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

[dianemom2]

Thanks so much all! I love the Hello Kitty outfit also, and find that sometimes simple is perfect!

Diane, I know I ordered the hardware on ebay awhile back, but don't remember who the seller was. I did a search and there are several. You just want to make sure the d-rings and the snap clips have at least a 1/2" opening for the strap to go through. I bought a set of them for projects last year I think and still have quite a few left, but I do think your best bet would be to order from etsy or ebay.

I have been happy with both the zippered pouch and this bag from Pickle Pie.

I am sure you could do a similar hello kitty outfit with a different hello kitty fabric!

Thanks for the tip on ordering the hardware from ebay or etsy. I am going to look on there. The zippered pouches and the crossbody bags make great birthday gifts for my girls to give to their friends. Now that I have made several of the zippered pouches, I can get them done pretty quickly. The first time I had to read and re-read the directions to make sure I was cutting the right size squares and following the directions just right. The only thing extra that I do is after I un-hoop the bag, I have started using the serger to go over the seams that hold it together. It feels more secure to me when I do that.

DIANE-- Yay on getting your software!!! I hope you figure it all out

Wish me luck, I need to convince dh to stop at Michael's with me today so I can use two 50% off coupons.

I haven't had a free minute to even look at the software today. And tonight my kids have their orchestra and chorus show so I won't have time tonight either. Maybe tomorrow I can spend a couple of hours with it.

I made my kids go with me to use the 50% off coupons at Michaels. I give each of them an item, a coupon and some cash. That way we can use 3 of them. Also, did you know you can use the Joanns coupons there? Our Michaels will let you use both a Michaels coupon PLUS a Joanns coupn at check out.

Congrats on the software. I, too, would love to hear your review - that is once you get it figured out.

I'm sure you will get the hang of it in no time! What software did you buy? I would love to hear your thoughts a little down the road after you have the chance to play around with it some more.

I ended up buying the Designers Gallery Masterworks 2. So far, I find it very confusing. But my husband said he can explain some of it to me because it works like software he's used in the past. Plus, I am entitled to take some of their on-line classes. I am also looking for some of the video tutorials you can buy that explain the software too. Once I understand the software better I'll update you all on how I like it.

 

[dianemom2]

Here are a few of the things I have worked on recently.

Family sweats for a Big Give. I can post them because the family has already received them.

These are crayon roll ups for my niece and nephew.

This is part of their Chanukah present. My girls will give them to them on the plane ride to Florida.

 

[billwendy]

Hi Everyone! First, I must say thank you for all of the prayers for us and Zoey - they are really lifting us up!!

Second - the holiday and Big Give outfits are so totally ROCKING!!!

Third - if there is anyway anyone could whip out a Penguine shirt for our little Evan and get it in the mail - like tomorrow - and send it to GKTW, we just found out they are giving him a penguiine encounter at Sea World because he loves them so much!!!! Let me know if you could!!! It might be impossible - but just in case....

Fourth - lol - we could still use a few shirts for Lindsay's big give - cupcake, pirate, maybe an EPCOT ball (her favorite ride)????? The Big Give is really cheering her up - its totally AMAZING!!!! you can just see it on her face - a turn around for sure!

Piper - you are so right - she is my furbaby!!!!!

Ellen - I still havent tried that design!!! As long as Zoey is back home - Im gonna try!!! Looks like people will be getting home made Wendy gifts this year for Christmas - lol - or else Zoey will be wearing a big bow and going visiting!!!

So that brings me to a much happier update tonight! I got to hold Zoey tonight!!!!!! Her blood pressure came up into the normal range over night! She also developed a "looseness", poor girl, but that meant her gut was moving again and not stalled which was such a blessing. so this afternoon they gave her a bit of food, and she ate it!!! When we went to visit her, we were waiting and heard the creek of the door - I was expecting the nurse to say come on back - but she had Zoey on a LEASH!!!!!! She walked out to us and gave a little wag. She looked so raggedy - so much for that full fluffy look - we are going for more of a patchy shaved look this holiday season!!!! IV in one paw, shaved tummy and shaved BUT!!! This was so nice, they had her tail wrapped in that self stick coban stuff (instead of shaving it) and they even had a little bobby pin in her hair above her eyes - so cute - I could really tell they cared about her! So we spent a little time with her, and then she asked to go out, so they said we could take her on a little walk and she did her business. YAY!!! Unfortunately she saw our car (what a little bugger) and made a bee line for it - but she had to stay the night so they can continue to give fluids, some pain meds and monitor the junk in her tummy. So, they will do another Xray in the am to see where the residue stands - if it has moved along we are in GREAT shape. If its still in her tummy, they will rethink about the endoscopy, but it really looks like surgery isnt even being thought of anymore! So please keep praying!!!!! The power of prayer is amazing!!!!! Thank you so much friends!!!!! I hope I have an even better update tomorrow night!!

