Disboutiquers Part 18 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[Colleen27]

I am SO not keeping up with the thread these days, but I thought I'd take a sec to post a little of what's been keeping me so busy.

First, Halloween. I made both girls' costumes; DS's came from my closet.

Katie-bug my ladybug:

My undead older daughter, who didn't give me a chance to get any pics until the end of the night, by which time her wrappings were looking a bit frayed:

DS11, the punk rocker. This was a bit of a cheat, because aside from the green spikes, he looks like this most of the time!

After Halloween came the Girl Scout sock-hop. This was the point where I swore off commercial patterns forever! How can a circle skirt be hard?!? After much cussing and fighting with the Simplicity poodle skirt pattern my mother gave me (from back in my own Brownie days), I wised up, ordered CarlaC's flouncy skirt pattern, and had this beauty done in no time. Can you tell she's not thrilled to be posing?

And of course the obligatory twirl pic:

With all that done, I realized we're just 4 weeks out from our Disney trip so I need to get my butt in gear. So I got to work on this one, a cross between the Twirl Scallopini and the Simply Sweet:

Katie trying it on over her PJs:

And just because I know y'all will understand... My DH came in from work today commented on the curtains I was making. Now, I do have curtains on my list - old fashioned window quilts to match the public rooms of our 130yo Victorian - but I'm not starting on them until after our trip so I was a bit confused. But he didn't really mean curtains... He was teasing me about the new look to our dining room window since I've been sewing at the dining room table :

 

[ireland_nicole]

I am SO not keeping up with the thread these days, but I thought I'd take a sec to post a little of what's been keeping me so busy.

First, Halloween. I made both girls' costumes; DS's came from my closet.

Katie-bug my ladybug:

My undead older daughter, who didn't give me a chance to get any pics until the end of the night, by which time her wrappings were looking a bit frayed:

DS11, the punk rocker. This was a bit of a cheat, because aside from the green spikes, he looks like this most of the time!

After Halloween came the Girl Scout sock-hop. This was the point where I swore off commercial patterns forever! How can a circle skirt be hard?!? After much cussing and fighting with the Simplicity poodle skirt pattern my mother gave me (from back in my own Brownie days), I wised up, ordered CarlaC's flouncy skirt pattern, and had this beauty done in no time. Can you tell she's not thrilled to be posing?

And of course the obligatory twirl pic:

With all that done, I realized we're just 4 weeks out from our Disney trip so I need to get my butt in gear. So I got to work on this one, a cross between the Twirl Scallopini and the Simply Sweet:

Katie trying it on over her PJs:

And just because I know y'all will understand... My DH came in from work today commented on the curtains I was making. Now, I do have curtains on my list - old fashioned window quilts to match the public rooms of our 130yo Victorian - but I'm not starting on them until after our trip so I was a bit confused. But he didn't really mean curtains... He was teasing me about the new look to our dining room window since I've been sewing at the dining room table :

The kids all look great! Love the ladybug and the poodle skirt- especially love the new curtains

 

[teresajoy]

I've had a TON of stuff going on lately. I've not had near the time to sew that I would have liked. I was kinda in a rut and feeling ike I had lost my mojo, so I decided I needed to try something different to get me back in the groove and jumpstart my creativity again. I've been wanting to learn to quilt for a long time, but been very scared to try. SO, I decided I'd jump in and give it a try. I had won the ebook for the kimmy doll quilt from YCMT
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/featured-products/Make-the-Mini-Kimmy-Quilt.htm

and decided I'd try.

Here's the end product!

Shannon, that is just adorable!!! I can't believe you finished it so quickly!

DS saw this fabric at Hancock's and asked for it. He hasn't seen the completed shirt (nor will he until we get to FL). DD saw me making her skirt and said "but I don't like Little Einsteins" in her usual whine. Anyhoo, I think it's one of my favorite outfits b/c I love how my little waist corset looks. I may cut the ribbon a bit shorter, but want to see how it fits first. I just made it up b/c I couldn't find any free directions. I think I'm going to make the same kind of top for her Mickey patchwork twirl.

