Disboutiquers Part 19 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[mgmsmommy]

I embroidered Tessa a shirt for Valentine's day a few weeks ago and had always planned on making a skirt to go with it. But, I never really got around to doing it. Then, this morning I was getting her clothes around for her and realized she had nothing to wear with her Valentine's shirt. So, with 25 minutes before the bus would come, I made her a skirt!!! We even had 5 minutes to spare! I'm so darn proud of myself! I even machine embroidered a little heart onto it! Here is the finished product!

She was positively giddy that I whipped it up for her! I never sew that fast!


I just realized that I haven't posted pictures of the camera bag that I made for my mom a few weeks ago! I used CarlaC's Boxy Bag pattern. It was a lot of fun to make! I embroidered my mom's name on the top, but it's hard to see because I should have used a more contrasting thread. My mom really loved it! I was so pleased by her reaction when I gave it to her!

Now I need to go back and catch up a bit on the thread!!

Love them all. i always knew you were amazing with the great design skills but am now convinced you must have super sewing power too to come up with such a great skirt at the last minute. Great job & love the camera bag idea too. Don't have the box pattern yet but was wondering if it has instructions for making those dividers like yours has? Thanks

 

[HeatherSue]

Thanks for all the compliments on my stuff!! I just realized this morning that it had been a while since I'd posting anything that I have made!

Love them all. i always knew you were amazing with the great design skills but am now convinced you must have super sewing power too to come up with such a great skirt at the last minute. Great job & love the camera bag idea too. Don't have the box pattern yet but was wondering if it has instructions for making those dividers like yours has? Thanks

Yep, it has instructions for the dividers. They're really easy! The only time consuming part of this pattern is cutting out the pieces. After that, it's pretty quick!


WOOOOHOOOOO!!! Look at my ticker!!! We're down to double digits!!

 

[100AcrePrincess]

I finally got all the dolls that were started finished. I have several more that I want to make so maybe I'll get to them soon.

Snow White

Cinderella

Ariel

Ariel is smaller than Cinderella & Snow White because I was out of yardage & only had some scraps left. I like the smaller size, but the clothes are harder to make.

I have the stuff to make Jasmine & Belle. I need to get some more yellow felt so I can do Sleeping Beauty & I need to find some brown gingham so I can do Tiana. And Tink may get done at some point too.

 

[minnie2]

LOVE all the new stuff!!!!! You guys never stop amazing me with all your talent!

I know a lot of you use the Scientific Seamstress patterns(CarlaC). She has a fan page for those of you on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?p...tific-Seamstress-fan-page/317097931012?ref=ts

There is a discussion board and some amazing fan photos!

 

[itsheresomewhere]

Does anyone have a bias/quilt binding tape maker? Its on sale and I want one but want to know if it is worth it.

 

[woodkins]

I finally got all the dolls that were started finished. I have several more that I want to make so maybe I'll get to them soon.

Snow White

Cinderella

Ariel

Ariel is smaller than Cinderella & Snow White because I was out of yardage & only had some scraps left. I like the smaller size, but the clothes are harder to make.

I have the stuff to make Jasmine & Belle. I need to get some more yellow felt so I can do Sleeping Beauty & I need to find some brown gingham so I can do Tiana. And Tink may get done at some point too.

Those are sooo cute! My dd has been begging to start sewing so I am thinking it would be a fun project to make some dolls. Did you use a specific pattern for those?

 

[revrob]

Does anyone have a bias/quilt binding tape maker? Its on sale and I want one but want to know if it is worth it.

I don't own it, but I'm very interested in it! Where is it on sale?

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

HeatherSue- Love the "whipped up" outfit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I am just jumping in here real quick! (My parents are stopping here tonight on their way to florida and I need to CLEAN everything before they get here!!!!)

