Disboutiquers Part 7 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[snubie]

As for food, I try to eat 'seasonally' - ie if it needs to be grown in a greenhouse or imported from somewhere hot, I don't have it (like stawberries in the winter). I also tend to pay more attention to the distance the food has travelled than I used to. Organic stuff is getting cheaper, but at the end of the day, I can only buy what we can afford.

And don't get me started to farmers markets!!!! Ours vanished and the next nearest ones are all on weekdays when I'm working.

You know, you guys are the best. I've just sat in the bath having a little cry because I feel rubbish, fat and a mess (OK so wrong time of the month probably accounts for a majority of this). I'm Diabetic and have Coeliacs so following a diet 'plan' is a complete waste of time. However, I'm sure there is loads I could do in terms of eating better (less!) and excercising more. Reading your posts (esp. Tifani's) I feel so much better and am determined to give this a decent try ready for December.

to you!

 

[t-beri]

YAY, Clare !!! You can do it! We are all here for you Hope you're out of the tub and feeling better

 

[HeatherSue]

Teresa has Green POOH?!?!? Maybe she should see a Dr. for that?

I told her the same thing!!

Vote on one:
A. A whale
B. A shark
C. A dolphin
D. A lochness monster

Stay cool...hopefully we won't top out at 100 today

I know in my heart of hearts that it's- B. A shark! I see sharks everywhere, even in swimming pools!

I was thinking about going but I think DH has put the kabosh on that dream. If I am able to convince him by some miracle I will probably end up bringing DD with me so we would get out own room. I hope your friend can go.

I was away for a few days and have many pages to catch up on.

I hope you can still come and bring your DD!!

I know that The Jones Soda's have sugar in them, no HFCS.

I didn't know that!! I love Jones!

DH is totally against me and Jenna going to WDW without him (Disney hater my Aunt Sally). He does want us to take a little trip to Fayetteville, AR. We went a couple of years ago just for a weekend and we really enjoyed it. We just lazed around for a weekend. It was nice. I think it would be nice to go there around Christmas shopping time. That way we can see some Christmas lights and do some shopping.

Okay, I'm not getting the my Aunt Sally reference. I'm thinking this is some kind of phrase that i'm not privy to?

Henry is a little TOO happy that we're going to Disney without him. to him.

You know, you guys are the best. I've just sat in the bath having a little cry because I feel rubbish, fat and a mess (OK so wrong time of the month probably accounts for a majority of this). I'm Diabetic and have Coeliacs so following a diet 'plan' is a complete waste of time. However, I'm sure there is loads I could do in terms of eating better (less!) and excercising more. Reading your posts (esp. Tifani's) I feel so much better and am determined to give this a decent try ready for December.

We've all been there.

 

[kjbrown]

Eat 5 a day the captain carlos way!!! Tessa is conscious of what's healthy and what's not, too. She's always telling me things like "these carrots are healthy, but fruit snacks are not".

We grew our own vegetable garden this year and the kids are picking and eating peas and tomatoes right off the vine! They would never eat them if I put them on their plate!

That is awesome!

I was actually going to write "Captain Carlos - on the Disney channel". And then laughed at myself, of COURSE these people will all know who Captain Carlos is!!!!

 

[LisaZoe]

To everyone going through such rough times right now.

Thanks to HeatherSue for letting me use her Big Give tee as inspiration for this one:

 

[revrob]

To everyone going through such rough times right now.

Thanks to HeatherSue for letting me use her Big Give tee as inspiration for this one:

WOW! That is so cool! Tink is so tiny - that must have been awful to applique!



I'm so excited! Guess what arrived today!?! My DOUBLE WIDE! My Hoop It All Super Giant Double Wide, that is! It will allow me to embroider a field up to 9 1/2 " x 21 " without re-hooping! I can't wait to get this thing hooked up to my machine and start playing! Anyone have one? What do you think?

 

[t-beri]

To everyone going through such rough times right now.

Thanks to HeatherSue for letting me use her Big Give tee as inspiration for this one:

Fantastic!!! I love it.

Shannon, what I think is that I'm uber jealous that you even have an embroidery machine. Our local repair guy is keeping his eye out for a good used machine for me and a serger so I can stop sewing at my MIL's. I can't wait to be able to do some embroidery too!!!

...t.

 

[MiniGirl]

To everyone going through such rough times right now.

