I am way far behind because I am still catching up from our trip last week. Guess I need to update my signature! I missed some quotes but wanted to say that everyone has been posting such cute things.
That lion halloween costume is adorable and all those matching outfits for the little ones are so sweet. Love all the ruffles and diaper covers.
BabyRapunzel - so sorry to hear about your loss and I can only imagine how you are feeling right now.
Flora - that quilt you made for your aunt is amazing. You did such a nice job with all the digitizing and stitch outs. What a wonderful idea to get everyone to contribute.
Hello all, just got back from
Disneyland and had a terrific time. It was a little busy there last week, but we had a terrific time and even did my first Mickey Halloween Party, which was a blast!
Glad you had a great trip and the backpack looks great, last minute sewing is always a great way to start your trip.
Hi guys,
So one of the main dresses I want to make her is a Duffy Bear dress, since we are both fans. Trouble is, I haven't been able to find a Duffy applique design anywhere as I only have a 4x4 hoop on my embroidery machine. All the designs I've found are for 5x7 and up and I really want his whole body, not just his head.
Did you look at FrouFrou by HeatherSue's website? She usually has all of her designs in 4x4 and I think she has a Duffy. Just search bear and/or cruise and you should be able to find it.
These are a couple of outfits for a litttle friend of mine.
That little princess dress is just beautiful and I would think that Tink set would get lots of wear.
Hi everyone.
So I just finished my first ever attempt at sewing and LOVED it!! I've been a long time lurker to these threads and always said I'd try it but never have!
Anyway I picked up some material from a local fabric shop and chose a pattern! Here's the results as modeled by my little princess!
I'm pretty pleased, I think it's wearable and everything!!
So I'm doing a second practice piece and I've ordered my Disney fabric!! Nowhere in the uk seems to have the designs available in the us so I ended up ordering from eBay USA and having it shipped over!! Believe it or not compared to what we pay over here it wasn't that bad even with shipping!! The wait is going to kill me!!!
Sorry for posting non-Disney pics but I wanted to share! After looking at all of your beautiful creations over the last few years I was inspired by all of you to just go for it and try out sewing!! I think you may have all helped me find something new to love!!!
WOW! You did a great job for your first attempt (great job for a long time sewer too). Your DD looks so happy in her dress and that fabric is so fun. Please feel free to post non-Disney stuff too.
Oh my goodness you guys are amazing!! I am about half way through This thread and you've motivated me start sewing again!! It's been at least 9 years, so yesterday I got my sewing machine out and threaded it and thank goodness I had a bobbin already wound because I dont know if I remember how to do that. But I got it out and sewed just lines down an old pillow case
I can't wait to make something and post it here!! Especially because I have a one year old girl now I can make stuff for her. Is it so lame that my main reason for sewing again is so I can make her Disney outfits for trips
Yeah! A perfect time to start sewing again. Wait until you start planning trips around Disney outfits you want to make.
I haven't put up any pics for a while. So I thought I'd share some wedding pictures of my son and new daughter.
I didn't get to make the wedding dress , but I did get to make the bow ties and sashes and the Jr bridesmaid and flower girl dresses.
I forgot to add that you can't really tell in the pictures, but the tulle on the flower girl dress is GLITTERY. Never again! My whole house is still full of glitter.
Thanks for sharing. The wedding party looks really nice. I can't believe you made all those items for the wedding.
The little girl dresses are beautiful. Hope you can get rid of that glitter before their 1st Anniversary.
We are going on the Fantasy on November 2 - 9 (only 11 more days!). It would be so cool if you were on the same cruise!
Have fun on your cruise.
Here they are for those who asked to see them after I took them off. These are a few that I made for my daughter.
Great job on the bows. I'm glad you shared them.
Here's Chip and Dale for my boys for Garden Grill
I was going to do them directly on the plaid shirts, but decided to keep them plain so they can wear them in the spring (hopefully) for family pics, I think they're really cute shirts.
And I don't remember when I shared last, some of these I posted on FB, but I truly can't remember. We leave next tuesday after my husband gets home from work, we are flying out of milwaukee at 6 a.m. wednesday so we're staying the night there near the airport. It's about 2 hours from here.