Shirt is Carla's Bowling Shirt and I sewed the buttons on wrong so need to redo those (first time I ever marked them wrong) hence it's not buttoned in the photo.

Skirt is Leslie's double layer twirl skirt.

DD's shirt is Portrait Peasant with ruffled collar. I extended the sleeves and put bias tape to gather them high rather than at the wrists. And of course, the corset is my own little creation.

Front:

Wonderful outfits!!! Those turned out great!!I like your kitty!

Mary Ann...I have a quilt I have 90% finished for my first baby...he will have a birthday the day after Thanksgiving...he will be 32. I think I may have beat you on the oldest UFO!!!

Nini

You have me beat!!! I have a cross stich I started while I was pregnant with Corey 17+ years ago.

Now I don't feel so bad. I started a cross stitch quilt for my dd about 6 or 7 years ago. It is no where near finished and she is 8. I figure I will have it done for HER children LOL.

So, you see, you actually started it very early and have PLENTY of time to finish!!!

I just finished this up for a friend. She wanted a nemo stripwork jumper for her daughter.

I LOVE it!!! The blue and white dots look great with that!

I am SO not keeping up with the thread these days, but I thought I'd take a sec to post a little of what's been keeping me so busy.

And just because I know y'all will understand... My DH came in from work today commented on the curtains I was making. Now, I do have curtains on my list - old fashioned window quilts to match the public rooms of our 130yo Victorian - but I'm not starting on them until after our trip so I was a bit confused. But he didn't really mean curtains... He was teasing me about the new look to our dining room window since I've been sewing at the dining room table

I love the poodle skirt!!! Your daughter looks adorable!!!

And, I love the red dress!!! Is that Belle? That is just gorgeous!

 

[billwendy]

Hi Everyone!!

LOVE the quilt!! GREAT job!! the dolly part is just adorable!!

Love the "curtains" too!! lol

What kind of stabilizer should I use under sweatshirt? I want to make some Thanksgiving "Mouse" ones for me and the kids.....Has any one seen any plus sized orange sweat shirts anywhere? I got the kids ones at Walmart today.

thanks!!

 

[lovesdumbo]

I've had a TON of stuff going on lately. I've not had near the time to sew that I would have liked. I was kinda in a rut and feeling ike I had lost my mojo, so I decided I needed to try something different to get me back in the groove and jumpstart my creativity again. I've been wanting to learn to quilt for a long time, but been very scared to try. SO, I decided I'd jump in and give it a try. I had won the ebook for the kimmy doll quilt from YCMT
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/featured-products/Make-the-Mini-Kimmy-Quilt.htm

and decided I'd try.

Here's the end product!

That is so cute!

DS saw this fabric at Hancock's and asked for it. He hasn't seen the completed shirt (nor will he until we get to FL). DD saw me making her skirt and said "but I don't like Little Einsteins" in her usual whine. Anyhoo, I think it's one of my favorite outfits b/c I love how my little waist corset looks. I may cut the ribbon a bit shorter, but want to see how it fits first. I just made it up b/c I couldn't find any free directions. I think I'm going to make the same kind of top for her Mickey patchwork twirl.

Shirt is Carla's Bowling Shirt and I sewed the buttons on wrong so need to redo those (first time I ever marked them wrong) hence it's not buttoned in the photo.

Skirt is Leslie's double layer twirl skirt.

DD's shirt is Portrait Peasant with ruffled collar. I extended the sleeves and put bias tape to gather them high rather than at the wrists. And of course, the corset is my own little creation.

Front:

Back (couldn't get any photos without kitty):

Hopefully once we're headed to DHS dd will get excited and actually want to wear the outfit. She's getting a note from June and Annie that they picked it out especially for her. And if it's cold black leggings will be added.

Very cute! I'm sure your son will be so excited!

I just finished this up for a friend. She wanted a nemo stripwork jumper for her daughter.

Love that Nemo dress!

Nothing all that interesting for me I'm afraid, but I did make the full coverage apron from YCMT for my DD's therapeutic riding instructor- of course, forgot to take pics- oops.

