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

[VBAndrea]

Andrea I really like the baseball set even if it is the Yankees. LOL. Very cute.

I also love the pirate set. I am reading just been crazy busy.

LOL!!! My sister wants to know when I am going to make him a Brewer's outfit. So now I will have to see if there are some Brewers designs out there to pacify her. It would be really funny if my sister and her boyfriend took him to game dressed in that outfit and returned him back to his parents wearing the Brewers!

again!

I'll give a quick update and then go back and read.

I had my thyroid removed on Wednesday. I thought it was a fairly routine operation, kinda like tonsils or appendix (both of which I still have ). Five days later I can only whisper and I gag on liquids -- so I've been having Ensure and baby fruits. Nothing like that diet to make you feel old!

I get the impression the doctor thinks I'm faking. He was not happy that the nurses and I wanted me to stay an extra night. I knew my husband would be a nervous wreck watching me to see if I'd choke in my sleep.

With our cruise just a month away, I'm wondering if I'll be able to eat. I have a followup appointment with him next Tuesday.

Throughout all of this I keep thinking of the Make a Wish families and know that my situation pales in comparison with theirs.

<----- my world's a little upside down now

I really hope you feel better soonest Do you think some Gingerale would help?

I haven't been here forever & I came on today to ask about pillowcase dresses, but I'm glad I did.

I don't know you and you have no idea who I am but I wanted to say, that you may think your recovery difficulties might not seem big in someone else's eyes (especially when compared to the plight of some of our wish kids), But you shouldn't discount it— in reality, it still is a big thing for you and your family and you shouldn't devalue what you are going through and how you are feeling.
We Wish moms may gripe in our heads sometimes asking why our kids have been given such a hard road. Sometimes we even gripe out loud!! But we can definitely sympathize with someone else who is having troubles of their own. I hope you feel better soon.

Now, does anyone have any tips or links for an easy pillowcase dress? I'd like to make one that has an alternating strip of fabric at the bottom...

You are so sweet. Cheryl is a long time friend of ours on Disbout. She helps out with a lot of the Big Gives and makes oodles of pillowcases for GKTW. She also started making American Girl Doll clothes and didn't have a doll so started dressing an empty 2 liter Gingerale bottle in the clothes. That "doll" is now known to all of us as Ginger and there have been numerous Ginger jokes amongst us.

I have never made a pillow case dress but I have some bookmarked on pinterest. Are you on Pinterest at all? If you are look for my user name (same as here on Dis) and in my sewing children categaroy you'll find bookmarks. If you are not on pinterest let me know and I copy the links for you.

 

[VBAndrea]

From dress rehearsal today:

She wouldn't take her glasses off. She's not that bad without them either -- sees about 20/50. I hope she will take them off for the play tomorrow.

And next photo is on "stage" -- I blurred the other kids' faces since I feel weird posting other peoples kids on the internet.

 

[graceesmom]

QUESTION
Thanks to all of you, I have been busy embroidering on my new PE770 and hope to add pictures soon of all the projects for our upcoming trip. And of course now I need to purchase a sewing machine to go along with my new found hobby. I was going to purchase the Brother CS6000i from Wal-Mart when I saw that Costco has $35 of the Brother XR7700 which makes it $139. Then I also see that Wal Mart has the Brother SQ9050for $199.I just can't decide which one to get. All of these are within my price range, but I don't want to spend money on something I don't need. Can you guys recommend which of these machines for a beginner?

 

[smile5sunshine]

Please forgive me for hogging up the thread, I have been gone all week visiting my gma and internet is spotty at best so I haven't been able to keep up! And you guys have been BUSY too!

again!

I'll give a quick update and then go back and read.

I had my thyroid removed on Wednesday. I thought it was a fairly routine operation, kinda like tonsils or appendix (both of which I still have ). Five days later I can only whisper and I gag on liquids -- so I've been having Ensure and baby fruits. Nothing like that diet to make you feel old!

I get the impression the doctor thinks I'm faking. He was not happy that the nurses and I wanted me to stay an extra night. I knew my husband would be a nervous wreck watching me to see if I'd choke in my sleep.

