Disboutiquers Part 20 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[mom2rtk]

I don't mind at all. I had her by planned c-section. Other than thinking I was going to die at one point when my blood pressure dropped too quickly, the surgery went ok (the doctors weren't worried, it was just me!) Then, after we were in recovery, they said her breathing wasn't right. I believe they didn't think she was getting enough oxygen? They let her stay with me for awhile in recovery, then they took her to the NICU "for just a little while". To me, a little while meant a half hour, maybe an hour? Apparently to the hospital, a "little while" means a day or two. So, after the little bit with her in the recovery room, I didn't see her again for quite awhile. It gets fuzzy, but I think one of the nurses snuck her in to my room that night, or maybe the next day. Brian stayed with Lydia the whole time she was in the NICU. They did tests on her and said her white blood count was up, so they thought she had an infection. The day after she was born (ok, I'm remember a little now, this is when they brought Lydia in, because I think she was in the room when they told me this part) one of the doctors came into my room and told me that she thought Lydia had spinal meningitis, which she somewhat casually explained could be fatal. I was in total shock. I couldn't believe something like that could be happening. Once you HAVE a baby, they should be ok! I felt betrayed (by God, I guess). I had suffered a stillbirth and miscarriage, before Arminda this wasn't suppose to happen like this. They wanted to do a spinal tap on her. So, I thought my new baby girl was going to die.

They were not nice to me either. I was insisting on nursing Lydia. So, they had me pumping, but my milk doesn't come in for at least 5 days, so that coupled with the stress really wasn't working out for that! So, on the second or third day, while I was alone in my room (I'm not sure where my family was, there was always someone there, so they must have been getting something to eat), the NICU called me and told me to get down there, because my baby was hungry. So, leaning on my IV pole (I was really not feeling too hot at this point) I stumbled my way to the NICU. I had never walked there myself, so I wasn't even sure where it was. It was just awful.

For some reason, they didn't do the spinal tap, I think a doctor with more experience put a kabash to that plan. On the third or 4th day, they were going to discharge me, but they were going to keep Lydia. My doctor came in to remove my staples, and saw that I was upset. I told him what was going on. He seemed stumped as to why they would think Lydia had anything wrong with her. But, he told me that he wouldn't take out the staples and then I would have to stay in the hospital (with Lydia) for another day. No sooner had my doctor left, than one of the pediatricians came in and told me that they had decided to discharge Lydia that day. This doctor thought Lydia just needed some antibiotics. So, Lydia was being let go, and I wasn't! Brian ran out in the hall and found my doctor (who was getting ready to leave for the day!) and got him to take out my staples so we could all go home together.

You know, I've never quite figured out WHAT exactly was going on! It seems to me that he weekend staff (interns, I think) were trying to find things that were never there. I swear the one doctor just wanted to do a spinal tap on a baby! I was so paranoid with her for quite awhile after we got home. I went into a pretty bad postpartum depression, which thankfully only lasted a few weeks. It was not my best birthing experience to say the least! But, boy is she worth all the trouble!


Boy, I bet you are regretting ever asking what happened, arne't you!

What a story Teresa! I would have been a basket case and they probably would have had to check me into the psych ward!

My delivery with Robbie (now 17) was really traumatic...... and here's the weird part...... I never DID find out why! I do know that they kept losing his heartbeat and they only gave me one hour to push out my first baby or they were going to do a c-section. I don't remember much because the epidural didn't take on one side. I refer to this as my trip to the "dark side"..... Once he was born they took him for 5 hours before we got to see him again. It was SO odd to just sit there watching late night TV after having a baby, but not get to HAVE the baby. I can't imagine going for DAYS!

A few years later I thought about requesting the hospital records so I could see exactly what happened that day, but heck he was an active healthy kid by then, so never bothered. Still, it was strange to be so involved in the course of events, but still not know exactly what happened that day! I[m probably better off not knowing.

 

[NiniMorris]

What a story Teresa! I would have been a basket case and they probably would have had to check me into the psych ward!

My delivery with Robbie (now 17) was really traumatic...... and here's the weird part...... I never DID find out why! I do know that they kept losing his heartbeat and they only gave me one hour to push out my first baby or they were going to do a c-section. I don't remember much because the epidural didn't take on one side. I refer to this as my trip to the "dark side"..... Once he was born they took him for 5 hours before we got to see him again. It was SO odd to just sit there watching late night TV after having a baby, but not get to HAVE the baby. I can't imagine going for DAYS!

