Disboutiquers Part 24 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[*Toadstool*]

I will not look, I will not look, I will not look....

(in case you want to look, I just got an email from Fabric.com...another sale on $5.00 and under......) I WILL NOT LOOK....)


Sigh..

Haha.. glad I don't get their newsletter! I'm trying not to spend money so I can hopefully convince hubby to go back to DW.

I totally the princess cameo appliques. I think I remember someone saying that they were your designs...do you sell them somewhere? PM me if its not "legal" to post it here.

Also, I wanted to let you know that I'll be praying for your mom and for her miracle. Cancer is such an ugly disease, I love to see people beating it, though the side effects can be so hard sometimes.

Aww thank you. Ya I'm not sure on all the rules and such about that.
Thank you for your prayers. We have a long road ahead of us still.

Hi! They do make patterns for CPK dolls. Not sure if they are still in print but you could probably find some on etsy.

So cute And glad your mom's tumor is shrinking. Praying that you continue to receive good news.

Thank you!

Hannah makes the perfet little princess! I hope you mom's tumor continues to shrink and she starts feeling better soon.

D~

Thanks D!!

I am on my iPad and I always loose my quotes on it. The float is so cute. I am finally working on some projects. It took me an hour to find the easy fit pants I cut out for ds.

Thank you. I stayed up all night making that float.. hehe

Such a great float. She looks like she is having a lot of fun. The dress is gorgeous. We are from Chicago, but the kids and I were able to head down to Grand Isle last year for Mardi Gras and loved it! Feel like we are missing out this year, but planning to head back again next year, I hope! Will keep praying for your mom. God does work miracles, and I'm praying he's sending one your way!

Thanks!! That is so cool that you guys came to Grand Isle. I live in between Grand Isle and New Orleans.. so if you went to Grand Isle you probably passed in front of my house. hehe.. I live near the bayou on the way to Grand Isle.
You probably even rented from my friend Christie. They handle just about all the rentals there in Grand Isle. I have great memories of going to the Grand Isle parade as a kid.
Thank you.. yes I hope our miracle is coming too!

I love it!!! Hannah is such a cutie!!!

I am so sorry about your Mom. That has got to be so hard for you. Cancer really stinks. I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat worrying about Barbara. I can't even imagine what I'd be like if it were my Mom.

Thanks!
Ya, it is really hard. Somedays I do soo good when I'm busying myself by sewing or digitizing or something.. Other days it is all I can think about. It just hits you over and over and over. I wish people I knew understood more and could sympathize, but honestly most people don't get it.

I had an interesting afternoon. My dd fell in love with Chip 'n Dale on our last trip. So, when planning outfits for our upcoming trip, I knew I had to make something with C&D on it for her. Well, I can't find any C&D fabric in the US, so I had to order it on Ebay from Malaysia. The transaction went well, and I ordered from a seller with lots of transactions and 100% feedback. The shipping was really fast. It was actually precut 4X4 squares. I thought it would be perfect for a patchwork twirl skirt. Well, I sewed the squares together and when I was ironing the seams flat, the iron made the fabric shrink. A lot I can't believe it. It shrunk about 1/2 inch each way, at least! I think it's still going to work, I'll just have to make the yoke and bottom ruffle each wider than planned. I always prewash my fabric in hot, so I've never had this happen, and since they were precut squares, prewashing was not an option. Oh well, live and learn, right?

A while back, somebody asked if anyone else top-stitches patchwork. Do you mean topstitch each and every seam on each square? The thought had not occurred to me to do that, but maybe I should before I assemble this skirt. What do you think?

Wow.. that really stinks!! Usually quilters squares are all prewashed and such so I probably would have assumed that they were washed already and done just like you.

Awesome float and I love the dress! So sorry about your Mom, I hope the tumor will continue to shrink.

Thank you.

Hannah is so cute on the float. I am glad to hear your mom's cancer is shrinking. I am sorry to hear about chemo's side effects.

Thanks!

