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

[*Toadstool*]

Okay this is definitely OT, but I am having issues with my vision. Has been for about a year probably that I still see blurry with my glasses on. I went to an optometrist 6 months ago and he said I'd just not be able to see 20/20 anymore.
I went to another optometrist about 2 weeks ago, and he told me I have astigmatism. I've never been told that before.. well anyways he gave me contacts to try and I see even worse out of them. Going back on Wednesday. He told me when I went in a few days ago that I'd see better if I had lasik... Do alot of you have lasik? I'm really having a hard time with not seeing clearly. It is getting worse and I think eventually it won't be safe for me to drive. I'm having trouble reading road signs.
I'm having trouble sleeping, so I figured I'd hang out here a bit.
I feel more comfortable posting in our thread than throwing this out into the bigger forum...

 

[princesskayla]

Yall - I made my plans for the week of Labor Day at Disneyworld then kind of forgot about them. Today - looking around the threads I noticed that they changed the dates of MNSSHP! The first party is not til the 14th of Sept. well after I leave!! I have the BEST family costumes planned. I already bought the material - a whole lotta white. We were going to be small world figurines in white. I was gonna be a can-can girl, my husband was going as the white cowboy, my son was going to be the german boy, my daughters - a polynesian girl and a dutch girl. Dang those were going to be great costumes!!! What am I going to do with all that white fabric?

 

[*Toadstool*]

Yall - I made my plans for the week of Labor Day at Disneyworld then kind of forgot about them. Today - looking around the threads I noticed that they changed the dates of MNSSHP! The first party is not til the 14th of Sept. well after I leave!! I have the BEST family costumes planned. I already bought the material - a whole lotta white. We were going to be small world figurines in white. I was gonna be a can-can girl, my husband was going as the white cowboy, my son was going to be the german boy, my daughters - a polynesian girl and a dutch girl. Dang those were going to be great costumes!!! What am I going to do with all that white fabric?

I use white fabric to line just about everything. I'd say I use white fabric more than anything! That is probably because of the heirloom sewing that I do though.
That is no fun that you'll have to miss it. I was reading on a thread earlier that said the dates of the party weren't announced yet.. I guess that person was wrong?
I'm hoping when we finally schedule(waiting on a pin or some kind of good deal) that we'll either be there for October or November so we can go to one of the parties. I love me some costumes!

 

[NiniMorris]

A good OT is worth so much. Sadly, there are a lot of medicore OT's. They can help out in so many ways. We have gone through several OT's and the first two gave OT's a bad name. This one we have now is a true gem. We have had her for a year and a half and she has helped so much. She even works with the speech pathologist and works her programs to make share they are in sync. Interview a few and go for it. Call your local autism societys, arc, etc for recommendations.


Does any one have a treadle sewing machine? It looks like one might be following me home. I have always liked them and this deal is too good.

We have been lucky...all of our OT over the last 5 years have been fantastic...starting with the ones in the hospital all the way to the one he has today. He has loved each and every one of them ... and I can definitely see the difference in him!

I have no words of wisdom on how to choose a good one, because we were so very lucky with them! I guess i never really stopped to think that there might even be less than perfect OTs out there!

I have my mother's treadle machine...the machine has been seriously neglected for years before my mother got it...and I doubt the machine itself can be saved. But the cabinet is where my serger lives...on top, not in the cabinet...LOL

DS4 is actually my cousin. His mom was killed in a car accident when he was 6 months old. When he was younger, on occasion, I got attitude and/or awkward looks when the other moms start talking about pregnancy, etc. Now that he's started in the "big school," not everyone knows our situation and those that do are close friends. Remember, those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. Even though adoptive moms didn't get to carry their kiddos in their tummies, you got to conceive them in your heart, and I think that's pretty amazing.

