~~~SEWING my way to POFQ ~ American Girl outfits & Custom Park Bags! ~~~

[Lidian]

FUN!!!



Ah, yes, but I think I am going to go with Cheryl's idea, and bring DH's staple gun...

D~

That will work if you like to inflict PAIN....

 

[DMGeurts]

That will work if you like to inflict PAIN....

It has nothing to do with pain.... The ultimate goal is to protect the bag... I just told dd about your plans, and she is all for the idea.

D~ <--- Headed to my sewing room for the day...

 

[RyansMommy1]

Hi!!! I've seen you all over the boards... on a couple PTR's and TR's I am reading and ofcourse on the DIS Boutique boards. Anyway- I'm not a stalker.. lol- i just love TR's,PTR's and creativity in general. You are very talented and I hope to order a bag from you for my Oct. 2012 thread if you are willing/able to make one!!

Anyway I subbed just now and am looking forward to reading and seeing all of your stuff!!

 

[DMGeurts]

Hi!!! I've seen you all over the boards... on a couple PTR's and TR's I am reading and ofcourse on the DIS Boutique boards. Anyway- I'm not a stalker.. lol- i just love TR's,PTR's and creativity in general. You are very talented and I hope to order a bag from you for my Oct. 2012 thread if you are willing/able to make one!!

Anyway I subbed just now and am looking forward to reading and seeing all of your stuff!!

Welcome! I am glad you found me... I agree, I post waaay too much around here sometimes. Not sure how I even find the time to sew. LOL I would be happy to make you a bag for your trip. Thanks for stopping by & I hope you'll continue to follow along and post.


Well, I got a lot accomplished yesterday... Victoria was kind enough to help me with some quilting. I was able to get the majority of my Carry-on/DHS & maybe Epcot bag done... Really happy with it so far. All I really have left to do is the applique - this is where I always feel like I wreck my bags/outfits. I am doing another messenger bag like the girls' - but I did a bunch of renovations to the pattern... First and foremost - I changed the size of the bag... I made it a bit deeper. I also added a lot of fun features, and I fixed the pocket that I never liked - now I like it.

Usually, I don't have any issues falling asleep, but last night, I laid awake for hours... I came up with 2 new accessory ideas... So, I am anxious to get started on those, as well. They will really compliment my bags, and one of them is VHTF, so I think it will be something that is very unique.

I have to work this morning, but I am off pretty early - so I might be able to sneak into my sewing room for a while this afternoon.

Oh, and I just checked....

Only 69 days till Disney!!!!!​

D~

 

[babynala]

Only 69 more days - you have plenty of time to sew lots of items for yourself.

I have a question for you, if you don't mind sharing:
What kind of batting do you use in your bags that you quilt over top of? I want to make a little notebook thing for my daughter and I wanted to quilt the fabric.

 

[dianemom2]

Can't wait to see your new bag plus your accessories! I am sure they are going to be awesome. Do they have your favorite little duck on them?

I made another hipster bag yesterday. I added a zippered pocket inside. I am very happy with the pocket. I'm not crazy about the fabrics since I just used some fabric I already had. It was raining bucket and buckets yesterday and I just couldn't get myself to go to the store to buy different fabric. I still need the slide piece for the strap. Maybe I will pick that up today. The next one I do I plan to put an applique on the front.

Can't believe that you only have 69 more days. The time is going to fly by! Can't wait to see your new creations!

 

[DMGeurts]

Only 69 more days - you have plenty of time to sew lots of items for yourself.

I have a question for you, if you don't mind sharing:
What kind of batting do you use in your bags that you quilt over top of? I want to make a little notebook thing for my daughter and I wanted to quilt the fabric.

I just use regular quilt batting... What ever is on sale when I go to buy.

D~

 

[DMGeurts]

Can't wait to see your new bag plus your accessories! I am sure they are going to be awesome. Do they have your favorite little duck on them?

Nope, no Duck this time... This one is for my favorite movie...