With our cruise just a month away, I'm wondering if I'll be able to eat. I have a followup appointment with him next Tuesday.

Throughout all of this I keep thinking of the Make a Wish families and know that my situation pales in comparison with theirs.

<----- my world's a little upside down now

I am praying that you start to heal super quickly so that you can enjoy your upcoming trip.

I am on my way to work so I will just swing by and ask my question:

DH suggested last night to upgrade to a deluxe for our August trip. I brought up the idea of renting DVC. Does anyone have pts to rent or know someone who does? Please pm me if you do.

Now you may return to your regular programming. Thanks!

Well, we all know there's no point in asking Chiara as she's got her money's worth out of her DVC this year! HA HA HA!!!

Time to share some pictures. First up is the outfit I made for the birthday boy (my sister's boyfriend's grandson who turned 4). Clearly they are huge Yankees fans.

Problem 1 -- the shorts look "off" in the crotch but I double checked after sewing and I did not sew them upside down. I wrapped the pockets 1 inch to the sides/back and I wonder if that makes them look funny. I meant to have dd try them on but forgot.

Problem 2 -- doing the shirt my hoop came partially unattached and really ruined the embroidery. In the first pic you can't tell, but look up close -- I really should have taken a before pic as I worked miracles, though it is very far from perfect. I didn't have time to buy a new shirt -- nor did I want to spend another $10.

And dd's outfit -- she's a mess but I'm not apologizing because it's not allowed. Forgot to take pics at the party so this is her after swimming hair. Skirt appliques are Planet Applique and shirt is Heather Sue. If this outfit look familiar it should -- I made two of these with mickey head pirate shirts for Madison's BG. I have been dying to make one for dd and this was a pirate themed party so I had the perfect excuse.

Thanks for looking!

Oh the Yankee's set came out so cute! great save on the shirt. I really couldn't tell there was anything wrong with it. And I'm so glad that you made your DD the pirate outfit. I just adored that outfit when you first posted it.

I decided to try a little project this afternoon, so I made something from youcanmakethis.com. It's a microwave bowl potholder. These are from my bargain fabrics from Tuesday Morning!

supposed to keep you from burning yourself taking a hot bowl out of the microwave. You actually put the whole thing in the microwave. I haven't tried it yet

Huh, that's a neat idea. Looks good and I'm glad you were able to use up some of the sale fabric you found.

I got some sewing done today. Minor projects compared to what most of you are doing but I'm happy with the results. I'm just getting started with my sewing again. I made 3 shoe bags for my DH for our Disney cruise. I still need to make our FE and 3 shoe bags for myself.

Sounds like you are off to a great start! Please post pictures.

I have done quite a bit with sheers. Before my current Disney sewing obsession, I made several Star Wars costumes, including this one. This is actually my third version of the same costume. Obsess much?

Anyway, it is crinkled silk chiffon - a BEAR to work with. I would definitely suggest French seams, for sure. I often started or stopped seams with a little scrap of tissue paper so the fabric would not go down through the throat plate. And for hems, I used fusible thread, not a rolled hem. I found it at a local quilt shop. You put it in the bobbin, sew a straight line inside the hem allowance, then fold at the stitching and press to fuse. The regular thread will come off and you have a nice, crisp fold. Then, repeat to enclose the unfinished edge and sew a third time normally to finish. Oh, and I'm sure you know, tiny (size 8) sharp needles.

Tonight's task, cut and round the ends of 60 pieces of Rigiline since dh has requested I watch a movie with him rather than sew. This I can do on the couch

Regards,
C.

Um, WOW that dress is amazing! Hope you had a good night "off".

I finished up a dress for work. It's a new Simplicity pattern - 1897 - and it is very easy. If you are looking for a simple project to sew for you, I'd highly recommend it.

When I tried it on so DH could take a pic for me, my ten year old son asked if it was for our Disney trip. It would kind of work for Animal Kingdom, but I think the only animal kingdom it will see the inside of is a middle school.

ROFL about the middle school being an animal kingdom! TOO TRUE! HA! But this dress looks fabulous on you. Great job

Hello Hello! Everything looks GREAT.