My youngest two were 6 months and 18 months when they came to live with us permanently. They are now 8 and 9 (both about to have a birthday soon..) we stalled in the legal adoption process. Bio Dad thinks the adoption is final....Bio Mom hasn't been seen in 5 years...at least not by the kids. Hubby has seen her frequently, as shs is a regular 'guest' at his place of employment!

We have talked about starting the adoption process up again, but we are afraid it will bring both bio parents back into the picture. We have permanent custody of them until they are at least 18. (DS will be much longer)

These two are no less my children than the other 3 that I give physical life to. And we don't even have a paper saying they are 'mine'.

And funny thing is...another family is going through something very similar to our families situation...only it is the great grandmother who is raising her now 12 month old......I know I am too old to take on another infant!

I have had great birth stories and hard birth stories. and I have an 'almost' adoption story. By far...the almost adoption story is the scariest! I have constant nightmares about bio parents coming back to the picture...

Nini

 

[Disneymom1218]

Yall - I made my plans for the week of Labor Day at Disneyworld then kind of forgot about them. Today - looking around the threads I noticed that they changed the dates of MNSSHP! The first party is not til the 14th of Sept. well after I leave!! I have the BEST family costumes planned. I already bought the material - a whole lotta white. We were going to be small world figurines in white. I was gonna be a can-can girl, my husband was going as the white cowboy, my son was going to be the german boy, my daughters - a polynesian girl and a dutch girl. Dang those were going to be great costumes!!! What am I going to do with all that white fabric?

Wear them anyway. you see all the kids dressed up as pirates and princesses all the time. I bet you would get a lot of compliments. Oh and great idea for the costumes too, i would not trust myself or my kids to wear that much white though LOL.

 

[mom2rtk]

Wear them anyway. you see all the kids dressed up as pirates and princesses all the time. I bet you would get a lot of compliments. Oh and great idea for the costumes too, i would not trust myself or my kids to wear that much white though LOL.

The kids can wear costumes any time (technically 9 and under, but we're pushing the boundaries on that on our next trip and don't expect any problems). But if an adult shows up in a costume during regular park hours, they will ask you to change.

I feel really bad for all the folks who planned trips for early September for MNSSHP based on the past couple of years dates. Although the dates haven't been officially released, it does seem pretty clear they won't start until the 14th this year.

 

[ireland_nicole]

livindisney and lisazoe and all those other mommas with children of their heart- I am so stunned that anyone would think that one way of creating a family is any "less" than another. FWIW, I have two biological children, but because of massive complications, never had labor- heck, I never had a third trimester LOL. I'm fairly certain that not having those "typical" experiences doesn't make me any less their mom.

I admit, I still get sad when I see a very preggo mom who can't wait to "get the baby out". I can't relate to that. Caitie was born at 26 weeks and to this day I still dream about her birth. The doctor was awesome, but the delivery room was sooooooo quiet. Caitie's lungs were so immature that she never tried to breathe, there was certainly no cry- and as a nurse and a former EMT/firefighter I could vaguely hear the sounds of them intubating her, and my heart stopped(figuratively). It was agonizing being awake but not being able to get up and help her. I still remember feeling like an intruder in the NICU, only being allowed to hold her for 10 minutes at a time, and then just rocking at her isolette side for hours and reading or knitting; getting up to pump and doing it again- anything to be with her. With both kids I was on bedrest almost the entire time; so I learned to be a bit more patient. Danny's birth is still something I know my husband would like to forget. With Caitie I just went into kidney failure w/ the preeclampsia, and she was in distress, so they delivered quickly. With Danny we were living overseas,so I promise this would not happen in the US pregnant Dis mommies- and I begged them to take the baby, I knew my kidney's had already failed (I'd had no urine for 2 days), and they refused. Then my blood pressure shot up so high they couldn't measure it on their machines, and I remember tremendous pain and I couldn't stop vomiting. Finally, I just felt the most warm peaceful feeling; like I was light as a feather (trust me, I'm a good size gal, that's impressive. Apparently, that's when I went into a coma secondary to muliple organ failure. my blood stopped clotting, which apparently made the birth interesting. My husband later told me that they had him quickly come into the OR in his street clothes so he would have a chance to say goodbye to his wife- that there was nothing they could do for me, but they would try to save the baby. I came out of the coma when Danny was two or three days old. I could barely hold my head up, it took me almost a year to fully recover. He was in the hospital for most of the first year; he had some congenital anomalies; so he'd get home for a few days and be right back in- he had 4 surgeries the first year.