Hannah had her 2 eye appointments this week.
(refresher- she had appt with first Dr (not surgeon) who said she felt she has Esotropia and required surgery)
Appt #2- met with surgeon (local) and he said nope, she has Duane's syndrome, a congenital birth defect, can not be fixed with surgery, her head will tilt some, have poor depth perception on left side, and favor right side, approach her from right, maybe glasses with prism when she is older- nothing else they can do)
Appt #3- With Surgeon at different practice- over hour from my house, he is with the Children's Medical Center, and the office is geared specifically towards children- I like that. Turns out he has written papers, medical journals, etc on both subjects.
She doesn NOT have duane's syndrome (and he proved it to me by showing her eye is capable of going past the midway point) she DOES have esotropia and she will need surgery in about 2 months.

So its been a roller coaster the last 3 weeks- first I hated the idea of surgery, but then I hated the idea of a child with a permenant birth defect that would make it difficult for her to drive, function on her left, etc. So, now, while surgery is always scary, I am hopeful that we can assist her eyes so that this will not be lasting.

I would have LOVED to finish a patricia tunic for my Mom in time for Valentine's Day- but I haven't cut the fabric- almost done taping pattern. It needed to be done today. Hannah has been cranky with all the eye drops, so it's been impossible.

Her valentine's dress I'm told was a hit (I missed it because Dad had to take her to Pre-K) Imagine a Father in the parking lot at school, making sure her dress and petti are all perfect before going in to school- YUP- he took on that role without a single complaint! God Bless him.

 

[woodkins]

HeatherSue- Love the "whipped up" outfit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I am just jumping in here real quick! (My parents are stopping here tonight on their way to florida and I need to CLEAN everything before they get here!!!!)

Hannah had her 2 eye appointments this week.
(refresher- she had appt with first Dr (not surgeon) who said she felt she has Esotropia and required surgery)
Appt #2- met with surgeon (local) and he said nope, she has Duane's syndrome, a congenital birth defect, can not be fixed with surgery, her head will tilt some, have poor depth perception on left side, and favor right side, approach her from right, maybe glasses with prism when she is older- nothing else they can do)
Appt #3- With Surgeon at different practice- over hour from my house, he is with the Children's Medical Center, and the office is geared specifically towards children- I like that. Turns out he has written papers, medical journals, etc on both subjects.
She doesn NOT have duane's syndrome (and he proved it to me by showing her eye is capable of going past the midway point) she DOES have esotropia and she will need surgery in about 2 months.

So its been a roller coaster the last 3 weeks- first I hated the idea of surgery, but then I hated the idea of a child with a permenant birth defect that would make it difficult for her to drive, function on her left, etc. So, now, while surgery is always scary, I am hopeful that we can assist her eyes so that this will not be lasting.

I would have LOVED to finish a patricia tunic for my Mom in time for Valentine's Day- but I haven't cut the fabric- almost done taping pattern. It needed to be done today. Hannah has been cranky with all the eye drops, so it's been impossible.

Her valentine's dress I'm told was a hit (I missed it because Dad had to take her to Pre-K) Imagine a Father in the parking lot at school, making sure her dress and petti are all perfect before going in to school- YUP- he took on that role without a single complaint! God Bless him.

I'm so sorry you are all having to go through this, it is so hard when you are trying to make decisions on your child's health that will impact them their entire lives. I am glad you got the best of the bad news so to speak. My dd's best friend has esotropia & had the surgery etc & is now 7 and no one would ever think there was anything "wrong" with her.

I'm sure her dress was a hit & I'll bet she felt extra special that her Daddy was there to help her out

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I don't own it, but I'm very interested in it! Where is it on sale?

Me too, now that I quilt I think it would be easier but at $100, it best be wonderful!

 

[Granna4679]

Her valentine's dress I'm told was a hit (I missed it because Dad had to take her to Pre-K) Imagine a Father in the parking lot at school, making sure her dress and petti are all perfect before going in to school- YUP- he took on that role without a single complaint! God Bless him.

