine.

The bedding came from Sears.... I got it at Christmas time, so they probably still have it. I actually have 3 extra pillow cases..... the comforter didn't say it included 1 pillow case, the sheet set didn't list pillow cases, which I thought was odd, but thought it wasn't included so I bought 2. Well I have been plotting on making a dress with them somehow...... I kept the extras wince they were white and I thought she might mess them up, but that was before I learned to sew....now I am thinking of using them for a bodice maybe.

 

[karamat]

No mine was blue like this:

I think because I was a little Romany girl and that one had the darkest hair.

...all I remember having was the bed set and the curtains...can I be adopted??

I had the bedding too. And I remember for one birthday (maybe 4 years old?) my mom made me Holly Hobbie cake... Wilton had a shaped pan. Years ago I found the pan on ebay. I haven't used it yet, but thought it would be a neat pan to have just in case...

I'm so inspired. AND I got my airfare for Disney today at a steal! 4 round trip tickets NH to Orlando nonstop on Southwest for a grand total of $712. Now if I can actually save it and not spend it on patterns and such.....

Julie

What part of NH are you in? DH and I have been talking about moving to Keene. I have family in the area, and my mom and step-dad will probably be moving there soon. I don't want to be left in TX with no family around. DH doesn't think a South TX girl like me can handle the winters though (silly man - just stay inside sewing.) I've already found a house I'm in LOVE with. Now we both just need to find jobs up there!

 

[billwendy]

Hi Everyone,

Lydia - Love that Snow White - the colors are beautiful!! Let us know if you get any to trade!!

Love the mermaid dress - that is so cute!!

After all you guys braggin on Heather, I cant wait to be able to get some designs for my little machine!!

All the creations have just been so fun lately!!

Here is my try at the crayon/coloring book tote bag...hope Abby likes it!!

 

[3huskymom]

Here's a sneak peak at the Philharmagic Vida using Marah's drawings. Philharmagic is Hayleigh's favorite attraction at the MK and we always have to see it at least 2 times. DOnald is her favorite part. She still cracks up every time she sees him in the wall. I couldn't finish it tonight b/c I have to get buttons tomorrow when I got to Jo-Anns. I will post pics of her modeling it tomorrow afternoon.

I do need help with one thing though. I want to use bias tape for the hem....what color should I use? black, blue, yellow, or white? I'm leaning away from white b/c I think it will get dirty being on the edge. 1 more down, 2 to go, with additional hopes of a Feliz attempt. 18 days and counting! WOOHOO!
FRONT:

BACK:

 

[emcreative]

Oooh I LOVE it! LOVE IT! I think maybe black since you've already used yellow and blue ricrac?

 

[ireland_nicole]

I was giong to post the same thing about the bed. It brought back memories. We had Hobby Hobby bedding on ours. (or, Holly Hobby for those of you who didn't have a little sister who couldn't say it right)

That's too funny; I had almost the same bed and Holly Hobby linens (canopy, bed set, curtains, the works) when I was a kid.* It was the only gift all my parents and grandparents went in together on as a Christmas surprise.* I walked into the room to a completely new bedroom set and my stepmother sewed everything.* It's still the best memory I have growing up.

Here is what I have been up to:The LONG awaited Fawn outfit:

Love these; fawn is awesome, and now I have to drive to Joann's again.

Ok I am delving into our Crystal Palace lunch wear...there will be 7 or 8 of us wearing Pooh and various friends tees and the little girls are wearing skirts which used to be dresses with their tees.I finished the first one today....and I have to say Piglet stitched out sooo well.....I am so excited to do more!!! Here I am so excited that its working I had to take a pic!!! Yaaaa Heather!!!!

Super cute!

I was inspired by Steph to clean up my sewing area.* I was also pushed in that direction by the little one arriving in November.* My sewing area was in the room that will be the baby's so I had to move it.We have a room over our garage that is oddly shaped with sloping roof lines.* You can see the roof lines here (this picture is from Winter 2007/2008 when the house was still under construction):

So my space was limited because we also use the room as an office.* Here is what I came up with:

My fabric stash is pitiful compared to some but I really haven't sewn much lately and am trying to cut down on unnecessary purchases (DH sees fabric which will sit on a shelf as unnecessary.

Great space!