I made another hipster bag yesterday. I added a zippered pocket inside. I am very happy with the pocket. I'm not crazy about the fabrics since I just used some fabric I already had. It was raining bucket and buckets yesterday and I just couldn't get myself to go to the store to buy different fabric. I still need the slide piece for the strap. Maybe I will pick that up today. The next one I do I plan to put an applique on the front.

Awesome... They are so fun to make. It sounds like you were able to figure out the zippered pocket - I keep meaning to write a tutorial - but every time I think of it, I am half way through the process. I just need to make a bag with that tutorial in mind.

Looking forward to seeing all of your bags.

Can't believe that you only have 69 more days. The time is going to fly by! Can't wait to see your new creations!

I know, I can't believe how fast it is going! I was just telling the girls yesterday that we need to bring our luggage upstairs and start throwing a few things in there that we aren't currently wearing - because it will be here before we know it, and I don't want to be searching for shorts and capris the night before we leave...

D~

 

[mommy2mrb]

Yay for more D~ creativity can't wait to see the new goodies!

 

[aboveH20]

Only 69 days till Disney!!!!!​

D~

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[solana131]

Hey there. I'm a little late, but I took some "time off" over the holiday. The girls' bags look awesome! Such lucky girls to have such a talented mother

Yay for 69 days! Not to rub it in...but we only have 38

FQ has free wi-fi now too? Cool. I wonder if the Poly does. Last I had heard they were just testing it out at a couple resorts and Poly wasn't one of them, but I didn't think POFQ was either. So maybe Poly has it for free now too. Not that it matters for me, cause my parents have a mi-fi (through the cells) card to use anyway. But it is nice that Disney is finally stepping up and offering that. I mean, you get free wi-fi at a $80/night joint off the highway! About time

Anyway...just catching up on here after my brief hiatus. Glad you had a great Christmas!

 

[DMGeurts]

I thought I would let everyone know, I was just on the Passporter website, and they are having a sale on their 2010 spiral edition of the Passporter, for $1 each... I know, it's 2 years old... but most of the information is still valid, and for $1... I ordered a few, because I always like having a Passporter on hand, even when I am not actively planning a trip - I am always actively dreaming about planning a trip - and there's nothing better than a Passporter.

So, run over there and get yourself a deeply discounted Passporter.

D~

 

[VBAndrea]

L
I've never made a simply sweet, but I've found that with stripwork jumpers and wrap skirts (and my stripwork twirl) that it makes a BIG difference with a t-shirt under something. Seems like the stripwork jumper is too big, but with a t-shirt it starts getting snug,. Have you run into that?

I just tried the dress on with the t under it and it fits just fine. It may be loose without the t- ~ not sure b/c it will be worn with the t- as I don't like the fabric showing on the doll. It may be a little hard for my dd to get on and off though -- I slid the dress on through the legs rather than over the head. Will try to get pics sometime today and post them on Disbout -- or perhaps right here on MY ptr. I worked the past two days and work tomorrow so I have lots of laundry to catch up on and some cleaning to do. I am also working on another t-shirt for the doll that dd wants embroidered (just a very simple butterfly design that came with the machine so that should be easy).

 

[Corrine 1973]

So I finally had the time to go through and read your PTR!!! As you suggested I used your ToC to read all the important stuff.

I am loving all of your plans and I can't wait to read all about your ADR's when you get back. I also loved the pics of your 2008 trip. I think I will have to steal that idea for my PTR since I have so much time to kill.

All of your outfits and bags are incredible. I can't believe that you have just started sewing a little over a year ago. I know what you mean about the Disboutiquers thread. After being on there for any amount of time you start coming up with all sorts of ideas that you want to do. That is wear I got the idea for my DD's halloween costum. I got some ideas from others and made my own pattern for what I wanted. I haven't tried the appliques yet, but I am itching to try one, but a little worried it will come out horrible.

I recently bought some material to make my DD a bag for the parks and will have to get to it soon. Now that I have seen your bags I have a whole bunch of ideas running through my head. Thanks D.