WOW..I just ordered a yard of ChipnDale fabric on etsy. This fabric came from Japan but I hope it doesn't shrink after I wash it. I need almost the whole yard for what I have planned and since it was a little expensive I am not sure if I want to buy more.
Is this the one that you purchased:

I don't think you will have any trouble with that since its Japanese fabric! It seems like they are all made by the same company and the ones I have ordered are VERY nice fabric. I love working with such lovely textiles.

Oh wow! Everything is just adorable. I really love the Peter Pan themed one!

toadstool- your daughter is beautiful. she actually looks like a princess, for real. breathtaking gorgeous girl.

Aww! You are so sweet. Thank you!

Toadstool - Hannah with that princess wave is just too pretty for words.

Hehe thanks! She said the real princesses taught her how to wave like that.

I finally got a few pictures from DH camera with our clothes. When at MK were heard people say "it's them". The pirate outfits made an impact.

Love your piratey outfits! That is so cool! I wish I had time to make coordinating outfits for me and DH for our trip. I can't imagine how much people must have loved that!

This is beautiful! That fabric is so adorable. Where did you get it?
Love the sash!! So simple, but oh so classy!!

All the girl stuff is SOOO stinkin cute...makes me wish I had a girl....but I have two boys and I can never seem to find super cute stuff for them. Any ideas? Here's a pic of DS2 in an outfit I made for his bday...Literally finished the shorts minutes before the party started.

Aww! Your little boy is adorable! I just love his outfit. The shorts are just too cute for words! Have you ever made him a Jon Jon?? I love little bitty boys in Jon Jons. http://www.allbrands.com/products/abp16267.html?ovchn=SPRI&ovcpn=Froogle&ovcrn=Froogle&ovtac=CMP That's a pretty popular Jon Jon pattern if you like that kinda thing. Children's Corner has alot of really cute things for boys. If you meant applique I'd check out appliqueforkids or maybe planetapplique. So many sites for embroidery designs if that is what you are looking for.. I could go on! hehe

Wow! Love the HM skirt!! Beautiful!! Love the serger butt ruffles!!

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They are so cute!! What a beautiful baby!!

I have my dresses done, but I still need to get pictures. I'm not sure I will actually post a picture of me in mine though! I really need to lose weight!

Bah! I bet you'll look great in it!

 

[VBAndrea]

Thanks to all for the nice comments on the books I made for Kade. I've only done a handful of Big Gives, but this was the first one I was worried I wouldn't get done on time! I made it though so Teresa hopefully won't fire me.

thank you ladies for getting me sewing again after about 4 years.....and getting me back into my fabric obsession...lol...found another great fabric store near me that has a ton of different stuff.....

so since kade's biggive is out...i guess i can post a pic of my first project in a long time....again...thank you ladies...now my mind is working overdrive to get some stuff done before our trip in may!!!

and stupid beginner question warning: i saw yesterday that they sell bobbin thread.....does you really need a seperate thread for the bobbin...i'm been just using the same thread as i do my stitching with if that makes sense??

i hope you don't mind but i'm sure i'll have a tone of 'stupid beginner questions'

The Chef Hats are adorable -- I like your fabric choices.

I do not use separate bobbin thread -- I wind all my own. I know some with embroidery machines need the prewound, but for regular sewing I think most everyone winds their own. Even when I hand applique I use applique thread and regular thread that I wind in the bobbin.

I actually made a list of crafty projects I want to get done this week.

Right now I am at work printing out the transfers for 2 gives I am getting shirts for this week (actually they should be there when I get home)

I also pinned together the easy fits for DS this morning before I went to work.

You are so lucky you work for family and can get BG projects prepped at work.
The Easy Fits go together really quickly. If you have them cut out that's half the battle. Sewing them is so simple. So if you were already pinned yesterday hopefully they are done by now.

I finally got a few pictures from DH camera with our clothes. When at MK were heard people say "it's them". The pirate outfits made an impact.

OMG!!!! The Pirate Set is TDF! Awesome April! Your Mom's skirt reminds me of some of the Minnie patchwork skirts I've done And your son is so cute -- you usually don't post him modeling, but he's a very nice looking young man.