A few years later I thought about requesting the hospital records so I could see exactly what happened that day, but heck he was an active healthy kid by then, so never bothered. Still, it was strange to be so involved in the course of events, but still not know exactly what happened that day! I[m probably better off not knowing.

You are definitely better off not knowing! I knew all about the problems my daughter was having right after birth....because, evidently they forgot I was in the room! Even when I was showing signs of shock...they were working on her...in the FLOOR!!!!! One of the nurses from the nursery reminded them I was still there and alarms were going off...for me!

I know that my daughter is alive only because the midwife intervened and kicked the 'doc in training' out! (he actually apologized to me later and said he had never even assisted at a delivery before, and had only watched one...where he was made to leave because he started screaming!...and yet he was allowed to 'deliver' my baby!)

Don't you just love teaching hospitals!!!!


Nini

 

[jeniamt]

I am proudest of this outfit so far I think. I have not seen any like this yet and I really think this fits my DD so well in personality. She has not tried it on or even seen it yet. This is only the second applique I have done "by hand" on my machine- not counting the mickey heads on the minnie dot dresses I made last time, which was on the old machine.

I did cheat and use round buttons for the eyes. I plan on making this outfit to sell for my team for the 3 Day Breast Cancer walk so please do not CASE it. I hope to raise some money by making a similar but little different version if I can.
I just wanted to say Thank You to everyone on here too. You have all been such a huge inspiration to me and I truely found something I absolutely love doing in my spare time (like I really have much). I wouldn't have known where to start without all of you ladies & Tom. My great Grandmom use to make clothes for my cousins & me when we were little and my aunt calls me Granny Baker re-incarnated now. Thank You all.
Carol

I love this! Right up my alley and I love those seagulls! My kids even insist on hanging out if front of them at Epcot for way longer than anyone should want to! Really great job!!!

I don't mind at all. I had her by planned c-section. Other than thinking I was going to die at one point when my blood pressure dropped too quickly, the surgery went ok (the doctors weren't worried, it was just me!) Then, after we were in recovery, they said her breathing wasn't right. I believe they didn't think she was getting enough oxygen? They let her stay with me for awhile in recovery, then they took her to the NICU "for just a little while". To me, a little while meant a half hour, maybe an hour? Apparently to the hospital, a "little while" means a day or two. So, after the little bit with her in the recovery room, I didn't see her again for quite awhile. It gets fuzzy, but I think one of the nurses snuck her in to my room that night, or maybe the next day. Brian stayed with Lydia the whole time she was in the NICU. They did tests on her and said her white blood count was up, so they thought she had an infection. The day after she was born (ok, I'm remember a little now, this is when they brought Lydia in, because I think she was in the room when they told me this part) one of the doctors came into my room and told me that she thought Lydia had spinal meningitis, which she somewhat casually explained could be fatal. I was in total shock. I couldn't believe something like that could be happening. Once you HAVE a baby, they should be ok! I felt betrayed (by God, I guess). I had suffered a stillbirth and miscarriage, before Arminda this wasn't suppose to happen like this. They wanted to do a spinal tap on her. So, I thought my new baby girl was going to die.

They were not nice to me either. I was insisting on nursing Lydia. So, they had me pumping, but my milk doesn't come in for at least 5 days, so that coupled with the stress really wasn't working out for that! So, on the second or third day, while I was alone in my room (I'm not sure where my family was, there was always someone there, so they must have been getting something to eat), the NICU called me and told me to get down there, because my baby was hungry. So, leaning on my IV pole (I was really not feeling too hot at this point) I stumbled my way to the NICU. I had never walked there myself, so I wasn't even sure where it was. It was just awful.

For some reason, they didn't do the spinal tap, I think a doctor with more experience put a kabash to that plan. On the third or 4th day, they were going to discharge me, but they were going to keep Lydia. My doctor came in to remove my staples, and saw that I was upset. I told him what was going on. He seemed stumped as to why they would think Lydia had anything wrong with her. But, he told me that he wouldn't take out the staples and then I would have to stay in the hospital (with Lydia) for another day. No sooner had my doctor left, than one of the pediatricians came in and told me that they had decided to discharge Lydia that day. This doctor thought Lydia just needed some antibiotics. So, Lydia was being let go, and I wasn't! Brian ran out in the hall and found my doctor (who was getting ready to leave for the day!) and got him to take out my staples so we could all go home together.

