This is my first Vida. I got the pattern last week and I tried it out. It was pretty easy to make. Although I have to say that I did not enjoy tracing the pattern. I am not crazy about the yellow Pinkalicious wording on the top. I should have changed the color of the wording even though it is yellow on the front of the book. It doesn't stand out enough. I certainly have plenty of other fabrics that I could have used! I forgot to take pictures of the back but I did ruffles across the back. They turned out a little crooked but not too bad. I think my next try at the ruffles will go more smoothly.
Also, since the family has received these I can post pictures of what I made for one of the big gives.
I think it was on Etsy, I remember seeing it after our trip, and that's where I usually do my looking. Let me know if you find it, I'm interested in it again, but too lazy to go looking myself.
It goes together pretty easy, nice that you use bias tape, so no hemming.
Thanks so much for the bigger photo -- I couldn't see the prints and patterns well on the small one (maybe it's my old eyesThank you so much! It really was alot of fun to do the outfits and two other mom's helped cut out the fabric. They looked so cute and had such a great time doing the show!
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). I love how the boys are all in jeans and the girls all have boots on. Glad you had help cutting -- that's the worst part! That's an awesome photo and what a fabulous job you did. That teacher owes you!Thank you! The pattern is by Moda and it is the Kyoto pattern...fyi-it runs generous....someone had a Starwars outfit made out of it on here months ago and I fell in love with it. The fabric is by Micheal Miller...can't remember the exact name, I have had it for a very long time. If you look under China Girl on eb@y you will find it. There is some other very nice asian fabrics that I saw at Joann's just the other day that would work
So great. Love the colors. I am still getting ready to draw my first one...just nervousThis is my first Vida. I got the pattern last week and I tried it out. It was pretty easy to make. Although I have to say that I did not enjoy tracing the pattern. I am not crazy about the yellow Pinkalicious wording on the top. I should have changed the color of the wording even though it is yellow on the front of the book. It doesn't stand out enough. I certainly have plenty of other fabrics that I could have used! I forgot to take pictures of the back but I did ruffles across the back. They turned out a little crooked but not too bad. I think my next try at the ruffles will go more smoothly.
Also, since the family has received these I can post pictures of what I made for one of the big gives.
Tis is just AWESOME!!
I just got mine too...and once I can learn how to attach and gather at the same time w/o breaking the thread I will be a happy camper. I keep messing with the tension and it still doesnt love me with the ruffles and Im losing more fabric than Im keepingI have a new baby
My first project with it....I figured a nightgown was a good place to check out the serger...my DD loves it.
Before the serger arrived I did these last week:
Now to get another project out of that serger
Here's the outfits from Savannah's birthday weekend. If it seems like I went overboard on Rebecca's dresses (but we don't really do that here, do we?) I plan on her wearing them again for our upcoming Dream cruise in June. All the embroidery came from HeatherSue's shop, and I will admit to CASE-ing a few things from the Photobucket account that I fell in love with but aren't creative enough to come up with on my own.If I did CASE something, I tried to give proper credit, just so nobody thinks I did this on my own.
Friday...MK day. Savannah(14) wanted to wear something Birthday-ish, this is the night we'd end up at Ohana for dinner to celebrate, so I made her Heather's Birthday Girl. Marissa(18) wanted a "My heart belongs to Prince Naveen" shirt and Heather was kind enough to add that to her big Valentine heart. On the lower back left of the shirt is a little frog prince I didn't get a pic of. Rebecca is wearing my version of Rapunzel. I couldn't get a pattern I liked, so I made my own. She loves it, and was happy the CM's called her Rapunzel all day. Other little girls told their moms they wanted "THAT" dress when we walked by. lol The second pic shows more of the dress...she wanted the doll in the pic so everyone cold see that they were twins.
Saturday was Epcot day. Savannah chose SE with the Minnie Bow. Rebecca's Minnie dot dress is a remake of an old fav, using CarlaC's Simply Sweet, halter mode. The last time I made the dress I didn't know how to use the embroidery unit on my machine, this time it was so much easier!