WOrked on a few things over the past 2 days!

The first are for Jonathon to wear with a Peter Pan appliqued T-shirt (Not yet done)

These are shorts that I made for Christopher to wear to Animal Kingdom. I "think" I want to do Heather Sues Elephant with Ears on a T-shirt for this. Trying to decide on the T color?!?!? Anyone have an opinion?!?!?

This isn't anything I worked on.... But Ms. Andrea surprised my sweet Alli with this beautiful Tink Tee. Alli was disappointed she wouldn't be able to wear her tink to Disney since it's long sleeve Andrea must have remembered that!!

Andrea was also kind enough (or crazy, not sure which And Appliqued T-shirts my mom purchased and Tinkbell13 kindly did all of our names and sent us the files (? I guess that's how I would say it?) To both of them!

We will wear those the morning we go to Chef Mickey for breakfast. I think we may go to Magic Kingdom that same day. Getting SO excited!!

Allison got a bit of her own Pixie Dust today!! Her doctor gave her the OK to start her new treatment today!!!! WOO Hoo!! She is on Now we just wait to see if it will be successful!! I am going to say it IS going to work!!



Happy Sewing!

Great job on the Peter Pan set (can't wait to see the shirt that goes with it!). For the safari shorts, I think I'd do either a blue or a yellow shirt. HOW AWESOME of ANDREA to make Allison that tink shirt! Looks so pretty on her. AND SUPER YAY that Allison was able to start a new treatment. Praying it helps her feel MUCH better.

So, I took Beth on vacation with us to show my dad and to enlist his wood-working skills to build her a counter-top box. He built it and I finished it. Now I won't have any more oil drips on my counter!
And, Beth using the box:

When we got home, we found a new inhabitant on our front porch. It looks like some baby Robins are in our future!

Ok, back to sewing for me. I'll bet you can't guess what I'm working on. (Yes, those nursing covers. Still.) Real sewing can't be too far away, right?

Regards,
C.

Oh the sewing box is BEAUTIFUL! your dad did a fantastic job! And yay for your new house guests! We have a swallow that built their nest above our door way and has returned for the past three years. It's been nice to watch all the little babies that have been born in that little nest.

How's that?

ACK! the stripwork skirt came out great! And I just love that you were able to use up all those scraps with it! AND I LOOOOVE the Ariel dress. So colorful and happy!

So here are a couple of days finished

AK Day

MK Day

WOWEE!!! Everything looks great (as usual).

To Be Continued....

Sunshine

 

[smile5sunshine]

I have one more bag to share with you today... It's the Sally UPB from the Nightmare Before Christmas...

D~ <---- My apologies to those of you that follow my TR, and have to see these again.

And everything together: Bag, Wallet, lanyard, sunglass case and Journal Cover.

Oh D~ these two bags are nothing short of amazing, but I'll sneak onto your TR in a bit and do more justice to the bags with a response there.

OH everything looks GREAT! I LOVE the Buzz skirt. I hope you have a wonderful trip. Thanks so much for sharing with us.

popping in with a pic of what I sewed up tonight - Vogue 8789...

I decided I want some new stuff to wear to work now and I can do trip clothes after I do that.

I love it! I'm totally crushing on 50's inspired dresses. Looks great!

In between doing a bunch of appliques, I managed to make two things today. The first one is a dress with more of the fabric from the scrap box I bought from the Fabric Fairy. Here is a picture:

Then I had cut this out planning to for it to be a dress but it just looks like a nightie so that is what I will use it for. I needed a new one anyhow.

This pattern is extremely easy and I will probably use it to make more nighties but not as a dress. It is too simple and baggy.

Another great scrap knit fabric creation! And YAY for the new Jammies!

Made my first ones today!!!!

Got more material as it was $2.49yd for the snuggle fleece These will ship later this week.

WONDERFUL!



TBC...
Sunshine

 

[smile5sunshine]

It's been so long since I've uploaded photos to Photobucket that I can't figure out how to shrinkify my pix. Hope these aren't bigger than allowed by law.

