Well, thanks all for not being so chatty yesterday. My computer went down and we could not get online for the whole day.
I have finally come to the conclusion that I will never catch back up---sigh! I have 13 days and TONS of things left to do. I should be excited but all I feel is stress. I have tons of orders and am so worried taht I won't get everything done. I ordered teh kids some stuff even to take some of the load off me (THANKS JESSICA!) I won't be on much but plase send sewing pixie dust my way, I need it!
You can do it!! I am sending sewing dust your way!!
Stupid me -- I want to knot the ties through the button holes and failed to mention that. But now that you mention testing on scraps that solves the problem -- I'll just do some in various sizes and see what works best. It's been a long time since I made button holes so I'll need to practice on scraps anyway.
Don't make that buttonhole too big. You will be tying your strap in a knot, so do that first and then with scrap fabric, make a couple of sizes of button holes to decide which will work best for you. The first one I did, I made it too big and had to double knot the strap!
Seriously...my computer DOES NOT LIKE ME!!!!
2nd try at a post...
I am in the process of washing three Cabbage Patch dolls! My DD9 just let me know she is slightly jealous of my GD2. I made her CP doll matching outfits for our trip IN TWO WEEKS!! So I now have to make another set of matching outfits for DD9's doll. Did I mention I am leaving in TWO WEEKS!? After the washing, she will have to make the decision which one gets to make their first (and probably ONLY) trip to Disney!
Seriously I figure this will be the last time DD9 wants to take a doll with her on a trip, so I guess I'm ok with it. Just wished she had made this decision a couple weeks ago when I was making the first set!
Now, only 13 more Tshirts, 2 Princess dresses and a whole doll wardrobe to go and I will be finished sewing for this trip...did I mention I am leaving in TWO WEEKS?!
Not stressed MUCH??!!
Nini
PS...did I mention I leave in TWO WEEKS??!!
Take a deep breath!! Now, how about pillowcase for those cabbage patch dolls? Just use the same fabric from your DD's outfits and life should be good. So, now you need to make 2 T's a day, then that gives you time for your princess outfits. You can do this!!!
I want to thank everyone here for the amazing amount of talent and inspiration. I don't think I would have ever made these outfits without you.
I'm not thrilled with Vidia. I may add a ruffle to the top. If my little one would pull her pants up to where they should be, so much of her belly wouldn't show. I think it's kind of cute, but dh hasn't seen it yet and I think he wont like it.
Neither girl has wings yet. That will be this weekends project. We leave for Disney next Saturday!
All the outfits are cute! This is my favorite! Maybe put a long tank top under your DD's outfit and make her tuck it in?? Otherwise, so cute!
5 hours later and still getting my A$$ kicked by the embroidery machine. DH has stepped up and now helping me with the design. He has mastered the layout and now I am trying to get the split hoop to line up.
Please offer suggestions on a split hoop design. How to re hoop the second time to get it to line up.
Digitizing is NOT easy. It is a whole new way of thinking and just give it time. I always say its because I am old, but I spent 2 days trying to digitize a simple saying. So I LOVE Heather, Dena, and all those who do digitize!! Just take it slowly and in the meantime, don't be so very hard on yourself.
Okay I talked to my gal at the local shop. She said for you to mark the center left to right with a chalk pencil if you're working on dark material or a water soluable pen. You should have a plastic grid that lays inside of you hoop that is used for lining things up. You line the line on your material with the cross line on the grid. When you move your hoop you realign the line on your fabric with the grid again. That way it should line up for you. Make sure you remove the grid before stitching.
If you want to pm me your phone # I can give you a call and see if I can be of any further help.
LOL, I have no idea what you said!
Maybe that is why I am so happy to have people who digitize!!
Please ignore the lines. DS has taken my sewing marker so I used permanent as this was a test.
Pathetic that it took 8 hours to figure out how to do this
Looks great!!
I think I finally got it to the right setting. Sheesh.
Whenever my tension is off, I go visit my sewing machine shop!
Well, the girls did a half decent job cleaning their room yesterday, and since we had to go out today to do school shopping I surprised them with this:
Yes, she finally got to see the movie! I told her I was just having her wear the tunic because it was new and she hadn't gotten to wear it yet. They were all surprised when we pulled up and it was "Ponyo!" finally showing in our town. They did really like the movie. It was adorable, though "Spirited Away" is still my favorite!
A few more random shots...thought y'all might get a kick out of how my diva dressed herself today, complete with matching purse, clip in pink and black hair streak and and sparkling shoes:
In case you missed it before, here's almost a shot of the back (and I just think it's cute how Emmy and Hannah were walking):
So cute and I think they had a great time!! I love how your Diva dresses!!
