That is great. Go ahead an brag away
Thanks for the baby wishes! We're really happy round here! Excited to find out if we are going to have another little girl to sew for or a little boy!
We had a great time at Disney last week! Of course it wasn't long enough - but they never are! We were there from Saturday afternoon until Monday morning. We went mainly for the Flower and Garden festival. That was really fun! My dSLR flash doesn't work anymore and I find the external flash I have sucks battery power, so I don't have a ton of great pics. My dad used his camera, but it just isn't as fast. And you know how kids can be. I usually take like 50 pics hoping for 1 or 2 good ones!
We checked into Animal Kingdom on Saturday (first time staying there!) We swam, went to Downtown Disney and then headed over to Grand Floridian for 1900 Park Fare Dinner.
We had a great time as usual (love the strawberry soup!). The interaction was great (my daughter is still not 100% in to it, but she did well). The Steps loved her outfit! Anastasia was especially good!
I finished this this evening
I made myself a dress almost the same. Unfortunately, it's a bit big in the bust. I was thinking of adding elastic under the arm so it's not so loose under there. Any other ideas?
And I did pj's for Perrin's Big Give. Perrin apparently likes soft flannel so I did a pair of Mickey pants for each boy with embroidered t and Minnie for JuJu. I also made each a pair of shorts -- Spiderman for the boys and Ariel for JuJu. I just did rag edged t's for these (but I did use my embroidery machine for the heart outline on JuJu's). And Stella (service dog) got a collar scarf. Sorry the pics are bad -- colors are all washed out in them.
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)We went to the Imagination Movers concert on Saturday and I was able to make this shirt for my son. I had bought the fabric to make him the jumpsuit but when I asked him if he wanted to have an IM costume he told me no. I tried to talk him into it but then came up with this idea.
I think it came out cute and worked out really well since I was getting a little nervous about how I was going to make the jumpsuit for him.
His older sister humored her mom and wore this set. Thanks to AimeeG for her skirt tutorial and for everyone's advice on how to modify the t-shirt.
We took the DGDs to the Strawberry festival in our area this weekend.
We would love to go for StarWars Weekend... maybe someday.We went to San Diego a few weeks ago to visit family. Initially the plan did not include Disneyland. Dh likes Disney but just did not want to spend the money or the time to head up to Anaheim since DD#1 and I were just in WDW in Jan/Feb. Well, 3 days before we leave, DH says to me, "Let's go to Disneyland while we are in California." Really? Really? In a panic only the disboutiquers can understand, I ripped into DD#1's closet looking for something for her to wear. She had a vida from Jan she could wear. DD2 was not so lucky. she had nothing Disney, so I whipped up a t-shirt dress for her in a few hours. This was Megan's first Disney park so she had to have SOMETHING to wear.
Not a good pic but you get the idea and you can see the back of Lauren's vida
Okay...here is a pic of my first boutique dress. I realize it's pretty simple, but it was my first time doing this dress.I can't wait to do another and put more detail on it.
I made 3 of these for my grandaughters. They loved them. I just got my embroidery machine about 2 months ago and haven't done to much yet but I love it. It is hard to find the time to sew.
My son has had a VERY tuff year. He has done fine with his school work but has had some health issues. He has a male teacher who has been wonderful. He has watched out for him and called me and kept me informed on how he is doing without making a big deal out of it with both my son and his classmates. This has made things sooooo much easier for my son. I want to do something nice for him but I am drawing blank. If it was a woman I would make her a nice purse and fill it with school supplies or something. I can not think of a thing for a man. Pleeeeeeease HELPI am begging. Thank you everyone in advance. oh and did I meantion next week is the end of school
That is SO AWESOME! IT is so beautiful, and I can't believe you did 14 applique's! WOW! What a sweetheart Arminda is, to let you off the hook with just a t-shirt and the bandana! You've got some wonderful kiddos!I finally took some pictures of Lydia's Sea World dress that I was making before I left for vaction. This is the dress I have named the "dress-of-too-many-appliques" I had orignaially intended to do 11, but ended up doing 14 instead. I think lack of sleep affected my good judgement! LOL! Lydia and I loved the way it turned out though, and she got so many compliments at Sea World! One of the CMs there asked me to make HER one!
Ok, now here are too many pictures of the dress of-too-many-appliques!
LOVE IT!!We hung around World showcase for a while. As I'm sure a few of you have experienced, we spend all this money on trips to Disney and we could have just bought a hoola hoop at home and been good to go!! : )
This outfit got a lot of attention. I just love this fabric!!
