Disboutiquers Part 27 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[NiniMorris]

I shared photos of my cap holder last year, but I don't think I had any helpful hints to go along with it and it doesn't fit my PE-770.

(Helpful reply, right?)
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Very Helpful, Cheryl.....


Thanks to my wonderful Grand Princess playing on my laptop I lost most of my quotes...so I'll just pretend these are all I grabbed!

I was able to find a PDF instruction (complete with pictures on line) Seeing as how mine came with no instructions. The one with the video cost a little over a hundred dollars, (the hoop not the video) so I went with the cheaper one of about 30 dollars! I 'think' I have it figured out... maybe I'll have a chance to get to it this afternoon and see what happens...



Funny D~...


(which would have made more sense if I hadn't lost her quote!)


Now a short vent.

My husband loves Kim Chee. Two tours in Korea did it to him. (for those who don't know it is the worst smelling stuff on the planet. It is a Korean Sauerkraut type of stuff that is HOT!) When we get it I make sure it is 1- in a glass container (helps to contain the smell (but not totally successful!) and 2- SMALL containers.

Last night my daughter and her husband came over and brought my husband a gift! A plastic gallon container of Kim Chee!!! After only a few hours the aroma is completely filling the refrigerator! You have to take a deep breath before you can open it to get anything out. I had to throw a way a gallon of freshly made sweet tea. I will probably have to throw away a gallon of milk this afternoon! Even my eggs had an off taste! (did I mention it has NOT even been opened yet?)

My husband had the bright idea that we could put it in the refrigerator down stairs in the studio...NO! The last thing I need is to have all my thread, batting, and fabric smell!

My daughter thought the whole thing was funny! Me...not so much...



Nini

 

[cogero]

oh gosh Nini. I think I would be wishing for a refrigerator in the garage or I would be buying a dorm room fridge and keeping it by itself.

I hate smelly food.

I am going to hit Joanns when it opens this AM,I want some Starwars fabric and I want to get a thread holder to mount on my wall

 

[mphalens]

I'm still here! I cannot, however, post pictures of my latest creations because they're a surprise for D~ . . . I have them in a special "NO D ALLOWED" group in my facebook pics though

Wendy's Big Give posting came at exactly the right time for me last night... I haven't been able to do any lately and I'm so glad I can participate in this one!


loving all the wonderful stuff that's been posted lately! I promise to try to post more instead of just reading...

 

[karebear23]

Very Helpful, Cheryl.....

My husband loves Kim Chee. Two tours in Korea did it to him. (for those who don't know it is the worst smelling stuff on the planet. It is a Korean Sauerkraut type of stuff that is HOT!) When we get it I make sure it is 1- in a glass container (helps to contain the smell (but not totally successful!) and 2- SMALL containers.

Last night my daughter and her husband came over and brought my husband a gift! A plastic gallon container of Kim Chee!!! After only a few hours the aroma is completely filling the refrigerator! You have to take a deep breath before you can open it to get anything out. I had to throw a way a gallon of freshly made sweet tea. I will probably have to throw away a gallon of milk this afternoon! Even my eggs had an off taste! (did I mention it has NOT even been opened yet?)

My husband had the bright idea that we could put it in the refrigerator down stairs in the studio...NO! The last thing I need is to have all my thread, batting, and fabric smell!

My daughter thought the whole thing was funny! Me...not so much...

Nini

Hey! Don't give Kimchee a bad wrap!
It only smells if it is old...that means it's sour. Fresh Kim chee does not smell...only spicy! YUM!

 

[MindyCramer]

Thanks for the compliments ladies!
Going to work on a Jasmine one today! And tinkerbell!

Ok, now that we are back, I have a few more pics to share. Jessie and our AK outfit were posted awhile back. Here are the other 2 I was finishing. These were both from her birthday -

this was after BBB, typically my 4yo doesn't wear makeup

She is absolutely adorable!