Thanks to HeatherSue for letting me use her Big Give tee as inspiration for this one:

I love the t-shirt. I missed HeatherSue's because this thread goes too fast and I just can't keep up. I know that I'm missing some good stuff though.

I love the silhouette though. In fact, I made this dress. I actually started it late spring and finished it up a few weeks ago.

Again pics are posted with parent's permission.

Whoops: Sorry pics are so big. Let me see if I can resize them.

 

[dean556]

Update on my mom
The last couple of days have been touch and go but now she is doing much much better she has had a couple of dialysis treatments now and the DR. say most of the poison is out of her system,the pneumonia has cleared up so now they will take her off her blood thinners and get her prepared for the stint surgery she has to go without the blood thinners for 6 days before they will do surgery.this has got me Little concerned the heart Dr's. don't think this is a good idea but at the same time she has to have this surgery . we still have a long way to go before all this will get somewhat back to normal.
I hope all this does go well here lately I don't know if I'm coming or going.DD is doing OK. she went and spent 3 hours yesterday at the hospital with me and that helped alot the Dr took the time to chat with her and answer all her questions the best he could it really meant alot to me and dd. DD is in much better spirits about it all she is starting to bug me about getting started on all her school clothes,I told her it would have to wait another week or so.
I will update when I can havent had alot of time for the computer have been staying at the hospital mostly.Thanks for all the prayers I do believe they have helped

 

[LisaZoe]

WOW! That is so cool! Tink is so tiny - that must have been awful to applique!

She wasn't too bad, really. I had to use the narrowest setting for the satin stitch but otherwise it was about the same as doing a larger appliqué. I LOVED not having to do lots of thread changes and details!!!

I'm so excited! Guess what arrived today!?! My DOUBLE WIDE! My Hoop It All Super Giant Double Wide, that is! It will allow me to embroider a field up to 9 1/2 " x 21 " without re-hooping! I can't wait to get this thing hooked up to my machine and start playing! Anyone have one? What do you think?

Add me to the jealous list. I can't wait to see what you create with all that space!

 

[HeatherSue]

Thanks to HeatherSue for letting me use her Big Give tee as inspiration for this one:

No problem, Lisa! I think it looks wonderful!

Whoops: Sorry pics are so big. Let me see if I can resize them.

Wow!! That is fabulous!!! I LOVE the ruffles in the back! Wow!!

Update on my mom
The last couple of days have been touch and go but now she is doing much much better she has had a couple of dialysis treatments now and the DR. say most of the poison is out of her system,the pneumonia has cleared up so now they will take her off her blood thinners and get her prepared for the stint surgery she has to go without the blood thinners for 6 days before they will do surgery.this has got me Little concerned the heart Dr's. don't think this is a good idea but at the same time she has to have this surgery . we still have a long way to go before all this will get somewhat back to normal.
I hope all this does go well here lately I don't know if I'm coming or going.DD is doing OK. she went and spent 3 hours yesterday at the hospital with me and that helped alot the Dr took the time to chat with her and answer all her questions the best he could it really meant alot to me and dd. DD is in much better spirits about it all she is starting to bug me about getting started on all her school clothes,I told her it would have to wait another week or so.
I will update when I can havent had alot of time for the computer have been staying at the hospital mostly.Thanks for all the prayers I do believe they have helped

I'm gonna pm you.

 

[sahm1000]

here is my latest creation i am taking it to a show labor day if i dont sell it first, if it doesnt sell then my dgd will take it on our trip
sheri

Beautiful outfit! Those of you that are doing these appliques are making me with I had a machine to do them with! You all do such a fantastic job!

ohhh, ooohhh, pick me, pick me! I wanna play the random picture game! Here are some things I have in photobucket-

some pictures my parents had made of the boys-
a very southern picture

and one of us together (pic of a pic)

and just the boys- the snap right after this caught the boys kissing sooooo cute

Cooper when I straightened his hair (he decided he didn't want curls anymore). For the record, I LOVE the curls

A few pics from the 4th

some treats for Jackson's halloween party at school (apples, pb, and marshmallows)

Jackson on his first day of preK (look how little- those are 3T shorts and he still wears them!!)

Cooper just before the guests arrived for his first birthday party- think he got into the cupcakes?

Jackson at my sister's wedding

OK enough randomness- back to your regularly scheduled program.

