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

[Diz-Mommy]

I don't have a real sewing space yet, but my house is almost done, so I'm holding on to my sanity...or at least trying to in this apartment right now. A shoe store just went out of business in our area, and so I got 3 new tables, some shelving and a few benches dirt cheap. They are all pretty beat up, but my plan is to sand them down and paint them. I also want to make cushions for the benches.

I love that one idea to put RTA shelving under a table top though...hmmm

 

[mphalens]

I love these! Thanks D~ I am talking really, really budget. I will probably check out some thrift stores and see what I can find. The desks at Ikea are only $19 each! www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S79831622/ I have about $200 (if I am lucky and don't have any big expenses before then) to do the whole room. That includes a sleep sofa or futon, sewing surface for 2 machines and hopefully a cutting table. Optimistic? Yep, but I am hoping that when people take advantage of the January furniture sales and redecorate, I will find some bargains!

I love this one and it would fit 2 machines, but that doesn't leave much for the other stuff: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S99874111/#/S89865635

I have both a white book case and a black one, so storage is covered (plus there is a walk in closet in that room.)

Oooh! Piper! I love that desk from Ikea!!!

I wish my redecorating project right now included a new sewing area for me Instead the redecorating is being done to Phalen & Finn's room. When I found out I was pregnant with Phalen we went with a "Sophisticated Jungle" theme. Gorgeous decorator fabrics from MaryJo's for the drapes, a baby quilt that I designed and my mom made, we bought the sheets (sage green and cream) but she made the bumper and the crib skirt. We had my grandfather's recliner recovered in a sage green and DH painted the walls kahki with sage green trim. That was over 7 years ago. Since then we've had Finn and although we did a nursery for him (a nautical/beach theme with red, white, and blue), the boys really preferred sharing a room once Finn was ready to move out of our room (we co-sleep) and we really wanted our playroom back. That was 2 years ago and when Finn moved into Phalen's room, they kept the jungle theme and colors.
So, for their big Christmas present this year we told them they could choose a new theme and we'd redecorate their room. They chose a Star Wars theme. We went with light grey walls on three of the walls and a light blue for the trim and the 4th wall (which has the only window). The double closet doors we painted black and DH painted the inside of the bedroom door black as well. We decided we wanted a twin over full metal bunk bed since Phalen had been sleeping in a twin low loftbed and Finn had been sleeping in a double mattress and boxspring on the floor. We found a great deal on a silver metal bunk bed at Walmart and put it together on the 23rd. While we were at church on Christmas Eve my mom put the new Star Wars sheets on the beds and added their new blankets and comforters (we went with plain blue micro-plush blankets and reversible down alternative comforters from Kohls - light blue & royal blue) so they could sleep in their new beds on Christmas Eve.
Today my dad put up the new curtain rod (we went with a sliding rail system from Ikea rather than traditional curtains with tie-backs) and now he & DH are working on putting up the light fixture on the ceiling (the room doesn't have wiring for a ceiling light, so we bought one of those corded lights from Ikea and they're hanging it up and hiding the wires with wire covers across the ceiling and down the wall).
I found three different sets of those vinyl wall stickers that are removable - one glow in the dark stars and planets, one Star Wars saga set and one Star Wars: The Clone Wars set. We put a few of those up last night and they received a cool space ship projector clock for Christmas (it projects the time and the solar system on the ceiling or wall). I have all the supplies to stencil a Star Wars quote on the closet doors, but I can't decide which quote to do.

"DO OR DO NOT; THERE IS NO TRY"

"SIZE MATTERS NOT. LOOK AT ME. JUDGE ME BY MY SIZE, DO YOU?"

"TRULY WONDERFUL, THE MIND OF A CHILD IS"

"MUCH TO LEARN YOU STILL HAVE"

They're all by Master Yoda . . . which would you choose???

I promise to post pictures when the room is all done!!!

 

[Diz-Mommy]

This is my vote for the quote. "TRULY WONDERFUL, THE MIND OF A CHILD IS"

Sounds like a fun room! I can't wait to see pictures!!

 

[Diz-Mommy]

Well I'm coming out of lurkdom. I've been quietly looking at everyone's lovely creations since coming home from our trip, but have just been too busy to quote or even post anything. We took our trip the second week of November and everything since then has been a total blur. Christmas is over and while I don't fully expect life to slow down any time soon, at least the rush is over. Our house is coming along, but still no where near completion...folks are posting pictures of their sewing rooms, so here's mine for the time being.