 

[VBAndrea]

I am so hopelessly behind, so this will likely end up being a couple of posts -- I stopped when I got to Cheryl's purse tut and then quickly saw the new BG which I will check out since I skipped the last one. I will have to use something from my fabric stash though.

I wanted to share this dress I made for Barbara's auction. Sorry for the big pictures.

Andrea inspired me to make a shirt for the doll - I don't like looking at her "body" either. I might have to make a new dress for my DD's AG and keep her in my sewing area. Maybe something that coordinates with my sewing machine? At least her hair wouldn't get so messy.

I LOVE this! I made a SS as a gift for a Bitty Baby and used a white portrait peasant shirt underneath figuring it could go with anything -- so I highly approve of yours!

Hi all. I love reading your thread and seeing all the pics. I have finally finished the outfits for my youngest daughter for our upcoming trip.

Thought I'd try to share.

Princess outfit.

I also made an Alice dress for 1900 Parkfare breakfast. Not sure why I don't have a pic. And I made a bow to match exactly with each outfit. I made a few extra t-shirt dresses just in case she gets dirty and needs a change. I'm so excited she has an outfit for every single day!

The princess is my favorite -- I especially adore it with the fuzzy slippers!!! Beautiful work on everything.

Today was quilting day. The "leader" is MUCH more of a Type A personality than I will ever be. I fear she may be driving off some "weekend sewers" like myself. I was making binding for my quilt and had four long strips, 2 1/4", folded wrong sides together, ironed, and ready to sew. She had me go to the cutting table and use a rotary cutter to square off the ends of the strips before I sewed them together!!!! These quilts are NOT for exhibition, they're to be given to young kids in stressful circumstances (don't know exaclty how they get stressed or in what circumstances they get a quilt, but you get the idea).

While I'm complaining. . . I spent last week making the quilt top, this week I quilted and added binding, and one of the women estimated it will take me about SIX HOURS to hand sew the binding. I honestly appreciate the intent of the quilts, but gosh I don't know if that's the best use of time and resources to reach a kid in distress.

Maybe the stressed kids were former students of your quilting instructor! Maybe you'll eventually be on the receiving end.

I would also suggest looking at Carla's skorts pattern. It was pretty straight forward to put together. For adults, I like both skorts patterns from Kwik Sew. They look great and they are very comfortable.

Our mortgage was for 25 years. We are just being very aggressive at paying it off. Both of us want to be at a stage when we don't have any outstanding financial obligations. We should be mortgage free in a few years anyway, so it is really not that bad. As an aside, I also promised I won't look at DVC until we are mortgage free, so I actually have 2 big incentives to save!

I figure it would be easy to add Easy fit type shorts under any skirt, I just have never tried it. I'd narrow the easy fits a bit though.

We always have paid ahead on our mortgages in the past as well, but once we bought the house in RI we had to put a stop to that. What I do now is pay ahead on the RI mortgage -- I am 5 months ahead -- I am doing as much as we possibly can b/c I fear the house sitting empty for some time. We had two showings yesterday and I was praying for an offer, but I guess I was hoping more than praying.

Okay, I've finally racked up 10 posts so I can post photos! LOL.
This was a quick skirt I made up a bit ago for my grandmother's friend's granddaughter

Adorable!

I'm hopelessly behind again. Love all the great stuff that has been posted lately.

I don't think I ever posted a pic of this skirt that I did for Alexa.

I was planning on doing a cute tee to wear with it but my embroidery machine ate it so she ended up just wearing one of Connor's with it. Ignore the ugly deer head in the background. This was taken at my daughter's house and my son-in-law is an avid hunter.

Speaking of my daughter.....one of her gifts to us was a card that said "Coming to a hospital near you, 8-8-2012!" That's right, she's pregnant! We were so shocked because they had no plans to even try for at least a couple of years! I can't wait to find out what they're having so I can start making baby outfits!

Great skirt! Sorry for the eaten shirt. Congrats to your dd! This means you will have a very little one to sew for! Better get started on those onesies!

