Disboutiquers Part 28 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[VBAndrea]

Just checked the instruction manual for my machine... it will do a satin stitch! So, let's see if I have this right.... I cut out the mickey face from the fabric I want. I heat and bond it to the tshirt (do I have to wash the fabric and tshirt first?). I then satin stitch around the mickey head. Umm, and I use somthing like Sulky Totally stable on the inside of the tshirt while I'm doing this right? I seem to think that I read somewhere that this is ironed on... can you use this with the heat and bond... or is it the same thing? (I'm used to having a commercial pattern, cutting out the pieces based on the pattern and just sewing together... that, I can do... not so great at improvising yet!)

What I recommend doing is reading the tutorial that Heather Sue wrote -- detailed instructions are in the tutorial. You can find it on page one in Teresa's first post -- there is a link to it. It will answer all your questions.

Those are super cute!

I hope you keep your white stuff up there. I hate winter and the cold. I have been so happy that we had such a mild winter and a beautiful spring!




Got the results of my scan a couple of hours ago. Things are great! Dr spent quite a bit of time to use talking about people like me who are outliers and don't fit into the statistics. Then said that she only needs to see me every 6 months when I get my scans done!!! Couldn't have gotten any better news.


Also, I am looking for a couple of people who might be interested in test stitching some embroidery designs. I have gotten to the point where I can digitize things much faster than I can test them. You need to have a machine that is capable of stitching 5x7 designs. Please send me a PM if you are interested. Thanks!

YAY

I'm so happy you received your scan results right away

As much as I would love to test your designs, I first have to get all the ones I already purchased done. If only there were 48 hours in a day!

 

[PrincessMickey]

Hi all! I haven't posted here in over a year. I didn't post too much then, mostly lurked. I have lurked off and on this last year but was always too busy to post. It looks like I'll have alot of time on my hands for awhile, I lost my job yesterday. It is more of a blessing in disguise, just wished the timing was better. So until I can find another job I think I'll be around on here quite a bit. My boys don't appreciate my sewing too much so I have done a few gives lately and have started sewing for myself. Here are a few pics of some of my recent projects. I've made several backpacks for the gives.

Apparently I don't have any more recent pics so here are a few older bowling shirts I have made. Cowboy days at school!

I'll look for some more pics later today or tomorrow. Looking forward to being much more active on here.

 

[SallyfromDE]

Thanks for the advvice on a pattern for a bag. I really like the size and style of this bag. Has anyone ever used her patterns before? I have the cutest gray background paisley fabric with Mickey on it that I think I'm going to use for the outside. It's just normal quilting cotton though, and so I'll have to really interface it, but it will be cute. Would you suggest that I not use quilting cotton for the outside fabric? I just haven't found anything cute and Disneyish in a heavier material.

Here's the fabric that I want to use for the bag:

Thanks for the kind words about my DD. She wasn't fancied up for the photos. We were just lounging around the house. It's hard to keep a 20 month old's hair neat though!

I'll go back and check out the tutorial. Thanks for the links and help to find it.

I love your fabric. I haven't seen that anywhere. When I made my small bags, the instructions said to use a woven interfacing like pellon sf101 and it really made the fabric stable. I also used a lightweight batting. That is a great bag your looking at. The pdf of these are usually pretty easy. But I don't know the designer. As long as you follow the steps, I'd think you'd be okay.

Hi all! I haven't posted here in over a year. I didn't post too much then, mostly lurked. I have lurked off and on this last year but was always too busy to post. It looks like I'll have alot of time on my hands for awhile, I lost my job yesterday. It is more of a blessing in disguise, just wished the timing was better. So until I can find another job I think I'll be around on here quite a bit. My boys don't appreciate my sewing too much so I have done a few gives lately and have started sewing for myself. Here are a few pics of some of my recent projects. I've made several backpacks for the gives.

I'll look for some more pics later today or tomorrow. Looking forward to being much more active on here.

I love your bags!!

 

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

Sorry, no help for your questions but I love that fabric!

I love that fabric!!!! Sorry, I didn't even look at the bag link but I've never made anything but a simple tote bag.
Edited b/c I went and looked at the pattern and it gets good reviews. And forgot to add on my tote bags I always use cotton and fuse it to deco-bond.

