Commented on the Big Give site, but what an adorable pic. We call them suckers. I agree with Teresa that lollipops are the big, flat round things. But according to Wikpedia they are all one in the same.
So very precious! Did Lydia pick out the fabric? Is there a little rose at the back of the ribbon tie (hard to see with the blur)? I love the ankle socks too. I adore ankle socks with dresses. She looks beautiful
It's funny, it never ocured to me that everyone didn't call them suckers!
I've had the fabric for quite awhile, but Lydia did pick it out from my stash! There isn't a rose on the back, but that would be a cute idea! I love little ankle socks too! And, since she hates tights, it works out well for us!
Oh, goodness. How precious is that?
I'm also totally jealous that you have no snow on the ground...how is that possible in Michigan? We are down to about 1.5 feet - we've had a few days in the 60s so we've had 2.5 feet melt already.
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We leave on Friday
...SO excited. I've been busy this weekend playing around with the Portrait Peasant pattern (which currently is 15% off - yay!) Have a peek:
This was a freak of nature kind of day! Did you see the Drizella dress I posted on Monday? There was about 2 feet of snow (although a lot had already melted). On Wednesday, almost all of the snow had melted! That lasted for a few days, and then we got hit again. We are completely snow and ice covered once again. And, I just heard we might get 4 more inches overnight. I'm so ready for spring!
I love everything you made!!! We have a new give coming up pretty soon that you might want to check out!
I love all the stuff that has been posted lately!
Here's my latest project. Connor is having a pirate-themed birthday so I totally CASED this outfit from T-ROX. I did ask her if it was ok beforehand, lol.
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Sooo cute!!!
Lovely! They grow up much to fast don't they.
Yes, they do! It seems like she was just a tiny baby the other day. It doesn't help that she is so tall! She's only 8, but she is almost as tall as my 12 (almost 13) year old!
I have a quick question and I'm hoping that someone could help...
My BFF since childhood was diagnosed with breast cancer last Monday (we're only 35...so scary.) I am absolutely devastated, obviously, but she is an amazingly brave woman who is taking this all in stride.
Her oncologist is being extremely aggressive with treatment and is starting her on chemotherapy tomorrow. She was told she will lose all of her hair within 2 weeks. She has the most beautiful long brown curly hair...and just had it all chopped off this afternoon.
Anyway, I wanted to make her some headscarves for when her hair begins to fall out. Does anyone have a pattern they can recommend? I wanted to try to make some and send them before I leave on Friday.
Thanks a million, D'Boutiquers.
I'm so sorry for your friend.
Well, sewing has been slow here lately. We've been busy with Hockey and other things, but I did get a spring jacket sewn up for Tyler before our ski trip. It is the Silverlake pattern from the Sewing clothes Kids Love book, and he designed it himself.
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WOW!!!! AMAZING!!!!!!!!
I am still working on getting a few things together for little warrior Ian.
I love it April!!! Have a great trip!
I've been through this. She will start loosing her hair at day 16.
It will start with it just coming out when you run your hands or brush through it. When I was loosing mine it actually hurt. It reminded me of when I would leave my hair up in a pony tail for too long (when I was a teenager-lol). I finally had my daughter just shave it all off. She may or may not want scarves. I didn't like wearing them, I just went bald except when I went outside and then I wore a stocking cap (it was winter). I had a fellow survivor in my Sunday School class tell me "being bald is empowering!". I decided to take that attitude. I felt like I got just as many stares when I wore something as I did when I was bald. My daughters friend wears baseball caps, it's all a matter of preference. Good luck to her. My doctors were very aggressive too. I had a mastectomy 5 days after I found out I had cancer and then 6 months of chemo a month later. My husband was deployed to Kuwait while all of this was happening, although red cross did fly him home for my surgery. My wonderful DD went to all of my chemos with me. If you have any questions or want or need to talk just pm me.