Hi all! I am new to the board and new to this thread.. I got a sewing machine for Christmas but have never sewn a thing.. YIKES! My family and I are going on our first Disney trip this summer and I would love to make some of the cute clothes I have seen on etsy for our trip.. Anyone have any pointers or suggestions? The main thing I would like to do are the mickey and minnie head shirts. There will be 4 adults (in-laws, DH and I) and 4 kids(3 boys, 1 girl) Any and all suggestions would be great!

For the Mickey and Minnie head t's I recommend reading HeatherSue's applique tutorial which can be found in the bookmarks on page one. Practice on an old t-shirt or two b/f attempting the real thing. i found it took me two or three appliques b/f I really got the hang of it.
YouCanMakeThis.com is the best for easy to follow patterns.

Welcome and can't wait to see what you make!

Hi, I don't post much and my computer was giving me a hard time lately. I love everything everyone does. I also haven't had a camera for a few months. So we finaly upgrated our phones so I can take pictures. I just finished DD Easter dress.

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Very pretty!

All the girl stuff is SOOO stinkin cute...makes me wish I had a girl....but I have two boys and I can never seem to find super cute stuff for them. Any ideas? Here's a pic of DS2 in an outfit I made for his bday...Literally finished the shorts minutes before the party started.

That is so cute! The Bowling Shirt is the staple for my ds. He's too old for me to make any shorts. The younger they are, the easier it is.

Made this HM outfit for a kiddo's sister on the big give. The best thing was that I Finally got to use my new serger!! I can tell that it really was hardly used at all!!! Its so much easier to thread than my singer, and already my stitches and especially my rolled hems look MUCH different!!!!!! So, why not do a bunch of ruffles, right???

This is what Im sending to Jackson and Kade

Im also sending these special slings for Kade. After talking back and forth with Mom and Dad (as an OT and a DIS friend), I wondered if these would help support his arms so he could practice moving them more. I've had a lot of experience with kids with disorders causing low tone, and have used these before. They will suspend the slings from a baby gym or a tension rod over top of him. There is a set for his arms, and a single for his legs. Im hoping they will work!! I just wish I could meet this little fella!!!

Love the HM! Good thing my dd is sleeping right now so she can't see it!
Also love the shirts for Kade and Jackson -- those appliques are the cutest!
Glad to see you got the serger and that it is working nicely. I have the good ol' Walmart Singer and for the life of me can't figure out how to do rolled hems (the manual is for dirt!). All I ever use my serger for is finishing seams.

I'm back - I had to step away while I finished my sewing because I kept getting more and more ideas and not enough time to do any of it. LOL.


I have pictures from our cruise on the Magic last week though.

The girl's sailaway dresses. I love these dresses.

Megan's Sleeping Beauty Dress

Megan's Butterfly skirt and shirt. I made this for the butterfly farm in St. Maarten, of course the halfway decent picture of the outfit you get at the beach but still.

Alice's Pirate Dress

And a bad picture of Megan's Pirate Skirt. She ended up not wearing her pirate shirt as it was too warm to wear it.

I still have a few more days of pictures to upload, but I wanted to go ahead and share a few pictures.

Everything is gorgeous. The Sailaway dresses are my fav too! I saw thatblue dot yesterday and was wondering what I could do with it.

I made this little dress in an hour tonight! WooHoo! I am running out of time to make our local wish family's outfits. Savy, this pattern is also from Youcanmakethis.com and was really easy and FAST!

How long does it take you experienced sewers to make the simply sweet? I have fabric for a couple more, but need to plan time .

Thanks! and welcome again Savy!

Cute dress and love that fabric -- looks good white the black and white too.

I couldn't tell you at all how long it takes to do a Simply Sweet. My problem is I have never really done it straight forward. I usually make a stripwork or patchwork skirt and that is more time consuming. Also, it's so rare that I sit and just sew from start to finish. I think I've only done that once with a bowling shirt and it took me about three hours -- I think that was back in the days when I made my Bowling Shirts lined which is an extra step. I'm a slow sewer too. I would think I might be able to do a SS in about two hours if I didn't do anything fancy with it.

I just drew up the aprons. I get the leggings at H&M since they are super cheap and thick and last until my kids ruin them...lol I get most my patterns at YCMT & the european ones.