Thanks! I loved it, and ordered it back in early January and was going to use it for Natalie's Mickey outfit, but it got lost in the mail. I think it all worked out though because I love her outfit, and I love the idea of using this for a bag. Thanks for the Deco-Bond tip. I'll have to look into it. I've been heirloom sewing for so long, that I won't know how to sew such heavy materials!

I love the fabric. It should work just fine. I don't think you can expect the bag to last forever using a cotton material but if you are like me, you'll be itching for a new bag before long anyhow. The bag pattern looks very nice. I think that somebody else used an Oliver + S messenger bag pattern that was quite similar. It will be a super cute bag when you are done. I have some Mickey fabric that I ordered off of Etsy that I am planning to use for a bag some day if we ever plan another Disney trip.


Got the results of my scan a couple of hours ago. Things are great! Dr spent quite a bit of time to use talking about people like me who are outliers and don't fit into the statistics. Then said that she only needs to see me every 6 months when I get my scans done!!! Couldn't have gotten any better news.

I have a bad addiction to expensive Japanese Fabric. I love it though, and use it sparingly. I'll look into the Oliver + S bag, and you are right. It won't last forever, but I don't need it to.

ETA-I forgot to say Congrats!!! In my first posting of this. What wonderful news.

Hi all! I haven't posted here in over a year. I didn't post too much then, mostly lurked. I have lurked off and on this last year but was always too busy to post. It looks like I'll have alot of time on my hands for awhile, I lost my job yesterday. It is more of a blessing in disguise, just wished the timing was better. So until I can find another job I think I'll be around on here quite a bit. My boys don't appreciate my sewing too much so I have done a few gives lately and have started sewing for myself. Here are a few pics of some of my recent projects. I've made several backpacks for the gives.

Apparently I don't have any more recent pics so here are a few older bowling shirts I have made. Cowboy days at school!

I'll look for some more pics later today or tomorrow. Looking forward to being much more active on here.

Cute boys and shirts! I love the backpacks. What pattern did you use? You all are so creative and wonderful to make such beautiful things for Wish families. I hope to join you after this trip in July's outfits are made.

 

[4monkeys]

Nope, it is not too ambitious given your progress!

Thank you, that was all I needed to hear!

SO... I decided to play around with it this afternoon. AND I did it! I just did it really quickly so I will definetly be much neater. I just used old fabric I had laying around. I still need to hand stitch the inside.

I just would like a little bigger so I am going to play around with the sizes.

Thank you all for inspiring me!

 

[Taja]

Wow! Thanks Tinkbell13 and Taja! I can't wait to try this! I'm going to start with DDs dresses first though. Taja, you mentioned using an applique foot because of the heavier thread concentration ... is this just because satin stitching is so close together or do I need to get a different (heavier) thread to do the appliques? I guess what I'm wondering is, is regular thread that I'd use to sew the dress itself sufficient for sewing on the applicques?

You can use regular sewing thread for the appliques--or rayon embroidery thread. Regular sewing thread holds up a bit better, IMHO.

The density of the stitches when satin stitching forms a slight hump. The bottom of the applique foot is hollowed slightly to accommodate this extra height. It is possible to use a regular zig-zag foot, but it can be frustrating, depending on your machine. I have one machine (from the 60s) that can handle satin stitching with a regular foot, but my two newer machines (computerized) can't.

If you don't have an applique foot for you machine, test the satin stitch with your regular zig-zag foot to see if it works well for you.

 

[Sandi S]

Thanks for the advvice on a pattern for a bag. I really like the size and style of this bag. Has anyone ever used her patterns before? I have the cutest gray background paisley fabric with Mickey on it that I think I'm going to use for the outside. It's just normal quilting cotton though, and so I'll have to really interface it, but it will be cute. Would you suggest that I not use quilting cotton for the outside fabric? I just haven't found anything cute and Disneyish in a heavier material.

Here's the fabric that I want to use for the bag:

Thanks for the kind words about my DD. She wasn't fancied up for the photos. We were just lounging around the house. It's hard to keep a 20 month old's hair neat though!