My FIRST ever Feliz. I have had the pattern for about 3 years and just now had the guts to do it. What I found was it is not really that hard. Just extrememly time consuming (sep without a serger like me). I don't want to make another for a while

But my DD LOVED it and was spinning around the house all day. That made it all worth while.

That turned out fabulous! I haven't made a feliz yet either. My dd is 8 and I'm not sure how much wear she'd get out of a feliz.

Wow, so much cuteness! I especially love the Feliz. I'm working on the courage to do my first too, and I even have the fabric for it and a deadline of Feb 5 (when we're going to see Sesame Street Live) so I'd better get on it!

I'm not even coming close to keeping up here right now, between the holidays, my son's birthday, and getting ready for our trip. DH bought me a new sewing machine (Janome DC2160) for Christmas and it is getting a workout!

The first thing I made with it - Christmas jammies for the girls (ignore DS and his duct tape dynamite

A purse for DD in our high school's team colors and logo. When I finally get an embroidery machine I am SO digitizing this because I have orders for 2 more for friends already.

And a park bag, also for DD10 at her request. I improvised this one and I love how it came out - the zipper pocket is just the right size for her iPod Touch and has a button hole to run the headphones through, and the slip-in pocket holds her Epcot passport and pen perfectly. The only problem is the measurements on B&N.com for the Birnbaums weren't accurate, so that doesn't fit as well as it should!

The outside is completely blank white canvas, because DD wanted an *autograph* purse.

We leave in 13 days and I have 7 more projects on the to-do list. Wish me luck!

I love everything -- especially the idea for the autograph canvas on the purse. Repost once she has some autographs on it!

Here are a few more items I made for our upcoming trip. Today is 30 days out!


Next is a tinkerbell outfit for my DD:

I'm kinda thinking of painting a tinkerbell on the front of this. I have a very small embroidery machine, but it only does 4x4, so I don't think that would be big enough.

I have a couple of short sets I made for my DS also, but they really aren't anything exciting. I am so glad I have a DD! I have 3 boys, and last was my girl, and she LOVES for me to make her dresses. Hopefully I will have time to make her a few more.

Thanks for looking.

I especially love the dress! I love the colors in those fabrics. I've painted on things before too, but I'd be scared to do it now that the dress is done.

My first applique project. American Girl blankets for my nieces dolls they received this Christmas.

I would really love to make pajamas to match.....

Those are fabulous! your nieces must have loved those.

I just ordered some Disney fabric and some Hello Kitty fabric from etsy. I can't wait to get it and start on some new stuff. See how quickly I broke my no new fabric promise. I think it was less than 24 hours. And I shouldn't admit this but I bought a yard of fabric earlier today when I went to JOanns for buttons.

Of course I did cut out 4 bowling shirts for my nephews (2 for each of them) using fabric from my stash. I can't use Carla's pattern because our printer still isn't fixed. I had to use a Simplicity pattern I already had. I don't like it nearly as much as Carla's pattern. But I have all 4 shirts half finished after one day of work. Hoping that tomorrow I can put on the sleeves and do the buttonholes. Then all 4 will be done. My next goal will be to plan some special outfits for the niece and nephews with the Dr. Seuss fabric I bought last winter. You see, I really am trying to use up some of my fabric stash!


I also finished the last bit on this bag that I made during winter break.

I love having zippered pockets inside my bag!

That pattern is the next pattern I am going to buy. I can't even keep up with what was on my sewing list this week though, and it wasn't much. I had embroider a t- for each child and an AG fleece hat and poncho and that was it. I got one shirt done for my ds and that was it -- it was one of those 3 hour fill jobs though. I am still going to try to get a t for dd done this week. My goal is two t's per week.

I like the inside zippered pocket too. Great job! And nothing wrong with getting a little extra fabric here and there.

Love the bag and I have to say I think your budget is still ahead with your fabric because if my printer were broken I would be at wal-mart spending $75.00 on a printer and picking up fabric on my way out. My husband calls that Mary math

I like Mary Math -- I am a quick study so I will surely remember that!