That's the readers digest version, shared to let y'all know that it truly doesn't matter how our families are formed; that it is love that makes us mothers, not biology. And that it's ok to grieve a birth experience that was different than we dreamed about when we first got married, or thought about kids.

 

[tricia]

The Care Bear top with Capri's now she loves it.

Glad she likes the outfit now. Cute PJs too.

No problem - got my vote.

I have been MIA the last two weeks and I haven't posted my big give outfits for Ashley. I did the cruise outfits. They both looked the same.

Great cruise outfit. And I love the romper. Looks so cute on a toddler.

Yep, you def. need stabilizer. Makes a world of difference on a knit fabric.

Yep I am a figment of your imagination when it comes to birth/baby stories. I have been actually told that I "don't count" and that I have no idea what a woman goes through. So when this topic pops up I usually take a break for a few days.

You're a figment, you mean the cute purple dragon right? J/K, what you go thru to adopt is no less important than what parents who get pregnant go thru to have their kids, just different. And harder in many ways.

DS4 is actually my cousin. His mom was killed in a car accident when he was 6 months old. When he was younger, on occasion, I got attitude and/or awkward looks when the other moms start talking about pregnancy, etc. Now that he's started in the "big school," not everyone knows our situation and those that do are close friends. Remember, those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind. Even though adoptive moms didn't get to carry their kiddos in their tummies, you got to conceive them in your heart, and I think that's pretty amazing.

So sad about his mom, but kudos to you for stepping up and doing what had to be done.

Okay this is definitely OT, but I am having issues with my vision. Has been for about a year probably that I still see blurry with my glasses on. I went to an optometrist 6 months ago and he said I'd just not be able to see 20/20 anymore.
I went to another optometrist about 2 weeks ago, and he told me I have astigmatism. I've never been told that before.. well anyways he gave me contacts to try and I see even worse out of them. Going back on Wednesday. He told me when I went in a few days ago that I'd see better if I had lasik... Do alot of you have lasik? I'm really having a hard time with not seeing clearly. It is getting worse and I think eventually it won't be safe for me to drive. I'm having trouble reading road signs.
I'm having trouble sleeping, so I figured I'd hang out here a bit.
I feel more comfortable posting in our thread than throwing this out into the bigger forum...

I have had lasik, and I love it

 

[Disneymom1218]

The kids can wear costumes any time (technically 9 and under, but we're pushing the boundaries on that on our next trip and don't expect any problems). But if an adult shows up in a costume during regular park hours, they will ask you to change.

I feel really bad for all the folks who planned trips for early September for MNSSHP based on the past couple of years dates. Although the dates haven't been officially released, it does seem pretty clear they won't start until the 14th this year.

I had no idea they were allowed to do that. Last year on our trip there was a group of adults who had all come to the parks dressed like the characters form peter pan. they had a Peter, a Wendy,a john,a Michael and a Tink.
it was not on a party day either the parties were over and we ran into them at least 8 times during the day and evening.

 

[mom2rtk]

I had no idea they were allowed to do that. Last year on our trip there was a group of adults who had all come to the parks dressed like the characters form peter pan. they had a Peter, a Wendy,a john,a Michael and a Tink.
it was not on a party day either the parties were over and we ran into them at least 8 times during the day and evening.

As with any rule at Disney, there are times when they are better at enforcing it than others. From everything I've read though, your odds of being asked to change are pretty good as an adult.

I caught the beginning of the birth story discussion, but then wasn't at the computer much yesterday. Now I'm just catching some of the posts from those of you who came to motherhood through adoption or some other complicated route.

