Disboutiquers Part 16 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[ireland_nicole]

My sister is teaching me to sew and I would really like to learn to make A line shirts and dresses. I have read that on here that the Carla C pattern is good. I checked it out at you can sew this and my understanding is that they email you the pattern. Is it hard for a newbie to piece together the pattern pieces to make the correct dress size? Would I do better to start with a different pattern since I am learning?

Thanks for advise.

I think you'd be ok with this pattern; Carla gives very clear instructions. You will need a large piece of paper for this one (Even the back of wrapping paper will work) and a ruler. Basically, the pieces you print out on this one and the instructions will help you make the full pattern for the dress you want. It's a lot easier than it sounds, I promise.

 

[tricia]

My sister is teaching me to sew and I would really like to learn to make A line shirts and dresses. I have read that on here that the Carla C pattern is good. I checked it out at you can sew this and my understanding is that they email you the pattern. Is it hard for a newbie to piece together the pattern pieces to make the correct dress size? Would I do better to start with a different pattern since I am learning?

Thanks for advise.

It is easy to piece the pattern together. The instructions are very clear. This was one of the first Carla C patterns I did, and I did not find it difficult.

 

[MouseTriper]

Also, for current or former foster families;

a friend of mine has fostered one child that they knew would go into a different forever family (and they are wonderful), and they have one child through foster adoption (finalized).* Well, they got the twins they have been praying for last night.* Right now, it is just a foster situation, but looks likely to become a foster/adopt (I don't want to go into details, but the situation was beyond description).My question is, how do I best support them right now w/ two babies?* Obviously, I'll arrange meals for them, but should I get them a gift?* Or do I wait until it looks more plausible for a long term placement. Everything's so up in the air; I want to rejoice with them, and help them, but I don't want to encourage them in bonding even more with these kids if they're going to lose them soon.* Sorry, I'm not writing this well... Im just wondering the best way to "talk" to them;

First CONGRATULATIONS to your friends on their new twins!!! I have been thru the legal foster/adopt process twice now. We never knew whether we would get to keep our babies. For our son, it took 19 months of pure terror and fear that we might not get to keep him. (His case and the situation is also beyond description and very sad). We loved him from the moment we held him the very first time. Our hearts melted and he was OURS no matter how long he stayed in our home physically. He was our son and we rejoyced to that.

However, that was not the case with all our family and our friends. In the beginning, they all said things like well he is not "really" your son. Which really made me angry, as you might imagine! Our son never got a baby shower, he never even got a baby card from any of these relatives. It was not like I was expecting a ton of gifts but a card from his grandparents even, might have been nice. I have to admit that even after we finally were able to adopt him, NONE of my relatives or my husbands relatives sent a single card welcoming him to family. I hope I don't sound like an awful person here, but it really hurt my feelings, it still does actually when I think about it. They treat my children differently than they treat the bio children in our family and that IS JUST WRONG AND MEAN to me. I refuse to submit my beautiful, loving children to any of that! My babies are gifts from God and I will treasure them. I could NOT love them anymore than if I had given birth to them. They were meant to be mine and they are perfect.

So I say....if you can, treat your friend as if those babies are hers NOW and FOREVER. Do not wait....because their love for those children is real and they are here now. I know it would have made me feel so wonderful if someone had done something special for my kids when we brought them home.

 

[Mirb1214]

My sister is teaching me to sew and I would really like to learn to make A line shirts and dresses. I have read that on here that the Carla C pattern is good. I checked it out at you can sew this and my understanding is that they email you the pattern. Is it hard for a newbie to piece together the pattern pieces to make the correct dress size? Would I do better to start with a different pattern since I am learning?

Thanks for advise.

I made my first A-line this weekend and was VERY excited at how easy it was to sew. It kinda got tricky when I got to the very end to turn it inside out to make it reversable but once I figured it out it looked great! I was even impressed at how easy it was to "hide" the hand stitched part.

 

[2cutekidz]

I think that was Leslie, 2cutekids.

Was it this one?

 

[angel23321]

well this weekend and today was busy! I was busy doing this dress! wheww it took a while!

sorry for the amount of pics, but wanted to show all the appliques

Lori

Love this!!