I'll go back and check out the tutorial. Thanks for the links and help to find it.

Love your DD's smocked outfit - I am getting ready to smock a dress for Easter for my almost 5 year old.

I saw you said the fabric was Japanese - where are you getting it? Any particularly recommended sellers on Etsy or eBay?

 

[Taja]

Hi all! I haven't posted here in over a year. I didn't post too much then, mostly lurked. I have lurked off and on this last year but was always too busy to post. It looks like I'll have alot of time on my hands for awhile, I lost my job yesterday. It is more of a blessing in disguise, just wished the timing was better. So until I can find another job I think I'll be around on here quite a bit. My boys don't appreciate my sewing too much so I have done a few gives lately and have started sewing for myself. Here are a few pics of some of my recent projects. I've made several backpacks for the gives.

Apparently I don't have any more recent pics so here are a few older bowling shirts I have made. Cowboy days at school!

I'll look for some more pics later today or tomorrow. Looking forward to being much more active on here.

Love the backpacks! Shirts are cute, too!

Thank you, that was all I needed to hear!

SO... I decided to play around with it this afternoon. AND I did it! I just did it really quickly so I will definetly be much neater. I just used old fabric I had laying around. I still need to hand stitch the inside.

I just would like a little bigger so I am going to play around with the sizes.

Thank you all for inspiring me!

Love your sample bag! It's much easier to design exactly what you want/need if you test your idea/pattern periodically, isn't it?

 

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

Love your DD's smocked outfit - I am getting ready to smock a dress for Easter for my almost 5 year old.

I saw you said the fabric was Japanese - where are you getting it? Any particularly recommended sellers on Etsy or eBay?

Please post your dress when it's finished. I'd love to see it!

I've purchased from a few sellers, and I've only had one issue and that was the fabric I just posted got lost. The seller refunded my money AND sent out a new yard to me. You can't beat that service even though it was too late to mme for me to use in that outfit. Also, when you order from them, I always order about a month early because you never know about customs. Most of the time it only takes a week or two to get to me though. I am on the West coast and don't know if you east coasters would get it as quickly as I do.

The sellers I like to buy from are (in no particular order): Himenana, beautifulwork, fabricsgalore, and boqinana.

I try to order a few pieces at once to make the shipping worth while. They have a lot of really cool and fun Disney fabric over there. Some of the prices are through the roof though.

Here's a few that I'm thinking of getting (Don't look at the price! LOL):

 

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

Can you tell that I love Pink!?!?

 

[PrincessMickey]

Cute boys and shirts! I love the backpacks. What pattern did you use? You all are so creative and wonderful to make such beautiful things for Wish families. I hope to join you after this trip in July's outfits are made.

Thanks for all the compliments. The shirts are CarlaC's bowling shirt. The backpacks are McCall's M6410 http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m6410-products-14673.php?page_id=104

PS Your DD's outfit is great. Having boys, all those girly ruffles are quite intimading to me.

 

[GrammytoMany]

Had a bad experience at Joanns this weekend. Last week we went in and checked with the manager on duty to see if my dd11 could set up a stand to ask for small craft donations (such a small bottle of puffy paint, embroidery string, etc) to put toward her Girl Scout silver award. She is going to run the craft center at a spring break camp for 200 disadvantaged girls. I went back again later in the week to make sure that it was still ok for her to set up outside the store on Saturday. Everybody said that everything was fine.

DD11 spent a couple of hours making signs and small cards to give out asking customer to buy a small additional item with their own purchases. Then Saturday we went up to the store. When we got there I stayed outside with her stuff and she went in to tell the manager on duty that she was there to set up. The manager screamed at her from the office that she wasn't allowed to be there and that it was against Joanns corporate policies. She yelled at her to get off the property immediately. DD was shocked and embarrassed.

When dd11 came outside in tears and told me what happened, I went back in to see if there was some misunderstanding. The manager repeated the scene with me. I wasn't upset that there was a misunderstanding by the first manager and having dd11's stand was against their policies. I understand that those things happen. But I do resent the manager on duty that day yelling at my child for trying to do something positive in our community. I was so angry about the way she was treated, she is just a child!

