I've been following this thread almost daily, but haven't had time to sit down at my sewing machine for a month! Then I went on a sewing binge this week! I finished my Winnie the Pooh set, took me 4 days--who knows how many hours--and DD won't wear it.
She cried when I begged her to wear it this morning. I got it on her long enough to try it on, but that's it. She did wear the ruffled easy-fits and a Winnie the Pooh appliqued t-shirt, but refused the dress. I tried to explain over breakfast that it was a dress to wear to Crystal Palace when we see Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore, and that they'd be excited to see themselves on her dress. She kept asking about Darby--why she wasn't on the dress or at the breakfast. When I tried to talk to her about Christopher Robin, I realized we'd never read the stories together, she just thinks of Winnie the Pooh from the new cartoon. Different frame of reference for this generation!
DD and DS's favorite cartoon these days is Penguins of Madagascar. I made them iron-on transfer tee shirts yesterday which they insisted on sleeping in, and I made a dress with the "Private" penguin character on it.
The quote is something from the show that she repeats quite often. I know it's sacrilege to have a Nickolodean character on the Disboutiquers thread but I figured you'd forgive.
I thought the reverse side of the A-line needed a little something too, so I did a "curlz font capital M."
I think I need to make her a black, white, and hot pink bow to match. Speaking of bows, I need to make 20 today. Several months ago, I made bows (at cost) for an inner city baton-twirling team. I have since made them about 60-80 bows, 10-20 at a time, for $1 each. I consider it a donation of my time, but they think they are paying me for the bows. I'm getting rather tired of it, I think I may say this is the last order I'll do. Am I being selfish? Or just underappreciated? I sure can relate to the mommy that started 20 elephant costumes only to be told "never mind" or the the "assistant costumer" making 20 costumes for the King and I!!!
Thanks to everyone for the prayers and well wishes. She was so excited. The handed out letters at the end of practice to the ones that made it. She came running to DD and I all excited saying I made it, I made level 4. In the car she told me she was "duper, duper excited" (instead of super duper).
BTW, I would be honored to test anything, anytime if you need a size 7
Hope everything's OK. You always did such great work.