Here's the Vida I made for my tomboy's first day of school. She'll wear a dress as long as she likes the fabrics. She LOVES dogs so she loved the dog fabric that I got from fabricsgalore but I was worried she wouldn't like the floral that I got at JoAnns but she loved that too.
So cute!!
I finally decided to buy the Carla C a-line. I felt guilty doing it, because I have another a-line pattern that is supposed to be so easy. I am so glad I did. Cutting out the pattern and making the dress took me about two hours. The other one would take me all day. Here is Maddie in her new dress. Sleeping beauty is her favorite princess.
I need to go to bed soon. I have to wake up at 5:00 for ADR's. For those of you who have used the website to make ADR's, is it easy?
So cute and I saw later that you got all your ressies!
I should have also added...is there a good place from which to order the accessories?
I get all my accessories at Joanns. This is a great weekend to stock up with the notions wall being buy one get one free. I always stock up on the 50% off notions sales! I am in the minority here, but I buy my thread at Joanns too. I really stock up when the thread is 50% off too. Someone mentioned that you also need the curved sewing scissors. They are the BEST!
This is what i have and they are on sale for 18ish.
Well since I can't get the image to show here is the listing. If this shouldn't be here, let me know
Okay, that image didn't work either.... the ones i have are gingher 6" applique scissors.
You also need some kind of glue to hold the fabric down before the shape is stitched down. I use a fabric glue and I also use spray glue. Both are in the stabilizer section at Joanns. Also make sure you have some ball point needles for embroidering on T's. My shop said make sure the sizes are between 11 & 14. For stabilizers, I get cut away, tear off, and sticky. I actually use the sticky the most. When I do T's. I "float" my fabric very carefully on top of the sticky. You don't want to stretch your fabric, so just gently lay it on the sticky stabilizer and then carefully smooth it out. I mark with a pin the middle of the shirt at the neckline & the hem, and line those up with the marks on the hoop to make sure its centered. Probably way too much info here. Sorry to be rambling!
OT, but could use a little hug...
So, as y'all know, we had to cancel our trip that we should be on now due to my DH getting a pay cut and both DD and DH having hospitalizations this year. So we rebooked for Dec., but I still haven't gotten a job, and going over the finances last night we really can't possibly justify a trip
so no Disney at Christmas. The silver lining on that is that the kids didn't know about it anyway, I have a wedding that I can book the cake for, and hey, they're already excited it's Christmas kwim?
So we're looking at our usual time next fall; I'm ok, although not thrilled, but then DH reminds me of the other part of the silver lining when he says, "hey, won't harry potter be open at Universal by then? We can just add a day and stay there for a night first." After I get my breath back after him mentioning the park which must not be named, I start thinking, yeah, actually, that's not so bad.
But, and I know this is stupid, I'm really sorry to have to cancel- again. Anyway, I'm done whining now. Thanks for being sooooooo patient with me.
Sorry, but I am happy you are looking at the silver lining!
So my hubby's birthday was on friday. He came home from work and said he wanted to go to Mimi's for dinner. Yummy, but he didn't get his bottom in gear. And then I remembered, he needed to go to
Disneyland to get his birthday gift from Disney! So we jumped in the car, drove down to Disneyland, parked in downtown disney parking for free, (bad I know) went to get his gift card, renewed my pass with his birthday gift, went in to have dinner at his favorite resturant in Disneyland, watched fire works and came home! Now he keeps teasing me that his birthday card bought my ticket!
So its Disney season again in our house!!
The fires in Los Angeles are 50% contained. Too bad they are now in the mountains behind where I live. We woke up to smoke in the house again. I will be so happy when this fire is really all out.
I plan to sew today. I made a cuties appliqued T yesterday and almost threw my machine out the window along with the T shirt. On the very first step, my new ball point needle broke. I fixed that, then the glue I used for the face fabric (light colored) showed a dark spot. I didn't know if I picked up a black thread under the light colored fabric or if the glue had changed color. I tried to get under it but couldn't. SOOO then I thought I was being smart and double layered the face fabric. Would have worked fine but again, I used the wrong stitiching to stitch it down. So when I was finished, thread was showing out in weird places.
So I went to Target last night, bought another T and will try this again. If I actually finish it today, I should have some pictures.
Hope everyone has a great labor day tomorrow!!!
. We're really only going thanks to the military passes (and actually that was the only way I could convince dh to go). I am trying to make the most of our short trip since I doubt we'll go again anytime soon (we have a house we couldn't sell and are currently renting it -- at a loss -- but our renters leave next fall and we will hit financial rock bottom shortly after that. Aside from our Disney trip and our children's education I'm trying not to make any frivolous expenditures (aside from the fabric stores).
Don't tell me that reverse isn's fancy!! 
I only need like 2 more inches! Sigh...I hate when that happens. I was getting all excited to finally finish an outfit! Guess I gotta make a trip to Joann's tomorrow.