Thanks! I've only been in our H&M once -- I had no clue they had kids clothes! My dd really needs a new collection of leggings ~ all of hers have suddenly become capri leggings

 

[cogero]

Love the family pictures April!!!!!



ADORABLE!!! I love the shirt and the shorts!!! your little one is so CUTE!!!

Made this HM outfit for a kiddo's sister on the big give. The best thing was that I Finally got to use my new serger!! I can tell that it really was hardly used at all!!! Its so much easier to thread than my singer, and already my stitches and especially my rolled hems look MUCH different!!!!!! So, why not do a bunch of ruffles, right???

This is what Im sending to Jackson and Kade

Im also sending these special slings for Kade. After talking back and forth with Mom and Dad (as an OT and a DIS friend), I wondered if these would help support his arms so he could practice moving them more. I've had a lot of experience with kids with disorders causing low tone, and have used these before. They will suspend the slings from a baby gym or a tension rod over top of him. There is a set for his arms, and a single for his legs. Im hoping they will work!! I just wish I could meet this little fella!!!

Wendy these are fabulous. You are making me want to finally try my serger. I am working up the courage.

I'm back - I had to step away while I finished my sewing because I kept getting more and more ideas and not enough time to do any of it. LOL.


I have pictures from our cruise on the Magic last week though.

The girl's sailaway dresses. I love these dresses.

Megan's Sleeping Beauty Dress

Megan's Butterfly skirt and shirt. I made this for the butterfly farm in St. Maarten, of course the halfway decent picture of the outfit you get at the beach but still.

Alice's Pirate Dress

And a bad picture of Megan's Pirate Skirt. She ended up not wearing her pirate shirt as it was too warm to wear it.

I still have a few more days of pictures to upload, but I wanted to go ahead and share a few pictures.

Such pretty things. Saving these ideas for when we go on our cruise.

I made this little dress in an hour tonight! WooHoo! I am running out of time to make our local wish family's outfits. Savy, this pattern is also from Youcanmakethis.com and was really easy and FAST!

How long does it take you experienced sewers to make the simply sweet? I have fabric for a couple more, but need to plan time .

Thanks! and welcome again Savy!

I am going to try a pillowcase dress soon. yours is so pretty. Love the fabrics

You are so lucky you work for family and can get BG projects prepped at work.
The Easy Fits go together really quickly. If you have them cut out that's half the battle. Sewing them is so simple. So if you were already pinned yesterday hopefully they are done by now.

Thanks Andrea. I wasn't able to get back to my sewing last night since DH was working a double and I was in charge of everything. So by the time the kids were washed and in bed I was too tired. Though I did wash the order I received from Jiffy Shirts so I can finish one give this morning.

 

[dianemom2]

COOL! I didn't know if any of the ladies I got shirts from where on here. I left a pic on Etsy of it too! My DD loves it. She is having a TANGLED party two days before we leave so she is wearing this that day too!

That's great and thanks for the picture! I haven't been on here long but I am enjoying it a lot. I love seeing all the wonderful projects and getting the excellent advice.

 

[DMGeurts]

I am so happy that my girls are outgrowing the AG stage. Last summer we actually had an AG yardsale to sell of some of what they weren't playing with anymore. People lined up for almost 2 hours before our yardsale started! Now my girls are bugging me to learn to sew clothes for the dolls. They think doll clothes will be easier because they are small but I think they are harder for just that reason.

There are a lot of great patterns out there that are easy to make... CarlaC's doll patterns are awesome. I always think "make it small, wreck it small"... most AG outfits take less than a 1//2 yard of fabric... so I just sew away. AG outfits are an easy way for them to learn to sew too... My 11 y/o dd made this dress a few weeks ago, she followed an online tutorial on an AG message board I belong to - it turned out fantastic - and she was so proud of herself!

Hi, I don't post much and my computer was giving me a hard time lately. I love everything everyone does. I also haven't had a camera for a few months. So we finaly upgrated our phones so I can take pictures. I just finished DD Easter dress.