You'll notice its not so much a "room" as it is a desk for the time being. Things are not much different in the apartment than they were in the old house, I'm just feet away from the dinning room table. It's lots of fun always having to pack up my projects to eat dinner. Can you tell I'm looking forward to my new space? Here's the current status of the sewing studio, I'll like it better with walls, desks, shelving, fabric, sewing machines and ME!

 

[Diz-Mommy]

And since I never did post the outfits I made for our trip, I hope it's okay to do a photo overload. You'll notice my oldest has butterfly bandages on his face in all of the pictures... His head met the sharp corner of the nightstand our FIRST night at the POP. I posted a sad little pitty party post about it when I was sitting up in bed waiting for DH to get back with him from the ER. They didn't get back till 2 AM!! So yeah, not the most magical way to start a trip, but things did get better. I apologize for repetition for anyone that's already seen and heard all of this. Here it goes!

For MVMCP...

Annabella's little hands petting the ruffles

The jackets the boys never wore because the weather was so amazingly warm the entire trip, we really got lucky because other trips we have been in Nov-Dec have been really COLD! Oh well, at least they had something cute to wear on the plane!

My last minute project I'm glad I had time for, although she didn't need it on the trip.

Ryan's Tigger shirt

If I had these to do over again, I would have used more of the print instead of so much of the solid...

I can't remember who posted sketched out ideas for these shirts, but I made them off the sketches, so thanks whoever you are! My boys loved them! Some details you can't really see in the pictures are the glow in the dark top stitching on the Buzz bowling shirt and on the Woody shirt I used mother of pearl-ish looking buttons and the badge says "Sheriff Ryan".

A few more Annabug outfits

This one has special meaning, because Annabella really is a wish come true. I wished for her at Wishes the year I got pregnant with her.

I have barely any pictures of her wearing this at the parks...just one of her sleeping in her stroller HA!

Tie dyes for the boys, Ter and I had ones that matched some of them

Taking off from the airport...

First day at the parks

Chef Mickey's

Only full length picture I have of Anna in her Tinkerbell dress

 

[Diz-Mommy]

And probably the best pictures I have of the boys' Jake shirts. There are lots of appliqués on these, tic toc crock, golden doublons, Jake and Skully

That's all, I promise!! Thanks for lookin'!

 

[Piper]

This is my vote for the quote. "TRULY WONDERFUL, THE MIND OF A CHILD IS"

Sounds like a fun room! I can't wait to see pictures!!

I second that one!

 

[momto4princesses]

Can I interrupt with a question please?

Is there a particular site where most of you find your Disney appliques? I have tons of designs but they are all full embroidery designs and I'm finding applique designs very hard to find.

THanks.

 

[SallyfromDE]

Well I'm coming out of lurkdom. I've been quietly looking at everyone's lovely creations since coming home from our trip, but have just been too busy to quote or even post anything. We took our trip the second week of November and everything since then has been a total blur. Christmas is over and while I don't fully expect life to slow down any time soon, at least the rush is over. Our house is coming along, but still no where near completion...folks are posting pictures of their sewing rooms, so here's mine for the time being.

You'll notice its not so much a "room" as it is a desk for the time being. Things are not much different in the apartment than they were in the old house, I'm just feet away from the dinning room table. It's lots of fun always having to pack up my projects to eat dinner. Can you tell I'm looking forward to my new space? Here's the current status of the sewing studio, I'll like it better with walls, desks, shelving, fabric, sewing machines and ME!

Love your helper!

 

[PurpleEars]

Oooh! Piper! I love that desk from Ikea!!!

