Hi Everyone,
here are some pillowcases I made for Tyler's Big Give!!
I know I already told you, but they look great!! I love the fabrics you used for them!
Everything looks so cute!! I love the parrot applique! It looks wonderful! So cool that you were able to make something for your husband!
Finally completed an outfit for DGD for December trip.. for Chef Mickey's. Now let's just hope I get a reservation! And I see that the yellow fabric bled a little into the white when I hand washed it last night and I didn't notice it until after I dried it. Ugh, let's hope I can get the stain out, but if not I'm sure it will get stained anyway when she wears it. LOL!
That is so stinkin' cute!!! I don't see the yellow stain on it, so I'm sure no one else will notice it.
OK, I am the proud new owner of a box of fabric scraps. Well, it just so happens it has a ton of animal print (furry!!) fabric already cut in strips that would lend themselves perfectly to a strip work skirt. My question...would it be too much to have all animal print panels? I think I'll pair it with a red t and put a red strip across the bottom (for DNiece at AK). Should I put a red panel between animal prints?
Also, I'm dying to use the film strip applique (seriously, Heather, can't get it out of my head!!). My mom has a friend who embroiders/appliques as her job (after an aneurism, she cannot hold a typical job, so she does craft shows). If she isn't busy, she would probably do it for me. What should I pay her for the work? I'm thinking three kids' shirts (and I really want one myself, too!!!). I know she won't ask for anything (or expect it), but I wouldn't feel right not offering something.
Yay scraps!! I love getting scraps! Does that make us weird? I think a stripwork with just animal prints would be really cute. Of course, you're asking the wrong group of people if it would be "too much". I don't know how much you should pay someone to do that applique for you. I can tell you it will take her anywhere from 1 hour- 90 minutes to do it for you. Plus, she'll use some thread and stabilizer. So, you can kind of base it on that.
I made a couple of shirts for my neice (17) who leaves for her Make A Wish trip this Friday. They'll be arriving to Disney just as I am leaving.
I made Make A Wish shirts for her, her DB and DSis.
I didn't realize your niece was taking a wish trip either! She is going to love these shirts! I really hope she starts feeling better very soon and is healthy for her trip.
Well apparently there's a heat wave in Orlando--it was in the 90s today & HOT at Animal Kingdom. Here's a picture of us on our girls trip. I made me a shirt using Heather's Mickey swirl. I used a variegated black/white thread to kinda' give it a zebra look (at least that's what I was going for)
I think your shirt looks great! I can totally tell it's zebra striped. What a clever idea! You all look too cute!
Do you think Zoey is trying to tell me something? I am NOT packing her in with the pillowcases!!!
I love that dog!
Here are a few things I've made but haven't posted.
How dare you make things and not post them!
The Easter dress is adorable. I'm glad you were able to repair it. I'm so terrible at repairing things. If something gets ripped, it sits around waiting for repair until they outgrow it!
The Tiana outfit is so pretty! Tessa loves Tiana right now, too. The cakes are adorable!
AND....did you know they aren't Pom-Poms...they are Pom PONS!
I did NOT know that!
Such a beautiful boy. Look at all of that joy in his face. I just love this picture.
I am so loving all of the Audrey skirts! It is the neatest thing to see your daughters name repeated over and over again!!!
Audrey is Gracing the Disboutique thread!
Hello everyone! My name is Rebecca, and I'm new to the DISBoards, but not new to WDW or loving all things Disney! I have 2 children, Brendan (12) and Ella (4), and though we are trying for another one, it's not looking good, lol. I'll be 39 in September and my husband Greg will be 48 in July and we are feeling like old farts who can't keep up with the ones we've got!
I have spent hours now pouring through this thread and I'm still not even a third of the way through! All your creativity and designs are fabulous and I love the sisterhood I can feel that you all have established here as well!
I am a great sewer in my mind. Which means, I can't sew a lick, but I long to be able to. I am very crafty, I love paint and paper projects, and can easily see how things are made, and I'm always looking at stuff and saying 'they want HOW much? Oh man if I only could sew.' For some reason, machine sewing is so intimidating to me. I can cut out basic pattern pieces and sew SIMPLE things by hand, but have a brand new (well, now it's 5 years old) Brother machine that has never been out of the box because I don't even know how to thread it. I made curtains for my son's room out of bedsheets that matched his comforter and I used iron-on tape, lol.
We are going to WDW in December 2010 and I have made a goal that I want to be able to sew some outfits for Ella to take on our trip. I don't really have or know anyone who can teach me one on one, and the local JoAnns seems only to be offering classes to people who already know how to work their machine or the Viking/Singer/Husquavarna classes where you have to buy the machine to take the class.
I did buy the Simplicity Simply the Best Sewing Book years back, but I don't think it was basic enough for me, lol.
Are there books/videos, etc that you all would recommend for a true novice like me? I can mend things and sew simple hems by hand and years back I used to do a bit of embroidery, but I just would LOVE to be able to make these stinkin' cute boutique kind of clothes, to be able to embellish jeans, etc. I think it truly is a psychological hurdle. My mom sewed through her fingernail bed when I was 4 or 5 years old, it wasn't really as bad as it sounds but I remember it was very bloody and I think that probably has something to do with why I'm so afraid of machine sewing.