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This is adorable!

having a hard time keeping up with you guys...miss a day and miss 10 pages...oy vey!!!!

just read this page..hope to catch up more later when we slow down at work

andrea......love the book...AWESOME

madgab.....have fun on you trip....great outfits



thank you ladies for getting me sewing again after about 4 years.....and getting me back into my fabric obsession...lol...found another great fabric store near me that has a ton of different stuff.....

so since kade's biggive is out...i guess i can post a pic of my first project in a long time....again...thank you ladies...now my mind is working overdrive to get some stuff done before our trip in may!!!

and stupid beginner question warning: i saw yesterday that they sell bobbin thread.....does you really need a seperate thread for the bobbin...i'm been just using the same thread as i do my stitching with if that makes sense??

i hope you don't mind but i'm sure i'll have a tone of 'stupid beginner questions'

I love the chefs hats! Fabulous!

Love the family pictures April!!!!!



ADORABLE!!! I love the shirt and the shorts!!! your little one is so CUTE!!!

Made this HM outfit for a kiddo's sister on the big give. The best thing was that I Finally got to use my new serger!! I can tell that it really was hardly used at all!!! Its so much easier to thread than my singer, and already my stitches and especially my rolled hems look MUCH different!!!!!! So, why not do a bunch of ruffles, right???

This is what Im sending to Jackson and Kade

Im also sending these special slings for Kade. After talking back and forth with Mom and Dad (as an OT and a DIS friend), I wondered if these would help support his arms so he could practice moving them more. I've had a lot of experience with kids with disorders causing low tone, and have used these before. They will suspend the slings from a baby gym or a tension rod over top of him. There is a set for his arms, and a single for his legs. Im hoping they will work!! I just wish I could meet this little fella!!!

I love everything! Congrats on the new serger (which one did you get?)... I am saving for one now - I just don't want to spend too much $$ on it - yet I am afraid if I don't, that it will just be too hard to learn to use.

I'm back - I had to step away while I finished my sewing because I kept getting more and more ideas and not enough time to do any of it. LOL.


I have pictures from our cruise on the Magic last week though.

The girl's sailaway dresses. I love these dresses.

Megan's Sleeping Beauty Dress

Megan's Butterfly skirt and shirt. I made this for the butterfly farm in St. Maarten, of course the halfway decent picture of the outfit you get at the beach but still.

Alice's Pirate Dress

I still have a few more days of pictures to upload, but I wanted to go ahead and share a few pictures.

I love everything - your girls are adorable!

I made this little dress in an hour tonight! WooHoo! I am running out of time to make our local wish family's outfits. Savy, this pattern is also from Youcanmakethis.com and was really easy and FAST!

How long does it take you experienced sewers to make the simply sweet? I have fabric for a couple more, but need to plan time .

Thanks! and welcome again Savy!

THis is so cute!

Savy: Welcome!!! YOu will love it here!

dznystar: (I thought I multiquoted you) - Your little boy is adorable and his outfit is super cute!!!! I love how he seems to be looking down at his shirt!

D~

 

[tricia]

All the girl stuff is SOOO stinkin cute...makes me wish I had a girl....but I have two boys and I can never seem to find super cute stuff for them. Any ideas? Here's a pic of DS2 in an outfit I made for his bday...Literally finished the shorts minutes before the party started.

Very cute. I also have 2 boys, and I didn't start sewing till they were older, so there is not much I can do for them. I do find that if you start sewing with knits there are some great ones out there to make boys shirts.

Thanks everyone..but of course I have now ran into a problem
I thought I was able to just take my jpeg files and upload them to the machine to do the embroidery (since it came with a USB cable) now it seems that it only takes certain types of extensions. Does anyone know where I can find some cute Disney stuff that I can upload to this? I have downloaded the Pulse Ambassador to be able to convert but surprise only does ones that have the sewing extensions already.
Please tell me how Im supp. to do this. I have such a headache after staring at the computer for the past 2 hours trying to find a solution myself

When I first got my machine HeatherSue had the nerve to be on holidays, , so I started with some free designs. There are some available at http://lynniepinnie.com/shop/free-embroidery-designs/cat_7.html and http://www.urbanthreads.com/free_designs and http://www.planetapplique.com/free-designs/cat_40.html and also http://freeembroiderystuff.embroiderydesigns.com/stockdesigns.aspx

This is what Im sending to Jackson and Kade

Great stuff Wendy. Love the skirt.