Okay...have a question ladies. I've made the Simply Sweet for DD. I'm almost done except for attaching the skirts to the halter top. I tried the halter on her and it is really snug. So much so that I'm thinking of not attching the skirts until we're closer to November. If she grows much, I'm afraid it won't fit. I'm upset because it came out so nice but I don't want to have to take the skirts off if the top doesn't fit in November. What do you think? Should I just make the next size up or wait.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I wanted to know about storage for PES designs. If I buy a card can I then copy the designs to my computer? Then pull them from the computer when I want to use them?

How does the brother system work?

 

[ireland_nicole]

First CONGRATULATIONS to your friends on their new twins!!! I have been thru the legal foster/adopt process twice now. We never knew whether we would get to keep our babies. For our son, it took 19 months of pure terror and fear that we might not get to keep him. (His case and the situation is also beyond description and very sad). We loved him from the moment we held him the very first time. Our hearts melted and he was OURS no matter how long he stayed in our home physically. He was our son and we rejoyced to that.

However, that was not the case with all our family and our friends. In the beginning, they all said things like well he is not "really" your son. Which really made me angry, as you might imagine! Our son never got a baby shower, he never even got a baby card from any of these relatives. It was not like I was expecting a ton of gifts but a card from his grandparents even, might have been nice. I have to admit that even after we finally were able to adopt him, NONE of my relatives or my husbands relatives sent a single card welcoming him to family. I hope I don't sound like an awful person here, but it really hurt my feelings, it still does actually when I think about it. They treat my children differently than they treat the bio children in our family and that IS JUST WRONG AND MEAN to me. I refuse to submit my beautiful, loving children to any of that! My babies are gifts from God and I will treasure them. I could NOT love them anymore than if I had given birth to them. They were meant to be mine and they are perfect.

So I say....if you can, treat your friend as if those babies are hers NOW and FOREVER. Do not wait....because their love for those children is real and they are here now. I know it would have made me feel so wonderful if someone had done something special for my kids when we brought them home.

Thanks a lot; I'm sorry for your experience. We had a vaguely similar experience with DD. She was so early and sick, that no one wanted to "congratulate" us (i assume in case the worst happened). But we had just had our first child, and although we were scared, we were thrilled and excited to. And even if we had lost her, having her would have been the happiest time in our lives, even if losing her would have been the saddest. I wasn't sure if this might be a similar experience for them, and really didn't want to presume anything, or do anything to hurt them. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

 

[Adi12982]

However, that was not the case with all our family and our friends. In the beginning, they all said things like well he is not "really" your son. Which really made me angry, as you might imagine! Our son never got a baby shower, he never even got a baby card from any of these relatives. It was not like I was expecting a ton of gifts but a card from his grandparents even, might have been nice. I have to admit that even after we finally were able to adopt him, NONE of my relatives or my husbands relatives sent a single card welcoming him to family. I hope I don't sound like an awful person here, but it really hurt my feelings, it still does actually when I think about it. They treat my children differently than they treat the bio children in our family and that IS JUST WRONG AND MEAN to me. I refuse to submit my beautiful, loving children to any of that! My babies are gifts from God and I will treasure them. I could NOT love them anymore than if I had given birth to them. They were meant to be mine and they are perfect.

So I say....if you can, treat your friend as if those babies are hers NOW and FOREVER. Do not wait....because their love for those children is real and they are here now. I know it would have made me feel so wonderful if someone had done something special for my kids when we brought them home.

I am so saddened by this. I feel terrible your families are acting the way they are. thankfully, however, both your children are blessed to have wonderful parents like the two of you. So many people just have children, or "accidents" as many are called - but you chose to welcome these children into your home and fought to keep them so they'd be forever yours - that makes you as much a real family as if you carried them yourself in your womb, if not more! I cannot even begin to imagine what a struggle that must have been not knowing for so long, thankfully it all turned out for the best. It the the other family member's loss if they choose to treat them differently or not get close to them, but sad all the same.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

First CONGRATULATIONS to your friends on their new twins!!! I have been thru the legal foster/adopt process twice now. We never knew whether we would get to keep our babies. For our son, it took 19 months of pure terror and fear that we might not get to keep him. (His case and the situation is also beyond description and very sad). We loved him from the moment we held him the very first time. Our hearts melted and he was OURS no matter how long he stayed in our home physically. He was our son and we rejoyced to that.

