I love the polo idea! I will have to go looking, I have a few weeks yet. Russell is 2 so I could even do shortalls with applique and a polo. Yeah for your new tv!!!!! Oh and your son sounds too sweet! I would have teared up too. Your family sounds so close! I hope my kids love me like that when they are teens.
He IS a good boy! You did a good job with him Teresa.
Need I ask..... how was you trip??
What an awesome kid you have!!! Great job raising him right mama!!
That is too sweet. I love stuff like that. Of course those powers can be used for evil so watch out. A few years ago on April Fools Day we made my moms computer auto correct certain words so for instance if she typed "the" (you have to pick words they type often) then it would correct it to say "Toni is a dork" or whatever. It was SO hilarious. Of course it was especially funny since when she came in that morning EVERYTHING in the office was upside down or backwards, when she finished sorting that out (we were forced to help!) she sat down to work she had to remove all of her keys from her keyboard and figure out where they all went cause she's a hunt and peck typist and we switched them all around.
Then she finally sorted that out and we had her screen saver look like her desktop and she couldn't click on anything....ah, it was a good April 1st!!!
Thanks guys!!! He is really such a sweet boy.
Karen, our trip was wonderful!!! Heather and I have both started trip reports! My link is in my siggy, and I have a link to hers in my report.
T.!!! You are a stinker!!! Corey is always telling me about those sorts of tricks! He thinks it would be great fun to play one of those on my father!
MissCammie, I am going to look for one of those smileys for us!!!
Okay so I realize I haven't actually MADE anything yet...but I am a weensy bit FRUSTRATED with patterns for adults.
I'm not sure if clothing sizes translate to pattern sizes...for example is a size 8 dress from the store going to be the same as a size 8 pattern? Or are pattern sizes smaller?
the reason I ask is b/c I am on the scrawny side. I'm not super short...just marginally short...5' 4 and a HALF...very nearly 5'5! But I'm just bony. I wear between a 0 and 2, depending on the brand. (I have ulcers...which is why I'm scrawny. It's not pretty. It's icky.) So I thought if I could learn to sew I could just MAKE stuff in my size...but I can't FIND stuff in my size even in patterns or Juniors patterns!
Seriously y'all...I have to shop at Gap Kids to find dresses that fit me. Children's patterns don't usually go past size 8...I'm a children's 12 usually. A children's 16 is way too big. I am in clothing no man's land!
does everyone feel sorry for me now?
really I'm just wondering if I'm missing smaller patterns or if I'm out of luck!
I am SO hiding in my office right now. There is a difficult parent demanding that a consequence for her son be lifted b/c "he couldn't help it..."
(not only could he HELP it, he premeditated it AND laughed about it afterwards!) I won't lift it and I'm not going to argue about it either so I'm letting the principal argue about it...but if she sees me in the hall it will NOT be good!
*ahem*
Oh, I'm so excited that we might actually get to see a CampbellScott creation soon!!!!
I need to change my ticker on the bottom, my induction is scheduled for 7/2/2008 now!
So now my ticker is a week later than it should be, I have seven days less than it says! Yeah!
I tried to get my doctor to schedule it on 7/1 so I could get out on 7/3 instead of 7/4 but she said that Tuesday's are her surgery days and Wednesdays are her induction days. Here is to hoping that at least one of the old wives tales about how to start labor are actually true!!!! I am usually pretty good and dilated (with DD 4 I was dilated to a 4 and 100% effaced and with DD 2 I was dilated to a 5, and had been since 36 weeks and 100% effaced - could someone please explain to me why I just don't go into labor then?????) when I go in for my inductions so hopefully it won't take much. I swear sometimes I post just so I can see how far along I am.
Woo Hoo!!! You must be so excited!!!!
Miss Cammie, take your bust, waist and hip measurements and compare them to those for the pattern. I haven't purchased a commercial pattern in a coon's age, so I'm not sure if the measurements for each size are printed on the envelope or if you'll need to check the size chart for the specific company on the internet or in a pattern company. Just like different brands of clothing, different pattern companies may have different measurements for the same size.
Saying you need a "scrawny" size is the same as my BFF saying she needs a "big" size! *LOL*
You might want to see if there are any junior patterns available. They used to run from size 1 or size 3 to size 13 or size 15. They are designed for a different figure type than misses clothing and might work better for you. Again, compare your measurements to those for the specific pattern company.