Saturday evening was our LaNouba night. If you've never seen the show, it's worth the price of the tickets. We've seen it before, but the big girls were very young and didn't remember it at all, Rebecca wasn't even around then. She enjoyed it so much she was sitting on the edge of her seat trying to catch it all! This dress is one I totally CASE'd from the Amazing Tom. It's my favorite of all she wore all weekend. I had to create the top because I couldnt find a pattern I liked. The recently posted Daisy Kingdom would have worked, but I couldn't find it anywhere near me during the sale. The broadcloth I chose to make it from ended up being a little sheer, so I made a peti out of more broadcloth, the double layer was enough to do the trick, and she liked the increased twirl factor it gave...so she wore it under all her dresses for the weekend. You can see a bit of it in the first pic. I realized when we got home I didn't have any good daylight pics of the dress, so I took the second.
Sunday, our last day...Marissa wore her favorite Alien shirt. She got stopped quite a few times with people asking where she got it. Savannah chose the colors and wording (and spelling) for her pirate Mickey...the words say "Dead mice tell no tails". Rebecca's dress is CASE'd from HeatherSue...there have been many other versions here over the years, but I just fell in love with the little bluebird. My only disappointment is that it doesn't show because it gets lost in the fullness of the skirt.
And at last, something for me! I made myself a Rosetta Bag. I had already decided on the colors, but once I saw Nini's bag with the Mickey trim, I knew it was perfect. I originally wasn't going to bother with the trim. I got stopped a dozen or so times over the weekend to be asked where it came from. This one is the large size, and though it's big, it worked for me.
When Marissa and I were at DHS yesterday for a girls lunch (we do that when the younger 2 are in school and I have a Friday off) I saw this bag. I like the "real" Rosetta better, don't you? I think CarlaC was CASE'd!
Love all the new creations- the cruise outfits are especially cute! I have a question for those of you without a dedicated sewing space- how to you motivate yourself to sew???? I havent sewed since January- and I got my new Brother serger 2 weeks ago and it is still in the boxthe idea of cleaning off the kitchen table to sew for 2-3 hours, clean it off for a meal, repeat, just is not appealing. Any ideas?
I think that was DH's final straw - since I just bought the machine and now it's sitting on a bar stool. It was "his idea" to make the toy room into a sewing room. 
This is my first Vida. I got the pattern last week and I tried it out. It was pretty easy to make. Although I have to say that I did not enjoy tracing the pattern. I am not crazy about the yellow Pinkalicious wording on the top. I should have changed the color of the wording even though it is yellow on the front of the book. It doesn't stand out enough. I certainly have plenty of other fabrics that I could have used! I forgot to take pictures of the back but I did ruffles across the back. They turned out a little crooked but not too bad. I think my next try at the ruffles will go more smoothly.
Also, since the family has received these I can post pictures of what I made for one of the big gives.
For a recent Big Give with a child under the age of one, I made a color book. (It was perfect for me because I'm a 770 newbie and it gave me a chance to practice.) A couple people on the BG board asked for directions. Basically, it's just a matter of making "placemats" and sewing them together down the middle.
Here are the directions, with a couple questions at the end and a couple changes I'm thinking of making next time. I'm open to suggestions, remember, I'm a newbie. I made this one for me as a sample after sending off the orignal. The Mickey heads are Heathersue designs.
Materials
cover: cut one 9" x 13"
pages: cut ten 9 " x7"
fusible fleece: cut two 9" x6"
flannel: cut two 9" x 13"
colors: cut one each of eight diferent colors, approx. 4" x 4"
stabilizer: cut ten 12" x 9" (that's what I needed to fit the 5" x 7" hoop)
I have a new baby
My first project with it....I figured a nightgown was a good place to check out the serger...my DD loves it.
Can anyone use a Megara costume? I think it might be about a size 8. Maybe a 10. I'm not sure. Kirsta only wore it about 2 or 3 times a few years ago. Certainly not without flaws. I know the zipper gave me a hard time. But I think it's pretty well disguised.