Hello!! I love all the beautiful customs I've seen since I got home.* I promise, I looked through every page that I've missed over the last 2 1/2 weeks but there is just no way to quote everything.I'm so thrilled for T and the new baby.* Praying for those who have asked and sad to know that we won't see Linette here anymore.I wanted to share the great fabric finds I've come across to add to my stash in the last few weeks.The first photo is of fabrics I found at a local clearance sort of place.* It's always hit or miss, but this day I found the JACKPOT!!!!Star Wars fabric.* I am now mother and wife of the decade according to my son and hubby.* Better yet, it was only $2 a metre! (that's a little more than a yard)

This batch of fabrics I found at my favourite hole-in-the-wall in Ontario -Lens Mills.* This place is kind of a warehouse and you never know what you'll find.* Not even the girls who work there know what they have. The were surprised to see these fabrics.* I am so thrilled to have the Snow White fabric especially.* I think it's from a few years ago.

I'm trying to keep the drool off the keyboard...my DS would go nuts over the star wars fabric, and I'm in the pool that is completely in love with the Snow White!

Here's the Cinderella Vida I've been working on for Hayleigh. She'll wear this in August to our CRT lunch. Although she was telling me about the prince dancing with her and we're not eating at 1900 PF for dinner this trip* I like that she's so smart but when she remembers all the places to eat at WDW she doesn't realize we can't eat at them all every trip. We're trying some different places this trip.

I have another Vida I want to finish (the applique is done) and a simply sweet Belle dress. I also want to try to get a minnie red dot precious dress done, but don't know if that will happen, the first precious dress took me awhile. And if I work really fast I want to try to do a feliz....

Wow, absolutely stunning!!!!

Those of you with sensory/spectrum kids will understand this: While my oldest is my diagnosed SPD/Spectrum girl, middle sister Liz has some sensory issues with clothing.* Well, Wednesday she decided that all those flip flops she tried on at Joanns and said were "great!" when we got them to craft were horrible horrible and they didn't feel good on her feet and she couldn't stand the idea of wearing them for even a minute.* SO, we had to rush to our mall yesterday (remember we live in nowhereville so it was 30 minutes to a hallway of a shopping center) and by some miracle she found some sandals that even fit (she is a big size girls, tiny size womens, ugh) and were acceptable feeling (adidas flip flops that were "pillows" on her feet- watch, first day of disney suddenly they will feel horrible too.* OMG though don't even get me started on trying to get her to wear socks.* We don't make her most of the time, but softball season almost ENDED for her because of SOCKS!)* Anyway last night we were seeing which outfits needed cami's etc...and she suddenly says the top to her Minnie outfit doesn't "feel" right either!* She tried it on two weeks ago and it was great! Last night she's freaking out totally like it's covered in shattered glass.* I could not get her to vocalize, either, why the Minnie shirt wasn't right!* It wasn't the material, it wasn't too tight, the straps were fine, etc...she just gets this way sometimes!* Then, she starts completely falling apart and bawling.* Lizzie is my most sensitive kid emotionally- she was crying mostly because she was CRUSHED she would hurt "Miss Missy's" (mommyof3princess) feelings if she didn't wear the shirt.* She almost worked herself up to a panic attack that if she didn't wear the shirt Miss Missy would cry, and she'd make her feel bad for all the work she did on it.* /sigh.* So then I had to write a quick PM to Melissa, who (bless you) of course told her that she would NOT have her feelings hurt if she didn't wear the shirt, she just wanted her to be comfortable and have fun at Disney! (we love you Miss Missy you saved the night!)So today we had to run out to that same hallway mall we'd scoured just the night before to find a shirt that would fit, feel good, match the Minnie skirt she loves AND, erm...either be appropriate without a training bra or look okay with one, or have one inside it.* Yes, at 9 that is an issue, and that's a WHOLE other sensory clothing story.* Anyhoo we somehow managed after trying on what feels like about 10000000 shirts.* Melissa if you are reading us, Lizzie did say we would have to bring the shirt for her to at least put on at Disney for a picture for you.* We'll see what happens.And then today we had to put my dog down.* I'm not able to go into details yet I'm just not ready.* It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do.* I'm sure some of you are as close to your pets as I am, but this felt like losing my baby.* And speaking of babies, this was on top of yesterday getting some startling news from Ferb's OT about his progress, and that his issues may be more serious than we thought. I really, really, REALLY need it to be vacation time!* Forget Calgon, only Disney is gonna help this!