 

[mommy2mrb]

Wendy, great news about Zoey!!! hope she is home with you tomorrow, looks like it will be a weekend full of snuggles and puppy kisses

 

[billwendy]

Wendy, great news about Zoey!!! hope she is home with you tomorrow, looks like it will be a weekend full of snuggles and puppy kisses

Im reallllllyyyy hoping so Lisa!!!!! Thanks so much!!!!!!

 

[PurpleEars]

So I just got my digitizing software. My husband installed it last night. It is so confusing. I have no idea where to begin with it. I played with it a little bit last night but I didn't really get far.

Congrats on your software. I hope you can figure it out quickly!

The latest on my bank saga...I really wish I had the uniform hubby has! Something about him going in (as opposed to me) they refunded the money and made our funds instantly available!

Sometimes I feel that the only way to get them to recognize me is to have him with me! Maybe I should go to work for the police dept! Then maybe I could command the same respect as he...of course, since he outweighs me by at least 100 pounds that MIGHT be the difference...or maybe because he carries a gun.

Anyway... they refunded the money and made OUR funds instantly available to US...but HE had to go in for them to do it! So I guess I had better go get that AG doll fast...before AG runs out of the one I want!

Nini

Glad to hear that it is resolved!

I wanted to share some of my recent projects, hope these aren't duplicates on here, I know I posted on facebook already. I had back surgery 2 weeks ago, so did some of this before the surgery, and have been able to get back to sewing for the last week or so, and am enjoying my recovery time off of work

This crossbody bag is done In The Hoop from a design by Pickle Pie Designs, I made this one for DeAnna's Big Give

This apron and chef's hat were for Lindsay's big give

I made this Grace Ruffle dress using a panel I had previously embroidered for a Feliz but didn't end up using, I just love this pattern!

Not Disney related, but I made a Christmas stocking for my new grandson

And a Hello Kitty xmas outfit for my DGD

A Chef Mickey's dress for a customer

And not sewing related, but I made this Advent calendar for my DGD using my cricut and wanted to share

Sorry the pictures are so huge, I copied from facebook to avoid having to upload again.

Thanks for looking!

I hope you are recovering quickly from your surgery. Your work is beautiful as usual!

Everything that has been made is really adorable. I don't post a lot because the arthritis in my hands makes it difficult, but I do read several times a day. All the posts for prayers are included in my prayer list and I admire all the creations.

I just want to let you know that you are on my prayer list for feeling better and having the doctors figure out the right treatment for you. I enjoy seeing your creations and I hope you will be able to get back to sewing!

I found this thread a couple of days ago and have only read the first few pages and the last 20 or so and all I can say is WOW! Other than hemming my pants, I haven't sewn anything for years. I used to make some of my clothes when I was a teenager. I have tended to do more knitting the last couple of decades and started to teach myself to crochet about 6 months ago. But I have to say that after seeing some of the stuff you ladies are making, I might just have to break out my machine for our upcoming family trip and try a few things! I just have a regular sewing machine but it has some decorative stitches on it (I think - I'll have to pull it out again and look at it!) so I should be able to do some shirts or something. Maybe I'll try a couple of Mickey/Minnie head t-shirts for us to wear to a park one day. And I bet my nieces would love a little bag they can carry in the park! So many ideas going through my head right now. Gotta run and get my machine out now and see if I have any fabric left in my craft stash so I can do a couple of practice pieces!

I just want to say welcome!

Here are a few of the things I have worked on recently.

Family sweats for a Big Give. I can post them because the family has already received them.

These are crayon roll ups for my niece and nephew.

This is part of their Chanukah present. My girls will give them to them on the plane ride to Florida.

Great job on the BG outfits and on the crayon rolls!