We packed up and left immediately but I am still so upset. I shop at that store all the time. All the ladies at the register and the cutting counter know me by name. I am a good customer at that store since I am usually there twice a week buying stuff. I found it so hard to believe that the manager would treat anybody like that, let alone a child and a frequent customer. Thanks for letting me vent. I have been upset about this since Saturday. I wish I didn't have to shop there anymore but I don't really have any other choices.


Now that I have vented, I want to say a HUGE thank you to Grammytomany. She sent my dd11 a giant box filled with embroidery string and small craft kits. It will be put to very good use at the camp in a couple of weeks. One of dd's activities to teach the girls how to make some simple friendship bracelets with embroidery string.

Hi Diane, Just wanted to let you know that I received your daughter's Thank You note today.... She is very welcome! I can't believe how awful she was treated by the store. I loved her sentence "You had a very wide variety of colors". When my youngest son saw what I put in the box he called me a "Thread Hoarder". What he doesn't know is when you are serious about your hobby you just never know what color you'll need
Sheila

 

[miprender]

so very ticked this morning. I was almost done with the country skirt and wound up cutting out the waistband because the serger ate it. Definately wasn't user error

Fixed it because I want the skirt done. LOL There are 2 things I am not happy with on it but if you are looking that close you shouldn't be LMAO. I will do the shirt today and take pictures later. I am making lists because I have a few things I need to be working on.

That's too bad but I know it you will make it look fine.

Great job on the shorts! I can't wait to see what you make next!


So for those of you who are thinking it is too hot...here's a picture of my world during my commute this morning!

Oh and the white stuff on the railing and on the sides of the road is NOT powdered sugar! It was snowing when I took the picture. By the way, I can usually see mountains (Canadian Rockies) in a distance from that angle!

It has been so nice not having any snowdays this year... though we did have 5 makeup days from Hurricane Irene that blew through at the end of August.

Thanks for the advvice on a pattern for a bag. I really like the size and style of this bag. Has anyone ever used her patterns before? I have the cutest gray background paisley fabric with Mickey on it that I think I'm going to use for the outside. It's just normal quilting cotton though, and so I'll have to really interface it, but it will be cute. Would you suggest that I not use quilting cotton for the outside fabric? I just haven't found anything cute and Disneyish in a heavier material.

Here's the fabric that I want to use for the bag:

I'll go back and check out the tutorial. Thanks for the links and help to find it.

I've been debating buying this along with a bunch of fabric... but I must resist.

Got the results of my scan a couple of hours ago. Things are great! Dr spent quite a bit of time to use talking about people like me who are outliers and don't fit into the statistics. Then said that she only needs to see me every 6 months when I get my scans done!!! Couldn't have gotten any better news.

That is wonderful news.

Hi all! I haven't posted here in over a year. I didn't post too much then, mostly lurked. I have lurked off and on this last year but was always too busy to post. It looks like I'll have alot of time on my hands for awhile, I lost my job yesterday. It is more of a blessing in disguise, just wished the timing was better. So until I can find another job I think I'll be around on here quite a bit. My boys don't appreciate my sewing too much so I have done a few gives lately and have started sewing for myself. Here are a few pics of some of my recent projects. I've made several backpacks for the gives.

I'll look for some more pics later today or tomorrow. Looking forward to being much more active on here.

I love those backpacks and love the cowboy day shirts.

Thank you, that was all I needed to hear!

SO... I decided to play around with it this afternoon. AND I did it! I just did it really quickly so I will definetly be much neater. I just used old fabric I had laying around. I still need to hand stitch the inside.

I just would like a little bigger so I am going to play around with the sizes.

Thank you all for inspiring me!

Great job!

 

[PurpleEars]

Thanks for the advvice on a pattern for a bag. I really like the size and style of this bag. Has anyone ever used her patterns before? I have the cutest gray background paisley fabric with Mickey on it that I think I'm going to use for the outside. It's just normal quilting cotton though, and so I'll have to really interface it, but it will be cute. Would you suggest that I not use quilting cotton for the outside fabric? I just haven't found anything cute and Disneyish in a heavier material.

