Thanks! The inspiration for the jellyroll skirt came from Chiara who brought up the idea last week. I have a different idea for how I want to do another skirt. I have a second jellyroll to play with but I don't think I will get time until next week. I ended up doing the acorn applique from Planet Applique's free appliques on a shirt to match the skirt. I'll post a picture later tonight.
I did end up using the acorn applique and it turned out really well. I will post a picture later tonight. Right now I am trying to make dinner for tonight and I just put a kugel in the oven to have on Yom Kippur. It will go in the freezer so that I have less cooking to do in two weeks!An acorn would look adorable with that skirt -- and free is good! And PA stitches nicely too.
I didn't change the bobbin tension when I shirred -- sometimes it worked great and other times it didn't and I just kept rewinding the bobbin until it worked perfect, but there was nothing I was doing that was inconsistentI really don't want to mess with my bobbin tension, but I do want to shirr some more!
I think it would be impossible to applique on a onesie without a 4x4 hoop - - I'll just stick to burp cloths for presents! The skirted onesies are so cute though and my ds's teacher is having a girl....must stick to burp cloths, must stick to burp cloths, must stick to burp cloths, must stick to burp cloths, ....
The little onesie dress is so cute too. I like the idea of adding skirt in and then re-attaching the bottom. Great idea. Thanks for mentioning that you would need to buy a size larger...that makes sense.
Yes, very hard to think about. I have two DDs and this is my youngest. I am very close to both of them but this one seems to still be attached by the umbilical cordHowever, I have always taught them to pray first and make decisions later. When she married into the military, I knew this might be a possibility and I trusted God that he would take care of her no matter when/where he sent her. I will really miss her but it will only be for a year so hopefully, it will go by quick.
I didn't think I'd get to this until later tonight but I ended up having a few minutes to snap some pictures while the kids were doing homework:
I didn't think I'd get to this until later tonight but I ended up having a few minutes to snap some pictures while the kids were doing homework:
I know many people like that brand of stablizer. They have a ton a different products. They also have this dream stuff...(can't remember name), but you iron it on the back of an embroidery and it is really soft and keeps the skin from being itchy...like what gymboree uses. It is expensive, but I may buy some in case a customer asks for it.
oh! thanks for sharing!!! I love the matching pj's!!!!!!
And where did you get the bamboo velour? Finn had some cloth diapers that were hand-dyed bamboo velour and I LOVED them!!! I'd love to get some and make us all lounge pants!
I got it at Just Fabrics in Cranston, RI. I just saw on her facebook page that she's opening a second location in Westerly, RI and is hoping for the beginning of October for an opening date. I know she's always happy to ship if she has it in stock and all her contact info is on facebook.
I'm really sorry to hear the school can't seem to find a way to work with your son. Will you be looking into a private school or retry homeschooling?
By "us" you mean all of us on Disbout ~ correct?
By 100 things to tackle you must mean 100 pairs of lounge pants for all of us. Do you want us to pm you with our measurements?
Adorable! I love how you used the three fabrics for the body of the acorn too!I didn't think I'd get to this until later tonight but I ended up having a few minutes to snap some pictures while the kids were doing homework:
Nobody asked if they could CASE my plunger goblet.
You know I was going to ask but I figured it would require a skill level that I just don't have.
Nobody asked if they could CASE my plunger goblet.
Here is the one set of shirts I made for our upcoming trip. My brother in law insisted he wanted a tinkerbell shirt, so I couldn't resist making it happen for him.
love that stepsister dress...we ate there when we were there in may/june and enjoyed it! here's the dresses i made the girls,Chloe as cinderella and the twins Kensleigh & Gracie as the stepsisters...Chloe was just telling her pre-k teacher lasyt week that her sisters were ttrying to take HER prince charming at disney world! hehe in the pick they are telling cinderella she cannot go to the ball...
In a effort to move this post along here are some of the outfits I made for dd. I am going to have to take in the sides a little of some of them.
She was going to wear this Saturday night, but since I changed the reservation, now I am not sure.
I am almost finished with this one. Worked on it all day yesterday. It is not exactly what I wanted to do, but I am happy with it. She loves it.
and the back
She told me Roo was her favorite, so I put him on here. Too bad we won't see him. This is one I need to take the sides in.
This one is for MK. I loved the material, and didn't want to do to much with it to break it up.
Her AK outfit
okay I did my part to move this along. I need to get ds to try all of his on, but he is at school. I think I have posted most of my other outfits already. Now to finish the rest.
Here is my last outfitI still have at least 3 t-shirts to embroidery, 7 if I have the time. I want to get te boys shirts done first before my husband and mine.
Only one more week until our trip!!
This is one of the shirts I made for the Big Give. The mom asked specifically for this image if it could be done and I am so happy it turned out pretty well. I only had a picture of a pin to work from!
Hello Ladies (& Tom). I am seriously behind on this thread but for good reason. Most of you have seen it on FB, but my daughter had her baby last Wednesday night. We are so incredibly proud of him. He weighed 8 lbs 11 oz. and is just the picture of health. I have to go get caught up on the 30 or so pages but wanted to introduce you all to him....this was taken Sunday (he was 4 days old)....Jonathan Eli....
...and yes, Daddy could use your prayers...he has to leave Monday to go back to Korea and leave this precious little thing...