Totally get the sensory thing, and the frustration when something is "fine" and then- well- not.* According to DD, velvet, lace and especially courdoury are from the devil LOL.* I'm not an OT, nor do I play one on TV, but I did most of my kids therapies while living overseas and have spent many hours doing stuff at home and in the PT/ST/OT's offices.* Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.* FWIW, DH's theory is that we were blessed w/ kids w/ special needs because I went to nursing school.* I told him he got it backwards; I was led to nursing school because God knew I was really, really, really gonna need those skills and so many more later.I'm so sorry about your furbaby; losing a pet is the loss of an important member of your family.* And to have to grieve the loss of expectations for a child at the same time makes them both seem bigger. Y'all are under an insane amount of stress right now.* Thank Goodness your trip is so close!

I finally finished the outfit I started back in the spring.. I needed it done so I can start on Disney outfits!* So, here is my little ham posing her heart out.

Once I started sewing it went pretty quick.* I learned some new things with this one

I love this!

Okay I didn't get good pictures since she was tired and we were just in her room, but I finished Taylor's dress for breakfast at 1900 Park Fare today. Excuse the sweatyness (is that a word?) So all day today I was burning up and sweating, but I thought that was just the fever from swine flu.... never thought to check the thermostat.....apparently our A/C is broken.... (we have 2 seperate heating and cooling systems for upstairs and downstairs....both of them at set on like 60 right now and it is 85 downstairs and 93 upstairs......grrrrr why didn't I check them earlier I thought it was just me until she came how and was hot too..... now we have to wait until morning for the repair man to come, and I don't get how 2 units go out at the same time when the house is less then 2 years old! I might try to get better pictures tomorrow because these aren't great and the coloring is a little off.

My 2nd attempt at a hairbow....still not as good as I'd like, maybe I will practice a little more this weekend.

4 more outfits for Taylor to go..... HEATHERSUE.... I NEED MORE DESIGNS! No way will I finish everything on time without more of your wonderful designs.... they are so much better, faster, and they work on the first try..... here are the things I still need outfits for hint hint... Chef MickeysTaylor's Birthday, I am thinking a mickey bday themeOhana breakfast (lilo and stitch, I already have a lilo though) Ohana DinnerNow I guess I will listen to the dr and rest a little while I check out everything that was posted today, I am behind!

Oh honey, I hope your air gets fixed really soon! I love, love, love the outfit, though; and I think the hairbow is awesome!

This has not been my week on top of the ring thing, I have Walking Pnunomia, And My Baby is turning 4 on Sunday:

Hi Everyone,Lydia - Love that Snow White - the colors are beautiful!! Let us know if you get any to trade!!Love the mermaid dress - that is so cute!!After all you guys braggin on Heather, I cant wait to be able to get some designs for my little machine!!All the creations have just been so fun lately!!Here is my try at the crayon/coloring book tote bag...hope Abby likes it!!

Love it; really cute!

Here's a sneak peak at the Philharmagic Vida using Marah's drawings. Philharmagic is Hayleigh's favorite attraction at the MK and we always have to see it at least 2 times. DOnald is her favorite part. She still cracks up every time she sees him in the wall. I couldn't finish it tonight b/c I have to get buttons tomorrow when I got to Jo-Anns. I will post pics of her modeling it tomorrow afternoon. I do need help with one thing though. I want to use bias tape for the hem....what color should I use?* black, blue, yellow, or white? I'm* leaning away from white b/c I think it will get dirty being on the edge. 1 more down, 2 to go, with additional hopes of a Feliz attempt. 18 days and counting! WOOHOO!FRONT:

BACK:

Wow!* I totally love this and sincerely hope I can CASE it (please).* I think yellow would be great because the rickrack trim on the front and back is yellow, and also it looks great with all the other colors.

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I just want to say, THANK YOU JHAM for making an awesome tutorial on the pillowcase dress! It took me less than an hour to make it and it's adorable! It's the quickest project I've ever done! I made more of a long top than a dress which is fine because i'm making some pants to go with it. I didn't realize til I got home that the fabric is the same fabric you used on one of Lily's dresses. I hope you don't mind. Thanks again!

I love this tutorial! I made one of these real quick before I went to my cousin's DD's first birthday and everyone kept fussing over it and couldn't say enough how cute it was.