I bet she was the "best dressed kid on the block"....the dress is adorable.
I hope all works out with your DD's eye surgery. Sounds like your last doc visit (since he specializes in kids) is promising. I will keep her in my prayers.

 

[wbarkhur]

I just wanted to thank everyone for the replies and pictures(sorry not to list all the replies I didn't want to take up all the room quoting them all) again all sooo cute. Also a special thanks to the wonderful poster who sent me to the tutorials on how to do embroidery without a special machine, I really did think you had to have a special machine. So now I have some more outfit ideas!!! I spent a a lot of time on the YCMT website and found some more patterns. Yesterday I went to Joann's and bought a bunch of fabric and supplies so I am going to start cutting, and sewing this weekend, not on our disney outfits, figured I better do a few test runs/sews first!!! I am soo excited to get started and can't wait get to work. Thanks again for all of your help and support, and I am sure I will have more questions before it is all over.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I'm not snow-bound, but am enjoying all of the internet sales that seem to be playing off snow-megeddon.

Anyways, Hancocks of Paducah (yup, use the full name) has free shipping over $30 with SNOW FREE code. And I found this cute flag fabric:

http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ItemList--Robert-Kaufman-Quilting-Fabric-Sale--m-371 - it's even on sale!

There's also a line of Alexander Henry - Good Earth - that has some cute prints:

http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ItemList--Alexander-Henry-Good-Earth-Quilting-Fabric--m-2026

ALSO - for the lanyards - I've picked up the ends at JoAnn's before, in with the kids camp crafts.

ALSO, AGAIN - my DD, who has never liked the cuties-type princesses, loved the Tink dress from the other day - I did, too. Such a great green print!

Deb

I am new to quilting and just read about this store in a book. They have one heck of a yard sale every summer! Love the fabric you picked out. Their prices are super and you are bad for posting this. My bank account can't take much more...

 

[HeatherSue]

I finally got all the dolls that were started finished. I have several more that I want to make so maybe I'll get to them soon.

I have the stuff to make Jasmine & Belle. I need to get some more yellow felt so I can do Sleeping Beauty & I need to find some brown gingham so I can do Tiana. And Tink may get done at some point too.

These are SO cute!!

LOVE all the new stuff!!!!! You guys never stop amazing me with all your talent!

I know a lot of you use the Scientific Seamstress patterns(CarlaC). She has a fan page for those of you on Facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?p...tific-Seamstress-fan-page/317097931012?ref=ts

There is a discussion board and some amazing fan photos!

I'm a fan!

HeatherSue- Love the "whipped up" outfit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I am just jumping in here real quick! (My parents are stopping here tonight on their way to florida and I need to CLEAN everything before they get here!!!!)

Hannah had her 2 eye appointments this week.
(refresher- she had appt with first Dr (not surgeon) who said she felt she has Esotropia and required surgery)
Appt #2- met with surgeon (local) and he said nope, she has Duane's syndrome, a congenital birth defect, can not be fixed with surgery, her head will tilt some, have poor depth perception on left side, and favor right side, approach her from right, maybe glasses with prism when she is older- nothing else they can do)
Appt #3- With Surgeon at different practice- over hour from my house, he is with the Children's Medical Center, and the office is geared specifically towards children- I like that. Turns out he has written papers, medical journals, etc on both subjects.
She doesn NOT have duane's syndrome (and he proved it to me by showing her eye is capable of going past the midway point) she DOES have esotropia and she will need surgery in about 2 months.

So its been a roller coaster the last 3 weeks- first I hated the idea of surgery, but then I hated the idea of a child with a permenant birth defect that would make it difficult for her to drive, function on her left, etc. So, now, while surgery is always scary, I am hopeful that we can assist her eyes so that this will not be lasting.

I would have LOVED to finish a patricia tunic for my Mom in time for Valentine's Day- but I haven't cut the fabric- almost done taping pattern. It needed to be done today. Hannah has been cranky with all the eye drops, so it's been impossible.