So that brings me to a much happier update tonight! I got to hold Zoey tonight!!!!!! Her blood pressure came up into the normal range over night! She also developed a "looseness", poor girl, but that meant her gut was moving again and not stalled which was such a blessing. so this afternoon they gave her a bit of food, and she ate it!!! When we went to visit her, we were waiting and heard the creek of the door - I was expecting the nurse to say come on back - but she had Zoey on a LEASH!!!!!! She walked out to us and gave a little wag. She looked so raggedy - so much for that full fluffy look - we are going for more of a patchy shaved look this holiday season!!!! IV in one paw, shaved tummy and shaved BUT!!! This was so nice, they had her tail wrapped in that self stick coban stuff (instead of shaving it) and they even had a little bobby pin in her hair above her eyes - so cute - I could really tell they cared about her! So we spent a little time with her, and then she asked to go out, so they said we could take her on a little walk and she did her business. YAY!!! Unfortunately she saw our car (what a little bugger) and made a bee line for it - but she had to stay the night so they can continue to give fluids, some pain meds and monitor the junk in her tummy. So, they will do another Xray in the am to see where the residue stands - if it has moved along we are in GREAT shape. If its still in her tummy, they will rethink about the endoscopy, but it really looks like surgery isnt even being thought of anymore! So please keep praying!!!!! The power of prayer is amazing!!!!! Thank you so much friends!!!!! I hope I have an even better update tomorrow night!!

Thanks for the update Wendy. I hope Zoey will continue to recover quickly!

 

[VBAndrea]

I made my kids go with me to use the 50% off coupons at Michaels. I give each of them an item, a coupon and some cash. That way we can use 3 of them. Also, did you know you can use the Joanns coupons there? Our Michaels will let you use both a Michaels coupon PLUS a Joanns coupn at check out.

DH was a saint and came with me without any complaints However, in small fuzzy print it said coupons are not allowed on books and we had to shop fast b/c we had to be on time for dd's teacher's conference so dh made his purchase (bunny slippers for dd's AG doll --$2.61) and I had to do a no go on the AG doll horse book b/c even at 50% off I thought it was pricey. I'll go back more with my 50% coupons though as I can stock up on colored pencils for birthday gifts for roll ups. I like to buy the twistable ones for roll ups so I don't have to worry about sharpeners.

Here are a few of the things I have worked on recently.

Family sweats for a Big Give. I can post them because the family has already received them.

These are crayon roll ups for my niece and nephew.

This is part of their Chanukah present. My girls will give them to them on the plane ride to Florida.

LOVE the sweat set for the family And the roll ups are great. I may try a different tut for my next roll ups -- the one I use requires tons of markings because the fabric gets shifted as you sew the little pockets so the roll up can lay flat, but your lay flat and it doesn't appear you shifted the fabric. I think it would go faster that way.

Hi Everyone! First, I must say thank you for all of the prayers for us and Zoey - they are really lifting us up!!

Second - the holiday and Big Give outfits are so totally ROCKING!!!

Third - if there is anyway anyone could whip out a Penguine shirt for our little Evan and get it in the mail - like tomorrow - and send it to GKTW, we just found out they are giving him a penguiine encounter at Sea World because he loves them so much!!!! Let me know if you could!!! It might be impossible - but just in case....

Fourth - lol - we could still use a few shirts for Lindsay's big give - cupcake, pirate, maybe an EPCOT ball (her favorite ride)????? The Big Give is really cheering her up - its totally AMAZING!!!! you can just see it on her face - a turn around for sure!

Piper - you are so right - she is my furbaby!!!!!

Ellen - I still havent tried that design!!! As long as Zoey is back home - Im gonna try!!! Looks like people will be getting home made Wendy gifts this year for Christmas - lol - or else Zoey will be wearing a big bow and going visiting!!!

So that brings me to a much happier update tonight! I got to hold Zoey tonight!!!!!! Her blood pressure came up into the normal range over night! She also developed a "looseness", poor girl, but that meant her gut was moving again and not stalled which was such a blessing. so this afternoon they gave her a bit of food, and she ate it!!! When we went to visit her, we were waiting and heard the creek of the door - I was expecting the nurse to say come on back - but she had Zoey on a LEASH!!!!!! She walked out to us and gave a little wag. She looked so raggedy - so much for that full fluffy look - we are going for more of a patchy shaved look this holiday season!!!! IV in one paw, shaved tummy and shaved BUT!!! This was so nice, they had her tail wrapped in that self stick coban stuff (instead of shaving it) and they even had a little bobby pin in her hair above her eyes - so cute - I could really tell they cared about her! So we spent a little time with her, and then she asked to go out, so they said we could take her on a little walk and she did her business. YAY!!! Unfortunately she saw our car (what a little bugger) and made a bee line for it - but she had to stay the night so they can continue to give fluids, some pain meds and monitor the junk in her tummy. So, they will do another Xray in the am to see where the residue stands - if it has moved along we are in GREAT shape. If its still in her tummy, they will rethink about the endoscopy, but it really looks like surgery isnt even being thought of anymore! So please keep praying!!!!! The power of prayer is amazing!!!!! Thank you so much friends!!!!! I hope I have an even better update tomorrow night!!