As foretold, I risked frostbite (pleased to say I didn't get any) to make some more pillowcases for Give Kids the World. Because there are so many newbies all the time (probably half of you think I'm a newbie) let me just say that GKTW is where many of the Make a Wish families stay and they are always looking for pillowcases because they give pillows to all children who stay there.

Once you get the hang of the directions, you make four pillowcases from one yard of flannel and 1/3 yard of "novelty" fabric. I've noticed that the width of the flannel is shrinking (barely 43" now, it used to be closer to 45") so soon a yard may just make three pillowcases.

Anywho . . . these were shipped to GKTW earlier today.

Pardon me if the photos are mural size. Us old dogs don't like learning new tricks.

I LOVE the fabric combos you chose. And I'm glad to hear that you did NOT freeze to death in your basement.

So, yesterday I took apart 2 of my dd's swimsuits that she had outgrown and were too chlorine damaged to pass on and I made her AG girls their own swimsuits.

They turned out pretty cute and I learned a lot while making them. I learned that swimsuit material is very slippery and that my machine doesn't really like it. I learned that I do not have a stretch stitch on my machine (hence the use of the zig zag). I learned that my machine will likely be needing to serviced as it was making all sorts of odd clunks and noises that it should not be making. Then again, the machine was a free to me machine, so I cannot complain to much if I need to have it serviced. In fact, I have gotten a lot of use of the this machine, so I should have it serviced just to be nice to it. I also learned that I will probably like using a serger for a job like this as it would really make the seams look a lot better. I will definitely try this again once my Aunt's serger gets here!

So CUTE! Thanks for sharing the pattern you followed.

Here is Dorothy. I made up my own pattern and just based the look of the pinafore on the real Dorothy dress. The only thing I didn't do was the small strip of fabric cut on the bias that is near the hemline of the skirt -- I have enough fabric to add it, but the fabric is thin and a wee bit difficult to work with so I decided not to ruin a good thing. The blouse is one I made last year for Project Runway so it's not exactly like Dorothy's, but I think it works decent enough.

Of course, Target has stopped selling the sparkly red shoes. DD will red patent leather ones that are very cute. The Dorothy in the first half of the play is wearing reddish orange shoes so I don't feel so bad (for those who don't know, the teacher split the major character roles into halves b/c it's 1st grade thru 6th grade doing the play -- around 25 students).

One other thing I did different was I used button holes on the back -- the real costume is all hook and eye but buttons seemed faster (though I won't show you a pic of those -- 3 out of the 4 button holes look bad -- think it was due to the fabric).

I will post a pic in a couple of weeks of DD wearing the dress with her braids and makeup with Toto (who is a Yorkie b/c no one had a stuffed Cairn Terrier -- my sister had a few stuffed Yorkies though!).

HURRAY for DOROTHY!!! Great job. I bet the button holes didn't turn out nicely because the fabric was too thin and they probably needed to have some more stability to them to come out nice.

I also made this one for Amelia's 2nd birthday last week. It was a last minute job with some left over fabric I had. These dresses are so easy to make. This one took me just over an hour and a half

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CUTE! I love cupcakes.

I spent the last 2 weeks working on 5 reversible poodle skirts for my oldest dgd's 10th b'day party! soem of the other girls came in poodle skirts too! here they are all lined up...

here is the twirl factor!!

and here is my 1st onesie gown for my new granddaughter due in april...Liberty Elayna

and a tiny NB onesie...hoping they use these for their family/maternity photo shoot today!

thank you all for looking!
now if i can get some get up and go and go in the sewing room and start on the many project i have planned for the baby shower! the shower will be all b/w damask and Minnie mouse heads to match the nursery....and since Brendi has craved MOE'S and El Sombrero we will have a taco/burrito bar along with pink minnie mouse cup cakes !

the poodle skirts came out nice! what a fun theme for a party. Oh I LOVE the gown! so precious!

I love looking at all the things everyone makes on here. I wish I could do half of it. I did make my daughter a skirt though that I'm quite proud of. I didn't have a pattern, just did it on the fly. She loves it though. She made a sign for herself that said "I'm a prity princess". I must work on the spelling though.

