I have threatened my kids if they didn't behave I'd take them in the fabric store
I made these 2 yrs ago
Sorry to those of you who saw these already.
Couple of questions now
1. Does anyone know anyone who as an embroidery file for the saying "I dont need Prince Charming I have my daddy" I want to put that on a tshirt for one of our dinners in Disney.
Thanks ladies!!
Hi Everyone - been a rough couple of days this week - surely missing my Zoey girlmore than I could imagine.
Thank you for all the kind messages that you have emailed me and sent on Facebook - thank you for understanding that she was more than just my doggie, but my baby, my friend, my companion. We also will say goodbye to Bill's uncle on Monday - he and Zoey died within a few hours of each other on Thursday am - kinda crazy. Uncle Herb was Tim, Eliz and Hannah's grandfather. Thanks for all the prayers.
Wendy
You all said that you like pictures. I hope you don't mind a progress one. I just finished the smocking for DD's Mickey outfit, and I'm fixin to start embellishing it with bows, bullion roses, beads, and buttons. It's not completely even in this photo but I won't do the final blocking of it until after I embellish it. Does anyone else here smock?
We had a fabulous fabulous time at the Pirate's League on our trip, so when I heard that Keira & her little brother, Cooper, would be doing Pirate's League I jumped at the chance to make them coordinating pirate outfits
Both outfits together:
Now I need to make my boys their Valentine's Day shirts. It's so hard to come up with ideas!!! I don't have an embroidery machine or a serger . . .
These are the camping shirts I did for ds's camping sleepover -- for those who didn't read my ds had four friends over for his 10th birthday and instead of goodie bags I embroidered each a t and gave them a flashlight (nice ones, not the dollar store variety). I made six shirts total so ds had one and dd had one too. The kids loved them and all wore them right away. Stupid memeant to take a pic of all of them by the tent and forgot. I have a couple of pics from the night, but nothing significant.
This is a skirt I made dd two years ago but never did a shirt. Poor pic b/c you can't really see it, but the heart shape on the fabric fits perfectly with HeatherSue's applique heart and thankfully I was able to get it centered perfectly:
My daughter fell in love with Sleeping Beauty on our last trip, so I followed the tutorial for the Simply Sweet dress and made this today. She adores it!! It was a little nerve wracking at times, and I was afraid my needle would break because the fabrics got a little thick putting the skirt on at the end, but it really is lovely
My most recent sewing....upcycling dress to skirt for DD....and then making her matching shirts. The long sleeved t is an IMKE from MCKL book. The short sleeve was a blank leftover from our trip...since it matched I wanted to use it so she'd have time to wear it before outgrowing it. The letter on the short sleeved is actually for a banner, not sure if I like the "I" but I was playing with the font.
the orginal dress....too small with a hole by the flower. I'm going to make a clippie out of the flower later.
finished set
Sewing supply closet door view
More pics of sewing area later.....the shelves next to the cutting table need a little straightening
Here are my newest projects. First are the Lego shirts that I started last week when there was a lot of discussion on here about Lego outfits. I made the Lego designs to go on the shirts. I was really happy with how these turned out. I made on for each of my nephews.
I did it!!My first big applique. Now to turn it into the Insa skirt.
Welcome to you all and share those pics!
My daughter fell in love with Sleeping Beauty on our last trip, so I followed the tutorial for the Simply Sweet dress and made this today. She adores it!! It was a little nerve wracking at times, and I was afraid my needle would break because the fabrics got a little thick putting the skirt on at the end, but it really is lovely
My most recent sewing....upcycling dress to skirt for DD....and then making her matching shirts. The long sleeved t is an IMKE from MCKL book. The short sleeve was a blank leftover from our trip...since it matched I wanted to use it so she'd have time to wear it before outgrowing it. The letter on the short sleeved is actually for a banner, not sure if I like the "I" but I was playing with the font.
the orginal dress....too small with a hole by the flower. I'm going to make a clippie out of the flower later.
finished set
That set turned out very well. It was a great use for the dress and will be perfect for spring. I love that you made a short sleeved shirt and a long sleeved shirt to go with the skirt.
I just did this Buzz Lightyear outfit for an old friend from high school's nephew. He is a very tall and thin boy so her sister has trouble finding clothes that fit him right.
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Thanks for the compliments on my Pirate Outfits
There has been just fabulous piece after fabulous piece on here!!!Loving it!
I forgot to take pictures of the Star Wars pjs I did for my boys this afternoon... it was PJ Day at their dance studio and I hadn't found the time to sew these up... until I saw their sad little faces when i said I didn't think I'd get them done in time . . . 1 hr later and I had two very happy boys and we were off to class
I also sewed up some Valentine's shirts for the two of them. Phalen wore his today because our Homeschool Co-op had its party today. Finn will wear his tomorrow for his preschool party.
Phalen's:
Finn's (front):
I promise pictures of the jammies and the boys in their shirts soon!
So cute. And can't wait to see what the SW pjs look like
You guys all have mad mad skillz!!!!
I don't know how to sew though. I have thought about picking it up, especially since I have a young child. My mom lives near by and she could show me how to sew. I don't want to dare hijack this thread, but I have a question and if you could PM a response (rather than posting here), I would so appreciate it. My question, what would be a good sewing machine for a newbie that isn't insanely expensive, but will do the job and do it well. Would love to have your advice via PM.
I know walmart has some of the Runway sewing machines that I believe are reasonably priced.Been reading through this thread a bit. Everything is just wonderful!You all are a very inspiring and talented buch of ladies. I'm a quilter and love to expand my horizon a bit to move into clothing. I have a Nephew and 2 Nieces that I would love to sew for.