I love the Vida's posted today and the Alice dress and the Capri set. Sorry I am too tired to quote everyone, but everything was fantastic. You guys are making me wish I had a trip to plan for.

Today was a long day for me. I spent the majority of the day cleaning out Jenna's pig pen. Before I walked in there you could not see the floor. Now it is back to normal. Teresa I found some things that I want to send to you for the BIG GIVES while I was cleaning out Jenna's closet. I will PM you tomorrow. I am too tired to think straight right now.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

I have that pattern and really like it. I used it for a TInk dress for my DD.

Shameless reposting follows.....

that is funny that you made atink dress with it. Sara Beth calls it her fairy dress because how the bottom looks! I love the way yours came out!

The dress is adorable and so is she! I have a soft spot for kiddos with glasses- my Ferb has literally the thickest coke bottles I've ever seen, and has had them since he was 7 mos old. Most people were so shocked they thought they were fake (why in the WORLD would you put fake eyeglasses on a baby?!?!) and they even magnify his eye so he kinda reminds me of the owl in the old tootsie pop commerical. LOL wait until y'all see! But your little girl looks ADORABLE in hers!

Thanks! She had to get glasses when she turned 3. She has esotropia. I love little ones in glasses. Everytime she sees a pic of Brooklyn on here she says.."Mommy, is that me?" I can't wait till you can show pics of you new little boys. I talk about you at work all the time. So esited for you!

This came out so cute! I still have not made a pillowcase dress. One day, when I am done with disney outfits I will have to do it!

Adorable!!!

thanks!

I might try to get better pictures tomorrow because these aren't great and the coloring is a little off.

My 2nd attempt at a hairbow....still not as good as I'd like, maybe I will practice a little more this weekend.

Now I guess I will listen to the dr and rest a little while I check out everything that was posted today, I am behind!

I love your dress! I am working on an alice dress for 1900 but I am just doing a simple Alice dress with maybe an embroidered design on the skirt. Yours came out soo cute!

totally understand about the air. Last years ours went down during the hottest days of the summer...it was 100 degrees. We spent 2 days atthe library and the mall just to cool off!

Very Pretty.

thanks!

This is so pretty, what pattern is this? I know what you mean about no rain.... I am in NC too (Greensboro area), where my house is new and the constant drought my grass has not really taken I have so many dead and bare spots.... yours looks great compaired to mine!

!

Thanks! The pattern is simplicity 2716. I like the skirt part and may use it again for a tink outfit. We bought our house outside of Charlotte in 2002 during the big drought. They put in sod that we couldn't water! So, we are still working on trying to get grass to grow. Not fun.

This has not been my week on top of the ring thing, I have Walking Pnunomia, And My Baby is turning 4 on Sunday

Oh.... Walking pnenomia is not fun. Get some rest.

That is adorable!! I love it! Thanks, now I keep hearing that little voice saying "Mario Kart- Wiii!!" Stephres plays a mean game of Mario Kart!

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Thanks! She is addcited to it. All she talks about is the game...and now shw can actually kick some butt on it! She can say mario just likeon the game!

Love that pattern! You did a great job!

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Thanks! The pattern wasn't my favorite, but it wasn't hard.

Hi Everyone,

Here is my try at the crayon/coloring book tote bag...hope Abby likes it!!

I love this! where did you get the pattern for it? I have done the roll ups, but the bag is cute!

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This is brilliant. I LOVE IT! That is one of my favorite rides too!

 

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Here's the Cinderella Vida I've been working on for Hayleigh. She'll wear this in August to our CRT lunch. Although she was telling me about the prince dancing with her and we're not eating at 1900 PF for dinner this trip I like that she's so smart but when she remembers all the places to eat at WDW she doesn't realize we can't eat at them all every trip. We're trying some different places this trip.

I have another Vida I want to finish (the applique is done) and a simply sweet Belle dress. I also want to try to get a minnie red dot precious dress done, but don't know if that will happen, the first precious dress took me awhile. And if I work really fast I want to try to do a feliz.....

Adorable!