I can only trace too. I have an iron on pencil and trace the pattern I want and iron it onto the shirt or fabric. Then its just like coloring!

I didn't know there was such a thing as an iron on pencil -- I always used a tracing wheel to do an outline which is a pain IMO.

So I made my first ITH project from PicklePie. I made a cell phone case for my friend and one for me but I just skipped the steps about the strap and button closure.

I couldn't believe how easy it was and it only took about a 1/2 to make.

ADORABLE! Must try those one of these days.

Sorry to have cut out lots of photos -- sorry I'm so behind on posting.....

 

[NiniMorris]

Hey! Don't give Kimchee a bad wrap!
It only smells if it is old...that means it's sour. Fresh Kim chee does not smell...only spicy! YUM!

LOL! I beg to differ!

I mean the traditional way of making Kimchee is to put the ingredients into a crock, and then burying it in the ground and forget it....how can you tell if it is old! LOL! (or fresh for that matter!)

Let's just say it is an acquired smell... and taste!

My husband uses a Korean cleaners...his wife is always bringing hubby Kim chee in... she knows I won't let it in the house unless it is in glass... She had a jar for him for Christmas and she dropped it outside as she was handing it to him. His police car had such an aroma! (he said it made him hungry... but the bad guys begged to be put in a different car... LOL)


Nini

 

[VBAndrea]

Another Friday night and I don't seem to have plans so I'll offer a quick tutorial about AG bags that Andrea asked about. As I was uploading to photobucket it occurred to me that I have too many photos for one post, so keep reading when you're done here.

Notes . . . in the past I've "fortified" it with a lightweight interfacing, and you can add a button to the front or embellish it any way you like, and get creative with the handle.

If I had known my camera was going to take such clear photos I would have slowed down a bit.

Thanks Cheryl! All I really was curious about were the patterns. But thank you kindly for taking all the photos I will put a couple of purses on my list for next week (which is actually this week). I think some out of felt might look cute too and be really easy for dd to make herself!

Hello all you wonderful people....my computer crashed the week before Christmas and i just got it back today!!! let's hear it for nerdy sil's who work on your puter for FREE!!! it had a nasty virus and i lost everything but now have a new operating system called 'ubuntu' and works pretty good with Firefox...so i am a happy girl...
Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years....alls good in our lil world here...All the g'babies that were hear for Christmas loved their gifts and Elli was thrilled with her sewing machine! Blaze loved his Bey Blades/case/stadium and Kensleigh,Gracie and Chloe loved thier ds's,sweet lil things had been using calculators to 'pretend' they were video games...hehe their ds's were 2nd hand but in great like new shape and my friend sold then to me for $40 each and each girl got 5 games!!! not too shabby...
the best belated gift i got was this week when my estranged dil called and invited me over to mend fences...so i got to see Jackson & Avery!!!!! it had been 9 mos....they are as precious as ever and spent 2 hours catching me up on everything in their sweet lives...best of all was their wdw trip { same time we were there last may but different resort/parks....Avery rode ToT for the 1st time and was scared to death but giggled the whole time she told me about it and Jackson got to do a skit with Jack Sparrow! he got to sword fight and point and say " I see Blackbeards daughter' too fun!
anyway...things are going well here...Brendi & David are getting an early/long ultrasound next sat. so we will know if we will welcome a 'Cooper Jameson' or 'Libby/Liberty ???" coem July....they are still undecided on a middle name...they wanna use soemthing frm his family but gotta find the right fit...
my DS and his family will hopefully be coming up to visit and get their Christmas...and the school clothes i got them,things i made them,Jackson's b'day gift and also the things i made them fro wdw but was afraid to drop off at their house for fear of it all getting but out with the trash...hehe...hope things go well for a long long time this time...been here done this. ...but will do whatever to see those babies!
well i will go now i have so many pages to catch up on...
so good to be back!
here's the 1st thing Elli sewed ALL BY HERSELF! drew a pattern on newspaper,cut it out,pinned/cut/sewed all on her own! even used the neckline she cut out for a purse! she made another set also,they re for her tiwn cousins! how sweet is that! she even read her book and reloaded her bobbin and re-threaded the machine! i was so impressed i cried!