Thanks for all the ideas, to start I’m going to check out You Can Make This. I’ll be sure to be back to ask questions. And Lurking, I want to see the photos of all your new creations!
I did it!!
Thank you
Oh no not me. I buy the digitized design from Heather and my machine does the rest
Since they recieved the package today here is the BG outfits I made for some twin boys.
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<-----sorry for the blurry photo but it was taken on my phone
LOL! I am definitely still learning. I'm still trying to figure out pull compensation in my designs. Once I get that down, I think I will be pretty happy with everything I've learned. I'll be glad to help anybody else out once I get this totally figured out. There is definitely a pretty steep learning curve to doing this. In fact I just ordered another DVD lesson book to help clear up some of the questions that I am still trying to work out. I also watched a few videos on Youtube but there really isn't much help there.
My girls are middle schoolers and they still love to fill their pockets with junk! I always have to check pockets when I do the wash or I find baggies of rubber bands for their braces, chapsticks, lip glosses, paper clips, erasers, etc in my washing machine!
Those are so cute! I love how they turned out.Since they recieved the package today here is the BG outfits I made for some twin boys.
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Everyone's stuff looks so great. I thought I'd show you all what I have been working on. We are going to Disney Live with some friends in March. I made Snow White dresses for my DDs (I posted a pic of one earlier). My dds will also wear them to Akershus breakfast in April. The Cinderella dress (ignore my hand's weird shadow) and Prince Charming shirt are for our friends' kids. Then the pillowcase tops are for our WDW trip in April. I let each girl pick out a fabric for Animal Kingdom. My 3 yo went with Winnie the Pooh and the 5 yo went with the tiger print. I've gotten all kinds of tips and ideas here. I can't wait to sew some more things for our trip.
Fabulous! I already am envisioning the finished product!I did it!!
I found it was helpful to make a pinned it / did it category. All I was doing was pinning all these great things. I set a goal of making one thing I pinned per week. It's very helpful for me!I
~Jennifer
I'm glad your photo her is bigger -- I can now see the pattern on the shorts! Cool fabric! Let me guess where that came from!!! (Still need to call and get some more Beatle's fabric but I'm trying hard not to buy fabric and my latest BG has been a complete flop there!).Since they recieved the package today here is the BG outfits I made for some twin boys.
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HeatherSue has a website.Is she on here or does she have a website? I will be getting an embroidery machine soon!
My boss's stepdaughter was being taught to do laundry by her father (who is an .... well, I am not allowed to use words like that on this site so let's just say he's not the greatest guy). My boss stepped in and told them to be sure to always check pockets. She got groaned at. In the second load the child did she washed her Ipod (I think she was around 10 years old when that happened). My ds is 10 now and I've washed a couple of things -- mostly rocks, coins and pieces of paper.
And I need to buy t's too!With my machine I go over the button hole twice. Make the button hole, do not remove the fabric or cut the thread, just redo it a second time. And cut with an exacto knife or a razor blade. Hopefully that will help with yours -- it's makes a big difference on mine going over it twice.
Fabulous work! Everything turned out awesome! You are going to have some happy kids!Everyone's stuff looks so great. I thought I'd show you all what I have been working on. We are going to Disney Live with some friends in March. I made Snow White dresses for my DDs (I posted a pic of one earlier). My dds will also wear them to Akershus breakfast in April. The Cinderella dress (ignore my hand's weird shadow) and Prince Charming shirt are for our friends' kids. Then the pillowcase tops are for our WDW trip in April. I let each girl pick out a fabric for Animal Kingdom. My 3 yo went with Winnie the Pooh and the 5 yo went with the tiger print. I've gotten all kinds of tips and ideas here. I can't wait to sew some more things for our trip.
Everything looks great! I love the Snow White and Cinderella dresses the most but everything turned out great!
Luckily we've never washed an ipod but I have found them in pockets. I did wash my own cell phone a few years ago. I was actually able to dry it out and use it again for a year before the battery went bad and I had to replace it.My boss's stepdaughter was being taught to do laundry by her father (who is an .... well, I am not allowed to use words like that on this site so let's just say he's not the greatest guy). My boss stepped in and told them to be sure to always check pockets. She got groaned at. In the second load the child did she washed her Ipod (I think she was around 10 years old when that happened). My ds is 10 now and I've washed a couple of things -- mostly rocks, coins and pieces of paper.
Isn't that great that you can sew for your dn and accommodate sizes. I agree that adding some various style pockets to the easy fits make them look more like realistic shorts rather than pj bottoms. I have only ever used the pattern for my ds for pjs. DD has a couple of pairs of capris from when she was younger, but now she just gets pj's as well. I'm excited to start my BG shorts, but now I realized I have to go out and buy pocket fabric as well since I don't have any in my stash
Mine are pretty good at adding to my bill at the fabric store, too.
Everyone's stuff looks so great. I thought I'd show you all what I have been working on. We are going to Disney Live with some friends in March. I made Snow White dresses for my DDs (I posted a pic of one earlier). My dds will also wear them to Akershus breakfast in April. The Cinderella dress (ignore my hand's weird shadow) and Prince Charming shirt are for our friends' kids. Then the pillowcase tops are for our WDW trip in April. I let each girl pick out a fabric for Animal Kingdom. My 3 yo went with Winnie the Pooh and the 5 yo went with the tiger print. I've gotten all kinds of tips and ideas here. I can't wait to sew some more things for our trip.