If you are bored- check out my trip report- Just updated today!! I don't know how to change the title when I update, sorry.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1882055

Your boys are so cute and I love your Halloween treats! They are fantastic!

I'm afraid my stash has outgrown my current organization/space. Here's a photo of about half of what I have - this is what I consider my working stash. The other fabric is older stuff that I need to purge soon. It's so hard to let go of any fabric - even when I'm unlikely to use it in my lifetime. You never know, with the prices vintage fabric gets, my stash could be Zoe's nest egg for when I'm gone.

Oh man, I need some of those but I think I'd have to get 3 or 4 cases at least. Of course then I'd need to remove the books from my bookcases and find a new home for those. Hmm, maybe I can sell the books at a local used book store and use that to help finance the purchase of the fabric bolt thingies. I've also seriously considered purging most of my clothes that are in the armoire in the photo above so I can put fabric in that. I am so tired of having to try to pull fabric from the bottom of a 3+ foot stack of fabric. On more than one occasion, I've had small avalanches of cotton as I tried to extract fabric near the bottom.

Wow, that is an impressive stash of fabric! I have one of those rubbermaid containers and that is it. My DH would kill me if I had any more (of course, I am slow as molasses when it comes to sewing and I don't sell my stuff either so really no reason to even have what I have!).

 

[revrob]

I love the t-shirt. I missed HeatherSue's because this thread goes too fast and I just can't keep up. I know that I'm missing some good stuff though.

I love the silhouette though. In fact, I made this dress. I actually started it late spring and finished it up a few weeks ago.

Again pics are posted with parent's permission.

Whoops: Sorry pics are so big. Let me see if I can resize them.

THIS is gorgeous! I love the ruffles on the back! Is the silhouette of the child that is wearing the dress? WOW! That's beautiful.

She wasn't too bad, really. I had to use the narrowest setting for the satin stitch but otherwise it was about the same as doing a larger appliqué. I LOVED not having to do lots of thread changes and details!!!


Add me to the jealous list. I can't wait to see what you create with all that space!

You know, Lisa, I'm the jealous one! I bought this hoop because
1. I know I'll never applique as well as you - once you've owned the best, there's no going back!
2. I'm WAY too lazy (I tell myself I just don't have time!) to master my applique style like you have.
3. I want big appliques, and don't have the skill, but I CAN tell a computer what to do! (Well, sometimes!)
SO, super huge hoop it is for me!

 

[lovesdumbo]

You know, you guys are the best. I've just sat in the bath having a little cry because I feel rubbish, fat and a mess (OK so wrong time of the month probably accounts for a majority of this). I'm Diabetic and have Coeliacs so following a diet 'plan' is a complete waste of time. However, I'm sure there is loads I could do in terms of eating better (less!) and excercising more. Reading your posts (esp. Tifani's) I feel so much better and am determined to give this a decent try ready for December.

To everyone going through such rough times right now.

Thanks to HeatherSue for letting me use her Big Give tee as inspiration for this one:

So cool!!!!!

I'm so excited! Guess what arrived today!?! My DOUBLE WIDE! My Hoop It All Super Giant Double Wide, that is! It will allow me to embroider a field up to 9 1/2 " x 21 " without re-hooping! I can't wait to get this thing hooked up to my machine and start playing! Anyone have one? What do you think?

How exciting!

I love the t-shirt. I missed HeatherSue's because this thread goes too fast and I just can't keep up. I know that I'm missing some good stuff though.

I love the silhouette though. In fact, I made this dress. I actually started it late spring and finished it up a few weeks ago.

Again pics are posted with parent's permission.

Beautiful!!!!

Update on my mom
The last couple of days have been touch and go but now she is doing much much better she has had a couple of dialysis treatments now and the DR. say most of the poison is out of her system,the pneumonia has cleared up so now they will take her off her blood thinners and get her prepared for the stint surgery she has to go without the blood thinners for 6 days before they will do surgery.this has got me Little concerned the heart Dr's. don't think this is a good idea but at the same time she has to have this surgery . we still have a long way to go before all this will get somewhat back to normal.
I hope all this does go well here lately I don't know if I'm coming or going.DD is doing OK. she went and spent 3 hours yesterday at the hospital with me and that helped alot the Dr took the time to chat with her and answer all her questions the best he could it really meant alot to me and dd. DD is in much better spirits about it all she is starting to bug me about getting started on all her school clothes,I told her it would have to wait another week or so.
I will update when I can havent had alot of time for the computer have been staying at the hospital mostly.Thanks for all the prayers I do believe they have helped

Continued and prayers for your Mom.