Her valentine's dress I'm told was a hit (I missed it because Dad had to take her to Pre-K) Imagine a Father in the parking lot at school, making sure her dress and petti are all perfect before going in to school- YUP- he took on that role without a single complaint! God Bless him.

What a rough couple of weeks it's been for you! I can't imagine how stressful it must be to keep hearing different things like that. I'm glad it was finally decided that this is something that can be corrected!

I just wanted to thank everyone for the replies and pictures(sorry not to list all the replies I didn't want to take up all the room quoting them all) again all sooo cute. Also a special thanks to the wonderful poster who sent me to the tutorials on how to do embroidery without a special machine, I really did think you had to have a special machine. So now I have some more outfit ideas!!! I spent a a lot of time on the YCMT website and found some more patterns. Yesterday I went to Joann's and bought a bunch of fabric and supplies so I am going to start cutting, and sewing this weekend, not on our disney outfits, figured I better do a few test runs/sews first!!! I am soo excited to get started and can't wait get to work. Thanks again for all of your help and support, and I am sure I will have more questions before it is all over.

If you ever lose the links to the applique tutorials, the link to my tutorial is in the very first post in this thread. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

 

[SallyfromDE]

I'm not snow-bound, but am enjoying all of the internet sales that seem to be playing off snow-megeddon.

Anyways, Hancocks of Paducah (yup, use the full name) has free shipping over $30 with SNOW FREE code. And I found this cute flag fabric:

http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ItemList--Robert-Kaufman-Quilting-Fabric-Sale--m-371 - it's even on sale!

There's also a line of Alexander Henry - Good Earth - that has some cute prints:

http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ItemList--Alexander-Henry-Good-Earth-Quilting-Fabric--m-2026


Deb

http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ProductImages/Thumbnails/ah7090fq.

I've seen this site, but never really looked around the store. I love this fat quarter bundle. What a great Epcot or Small World outfit.

 

[snubie]

Open letter to the wonderful Heather...


My husband was looking at your designs. He says, if she wants so little for them, it must not be hard to make them. I say...no way...I know they can't be easy.

Today, after watching my Pooh materialize in front of my eyes, I have to say...There is NO WAY I could EVER do what you do! I kept thinking, why is it skipping to here, and then to here? But in the end it was perfect! There is so much involved in what you do that I could never even begin to understand it!

Thank you so much for the wonderful designs you make, and keep it up. You have a loyal customer in me for ever!!!

Nini

Heather's designs are awesome. We LOVE her!

Love all the lanyard pics such a great idea I never would have thought of making them.

All the talk of quilts made me realize maybe you would like to see the Nightmare Before Christmas quilt i just finished for my newest niece (who I sadly have not met yet as they live across the country). Anyway it's not as intricate as a great quilter would do & halfway through I was doubting my fabric choices but in the end I think it all came together & I love it. I just hope my brother in law & his wife will too. It was BILs idea for a NBC theme.

I used Heathersue's great designs as the centerpiece.

But then found this swirly pumpkin too

I've got to reorganize my fabric stash before i start a new project since I have been slacking about putting it on boards for storage after prewashing it lately.

So cute. Great job. I really like the swirly pumpkin.

Oh my how sweet of you!! She will love reading this! I am with you, I have no clue how she does it! I tried digitizing once (it was something Heather didn't have, of course!) and it took just shy of forever to do it, and it still didn't turn out too good!

And, I found out something I didn't even know about her the other day. She has donated lots of her designs to people using them for the Big Gives! She just mentioned that to me the other day. She really is a wonderful person! I'm so proud to have her as my friend and sister!

Plus, she gives me great discounts on all of her designs!!

Heather is the best.

I finally got all the dolls that were started finished. I have several more that I want to make so maybe I'll get to them soon.

Snow White

Cinderella

Ariel

Ariel is smaller than Cinderella & Snow White because I was out of yardage & only had some scraps left. I like the smaller size, but the clothes are harder to make.