Welcome back! I wondered what happened to you. Great job on your gd's first project!

Just a quick post before I head off to work. I finally made Alexa some matching pajamas for her AG dolls. The easy fits sew up really quickly and I used newborn onesies for the tops. Brilliant idea, Michelle!

Sorry for the poor quality pic.

I made Connor some too but he wouldn't model them for me. They are not horse-themed. My husband hasn't managed to turn Connor into a little cowboy, in spite of his best efforts.

Soooooooo Cute!!!!!!! DD is sitting right next to me, but fortunately she didn't see the pic (I'd be out a lot of $$$ if she saw that collection of dolls!).

Hi Everyone - we have a new big give. Please come and help this little girl to have double the fun because she beat cancer not once, but twice and she is only 6 years old!! She would LOVE a real Rapunzel dress to wear to CRT and she is girly twirly!! Mom loves the kids to matchy match too!!!

Wow! That give filled up fast! I managed to find something to do though

New twirl skirt for my baby cousin's birthday!

Going to fix up this shirt I got to match it as well!

Love the bright colors! Beautiful!

Looked throught the last 6 pages during the week....LOVE all the different bags, dresses...so many cute items. (Sorry, I've not managed to catch multiple quotes yet)...I don't want to leave anyone out but it's all beautiful.... Oh, I hope the neighbor that was hit by the car has shown some improvement in her recovery.

Ran into Joann's this afternoon to get thread and a piece of blue and pink fabric for a current project I'm working on. I walked out with all of this..I just don't know what happen Now I have 20 new projects running through my head One good thing about this trip was I had a Rebate Debit Card with me that I've been carrying around for over a year and it paid for 80% of my purchase.

Fabric!!! by Sheila Grammy, on Flickr
Sheila

So did you get your thread????

Ok, now that we are back, I have a few more pics to share. Jessie and our AK outfit were posted awhile back. Here are the other 2 I was finishing. These were both from her birthday -

this was after BBB, typically my 4yo doesn't wear makeup

That is the PRETTIEST Rapunzel dress I have ever seen!!!! I love all the details The ribbons on the sleeves are perfect and I adore the flowers on the skirt!! FABULOUS, FABULOUS job!

 

[MindyCramer]

Is there an easy way to learn everyone's names? LOL.

 

[tinkerbell3747]

Ok, now that we are back, I have a few more pics to share. Jessie and our AK outfit were posted awhile back. Here are the other 2 I was finishing. These were both from her birthday -

this was after BBB, typically my 4yo doesn't wear makeup

DD happened to be standing right behind me when I saw your post....you have done a wonderful job on everything but now DD has requested a Rupunzel dress "just like that one mommy".

IDK where to begin. Did you use a pattern for the bodice..I love the sleeves how did you do that..is there a tutorial for this yet.....to goggle I go....

Thanks for the inspiration! Hope you don't mind if a CASE DD dress after yours....... really its that good....

 

[aboveH20]

Okay, here's a new error message I'm getting.
"The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 1 characters." As I read below I see MORE THAN 1 characters.



Third try at posting coming up . . .

New twirl skirt for my baby cousin's birthday!

Great job.

Good job on the purses and the step-by-step tut!

I finally finished my AK dress earlier in the week. It was one of those projects that dragged on for no good reason. I need to take a picture of it one of these days!

Thanks, and

can't wait to see your AK creation.

THanks for the great tut Cheryl! However, I love that smashing dress Dorrrine is wearing, you didn't do a tut for that one.

D~

That one's in my et$y store. (I'm trying to earn a little money in case you give me only $200 for souvenirs on our trip.)

Ok, now that we are back, I have a few more pics to share. Jessie and our AK outfit were posted awhile back. Here are the other 2 I was finishing. These were both from her birthday -

this was after BBB, typically my 4yo doesn't wear makeup

Soooooooooooo cute. The rapunzel dress is amazing.