Cute outfits! In terms of your question, I would check the seam allowance (commercial patterns tend to do 5/8, which is huge). I would also check the ease on the patterns perhaps they were intended to be looser fitting than you planned. If these dont work, I would take a measurement of the bust, waist, and hip on the pattern (minus the seam allowance) and compare it to your own measurements. I have had pretty good luck with commercial patterns but I tend to do step 3 (measure pattern and compare to my own measurements) before I start.I have been sewing up a storm and having a great time at it!
But I have made my self 3 things and they have all turned out to big so here is the BIG Question
What am I doing wrong? I am being really honest with my measurements the last thing I want to deal with is something that took 5 hours to make and is too small.
Okay now for some bragging!!
First day of School outfit for my daughter
Cars Custom for my son
Aurora Custom for my Daughter
Rapunzel Custom for my Daughter
Cinderella Custom for my Daughter
A really cool custom order that I made
Peter Pan theme
Father and Son matching PJs
DN10 bday present.....the fabric is hand dyed bamboo velour....I made her a pillowcase the same color last Christmas, and she re did her room to match it so I made her a throw pillow and lounge pants.
I was going to come do my part to move us along to the next Part, but I'm too late.
While you all have been sewing amazing things, having amazing grandchildren, and planning amazing trips, I've been plugging along. I'm doing my best not to spend much time on dis, but I've skimmed a few times.
My first costume did not go well. The pattern said easy, but I beg to disagree. I've set it aside and am going to work on the paper mache dragon puppet today.
In the meantime, here's the plunger I bedazzled -- it's going to be a goblet.
So the original plunger, the bedazzled, and after it's been "unmasked."
You can see that I've taken down my Disney walls in my sewing quadrant.
Please send good sewing karma my way. Since the costumes are for my son I want them to be perfect.
I have some pics of my little cousins wearing the stuff that I just sent to them. They were both very happy Amber said she planned on wearing the dress ALL winter with a long sleeve shirt underneath, and Riley would not take his outfit off to go to bed.
Ok, here are a couple pics of stuff for our trip.
The Animal Kingdom collection:
The Peter Pan collection (to match my skirt):
I actually didn't end up liking the tan shirt for the boys so they have, plain green polos instead. We'll be wearing these on Saturday, Oct. 1st at Magic Kingdom for the 40th Anniversary celebration and our ADR at Chef Mickey's.
Close up of dress front on DD. This is the Precious Dress pattern:
That's all I've got pictures of so far. More to come later this week.
Regards,
C.
It was my first attempt at the smocking:
Here are some t-shirts I made for my nephew's birthday:
And a birthday gift that I made for my daughter to take to a friend's party this weekend:
This is the back:
I can't wait to see what everyone did for the Project Runway!
Here is my T-shirt. I actually made it into a T-shirt as I got a great deal on the long sleeve shirt-$3 for an organic cotton. I wanted to add a wide zig zag stitch near the bottom if the hat in green, but I should have done that before doing the line above as I made the space too wide and I think 2 rows of stitching might look funny-what do you think?
This was the last thing I needed to do before we leave. Now if I have any time for sewing, I can work on my oldest niece's Halloween dress.
I finished another set tonight.
These will be for Hollywood Studios.
The Mickey and Friends Star Wars collection
I mentioned before that I dress up as Leia quite frequently. DH also has costumes, including stormtrooper armor,
so I was very excited to make Trooper Donald for him!
(oh, and btw, I have armor, too. This is us a few years ago. Yes, that's also a Star Wars guy named George.
Regards,
C.
Been really busy this summer, first a trip to the beach in NC, then a trip to NY for a wedding and an engagement party, then to Florida to pick up this baby from my mom!
She actually gave it to me! I have been asking to borrow it and she finally caved and said she doesn't have time to sew right now, so I might as well have it! HAVE IT!
And Here is a Feliz I make for the engagement party in NY.
She loved all the ruffles. She will be 8 next week but still loves ruffles and puffy sleeves!
Two more things to share. I teach preschool and thought I would make them small gifts this year for their brithday. Well, there are 3 this week! I only have 10 kids!! This is what I stayed up late last night working on...I need to make 1 more tonight and then I am good for a few months!
Thanks for looking!
I didn't think I'd get to this until later tonight but I ended up having a few minutes to snap some pictures while the kids were doing homework:
And Here is a Feliz I make for the engagement party in NY. [IMG said:http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h21/jellybelly0274/Things%20I%20made/DSCF0002-2.jpg[/IMG]
She loved all the ruffles. She will be 8 next week but still loves ruffles and puffy sleeves!
this dress. I hope to make one someday before my girls outgrow ruffles. (btw - I love the name Sara Beth.)
At least you get to go to Disney, unwind and enjoy yourself before you have to decide about legal action. Too bad that the school just couldn't treat your son correctly. A police escort, wow! Enjoy your time at Disney!
Thanks! The inspiration for the jellyroll skirt came from Chiara who brought up the idea last week. I have a different idea for how I want to do another skirt. I have a second jellyroll to play with but I don't think I will get time until next week. I ended up doing the acorn applique from Planet Applique's free appliques on a shirt to match the skirt. I'll post a picture later tonight.
I did end up using the acorn applique and it turned out really well. I will post a picture later tonight. Right now I am trying to make dinner for tonight and I just put a kugel in the oven to have on Yom Kippur. It will go in the freezer so that I have less cooking to do in two weeks!
I didn't think I'd get to this until later tonight but I ended up having a few minutes to snap some pictures while the kids were doing homework:
Nobody asked if they could CASE my plunger goblet.
