When Megan and I checked into the POP Century on 3/29 we received a HUGE surprise!
I told the CM that I should have three deliveries....my box, Garden Grocers and box from Wendy....but wait, she said nooooooooooo, you have a lot more than that!!!!
We can't thank you all enough for making our trip so extra special with all the beautiful and fun pixie dust!
We got so many wonderful comments on our cute shirts and of course my beautiful bag!
all the extra goodies were enjoyed and played with a lot during the trip and will continue to bring lots of happiness to Megan!
You all are such special ladies and will always have a special place in our hearts and of course our memories of our trip!
I am sorry I didn't get to take photos of Megan opening these, she was so excited and had such a huge smile on her face the whole time, thank you for putting it on her face from me!!
Thanks you again for thinking of us, making our trip even more memorable!!
Lisa and Megan
So glad you got some nice surprises. And sorry if my package arrived the day after Megan's b-day -- it was returned to me for extra postage (despite having mailed it at the PO!). They wanted 34 more cents! Probably cost them more returning it to me than it would have to just send it through to you!
Oh and I spend more on clothes I make than I do for the clothes I buy...I hear people save money sewing, but I'm not one of em'
The ladies at my Wal-Mart took it hard when they stopped selling fabric also. They were such nice ladies too. Wal-Mart isn't very bright for deleting the department, because this is the era of DYI!! I noticed the one Wal-Fart in my are that does still carry fabric has raised their prices too...Disney prints use to be $4.44 and now they are $5, stinkers!
That was actually my point -- I generally spend more on making cute things than I would on buying normal clothes.
And I agree -- I was a bit peeved when Wally's fabric prices increased. I got Disney fabric cheaper at Joanne's with their last sale. I do love
Walmart's clearance rack though. Sometimes it's all junk, but sometimes I get some cute things for $2.50 a yard.
Love what everyone has made lately!! You're all so good at coordinating fabrics together. That's something I definitely struggle with.
Here are some of my own super-exciting pictures. These are the things that I made for my friend with the new baby. I will post something Disney-related some day!
Rag quilt:
Crayon rolls (my first!):
Burp cloths:
What I learned:
I am rubbish at sewing around curves.
Despite what anyone's instructions say, pre-wash flannel because it will shrink significantly and you will end up with tiny burp cloths.
My fabric store has horrible, horrible selection. I could not find 2 flannels that I liked together so I begrudgingly went with the ones pictures.
The crayon rolls were a BIG hit!
Everything looks great! I too read you didn't need to prewash flannel for rag quilts, but I always do. I find it sshrinks so uneven that I'd be scared not to prewash it.
I can post some pictures of what I made for one of the Big Gives.
I have also been very busy with some orders from my Etsy store.
The Family Trip to Disney Order:
The princess lover's order:
Taylor Swift Concert order:
Wow! Awesome items! Love the Taylor Swift skirt -- it's fabulous! And I saw the girls in their BG outfits -- too cute!
great stuff Dianne.
I have been working on a gift for a friend who adopted a baby. I found the cutest minnie dot skirt and a plain ruffle onsie and tonite I added a Minnie head to it. Need to take a picture.
I also volunteered to make wish shirts for a family going on a trip after talking to mom a bit and I made a little something extra tonite.
I also opened an Etsy store the other day and had 2 people convo me about something so I worked on some things to upload to that.
I am going to tackle the re-do of the shirt that was eaten the other day. I started tonite floating an extra piece of stabilizer under the hoop and it seems to be just the extra I needed. I am going to head to bed in a few minutes.
Congrats on your Etsy store. I am too scared to do that. I would only ever consider it if I could post things already made ~ I wouldn't want orders and people wanting me to tweak things for them. I can't believe you have found the time to do a store!
I just remembered that I can also now post the items I made for Peanut's big give:
And similar to others I have seen here, I made this for my DGD for Easter:
And some additional items for my cousin who had a baby girl yesterday
In the hoop wipes case:
Burp Cloths:
And a mini sized burp cloth made in my 7x12 hoop
Probably would have been cuter if I had embroidered something like an initial on it, but I didn't know the name yet when I made it and I wanted to get it done.
Thanks for looking.