SO happy to hear that Zoey is doing much better. I think you are still going to have a hefty vet bill -- but no surgery should hopefully save you some. And most importantly, no surgery will be easier on Zoey (and you!).

I am sorry I can't help anymore with the gives right now. I still have a shirt to finish up for one. I am backed up with the holiday season. I am also in a little bit of financial stress -- I think we can still do a nice Christmas but I have two birthdays this month too (dh and dd). I also wanted a nice camera for Christmas but told dh not to get it for me as $4 is a little tight but I fear he will get it for me anyway. I am just getting him little stuff this year. I have barely started shopping and I fear the worst!

 

[DMGeurts]

Ellen... I love everything you made - it all turned out wonderful. Especially love the Lilo fabric on the in the hoop cross body bag - TDF!!!

Diane... I also love everything you made! I can't believe how quick you all are.

D~

 

[dianemom2]

So that brings me to a much happier update tonight! I got to hold Zoey tonight!!!!!! Her blood pressure came up into the normal range over night! She also developed a "looseness", poor girl, but that meant her gut was moving again and not stalled which was such a blessing. so this afternoon they gave her a bit of food, and she ate it!!! When we went to visit her, we were waiting and heard the creek of the door - I was expecting the nurse to say come on back - but she had Zoey on a LEASH!!!!!! She walked out to us and gave a little wag. She looked so raggedy - so much for that full fluffy look - we are going for more of a patchy shaved look this holiday season!!!! IV in one paw, shaved tummy and shaved BUT!!! This was so nice, they had her tail wrapped in that self stick coban stuff (instead of shaving it) and they even had a little bobby pin in her hair above her eyes - so cute - I could really tell they cared about her! So we spent a little time with her, and then she asked to go out, so they said we could take her on a little walk and she did her business. YAY!!! Unfortunately she saw our car (what a little bugger) and made a bee line for it - but she had to stay the night so they can continue to give fluids, some pain meds and monitor the junk in her tummy. So, they will do another Xray in the am to see where the residue stands - if it has moved along we are in GREAT shape. If its still in her tummy, they will rethink about the endoscopy, but it really looks like surgery isnt even being thought of anymore! So please keep praying!!!!! The power of prayer is amazing!!!!! Thank you so much friends!!!!! I hope I have an even better update tomorrow night!!

Glad to hear that they are taking great care of Zoey and that maybe she can come home soon.

DH was a saint and came with me without any complaints However, in small fuzzy print it said coupons are not allowed on books and we had to shop fast b/c we had to be on time for dd's teacher's conference so dh made his purchase (bunny slippers for dd's AG doll --$2.61) and I had to do a no go on the AG doll horse book b/c even at 50% off I thought it was pricey. I'll go back more with my 50% coupons though as I can stock up on colored pencils for birthday gifts for roll ups. I like to buy the twistable ones for roll ups so I don't have to worry about sharpeners.


LOVE the sweat set for the family And the roll ups are great. I may try a different tut for my next roll ups -- the one I use requires tons of markings because the fabric gets shifted as you sew the little pockets so the roll up can lay flat, but your lay flat and it doesn't appear you shifted the fabric. I think it would go faster that way.

Sound like you will need to go back to Michaels with more coupons! LOL! Does your DD like the AG craft stuff from there? Some of the things in that line cute.

I did not have to shift the fabric at all. My crayon roll ups do lie nice and flat when I open them. I like the double roll up because I could fit a 32 pack of Disney crayons into it.

Diane... I also love everything you made! I can't believe how quick you all are.

D~

I am not quick. It is the embroidery machine.

 

[miprender]

I feel like I haven't been on this thread in a while.

Here are a few of the things I have worked on recently.