Also had a brief moment of panic this am; thought Aidan's big give ship date was Wed., but checked this am just to double check his measurements because I'd forgotten all about it- and of course, the ship date was today I'd already bought the embroidery design and had the fabric for the shorts, so a short trip to walmart later I was ready to finish. Here's the final product:

I'm trying desperately to get motivated enough to start the kids thanksgiving outfits, but we went out to dinner and I'm too stuffed to move.

On the up side; got my first paycheck in 8 years yesterday and it felt GOOD!! It's working wonders on DH too; my normally dis-hating DH actually asked me a question about our upcoming trip and mentioned he's looking forward to it- after I picked my derriere back up off the floor, I decided I should have gone back to work a long time ago LOL. Anyway, we're surprising the kids with the news of the trip on Thanksgiving (we tried a true surprise trip last time and it was a disaster of epic proportions- anyone with kids with autism, think twice. I realized they missed being able to help plan, and also because we'll be there over DS's birthday, we've decided to hold off celebrating DD's birthday until the trip and celebrate them both at WDW.

So if anyone has any ideas on creative ways of making the announcement, please let me know- Thanks!

What a great Cars outfit! I'm sure it will be well loved!

I read this idea on the dis-order a cake like a Mickey bday cake but instead of putting happy birthday on it have it say "we're going to Walt Disney World".

I am SO not keeping up with the thread these days, but I thought I'd take a sec to post a little of what's been keeping me so busy.

First, Halloween. I made both girls' costumes; DS's came from my closet.

Katie-bug my ladybug:

My undead older daughter, who didn't give me a chance to get any pics until the end of the night, by which time her wrappings were looking a bit frayed:

DS11, the punk rocker. This was a bit of a cheat, because aside from the green spikes, he looks like this most of the time!

After Halloween came the Girl Scout sock-hop. This was the point where I swore off commercial patterns forever! How can a circle skirt be hard?!? After much cussing and fighting with the Simplicity poodle skirt pattern my mother gave me (from back in my own Brownie days), I wised up, ordered CarlaC's flouncy skirt pattern, and had this beauty done in no time. Can you tell she's not thrilled to be posing?

And of course the obligatory twirl pic:

With all that done, I realized we're just 4 weeks out from our Disney trip so I need to get my butt in gear. So I got to work on this one, a cross between the Twirl Scallopini and the Simply Sweet:

Katie trying it on over her PJs:

And just because I know y'all will understand... My DH came in from work today commented on the curtains I was making. Now, I do have curtains on my list - old fashioned window quilts to match the public rooms of our 130yo Victorian - but I'm not starting on them until after our trip so I was a bit confused. But he didn't really mean curtains... He was teasing me about the new look to our dining room window since I've been sewing at the dining room table :

Great costumes! Love the Poodle skirt!

Hi Everyone!!

LOVE the quilt!! GREAT job!! the dolly part is just adorable!!

Love the "curtains" too!! lol

What kind of stabilizer should I use under sweatshirt? I want to make some Thanksgiving "Mouse" ones for me and the kids.....Has any one seen any plus sized orange sweat shirts anywhere? I got the kids ones at Walmart today.

thanks!!

www.jiffyshirts.com has some. I've always had very fast service from them.

 

[squirrel]

Why, the bookmarks of course.

Thanks, I managed to make one this evening out of scrap material. An extra gift for my niece's birthday tomorrow.

I'll have to go get some material for the boys in my daycare. I think I will make them each one for Christmas to go with the other things I bought. They will go with the Christmas coloring books I picked up cheap.

 

[squirrel]

i think there are a couple of different ones in the bookmarks, i hate to say it but i just wing it depending on whether i am doing crayons or markers and how many, i think the hardest part is a closure because i always think the string will be frustrating for the lil ones to tie

magic bags --what do you fill them with? rice? or something to put in the freezer

I put rice in them. If you plan to microwave them, then you could add some cloves to make it smell nice. For the kids in the daycare I leave the mini magic bags (bean bag size) in a ziplock bag in the freezer. That way I don't have to worry if they get blood or have dirty hands-I just replace the ziplock.


