There were some great things in there!! Well, except for pages 21-28. Those boys will never forgive their mother for that...

But, I LOVE the paper dolls outfit!!! Wow, what a fantastic idea! The pocket on page 38 is so pretty! I have to learn how to make pockets like those! Thank you, Mary Ann! I subscribed to it!.
I know!!! Wasn't that just awful! I loved that paper doll outfit too!
I hope you get your problem resolved soon so you can get back to sewing. You shouldn't use compress air to clean your sewing machine because it will force all the dust/lint into places in your sewing machine that you don't want them to be. The guy who service the sewing at the store showed me a machine where the owner has been using compress air..the inside looks like it has been stuffed with tons of cotton balls! It was nasty looking.
That's what I've heard too.
Here is her showing Snow White that she is on her dress.
I was going to tell you that this reminded me of Tessa showing the Princesses her shoes, but I see Heather already did!
I love all your outfits!! They really turned out great!
Oh no! Are you guys looking for an embroidery machine on there every day too?!

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Funny, we all looked at the very same machine! Did you email the lady too?
Does anyone have any words of wisdom on ...fleas?
Evidently the extreme drought and then the very wet last 6 weeks has caused a bad flea problem. We just found out DS8 is allergic. Of course, they are living in his room!
I have just emptied everything out of his room, vacuumed EVERYTHING; sprayed his mattress and box springs; in process of washing all bedding, toys, clothes, etc twice in HOT water. (seems the eggs can hatch in the warmth of the dryer, so you need to rewash them after drying!). I've mopped his floors twice...once in a bleach solution, once in my regular shine stuff (hardwood floors).
Of course...NOW... they are bound to turn up in the rest of the house! We are having a professional sprayer come out to spray the house next week, and they suggested we treat the yard as well. All of this before Thanksgiving...at least we are only having about 20 people this year.
So...any suggestion on anything else I can do now? I know prevention is the best form of control, but at this point that is a bit late.
Thanks...
Fleas! Ugh, they are such a pain! And so hard to get rid of! We had a bad flea problem this summer. We bombed , shampooed, sprayed, dusted, put Frontline on the cats, all sorts of things! We tried the dish of water with the light above it too. Nothing worked at all! Then, I sprinkled salt all over the carpet and let it sit overnight. Then, I started vacuuming every day and dumping the bag out right away. That really seemed to make the difference (I think it was more the daily vacuuming than the salt, but it wouldn't hurt to try it!)
I've never had good luck with Frontline, but the vet kept suggesting it so I kept using that thinking they must know what's best, right?

When we got our new kitten, they gave us a sample of Revolution. I was shocked at how quickly that started killing the fleas! So, we've switched to that for all three cats and I'm really happy with the way it works.
I hope you find something that does the trick, because fleas are just no fun!
Teresa's girls are both sick with the flu now. I am anxiously awaiting her facebook update so I can see how they did last night. I don't want to call her and wake them up if they're sleeping. Tessa has been fever free since yesterday evening. But, Sawyer woke up with a 102.5 fever. I have a REALLYL SORE throat, but no fever. I sure hope I'm not getting it.
The story about your DD showing each princess their picture on her dress sounds very familiar! When Tessa was 3, she had shoes with all the princesses inside. So, every time we saw a princess, she took off her shoe and showed them their picture. It was hilarious!! Here she is showing Snow White her picture (this was pre-sewing):
I heard it through the grapevine that there will be a new CarlaC pattern just for babies sometime in the near future. I also heard that it's really stinkin' cute.
Well, I'm only looking for one for Teresa. So, you only have a little bit of competition!

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You are so sweet to be worried about the girls Heather!!

It was not a fun night! Lydia's fever is still way up, but Arminda's is going down. I hope it doesn't go back up again! Lydia asked to go to bed an hour ago, at 6:30. She is really not feeling well. But, as she was falling asleep she told me not to worry about her. Which, or course made me worry more!
I heard the same thing about a cute little baby outfit from Carla!
QUESTION I am going to do one of HeatherSUes designs on my machine - read the directions for the machine in the manual - It says to do the outline on the applique piece take it out of the frame to cut it out then put the base layer in the frame and put the applique piece on the base piece them stitch it. Is this right? I kinda thought I was suppose to put the base fabric in, then then it would stich out the outline of where to put the first layer then it tacks down the first layer, then I trim the fabric, and so on... Am I right or do I do it like the book? ANd if I am right, do you girls remove the fabric from the hoop to trim or trim while in the hoop for fear of putting it in not in the same exact place? What do you use to trim really close to the tacked down stitch?
Do you have a Brother machine? The way they tell you to do the appliques is nuts! Listen to what everyone is tells you here.

I always hoop my stabelizer and base fabric.
so only hoop the stabilizer not the stabilizer and base fabric?
I hope Sawyer is doing better today and that your sore throat goes away quickly! This flu is just awful! Hopefully Teresa and her family get over whatever they have quickly too!
Wow! If Tessa gets a machine, think of all the cool things you guys can make together!
Thanks, this is a really bad flu, it's frightening!
Teresa already has an embroidery machine, but it has a 4" hoop. She's got hoop envy since mine has a 6x18? hoop and a 6x10 hoop. I've never used the huge hoop because the dimensions are weird and I've never done anything that tall and skinny.
I would recommend a ****-a-poo. They're such wonderful little dogs! Although, the best dog in the world (my Tomia that died 2 years ago) was a schnocker.

That's a schnauzer/cocker mix. That was our best guess, at least!
If I find a new machine, I am pretty sure there will be a Brother 270D going up on Craigslist within a few days, so keep checking! (that was for disneygirlsndrew, not heather, she doesn't need a new machine

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teehee, you got sensored Heather!!!