Here it is. The shirt she is wearing is just her pj shirt.

What do you think?

I think it looks GREAT! AND a huge bonus is that your DD likes it too!

TBC....
Sunshine

 

[smile5sunshine]

I have been lurking for a while now, looking at everyone's beautiful creations, so I thought it was about time I put some of mine up.

Please be gentle on me... these are a few of the first things I have ever made. I only have a simple sewing machine, no serger or anything like that and I don't know how to applique... I live in the UK and had the mouse heads on the dresses shipped from Etsy and ironed on

Nethertheless I am very proud of them and my DD LOVES wearing them. I have made them for our first trip to WDW next month...

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Also make a camera strap cover for myself!

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I think you've done fabulously! I think my favorite outfit is the Animal Kingdom one. I really like the fabrics you paired in that one. Great job on the camera strap too!

Popping in to say...IT'S A BOY! No bows and ruffles...again. lol! C-section is scheduled for Sept. 4.

Sorry I went mia again. Been a rough 2 months. I really NEED to sew something.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

YAY, I finally got my fabric in the mail, and made my first dress!!

YIPPEEE!!! This came out so cute! LOVE it!

Sandi you are probably right about saving Reading for a day when the kids are out of school. Of course, now that my girls are in middle school, they love shopping so it will cost me an arm and a leg to take them along.

This week I finished up this outfit:

It is very similar to other outfits that I have made in the past.

Then I made this dress. It was very easy to sew. It only has 3 pattern pieces. I like the pattern ok but I have to make it longer. It turned out much shorter than expected. I have another one in short sleeve cut out and waiting to be sewn. Sorry that the picture is so horrible!!!!

Then I made this for my niece. A few weeks ago, I ordered a scrap box from the Fabric Fairy. It was like $20 for a box stuffed full of different pieces of knit fabrics, none larger than 1 yard and some were only 1/8 yard. I thought it would be a fun challenge to see what I could make with them. The box was full of amazing, adorable stuff. This is only the first thing I've made. There is a ton of fabric left to work with.

I am pretty sure that Sandi posted the link for the tank top. It was a free Ottobre pattern. I think that Sally posted the link to the skirt. It needed some adjusting to the pattern but I will make it again since it turned out super cute!

Oh I just adore the ruffle "wave" skirt.


PHEW! DONE! I haven't been working on anything, other than brainstorming a couple of ideas. BUT I'd better get back to work because August isn't getting any further away!

Sunshine

 

[loveappletrees]

You are so sweet. Cheryl is a long time friend of ours on Disbout. She helps out with a lot of the Big Gives and makes oodles of pillowcases for GKTW. She also started making American Girl Doll clothes and didn't have a doll so started dressing an empty 2 liter Gingerale bottle in the clothes. That "doll" is now known to all of us as Ginger and there have been numerous Ginger jokes amongst us.

I have never made a pillow case dress but I have some bookmarked on pinterest. Are you on Pinterest at all? If you are look for my user name (same as here on Dis) and in my sewing children categaroy you'll find bookmarks. If you are not on pinterest let me know and I copy the links for you.

Oooh! Pinterest why didn't I think of that! Yes I'll go look for you thank you!
Love the "Ginger" nickname and jokes, so cute! I just felt a need to say something, hope no one minds.
PS Love your daughter as Dorothy, so cute!!!

 

[dianemom2]

I am on my way to work so I will just swing by and ask my question:

DH suggested last night to upgrade to a deluxe for our August trip. I brought up the idea of renting DVC. Does anyone have pts to rent or know someone who does? Please pm me if you do.

Now you may return to your regular programming. Thanks!

Somebody in the FB group was just trying to rent points. I will see if they have already rented them. You can also check David's Disney Points.

again!

I'll give a quick update and then go back and read.

I had my thyroid removed on Wednesday. I thought it was a fairly routine operation, kinda like tonsils or appendix (both of which I still have ). Five days later I can only whisper and I gag on liquids -- so I've been having Ensure and baby fruits. Nothing like that diet to make you feel old!