I wish my redecorating project right now included a new sewing area for me Instead the redecorating is being done to Phalen & Finn's room. When I found out I was pregnant with Phalen we went with a "Sophisticated Jungle" theme. Gorgeous decorator fabrics from MaryJo's for the drapes, a baby quilt that I designed and my mom made, we bought the sheets (sage green and cream) but she made the bumper and the crib skirt. We had my grandfather's recliner recovered in a sage green and DH painted the walls kahki with sage green trim. That was over 7 years ago. Since then we've had Finn and although we did a nursery for him (a nautical/beach theme with red, white, and blue), the boys really preferred sharing a room once Finn was ready to move out of our room (we co-sleep) and we really wanted our playroom back. That was 2 years ago and when Finn moved into Phalen's room, they kept the jungle theme and colors.
So, for their big Christmas present this year we told them they could choose a new theme and we'd redecorate their room. They chose a Star Wars theme. We went with light grey walls on three of the walls and a light blue for the trim and the 4th wall (which has the only window). The double closet doors we painted black and DH painted the inside of the bedroom door black as well. We decided we wanted a twin over full metal bunk bed since Phalen had been sleeping in a twin low loftbed and Finn had been sleeping in a double mattress and boxspring on the floor. We found a great deal on a silver metal bunk bed at Walmart and put it together on the 23rd. While we were at church on Christmas Eve my mom put the new Star Wars sheets on the beds and added their new blankets and comforters (we went with plain blue micro-plush blankets and reversible down alternative comforters from Kohls - light blue & royal blue) so they could sleep in their new beds on Christmas Eve.
Today my dad put up the new curtain rod (we went with a sliding rail system from Ikea rather than traditional curtains with tie-backs) and now he & DH are working on putting up the light fixture on the ceiling (the room doesn't have wiring for a ceiling light, so we bought one of those corded lights from Ikea and they're hanging it up and hiding the wires with wire covers across the ceiling and down the wall).
I found three different sets of those vinyl wall stickers that are removable - one glow in the dark stars and planets, one Star Wars saga set and one Star Wars: The Clone Wars set. We put a few of those up last night and they received a cool space ship projector clock for Christmas (it projects the time and the solar system on the ceiling or wall). I have all the supplies to stencil a Star Wars quote on the closet doors, but I can't decide which quote to do.

"DO OR DO NOT; THERE IS NO TRY"

"SIZE MATTERS NOT. LOOK AT ME. JUDGE ME BY MY SIZE, DO YOU?"

"TRULY WONDERFUL, THE MIND OF A CHILD IS"

"MUCH TO LEARN YOU STILL HAVE"

They're all by Master Yoda . . . which would you choose???

I promise to post pictures when the room is all done!!!

I would choose "Truly Wonderful. the mind of a child is" as it is a children's bedroom!

And since I never did post the outfits I made for our trip, I hope it's okay to do a photo overload. You'll notice my oldest has butterfly bandages on his face in all of the pictures... His head met the sharp corner of the nightstand our FIRST night at the POP. I posted a sad little pitty party post about it when I was sitting up in bed waiting for DH to get back with him from the ER. They didn't get back till 2 AM!! So yeah, not the most magical way to start a trip, but things did get better. I apologize for repetition for anyone that's already seen and heard all of this. Here it goes!

The jackets the boys never wore because the weather was so amazingly warm the entire trip, we really got lucky because other trips we have been in Nov-Dec have been really COLD! Oh well, at least they had something cute to wear on the plane!

My last minute project I'm glad I had time for, although she didn't need it on the trip.

Beautiful outfits! Thank you for sharing the pictures!

Can I interrupt with a question please?

Is there a particular site where most of you find your Disney appliques? I have tons of designs but they are all full embroidery designs and I'm finding applique designs very hard to find.

THanks.

I would 100% endorse Heather's applique designs (frou frou by heather sue). They are so much fun to stitch out and they hadn't given me any troubles yet. I have done a number of them now.


Ok, now that we got new batteries for the camera, I would like to share a few pictures:

Latest project for Barbara's auction:

A Rebecca Dress (one of the latest SisBoom patterns) for myself:

This will be worn as a jumper with a turtleneck sweater during the winter. I plan to do an AK version and a Minnie version of this dress before our August trip. If things go well I may have them in time for our February DL/San Diego zoo/Sea World trip. It went together very quickly and it was a lot of fun to do. One thing I discovered is that I am more legs than torso (I often thought so but this is the first time I have concrete evidence). I used the cutting lines for "tall" (my height falls within the tall range) and I thought the waist band was a little bit low. At least I know for future dresses.

Finally, a very blessed Christmas with sewing-related gifts:

Thanks for looking!

 

[babynala]

Thanks everyone! I finished the first one today. I just spruced up one of my daughters shirts from our last trip (took it in, added a new strap, new bow for Minnie) and made new pants (don't know what happened to the last ones??)

I wish I had made the pants a little longer, but other than that I'm pleased. Can't make anything else until I get some fabric, so I'll be doing some shopping soon! (If anyone has any Tangled Rapunzel leftover fabric, I'd love to trade or buy some, I can't find it anywhere, I only need about 1/2 yard).