However, that was not the case with all our family and our friends. In the beginning, they all said things like well he is not "really" your son. Which really made me angry, as you might imagine! Our son never got a baby shower, he never even got a baby card from any of these relatives. It was not like I was expecting a ton of gifts but a card from his grandparents even, might have been nice. I have to admit that even after we finally were able to adopt him, NONE of my relatives or my husbands relatives sent a single card welcoming him to family. I hope I don't sound like an awful person here, but it really hurt my feelings, it still does actually when I think about it. They treat my children differently than they treat the bio children in our family and that IS JUST WRONG AND MEAN to me. I refuse to submit my beautiful, loving children to any of that! My babies are gifts from God and I will treasure them. I could NOT love them anymore than if I had given birth to them. They were meant to be mine and they are perfect.

So I say....if you can, treat your friend as if those babies are hers NOW and FOREVER. Do not wait....because their love for those children is real and they are here now. I know it would have made me feel so wonderful if someone had done something special for my kids when we brought them home.

Beth...that's terrible! Shame on your family. A card would have been the least they could have done! I'm so sorry

 

[NiniMorris]

First CONGRATULATIONS to your friends on their new twins!!! I have been thru the legal foster/adopt process twice now. We never knew whether we would get to keep our babies. For our son, it took 19 months of pure terror and fear that we might not get to keep him. (His case and the situation is also beyond description and very sad). We loved him from the moment we held him the very first time. Our hearts melted and he was OURS no matter how long he stayed in our home physically. He was our son and we rejoyced to that.

However, that was not the case with all our family and our friends. In the beginning, they all said things like well he is not "really" your son. Which really made me angry, as you might imagine! Our son never got a baby shower, he never even got a baby card from any of these relatives. It was not like I was expecting a ton of gifts but a card from his grandparents even, might have been nice. I have to admit that even after we finally were able to adopt him, NONE of my relatives or my husbands relatives sent a single card welcoming him to family. I hope I don't sound like an awful person here, but it really hurt my feelings, it still does actually when I think about it. They treat my children differently than they treat the bio children in our family and that IS JUST WRONG AND MEAN to me. I refuse to submit my beautiful, loving children to any of that! My babies are gifts from God and I will treasure them. I could NOT love them anymore than if I had given birth to them. They were meant to be mine and they are perfect.

So I say....if you can, treat your friend as if those babies are hers NOW and FOREVER. Do not wait....because their love for those children is real and they are here now. I know it would have made me feel so wonderful if someone had done something special for my kids when we brought them home.

When my two youngest came to live with us (many years ago now...DS7 was only 6 mos old!) my office gave me a 'shower'! neither of them had any clothes that came with them, and my youngest at that point was in college! They gave me a surprise luncheon with tons and tons of clothes. (and I got some extra days off from my manager...which REALLY came in handy!) I can't begin to tell you how much the thought was appreciated! Even though, at that time, we thought it was only temporary, my friends went all out for these kids.

Nini

 

[snubie]

First CONGRATULATIONS to your friends on their new twins!!! I have been thru the legal foster/adopt process twice now. We never knew whether we would get to keep our babies. For our son, it took 19 months of pure terror and fear that we might not get to keep him. (His case and the situation is also beyond description and very sad). We loved him from the moment we held him the very first time. Our hearts melted and he was OURS no matter how long he stayed in our home physically. He was our son and we rejoyced to that.

However, that was not the case with all our family and our friends. In the beginning, they all said things like well he is not "really" your son. Which really made me angry, as you might imagine! Our son never got a baby shower, he never even got a baby card from any of these relatives. It was not like I was expecting a ton of gifts but a card from his grandparents even, might have been nice. I have to admit that even after we finally were able to adopt him, NONE of my relatives or my husbands relatives sent a single card welcoming him to family. I hope I don't sound like an awful person here, but it really hurt my feelings, it still does actually when I think about it. They treat my children differently than they treat the bio children in our family and that IS JUST WRONG AND MEAN to me. I refuse to submit my beautiful, loving children to any of that! My babies are gifts from God and I will treasure them. I could NOT love them anymore than if I had given birth to them. They were meant to be mine and they are perfect.