You know, I've never quite figured out WHAT exactly was going on! It seems to me that he weekend staff (interns, I think) were trying to find things that were never there. I swear the one doctor just wanted to do a spinal tap on a baby! I was so paranoid with her for quite awhile after we got home. I went into a pretty bad postpartum depression, which thankfully only lasted a few weeks. It was not my best birthing experience to say the least! But, boy is she worth all the trouble!


Boy, I bet you are regretting ever asking what happened, arne't you!

Thank you for sharing your story. You must have been really scared. Life is so fragile.

Update: Dad is so far holding his own after the latest surgery. Uncle is still in ICU, can't get BP under control, scheduled for brain surgery tomorrow at 10. DH still in CA. Just got back from the emergency vet, younger furbaby has a bulging disk; will try keeping her in her crate for 4 weeks; if that doesn't work or she gets worse, other option is surgery (about 2500 eek).

ok, that's it for todays update.

I really, really appreciate your comments and prayers- and am particularly asking for prayers for my uncle. My aunt died this winter, and I can't imagine my cousins losing both their parents so close together. And if y'all just knew what an amazing man he is- my aunt was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer 13 years ago and given just months to live. They tried experimental treatments and radical surgeries over time and she lived until this year- but after that first surgery she was forever changed. It affected her memory, and affect; it made her quite child like and volatile in many ways. She was happy, and we are grateful that we were able to "borrow" her from heaven for so much longer than we anticipated; but my uncle never, ever wavered in his love, attention, and care of her. They had always loved to travel; and he took her everywhere. I never, ever once heard him complain about the "burden". Just how grateful he was that she was still here. So in my book, he's my hero. He's the kind of person I would like to think I could be, but deep down am not sure. He's taught me so much about love, and gratitude, and living in the moment- so the thought of possibly losing him now is too hard to think about. He told my mom today that he's not afraid of dying, but he's scared of what will happen to his kids if he does. I know I'm rambling, but just felt a need to tell you about a man who's a giant in my eyes, and to give y'all a feel of who you're praying for.

You sure have a lot going on in your life. What a wonderful man your uncle sounds to be.

 

[mom2rtk]

You are definitely better off not knowing! I knew all about the problems my daughter was having right after birth....because, evidently they forgot I was in the room! Even when I was showing signs of shock...they were working on her...in the FLOOR!!!!! One of the nurses from the nursery reminded them I was still there and alarms were going off...for me!

I know that my daughter is alive only because the midwife intervened and kicked the 'doc in training' out! (he actually apologized to me later and said he had never even assisted at a delivery before, and had only watched one...where he was made to leave because he started screaming!...and yet he was allowed to 'deliver' my baby!)

Don't you just love teaching hospitals!!!!


Nini

OMG! That's amazing..... Don't you think if someone is doing their FIRST delivery that they should have to TELL you that up front and get permission? Of course... then no one would ever agree and they'd never get started!

 

[aksunshine]

I don't mind at all. I had her by planned c-section. Other than thinking I was going to die at one point when my blood pressure dropped too quickly, the surgery went ok (the doctors weren't worried, it was just me!) Then, after we were in recovery, they said her breathing wasn't right. I believe they didn't think she was getting enough oxygen? They let her stay with me for awhile in recovery, then they took her to the NICU "for just a little while". To me, a little while meant a half hour, maybe an hour? Apparently to the hospital, a "little while" means a day or two. So, after the little bit with her in the recovery room, I didn't see her again for quite awhile. It gets fuzzy, but I think one of the nurses snuck her in to my room that night, or maybe the next day. Brian stayed with Lydia the whole time she was in the NICU. They did tests on her and said her white blood count was up, so they thought she had an infection. The day after she was born (ok, I'm remember a little now, this is when they brought Lydia in, because I think she was in the room when they told me this part) one of the doctors came into my room and told me that she thought Lydia had spinal meningitis, which she somewhat casually explained could be fatal. I was in total shock. I couldn't believe something like that could be happening. Once you HAVE a baby, they should be ok! I felt betrayed (by God, I guess). I had suffered a stillbirth and miscarriage, before Arminda this wasn't suppose to happen like this. They wanted to do a spinal tap on her. So, I thought my new baby girl was going to die.