I have the stuff to make Jasmine & Belle. I need to get some more yellow felt so I can do Sleeping Beauty & I need to find some brown gingham so I can do Tiana. And Tink may get done at some point too.

So cute.

 

[teresajoy]

I embroidered Tessa a shirt for Valentine's day a few weeks ago and had always planned on making a skirt to go with it. But, I never really got around to doing it. Then, this morning I was getting her clothes around for her and realized she had nothing to wear with her Valentine's shirt. So, with 25 minutes before the bus would come, I made her a skirt!!! We even had 5 minutes to spare! I'm so darn proud of myself! I even machine embroidered a little heart onto it! Here is the finished product!

She was positively giddy that I whipped it up for her! I never sew that fast!

I've spent most of the last week making 51 of these little things:

Now I need to go back and catch up a bit on the thread!!

Wow!! I'm very impressed that you just whipped up that cute little skirt, with time to spare!!! Tessa looks so adorable!
I like that Kitty that says Lydia.
I'm sure none of those got tossed in the trash! They are so cute!!
I love the little Cathy! It's so pretty.
Mom loves that camera bag!

Thank you, Teresa! I love you so much!


I had no idea I was going to find all this kindness on the board when I decided to check in this morning. You guys have really overwhelmed me with your love. Thank you so much!

I love you too! And, I'm missing you!
See, everyone loves you! You are just cool like that.

I didn't know that!! You are such a computer genius!


Here is the first one that I made for Tessa. I think I used a Simplicity pattern. It was supposed to be Belle, but I modified it into a Cinderella dress:

Sorry, I couldn't resist reposting these pictures!

Oh yeah, that's me, pure genius!
I love those Cinderella dresses! Thanks for posting them again. It reminds me of a wonderful trip I took with my entire family.

WOOOOHOOOOO!!! Look at my ticker!!! We're down to double digits!!

I noticed that!

I finally got all the dolls that were started finished. I have several more that I want to make so maybe I'll get to them soon.

I have the stuff to make Jasmine & Belle. I need to get some more yellow felt so I can do Sleeping Beauty & I need to find some brown gingham so I can do Tiana. And Tink may get done at some point too.

These are so cute!!! I just love dolls!

So its been a roller coaster the last 3 weeks- first I hated the idea of surgery, but then I hated the idea of a child with a permenant birth defect that would make it difficult for her to drive, function on her left, etc. So, now, while surgery is always scary, I am hopeful that we can assist her eyes so that this will not be lasting.

I hope you have a nice visit with your parents .

That has got to be so frustrating about the doctors! I'm glad you got an answer that you were happy with and makes sense!

I just wanted to thank everyone for the replies and pictures(sorry not to list all the replies I didn't want to take up all the room quoting them all) again all sooo cute. Also a special thanks to the wonderful poster who sent me to the tutorials on how to do embroidery without a special machine, I really did think you had to have a special machine. So now I have some more outfit ideas!!! I spent a a lot of time on the YCMT website and found some more patterns. Yesterday I went to Joann's and bought a bunch of fabric and supplies so I am going to start cutting, and sewing this weekend, not on our disney outfits, figured I better do a few test runs/sews first!!! I am soo excited to get started and can't wait get to work. Thanks again for all of your help and support, and I am sure I will have more questions before it is all over.

We can't wait to see what you make!

 

[100AcrePrincess]

HeatherSue- Love the "whipped up" outfit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I am just jumping in here real quick! (My parents are stopping here tonight on their way to florida and I need to CLEAN everything before they get here!!!!)