Good afternoon, I am checking out these two embroidery machines. Another board member recommended the Brother one, but as I was looking I found the Singer which appears to be a good deal.
Singer® Futura SES-2000 All-In-One Sew, Embroider and Serge Machine
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/singer...ine_p-5589714_xp.aspx?web_id=5589714&ocm=sekw
or
Brother Embroidery Machine with USB Port
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/brothe...52&sf=CT&gs=&prev=&cm_sp=Recommended*PD*right
Which would you buy? I am looking for assitance and would appreciate any help!!
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HELP!!!! And I saw the cutest outfit for the boys with upcycled jean jackets, so I'm on the hunt for those too ... 
I just sat down with my mom and showed her all of the fabric I've been collecting to make customs for our trip ... and then told her I want to go to Mary Jo's tomorrow before we leave for Rhode Island for the month
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All it has been doing is raining, raining and raining some more
[/QUOTE] She's up by 10. What a cutie pie.
Just a warning that the weather has been miserable
I'm beginning to wonder if rainy yucky June's in RI are my fault Last June wasn't too great either ... because lord knows when it's beautiful out I just want to be out and about and not in my parent's basement on the treadmill or rowing machine or up in the sewing room ... 
Good afternoon, I am checking out these two embroidery machines. Another board member recommended the Brother one, but as I was looking I found the Singer which appears to be a good deal.
Singer® Futura SES-2000 All-In-One Sew, Embroider and Serge Machine
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/singer...ine_p-5589714_xp.aspx?web_id=5589714&ocm=sekw
or
Brother Embroidery Machine with USB Port
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/brothe...52&sf=CT&gs=&prev=&cm_sp=Recommended*PD*right
Which would you buy? I am looking for assitance and would appreciate any help!!
Okay...here is a pic of my first boutique dress. I realize it's pretty simple, but it was my first time doing this dress.
I don't know if they are the "best" dressed but I try to make something for each event anyway. My daughter gave me a 3-4 days notice of this event so I was able to pull out some strawberry fabric I had stashed away and get these done. They were the only ones I saw with anything custom on. 
How cool!!!! And your outfits are all so adorable! Your daughter is so cute! She looks just like you!We hung around World showcase for a while. As I'm sure a few of you have experienced, we spend all this money on trips to Disney and we could have just bought a hoola hoop at home and been good to go!! : )
She LOVED this. As we were waiting Kenzie said "Oh momma, I'm so excited!" She went right up to them, talked to them and even hugged Flynn twice!! It was priceless. I know we were so lucky (we only had to wait 10 minutes instead of 3 hours!). They were a great Rapunzel and Flynn. She was so pretty! I only wish I had gotten video!
I finished this this evening
I made myself a dress almost the same. Unfortunately, it's a bit big in the bust. I was thinking of adding elastic under the arm so it's not so loose under there. Any other ideas?
I have three horse t's done for dd as well, but I have yet to get pictures. Hopefully I can do that today and get those posted.
Warning: lots of pictures
Thanks for all the great ideas on how to make my daughter's t-shirt more girly. I saved them for future reference. I really like that button hole idea, that sounds really cute. I was able to find time to try the lettuce edge on the sleeves and bottom of the t-shirt. It came OK but didn't "ruffle" as much as I thought it would. I think my technique was a little off but I didn't want to mess with it too much since I was running out of time and I was afraid I would ruin the shirt.
We went to the Imagination Movers concert on Saturday and I was able to make this shirt for my son. I had bought the fabric to make him the jumpsuit but when I asked him if he wanted to have an IM costume he told me no. I tried to talk him into it but then came up with this idea.
These are all so pretty!I don't think I ever posted these.
I'm so glad you got to go to Disney Land! I love Megan's little dress! And it's nice to see your hubby!We went to San Diego a few weeks ago to visit family. Initially the plan did not include Disneyland. Dh likes Disney but just did not want to spend the money or the time to head up to Anaheim since DD#1 and I were just in WDW in Jan/Feb. Well, 3 days before we leave, DH says to me, "Let's go to Disneyland while we are in California." Really? Really? In a panic only the disboutiquers can understand, I ripped into DD#1's closet looking for something for her to wear. She had a vida from Jan she could wear. DD2 was not so lucky. she had nothing Disney, so I whipped up a t-shirt dress for her in a few hours. This was Megan's first Disney park so she had to have SOMETHING to wear.
