We don't have it here in Texas either. Wonder if it's like Big Red? I'd never had that before I moved here. Didn't realize there were so many regional sodas!
I've never heard of Big Red!
OT but this is the only group who will understand this. My oldest is having to do a project on a country of our heritage. Apparently, we are from the great international country of epcot.. So now, I have to make 2 dishes for this "country". What are your favorites? I figure Italy is probably covered so I need a main and a dessert.
Disclaimer- Yes we know it is not a real country but my child is disabled and if this helps us inspire learning, then I am going along with it.
That is so sweet! I love that you're just going with it!
Can you guys hear that screaming? That's CarlaC's bowling shirt pattern crying out for help! I think it feels overworked! I've been busy sewing, sewing, sewing! We've got a little less than 2 months and I've started feeling the crunch! I counted today and I think I have about 14 or so more outfits planned! Obsessive much? No, not me!
Anyway. . . get ready for big picture overload!
Caleb's Stitch bowling shirt
Caleb's shirts are so cool! That kid is getting so big! I can't believe how old he looks! I remember when he was just a little squirt! The Dash on the back of the shirt looks fantastic!!
I can't express in writing how much I LOOOVE the patchwork twirl and the Walt/Mickey shirt. I seriously, really, really, really, really LOOOOOVE it!! Now I think I need to make one for our May trip and I really don't have time!
ENABLER ALERT!!!
these are cotton
Oooh!!! I love the Toy Story fabrics!! They're all so cute!
I promise this is the last post I will make about my yucky t shirt...I used a bit of paint to cover up the remaining yellow, used some fray check on the edges that were not caught by the satin stitch, and retrimmed some areas that the stitching was off.
From a distance of about 10 feet it looks ok. but anything closer is not so ok...and if you are standing next to it it looks down right terrible.
I love this design so much, I can;t bear to have it out in public looking so bad...so my plan right now, is to just get a new shirt and start over! In the long run I think it would have been cheaper...and I know it would have been quicker!
...on a side note, I found out my daughter and SIL might make the trip with us. (not holding my breath on that one) If so, I will have a total of 16 dresses and 114 t shirts to make! I have finished only one dress (and will probably have to remake it DD9 is developing a bit more than I would like!) and have a total of 5 in various stages of construction. I have only finished 10 of the t shirts...guess I'd better get cracking!!!!
Nini
Aww....
I'm sorry you couldn't make it work- especially after spending all that time on it. When I made the shirt, I did the applique on a piece of stabilizer and then I cut around the design, used a sharpie to color the edges of the white stabilizer black, and then sewed it onto my shirt with invisible thread. You could also stitch it onto wash away stabilizer, rinse the stabilizer away, and then stitch that onto the shirt. Or, you can just try it again right onto the shirt.
I love that shirt! When I get a stain on the one I have (I always do), I'll make myself a new one!
That is LOT of shirts!!!!
Well, what do you know about that! So, most people don't remember the old Faygo commercials with everyone singing on the boat?? Oh ,so sad!
Here, everyone watch this!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQqyDj7RX6Y
♫♪♫And that's why weeee make Faaaaayyyygo... ♪♪♫
There, now you will all be singing that in your head all day!
I remember the song, but not the visual from it! It makes me a tear up a bit.
Most digitizers include a jpg or pdf file with at least the thread charts in it that covers the color changes. The two digitizers I use most (Heather being way in the lead, of course) give wonderful files with the full picture of the design and then the chart showing each color in sequence. To me, some version of this should be standard. However, I have found with one digitizer I use in particular, she never sends one. I have 8 of her designs, and consider her my digitizer of last resort because of this. And when I have asked her forall the charts, she's only sent one. Usually I sit squinting and guessing between my computer with the original listing and my embroidery machine w/ a pen and a piece of paper trying to figure it out. So not fun.