Here's the fabric that I want to use for the bag:

Thanks for the kind words about my DD. She wasn't fancied up for the photos. We were just lounging around the house. It's hard to keep a 20 month old's hair neat though!

I'll go back and check out the tutorial. Thanks for the links and help to find it.

I really like that fabric. You could also use fusible fleece to give the fabric a little bit more strength.

Thanks so much for everyone helping out with the applique and pillowcase dress problems. Can't do individual posts cause it'll take too long. DD has been puking since 1am so its definitely not going to be a productive day.

For the advice about the pillowcase with armholes probably looking better, that was my thought too. While the other one was much easier, dd is getting pickier and pickier about her clothes lately so I figure armholes were a good idea.

Thanks for the link to the other site for hte pillowcase pattern. Heading there now

As for the appliques, lots of great advice! Thank you! I have no idea if my machine will do a satin stich. I'll have to look and see. I've never actually used the zigzag function on it so I'll test it out. Love the advice on the heat and bond and the Sulky Totally Stable. No Joanns or Hancocks here ... basically just fabricland and a few independant places. I'm sure someone will have it tho so I'll look when I go. I still need all the threads, ribbons etc for these dresses anyway so I'll check then. If all else fails, I'll contact Teresa and have a look at Princess Heirlooms! Might be easier in the long run but I wont' have fabric to match dd's dresses so Id rather try it myself first.

Waving hi to all the Canadians here! Weather sure is crazy. Its 27C here today! Just nuts for the beginning of spring. We had a snow storm a year ago today!

I know you got a lot of responses to your question about how to do an applique. I just had another thought on the way home tonight .I saw Disney patches at Fabricland not that long ago (they were even half price). I don't know if they'd have the same stock at the Ontario stores. That would give you "fancier" looking patches.

Please keep that ugly looking white yuck your way. Iwant to enjoy my beautiful spring/summer weather in March.

I hope you keep your white stuff up there. I hate winter and the cold. I have been so happy that we had such a mild winter and a beautiful spring!

Got the results of my scan a couple of hours ago. Things are great! Dr spent quite a bit of time to use talking about people like me who are outliers and don't fit into the statistics. Then said that she only needs to see me every 6 months when I get my scans done!!! Couldn't have gotten any better news.

I had to laugh when I saw that. I don't think I have a choice but to keep the white stuff. Mind you, we could get that white stuff any time of the year (yes, even in the summer, though it is VERY rare). Hey, at least we have world class skiing right in our backyard!

Diane - I am very pleased to hear that your scan is clear!

Hi all! I haven't posted here in over a year. I didn't post too much then, mostly lurked. I have lurked off and on this last year but was always too busy to post. It looks like I'll have alot of time on my hands for awhile, I lost my job yesterday. It is more of a blessing in disguise, just wished the timing was better. So until I can find another job I think I'll be around on here quite a bit. My boys don't appreciate my sewing too much so I have done a few gives lately and have started sewing for myself. Here are a few pics of some of my recent projects. I've made several backpacks for the gives.

Apparently I don't have any more recent pics so here are a few older bowling shirts I have made. Cowboy days at school!

I'll look for some more pics later today or tomorrow. Looking forward to being much more active on here.

Great job on the bags. I have never made backpacks before. The cowboy shirt looks so cute!

SO... I decided to play around with it this afternoon. AND I did it! I just did it really quickly so I will definetly be much neater. I just used old fabric I had laying around. I still need to hand stitch the inside.

I just would like a little bigger so I am going to play around with the sizes.

Thank you all for inspiring me!

Cool! I am glad that you just dived right in and made a bag! I can't wait to see your other creations!


On a MUCH warmer and happier note, we will be at Disney World in 5 months!

 

[cogero]

Diane I am so happy to hear your scans were clear.

Thanks Michelle I actually like how it came out I will take a picture in the morning.

I really need to work on my lists.

 

[ivey_family]

It it Very Trulyurs on FB... but I went and requested you to join the group so you should be able to see her designs. I've purchased a few cute ones but haven't tried them yet.