With our cruise just a month away, I'm wondering if I'll be able to eat. I have a followup appointment with him next Tuesday.

Cheryl, I hope that you start feeling better ASAP. It is terrible that the dr didn't respect how you feel. Of course, surgeons are the worst. Every one of them I've ever used, has so little bedside manner! I hope that by your cruise, you are able to eat everything. That's one of the highlights of going on a cruise

I haven't been here forever & I came on today to ask about pillowcase dresses, but I'm glad I did.

I don't know you and you have no idea who I am but I wanted to say, that you may think your recovery difficulties might not seem big in someone else's eyes (especially when compared to the plight of some of our wish kids), But you shouldn't discount it— in reality, it still is a big thing for you and your family and you shouldn't devalue what you are going through and how you are feeling.
We Wish moms may gripe in our heads sometimes asking why our kids have been given such a hard road. Sometimes we even gripe out loud!! But we can definitely sympathize with someone else who is having troubles of their own. I hope you feel better soon.

Now, does anyone have any tips or links for an easy pillowcase dress? I'd like to make one that has an alternating strip of fabric at the bottom...

Love what you have to say! As somebody who has been through some big medical stuff myself, I completely understand how important medical stuff is to each and every person who has to deal with anything at all. It is a big thing to each person as they deal with whatever it is and I don't like that the dr discounted what Cheryl was feeling.

Now about pillowcase dresses, I've used the tutorial on the internet for Little Dresses for Africa. I've only sewn a few pillowcase dresses and the ones I've made came out a bit large.

From dress rehearsal today:

She wouldn't take her glasses off. She's not that bad without them either -- sees about 20/50. I hope she will take them off for the play tomorrow.

And next photo is on "stage" -- I blurred the other kids' faces since I feel weird posting other peoples kids on the internet.

Those are super! Alexa is adorable as Dorothy! And the rest of the costumes are great! I hope that the play goes very smoothly.

QUESTION
Thanks to all of you, I have been busy embroidering on my new PE770 and hope to add pictures soon of all the projects for our upcoming trip. And of course now I need to purchase a sewing machine to go along with my new found hobby. I was going to purchase the Brother CS6000i from Wal-Mart when I saw that Costco has $35 of the Brother XR7700 which makes it $139. Then I also see that Wal Mart has the Brother SQ9050for $199.I just can't decide which one to get. All of these are within my price range, but I don't want to spend money on something I don't need. Can you guys recommend which of these machines for a beginner?

I don't really know anything about those machines. I would say that, straight stitch, zigzag and an automatic buttonhole maker are the biggest things you need. My machine has a ton of fancy stitches that I rarely use.

 

[pyrxtc]

Loving and am inspired by all these pictures ! I now know not to buy an embroidery and sewing machine together.

So, I am losing the goodwill auction that ends tonight and unless I magically remember to bid on it before it closes and it doesn't go any higher than it is right now.

the lot

what I really want from that,

What I have won already

and yes that is a Peter pan costume shirt in my lot. Can't wait to see what condition it is in or to use that ribbon !

 

[nowellsl]

What I have won already

and yes that is a Peter pan costume shirt in my lot. Can't wait to see what condition it is in or to use that ribbon !

I can't see the pictures I love that Mickey Mouse fabric!

Never mind, I can see them where I quoted you!

 

[nowellsl]

I tried out the bowl microwave potholder tonight and it worked perfectly!!

 

[SallyfromDE]

QUESTION
Thanks to all of you, I have been busy embroidering on my new PE770 and hope to add pictures soon of all the projects for our upcoming trip. And of course now I need to purchase a sewing machine to go along with my new found hobby. I was going to purchase the Brother CS6000i from Wal-Mart when I saw that Costco has $35 of the Brother XR7700 which makes it $139. Then I also see that Wal Mart has the Brother SQ9050for $199.I just can't decide which one to get. All of these are within my price range, but I don't want to spend money on something I don't need. Can you guys recommend which of these machines for a beginner?

skip the cs6000i. Mine was only 2 months old when the whole feed dog contraption collapsed. they couldn't fix it, even with warranty and I had to go out and by a whole new machine. Big waste of $$$. I have a Janome now which I love. The brothers had quite a few features I like tho'.