Here are some pics of Joy, she is 4 1/2, this outfit is for Animal Kingdom...

And here is my oldest DD when she wore it 3 years ago. She was 5.

Welcome back. That outfit is really cute. I would never have the patience to hand sew an entire outfit. I love seeing both your girls in the same outfit.

"DO OR DO NOT; THERE IS NO TRY"

"SIZE MATTERS NOT. LOOK AT ME. JUDGE ME BY MY SIZE, DO YOU?"

"TRULY WONDERFUL, THE MIND OF A CHILD IS"

"MUCH TO LEARN YOU STILL HAVE"

They're all by Master Yoda . . . which would you choose???

I promise to post pictures when the room is all done!!!

What a great Christmas list. I like "Much to learn you still have" but the truly wonderful might be the best for a kids room. Can't wait to see the finished room. How did the boys react to their room on Christmas Eve?

Well I'm coming out of lurkdom. I've been quietly looking at everyone's lovely creations since coming home from our trip, but have just been too busy to quote or even post anything. We took our trip the second week of November and everything since then has been a total blur. Christmas is over and while I don't fully expect life to slow down any time soon, at least the rush is over. Our house is coming along, but still no where near completion...folks are posting pictures of their sewing rooms, so here's mine for the time being.

You'll notice its not so much a "room" as it is a desk for the time being. Things are not much different in the apartment than they were in the old house, I'm just feet away from the dinning room table. It's lots of fun always having to pack up my projects to eat dinner. Can you tell I'm looking forward to my new space? Here's the current status of the sewing studio, I'll like it better with walls, desks, shelving, fabric, sewing machines and ME!

Your new house is coming along great. It will be so nice to have a sewing room and your cramped quarters will be worth it.

And probably the best pictures I have of the boys' Jake shirts. There are lots of appliqués on these, tic toc crock, golden doublons, Jake and Skully

That's all, I promise!! Thanks for lookin'!

Hmmm, sorry I lost the quote with all the other pictures. Everything you made came out wonderful. I love all the bowling shirts and the cute little dresses for your little "wish". The Jake ones look amazing - I think Jake liked them too. The monorail jackets are cool but I'm glad your trip was warm enough so you didn't have to wear them. Thanks for sharing all your pictures.

Ok, now that we got new batteries for the camera, I would like to share a few pictures:

Latest project for Barbara's auction:

A Rebecca Dress (one of the latest SisBoom patterns) for myself:

This will be worn as a jumper with a turtleneck sweater during the winter. I plan to do an AK version and a Minnie version of this dress before our August trip. If things go well I may have them in time for our February DL/San Diego zoo/Sea World trip. It went together very quickly and it was a lot of fun to do. One thing I discovered is that I am more legs than torso (I often thought so but this is the first time I have concrete evidence). I used the cutting lines for "tall" (my height falls within the tall range) and I thought the waist band was a little bit low. At least I know for future dresses.

Finally, a very blessed Christmas with sewing-related gifts:

Thanks for looking!

Love the skirt you made for Barbara's auction. The Rebecca dress is so pretty and I love all your christmas gifts!

 

[dianemom2]

Hey! I have the same chairs!

Funny that you have the same chairs. We've had them for a long time. Probably at least 10 years. We got them for the kitchen in our last house but we've lived in this house for 6 years now.

I love these! Thanks D~ I am talking really, really budget. I will probably check out some thrift stores and see what I can find. The desks at Ikea are only $19 each! www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S79831622/ I have about $200 (if I am lucky and don't have any big expenses before then) to do the whole room. That includes a sleep sofa or futon, sewing surface for 2 machines and hopefully a cutting table. Optimistic? Yep, but I am hoping that when people take advantage of the January furniture sales and redecorate, I will find some bargains!

You should check on Craigslist for the Ikea desk. I don't know if you'd have anybody to help you move it but it might work out great.

One of my friends just got a tv armoire to keep her sewing machine in. It is really pretty and she found it on Craigslist for free. Apparently now that everybody has flat screen tvs they can't get rid of tv armoires. It has worked out perfectly for her because she has to keep her sewing machine in the corner of her living room.

Well I'm coming out of lurkdom. I've been quietly looking at everyone's lovely creations since coming home from our trip, but have just been too busy to quote or even post anything. We took our trip the second week of November and everything since then has been a total blur. Christmas is over and while I don't fully expect life to slow down any time soon, at least the rush is over. Our house is coming along, but still no where near completion...folks are posting pictures of their sewing rooms, so here's mine for the time being.