For BOG on my boys birthday:
Halloween Shirts, the spiderweb fabric glows in the dark, as does the thread I stitched it in.
And my Hallowen outfit, my hubby has a similar shirt w/ mickey o'lantern
And these are the outfits my kids wore to their party this weekend. Did the birthday party early, they kept calling it "pretend birthday" The shirts are Carla C Raglan made out of XL plain t-shirts, and the pants are charming Ollie Otto pants, which are cute but I messed them up more ways than I can even keep track of. They both have legs that are INCHES different in length, thankfully they are designed to be rolled. one cuff on each is rolled 3x, the other 2x.
And I made a dragon costume to go with the knight costume, which is a just-because dress up set.
In the next 7 days I need to finish 4 kids bowling shirts, and put buttons/button holes on the nearly finished men's bowling shirt I made for my husband. And if I can fit it in, I would like to add a few more embroidered shirts, but if not, oh well.
The Garden Grill shirts are really cute. Those plaid shirts are perfect and it was a great idea to make the coordinating t-shirts instead of doing the applique on the plaid shirts. I adore the Beast shirts - what a GREAT idea. The spiderweb shirts are really neat, I thought the spider fabric was the actual design of the Mickey head. The way you lined up the fabric on the black shirt it looks so seamless. They will be so cool in the dark.
The boys look great in their Pirate outfits and the pants look nice. Your halloween outfit is perfect, love the applique and that DH is going to coordinate.
I know I commented before but the dragon and Knight costumes you made are worth more praise. What a fun way for your kids to entertain themselves. I can't imagine it was easy to put those two outfits together. You are so creative and talented.
Here are a few projects I completed recently:
A set of Simply Sweet doll dresses for my friend's DD's. This is my first time using the Simply Sweet pattern despite having the pattern for around 2 years.
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And then I made my first pillowcase dress ever! This is for my friend's DD's birthday.
I also made a pile of gift card pouches for the Ronald McDonald House. It is a place where families can stay when their children receives treatment from the hospital. It is a big helper for families from out of town. The House gives all the families staying there over Christmas something special. These will contain gift cards for the parents (kids will get a big sack filled with goodies).
Finally, some of you know that parts of southern Alberta were destroyed by flood in the summer. One of my co-workers used to live in a town called High River. The whole town was flooded. The destruction was unbelievable (DH and I went there a few days to help with the post flood clean up). My co-worker's family lost almost everything in the flood. I decided to do something special for his DS. I haven't decided when to give it to them yet, but probably in the next few days.
The pillowcase dress and doll dresses came out really nice. It is actually harder to make the doll dresses in my opinion because they are so small. The gift card envelopes are a great idea. How generous of you to make them for the families at Ronald McDonald house.
The quilt you made for your friend's son is great. I'm sure they will be very grateful to have something that came from the heart and it will be nice for their son to have something that is just for him. I can't imagine how it would feel to loose everything like that.
This isn't necessarily a suggestion for Garden Grill, but if anyone is looking for 'edgier' designs, Embroidery Library's sister site, Urban Threads has a lot more edgy things.
http://www.urbanthreads.com
I love Urban Threads but I didn't realize they were "related" to Embroidery Library. Thanks for the info.
I need some ideas for simple stuff to give my family a cohesive look. My family is me, DH, 4t boy, 2t girl, and boy with 12 mon torso and 6/9 mon waist and 9 mon leg. He is actually 12 mon old. We are going in 5 weeks. Help!
I usually just make things using the same fabric for my DS and DD. Usually my DS just gets a Mickey head t-shirt and his sister gets a skirt and Minnie head t-shirt. On our last trip I did the same color t-shirts for everyone in the family and did various designs using the same color fabric and/or thread. I think you would do well with the Scientific Seamstresses easy fit pants if you wanted to sew something. You can customize the pants for any measurements.
Yes I have ordered the glow in the dark thread from Marathon before. It actually freaked DH out the other night. He woke up in the middle of the night feeling thirsty, so he went to get a glass of water. He came across this glowing piece of scrap material and was wondering what it was! Yup, it was my test piece to see how the thread works and if I need to worry about anything specific like tension.
This is too funny.