So I say....if you can, treat your friend as if those babies are hers NOW and FOREVER. Do not wait....because their love for those children is real and they are here now. I know it would have made me feel so wonderful if someone had done something special for my kids when we brought them home.

Beth, this is so sad that your families have not embraced your children as fully part of your family. That is just not fair to your children.
Hugs to you for welcoming in these children and opening your heart to them.

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

OT BUT IMPORTANT!

Starting October 27, 2009, Dining reservations are moving to 180 days again! Here's one source, but there are more:
http://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2009/...sney-dining-reservations-180-days-in-advance/
I stumbled on this in my insomnia and thought I'd post it here in case you are like me, and other than a few trip reports really only visit the Disbou thread!

I've decided theres no such this as "off topic" here- thats why I love it on this thread, and unless I'm planning a trip, I rarely venture onto the rest of the boards...LOL, I forget they are there! Thank you for this! I just need to count backwards from May 16th and figure out when 180 days is.
I have some fabric to cut and then I will be taking your package of corduroy and patterns to the PO- the patterns were given to me by someone else who had a boy (he is in his 40s now and lives down the street from me) so they are all older patterns, but stuff like jeans and vests are universal and timeless right? Feel free to pass on or throw out whatever you dont want.

First CONGRATULATIONS to your friends on their new twins!!! I have been thru the legal foster/adopt process twice now. We never knew whether we would get to keep our babies. For our son, it took 19 months of pure terror and fear that we might not get to keep him. (His case and the situation is also beyond description and very sad). We loved him from the moment we held him the very first time. Our hearts melted and he was OURS no matter how long he stayed in our home physically. He was our son and we rejoyced to that.

However, that was not the case with all our family and our friends. In the beginning, they all said things like well he is not "really" your son. Which really made me angry, as you might imagine! Our son never got a baby shower, he never even got a baby card from any of these relatives. It was not like I was expecting a ton of gifts but a card from his grandparents even, might have been nice. I have to admit that even after we finally were able to adopt him, NONE of my relatives or my husbands relatives sent a single card welcoming him to family. I hope I don't sound like an awful person here, but it really hurt my feelings, it still does actually when I think about it. They treat my children differently than they treat the bio children in our family and that IS JUST WRONG AND MEAN to me. I refuse to submit my beautiful, loving children to any of that! My babies are gifts from God and I will treasure them. I could NOT love them anymore than if I had given birth to them. They were meant to be mine and they are perfect.

So I say....if you can, treat your friend as if those babies are hers NOW and FOREVER. Do not wait....because their love for those children is real and they are here now. I know it would have made me feel so wonderful if someone had done something special for my kids when we brought them home.

Wow- I think thats so sad,heartbreaking really. When did you get him and when was it finalized? In the photo he looks like hes about 1 and half??

I thought I was the only one with wierd, insensitive, tactless in laws.
I will never forget 2 conversations shortly after meeting my husband's step mother... I had been dating him for several months and was pretty sure we would get married. Our first conversation she informed me that her side of hte family wouldnt come to his wedding since he wasn't her son (his mother was an alcoholic, who passed away, he didnt really even know his bio Mom) His step Mom had raised him since he was about 4. He tells me she never hugged him growing up, baked cookies or gave him hot soup after playing in the snow (these are the qualities a Mom should have IMO- )
The second conversation, shortly after that she told me if we were to adopt they wouldnt be her grandchildren and adoptive children are "really" your children anyway.
Nice, huh? Funny thing is he LOVES to hug and play with his girls, he plays with them so much it borders on him not being an adult. (like nap time, feeding them lunch, or appropriate meals, etc, I would think its like living with a favorite Uncle)

Okay, so back to sewing...
Im still trying to decide on what to buy for fabric. I need opinions....

First, here is the pattern.
This is a photo of the kit, showing the gown with fabrics the designer chose.

and here is one made by someone else who used similar fabrics



Should I do it with fabrics like what is above? (I could even buy the kit) or with what I mentioned before- Silk dupioni and organza.
Here is the silk I would use..

I am still waiting to talk to a shop owner who may be able to help me and I noticed when I was there she has embroidery machines in her shop- so maaaaaybe, just maybe she could help me do it on her machine. I would just have to buy the design.
Otherwise, I dont own an embroidery machine so couldnt do most of what's embroidered on the dress, it's possible I could pick some stitches on my machine that might work- but Im not certain they would.