I really need to make a trip down to the US to buy some Disney fabric. Wal-mart is the only store I have found that carries it up here. It's just under $9 a metre.

 

[VBAndrea]

Thank you to all for the compliments on my Einsteins set. I also finished my Crystal Palace set last night, so pics will likely be up tomorrow unless I can sneak some while the kids are playing today. I do have to get outside though and clean up my mess of a yard. There are weeping willow branches everywhere and my plum tree blew over (it didn't uproot -- it cracked at the base). Hope I can saw it off myself and drag it b/c dh doesn't come home until late this week.

I just finished this up for a friend. She wanted a nemo stripwork jumper for her daughter.

Adorable. I love the hem. All I use my serger for is finishing seams. Everything else baffles me.

Nothing all that interesting for me I'm afraid, but I did make the full coverage apron from YCMT for my DD's therapeutic riding instructor- of course, forgot to take pics- oops.

Also had a brief moment of panic this am; thought Aidan's big give ship date was Wed., but checked this am just to double check his measurements because I'd forgotten all about it- and of course, the ship date was today I'd already bought the embroidery design and had the fabric for the shorts, so a short trip to walmart later I was ready to finish. Here's the final product:

I'm trying desperately to get motivated enough to start the kids thanksgiving outfits, but we went out to dinner and I'm too stuffed to move.

On the up side; got my first paycheck in 8 years yesterday and it felt GOOD!! It's working wonders on DH too; my normally dis-hating DH actually asked me a question about our upcoming trip and mentioned he's looking forward to it- after I picked my derriere back up off the floor, I decided I should have gone back to work a long time ago LOL. Anyway, we're surprising the kids with the news of the trip on Thanksgiving (we tried a true surprise trip last time and it was a disaster of epic proportions- anyone with kids with autism, think twice. I realized they missed being able to help plan, and also because we'll be there over DS's birthday, we've decided to hold off celebrating DD's birthday until the trip and celebrate them both at WDW.

So if anyone has any ideas on creative ways of making the announcement, please let me know- Thanks!

Congrats on the first paycheck! I really need to find more work too -- I don't think I'm quite ready to go back full time though and I'm not ready to do anything until after the holidays. Working one day a week (if that) isn't cutting it financially. Maybe my dh would like let me plan another Disney trip if I made some more money!

Cute Cars outfit. I think the recipient will be quite pleased!

I am SO not keeping up with the thread these days, but I thought I'd take a sec to post a little of what's been keeping me so busy.

First, Halloween. I made both girls' costumes; DS's came from my closet.

Katie-bug my ladybug:

My undead older daughter, who didn't give me a chance to get any pics until the end of the night, by which time her wrappings were looking a bit frayed:

DS11, the punk rocker. This was a bit of a cheat, because aside from the green spikes, he looks like this most of the time!

After Halloween came the Girl Scout sock-hop. This was the point where I swore off commercial patterns forever! How can a circle skirt be hard?!? After much cussing and fighting with the Simplicity poodle skirt pattern my mother gave me (from back in my own Brownie days), I wised up, ordered CarlaC's flouncy skirt pattern, and had this beauty done in no time. Can you tell she's not thrilled to be posing?

And of course the obligatory twirl pic:

With all that done, I realized we're just 4 weeks out from our Disney trip so I need to get my butt in gear. So I got to work on this one, a cross between the Twirl Scallopini and the Simply Sweet:

Katie trying it on over her PJs:

And just because I know y'all will understand... My DH came in from work today commented on the curtains I was making. Now, I do have curtains on my list - old fashioned window quilts to match the public rooms of our 130yo Victorian - but I'm not starting on them until after our trip so I was a bit confused. But he didn't really mean curtains... He was teasing me about the new look to our dining room window since I've been sewing at the dining room table :

Everything looks great but I think your curtains are my favorite since it displays all the outfits together

 

[minnie2]

I just finished this up for a friend. She wanted a nemo stripwork jumper for her daughter.

Cute!

I am SO not keeping up with the thread these days, but I thought I'd take a sec to post a little of what's been keeping me so busy.