Everything is adorable.

This was a dress I did for Deanna for her Big Give -- it looks really good on her too ~ the colors in the dress look super with her coloring (of course I think she'd probably look smashing in any color as she has such a beautiful skin tone).

These were from some of the panels I got on clearance at Wally's. I was iffy on the colors as I was making the dress, but I think it turned out decent, and like I said, I think DeAnna wears the colors well.


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BACK:

And today I got a good start on dd's tea party outfit. I have the appliques done on the Insa and have Alice appliqued on the t. Ran into a problem as I only had a half yard remnant of a fabric I wanted and couldn't remember where I got it from -- it was the pinwheel fabric Marianne uses on her deco jeans. No one had it anymore But I did find some fabrics with tea cups and tea pots to use instead -- not quite as bright as what I originally envisioned, but hopefully it will look good. I would have gotten a hair further if the power had not gone out for an hour right after I did my placement stitch for my first applique -- thankfully my machine was undamaged.

WOW that turned out great.

I feel bad I haven't had a chance to do the last two BGs. We have had so much going on and work has been crazy busy. Hopefully after New Years I can start doing some more.

A Chef Mickey's dress for a customer

And not sewing related, but I made this Advent calendar for my DGD using my cricut and wanted to share

Thanks for looking!

I don't remember seeing the Chef Mickey dress on FB. As always everything is beautiful.

I just did my first INH project. Heather's Angry Bird Tic Tac Toe. Both my DSs wanted one.

I found this thread a couple of days ago and have only read the first few pages and the last 20 or so and all I can say is WOW! Other than hemming my pants, I haven't sewn anything for years. I used to make some of my clothes when I was a teenager. I have tended to do more knitting the last couple of decades and started to teach myself to crochet about 6 months ago. But I have to say that after seeing some of the stuff you ladies are making, I might just have to break out my machine for our upcoming family trip and try a few things! I just have a regular sewing machine but it has some decorative stitches on it (I think - I'll have to pull it out again and look at it!) so I should be able to do some shirts or something. Maybe I'll try a couple of Mickey/Minnie head t-shirts for us to wear to a park one day. And I bet my nieces would love a little bag they can carry in the park! So many ideas going through my head right now. Gotta run and get my machine out now and see if I have any fabric left in my craft stash so I can do a couple of practice pieces!

 

[tricia]

Here are a few of the things I have worked on recently.

Family sweats for a Big Give. I can post them because the family has already received them.

These are crayon roll ups for my niece and nephew.

This is part of their Chanukah present. My girls will give them to them on the plane ride to Florida.

awesome Sweats, and I love the large capacity crayon rolls too.

Everything looks great, but I just had to comment that tonight I am making this bag, with the Hello Kitty fabric from below. How cool is that?

I am making it for a little 4 year old girl that I know that is always bringing me little gifts and coloring pages.

And a Hello Kitty xmas outfit for my DGD

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BACK:

Awesome job, good use of those panels.

 

[Fruto76]

I ended up buying the Designers Gallery Masterworks 2. So far, I find it very confusing. But my husband said he can explain some of it to me because it works like software he's used in the past. Plus, I am entitled to take some of their on-line classes. I am also looking for some of the video tutorials you can buy that explain the software too. Once I understand the software better I'll update you all on how I like it.

Here are a few of the things I have worked on recently.

Family sweats for a Big Give. I can post them because the family has already received them.

These are crayon roll ups for my niece and nephew.

This is part of their Chanukah present. My girls will give them to them on the plane ride to Florida.

I hope you get a little time to play with your software...that's great that hubby will be able to help you out!

I love the sweats! They are adorable and I bet they will be snuggly warm for them!

I just spent the last 4 hours downloading fonts from 8clawsandapaw Her monthly subscription ends Dec 9. I thought it would take me a good week or so, but I got them all in the 4 hours (well minus a few I would never use). I downloaded to an external hard drive and now all I have to do is organize them. I remember somebody asking a few weeks back about how long it took so I thought I would share.

 

[ivey_family]

Wendy - I've only been around since about April and I don't know much about your Zoey. Will you share a pic? Glad to hear she's being so well cared for and is doing better!

Beth - Congrats on the ultrasound picture! And love the pic of the twins with their new Bibles!

Here are some things I did for a Big Give. The family just received them.

Super cute! Love those Ducks!