They were not nice to me either. I was insisting on nursing Lydia. So, they had me pumping, but my milk doesn't come in for at least 5 days, so that coupled with the stress really wasn't working out for that! So, on the second or third day, while I was alone in my room (I'm not sure where my family was, there was always someone there, so they must have been getting something to eat), the NICU called me and told me to get down there, because my baby was hungry. So, leaning on my IV pole (I was really not feeling too hot at this point) I stumbled my way to the NICU. I had never walked there myself, so I wasn't even sure where it was. It was just awful.

For some reason, they didn't do the spinal tap, I think a doctor with more experience put a kabash to that plan. On the third or 4th day, they were going to discharge me, but they were going to keep Lydia. My doctor came in to remove my staples, and saw that I was upset. I told him what was going on. He seemed stumped as to why they would think Lydia had anything wrong with her. But, he told me that he wouldn't take out the staples and then I would have to stay in the hospital (with Lydia) for another day. No sooner had my doctor left, than one of the pediatricians came in and told me that they had decided to discharge Lydia that day. This doctor thought Lydia just needed some antibiotics. So, Lydia was being let go, and I wasn't! Brian ran out in the hall and found my doctor (who was getting ready to leave for the day!) and got him to take out my staples so we could all go home together.

You know, I've never quite figured out WHAT exactly was going on! It seems to me that he weekend staff (interns, I think) were trying to find things that were never there. I swear the one doctor just wanted to do a spinal tap on a baby! I was so paranoid with her for quite awhile after we got home. I went into a pretty bad postpartum depression, which thankfully only lasted a few weeks. It was not my best birthing experience to say the least! But, boy is she worth all the trouble!


Boy, I bet you are regretting ever asking what happened, arne't you!

OMG! Teresa that is awful! I knew about the boys, since we have talked about them, but this must have been a nightmare!!!

I am proudest of this outfit so far I think. I have not seen any like this yet and I really think this fits my DD so well in personality. She has not tried it on or even seen it yet. This is only the second applique I have done "by hand" on my machine- not counting the mickey heads on the minnie dot dresses I made last time, which was on the old machine.

I did cheat and use round buttons for the eyes. I plan on making this outfit to sell for my team for the 3 Day Breast Cancer walk so please do not CASE it. I hope to raise some money by making a similar but little different version if I can.
I just wanted to say Thank You to everyone on here too. You have all been such a huge inspiration to me and I truely found something I absolutely love doing in my spare time (like I really have much). I wouldn't have known where to start without all of you ladies & Tom. My great Grandmom use to make clothes for my cousins & me when we were little and my aunt calls me Granny Baker re-incarnated now. Thank You all.
Carol

Carol this is SO cute! More the style I think Isabelle will be in this year, althogh, cute on a little girl, too! Isabelle still says "mine, mine" occasionally...LOL! Too much time watching those seagulls!

OMG! That's amazing..... Don't you think if someone is doing their FIRST delivery that they should have to TELL you that up front and get permission? Of course... then no one would ever agree and they'd never get started!

I agree! Good grief Nini! I had students deliver Isabelle, adn my situation sucked,but I'm glad it wasn't as bad as some of the stories here!

 

[littlepeppers]

I did cheat and use round buttons for the eyes.
Carol

Using buttons isn't cheating. It is being creative.
Love, love, love it!!!! I have just been inspired.

 

[NiniMorris]

OMG! That's amazing..... Don't you think if someone is doing their FIRST delivery that they should have to TELL you that up front and get permission? Of course... then no one would ever agree and they'd never get started!

It is called...Army!

Military hospitals, (at least at the time I had my kids) can't be sued...and you really had no choice as to what happened to your body!

Nini

 

[PolyndianPrincessJes]

Wow, I was gone for the weekend, and you guys have been chatty!!

LOVE the Mine! set!!! The button eyes are adorable!

I really shouldn't read this thread in the morning because it makes me want to call in sick and stay home and be creative. I practiced the applique stitch a little last night, and I'm dying to "perfect it!!" I was so scared to do it, but the bestest applique tutorial really is the bestest!

Oh, well, off to work where the public school system has Photobucket blocked so I can't see 90% of anything on this thread. Lame.

Great work over the weekend, just didn't have time to quote everything.


P.S. I finally got those Toy Story pants done last night! Yeah, I know, ten minute pants...hard work, but I'm glad to have finished them after my fabric cutting fiasco.