First, Halloween. I made both girls' costumes; DS's came from my closet.

Katie-bug my ladybug:

My undead older daughter, who didn't give me a chance to get any pics until the end of the night, by which time her wrappings were looking a bit frayed:

DS11, the punk rocker. This was a bit of a cheat, because aside from the green spikes, he looks like this most of the time!

After Halloween came the Girl Scout sock-hop. This was the point where I swore off commercial patterns forever! How can a circle skirt be hard?!? After much cussing and fighting with the Simplicity poodle skirt pattern my mother gave me (from back in my own Brownie days), I wised up, ordered CarlaC's flouncy skirt pattern, and had this beauty done in no time. Can you tell she's not thrilled to be posing?

And of course the obligatory twirl pic:

With all that done, I realized we're just 4 weeks out from our Disney trip so I need to get my butt in gear. So I got to work on this one, a cross between the Twirl Scallopini and the Simply Sweet:

Katie trying it on over her PJs:

And just because I know y'all will understand... My DH came in from work today commented on the curtains I was making. Now, I do have curtains on my list - old fashioned window quilts to match the public rooms of our 130yo Victorian - but I'm not starting on them until after our trip so I was a bit confused. But he didn't really mean curtains... He was teasing me about the new look to our dining room window since I've been sewing at the dining room table :

Great costumes!

The red dress is great too!
Funny about the curtains.

 

[tvgirlmin]

DS saw this fabric at Hancock's and asked for it. He hasn't seen the completed shirt (nor will he until we get to FL). DD saw me making her skirt and said "but I don't like Little Einsteins" in her usual whine. Anyhoo, I think it's one of my favorite outfits b/c I love how my little waist corset looks. I may cut the ribbon a bit shorter, but want to see how it fits first. I just made it up b/c I couldn't find any free directions. I think I'm going to make the same kind of top for her Mickey patchwork twirl.

Shirt is Carla's Bowling Shirt and I sewed the buttons on wrong so need to redo those (first time I ever marked them wrong) hence it's not buttoned in the photo.

Skirt is Leslie's double layer twirl skirt.

DD's shirt is Portrait Peasant with ruffled collar. I extended the sleeves and put bias tape to gather them high rather than at the wrists. And of course, the corset is my own little creation.

Front:

Back (couldn't get any photos without kitty):

Hopefully once we're headed to DHS dd will get excited and actually want to wear the outfit. She's getting a note from June and Annie that they picked it out especially for her. And if it's cold black leggings will be added.

Love your daughter's dress! It turned out so cute - I am sure she will love it, even if she doesn't love the Einsteins!

I love that shirt!
Where did you find that turkey fabric? I feel the need to make one of those shirts for DS. . .

I got the turkey fabric at Jo-Ann's, but it was back in July - we don't have Jo-Ann's in Hawaii, so I got a big stash while I was on the mainland visiting family. They may have some left, though - good luck!

I just finished this up for a friend. She wanted a nemo stripwork jumper for her daughter.

So cute! Now I wanna make the stripwork jumper!

The kids all look great! Love the ladybug and the poodle skirt- especially love the new curtains

All of your stuff is so cute, but I just love your little gal in the simply sweet/modified twirl!

 

[sweetstitches]

Mary Ann...I have a quilt I have 90% finished for my first baby...he will have a birthday the day after Thanksgiving...he will be 32. I think I may have beat you on the oldest UFO!!!

Nini

Okay you win. Mine are only 12 years old.

I just finished this up for a friend. She wanted a nemo stripwork jumper for her daughter.

Super cute. What a lucky girl!

Nothing all that interesting for me I'm afraid, but I did make the full coverage apron from YCMT for my DD's therapeutic riding instructor- of course, forgot to take pics- oops.

Also had a brief moment of panic this am; thought Aidan's big give ship date was Wed., but checked this am just to double check his measurements because I'd forgotten all about it- and of course, the ship date was today I'd already bought the embroidery design and had the fabric for the shorts, so a short trip to walmart later I was ready to finish. Here's the final product:

I'm trying desperately to get motivated enough to start the kids thanksgiving outfits, but we went out to dinner and I'm too stuffed to move.