 

[BridgetR3]

I thought I would let everyone know, I was just on the Passporter website, and they are having a sale on their 2010 spiral edition of the Passporter, for $1 each... I know, it's 2 years old... but most of the information is still valid, and for $1... I ordered a few, because I always like having a Passporter

What's a passporter??

I can't believe that you have just started sewing a little over a year ago.

OMG
Is that true?!?!?!? A little over a year and you are already THAT good?!?!? What did you use to learn how to sew?

Lastly I'm jealous of your 69 days left!! We have 161 today. So I will spend a lot of time !

 

[mphalens]

Sorry I've been MIA! The ILs visit was as horrible as I expected and it only made my time with my parents that much shorter.

I have been sorting through pictures from my trip though and have started working on things for my TR . . . y'all want to be my test audience? Here's the first "page" for my TR - tell me what you think! I realized that I really needed to go with a sort of photo-journal style since I have a TON of pictures I want to share, hence the "scrapbook style" look . . .

 

[DMGeurts]

I just tried the dress on with the t under it and it fits just fine. It may be loose without the t- ~ not sure b/c it will be worn with the t- as I don't like the fabric showing on the doll. It may be a little hard for my dd to get on and off though -- I slid the dress on through the legs rather than over the head. Will try to get pics sometime today and post them on Disbout -- or perhaps right here on MY ptr. I worked the past two days and work tomorrow so I have lots of laundry to catch up on and some cleaning to do. I am also working on another t-shirt for the doll that dd wants embroidered (just a very simple butterfly design that came with the machine so that should be easy).

I can't wait to see your AG outfits! When you're done with your laundry - you can stop my MN and do mine quick.

So I finally had the time to go through and read your PTR!!! As you suggested I used your ToC to read all the important stuff.

At this point, anyone who takes the time to read my PTR is amazing... IMO - there is waaaay too much to catch up on now.

[I am loving all of your plans and I can't wait to read all about your ADR's when you get back. I also loved the pics of your 2008 trip. I think I will have to steal that idea for my PTR since I have so much time to kill.

Go for it! I love looking at then n' now pics, it's so much fun to see how everyone "grows up Disney"...

[All of your outfits and bags are incredible. I can't believe that you have just started sewing a little over a year ago. I know what you mean about the Disboutiquers thread. After being on there for any amount of time you start coming up with all sorts of ideas that you want to do. That is wear I got the idea for my DD's halloween costum. I got some ideas from others and made my own pattern for what I wanted. I haven't tried the appliques yet, but I am itching to try one, but a little worried it will come out horrible.

Thanks! Liddy told ya that I'd turn your PTR into a sewing PTR... LOL Maybe I should put a disclaimer in my ToC????

[I recently bought some material to make my DD a bag for the parks and will have to get to it soon. Now that I have seen your bags I have a whole bunch of ideas running through my head. Thanks D.

Anytime... I can't wait to see what you create!

What's a passporter??

It's a Disney touring book/organizer/planner type thingy... Love all of mine... They have a website... passporter.com

[OMG
Is that true?!?!?!? A little over a year and you are already THAT good?!?!? What did you use to learn how to sew?

LOL Yup, it's true... I'm really not that good... I just take good pictures. Lots n' lots of practice, and then when you think you've practiced enough, practice some more.

[Lastly I'm jealous of your 69 days left!! We have 161 today. So I will spend a lot of time !

Soon enough, you will be at your 69 days, and I'll be cryin' because I am at home with no plans for another tirp.... maybe.

Sorry I've been MIA! The ILs visit was as horrible as I expected and it only made my time with my parents that much shorter.

I have been sorting through pictures from my trip though and have started working on things for my TR . . . y'all want to be my test audience? Here's the first "page" for my TR - tell me what you think! I realized that I really needed to go with a sort of photo-journal style since I have a TON of pictures I want to share, hence the "scrapbook style" look . . .