 

[SallyfromDE]

here is my latest creation i am taking it to a show labor day if i dont sell it first, if it doesnt sell then my dgd will take it on our trip
sheri

Great Idea! It looks wonderful.

The family wants items sent via general delivery at their local PO. The first post in the Robin+5 thread on the Big Give board has the details.

As you might imagine, many people aren't comfortable giving their home address over the internet so we'll have a variety of alternate addresses to use - such as other family members, work, church, etc. I'm planning to use at least Delivery Confirmation on any larger items I send just so I get some kind of verification it was delivered. Although that doesn't guarantee it got to the right person I'll at least know the family should have it and if not, I can follow-up with my local PO or the family can do it on their end.

Will a PO box take packages?

 

[HeatherSue]

Beautiful outfit! Those of you that are doing these appliques are making me with I had a machine to do them with! You all do such a fantastic job!

If your machine will zig-zag, you can applique with it!

Or, are you wishing you had an embroidery machine? I would LOVE to have one! But, I do like to hand piece the appliques, too.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Unfortunately all artificial sweeteners mess with your metabolism and cause you to crave sweets. We don't eat any artificial sweeteners at all. I guess I focus a lot on HFCS because it's the hardest one to avoid. The other's are generally in "diet" foods and I buy those.

Now, that being said. I am going to try really hard to get over my Dr. Pepper addiction. Wish me luck!

Thanks for all you input. In Trader Joes today we read a lot of food labels. I was so happy that a lot of the items we buy there have no HFCS or hydrogenated oils! We also read a lot of labels at home and at my moms and I can't believe the foods that hve HFCS in it....pickles! Bread! It is ridiculous!

Here are my first attemps at sewing clothes (Istarted a week ago after finding this thread). My daughter is not the best model as you will see, she is pretty grumpy about it!


This is a simple pre-shirred that was a good confidence booster.

My first shirred top! I am pretty excited to learn how to do this. It took a few attempts.

I hope this works! Let me know what you think.

You did a fabulous job! you have only been sewing a week? You have the gift! I haven't even tried shirring yet. That is on my list for one day! I love the cars dress!

You can totally do 10 lbs in 10 weeks! When I lost 70lbs. on WW I averaged 2lbs a week. Sadly, unless I go to the meetings and write down everything I eat, it just doesn't work for me. I've even done the online version and it didn't work out.

!

Thanks for cheering me on! I do so much better with the meetings, but I just can afford it right now. I do have to write everything down and I have started this morning!

Yep! We live like 5 minuites from there so we go a lot...great things to do there!

Oh we came down to CM to see the movie yesterday...we stopeed by the store, but you were real busy and we had to get someone some food! I'm sure we will be back...that is a nice theater!

I wish we lived closer to that park. Maybe when it cools off we can meet up there for a day with the kids. My kids love those character boats. And I thought I saw you in the mall yesterday. I was relocating clothes yesterday at the store and putting out some cute new night gowns.

Love the Fanny pack talk! My best friend who is coming with us to wdw in Nov keeps saying she will be wearing here and I told her if I didn't love her so much and wasn't so happy she was coming I would pretend I didn't know her though I have offered to make her a purse in hopes she would change her mind! No offense!

We love our fanny packs. Even dh has one! and dd13! It fits so many things and is so easy to carry.

Following are pics of what I sent to eight year-old Shay Lynne of the GoofyDoo family Big Give. My eight year-old picked out the pattern (I confess that I steered her toward one that I'd made for her before so that I wouldn't have to attempt anything new). She also helped with the design of the necklace and the bling barrette. I don't love the necklace, but she does so I hope that Shay Lynne will like it as well. We were going for a "Limited Too meets the princesses" look. The yellow knit pants should hit at her knees. So, anyway, it's not as fantastic as some of the other outfits she'll have received, but it should be nice and cool in the heat.

The dress is adorable! I love the style. And your necklace and barrette ae awesome! I think the whole set is fantastic!

Hi everyone...you know this is the place we all share, good, bad, ugly...I want to ask for prayers for my family...I just got news that my cousin was shot and killed last night in Pittsburgh. Even though he is 31, he is still that little boy to me with a great big smile. We will need lots of prayers for his Mom, Dad and sister.