I love you Cat in the Hat outfits and did you see the pic of the kids wearing them -- they looked adorable.
That's a cool wipe case, especially for being able to do it in the hoop! Great gift items.
So, I have been sewing a little bit...nothing Disney related, yet! But, I have a few
QUESTIONS
1. I'm starting my "stash" of Disney fabric (before it gets too big)....should I go ahead and pre-wash, or does it really matter?
2. I'm a scrapbooker, or at least hopefully will again, Anybody else out there who sews and scrapbooks? How do you organize the two together?
3. Does anyone know how to find out which Walmarts still have fabric? I'm on the GA/SC border.
4. Anybody interested in sharing pics of their CrEaTiVe spaces?
5. When you buy a fabric with no real purpose in mind...how much do you buy? Although, I'm guessing it depends on how much you like it
I'm always full of questions....Sorry! But I do try to research first before I ask!
~Jennifer
PS. I've been reading this thread for a while....which was what motivated me to start sewing again... You ALL are soooooo talented!!
I'm so inspired! I just wish I had a little one to create for or a Disney trip to plan for
I can't answer everything but will answer what I can.
1.YES PREWASH EVERYTHING. Wash in cold without fabric softener. Some things wash fine, some shrink -- just wash it all and be safe. Some dye lots run a bit too so if you're combining colors and patterns of different fabrics it's a must to prewash.
2.I sew and scrapbook. My sewing is in the laundry room. My scrapbooking is in the office. My ds is 9 yrs old. I am scrapbooking chronologically. I just fisnished his first birthday and am about to do a trip we went on when he was 13 months old. You can now see where my priorities lie. I really need to dedicates some time to scrapbooking.
3.I think you would just have to go and look. I wouldn't trust calling them as some of the employees there are a bit dim-witted and may have no clue what a fabric department even is.
4.I will try to get a pic of my sewing area soon -- mine is pathetic, but it's all I have.
5.Never enough. If something is on a good clearance I generally get two to three yards and really should buy five or six. I don't have a lot of room to store things though. If it's a fabric I just like with no current purpose in mind I only ever get a yard ~ I always figure I can throw it into a Vida or do a stripwork or patchwork with it.
OMG! I could kiss you!!! There is a JoAnn's in Greensboro?!?!?!?!?!?
So I could do a road trip and go to a JoAnn's AND The Christmas Tree Shops ???!!!??? I know what I'm doing for one day of Spring Break next week
Okay ... question for everyone ... WHERE do you buy your Mickey & Minnie fabrics???? I've seen Cars, Toy Story, Pooh & Friends, Princesses ... but no Mouse
I need me some Mouse!!!!
I also apparently need some Nemo fabric ... anyone bought any lately that can point me in the right direction??? Pretty please?
Finally - I am SO excited after re-reading the manual and going through the 4 boxes of accessories for my sewing machine earlier today ... Turns out this lovely machine was "the greatest sewing machine ever built" -it's a Slant-o-matic! It will actually sew with TWO needles at a time ... it does all kinds of embroidery stitches... It's amazing!!! Now, to just have some time to figure it all out!!!
I figure worst case, I'm taking it home with me when I go to RI at the end of May (we stay until after the 4th of July and then will probably go back for the month of August) ... and make my mom teach me all about it (well, make her re-learn it and then show me -it's the machine she learned to sew on)
I started taking apart a pair of jeans (purchased at Goodwill) to try decoupaging them ... I think I'm going to try a pair of Dinosaur ones first since I picked up some really cute material on clearance today
Your sewing machine sounds like it might be very nice! I hope you can spend some time playing with it.
The only Nemo fabric I have ever bought came from e-bay (got it at a good price though $4/yd and shipping not bad). I have never seen Nemo in a store since I started sewing 1.5 years ago. I also have a hard time finding Minnie and Mickey. I recently got some at Joann's though neither was my favorite print and now they no longer have any. When they get it I guess it doesn't last. Hancocks never has any (except flannel) and only once have I ever seen Mickey at Walmart and they got it in shortly after I bought some on ebay! And of course it's gone now. I mostly see Cars, Princesses, Pooh and Toy Story. And while we have tons of Pooh prints here, none of them are boyish!
