and what I came up with
Hi Everyone!!!
Just a friendly reminder that Emily's ship date is coming soon - December 7th!!! Just wanted to send out the message since I know everyone will be busy this week!!! Enjoy our special times with family and friends - and I am THANKFUL for all of my friends here on the DIS!!!
the back (it looks a little droopy but the bow is just weighting it down because it is not on an actual person!)
and a close up of the applique (which I was super very happy to find)
I also did a Toy Story dress for someone else this weekend.
I finally got somewhere that I could get the pictures uploaded, so I'll share what I've got. Hopefully I'll get the monorail shirt done tomorrow and the turkey day outfits cut out.
These are the shirts and outfits I did for the last Big Give:
Alison loved the Tinkerbell fabric and was very disappointed that the pretty skirt was going to someone else, so I made her an outfit too. The purple fabric doesn't exactly match, but it is glittery which is why she picked it out. I did pants because she has sooooo many skirts and dresses.
And finally our outfits for Princesses on Ice. The Belle shirt is mine since she's my favorite princess!
That is alot of shirts Yeah for finishing
back Can't wait to see all the picsI finished my granddaughter's Christmas dresses this weekend. We are going to see the Nutcracker Ballet in Houston Dec 17 so I made their Christmas dresses to fit that theme (of course they will also wear them to our big family get together and for Christmas Sunday @ church). I am quite happy with how they turned out. I had purchased the fabric online several months ago with no particular pattern in mind. When I finally decided what to make, I didn't have enough of either one to make both so I made them opposite so they would be alike and yet different.
the back (it looks a little droopy but the bow is just weighting it down because it is not on an actual person!)
and a close up of the applique (which I was super very happy to find)
I also did a Toy Story dress for someone else this weekend.
Here are a few shots of different blocks - please ignore the stray thread pieces and lint fuzz:
One corner:
On a warmer note, I saw that Emily's family has received their Big Give package. It is a Minnie inspired Patricia tunic for Emily's mom:
Front:
(The shirt is black. I have no idea why it looked blue in the pictures.)
And the shirt is great too
I just the ease of the patchwork quilt but found out that each square takes up time. You did a super job and your piecing is spot on. The tunic is very cute.Wow, lots of cute stuff posted in the last few days (I like the Thanksgiving place cards, the Nutcracker outfits, and !). Erika - I really like how your DD pose for pictures. Nini - good job on almost finishing your shirts - that's amazing! effervescent - I like the shirts and outfits you've made. I think it is great that you made something for yourself too!
I have been spending a lot of time in the last week working on my signature quilt because we've had a cold snap and I want an extra quilt on the bed. It snowed just about every day last week. Today's HIGH temperature was -20 degrees C (or -4 degrees F) with the wind it felt like -30 degrees C (-22 degrees F). At least I am happy to say that it is done!
Here are a few shots of different blocks - please ignore the stray thread pieces and lint fuzz:
One corner:
One of the cutest signatures - Alice:
And of course, my favourate character's signature (Minnie):
On a warmer note, I saw that Emily's family has received their Big Give package. It is a Minnie inspired Patricia tunic for Emily's mom:
Front:
Back:
(The shirt is black. I have no idea why it looked blue in the pictures.)
She is growing up so fast, how is she doing in cheer? It is so good for our kids to get out and do the normal world things.Here is a picture of Peachy from Cheer this season. She has already suggested some outfits for Disneyland. hahaha Always thinking ahead. She also suggested I go on the DIS "to get some great looks" for her to wear. haha
Of course we remember you and miss you too! Congrats on the third that is good for how hard the competitions can be. How is scrappy? Didn't you get a new kitten also? Sorry she is growing up and not wanting the customs. It happens. Two jobs? I hope you take time for yourself. We have missed you!I am later than Heather, ya'll probably don't even remember me any more!
I have been working two jobs and have had no time for sewing. I have also noticed this weekend that Megan is refusing to wear any customs at all. When I was looking for longer pants I noticed she hasn't worn a single thing I've made since our last trip to Disney. So I guess I am going to start doing more big gives when I have time and find kids who appreciate me, lol!
I love the nutcracker dresses! So pretty and feminine!
Here is Megan at her cheerleading competition. I wasn't totally prepared to be a cheer mom but got into it a little toward the end. I still can't style her hair properly and the coach had to do it for me. The kid has a lot of hair that doesn't want to be tamed! Oh, they won 3rd place!
I also wonder how Piper is? And Karen our cricuit queen?
Anita - you are just so talented!! Do you know that!! Those are some lucky little girlies!!!!!! Have a wonderful time at the ballet!!!!
Beautiful! The nutcracker applique is perfect, and I love how the heart fabric adds to the Toy Story dress.
And, I returned to my first love for Thanksgiving. Felt and glue. As a kid I could be happy for hours with felt and glue. I read on the first page that we're supposed to show photos of EVERYTHING, so here are my Thanksgiving place cards (made with Ferrerro Rocher chocolates). I'd say they look better in person than photographed, but that's not true. They look like they were made by a pre-schooler, but I don't care, I had fun
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Those dresses are amazing! I love that they coordinate but are not the same.
Thanks for the compliment on the Nutcracker dresses.Wow, lots of cute stuff posted in the last few days (I like the Thanksgiving place cards, the Nutcracker outfits, and !).
I have been spending a lot of time in the last week working on my signature quilt because we've had a cold snap and I want an extra quilt on the bed. It snowed just about every day last week. Today's HIGH temperature was -20 degrees C (or -4 degrees F) with the wind it felt like -30 degrees C (-22 degrees F). At least I am happy to say that it is done!