And at last, something for me! I made myself a Rosetta Bag. I had already decided on the colors, but once I saw Nini's bag with the Mickey trim, I knew it was perfect. I originally wasn't going to bother with the trim. I got stopped a dozen or so times over the weekend to be asked where it came from. This one is the large size, and though it's big, it worked for me.
When Marissa and I were at DHS yesterday for a girls lunch (we do that when the younger 2 are in school and I have a Friday off) I saw this bag. I like the "real" Rosetta better, don't you? I think CarlaC was CASE'd!
This is my first Vida. I got the pattern last week and I tried it out. It was pretty easy to make. Although I have to say that I did not enjoy tracing the pattern. I am not crazy about the yellow Pinkalicious wording on the top. I should have changed the color of the wording even though it is yellow on the front of the book. It doesn't stand out enough. I certainly have plenty of other fabrics that I could have used! I forgot to take pictures of the back but I did ruffles across the back. They turned out a little crooked but not too bad. I think my next try at the ruffles will go more smoothly.
Can anyone use a Megara costume? I think it might be about a size 8. Maybe a 10. I'm not sure. Kirsta only wore it about 2 or 3 times a few years ago. Certainly not without flaws. I know the zipper gave me a hard time. But I think it's pretty well disguised.
I have a new baby
My first project with it....I figured a nightgown was a good place to check out the serger...my DD loves it.
Before the serger arrived I did these last week:
And last but not least, my daughter had her Spring Concert last night at school. I made the costumes for her class...nothing special, but I thought they came out really cute. They did a great job singing a Beattles song
so this is for anyone who could use a good laugh tonight!!! I was making some spidey jammie pants w/Carla C's easy fits (I have used this pattern several times) and apparently wasnt paying attention and sewed the legs together to make one BIG tube like leg instead of 2 legs!
and because I was being super cautious, I stitched it and finished the edges so good that I cant use my seam ripper and start over.
good grief charlie brown!
I have done everything but that YET 
ABOVE H2O:Thanks for the awesome book tut
so this is for anyone who could use a good laugh tonight!!! I was making some spidey jammie pants w/Carla C's easy fits (I have used this pattern several times) and apparently wasnt paying attention and sewed the legs together to make one BIG tube like leg instead of 2 legs!
and because I was being super cautious, I stitched it and finished the edges so good that I cant use my seam ripper and start over.
good grief charlie brown!
I can only imagine your reaction when you realized you had a tube.
Thank you! The pattern is by Moda and it is the Kyoto pattern...fyi-it runs generous....someone had a Starwars outfit made out of it on here months ago and I fell in love with it. The fabric is by Micheal Miller...can't remember the exact name, I have had it for a very long time. If you look under China Girl on eb@y you will find it. There is some other very nice asian fabrics that I saw at Joann's just the other day that would work
Here's the outfits from Savannah's birthday weekend.
When Marissa and I were at DHS yesterday for a girls lunch (we do that when the younger 2 are in school and I have a Friday off) I saw this bag. I like the "real" Rosetta better, don't you? I think CarlaC was CASE'd!
Love all the dresses. That weather looks so beautiful 
I can't wait for Summer. I like the REAL rosetta bag too.
Thanks so much for posting the tut! 
You are going to love having a bigger hoop...I know you have been wanting one for awhile. Hopefully the new one they send you will come out of the box without any problems! And way to find a good deal! I'll bet you will get some great things made for your trip.
This is what I did for a long time until I took back part of our front room from all the toys.
yes it is the Kyoko pattern. We leave for SWW on June 1st. Juliet & I can't wait! I have to figure out something for me still.
If this is the one your talking about.....
I have "Mischeif Managed" on the back, I also have Muggle Born. Hermione is mine as well. I hope to put Hermione up on etsy very soon. She is only a 6x10 size though. I have not tried to stitch her out smaller.PM me
This is what I did for a long time until I took back part of our front room from all the toys.
yes it is the Kyoto pattern. We leave for SWW on June 1st. Juliet & I can't wait! I have to figure out someething for me still.