Everything is great. Love the pirate stuff the best tho.

I made this little dress in an hour tonight! WooHoo! I am running out of time to make our local wish family's outfits. Savy, this pattern is also from Youcanmakethis.com and was really easy and FAST!

How long does it take you experienced sewers to make the simply sweet? I have fabric for a couple more, but need to plan time .

Thanks! and welcome again Savy!

That turned out really cute. Love the pairing of the fabric with the polka dots.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I have a men's small commercial Disney shirt. Should I turn it into a sleeveless womans fitted shirt with darts or a sundress?

My embroidery machine is still broke and still just sitting there waiting to go to the shop. I am so sad as I want to make things. Then I looked and thanked God that I am so blessed to have a serger and sewing machine.

 

[T-rox]

so, i am craving spring and put this together ( along with 12 other things!) this past weekend. its the striped jumper pattern, obvi without the stripework.

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and a close up on the FSL ( free standing lace) flower accents i did. then are not sewn on yet

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[cogero]

so, i am craving spring and put this together ( along with 12 other things!) this past weekend. its the striped jumper pattern, obvi without the stripework.

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and a close up on the FSL ( free standing lace) flower accents i did. then are not sewn on yet

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This is great. I just love the colors.

 

[tmh0206]

so, i am craving spring and put this together ( along with 12 other things!) this past weekend. its the striped jumper pattern, obvi without the stripework.

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and a close up on the FSL ( free standing lace) flower accents i did. then are not sewn on yet

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very pretty and definetly feels like spring just looking at it! hopefully the real spring will get here soon so we can see pictures of this beautiful dress in action!

 

[Granna4679]

I am quite a few pages behind again, going to catch up now. But first, I had to tell all of you my good news for the weekend.

My youngest daughter, Brooke, is pregnant and expecting Sept. 17. I get to be a Granna for a 3rd time and now have a new little one to sew for. We are sooo excited!! Just had to stop in and tell my friends!!!

 

[NiniMorris]

I am quite a few pages behind again, going to catch up now. But first, I had to tell all of you my good news for the weekend.

My youngest daughter, Brooke, is pregnant and expecting Sept. 17. I get to be a Granna for a 3rd time and now have a new little one to sew for. We are sooo excited!! Just had to stop in and tell my friends!!!

I saw that on Facebook...but I have to tell you...I am soooo jealous! I have one grand daughter...and her momma and daddy have said that is all! My daughter and her hubby have to wait until 3 years after his final chemo before they try...(just a few more months!); and my other son is in no hurry to make any type of commitment to anyone...not even his DOG (which lives at my house!)

I'm seriously thinking about adopting grand children! Have fun with you new little one...do you know if it is a girl or boy yet?

Health and happiness to Mommy and child!

Nini

 

[ellenbenny]

I am quite a few pages behind again, going to catch up now. But first, I had to tell all of you my good news for the weekend.

My youngest daughter, Brooke, is pregnant and expecting Sept. 17. I get to be a Granna for a 3rd time and now have a new little one to sew for. We are sooo excited!! Just had to stop in and tell my friends!!!

Congratulations, Granna!!!

 

[ellenbenny]

I finally got a few pictures from DH camera with our clothes. When at MK were heard people say "it's them". The pirate outfits made an impact.

I love all the matching stuff and especially the pirate outfits! I am working on pirate outfits for a big give family, and this helps with inspiration.

Hi, I don't post much and my computer was giving me a hard time lately. I love everything everyone does. I also haven't had a camera for a few months. So we finaly upgrated our phones so I can take pictures. I just finished DD Easter dress.

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Very pretty dress, and on such a cutie.

All the girl stuff is SOOO stinkin cute...makes me wish I had a girl....but I have two boys and I can never seem to find super cute stuff for them. Any ideas? Here's a pic of DS2 in an outfit I made for his bday...Literally finished the shorts minutes before the party started.

Love the shorts, great idea!