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Rebecca! It sounds like you'll get the hang of this sewing thing pretty easily since you're already a crafty person! I agree with what everyone else says- get yourself some CarlaC patters from
www.youcanmakethis.com . I would start with some Easy Fit pants. Then, maybe the Portrait Peasant, followed by the Simply Sweet. We'll all be here to offer advice if you need it. Another great resource if you can't figure out how to thread your machine is
youtube. If you search for how to thread your specific machine, you might find a video that can help.
To Alicia-
I am just now coming upon your story and the beautiful headstone and poem for Levi. I couldn't not read without sending you a (((((hug))))) and telling you that although I know you might not think of it this way, you were not the only one blessed by having Levi for the short time you did. I can see from your pictures (I looked at the other threads) that he was a beautiful, bright, and HAPPY little boy who was blessed to have known such love and adoration from his earth family. All we can do while we are 'borrowing' our children is the very best we can while we have them, no matter how long or short that time may be....and wow, is it obviously by the joy on his face that shone in everyday things, how happy he was, and what a great family you gave him. Though he's shifted now into a different place, the love remains always and I wanted to tell you "WELL DONE" Mama. I know it's not enough, or long enough, or fair, and that it doesn't hurt less every day. But you and that little boy put beauty into this world where so much is ugly. And the effect of that will last forever.
(((hugs))) and prayers for you and your DH and your daughter.
Rebecca
That was so beautifully put.
What an absolute DOLL! I agree with pp....what a special mommy that Levi had! My sister lost a little one in an accident at 2 yrs old. I know the pain and know what you have gone through. But Levi (along with my niece) is dancing with the angels today and making those around him laugh and smile!
to you. I know it must have been hard to lose your niece.
Alicia, the headstone is beautiful! Katie was over my shoulder yesterday as I skimmed and asked about the stone and I reminded her about you and how she helped me make the box. She wanted me to give you and Isabelle a hug and tell you that she loves it also. She said it looks like Levi is holding your belly in the picture with the back of the stone and that maybe he is hugging Gabriel. Yep, I cried...out of the mouth of babes.... Prayers for you!
Katie is such a sweetheart. She's right, it does look like Levi is hugging Gabriel!
I'm in lurkdom 99% of the time, but I just had to say the that is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, I poem had me in tears. I don't know your story, but I am so sorry for the loss of your precious little boy. Wishing only the best for your c-section and your little bundle!!
As for me, I just want to re-introduce myself, I was here a while back while I was debating on which machine to buy and then when I bought my Brother (which I love!!!) and then again with lots of questions. You have all been so amazing and helpful! I got my machine in Feb and then went into tax season, (i'm an accountant) so I had zero free time to do anything which was torture! So now that I'm free, I'm ready to go!!!
We are heading to Disney 8/17 as first time DVC members, so we're very excited. I've got DS7, DD5, DD2 1/2, DD1. So I have lots to sew! I've got lots of fabric and lots of embriodery designs (can't wait to stitch out one of Heather's). You are all so inspirational and I've loved reading along and seeing the amazing things you've created. Hopefully I'll be able to contributed to all the cuteness around here too!!!
I can't wait to see what you come up with!! Make sure you post lots of pictures of what you make!
Oh, I forgot to say.....are patterns absolutely impossible for anyone else or is it just me? I think I've gotten so use to the YCMT and other epatterns, that I'm lost with a normal one. I tried to make some shorts with a McCalls pattern, OMG, I was lost after direction #2. I didn't understand what they were doing or saying! So I just referred back to an epattern I had and did it that way!!! I think I need to take a basic sewing class and learn the art of reading patterns.......hopefully it's not just me!!!
I hate commercial patterns! I haven't used one in years. I was a holdout on e-patterns for quite a while. I didn't see why anyone would pay that much for them when you can get a commercial pattern on sale for $1. I can now say that I have totally changed my opinion on that subject! E-patterns are so much easier to customize, I can print it out as many times as I need to, in as many sizes as I need. I have definitely saved money by buying the portrait peasant, simply sweet, and easy fits in e format! I can't tell you how many times I've used those patterns. Plus, the biggest thing is that they actually make sense! I started several outfits with commercial patterns and never finished them because I couldn't figure out the directions, or the directions were just plain wrong!
Been lurking lately because DD is teething and I'm lucky to stay afloat on housework alone lately. Naturally sewing has been on the backburner, though DH *did* buy me a 6 foot folding table to keep under the guest bed that I can pull out to spread my fabric and patterns on without having to worry about the dog disturbing it or worse, eating straight pins!
Yay for your new table! Has your dog actually eaten your pins?
If so, that's one lucky dog to still be alive!
kids are so much work 
How did that happen?! Well, I guess when you mix food and fashion, anything can happen! That must have been so scary!
. Thank you!!!