On the up side; got my first paycheck in 8 years yesterday and it felt GOOD!! It's working wonders on DH too; my normally dis-hating DH actually asked me a question about our upcoming trip and mentioned he's looking forward to it- after I picked my derriere back up off the floor, I decided I should have gone back to work a long time ago LOL. Anyway, we're surprising the kids with the news of the trip on Thanksgiving (we tried a true surprise trip last time and it was a disaster of epic proportions- anyone with kids with autism, think twice. I realized they missed being able to help plan, and also because we'll be there over DS's birthday, we've decided to hold off celebrating DD's birthday until the trip and celebrate them both at WDW.

So if anyone has any ideas on creative ways of making the announcement, please let me know- Thanks!

The cars outfit turned out great.

DS saw this fabric at Hancock's and asked for it. He hasn't seen the completed shirt (nor will he until we get to FL). DD saw me making her skirt and said "but I don't like Little Einsteins" in her usual whine. Anyhoo, I think it's one of my favorite outfits b/c I love how my little waist corset looks. I may cut the ribbon a bit shorter, but want to see how it fits first. I just made it up b/c I couldn't find any free directions. I think I'm going to make the same kind of top for her Mickey patchwork twirl.

Shirt is Carla's Bowling Shirt and I sewed the buttons on wrong so need to redo those (first time I ever marked them wrong) hence it's not buttoned in the photo.

Skirt is Leslie's double layer twirl skirt.

DD's shirt is Portrait Peasant with ruffled collar. I extended the sleeves and put bias tape to gather them high rather than at the wrists. And of course, the corset is my own little creation.

Front:

Back (couldn't get any photos without kitty):

Hopefully once we're headed to DHS dd will get excited and actually want to wear the outfit. She's getting a note from June and Annie that they picked it out especially for her. And if it's cold black leggings will be added.[/QUOTE

I'm sure she's get excited after she wears it; it looks like so much fun to wear.



I'm missing a quote. Colleen, all the costumes are great, but that is the cutest ladybug ever! Love your new curtains!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Hi everybody; I know we're not allowed to buy/sell here; so I won't. But I was at Hancocks today and I might have managed to procure the rest of the bolt of princess Tiana fabric. There might have been 5.87 yards of it left. I might have gotten it for $4.00 / yd. And if anyone wants more info about say, how pretty this fabric is, they can pm me

 

[Granna4679]

ireland-nicole -

One Thanksgiving when there was a suprise in store for the whole family, we told the person that was to give the thankgiving blessing over the food. He in turn, while giving thanks for the food, also added and "God, we also want to thank you today for the ______________". (he announced the surprise).
You could put in the "upcoming trip" or the "opportunity we are going to have to take our children to Disney in two weeks" or something like that. Or you could go around the table and have each person say something they are thankful for and when it comes to you or your husband, you could say you are thankful for getting to go to Disney, etc. Just a thought.

 

[Granna4679]

DS saw this fabric at Hancock's and asked for it. He hasn't seen the completed shirt (nor will he until we get to FL). DD saw me making her skirt and said "but I don't like Little Einsteins" in her usual whine. Anyhoo, I think it's one of my favorite outfits b/c I love how my little waist corset looks. I may cut the ribbon a bit shorter, but want to see how it fits first. I just made it up b/c I couldn't find any free directions. I think I'm going to make the same kind of top for her Mickey patchwork twirl.

Shirt is Carla's Bowling Shirt and I sewed the buttons on wrong so need to redo those (first time I ever marked them wrong) hence it's not buttoned in the photo.

Skirt is Leslie's double layer twirl skirt.

DD's shirt is Portrait Peasant with ruffled collar. I extended the sleeves and put bias tape to gather them high rather than at the wrists. And of course, the corset is my own little creation.

Front:

Back (couldn't get any photos without kitty):

Hopefully once we're headed to DHS dd will get excited and actually want to wear the outfit. She's getting a note from June and Annie that they picked it out especially for her. And if it's cold black leggings will be added.

So cute! I love the corset!!