Hey stranger!!! I've missed ya! I love your first page, and I love the layout you plan to do for your TR - it's definately unique. I can't wait to read all about your trip and the super fun times you had - and those adorable boys of yours too.

Glad your ILs finally left... They are a piece of work...

D~

 

[mphalens]

I can't wait to see your AG outfits! When you're done with your laundry - you can stop my MN and do mine quick.



Hey stranger!!! I've missed ya! I love your first page, and I love the layout you plan to do for your TR - it's definately unique. I can't wait to read all about your trip and the super fun times you had - and those adorable boys of yours too.

Glad your ILs finally left... They are a piece of work...

D~

Andrea - don't forget to swing by NC too! I have mostly clean clothes, but they need help making their way to closets and drawers!

I've missed you too! Glad you like my first page! I have 4 pages done and since I'm keeping it fairly simple, I think I'll actually start posting later tonight. . . well, IF I can think of a cute title that is . . . Suggestions welcome!

My ILs - yup, piece of work sums them up! I really don't like myself when they're around - because I've found the only way I can deal with them is to sort of ignore them, which kills my inner "make everyone feel welcome and included" . . . but if I don't, I know I'd wind up telling them off for how horribly they treat DH and how much they make my children crazy.

 

[aboveH20]

I just tried the dress on with the t under it and it fits just fine. It may be loose without the t- ~ not sure b/c it will be worn with the t- as I don't like the fabric showing on the doll. It may be a little hard for my dd to get on and off though -- I slid the dress on through the legs rather than over the head. Will try to get pics sometime today and post them on Disbout -- or perhaps right here on MY ptr. I worked the past two days and work tomorrow so I have lots of laundry to catch up on and some cleaning to do. I am also working on another t-shirt for the doll that dd wants embroidered (just a very simple butterfly design that came with the machine so that should be easy).

Okay, okay, if you're gonna shine that bright light on me I'll confess. The stripwork jumper seemed a bit big without a shirt under it (it fit Ginger perfectly, which was the clue). I made it a tad smaller, and then it was snug when I put a t-shirt under it.

I'm with you -- I like making t-shirts. Here's a t-shirt I made to go with the auction for Barbara and the twirl skirt that seemed to have so much fabric at the waist that the t-shirt seemed a bit snug.

(Now that I see the photo again seems like the skirt may be a bit short.)

I just bought some fabric (fortunately I think it was another PTR where I wrote that I need to STOP buying fabric or START sewing). Get this . . .

I'm going to it!!!!!!!

AND I may make something with it.

Sorry I've been MIA! The ILs visit was as horrible as I expected and it only made my time with my parents that much shorter.

I have been sorting through pictures from my trip though and have started working on things for my TR . . . y'all want to be my test audience? Here's the first "page" for my TR - tell me what you think! I realized that I really needed to go with a sort of photo-journal style since I have a TON of pictures I want to share, hence the "scrapbook style" look . . .

BUMMER about the in-laws, but I

1. your photos
2. the outfits and backpacks you made
2. CBR​

The first time we went to CBR we had a two year old and a four year old and were at Trinity North or South, which ever one is the farthest away. Despite being sooooo far from Old Port Royale it quickly became our favorite resort. Lately I've been staying at different resorts, just to try them out, but CBR will always be our favorite -- of course, if they wanted to extend the monorail there, that would be nice, too.

Raise your hand if it's 18° with a wind chill of 7° where you live.

Me<----- who really should be trying harder to hack into D~'s computer to get herself a spot on that trip that's happening in 68 days

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[Lidian]

Sorry I've been MIA! The ILs visit was as horrible as I expected and it only made my time with my parents that much shorter.

I have been sorting through pictures from my trip though and have started working on things for my TR . . . y'all want to be my test audience? Here's the first "page" for my TR - tell me what you think! I realized that I really needed to go with a sort of photo-journal style since I have a TON of pictures I want to share, hence the "scrapbook style" look . . .

How adorable!!!! I'm hooked!