They said she will be in the shop tomorrow.

thank you to the ladies who have bought fabric, it's helping me get closer!

 

[Mirb1214]

Love this!!

Okay...have a question ladies. I've made the Simply Sweet for DD. I'm almost done except for attaching the skirts to the halter top. I tried the halter on her and it is really snug. So much so that I'm thinking of not attching the skirts until we're closer to November. If she grows much, I'm afraid it won't fit. I'm upset because it came out so nice but I don't want to have to take the skirts off if the top doesn't fit in November. What do you think? Should I just make the next size up or wait.

I had the exact same problem. I made my first 3 before I FINALLY clued in that I must not have just made a "minor error" and needed to move up a size. I also didn't prewash my first 3 either so I won't let DD near those until she wears them in WDW in October b/c I sure don't want to have to wash them incase of shrinkage.

 

[teresajoy]

Oh, the project I was working on was a friend's nursery;
she has been having an extremely high risk pregnancy, having to see specialists at least 3 times a week, so between that and her toddler (and other drama out of her control) she couldn't work on the nursery at all. They also really needed to watch their pennies as the economy hasn't been kind to their income.

Well, what's a friend to do?
Fairy Godmothe

r to the rescue: Bibbiti, Bobbiti, Boo!
The grand entrance.

That is just GORGEOUS!!!! You really did a beautiful job.

I'm glad you said you would move the drapes from the baby bed, because I was sitting here freaking out about the idea of the baby getting those wrapped around her neck!

Hi everybody!

Just wanted to give a quick update regarding Mom - her surgery was scheduled for today at 1pm, then 8pm, now it's 9:30a tomorrow morning. It seems all of our ICU beds are filled and that's where she needs to go... So, she opted to wait until a bed should be ready rather than being held in recovery for so long. I don't blame her but now it's another night of nail biting... If you could continue to send your good vibes I would appreciate it.

One good thing... i talked with my boss today and she said I could make up the time so I should be good there. Also, next year's convention is in Orlando at Gaylord Palms and I was told we should be going in August - that's something to look forward to.

Thanks for all of your good thoughts, we appreciate them

Thank you for the update.

This one needs to be ironed, then its done... Please over look her messy hair..

I hope to have this one done by the end of this week...

Your daughter is just gorgeous!!! I love the outfit!

well this weekend and today was busy! I was busy doing this dress! wheww it took a while!

sorry for the amount of pics, but wanted to show all the appliques

Lori

That's pretty cute Lori!

We are ready for back to school! Megan picked out this fabric, it is quite loud. I used the Katrin pattern, which is German and I couldn't figure out the size! Looking at the measurements, she was one size by the chest measurement, one size by the waist measurement and one size by the hip measurement! I picked one and it fits her exactly, good thing I prewashed. The pattern was so easy and making the bias tape took a lot longer than finishing the top. The leggings were $3.50 at Target: score!

I really like the way that turned out Stephanie! It looks so cute on Megan!

Thanks girls for all your comments about the nursery; On the one hand, I keep thinking how awesome it could have been if I had a budget; but on the other hand I'm proud of what we accomplished for so little.* I really think a deserving mom and daughter will be happy in it.


Also, for current or former foster families;

a friend of mine has fostered one child that they knew would go into a different forever family (and they are wonderful), and they have one child through foster adoption (finalized).* Well, they got the twins they have been praying for last night.* Right now, it is just a foster situation, but looks likely to become a foster/adopt (I don't want to go into details, but the situation was beyond description).My question is, how do I best support them right now w/ two babies?* Obviously, I'll arrange meals for them, but should I get them a gift?* Or do I wait until it looks more plausible for a long term placement. Everything's so up in the air; I want to rejoice with them, and help them, but I don't want to encourage them in bonding even more with these kids if they're going to lose them soon.* Sorry, I'm not writing this well... Im just wondering the best way to "talk" to them;
You know the rules; no apologizing for messy hair super super cute outfits btw; can't wait to see the second one finished!

I would say follow their lead. Don't hold back or expect them to. I see Beth gave you an excellent response, so...what she said!