One other measurement you'll need before you're ready to start sewing is your back neck length. Strange one, huh? It's from the bone at the base of your neck to your natural waistline. That will help fit the length of the bodice so the hips are in the right place and not too high or low. You won't need it to select the pattern, but before you begin cutting...
Hope your office is comfy and you can hide out as long as necessary. I've been working with my office door shut all week, which I detest. Deadlines. Yuck!
This is fantastic advice! I wanted to add, that when you are taking measurements, it helps if you wear a short necklace, so you know where the base of your neck is, and tie a string around your waist, so you know you are measuring in the right spot. I do this when I measure the girls too. I read it in a book (I think it was the Singer sewing book, but I'm not sure, I got it from the library)
awwww. I can only hope my boys will be sweet teenagers.
I'm sure they will be!!!
Another two from my MIL.
I showed her this thread and your lovely work - she's been very inspired!
I LOVE these dresses!!! Is that a Daisy Kingdom pattern? It is soo cute and girly!!!
Ok, so how soon is too soon to start a countdown?
If you could see the stupid ticker in my signature you would know that I have 4 months, 3 weeks and 5 days left. I think it's too soon. But I am all excited w/ planning and I want to spread the joy.
Also has anybody found or made e-cards that are free and disney themed? I'd like to send some out to our friends who are joining us. Maybe I'll just have to use good ol' snail mail. But then of course, I'd have to make my own cards too cause, well...it's part of my neurosis
...t.
Tifani, did you notice that I started a new ticker the day after we got home???
By 4 months, I feel that it's almost here!
Ugh! I think the dress is going to turn out to be too short on Erin! I measured right where she wants it to hit and mom informed me some length will come up with it is gathered. I guess I can stick a pair of bike shorts under it and see how it looks. And here I thought I was doing great with it. Cross your fingers it will be ok!
Ok, false alarm. I "guessimated" the seam for the skirt to bodice and pinned it to the front of the bodice. I put it on Erin when she came in and it looks like it will hit just perfect! I am such a worry-wart over this darn outfit!
I'm glad it looks like it is turning out ok!!! I have never noticed that the skirt shrinks up too much when I gather.
Ok, I have been reading some of this thread and you ladies are AMAZING! I am not much of a seamstress, but my DD wants to have a minnie mouse dress for our trip in August. I can sew a bit, and would like to make this, mostly so it can be cool and light, and of a nicer fabric than I have seen at the
disney store, plus she LOVES a full and flouncy skirt, which iirc is easy to make (but seems to be hard to find in stores!) I looked on ebay cause I thought I might find some handmade creations there, but didn't. Is there special 'disney' patterns, or do most of you just go with ordinary patterns? I am thinking of doing a sleevless dress anyway, just in the minnie fabric (polka dots) and then maybe make a matching bow for her hair. I figure that can't be too hard to mess up! Is it easy to make dresses with those kind of gathered/smocked elasticy looking tops that just tie at the shoulders ?, those are my favourite look, and would be so cool for August. Or would I be better to stick with a kind of plainer top? TIA for any advice for a VERY novice sewer
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I can't wait to see what you make!! The gathered/smocked look is shirring. If your machine cooperates, it's really easy to do. There are several tutorials for it in my bookmarks. Basically though, you need to use elastic thread in your bobbin. And, if it isn't working right, adjust your bobbin tension (at least that was what my problem was!) Good luck!
ok I have finally broke the sewing machine back out lol. Tell me what I did wrong here? I finally found the fabric at
Walmart last night and I put this together. I assumed (I know not a good idea) that I just had to sew the sides together close enough to fit her? I don't like the way it hangs though ... is there a better way to do with this kind of fabric? I still have to add straps on it. I honestly had not planned to until I remembered she was 4 and needs straps. :lol:
I think I see what you mean about it hanging funny, but I don't think it looks bad. I've never used the preshirred fabric.
Your daughter looks adorable, even with her face covered!
So I don't think 4 months is too long! My countdown is for when we take our little girl who is due in 8 weeks - so it's pretty special. And since ALL Disney trips are special, then by gosh count away!!!
for it. Thanks everyone !!!!!
I thought I had really screwed something up lol. I have a ton of that kind of fabric that DD 14 has bought and for my DD 4 as well. I really need to be putting it all together it is only getting warmer! 
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Yep, I need a happy crying smiley, too!
Putting it together would be a chore since clearly not everyone is going to be able to make it. But other threads do it so why can't we?? So who's willing to use their type A organizational skills and their Dis knowhow to help orchestrate a Mama's Only weekend???
I'd be willing to act as your personal assistant!