My message to all of you: HAPPY early MOTHER'S DAY and God Bless your very special families. I can't believe people would say some of the things they did! My heart goes out to anyone who struggled with making their family. We have three kids, but spent a couple of years thinking that might never happen. How I got to where I am today makes no difference. (I still have just as much laundry to do!!!!!!!!)

 

[teresajoy]

Teresa- you lost me on this one "When a friend of mine was adopting her latest baby, I was just worried sick for her. I can't even imagine how much worse it is for the parents."

I'm talking about Beth. When she was going through the adoption with her baby boy, and things just kept going wrong, it literally made me sick with worry for her. I can't even imagine what Beth and her husband were going through. I still get teary thinking about all Beth went through to be able to keep their son.

Okay this is definitely OT, but I am having issues with my vision. Has been for about a year probably that I still see blurry with my glasses on. I went to an optometrist 6 months ago and he said I'd just not be able to see 20/20 anymore.
I went to another optometrist about 2 weeks ago, and he told me I have astigmatism. I've never been told that before.. well anyways he gave me contacts to try and I see even worse out of them. Going back on Wednesday. He told me when I went in a few days ago that I'd see better if I had lasik... Do alot of you have lasik? I'm really having a hard time with not seeing clearly. It is getting worse and I think eventually it won't be safe for me to drive. I'm having trouble reading road signs.
I'm having trouble sleeping, so I figured I'd hang out here a bit.
I feel more comfortable posting in our thread than throwing this out into the bigger forum...

I haven't heard of many people who were unhappy with lasik. Although, I'm sure there are some out there. My cousin worked for an eye doctor, and she said she never saw anyone come in that regretted the decision.

livindisney and lisazoe and all those other mommas with children of their heart- I am so stunned that anyone would think that one way of creating a family is any "less" than another. FWIW, I have two biological children, but because of massive complications, never had labor- heck, I never had a third trimester LOL. I'm fairly certain that not having those "typical" experiences doesn't make me any less their mom.

I admit, I still get sad when I see a very preggo mom who can't wait to "get the baby out". I can't relate to that. Caitie was born at 26 weeks and to this day I still dream about her birth. The doctor was awesome, but the delivery room was sooooooo quiet. Caitie's lungs were so immature that she never tried to breathe, there was certainly no cry- and as a nurse and a former EMT/firefighter I could vaguely hear the sounds of them intubating her, and my heart stopped(figuratively). It was agonizing being awake but not being able to get up and help her. I still remember feeling like an intruder in the NICU, only being allowed to hold her for 10 minutes at a time, and then just rocking at her isolette side for hours and reading or knitting; getting up to pump and doing it again- anything to be with her. With both kids I was on bedrest almost the entire time; so I learned to be a bit more patient. Danny's birth is still something I know my husband would like to forget. With Caitie I just went into kidney failure w/ the preeclampsia, and she was in distress, so they delivered quickly. With Danny we were living overseas,so I promise this would not happen in the US pregnant Dis mommies- and I begged them to take the baby, I knew my kidney's had already failed (I'd had no urine for 2 days), and they refused. Then my blood pressure shot up so high they couldn't measure it on their machines, and I remember tremendous pain and I couldn't stop vomiting. Finally, I just felt the most warm peaceful feeling; like I was light as a feather (trust me, I'm a good size gal, that's impressive. Apparently, that's when I went into a coma secondary to muliple organ failure. my blood stopped clotting, which apparently made the birth interesting. My husband later told me that they had him quickly come into the OR in his street clothes so he would have a chance to say goodbye to his wife- that there was nothing they could do for me, but they would try to save the baby. I came out of the coma when Danny was two or three days old. I could barely hold my head up, it took me almost a year to fully recover. He was in the hospital for most of the first year; he had some congenital anomalies; so he'd get home for a few days and be right back in- he had 4 surgeries the first year.