Hannah had her 2 eye appointments this week.
(refresher- she had appt with first Dr (not surgeon) who said she felt she has Esotropia and required surgery)
Appt #2- met with surgeon (local) and he said nope, she has Duane's syndrome, a congenital birth defect, can not be fixed with surgery, her head will tilt some, have poor depth perception on left side, and favor right side, approach her from right, maybe glasses with prism when she is older- nothing else they can do)
Appt #3- With Surgeon at different practice- over hour from my house, he is with the Children's Medical Center, and the office is geared specifically towards children- I like that. Turns out he has written papers, medical journals, etc on both subjects.
She doesn NOT have duane's syndrome (and he proved it to me by showing her eye is capable of going past the midway point) she DOES have esotropia and she will need surgery in about 2 months.

So its been a roller coaster the last 3 weeks- first I hated the idea of surgery, but then I hated the idea of a child with a permenant birth defect that would make it difficult for her to drive, function on her left, etc. So, now, while surgery is always scary, I am hopeful that we can assist her eyes so that this will not be lasting.

I can't imagine dealing with all this. I'm that it's been decided that it is treatable even though the thought of surgery is scary.

Those are sooo cute! My dd has been begging to start sewing so I am thinking it would be a fun project to make some dolls. Did you use a specific pattern for those?

These are SO cute!!

So cute.

These are so cute!!! I just love dolls!

Thanks guys! I got the original pattern from an old book at the library. I just used it for the basic doll shape though. The rest of it I just kinda made up as I went.

 

[h518may]

HeatherSue- Love the "whipped up" outfit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I am just jumping in here real quick! (My parents are stopping here tonight on their way to florida and I need to CLEAN everything before they get here!!!!)

Hannah had her 2 eye appointments this week.
(refresher- she had appt with first Dr (not surgeon) who said she felt she has Esotropia and required surgery)
Appt #2- met with surgeon (local) and he said nope, she has Duane's syndrome, a congenital birth defect, can not be fixed with surgery, her head will tilt some, have poor depth perception on left side, and favor right side, approach her from right, maybe glasses with prism when she is older- nothing else they can do)
Appt #3- With Surgeon at different practice- over hour from my house, he is with the Children's Medical Center, and the office is geared specifically towards children- I like that. Turns out he has written papers, medical journals, etc on both subjects.
She doesn NOT have duane's syndrome (and he proved it to me by showing her eye is capable of going past the midway point) she DOES have esotropia and she will need surgery in about 2 months.

So its been a roller coaster the last 3 weeks- first I hated the idea of surgery, but then I hated the idea of a child with a permenant birth defect that would make it difficult for her to drive, function on her left, etc. So, now, while surgery is always scary, I am hopeful that we can assist her eyes so that this will not be lasting.

I would have LOVED to finish a patricia tunic for my Mom in time for Valentine's Day- but I haven't cut the fabric- almost done taping pattern. It needed to be done today. Hannah has been cranky with all the eye drops, so it's been impossible.

Her valentine's dress I'm told was a hit (I missed it because Dad had to take her to Pre-K) Imagine a Father in the parking lot at school, making sure her dress and petti are all perfect before going in to school- YUP- he took on that role without a single complaint! God Bless him.

I have been there with the eye Drs. Ours problem was kind of the opposite as yours. We noticed at about 9months that Ash had an eye that would occasionally not move as quick as the other. We were referred to a Dr. that was a surgeon. He examined Ash and didn't see her eye doing like we said. After two visits he basically said we were imagining it and that if she really did what we said we would have to have surgery. He then had us make an appointment for a year later to check her eyes again.

Within that year a therapist(OT) noticed her eye and told us about a eye Dr that wasn't a surgeon, but did vision therapy. We made an appointment. we also had pictures taken before the appointment that showed her eye(didn't plan on the pictures showing her eye just happened). He immediately could tell her eye swung outward, but said no surgery was needed. With Ash's eye problem surgery is usually not very helpful by itself. I have done a lot of reading on the Internet that supports that surgery is only needed for her problem in extreme cases. Ash is now 4yrs and she was just at the Dr. he sees so much improvement in her eyes working together now, and i don't know when the last time i noticed her eye.

I'm like you surgery may be scary, but knowing what is really wrong helps.