You'll notice its not so much a "room" as it is a desk for the time being. Things are not much different in the apartment than they were in the old house, I'm just feet away from the dinning room table. It's lots of fun always having to pack up my projects to eat dinner. Can you tell I'm looking forward to my new space? Here's the current status of the sewing studio, I'll like it better with walls, desks, shelving, fabric, sewing machines and ME!

I love the baby under your sewing "room"! Your new sewing room is going to be amazing! Can't wait to see picture of it when you are finished!

Ok, now that we got new batteries for the camera, I would like to share a few pictures:

Latest project for Barbara's auction:

A Rebecca Dress (one of the latest SisBoom patterns) for myself:

Finally, a very blessed Christmas with sewing-related gifts:

Thanks for looking!

Your skirt for the auction is adorable. Are those some of Heather Sue's appliques? I don't have them yet and I love them! Your dress is great. It will be perfect for you to wear to work.

How great that you got so much wonderful fabric for Christmas. That was a perfect gift for you.

 

[dianemom2]

For MVMCP...

Annabella's little hands petting the ruffles

The jackets the boys never wore because the weather was so amazingly warm the entire trip, we really got lucky because other trips we have been in Nov-Dec have been really COLD! Oh well, at least they had something cute to wear on the plane!

My last minute project I'm glad I had time for, although she didn't need it on the trip.

Ryan's Tigger shirt

If I had these to do over again, I would have used more of the print instead of so much of the solid...

I can't remember who posted sketched out ideas for these shirts, but I made them off the sketches, so thanks whoever you are! My boys loved them! Some details you can't really see in the pictures are the glow in the dark top stitching on the Buzz bowling shirt and on the Woody shirt I used mother of pearl-ish looking buttons and the badge says "Sheriff Ryan".

A few more Annabug outfits

This one has special meaning, because Annabella really is a wish come true. I wished for her at Wishes the year I got pregnant with her.

I have barely any pictures of her wearing this at the parks...just one of her sleeping in her stroller HA!

Tie dyes for the boys, Ter and I had ones that matched some of them

Taking off from the airport...

First day at the parks

Chef Mickey's

Only full length picture I have of Anna in her Tinkerbell dress

Wow Angie! Everything is amazing! I love the tie dye shirts with the applique on them. I've never though about doing that. I also like the tie dye with the profile view of Mickey. The jackets are all adorable. I am sure your kids will use them at home. And all the dresses and the bowling shirts are just terrific!

 

[mphalens]

And probably the best pictures I have of the boys' Jake shirts. There are lots of appliqués on these, tic toc crock, golden doublons, Jake and Skully

That's all, I promise!! Thanks for lookin'!

I don't know where all your pictures went of all the awesomeness you made for your trip But I have to ask - Will you adopt me? Those outfits are simply fabulous!!! I don't think I could choose a favorite, they're all awesome!!!!

And did you draw the red lines on your Woody shirt? If not, WHERE did you find that fabric?

 

[miprender]

Thanks everyone! I finished the first one today. I just spruced up one of my daughters shirts from our last trip (took it in, added a new strap, new bow for Minnie) and made new pants (don't know what happened to the last ones??)

I wish I had made the pants a little longer, but other than that I'm pleased. Can't make anything else until I get some fabric, so I'll be doing some shopping soon! (If anyone has any Tangled Rapunzel leftover fabric, I'd love to trade or buy some, I can't find it anywhere, I only need about 1/2 yard).

Here are some pics of Joy, she is 4 1/2, this outfit is for Animal Kingdom...

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Welcome back. Adorable job on the dress. Glad you are able to use it again.

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Here is a picture of my sewing room. I know I have posted it before too.

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Diane I don't remember seeing this before. Looks like you have alot of workspace.

"DO OR DO NOT; THERE IS NO TRY"

"SIZE MATTERS NOT. LOOK AT ME. JUDGE ME BY MY SIZE, DO YOU?"

"TRULY WONDERFUL, THE MIND OF A CHILD IS"

"MUCH TO LEARN YOU STILL HAVE"

They're all by Master Yoda . . . which would you choose???

I promise to post pictures when the room is all done!!!