My sister is teaching me to sew and I would really like to learn to make A line shirts and dresses. I have read that on here that the Carla C pattern is good. I checked it out at you can sew this and my understanding is that they email you the pattern. Is it hard for a newbie to piece together the pattern pieces to make the correct dress size? Would I do better to start with a different pattern since I am learning?

Thanks for advise.

It's easy! You will be fine! Actually I find piecing the pattern pieces together so much easier than sorting through pieces of commercial pattern tissue paper trying to find all the right pieces!

First CONGRATULATIONS to your friends on their new twins!!! I have been thru the legal foster/adopt process twice now. We never knew whether we would get to keep our babies. For our son, it took 19 months of pure terror and fear that we might not get to keep him. (His case and the situation is also beyond description and very sad). We loved him from the moment we held him the very first time. Our hearts melted and he was OURS no matter how long he stayed in our home physically. He was our son and we rejoyced to that.

However, that was not the case with all our family and our friends. In the beginning, they all said things like well he is not "really" your son. Which really made me angry, as you might imagine! Our son never got a baby shower, he never even got a baby card from any of these relatives. It was not like I was expecting a ton of gifts but a card from his grandparents even, might have been nice. I have to admit that even after we finally were able to adopt him, NONE of my relatives or my husbands relatives sent a single card welcoming him to family. I hope I don't sound like an awful person here, but it really hurt my feelings, it still does actually when I think about it. They treat my children differently than they treat the bio children in our family and that IS JUST WRONG AND MEAN to me. I refuse to submit my beautiful, loving children to any of that! My babies are gifts from God and I will treasure them. I could NOT love them anymore than if I had given birth to them. They were meant to be mine and they are perfect.

So I say....if you can, treat your friend as if those babies are hers NOW and FOREVER. Do not wait....because their love for those children is real and they are here now. I know it would have made me feel so wonderful if someone had done something special for my kids when we brought them home.

To me, he was your son from day one too.

Was it this one?

That's the one I was thinking of. I love it!

Love this!!

Okay...have a question ladies. I've made the Simply Sweet for DD. I'm almost done except for attaching the skirts to the halter top. I tried the halter on her and it is really snug. So much so that I'm thinking of not attching the skirts until we're closer to November. If she grows much, I'm afraid it won't fit. I'm upset because it came out so nice but I don't want to have to take the skirts off if the top doesn't fit in November. What do you think? Should I just make the next size up or wait.

Did you go by her measurments? I'm surprised it is too tight if you did. Is it measuring what Carla says it should measure?

I wanted to know about storage for PES designs. If I buy a card can I then copy the designs to my computer? Then pull them from the computer when I want to use them?

How does the brother system work?

I don't know what machine you have, but with my machine, there is no way to hook the machine directly to the computer. So, I had to buy a PED Basic (well, actually Heather bought it for me for my anniversary ) It is a little card reader thing that hooks up to your computer. It comes with a memory card and you transfer the deigns from your computer to the card, then you put the card in the side of your machine. I don't know if that's the way your machine works though, I know some machines you can hook directly to the computer with a USB cord.

Thanks a lot; I'm sorry for your experience. We had a vaguely similar experience with DD. She was so early and sick, that no one wanted to "congratulate" us (i assume in case the worst happened). But we had just had our first child, and although we were scared, we were thrilled and excited to. And even if we had lost her, having her would have been the happiest time in our lives, even if losing her would have been the saddest. I wasn't sure if this might be a similar experience for them, and really didn't want to presume anything, or do anything to hurt them. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

How early was your daughter born? That had to be so frightening.

 

[anggye]

Oh, the project I was working on was a friend's nursery;
she has been having an extremely high risk pregnancy, having to see specialists at least 3 times a week, so between that and her toddler (and other drama out of her control) she couldn't work on the nursery at all. They also really needed to watch their pennies as the economy hasn't been kind to their income.

Well, what's a friend to do?
Fairy Godmothe

r to the rescue: Bibbiti, Bobbiti, Boo!
The grand entrance

The "window wall" actually half a hexagon, but who's counting?

The "banner" I made out of her used room darkening drapes to cover an unused door.

The "piece de resistance", or: the crib!