While my oldest is my diagnosed SPD/Spectrum girl, middle sister Liz has some sensory issues with clothing. Well, Wednesday she decided that all those flip flops she tried on at Joanns and said were "great!" when we got them to craft were horrible horrible and they didn't feel good on her feet and she couldn't stand the idea of wearing them for even a minute. SO, we had to rush to our mall yesterday (remember we live in nowhereville so it was 30 minutes to a hallway of a shopping center) and by some miracle she found some sandals that even fit (she is a big size girls, tiny size womens, ugh) and were acceptable feeling (adidas flip flops that were "pillows" on her feet- watch, first day of disney suddenly they will feel horrible too. OMG though don't even get me started on trying to get her to wear socks. We don't make her most of the time, but softball season almost ENDED for her because of SOCKS!)

Anyway last night we were seeing which outfits needed cami's etc...and she suddenly says the top to her Minnie outfit doesn't "feel" right either! She tried it on two weeks ago and it was great! Last night she's freaking out totally like it's covered in shattered glass. I could not get her to vocalize, either, why the Minnie shirt wasn't right! It wasn't the material, it wasn't too tight, the straps were fine, etc...she just gets this way sometimes! Then, she starts completely falling apart and bawling. Lizzie is my most sensitive kid emotionally- she was crying mostly because she was CRUSHED she would hurt "Miss Missy's" (mommyof3princess) feelings if she didn't wear the shirt. She almost worked herself up to a panic attack that if she didn't wear the shirt Miss Missy would cry, and she'd make her feel bad for all the work she did on it. /sigh. So then I had to write a quick PM to Melissa, who (bless you) of course told her that she would NOT have her feelings hurt if she didn't wear the shirt, she just wanted her to be comfortable and have fun at Disney! (we love you Miss Missy you saved the night!)

So today we had to run out to that same hallway mall we'd scoured just the night before to find a shirt that would fit, feel good, match the Minnie skirt she loves AND, erm...either be appropriate without a training bra or look okay with one, or have one inside it. Yes, at 9 that is an issue, and that's a WHOLE other sensory clothing story. Anyhoo we somehow managed after trying on what feels like about 10000000 shirts. Melissa if you are reading us, Lizzie did say we would have to bring the shirt for her to at least put on at Disney for a picture for you. We'll see what happens.

And then today we had to put my dog down. I'm not able to go into details yet I'm just not ready. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I'm sure some of you are as close to your pets as I am, but this felt like losing my baby. And speaking of babies, this was on top of yesterday getting some startling news from Ferb's OT about his progress, and that his issues may be more serious than we thought.

I really, really, REALLY need it to be vacation time! Forget Calgon, only Disney is gonna help this!

So sorry about your pupkid! We lost our Rocky a yr ago the 16th and I still get so emotional missing him. He was my baby. The hardest thing I ever had to do was say good by to him...

Sorry about the sensory issues. If it makes you feel any better I don't have sensory issues BUT as a kid (and ok still now!) I HATE socks. I would have to feel the seam in every sock and look for the thinnest one and then still wear them inside out and throw a fit as a kid about how I didn't like how they felt. Oh and Flip flops my mom had just as hard a time with me with them. What got me over it was as an adult I realized they had some really cute flip flops so I sucked it up and put style before comfort!
The for the training bra sensory issue one of my girlfriends dd's is the same way. So yes your little girl has sensory issues but frankly those issues are little girl issues too

I finally finished the outfit I started back in the spring.. I needed it done so I can start on Disney outfits! So, here is my little ham posing her heart out.

Once I started sewing it went pretty quick. I learned some new things with this one

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The dress is adorable and so is she! I have a soft spot for kiddos with glasses- my Ferb has literally the thickest coke bottles I've ever seen, and has had them since he was 7 mos old. Most people were so shocked they thought they were fake (why in the WORLD would you put fake eyeglasses on a baby?!?!) and they even magnify his eye so he kinda reminds me of the owl in the old tootsie pop commerical. LOL wait until y'all see! But your little girl looks ADORABLE in hers!



Thank you. We have a Golden as well (Dave) who everyone says is the "best dog in the entire world." It was our Papillon, Riley, that we lost today. Even he worshipped Dave. I hope wherever he is, he's okay without his big buddy. I don't think it's sunk in yet to Dave that Riley isn't coming back.

I have worn glasses sinc eI was 9 months but back then the only glasses available for little kids was those old granny half glasses. My glasses then where so think too.