Made this HM outfit for a kiddo's sister on the big give. The best thing was that I Finally got to use my new serger!! I can tell that it really was hardly used at all!!! Its so much easier to thread than my singer, and already my stitches and especially my rolled hems look MUCH different!!!!!! So, why not do a bunch of ruffles, right???

This is what Im sending to Jackson and Kade

Im also sending these special slings for Kade. After talking back and forth with Mom and Dad (as an OT and a DIS friend), I wondered if these would help support his arms so he could practice moving them more. I've had a lot of experience with kids with disorders causing low tone, and have used these before. They will suspend the slings from a baby gym or a tension rod over top of him. There is a set for his arms, and a single for his legs. Im hoping they will work!! I just wish I could meet this little fella!!!

Wendy I love the HM outfit, such pretty colors and awesome ruffles. Love the beach t-shirts too, your appliques always look so neat and professional!

I'm back - I had to step away while I finished my sewing because I kept getting more and more ideas and not enough time to do any of it. LOL.


I have pictures from our cruise on the Magic last week though.

The girl's sailaway dresses. I love these dresses.

Everything came out so cute, and it looks like they were having such a good time! Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

I made this little dress in an hour tonight! WooHoo! I am running out of time to make our local wish family's outfits. Savy, this pattern is also from Youcanmakethis.com and was really easy and FAST!

How long does it take you experienced sewers to make the simply sweet? I have fabric for a couple more, but need to plan time .

Thanks! and welcome again Savy!

I really love that fabric and it looks so nice with the black/white dots.

so, i am craving spring and put this together ( along with 12 other things!) this past weekend. its the striped jumper pattern, obvi without the stripework.

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and a close up on the FSL ( free standing lace) flower accents i did. then are not sewn on yet

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Love the spring look and colors, can't wait for the real thing to get here!

 

[ellenbenny]

Here are the shirts I did for Kade's big give for them to wear to the Wishes Dessert Party, using heathersue's dessert designs:

 

[Granna4679]

Still about 10 pages behind but I need to go and do the work I actually get paid to be here doing....tee hee! I will catch up more later!

So, I've been busy and barely keeping up here. I know that some of you wanted to see my princess outfits when I finished them.

The first one is Snow White. I loved designing this one, but it turned out a little more plain than I would have liked. Then I got to looking at Snow White's dress - and it is a little plain...

The next one is Princess Tiana... This one was so much fun to do! I love how every little bit of it turned out.

I took the picture of the frog sitting in Tiana's hand, stretching out his neck and waiting for her kiss... I hand drew it on the fabric, and then I hand embroidered it. Not as fancy as some of your machines can do it - but I was very happy with how it turned out.

And I recreated Tiana's flower as a hair clip... it really gave this outfit a little extra!

I have Rapunzel's outfit almost finished... I just have some embroidery work to do on that one. So, that's what I've been designing lately.
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Dorine - you are just tooooo talented! I absolutely love these. Tiana and Rapunzel is my favorites (which I seem to have lost the quote on). Soooo cute. Congrats on your success on your shop over the weekend too...that was awesome!

WOW! I've not posted here in AGES! It seems that my sewing time is very limited, and I've started quilting more, so that cuts into my clothing creation time as well. I also had 3 surgeries in 4 months and I've been doing OT for the past two months, and, well, there's just not been much time.

I DID just recently make something that makes my DD very happy! Her first father/daughter dance is tonight. This dress came in perfectly! It's a test for a new Sis Boom pattern that is in the works (called the Marissa).

SO, I thought I'd share!

Hope to have something new to share soon - we have a trip planned for the end of the summer, and I've been working on lots of fun things that will work for both my quilting projects as well as our upcoming trip!

Beautiful....daughter and dress. How exciting for her!

So sorry you have been having so many surgeries. I hope everything is on the mend. We have been missing you.

I'll get a picture of her wearing it tomorrow if I can. This is the size 1 (instead of the size 2)
bah! I can't get facebook to show up- I really dislike their new photo display
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This is adorable. I love the colors.