Teresa, this is so sweet and as always you did a nice job, I like the length, kind of retroish. Very cute and she looks delighted with it!
Thank you, I thought it looked retro too!
I am a breast cancer survivor. I found out at 37 years old and started treatment almost right away. I had all my chemo before surgery. It is pretty typical for them to do that with younger women. I don't know if your friend is going to do dose dense chemo (also more common with younger women) but if she does, she'll be very tired by the 3rd or 4th treatment. Frankly, she'll appreciate having a dinner made for her from time to time more than anything else.
I agree that her hair will start falling out after about 2 weeks. It is empowering to shave it. It was winter when I went through chemo so if I didn't wear a hat, I was very cold. I wore something called a chemo cap. It was a stocking cap type hat that was very soft and comfortable. It was made out of lightweight stretchy cotton knit. People gave me scarves but I couldn't get the knack of tying them attractively. Other people gave me some hats but baseball caps left too much of my head exposed and cold. Other hats were heavy materiel and were too warm when I was indoors.
Here is a link to a pattern that looks a lot like what I preferred to wear:
http://www.headhuggers.org/patterns/spatt01.htm
By the way, I have been healthy for over 5 years now. I am sure your friend will be fine but the months ahead will be long and not particularly easy. Your friend needs to keep up her positive attitude. It really, really helps.
Thank you for the link. And
for you too!
I have not gotten much worth posting done lately. I did figure out a very important thing there is a HUGE difference between Heat and Bond lite and the Heat and Bond they carry at my
walmart! I have been using the heavy stuff and it gums up the needle. Tried the other the other day and WOW so much easier!
These are the little boys Crystal Palace shirts. I needed to take some pictures of them so I decided to pull these out and kill two birds with one stone
Wow! These are so cute!
so here she is modeling it, I notice it being a bit oversized when she sits (which right now is alot)
We are not going until May 10, so she still has some time to grow- but you see how it's big in the shoulder area.
What a little cutie pie!!!! I would keep the dress for her, it looks cute!!!
I've never seen a gymnastics dress!!! I love it!
Been a crazy week. Hope to catch up tomorrow. In the meantime, here is a link to a site I found today. You probably already know about it, but I just found it. It's called sewing Mama's. They have tons of free patterns that say they don't mind if you use them to sell things, and a lot of tutes for some common patterns on YCMT.
http://www.sewingmamas.com/b/
If everyone already knows, sorry, but it's new to me.
Hope everyone is having a great week!
I love that site! Thanks for posting it!
I had a lot of fun making this skirt for DD. It went together really well and she really likes the styling. I may see if I can find a flower applique similar to the flowers on the skirt.
This turned out really cute!!! I love the fabrics.
Hi girls! Mind if I join in?
I just joined the DIS a couple of days ago (planning our first trip to the World for my sister's wedding in Sept. 2012) and found this group. You guys make such awesome things!
I've been sewing for just over a year so I'm no where near your level, but I love making cute things for my daughter (and to a lesser extent, my son (but I have a hard time finding stuff to make for him).
I just love everything I've seen in this thread - so adorable!
(and, strangely enough, I'm actually a member on sewingmamas - the site linked to a couple of posts up)
Hello! So nice of you to join us! I see you joined the Big Give too! Yay!
Some of you have already seen these on the big give board or on facebook, so sorry for the repeat for those that have already seen these.
Thanks for looking!
These are amazing Ellen!!!
I got the fabric yesterday, thank you!
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Mind if I join in?
It is about 5 ft x 8 ft and has 2 doors and a washer/dryer set in it. I would have to sew on top of the dryer if I were doing this. 
Someone (I won't mention any names, Wendy) encouraged me to come join your group. And now that I have more time to sew and create things, I can't wait to see what everyone is working on. I will post pictures soon of some more recent things but here is a pic of the quilted autograph hanging I did for my BFF who is also a fellow DISer.
I have only been sewing for less than a year. Can't wait to see all your creations.
I was first.. Just signed up.