When I first started digitizing I wasn't going to include the thread chart because I never used them. I'm glad to hear that you like that I include them! Would it be better if I started including a jpg image of what the design will look like when it's done, like I have in the listings? It would take me a while to do that since I have 270 designs, but I could start trying to do that with my new ones.
I want you to know my DH laughed at me last night! It went a little somthing like this.
ME: Hey, you know when we go to Vegas in August we could rent a car and drive over to DL and then fly back from Cali.
DH:
ME: Does that mean no?
DH: (Still laughing) That means no.
ME: Really, you are no fun at all....
He did say I have to wait on that until we take the kids in a few years...of course I took that to mean that yes, I will get to go to DL in a few years anyway!
Okay, today is the day I am ironing all of last year's outfits and figuring out what else I need to make. Can we say I better get busy?!?!?
I fail to see what was so funny.
I posted the video in my other multi quote, but here is Sawyer freaking out!!! Thanks for letting me post this again!!!
and, just because the girls are too cute and I love all their dresses (Heather made Tessa's pink Cinderella dress and I mad the rest)
Thanks for giving me an excuse to repost these!!!
That picture cracks me up every time I see it! It is probably my all-time favorite Disney picture!
Poor Sawyer!
I can't believe how young Lydia and Tessa look in that picture. It's hard to believe that was almost 2 years ago!
teresajoy - That video is awesome! I wish I had the nerver to try a dress like that since we will be going there in Sept. My two boys got to dance with Cinderella and my daughter got to dance with Prince Charming on our last trip. It was a fun experience!
Awww..that's really cute!!
...thanks Heather! We love you around our house and you are SO a rock star in my daughter and daughter in laws eyes!) it helps to see what they are ending up with so you can try to figure out what they were thinking....
Nini
You don't even know how funny it is that you say I'm a rock star in your house.
I'm SUCH a dork! But, thank you!
I'm still catching up on the thread since my return home so don't know what other suggestions you already have. That said I did have an idea for you. I used this tutorial
http://accelerando-regina.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-1st-tutorial-notebook-w-matching-pen.html to make notebook sets for my kids' teachers for Christmas & they were very well received. I used my embroidery machine to personalize them with their names before I assembled them. They were quick & easy to make but looked professional. My only regret was that I forgot to take pictures of them . HTH
back to catching up
That is such a cute idea! I think anyone would love a gift like that! I'd like one for myself! Plus, they used some of my favorite Brother Sister fabric for the example!
Ok I know I have been completely MIA for too long.... hope you gals still remember me! Things were just too crazy with Dee in Iraq (and getting used to him being home again).... but I am finally back to sewing now.... I'll have to upload some new pictures tonight, I've made Taylor a ton of outfits recently.... and when I listed some of her used outfits from last year's trip (on the site that should not be named) I got a ton of requests for custom orders....so I have finally been busy sewing away again.
Dee actually rearranged a good chunk of the house when he came home.... he turned what was our small office/den into the guest room, and made the guest room (which is much much bigger) a kinda half office half sewing space with a wall of table space for my sewing machine/embroidery machine/serger another wall full of cubbie things that go almost floor to ceiling and I have finally got all my fabric nice and organized, and I have another little area with bins full of ribbon and a work space to make bows. It has been sooooo nice having my own space to work and sew without cramming onto the desk or working at the dining room table. I guess I will have to take some pictures of my new work space and post. Hopefully it will help me stay productive and get lots and lots of things made.....of course once Dee saw how much some of Taylor's used things sold for, he is treatening to open a sweatshop in our house now that I have my own space. I hope he is joking.... but for those of you who remember he is the one who jokingly told me I better learn to sew and stop spending so much money on customs.... and then laughed when I said I was going to. It is such a huge compliment that he now appreciates my work, and admits how surprised he was that I learned so quickly.