Quick question. Remember a few weeks ago I was mentioning about the little missionary baby in Bolivia, Joelito, who needed feeding tubes? Well, FINALLY the ones we purchased that were Fed Ex's (that was $400!!!!!) arrived at his home yesterday. Now, part 2.....does anyone know where I can get an inexpensive or donated portable Oxygen generator? Joelito needs to travel to another country for surgery, and due to his need for O2, he cant travel with the big green cylinder......I saw some pictures of the baby, and he is so cute, but definately looks like he has been through alot. The family seem so sweet - they prayed for children - they had their first son, and then when Joelito came, they were so excited. He came home as a typical infant, and then started having episodes at only a week old. So sad - they think that he may have epilepsy, and I think there is much more going on. I have emailed manufacturers, home health companies, checked craigslist - any suggestions are so appreciated so this little one can get what he needs so badly!

I wish I could be of some help but I don't know anything. I hope he gets the help he needs.

 

[T-rox]

Here are the shirts I did for Kade's big give for them to wear to the Wishes Dessert Party, using heathersue's dessert designs:

these look good. and they seriously make me want to go to dw for some sweet goodness!


congrats to you granna! you are blessed!

 

[cogero]

I am quite a few pages behind again, going to catch up now. But first, I had to tell all of you my good news for the weekend.

My youngest daughter, Brooke, is pregnant and expecting Sept. 17. I get to be a Granna for a 3rd time and now have a new little one to sew for. We are sooo excited!! Just had to stop in and tell my friends!!!

Congrats that is fabulous news.

 

[revrob]

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for their kind remarks about the dress I posted a few days ago (as well as my DD and her father daughter dance!). Your kindness is very much appreciated.

I also wanted to tell you how much your wishes for your health have meant to me. It has been a long road, and it is not completely travelled yet, but I am grateful to have come as far as I have. I'm very grateful that none of the conditions for which I've been treated are not serious, life threatening situations. Simply getting older and dealing with issues that should have been dealt with years ago. I joke that once you hit 40, it's time for a tune up! That's what's happened to me (though I'm 41!). Time to get rid of spare parts, lube up the ones you've got and keep moving!

So, I've spent a lot of time cutting things out getting them ready to sew. I'm going to a scrapbook retreat this weekend, and I'm planning to sew instead of scrapbook. I'm trying to get all of the things I want to sew into bags - already cut and ready to stitch! After this weekend, I should have a LOT of items ready to post.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I am quite a few pages behind again, going to catch up now. But first, I had to tell all of you my good news for the weekend.

My youngest daughter, Brooke, is pregnant and expecting Sept. 17. I get to be a Granna for a 3rd time and now have a new little one to sew for. We are sooo excited!! Just had to stop in and tell my friends!!!

That is just great news, congrats to you Granna for the 3rd time. I bet you will be busy sewing up a storm for the new one.

Here are the shirts I did for Kade's big give for them to wear to the Wishes Dessert Party, using heathersue's dessert designs:

Ok, that is just beyond adorable. You are so kind to give so much to this family. I know how much they appreciate all you give.

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for their kind remarks about the dress I posted a few days ago (as well as my DD and her father daughter dance!). Your kindness is very much appreciated.

I also wanted to tell you how much your wishes for your health have meant to me. It has been a long road, and it is not completely travelled yet, but I am grateful to have come as far as I have. I'm very grateful that none of the conditions for which I've been treated are not serious, life threatening situations. Simply getting older and dealing with issues that should have been dealt with years ago. I joke that once you hit 40, it's time for a tune up! That's what's happened to me (though I'm 41!). Time to get rid of spare parts, lube up the ones you've got and keep moving!

So, I've spent a lot of time cutting things out getting them ready to sew. I'm going to a scrapbook retreat this weekend, and I'm planning to sew instead of scrapbook. I'm trying to get all of the things I want to sew into bags - already cut and ready to stitch! After this weekend, I should have a LOT of items ready to post.

Shannon, I hope you continue to heal and get better. Girl I won't even tell you the things that go wrong after 50 JK, we all need to take care ourselves and so glad you are. I hope you have a super weekend and have fun. Thank you for guiding me through the skirts, they came out really well and we got many compliments. I could not have done it without your help.