 

[Camping Griswalds]

Here's another dress I made with a variation of the Zoe skirt. This is the longest one I've made so far and I think it came out really pretty (if I say so myself LOL).

Love the long and elegant look of this! I like the skirt version because it so sassy, and really am intrigued by this longer elegant dress version too.

 

[tricia]

I re did a shirt for DH and also made an outfit for our little guest, then I added in my sewing area with all three machines going. I love being able to have a dedicated machine for the ruffler. I just take it out and it works.

Great job April. Have an awesome trip.

Really cute B-Day dress.

Hi Everyone!
Home from our MAW trip. Overall it was great - Daniel got sick towards the end, but did not have to be hospitalized (thank goodness)! We got so many comments on our special outfits - it made the trip even that much more fun! THanks again to everyone who was so generous to us for Daniel'd Big Give!!!!! I'll post some pictures soon!!!
Wendy and Daniel and family!!!!!!

Welcome back. Glad everyone had a good time.

OOOH, do you have any pictures to share of your cruise? Brian and I (and the kids) really want to go on a cruise someday. Lydia has decided she REALLY wants to be a world traveler (in addition to being an astronaut, a farmer and a ballerina...) We thought a cruise would be so much fun for all of us. Of course, I fear one of my children falling overboard, but as anyone who knows me knows, I fear a lot of things when it comes to my kids!

Teresa, I love to cruise too. We have done Royal Caribbean 3x, Disney was just to much $ the first time, and now we love RC. Tyler once told me that our vacations should go Disney, Cruise, Disney, Cruise..... They are pretty much equal in my kids minds, they would have a hard time choosing between the 2.

I can't believe my baby is 8yrs old today & my princess turned 3yrs old Tuesday.

My DS started here @ 4lbs 5oz:

and my princess here @ 2lbs 15oz:

Oh, what little cuties. So glad they grew up to be big strong children.

I used to volunteer at our local hospital feeding and cuddling the preemies if their moms couldn't be with them all the time. It was a little heartbreaking sometimes, but very rewarding.

Olivia's Mickey Mouse Shirt

My Mickey Mouse Shirt

Great job.

I am proudest of this outfit so far I think. I have not seen any like this yet and I really think this fits my DD so well in personality. She has not tried it on or even seen it yet. This is only the second applique I have done "by hand" on my machine- not counting the mickey heads on the minnie dot dresses I made last time, which was on the old machine.

Carol

Love it. Those seagulls are my favourite.

This is what I did last week.

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Looks really good on you.

 

[cydswipe]

I'm mostly lurk, but love to participate in big gives.

I was wondering, since I've seen a lot of new posters, should someone repost the link for voting for Teresa and explain to our new followers?

Just want to get her votes up!

 

[billwendy]

I use stitch era...actually I have been using it all afternoon...lol. I like it but it is the only one I have ever tried. It is very similar to Adobe Illustrator...which I used in college as a graphic design minor. I think that this might be a good option as more people use it and more tutorials become available. When I started using it there was basically no support. There is a great yahoo group that is really helpful with questions too. The thing I like best probably is the fact that you can use any true type font that is on your computer. So, you can go crazy at 1001freefonts.com and grab what ever you want for lettering in your designs.

Im stumped - any tips to get started?

Nicole - praying for you and your whole family, what a time you are going through!

Nini and Teresa - ugh -I feel so badly for you guys (and anyone else) who has to go through something like this at what is supposed to be one of the best days of your life!

LOVE the Haircut!

Im going to try to do a trip report. Does this work?

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=36415320#post36415320

MINE!!!!! Love the Seagull!! Which daughter is that for?? Your girls are all so cute!!

Mickey head T's are adorable! Its just as fun for adults to wear customs as kids at Disney!

Im not feeling motivated to do anything today! Im dreading going back to work after vacation - I love my job and where I work, just wish I didnt have to go -does that make any sense? I go through major Billy withdrawal when I go back to work!

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

Thanks everyone on the compliments fro the MINE outfit! I am really proud of it! It is fro Evangeline - she is 2 and loves Nemo. I am working on Squirt for her oldest sister Juliet. I was hand stitching the brown spots on him but my DH convinced me to try doing it on the machine. I have to say suprisingly he is very encouraging sometimes. Gotta love'em! Juliet's Squirt is bigger than a 6x10 hoop so even if I digitize it eventually this one will be bigger. Wish me luck!