Now I feel totally out of the loop.... I'm going to have to go at least skim at look at pictures of things I've missed while I was away, but I know I can't read it all. I also deactivated facebook (long story...) so I have missed everything lately.... but what happened to stitchontime? I sent Claire and email asking how I was missing the mickey designs and she responded with a generic "can't fullfill this request due to copyright blah blah".... so did she get in trouble? Heather is ok right? Heather has always been my fav, but I know she can only digitize so much at once, and I know Claire had a bunch of
Disney Cruise line designs (we are gonna take a cruise this year and need a ton of new applique designs).... I've seen a few other sites, but their prices are sooooo much higher then Claires and Heathers are..... Anyone know what happened? Claire was a FB friend, but I deactivated, so if she said something I missed it...... is there really no way to get her designs even off site? Please PM me and fill me in if you know anything..... and Heather.... please get busy digitizing more for us lol jk! I am totally bummed that I didn't just buy every great design I saw even if I didn't need it at the time, because I know there were soooooo many I wanted someday!
Hi Miranda!! I'm so glad to see you again! I'm glad to hear that everything is better than it had been.
Hello everyone I have been so busy... My daughter changed her mind and wants a Mad hatter Tea party for her birhtday so this is what i have been working on. This dress is for the DD2 now i have to work on the DD7 she wants a Alice dress with a apron with Alice on the front. Wish me luck i have never made anything like that. Oh keep in mind i painted the scenes Sitll cant embroider like you guys.
I am so inspired by everyones pictures they are so great
Your artwork is so wonderful! I love that you can paint on clothes and make them look so nice! These outfits are GREAT! I sent you a PM about the cutie Jasmine.
I am having a horrible time with my sewing machines right now!
On Saturday night, I was working on an order for the Safari Minnie dresses that I HAD to have out on Monday, I tried to thread my Brother 270D, not realizing that the needle was still down. (it automatically threads with a cartridge thing) well, the threader hit the needle, and part of it flew off. I can't figure out how to get it back on. (I posted pictures on Facebook, I'll repost here in case someone can figure out HOW to get this piece back on. I dread going into the Brother dealership to have them look at it. Let's just say there are VERY VERY WEIRD! )
bcLydia posted a picture of it when it's not down, but I still can't figure out how it hooks on.
Then, I was sewing yesterday, and my faithful Viking decided it was tired or something. Now, my needles keep hitting the face plate, bending and breaking! I don't know how that happened, or how to fix it.
This is why you NEED to win that contest!!
SO it's time, I suppose to start my infamous Disney Trip Customs Binder. We don't have "official" plans but the friends we normally vacation w/ (at Halloween) have already booked their time share. for....drum roll, please! the first week of December. OUR FIRST
MVMCP!!!! I hope that the beginning of the month won't be as busy. I can't wait but it sure does make planning customs hard. Even living here it's hard to say what the weather will be like so I guess I stock up on leggings and long sleeved tees for underneath jumpers. The best part? this will be Violets first trip so I get to make matchy customs for the girls!!! Bad part is I still don't have an applique machine LOL.
We'll be planning for every park. So that's a lot of customs and even though Mac will be 12.5 I know he will want shirts to match them. DORK (totally my kid) AHHH!!! It's so nice to have a trip to plan for. Just thinking about a WDW trip makes me happy.
YAY for your upcoming trip!! I'd like to take the kids back in December this year, but I want to wait and see if they come out with some cheap rates at Pop first.
We will be there then as well! We arrive Dec.5th and leave the 11th. Anyone else going during that time frame? I would love to meet up!
I want to!
I hope that the beginning of the month won't be as busy. I can't wait but it sure does make planning customs hard. Even living here it's hard to say what the weather will be like so I guess I stock up on leggings and long sleeved tees for underneath jumpers. The best part? this will be Violets first trip so I get to make matchy customs for the girls!!! Bad part is I still don't have an applique machine LOL.
!!!! I need to see a bigger picture of your Belle dress!! That looks absolutely fabulous! The Alice dress is great, especially for something you just whipped up with no pattern! I can't wait to see what else you've made!