That's the readers digest version, shared to let y'all know that it truly doesn't matter how our families are formed; that it is love that makes us mothers, not biology. And that it's ok to grieve a birth experience that was different than we dreamed about when we first got married, or thought about kids.

Wow. Thank you for sharing.

 

[livndisney]

livindisney and lisazoe and all those other mommas with children of their heart- I am so stunned that anyone would think that one way of creating a family is any "less" than another. FWIW, I have two biological children, but because of massive complications, never had labor- heck, I never had a third trimester LOL. I'm fairly certain that not having those "typical" experiences doesn't make me any less their mom.

I do sort of have a "delivery" story as she did kick me for 22 hours!

The ones that get me are the "real" mom comments. Where is her "real mom"? Didn't her "real mom" want her?(Let me punch you in the head and prove to you HOW real I am!)

I learned a long time ago nothing in my life was going to be "typical". My child is not typical. But neither am I.

 

[livndisney]

I'm talking about Beth. When she was going through the adoption with her baby boy, and things just kept going wrong, it literally made me sick with worry for her. I can't even imagine what Beth and her husband were going through. I still get teary thinking about all Beth went through to be able to keep their son.

Miss Teresa, you know you have to share Beth right? She is my friend too I celebrated the day that adoption was final. That was a scary story. I am so glad he is with his forever family.

 

[HeatherSue]

I didn't get the greatest pictures of the outfits I made last week, but I thought I'd share anyway. I CASED Glorib's skirt (with her permission) and digitized a new film strip design for the shirt. This is for our Disneyland trip. I can't believe how fast it's coming up!

While I was taking pictures of Tessa, Sawyer put his shirt on and came out, too. I was planning on waiting until I had his shorts made (I'm just going to put some patches of fabric on some denim shorts) to take his picture, but he wanted to get in on the action.

Here's a closeup of the designs:

ETA: I was coerced by Tessa to add the 2 Spongebob panels to the skirt.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

I just found out that Stitch Era Universal, a free digitizing software is available for free instant download on this site (I know several other people have used this on here too, maybe you guys mentioned it was a download now, sorry if you did!)
http://www.swfeast.com/en/free_digiziting_software.asp
I've used it with some success.


And, there is another free program, Sophie Sews, here:
http://sophiesew.com/SSDLP/Gallery.php

I haven't tried that one at all yet.

I've never tried digitizing because I've been so spoiled by all the beautiful designs Heather and a few other designers come up with. Are these programs pretty user friendly, or do you spend the majority of the trial time learning the program?

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!

WOW, I can't believe you were treated that way!! What if you would have hurt yourself walking around all by yourself. Someone should have come to get you with a WHEELCHAIR!! YIKES!

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 IT!! And I think the buttons for the eyes are SMART and not at all cheating!

No problem - got my vote.

I have been MIA the last two weeks and I haven't posted my big give outfits for Ashley. I did the cruise outfits. They both looked the same.

I heard they liked it. I had lots of fun making them.

Here is another outfit that I made. It is a Carly bubble romper. LOVE that pattern!!!

side one

side two

Love the Mine outfit. I was going to do a seagull outfit for out trip in 2008 but never got around to it. Yours is so cute. Much better than my idea.

SUPER CUTE!! I gotta get that Carly bubble pattern ASAP!

Yeah I'd think so. Does it come with the cabinet to put it on?

Mine is like that and has the table. My grandma gave it to me, so I definitely got a good deal.
I'd love to have it on display in my house one day. Don't have the space for it now. It is quite large!