Very Helpful, Cheryl.....

I'll try to see if I can figure out when I posted photos of my cap and then search posts around the same time to see if I can uncover the REAL hints.

My cap holder works with lightweight painter's caps, didn't work with sturdier caps, and I've since bought a lighter weight cap from the dollar store that I want to try. It was easy on the painter's cap.

Let's review

My husband loves Kim Chee. Two tours in Korea did it to him. (for those who don't know it is the worst smelling stuff on the planet. It is a Korean Sauerkraut type of stuff that is HOT!) When we get it I make sure it is 1- in a glass container (helps to contain the smell (but not totally successful!) and 2- SMALL containers.

Last night my daughter and her husband came over and brought my husband a gift! A plastic gallon container of Kim Chee!!! After only a few hours the aroma is completely filling the refrigerator! You have to take a deep breath before you can open it to get anything out. I had to throw a way a gallon of freshly made sweet tea. I will probably have to throw away a gallon of milk this afternoon! Even my eggs had an off taste! (did I mention it has NOT even been opened yet?)

Nini

My son loves Kim chee. The best he ever had was in Charleston, SC. He's forever on a quest to find a really good Korean restaurant.

Maybe the stressed kids were former students of your quilting instructor! Maybe you'll eventually be on the receiving end.

Excellent point . . . and something to look forward to .

We always have paid ahead on our mortgages in the past as well, but once we bought the house in RI we had to put a stop to that. What I do now is pay ahead on the RI mortgage -- I am 5 months ahead -- I am doing as much as we possibly can b/c I fear the house sitting empty for some time.

We're still pretty new to this mortgage malarky. How do you pay five months ahead?

FOURTH TIME'S the charm.

It posted and I didn't have to

 

[aboveH20]

Nini -- "our" original discussion about hats started on Thread 24 with your question on p.42.

Here's a reply by lynnabddbyz

I used to do hats with a hat hoop on my home machine a few years ago. It is VERY hard on the machine motor. Since hats are so thick. I always had issues with the timing on my machine and would have to have it fixed. I thought it was because it was a small 4X4 machine. Come to find out it was the hats straining my machine and causing the timing issues and straining the motor. It was not long after that I upgraded to a big boy machine and doing hats is SOOOOOOOOO much easier. Please be careful doing hats on a home machine and only do them everyonce in a while. Hope that helps.

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Other than my "helpful" reply I didn't see any bona fide suggestions.

You'll have to teach us.

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

not sewing related { haven't sewn since i made g'kids christmas jammies because of tendonitis...but hoping to do a simple pillow case for a friend who wants a hello kitty case for a gift...
anyways here's my sweet Jackson & Avery whom i finally got to see after almost 9 mos. love them sooooo much...they are my son's { who is my baby} babies...


Avery

Jackson

so good to get to hold them and watch them chat and sing and dance and just be with me!
I hope to have a pretty pillowcase to share soon,may get crafty and add a pretty border w/ appliqued 'M' for Makella...
we'll see how the wrist hangs in there...~Beth~

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

sorry for the huge pix....i have a new operating system on the computer and i gotta figure out it's photo tools,i got them to upload and post to facebook so i am getting there...tools...

 

[VBAndrea]

Is there an easy way to learn everyone's names? LOL.

When I first started on here I made a list of the user name and associated real name and just kept it by my computer. Now I know most of the regulars on here. A lot of folks also do not have their name as a sig, but a few I have eventually learned -- like PurpleEars!

We're still pretty new to this mortgage malarky. How do you pay five months ahead?

With one of our mortgages (Citibank) they only allow us to pay three months ahead, but Bank of America has our RI house and I just pay on line. It always lists the next payment due and I just pay it as I have the money. For example, when I log in on line it now says our next payment is due June 1. They gladly take your $$ ahead of time!