And I loved the valentine dress, but My DH wouldn't have known what to do with everything. Ash was 2 before he ever put tights on her and he dressed her for church by himself at least once a month because I would go early.

 

[EnchantedPrincess]

Just wanted to share my first attempt on the vida... love it, so easy to put together and uses so little fabric!!! This is for our March trip...

I love the Tink Vida, and the fabric that you use! Very pretty.

It is here! It is here! It is here!

We have bonded quite well, and it stitches like a dream. Hubby said he will have to go to Mickey D's for dinner tonight...I didn't answer...LOL


So far I have practiced on about a dozen designs, learned how NOT to try and center a Tshirt, how to measure for the size I have to embroider in, how fast and easy it is to thread and change thread. My 8 year old son refuses to bring me any more of his ratty tshirts! LOL

I have also learned how NOT to put the designs on the thumb drive, and how S L O W my downstairs computer really is! LOL My daughter (9) came home from school and has decided she needs to use her own money to buy some more designs (progress reports came out today! She rich!)

So far I have only done one applique. I was going to use my basting spray to help hold it down...but the spray part was off (I removed it to make sure the kids couldn't mess with it, and forgot where I put it!) so, I just used my fingers to hold it in place until the tack down stitch. My only problem was cutting close enough to not show...I guess that will take practice. Now, off to play some more before church tonight!

To aqnyone thinking about getting this machine....I say go for it!!!!



Nini

Woo hoo!! Sounds like you are having fun. I have problems cutting the applique pieces as well..sometimes, I cut it too close and it cut the stitches and other times, not close enough!

I just finished Lily's shirt. It is definately too short. But she loves it. I'll have to make a new one and not tell her. LOL.
Here is the new nightgown I made her using the portrait peasant. My DD6 made the hat for her. She sewed it on my sewing machine.

What a cute monkey nightgown..and the cupcake outfit is so pretty!

I made these for the teachers for Christmas. I found the hardware at JoAnn's but it wasn't easy to find them. They were package 2 to a pack.

What a great idea for teachers' gifts.

Learning to quilt is my creative goal for 2010. I've not made a whole lot of progress yet, though I have begun to work on it. This year has been very busy for me, so I've not made as much progress as I would have liked. My second creative goal is to not stress myself by accepting more projects than I am able to leisurely complete. So, no quilts completed this year, but I've worked on a few little projects to try to learn the technique before plunging into a big project.



Oh. my. heart! I LOVE this! LOVE. LOVE. LOVE!

Learning to quilt is on my list of to-dos for this year as well! Can't wait to see what you make!

So im mostly a lurker but I have a question. I know that you are supposed to wash and dry your fabric before you cut it out... but how do you keep the fabric from unravaling??? lol and I have to say that the Tink Vida is soooo cute. I just bought the pattern and i can not wait to try it out.

I used to run a straight stitch through them..but I got lazy, and just toss them in the wash and it unravels some, but not too bad.

Open letter to the wonderful Heather...


My husband was looking at your designs. He says, if she wants so little for them, it must not be hard to make them. I say...no way...I know they can't be easy.

Today, after watching my Pooh materialize in front of my eyes, I have to say...There is NO WAY I could EVER do what you do! I kept thinking, why is it skipping to here, and then to here? But in the end it was perfect! There is so much involved in what you do that I could never even begin to understand it!

Thank you so much for the wonderful designs you make, and keep it up. You have a loyal customer in me for ever!!!

Nini

Love, love Heather's design! They are the best.

Love all the lanyard pics such a great idea I never would have thought of making them.

All the talk of quilts made me realize maybe you would like to see the Nightmare Before Christmas quilt i just finished for my newest niece (who I sadly have not met yet as they live across the country). Anyway it's not as intricate as a great quilter would do & halfway through I was doubting my fabric choices but in the end I think it all came together & I love it. I just hope my brother in law & his wife will too. It was BILs idea for a NBC theme.

I love the quilt, and the colors!