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D~

Another amazing creation, D! I'm so glad to hear you've gotten Mr. Rocket to behave, too! (I've got to get back to your trip report to read how you did it!)

Hi Colleen and Sally,
My husband bought me a Janome Memory Craft 4800 in 2000 as a surprise because my Kenmore stopped working after 28 years. It has 80 different designs for decorating edges...different button holes and etc. It also has the ABCs...in block style caps and small letters.....plus ABCs in scripts in caps and small letters. It's good for light/med weigh fabric but doesn't like to hem bluejeans discovered that after a major bobbin problem and 2 broken needles...never did that again. I actually need some extra bobbins but can't seem to get to the store where my husband bought it. I can't find bobbins for it at Joann's.
Happy Sewing, Sheila

I have almost the same machine. Mine is the Janome QC4900. It does have lots of great features, but I don't love, love, love it. The buttonholes have never been great, and it is a bit tempermental with self-wound bobbins. My MIL also has a Janome and hers is also on the tempermental side. Overall, it's a good machine, but I'm not sure I would buy a Janome again.

Colleen - May I be nosy and ask what part of the MI you're in? If you're in SE Michigan, I can give you reviews on a couple shops I've used.

This was a dress I did for Deanna for her Big Give -- it looks really good on her too ~ the colors in the dress look super with her coloring (of course I think she'd probably look smashing in any color as she has such a beautiful skin tone).


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Gorgeous! I love how you used the panels! I also can't wait to see the tea party outfit!

The latest on my bank saga...I really wish I had the uniform hubby has! Something about him going in (as opposed to me) they refunded the money and made our funds instantly available!


Anyway... they refunded the money and made OUR funds instantly available to US...but HE had to go in for them to do it! So I guess I had better go get that AG doll fast...before AG runs out of the one I want!

Nini

SO glad to hear that it was taken care of! I know just how those bank rules can make you crazy!

This apron and chef's hat were for Lindsay's big give

I made this Grace Ruffle dress using a panel I had previously embroidered for a Feliz but didn't end up using, I just love this pattern!

A Chef Mickey's dress for a customer

And not sewing related, but I made this Advent calendar for my DGD using my cricut and wanted to share

Sorry the pictures are so huge, I copied from facebook to avoid having to upload again.

Thanks for looking!

Wow! So many gorgeous things! I love the Grace, the Chef Mickey and the calendar!

I love the sweats! Where is the Christmas Tree design from? I don't remember seeing that one.

I just spent the last 4 hours downloading fonts from 8clawsandapaw Her monthly subscription ends Dec 9. I thought it would take me a good week or so, but I got them all in the 4 hours (well minus a few I would never use). I downloaded to an external hard drive and now all I have to do is organize them. I remember somebody asking a few weeks back about how long it took so I thought I would share.

That was me that asked. DH bought my subscription today, too! He came upstairs and said, "Merry Christmas, start downloading but don't fill up the harddrive." I've been working on it for hours, but I'm only about halfway through the downloading. I've got them all purchased, though. That part was easy.

I'm plugging away at Christmas gifts, but no pictures to share at the moment. Back to downloading!

Regards,
C.

 

[dianemom2]

I love the sweats! Where is the Christmas Tree design from? I don't remember seeing that one.

The Christmas tree design came from Heathersue.

 

[billwendy]

Hi Everyone - we are home and slept through the night! She is eating a little bit of boiled rice and beef but is being a bugger about taking her medicine!!!! She is a bit dopey from the pain medicine, but did some fluffing and finding her favorite spots since she has been home. I got to snuggle her last night before bed and it was soooo nice!!! Keep praying as we go through the weekend - she needs to keep eating and taking her medicine and her "looseness" should start to go away (how long will that take!!). I am so thankful for all of you praying for us this week! and am Praising the Lord for the miracle he performed in Zoey!!!!

I think Im going to try the little zippered pouch today!!! ZIPPER!!!

 

[mommy2mrb]

Hi Everyone - we are home and slept through the night! She is eating a little bit of boiled rice and beef but is being a bugger about taking her medicine!!!! She is a bit dopey from the pain medicine, but did some fluffing and finding her favorite spots since she has been home. I got to snuggle her last night before bed and it was soooo nice!!! Keep praying as we go through the weekend - she needs to keep eating and taking her medicine and her "looseness" should start to go away (how long will that take!!). I am so thankful for all of you praying for us this week! and am Praising the Lord for the miracle he performed in Zoey!!!!