Not a good pic but you get the idea and you can see the back of Lauren's vida
A pic of the reluctant DH (wearing an Epcot tee) holding Megan in the queue for Casey Jr:
Definitely go with the Brother. More people have trouble with the Singer Futura than the Brother.Good afternoon, I am checking out these two embroidery machines. Another board member recommended the Brother one, but as I was looking I found the Singer which appears to be a good deal.
Singer® Futura SES-2000 All-In-One Sew, Embroider and Serge Machine
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/singer...ine_p-5589714_xp.aspx?web_id=5589714&ocm=sekw
or
Brother Embroidery Machine with USB Port
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/brothe...52&sf=CT&gs=&prev=&cm_sp=Recommended*PD*right
Which would you buy? I am looking for assitance and would appreciate any help!!
Okay...here is a pic of my first boutique dress. I realize it's pretty simple, but it was my first time doing this dress.
Your creations are always fabulous. Congrats on the pregnancy!This outfit got a lot of attention. I just love this fabric!!
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Cute outfits! Your family is going to get lots of attention!
of one set.
Love the Cindy work dress! I may have to make Alexa one of those before she totally outgrows the princesses!
Love all of the outfits! You did a great job on the upsize!
QUESTION: Speaking of upsizing...has anyone DOWNsized the Easy Fits to a newborn??? I am needing to do this, so I was just wondering.
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HEATHER..you need to do a Strawberry applique before next year
Really cute! Heather's designs always stitch out so nicely that many other digitzers just don't compare! Your granddaughters are beautiful!
Everything looks great -- but yes, you do need to figure out how to make your pics bigger!!! I could admire your projects better if there were larger pics.
I made 3 of these for my grandaughters. They loved them. I just got my embroidery machine about 2 months ago and haven't done to much yet but I love it. It is hard to find the time to sew.
Only made one of these for one of the grandsons. As you can tell I haven't got the hang of posting pictures yet, they are either to big or to little. I will try to do better the next time. Maybe some day I will learn to sew half as good as the rest of you. But don't hold your breath.
We went the first week in December in '09 and needed both. For my ds I mainly bought pants that unzip to shorts -- worked perfect. For dd I brought leggings for under all her dresses and then brought both long sleeve and short sleeve shirts. We needed it all -- some days were in the 80's, some days in the 50's.I've been away for a long weekend and before that was trying to get ready for said weekend (and all of the end of year activities we seem to have going on) ... SO SO SO much gorgeous stuff and I wish I could wade through the pages since I last posted to quote it all ...
I just sat down with my mom and showed her all of the fabric I've been collecting to make customs for our trip ... and then told her I want to go to Mary Jo's tomorrow before we leave for Rhode Island for the month
2 big plastic bags full of fabric (one Walmart bad, one Hobby Lobby) plus a bag of ribbons, etc. and I said, "So I want to go to Mary Jo's tomorrow for Minnie Dot, etc. after we take Dad to the airport"
I realized I bought a lot more smaller (1/4 yard) pieces than I thought ... so I guess more "decoupage style" pants or shorts will be made than just plain pants or shorts ... At least with the Easy Fits I can buy some lighter weight denim and I won't have to rip out the seams of regular jeans
This will be our first November trip since I was 4 ... When DH & I have gone with the kids we've gone at the end of January or the beginning of February ... and he & I went for Columbus Day Weekend in 2002 ...
Would you make PANTS or SHORTS for the boys??? How cold is the week after Thanksgiving???? I worry about it being FREEZING COLD and all I made was shorts ... or HOT and I made mostly pants
I'm thinking a trip to Goodwill for a couple of jean skirts I can upcycle is in order too
But, I need help with WHAT to make ... pants or shorts? HELP!!!!!
You have done so many amazing things for the Big Gives -- I generally see most things you post over there but for the life of me I don't remember that gorgeous Belle dress.I'm going to have to plead TMTQ here now. I hate it when I can't make it on here for several days!
I wanted to share a few things I've made for Gives recently:
A bit better representation of the fabric, the previous pic was a little dark:
I've made a ton of tshirts too.
And I finally got around to making a couple things for Alison. She has recently taken to Hello Kitty so I bought a bit of fabric when it was on sale at JoAnns and made her this:
And a tshirt I stitched out to go with her petti:
I had plans to make several things for her, but she still has quite a bit of stuff from last year that fits so I'll hold off on a lot of it. After all I still have lots of stuff to make for Disney!