I am so sorry about your cousin. Prayers are being said for your family.

Here's my pic of the day...well pictures actually:

A wave destroying their sandcastle

Vote on one:
A. A whale
B. A shark
C. A dolphin
D. A lochness monster

I so miss the beach. We live too far away from the beach to make the trip very often. And I vote a shark......maybe a dolphin?

You know, you guys are the best. I've just sat in the bath having a little cry because I feel rubbish, fat and a mess (OK so wrong time of the month probably accounts for a majority of this). I'm Diabetic and have Coeliacs so following a diet 'plan' is a complete waste of time. However, I'm sure there is loads I could do in terms of eating better (less!) and excercising more. Reading your posts (esp. Tifani's) I feel so much better and am determined to give this a decent try ready for December.

I know how you feel. i cry a lot about my fat behind. And it doesn't help at that time of the month. Have a peach and take a walk! Even if the walk is to the mailbox and back.

Thanks to HeatherSue for letting me use her Big Give tee as inspiration for this one:

WOW! That is awesome! I love all the silhoutte shirts that have been posted.

I love the t-shirt. I missed HeatherSue's because this thread goes too fast and I just can't keep up. I know that I'm missing some good stuff though.

I love the silhouette though. In fact, I made this dress. I actually started it late spring and finished it up a few weeks ago.

Again pics are posted with parent's permission.

Whoops: Sorry pics are so big. Let me see if I can resize them.

That dress is precious. I lovethe back of it!

Update on my mom
The last couple of days have been touch and go but now she is doing much much better she has had a couple of dialysis treatments now and the DR. say most of the poison is out of her system,the pneumonia has cleared up so now they will take her off her blood thinners and get her prepared for the stint surgery she has to go without the blood thinners for 6 days before they will do surgery.this has got me Little concerned the heart Dr's. don't think this is a good idea but at the same time she has to have this surgery . we still have a long way to go before all this will get somewhat back to normal.
I hope all this does go well here lately I don't know if I'm coming or going.DD is doing OK. she went and spent 3 hours yesterday at the hospital with me and that helped alot the Dr took the time to chat with her and answer all her questions the best he could it really meant alot to me and dd. DD is in much better spirits about it all she is starting to bug me about getting started on all her school clothes,I told her it would have to wait another week or so.
I will update when I can havent had alot of time for the computer have been staying at the hospital mostly.Thanks for all the prayers I do believe they have helped

I have been praying for your mom.

 

[LisaZoe]

I love the silhouette though. In fact, I made this dress. I actually started it late spring and finished it up a few weeks ago.

That is gorgeous! I love the ruffles. Seeing your silhouette made me think about converting into appliqué the ones Zoe and I have from DLR. Oh my, so many ideas... so little time.

Beautiful outfit! Those of you that are doing these appliques are making me with I had a machine to do them with! You all do such a fantastic job!

As Heather said, as long as your machine does a zigzag and you can adjust the stitch length, you can do appliqué. Some ladies do have embroidery machines that do the stitching for them but my understanding is they still have to do all the same prep work of cutting and assembling the pieces. It takes a little patience and practice but I really think most people can do it. In fact, I'm pretty sure many who post their appliqué here first experimented with appliqué as a result of this thread (or previous incarnations of it LOL).

Wow, that is an impressive stash of fabric! I have one of those rubbermaid containers and that is it. My DH would kill me if I had any more (of course, I am slow as molasses when it comes to sewing and I don't sell my stuff either so really no reason to even have what I have!).

If your DH ever complains about how much fabric you have, you can always point at mine and say "but at least I'm not as bad as her". I think it was Angela, camelotcats?, who had a stash that was probably 3-4 times the size of mine. When I saw hers I didn't feel so bad about how much I buy.

 

[LisaZoe]

Will a PO box take packages?

Those mailed though USPS should be delivered without problem but it might be an issue if people want to use UPS or FedEx.

 

[clairemolly]

I don't normally drink regular soda but I am a Diet Coke addict (when I'm not pregnant or nursing that is - right now I don't even consider chancing the caffeine!). I know that The Jones Soda's have sugar in them, no HFC.

Let me introduce you to my favorite drink in the world right now...Caffeine Free Diet Coke. I am still nursing Miss Molly and it has been my savior through the pregnancy and since she was born. I do allow myself to have one "leaded" version every couple of days, usually in the morning when I get to work. It is my "coffee".