With Citibank I have had problems though and now only pay two months ahead at the most -- they very often apply my payment to principal only as if I am making an extra principal payment which I am not. I got sick of calling them all the time to correct it so now I never pay theirs early.

You can also add extra to your principal every payment. I used to do that with our house here in VB but when we had to buy our house in RI I was sorry I did that b/c we then didn't have enough for a 20% down payment. Was all of that clear as mud?

 

[karebear23]

LOL! I beg to differ!

I mean the traditional way of making Kimchee is to put the ingredients into a crock, and then burying it in the ground and forget it....how can you tell if it is old! LOL! (or fresh for that matter!)

Let's just say it is an acquired smell... and taste!

My husband uses a Korean cleaners...his wife is always bringing hubby Kim chee in... she knows I won't let it in the house unless it is in glass... She had a jar for him for Christmas and she dropped it outside as she was handing it to him. His police car had such an aroma! (he said it made him hungry... but the bad guys begged to be put in a different car... LOL)


Nini

LOL! Too funny about the car!
Well they used to put it in the groud a long time ago for refrigeration.
It is an acquired thing I guess. I grew up eating it....
I don't eat it much anymore...only if my mom brings some over. But she would never eat any that is smelly.
If she is buying it we always open the jars to smell it first!

It depends on the type of kim chee too...there are so many kinds!
Anywho! You are making me hungry!
Back to washing & ironing my fabric!

 

[cogero]

Went to Joanns bought some thread and other goodies. I have to get to work on some projects.

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

nothing fancy but it's getting me back in the swing of sewing... wrist feels ok,but man does my shoulder hurt ,always does when i sew...gotta stop hunkerin' down...hehe

npt very bright but you get the idea...wish i'd of had a red or green bow/bead for the initial but i only had clear left...i may attempt an eye mask to match,need to try it so i can make soem for Elli's 10th b'day 'cousins sleepover spa party!' even 2 'cousin's of her heart' . which is what they call close family friends children...

 

[dianemom2]

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Fabric!!! by Sheila Grammy, on Flickr
Sheila

We are currently waiting for today's update on our neighbor. Yesterday was the day they finally started to bring her out of the medically induced coma. I hope that she will wake up and be well. We are praying for that to be true!

Love your fabric finds from Joanns. I was in there on Thursday and couldn't resist buying a few things too. The McCalls fabric is adorable. I can't wait to see what you make with that!

My son loves Kim chee. The best he ever had was in Charleston, SC. He's forever on a quest to find a really good Korean restaurant.

Living in DC we have every kind of restaurant under the sun. We have a couple of great Korean restaurants. They tend to be more on the Virginia side of town. Last night we tried a new place with Burmese cuisine. We had two of the best salads I've ever eaten! We love trying new foods. Next on our list is to try a place with Mexican torta sandwiches. Last year we got hooked on Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches. YUM!!!!!

I missed grabbing the adorable Belle skirt and the beautiful Rapunzel dresses that were posted. Excellent job on those!

Here is what I made last week for my little nephews:

Here is a closer picture so that you can see the Mickey fabric better:

This was the Simplicity pattern that I used. The shirts turned out ok but I wasn't really crazy about the pattern. Now that the printer is fixed, I can go back to CarlaC's bowling shirt pattern. I also think that the pattern ran a little small. I cut it out using the size 8 but when I compared it to a boy's t-shirt it looks more like a size 6/7. I am not sure that a size 6/7 will work for one of my nephews.

 

[Mommyto1andtwins]

Oh fun!! I got a new Bernina for Christmas (well actually I still don't have it, it was backordered) and I had planned on taking the new owners class at my local store also. They are lending me a 635 to use til the 330 I ordered comes in so at least i'm learning a little as I go along. What one did you get?

I have the 830. That is so wonderful that they are letting you borrow the 635 while you wait for yours! I hope you have tons of fun at the class. It is so worth going especially if they let you go every time they offer the class. I found I understood more this time than the first time. I can't wait for them to offer a beginners sewing class there are things I want to learn that I have had to search youtube for.

Have fun! I have been!