I think Im going to try the little zippered pouch today!!! ZIPPER!!!

happy to hear your girl is home...good luck with the med's....and the zipper!

 

[BridgetR3]

Quick opinion question....what is the easiest "cute" thing to make for a newbie? I have made curtains before and practiced lots of stitches on scrap stuff. I've tried to make a cute umm....color pencil holder but that was a slight disaster.

What would you all suggest?

 

[ivey_family]

I forgot to share pics from dd's first birthday party last weekend. I think you'll all appreciate the theme. I made the cookies, but not the cake. I was SO thrilled with what our bakery did just from a couple inspirational pictures!

Regards,
C.

Abigail and I, pre-cake...

Abigail, post-cake...

 

[DMGeurts]

Another amazing creation, D! I'm so glad to hear you've gotten Mr. Rocket to behave, too! (I've got to get back to your trip report to read how you did it!)

Carrie, I am just going to tell you here, because I have no idea where it's buried in my PTR... I had a bad pack of needles... Patience was acting up too, after I'd changed her needle when I broke the other... I really thought I'd bent her needle bar. About a week later, after trying one last time to see if her needle bar was bent, and cleaning the needle clap - on a whim, I decided to try a needle from a NEW package, and she was stitching beautifully again. Which led me to Mr. Rocket's attitude, I changed his needle and he was darn near perfect too.

The only problem I have with him now, is when I am appliqueing, if I cross the intersection where I've satin stitched on a different layer, he will skp a stitch, so I have to hand crank him in those areas, and back him up if necessary - so that's annoying, but I can deal with it.

Lesson learned... there is such a thing as a bad package of needles, so when all else fails, try another package.

Hi Everyone - we are home and slept through the night! She is eating a little bit of boiled rice and beef but is being a bugger about taking her medicine!!!! She is a bit dopey from the pain medicine, but did some fluffing and finding her favorite spots since she has been home. I got to snuggle her last night before bed and it was soooo nice!!! Keep praying as we go through the weekend - she needs to keep eating and taking her medicine and her "looseness" should start to go away (how long will that take!!). I am so thankful for all of you praying for us this week! and am Praising the Lord for the miracle he performed in Zoey!!!!

I think Im going to try the little zippered pouch today!!! ZIPPER!!!

I am glad Zoey is doing better, I hope she will continue to take her meds. Good luck with the zipper - once I wrapped my brain around the detail of how it all goes together, it's been so much easier for me.

Quick opinion question....what is the easiest "cute" thing to make for a newbie? I have made curtains before and practiced lots of stitches on scrap stuff. I've tried to make a cute umm....color pencil holder but that was a slight disaster.

What would you all suggest?

Honestly, I started with Carla C's stripwork dress - it's an easy pattern to follow, you learn a lot of basic techniques, and it's cute. I'd recommend anything from Carla C - she has a way with teaching that can't be beat.

I forgot to share pics from dd's first birthday party last weekend. I think you'll all appreciate the theme. I made the cookies, but not the cake. I was SO thrilled with what our bakery did just from a couple inspirational pictures!

Regards,
C.

Abigail and I, pre-cake...

Abigail, post-cake...

Totally adorable!!! Happy Birthday Abigail!!!

D~

 

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Here are a few of the things I have worked on recently.

Family sweats for a Big Give. I can post them because the family has already received them.

These are crayon roll ups for my niece and nephew.

This is part of their Chanukah present. My girls will give them to them on the plane ride to Florida.

The sweats for the family will be perfect for their trip. They looked so cute modeling the outfits you made. The crayon rolls will make great presents.

I forgot to share pics from dd's first birthday party last weekend. I think you'll all appreciate the theme. I made the cookies, but not the cake. I was SO thrilled with what our bakery did just from a couple inspirational pictures!

Regards,
C.

Abigail and I, pre-cake...

Abigail, post-cake...

The cake came out nice and I love your matching t-shirt. Your DD is so cute, especially covered in frosting. Looks like a great party!

Quick opinion question....what is the easiest "cute" thing to make for a newbie? I have made curtains before and practiced lots of stitches on scrap stuff. I've tried to make a cute umm....color pencil holder but that was a slight disaster.

What would you all suggest?

You can't go wrong with CarlaC's patterns. The simply sweet pattern is very versatile and easy to customize.