How is Dave doing (and your family) today? When we lost Rocky he was so sick for a few days his sister Daisy was actually afraid of him she wouldn't go in the room where he was she was so scared. I think she knew how sick Rocky was. She was nervous for a few days after but after that she went from this hyper puppy9she was only 2 when Rocky passed) to taking on so many of Rocky's good habits! It was really strange wonderful blessing. I love my Daisy but my Rocky will always have a special special place in my heart.
Hopefully Riley found my Rocky and and are running play up in puppy heaven with a big yummy bone.

Okay I didn't get good pictures since she was tired and we were just in her room, but I finished Taylor's dress for breakfast at 1900 Park Fare today. Excuse the sweatyness (is that a word?) So all day today I was burning up and sweating, but I thought that was just the fever from swine flu.... never thought to check the thermostat.....apparently our A/C is broken.... (we have 2 seperate heating and cooling systems for upstairs and downstairs....both of them at set on like 60 right now and it is 85 downstairs and 93 upstairs......grrrrr why didn't I check them earlier I thought it was just me until she came how and was hot too..... now we have to wait until morning for the repair man to come, and I don't get how 2 units go out at the same time when the house is less then 2 years old!

I might try to get better pictures tomorrow because these aren't great and the coloring is a little off.

My 2nd attempt at a hairbow....still not as good as I'd like, maybe I will practice a little more this weekend.

4 more outfits for Taylor to go..... HEATHERSUE.... I NEED MORE DESIGNS! No way will I finish everything on time without more of your wonderful designs.... they are so much better, faster, and they work on the first try..... here are the things I still need outfits for hint hint...

Chef Mickeys
Taylor's Birthday, I am thinking a mickey bday theme
Ohana breakfast (lilo and stitch, I already have a lilo though)
Ohana Dinner

Now I guess I will listen to the dr and rest a little while I check out everything that was posted today, I am behind!

So cute! Love it!
Hopefully you got your a/c fixed!

This has not been my week on top of the ring thing, I have Walking Pnunomia, And My Baby is turning 4 on Sunday

Hi Everyone,


All the creations have just been so fun lately!!

Here is my try at the crayon/coloring book tote bag...hope Abby likes it!!

How fun! That would be a great idea for a road trip!

Here's a sneak peak at the Philharmagic Vida using Marah's drawings. Philharmagic is Hayleigh's favorite attraction at the MK and we always have to see it at least 2 times. DOnald is her favorite part. She still cracks up every time she sees him in the wall. I couldn't finish it tonight b/c I have to get buttons tomorrow when I got to Jo-Anns. I will post pics of her modeling it tomorrow afternoon.

I do need help with one thing though. I want to use bias tape for the hem....what color should I use? black, blue, yellow, or white? I'm leaning away from white b/c I think it will get dirty being on the edge. 1 more down, 2 to go, with additional hopes of a Feliz attempt. 18 days and counting! WOOHOO!
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OMG I so LOVE that!
What about yellow rick rack?

 

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Here's a sneak peak at the Philharmagic Vida using Marah's drawings. Philharmagic is Hayleigh's favorite attraction at the MK and we always have to see it at least 2 times. DOnald is her favorite part. She still cracks up every time she sees him in the wall. I couldn't finish it tonight b/c I have to get buttons tomorrow when I got to Jo-Anns. I will post pics of her modeling it tomorrow afternoon.

I do need help with one thing though. I want to use bias tape for the hem....what color should I use? black, blue, yellow, or white? I'm leaning away from white b/c I think it will get dirty being on the edge. 1 more down, 2 to go, with additional hopes of a Feliz attempt. 18 days and counting! WOOHOO!
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This is FABULOUS! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! It's different and so right on! GREAT job! I think I would use black bias tape.

 

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Jeanne's (jham) instructions really are about the easiest. Here's a link:
http://disboutique.blogspot.com/

Thank you sooo much!!! I didn't know about that blogspot..I'm so excited!!!

Hey, I practiced ruffling and ruffling and ruffling on my serger last night. I think I have that part down. Fabric gets prewashed and ironed today and I'm tackling a snow white sundress first. I need to pick up some white fabric in my travels (of all things!)

Somebody pray for me that my dear family allows me to get to Joann's today!

Julie

 

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I finally finished the outfit I started back in the spring.. I needed it done so I can start on Disney outfits! So, here is my little ham posing her heart out.

Once I started sewing it went pretty quick. I learned some new things with this one

That is gorgeous! I love the straps...what pattern did you use?

Julie