I just finished this up for a friend. She wanted a nemo stripwork jumper for her daughter.

I love the Nemo dress. You did an excellent job. My DGD's would love this.

Nothing all that interesting for me I'm afraid, but I did make the full coverage apron from YCMT for my DD's therapeutic riding instructor- of course, forgot to take pics- oops.

Also had a brief moment of panic this am; thought Aidan's big give ship date was Wed., but checked this am just to double check his measurements because I'd forgotten all about it- and of course, the ship date was today I'd already bought the embroidery design and had the fabric for the shorts, so a short trip to walmart later I was ready to finish. Here's the final product:

I'm trying desperately to get motivated enough to start the kids thanksgiving outfits, but we went out to dinner and I'm too stuffed to move.

On the up side; got my first paycheck in 8 years yesterday and it felt GOOD!! It's working wonders on DH too; my normally dis-hating DH actually asked me a question about our upcoming trip and mentioned he's looking forward to it- after I picked my derriere back up off the floor, I decided I should have gone back to work a long time ago LOL. Anyway, we're surprising the kids with the news of the trip on Thanksgiving (we tried a true surprise trip last time and it was a disaster of epic proportions- anyone with kids with autism, think twice. I realized they missed being able to help plan, and also because we'll be there over DS's birthday, we've decided to hold off celebrating DD's birthday until the trip and celebrate them both at WDW.

So if anyone has any ideas on creative ways of making the announcement, please let me know- Thanks!

The "Cars" outfit is sooo cute! I have that same fabric and didn't know what to do with it. I don't have boys but am thinking of doing a little outfit for a nephew with it for Christmas.

I am SO not keeping up with the thread these days, but I thought I'd take a sec to post a little of what's been keeping me so busy.

First, Halloween. I made both girls' costumes; DS's came from my closet.

Katie-bug my ladybug:

My undead older daughter, who didn't give me a chance to get any pics until the end of the night, by which time her wrappings were looking a bit frayed:

DS11, the punk rocker. This was a bit of a cheat, because aside from the green spikes, he looks like this most of the time!

After Halloween came the Girl Scout sock-hop. This was the point where I swore off commercial patterns forever! How can a circle skirt be hard?!? After much cussing and fighting with the Simplicity poodle skirt pattern my mother gave me (from back in my own Brownie days), I wised up, ordered CarlaC's flouncy skirt pattern, and had this beauty done in no time. Can you tell she's not thrilled to be posing?

And of course the obligatory twirl pic:

With all that done, I realized we're just 4 weeks out from our Disney trip so I need to get my butt in gear. So I got to work on this one, a cross between the Twirl Scallopini and the Simply Sweet:

Katie trying it on over her PJs:

And just because I know y'all will understand... My DH came in from work today commented on the curtains I was making. Now, I do have curtains on my list - old fashioned window quilts to match the public rooms of our 130yo Victorian - but I'm not starting on them until after our trip so I was a bit confused. But he didn't really mean curtains... He was teasing me about the new look to our dining room window since I've been sewing at the dining room table :

I sooo know the feeling with the "curtains". I have clothes hanging all over one room. My husband asks me constantly when I am going to clean it up?! I say "it is clean"!!

Hi everybody; I know we're not allowed to buy/sell here; so I won't. But I was at Hancocks today and I might have managed to procure the rest of the bolt of princess Tiana fabric. There might have been 5.87 yards of it left. I might have gotten it for $4.00 / yd. And if anyone wants more info about say, how pretty this fabric is, they can pm me

Interested- PM'ing you!!

 

[longaberger_lara]

OT random vent/question-

So, I have a friend w/ a 4 year and 2 month old. The same friend I did the nursery and the baptismal blanket for. She calls and asks for my help planning a WDW trip in December. Apparently her DH has a conference and they're adding a few days onto it. So I spend a couple of hours researching with her to help her understand transport from the airport (alone w/ the 2 kids), hotel, etc. I explain to her the deals going on at the values (I found them a rate for their nights for like $59 a night. I explain all the added costs and aggravation of staying off site- needing a rental car, potentially getting lost, the list goes on... Anyway, she finally decides what they want to do, and says she's going to call and book it, and can I help them with the itinerary- sure, I say. (I'm super busy w/ work, have sever bronchitis, DH is travelling, I'm behind on my sewing, but...)sure.