So we managed to complete the nursery for under $100.
the chaise was from the living room
the furniture was from her son
the murals and crown were from my DD's room (thankfully, I just changed her decor to polka dots)
the crib bedding was $40 on an auction site we all know
the tulle and flowers were from my stash at home
Her husband wanted the room to stay brown and the "banner" to stay white.
So the only other cost was for a couple of accessories on sale at hobby lobby and the embroidery designs.

ETA: we'll move the drapes over the baby's bed, but it looks so pretty that way. and the wrinkles have fallen out of the banner now.

What a wonderful friend you are. The nursery turned out so beautiful!!

 

[teresajoy]

I've decided theres no such this as "off topic" here- thats why I love it on this thread, and unless I'm planning a trip, I rarely venture onto the rest of the boards...LOL, I forget they are there! Thank you for this! I just need to count backwards from May 16th and figure out when 180 days is.

Here, do what I do, and use this ADR calculator!
http://pscalculator.net/pscalc.php

I thought I was the only one with wierd, insensitive, tactless in laws.
I will never forget 2 conversations shortly after meeting my husband's step mother... I had been dating him for several months and was pretty sure we would get married. Our first conversation she informed me that her side of hte family wouldnt come to his wedding since he wasn't her son (his mother was an alcoholic, who passed away, he didnt really even know his bio Mom) His step Mom had raised him since he was about 4. He tells me she never hugged him growing up, baked cookies or gave him hot soup after playing in the snow (these are the qualities a Mom should have IMO- )
The second conversation, shortly after that she told me if we were to adopt they wouldnt be her grandchildren and adoptive children are "really" your children anyway.
Nice, huh? Funny thing is he LOVES to hug and play with his girls, he plays with them so much it borders on him not being an adult. (like nap time, feeding them lunch, or appropriate meals, etc, I would think its like living with a favorite Uncle)

That just makes me cry thinking of someone bieng so mean to a little boy, and continuing to be mean throughout his life! how can you NOT hug a 4 year old??????? So so sad.

 

[anggye]

This is the one i'm working on now so here's a sneek Peek...

I hope to have this one done by the end of this week...[/QUOTE]

I like the pink and this red and white one is sooo cute!!

 

[Adi12982]

Oh, the project I was working on was a friend's nursery;
she has been having an extremely high risk pregnancy, having to see specialists at least 3 times a week, so between that and her toddler (and other drama out of her control) she couldn't work on the nursery at all. They also really needed to watch their pennies as the economy hasn't been kind to their income.

Well, what's a friend to do?
Fairy Godmothe

r to the rescue: Bibbiti, Bobbiti, Boo!
The grand entrance

The "window wall" actually half a hexagon, but who's counting?

The "banner" I made out of her used room darkening drapes to cover an unused door.

The "piece de resistance", or: the crib!

So we managed to complete the nursery for under $100.
the chaise was from the living room
the furniture was from her son
the murals and crown were from my DD's room (thankfully, I just changed her decor to polka dots)
the crib bedding was $40 on an auction site we all know
the tulle and flowers were from my stash at home
Her husband wanted the room to stay brown and the "banner" to stay white.
So the only other cost was for a couple of accessories on sale at hobby lobby and the embroidery designs.

ETA: we'll move the drapes over the baby's bed, but it looks so pretty that way. and the wrinkles have fallen out of the banner now.

WOW!! That looks amazing!! I LOVE IT!! And all for under $100!!

 

[karebear1]

So... you'll never guess!! I'm gonna start sewing again- and my 1st project is a red and white quilt for the guest bedroom. I'm doing red, white and a pale yellow in the room.

these are the fabrics for the quilt- what do you think? Are they ok? I hope so- they cost a fortune! Today I cut the strips- tomorrow I cut the squares. I do it in steps so I don't overwhelm myself trying to get it all done in one day!

And..... I've been organizing again! Last time you saw my desk in my craft room, it looked like this:

And now that I have (inadvertantly) accumulated too many things, it now looks like this: Is it any better then before? Any suggestions? Inside the little silver boxes are embellishments for scrapping. I have 2 more of the black cubby things ordered- when those get here, I'll have plenty of space. Looking at the new pic, I think I want to do something else with those cricut cartridges- they look a little funky stretching all the way across the wall like that - don't they?

And I just KNOW you guys didn't notice the cords under the desk STILL look the same!