♥ it! Where you ever able to get all the star wars fabric from Just Fabrics. When I went in there a few months ago looking for more she said she was holding some for you.

You'll notice its not so much a "room" as it is a desk for the time being. Things are not much different in the apartment than they were in the old house, I'm just feet away from the dinning room table. It's lots of fun always having to pack up my projects to eat dinner. Can you tell I'm looking forward to my new space? Here's the current status of the sewing studio, I'll like it better with walls, desks, shelving, fabric, sewing machines and ME!

That is going to be an awesome room!

And since I never did post the outfits I made for our trip, I hope it's okay to do a photo overload. You'll notice my oldest has butterfly bandages on his face in all of the pictures... His head met the sharp corner of the nightstand our FIRST night at the POP. I posted a sad little pitty party post about it when I was sitting up in bed waiting for DH to get back with him from the ER. They didn't get back till 2 AM!! So yeah, not the most magical way to start a trip, but things did get better. I apologize for repetition for anyone that's already seen and heard all of this. Here it goes!

Those are just amazing but I L♥VE this cute little AK dress.

Can I interrupt with a question please?

Is there a particular site where most of you find your Disney appliques? I have tons of designs but they are all full embroidery designs and I'm finding applique designs very hard to find.

THanks.

Heather's are the best but here are a few more that we all have used:

http://www.froufroubyheathersue.com/
http://lynniepinnie.com/
http://www.designsbyjuju.com/
http://www.planetapplique.com/
http://www.digistitches.com/
http://www.bowsandclothes.com/
http://www.urbanthreads.com/
ttp://www.divasdoodles.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/KiraLynB
http://www.etsy.com/shop/MissKenzieMac
http://www.picklepiedesigns.com/
http://www.embroiderygarden.com/store/
http://www.stitchontime.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/glitzystitches
http://www.etsy.com/shop/applicakes
http://www.etsy.com/shop/stitchtastical
Dena Wise - Digital by Design (applique designs)
http://embroidery-boutique.com/

Latest project for Barbara's auction:

A Rebecca Dress (one of the latest SisBoom patterns) for myself:

Thanks for looking!

Amazing skirt and dress. And I love your fabric stash!

 

[mommy2mrb]

I would choose "Truly Wonderful. the mind of a child is" as it is a children's bedroom!

I like this one too!


This will be worn as a jumper with a turtleneck sweater during the winter. I plan to do an AK version and a Minnie version of this dress before our August trip. If things go well I may have them in time for our February DL/San Diego zoo/Sea World trip. It went together very quickly and it was a lot of fun to do. One thing I discovered is that I am more legs than torso (I often thought so but this is the first time I have concrete evidence). I used the cutting lines for "tall" (my height falls within the tall range) and I thought the waist band was a little bit low. At least I know for future dresses.

Hey Megan and I will be at DLR Feb 16 - 21 when are you going?

 

[mphalens]

♥ it! Where you ever able to get all the star wars fabric from Just Fabrics. When I went in there a few months ago looking for more she said she was holding some for you.



That is going to be an awesome room!

Oh no! Holding some for me??? My mom went in and picked up some penguin fabric we'd asked her to get - I wonder if she forgot to get some Star Wars??? EEeek! I feel horrible if we're tying up a bunch of fabric!!!!

 

[connie1042]

Granddaughter got the American Girl twins. I did make some clothes for it, but want more variety. What is a good pattern to purchase. She got the boy and the girl. Thanks

 

[SallyfromDE]

I
Latest project for Barbara's auction:

A Rebecca Dress (one of the latest SisBoom patterns) for myself:

Finally, a very blessed Christmas with sewing-related gifts:

Thanks for looking!

I love your jumper and skirt. And that fabric stash!! Is that fairies on the bottom right? I don't think I've seen that one before.

 

[MommaGinger]

Good Morning,

I've been a long time lurker and have posted once or twice. I am completly inspired by all your designs and amazed at the talent I've seen. I have been trying to teach myself to sew and while I have managed a few quilts my attempts at following patterns have been disasterous. I just inherited an old Singer Featherweight 221 from my DHs grandma and we had it restored. I have heard good things about the machine but from what I have read it could be a little querkey (is that even a word?). I'm not even sure how to wind the bobbin correctly without jamming it. Can anyone lead me in the right direction on how to use it? I have been looking at web sites without much luck. I thought if anyone else used one they could give me some first hand advice. Thank you so much for your help.

Happy New Year.
Nancy