She calls back yesterday and says her DH got them a "great deal" on travelocity and they're staying in some hotel on I-Drive but now they're going for 5 days and so it will be much more relaxed, and they can just go back to their room in the afternoon and rest, and there will be plenty of time to do everything, and do I think 5 days is too long?



So right now I'm feeling like I completely wasted 2 hours of valuable time, and now she wants me to waste I don't know how many more on something she's probably going to ignore anyway- ugh!

Of course, I may just have a bad attitude, and if so, feel free to tell me.

So, WWYD at this point?

I know I'm late chiming in on this, but I'd just tell her to invest in TourGuideMike and let her do her own itenerary based on his advice.

 

[ireland_nicole]

ireland-nicole -

One Thanksgiving when there was a suprise in store for the whole family, we told the person that was to give the thankgiving blessing over the food. He in turn, while giving thanks for the food, also added and "God, we also want to thank you today for the ______________". (he announced the surprise).
You could put in the "upcoming trip" or the "opportunity we are going to have to take our children to Disney in two weeks" or something like that. Or you could go around the table and have each person say something they are thankful for and when it comes to you or your husband, you could say you are thankful for getting to go to Disney, etc. Just a thought.

It's funny, we do that every year, but I never thought about annoncing the trip that way- thanks for the idea!

I know I'm late chiming in on this, but I'd just tell her to invest in TourGuideMike and let her do her own itenerary based on his advice.

Thanks! I'm feeling better after talking to y'all; I'm planning to sit down with her once, give her all the resources: TGM, Dis, allears.net, etc. and then tell her that, like a pp said, I don't know how to plan trips from offsite, so I don't want to steer her wrong. I feel kind of bad, because she did ask for my help, but I know my time is valuable, and I've already wasted two hours of it on her trip only to have her do the exact opposite. I really appreciate you taking the time to answer; it's helped a lot with the plan of how to manage this.

 

[coteau_chick]

 

[angel23321]

Well, I finished AK outfits (except for the shirt Andrea is bringing me on Monday), finshed CP pants and almost finished the princess tunics.
So I tried the tunic on my youngest...it doesn't fit over her head She has a big head and I never thought it wouldn't fit. I was trying to find a way to get fix it to make it fit...any ideas???

Still have M&M dresses, 1900 PF outift, and a stripskirt jumper to do. I have tonight when I get off work, Tuesday night and Wednesday night...will I get it all done???? I've given up on the outfit I really want to make for 1900 PF and may just do shirts. Oh well.

Love all the costumes and outfits. You guys are so inspiring. Pictures will be coming (when I have a break in the sewing or work..LOL)


Andrea...what kind of work do you do or think you are looking to do?

 

[ireland_nicole]

Well, I finished AK outfits (except for the shirt Andrea is bringing me on Monday), finshed CP pants and almost finished the princess tunics.
So I tried the tunic on my youngest...it doesn't fit over her head She has a big head and I never thought it wouldn't fit. I was trying to find a way to get fix it to make it fit...any ideas???

Still have M&M dresses, 1900 PF outift, and a stripskirt jumper to do. I have tonight when I get off work, Tuesday night and Wednesday night...will I get it all done???? I've given up on the outfit I really want to make for 1900 PF and may just do shirts. Oh well.

Love all the costumes and outfits. You guys are so inspiring. Pictures will be coming (when I have a break in the sewing or work..LOL)


Andrea...what kind of work do you do or think you are looking to do?

Could you cut down the center back from the neck however many inches you need, turn the edges in and stich them closed, adding a button loop and then buttoning the top closed?

 

[angel23321]

Could you cut down the center back from the neck however many inches you need, turn the edges in and stich them closed, adding a button loop and then buttoning the top closed?

I was thinking of doing that but didn't think about the button loop to keep it closed. That will probably work as it's really close to going over her head. Thanks for the idea.