 

[billwendy]

Thanks everyone on the compliments fro the MINE outfit! I am really proud of it! It is fro Evangeline - she is 2 and loves Nemo. I am working on Squirt for her oldest sister Juliet. I was hand stitching the brown spots on him but my DH convinced me to try doing it on the machine. I have to say suprisingly he is very encouraging sometimes. Gotta love'em! Juliet's Squirt is bigger than a 6x10 hoop so even if I digitize it eventually this one will be bigger. Wish me luck!

Oooh, what are you going to make for Joci????

 

[livndisney]

Baby stories...


I don't do baby pictures. But if anyone ever REALLLY wants to be scared I will share my "baby delivery" story. (And I am talking the stuff that happened before I met her) Fees, government agencies, being told I did not exist(according to the government), lost paper work........ atleast you guys got DRUGS!

 

[jessica52877]

Im stumped - any tips to get started?

Im going to try to do a trip report. Does this work?

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=36415320#post36415320


Im not feeling motivated to do anything today! Im dreading going back to work after vacation - I love my job and where I work, just wish I didnt have to go -does that make any sense? I go through major Billy withdrawal when I go back to work!

Yeah! A trip report! I can't read it right now, poor hubby is on the back deck putting together my new swing! Thanks Teresa!!! I missed my old one! Just have an extra little patio set now. Oops! But my computer is right inside the window and I am feeling a bit like I should go and help him instead of chatting at the moment!

 

[LisaZoe]

Baby stories...


I don't do baby pictures. But if anyone ever REALLLY wants to be scared I will share my "baby delivery" story. (And I am talking the stuff that happened before I met her) Fees, government agencies, being told I did not exist(according to the government), lost paper work........ atleast you guys got DRUGS!

I can share mine but it's much too easy and no drugs were needed. I started the adoption process in August 2001, had all my paperwork/home study/background-criminal-financial checks completed by early November and was holding Zoe the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Sometimes now I wouldn't mind some drugs, though. I hate to see what things are like once puberty hits.

 

[livndisney]

I can share mine but it's much too easy and no drugs were needed. I started the adoption process in August 2001, had all my paperwork/home study/background-criminal-financial checks completed by early November and was holding Zoe the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Sometimes now I wouldn't mind some drugs, though. I hate to see what things are like once puberty hits.

Lisa! I had to wait almost 2 years and I had her picture almost the whole time.

 

[tpettie]

I'm joining....

 

[DisneyKings]

They were not nice to me either. I was insisting on nursing Lydia. So, they had me pumping, but my milk doesn't come in for at least 5 days, so that coupled with the stress really wasn't working out for that! So, on the second or third day, while I was alone in my room (I'm not sure where my family was, there was always someone there, so they must have been getting something to eat), the NICU called me and told me to get down there, because my baby was hungry. So, leaning on my IV pole (I was really not feeling too hot at this point) I stumbled my way to the NICU. I had never walked there myself, so I wasn't even sure where it was. It was just awful.

You know, I've never quite figured out WHAT exactly was going on! It seems to me that he weekend staff (interns, I think) were trying to find things that were never there. I swear the one doctor just wanted to do a spinal tap on a baby! I was so paranoid with her for quite awhile after we got home. I went into a pretty bad postpartum depression, which thankfully only lasted a few weeks. It was not my best birthing experience to say the least! But, boy is she worth all the trouble!

It must be something with the NICU--our experience was so bad we almost decided not to have any more. Maybe the staff just has to harden themselves to work there every day, but they need to remember that the parents may be going through it for the first time & could use compassion... OK I won't get started on THAT or I could write a whole page!

I am proudest of this outfit so far I think. I have not seen any like this yet and I really think this fits my DD so well in personality. She has not tried it on or even seen it yet. This is only the second applique I have done "by hand" on my machine- not counting the mickey heads on the minnie dot dresses I made last time, which was on the old machine.

I did cheat and use round buttons for the eyes. I plan on making this outfit to sell for my team for the 3 Day Breast Cancer walk so please do not CASE it. I hope to raise some money by making a similar but little different version if I can.
I just wanted to say Thank You to everyone on here too. You have all been such a huge inspiration to me and I truely found something I absolutely love doing in my spare time (like I really have much). I wouldn't have known where to start without all of you ladies & Tom. My great Grandmom use to make clothes for my cousins & me when we were little and my aunt calls me Granny Baker re-incarnated now. Thank You all.
Carol

WOW! You did a great job! I love it!