I don't know why, but I just love the look of antique sewing machines

You can add me to the list of NICU Mommas too. My Ryan was born planned c-section due to his brother coming previously emergency c-section. The little stinker took a huge gulp of amnio fluid before they pulled him out and he had major breathing problems. I had no idea what was going on so it was scary when I didn't get to hold him right away after recovering like I had with his older brother. The hardest part was when my husband walked in with our digital camera full of pictures and there was one of a nurse feeding him a bottle I was really sad his first feeding wasn't at my breast and it still bugs me to look at those pictures. I should probably delete them, but they are a part of his first few hours whether I like it or not so I can't bring myself to delete them. In the end, all turned out well and I didn't put him down for about the first six months of his life

Here he is looking like the Jolly Green Giant up next to all the preterm tiny babies... I swear he was triple the size of one of the tiny babies when I went in there to visit him. I know our NICU story doesn't compare to most, but it's ours

 

[PrincessMom4]

Any patterns or places I can buy something for boys. I have three boys and 1 girl (who has TONS of everything) so I think the boys have been unfairly disadvantaged.

 

[mom2rtk]

HEATHERSUE: LOVE these designs! And the skirt to go with it is awesome! That black is the perfect accent!

 

[teresajoy]

Miss Teresa, you know you have to share Beth right? She is my friend too I celebrated the day that adoption was final. That was a scary story. I am so glad he is with his forever family.

The day her adoption was final, I just had a huge sense of relief! Oh, I know I have to share her. I wasn't sure at first how much she would want me to tell in public. Sorry for the cryptic first post!

I do sort of have a "delivery" story as she did kick me for 22 hours!

The ones that get me are the "real" mom comments. Where is her "real mom"? Didn't her "real mom" want her?(Let me punch you in the head and prove to you HOW real I am!)

I learned a long time ago nothing in my life was going to be "typical". My child is not typical. But neither am I.

That was quite a delivery! I forget, did she EVER go to sleep?

Stupid people, they don't know what "real mom" means!

I didn't get the greatest pictures of the outfits I made last week, but I thought I'd share anyway. I CASED Glorib's skirt (with her permission) and digitized a new film strip design for the shirt. This is for our Disneyland trip. I can't believe how fast it's coming up!

While I was taking pictures of Tessa, Sawyer put his shirt on and came out, too. I was planning on waiting until I had his shorts made (I'm just going to put some patches of fabric on some denim shorts) to take his picture, but he wanted to get in on the action.

Here's a closeup of the designs:

ETA: I was coerced by Tessa to add the 2 Spongebob panels to the skirt.

Heather, I think that is just one of the very coolest and most original embroidery designs I have ever seen!!! I love it!!! It is soooo neat!!!

I didn't think about the Sponge Bob panels when you were showing it to me!!!

The kids look so adorable! Love it!!

1.)I've never tried digitizing because I've been so spoiled by all the beautiful designs Heather and a few other designers come up with. Are these programs pretty user friendly, or do you spend the majority of the trial time learning the program?



2.)WOW, I can't believe you were treated that way!! What if you would have hurt yourself walking around all by yourself. Someone should have come to get you with a WHEELCHAIR!! YIKES!


3.)

1.)I am pretty sure there is no such thing as a user friendly digitizing program! But, on a good note, these are NOT trial versions. These are completely free full functioning programs, that do not expire. With Stitch Era, you do have to be connected to the internet to use it. There is a little sidebar with adds. It doesn't bother me at all, I don't even notice it.


2.)You know, they wouldn't even let me hold Lydia (sitting down) without a nurse right next to me for fear I would drop her, but they had me walk to the NICU all by myself! It wasn't close either, it was quite a walk! I'm surprised I didn't end up outside as out of it as I was!

3.)Awwww...so cute!!!!

 

[teresajoy]

Any patterns or places I can buy something for boys. I have three boys and 1 girl (who has TONS of everything) so I think the boys have been unfairly disadvantaged.

I like CarlaC's Easy Fit Pants, Bowling Shirt, and Raglan patterns for boys. They are very easy (especially the pants and raglan!). You can get them on http://www.youcanmakethis.com

 

[jessica52877]

ETA: I was coerced by Tessa to add the 2 Spongebob panels to the skirt.

I immediately saw Spongebob and Patrick and immediately knew she wanted those in that skirt! Really love the whole outfit!