I love the nutcracker dresses! So pretty and feminine!
Here is Megan at her cheerleading competition. I wasn't totally prepared to be a cheer mom but got into it a little toward the end. I still can't style her hair properly and the coach had to do it for me. The kid has a lot of hair that doesn't want to be tamed! Oh, they won 3rd place!
Lucky little girls. Those Christmas dresses are beautiful
I try to keep up with this thread, but always find myself falling behind. It just moves so fast! I am so far behind that there is no way that I can go back all the way to catch up.
I made my kids their Woody and Jessie costumes for Halloween and treat bags
So last night I was laying out all my DD's dresses for our trip, she had 7 and I didn't feel that was enough and I already had Tiana and Pooh Christmas fabric, so I whipped up 2 more dresses for the trip today, they aren't my favorites, but they are cute enough....now I'm really done with dresses for this trip!!!! Now I just need to do a few shirts for the adults.
For some reason my DD always thinks she needs to do a ballet pose when I want to take pictures of the dresses-haha.
I finally got somewhere that I could get the pictures uploaded, so I'll share what I've got. Hopefully I'll get the monorail shirt done tomorrow and the turkey day outfits cut out.
These are the shirts and outfits I did for the last Big Give:
Alison loved the Tinkerbell fabric and was very disappointed that the pretty skirt was going to someone else, so I made her an outfit too. The purple fabric doesn't exactly match, but it is glittery which is why she picked it out. I did pants because she has sooooo many skirts and dresses.
And finally our outfits for Princesses on Ice. The Belle shirt is mine since she's my favorite princess!
Some of you might remember a couple of weeks ago I was looking for tips on how to turn a mens dress shirt into a little girls dress....I decided to do a combination of the Portrait Peasant and the A line dress, I used the pp pattern and made it as long as I could with the pattern pieces that came with that, then made it longer by using the instructions from the Aline and the bottom temple from that also. We decided we liked the buttons in the front not the back-like on the inspiration dress. I LOVE how it came out and as you can see so does the DD!!! The only thing I would probably change for next time is I would buy a mens large or bigger, I bought a M and didn't have fabric to make the enough sleeves longer and would have been nice to have alittle more wiggle room with the fabric. I bought a used shirt at the thrift store for $3.50.
inspiration dress
and what I came up with
I finished my granddaughter's Christmas dresses this weekend. We are going to see the Nutcracker Ballet in Houston Dec 17 so I made their Christmas dresses to fit that theme (of course they will also wear them to our big family get together and for Christmas Sunday @ church). I am quite happy with how they turned out. I had purchased the fabric online several months ago with no particular pattern in mind. When I finally decided what to make, I didn't have enough of either one to make both so I made them opposite so they would be alike and yet different.
I also did a Toy Story dress for someone else this weekend.
Wow, lots of cute stuff posted in the last few days (I like the Thanksgiving place cards, the Nutcracker outfits, and !). Erika - I really like how your DD pose for pictures. Nini - good job on almost finishing your shirts - that's amazing! effervescent - I like the shirts and outfits you've made. I think it is great that you made something for yourself too!
I have been spending a lot of time in the last week working on my signature quilt because we've had a cold snap and I want an extra quilt on the bed. It snowed just about every day last week. Today's HIGH temperature was -20 degrees C (or -4 degrees F) with the wind it felt like -30 degrees C (-22 degrees F). At least I am happy to say that it is done!
Front:
(The shirt is black. I have no idea why it looked blue in the pictures.)
I am later than Heather, ya'll probably don't even remember me any more!
I have been working two jobs and have had no time for sewing. I have also noticed this weekend that Megan is refusing to wear any customs at all. When I was looking for longer pants I noticed she hasn't worn a single thing I've made since our last trip to Disney. So I guess I am going to start doing more big gives when I have time and find kids who appreciate me, lol!
I love the nutcracker dresses! So pretty and feminine!
Here is Megan at her cheerleading competition. I wasn't totally prepared to be a cheer mom but got into it a little toward the end. I still can't style her hair properly and the coach had to do it for me. The kid has a lot of hair that doesn't want to be tamed! Oh, they won 3rd place!
I do about two or three designs and change. I have a huge supply of needles and it just isn't worth ruining a project for a .50 cent needle. JMO. BTW, I ruin my projects other ways, like walking away.
Thanks. the first one stitched beautifully now it is pulling the white thread through on the edges. O am just practicing right now and the book instructions are clear as mud
I do about two or three designs and change. I have a huge supply of needles and it just isn't worth ruining a project for a .50 cent needle. JMO. BTW, I ruin my projects other ways, like walking away.
Use a good stabilizer, check your tension and don't give up. I think your machine is new but also clean out the case often and rethread if there is even a doubt. Remind, what kind of machine did you get?
I am later than Heather, ya'll probably don't even remember me any more!
I have been working two jobs and have had no time for sewing. I have also noticed this weekend that Megan is refusing to wear any customs at all. When I was looking for longer pants I noticed she hasn't worn a single thing I've made since our last trip to Disney. So I guess I am going to start doing more big gives when I have time and find kids who appreciate me, lol!
I love the nutcracker dresses! So pretty and feminine!
Here is Megan at her cheerleading competition. I wasn't totally prepared to be a cheer mom but got into it a little toward the end. I still can't style her hair properly and the coach had to do it for me. The kid has a lot of hair that doesn't want to be tamed! Oh, they won 3rd place!