I saw that you added me. Thank you! I just perused her designs. Wow! There are some gorgeous ones!

Here's the fabric that I want to use for the bag:

Thanks for the kind words about my DD. She wasn't fancied up for the photos. We were just lounging around the house. It's hard to keep a 20 month old's hair neat though!

I'll go back and check out the tutorial. Thanks for the links and help to find it.

That fabric is awesome! I'm staying away from those etsy sellers for now. Must resist!

Got the results of my scan a couple of hours ago. Things are great! Dr spent quite a bit of time to use talking about people like me who are outliers and don't fit into the statistics. Then said that she only needs to see me every 6 months when I get my scans done!!! Couldn't have gotten any better news.

Hooray for such wonderful news!!

Hi all! I haven't posted here in over a year. I didn't post too much then, mostly lurked. I have lurked off and on this last year but was always too busy to post. It looks like I'll have alot of time on my hands for awhile, I lost my job yesterday. It is more of a blessing in disguise, just wished the timing was better. So until I can find another job I think I'll be around on here quite a bit. My boys don't appreciate my sewing too much so I have done a few gives lately and have started sewing for myself. Here are a few pics of some of my recent projects. I've made several backpacks for the gives.

Welcome back! Those backpacks are super!

Thank you, that was all I needed to hear!

SO... I decided to play around with it this afternoon. AND I did it! I just did it really quickly so I will definetly be much neater. I just used old fabric I had laying around. I still need to hand stitch the inside.

Nice job! Looks very handy!

We've had the crazy warm weather this week, too. Very odd - we never really had a 'normal' winter this year. I'm one of those who actually enjoys snow and we hardly had any. I've NEVER been able to wear shorts in March before. It's a bit surreal! And, as other have said, sewing suffers because we've been outside most days this week. Oh well, a few late nights and I'll be back on track.

Regards,
C.

 

[VBAndrea]

Hi all! I haven't posted here in over a year. I didn't post too much then, mostly lurked. I have lurked off and on this last year but was always too busy to post. It looks like I'll have alot of time on my hands for awhile, I lost my job yesterday. It is more of a blessing in disguise, just wished the timing was better. So until I can find another job I think I'll be around on here quite a bit. My boys don't appreciate my sewing too much so I have done a few gives lately and have started sewing for myself. Here are a few pics of some of my recent projects. I've made several backpacks for the gives.

Apparently I don't have any more recent pics so here are a few older bowling shirts I have made. Cowboy days at school!

I'll look for some more pics later today or tomorrow. Looking forward to being much more active on here.

I love your backpacks and I don't even remember seeing them on the BG boards! I'm glad you posted pics here.

I can't recall if I've seen your cowboy shirts or not -- I think I remember your children though -- you may have been the one that posted pics for me of long sleeve shirts under bowling shirts so I could get an idea of how it looked.

Thank you, that was all I needed to hear!

SO... I decided to play around with it this afternoon. AND I did it! I just did it really quickly so I will definetly be much neater. I just used old fabric I had laying around. I still need to hand stitch the inside.

I just would like a little bigger so I am going to play around with the sizes.

Thank you all for inspiring me!

So when do I get my zipper lessons? The bag looks great! We can even embroider names on them if you'd like -- though I think we'd need to do that before assembly.

We've had the crazy warm weather this week, too. Very odd - we never really had a 'normal' winter this year. I'm one of those who actually enjoys snow and we hardly had any. I've NEVER been able to wear shorts in March before. It's a bit surreal! And, as other have said, sewing suffers because we've been outside most days this week. Oh well, a few late nights and I'll be back on track.

Regards,
C.

I haven't sewn in two weeks since I've been doing yard work on my free days. And I can't really pull late nighters unless dh is out of town, and he has no current business trips planned. My only must do is dd's Dorothy dress and the play isn't until early May, so I have time. But I have tons of want to dos. And I have yet to wear shorts (except for yard work where no one sees me) -- my legs are all bruised up ~ maybe from all the yard work And I'm pale and flabby too -- really must start working out.

 

[NiniMorris]

Diane,

FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!!!!



CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

​

Nini

 

[dianemom2]

Hi all! I haven't posted here in over a year. I didn't post too much then, mostly lurked. I have lurked off and on this last year but was always too busy to post. It looks like I'll have alot of time on my hands for awhile, I lost my job yesterday. It is more of a blessing in disguise, just wished the timing was better. So until I can find another job I think I'll be around on here quite a bit. My boys don't appreciate my sewing too much so I have done a few gives lately and have started sewing for myself. Here are a few pics of some of my recent projects. I've made several backpacks for the gives.

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Apparently I don't have any more recent pics so here are a few older bowling shirts I have made. Cowboy days at school!

I'll look for some more pics later today or tomorrow. Looking forward to being much more active on here.

I love the backpacks. I do remember when you made them for one of the Gives. They are so cute! Your little guys in their bowling shirts are so cute! What a cute school idea, Cowboy Day!

ETA-I forgot to say Congrats!!! In my first posting of this. What wonderful news.

Thanks!

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That turned out great! I might have to look at that pattern. They would make cute gifts for my girls to give their friends.

I've purchased from a few sellers, and I've only had one issue and that was the fabric I just posted got lost. The seller refunded my money AND sent out a new yard to me. You can't beat that service even though it was too late to mme for me to use in that outfit. Also, when you order from them, I always order about a month early because you never know about customs. Most of the time it only takes a week or two to get to me though. I am on the West coast and don't know if you east coasters would get it as quickly as I do.

The sellers I like to buy from are (in no particular order): Himenana, beautifulwork, fabricsgalore, and boqinana.

I try to order a few pieces at once to make the shipping worth while. They have a lot of really cool and fun Disney fabric over there. Some of the prices are through the roof though.

Here's a few that I'm thinking of getting (Don't look at the price! LOL):

That's great that you have had such good experiences with buying from foreign etsy sellers. I have ordered things from Japan, Korea, China and Thailand (all sewing things) and have been pleased with most of my purchases. The items from China and Thailand took forever to arrive but were nice. The things from Korea and Japan arrive very quickly.
Wow, I love the fabrics. I love PINK too! I should not look at them though. I have recently ordered a bunch of knit fabrics because I am trying to get better about sewing with knits. I just ordered some knits from a couple of sellers on FB and etsy to try out their stuff.

Hi Diane, Just wanted to let you know that I received your daughter's Thank You note today.... She is very welcome! I can't believe how awful she was treated by the store. I loved her sentence "You had a very wide variety of colors". When my youngest son saw what I put in the box he called me a "Thread Hoarder". What he doesn't know is when you are serious about your hobby you just never know what color you'll need
Sheila

Sheila my daughter had a wonderful time spending an couple of hours sorting the threads by color. She just loves everything you send. My husband knows that I am a fabric hoarder. When you see the right thing, you just have to buy it! I guess that's how I came to have a whole closet full of fabric pieces.

I really like that fabric. You could also use fusible fleece to give the fabric a little bit more strength.

I had to laugh when I saw that. I don't think I have a choice but to keep the white stuff. Mind you, we could get that white stuff any time of the year (yes, even in the summer, though it is VERY rare). Hey, at least we have world class skiing right in our backyard!

Diane - I am very pleased to hear that your scan is clear!

Yes, fusible fleece is what I've used. I was trying to think of what I had used in the past and it wouldn't pop into my brain. When I made all the Rosetta bags last summer, I used the fusible fleece and I also used it when I made the 2 Zip Hipsters.

I've never been skiing. I am sure it must be fun but since I don't really enjoy the cold or the snow, I have never wanted to go.

Thanks for the congratulations. We were very happy with the scan results.

Diane I am so happy to hear your scans were clear.

Thanks!

Hooray for such wonderful news!!

Regards,
C.

Thanks!

Diane,

FANTASTIC NEWS!!!!!!!



CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

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Nini

Thanks Nini! We were so happy to get the good news. It is always a tense couple of days for us when I have the scan and then when I get the news. I deal with it better than DH, who is always a wreck for a couple of days.

 

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I thought someone doing machine embroidery might find these tips useful:

http://www.emblibrary.com/EL/ELProjects/holder.aspx?page=Kennyskornerall