 

[DMGeurts]

Boy, the person that is getting this bag better appreciate all the trouble you have been going to for it. LOL I'm sorry to hear about your current woes.

ROFL!!! I nearly choked on my water Vicki!!! Just wait until you see it... I won't be done with it today like I wanted to (that darn yellow thread took me 2 hours to get... then a side trip to pick dd up from school - she wasn't feeling well - yet she is currently practicing her "moon walk" in the upstairs hallway)... But I will be done with it right away tomorrow morning - but what I have done so far... Super cute!!!

I got some sewing done today. Minor projects compared to what most of you are doing but I'm happy with the results. I'm just getting started with my sewing again. I made 3 shoe bags for my DH for our Disney cruise. I still need to make our FE and 3 shoe bags for myself.

Oooh - I thought seriously about doing these for our trip... Turns out that we were OK with out them, but I'd still like to have some for our next trip. So glad to see you sewing!

I decided to try a little project this afternoon, so I made something from youcanmakethis.com. It's a microwave bowl potholder. These are from my bargain fabrics from Tuesday Morning!

supposed to keep you from burning yourself taking a hot bowl out of the microwave. You actually put the whole thing in the microwave. I haven't tried it yet

Stephanie! This is so awesome!! I really want one... You have no idea how often I burn my hands on my bowls of soup... Hmmm... Does it come in a smaller version for the Corelle cereal bowls - or are those the cereal bowls???

Time to share some pictures. First up is the outfit I made for the birthday boy (my sister's boyfriend's grandson who turned 4). Clearly they are huge Yankees fans.

Problem 1 -- the shorts look "off" in the crotch but I double checked after sewing and I did not sew them upside down. I wrapped the pockets 1 inch to the sides/back and I wonder if that makes them look funny. I meant to have dd try them on but forgot.

Problem 2 -- doing the shirt my hoop came partially unattached and really ruined the embroidery. In the first pic you can't tell, but look up close -- I really should have taken a before pic as I worked miracles, though it is very far from perfect. I didn't have time to buy a new shirt -- nor did I want to spend another $10.

And dd's outfit -- she's a mess but I'm not apologizing because it's not allowed. Forgot to take pics at the party so this is her after swimming hair. Skirt appliques are Planet Applique and shirt is Heather Sue. If this outfit look familiar it should -- I made two of these with mickey head pirate shirts for Madison's BG. I have been dying to make one for dd and this was a pirate themed party so I had the perfect excuse.

Thanks for looking!

Andrea.... I love the Yankees outfit... I think it turned out awesome!

And as for that pirate outfit - Those BG outfits are still among my all time favorite - I am so happy that you made a set for Miss. A!!! She looks adorable in it!

I don't even know what a walking foot is I just used my regular foot. The only problem I had was topstitching around the edges, because it is really thick. Also, it doesn't say to trim the corners before you turn it right side out, but I did. I don't think they would have looked right with all that batting still in there. It did get a little wonky in spots, I had to pull the fabric to get it past the spots where it's especially thick. I got the batting at Joanne's, at the time it was half price - around $5.00. It's called "Warm Tater". It has directions for making a cloth bag to cook potatoes in - in the microwave. There was a yard in the bag.

I do have a walking foot - I hate using it... Technically, it's for my old Brother machines... I think that the bottom lines up wrong with Patience's feed dogs, so it doesn't work right.

again!

I'll give a quick update and then go back and read.

I had my thyroid removed on Wednesday. I thought it was a fairly routine operation, kinda like tonsils or appendix (both of which I still have ). Five days later I can only whisper and I gag on liquids -- so I've been having Ensure and baby fruits. Nothing like that diet to make you feel old!

I get the impression the doctor thinks I'm faking. He was not happy that the nurses and I wanted me to stay an extra night. I knew my husband would be a nervous wreck watching me to see if I'd choke in my sleep.

With our cruise just a month away, I'm wondering if I'll be able to eat. I have a followup appointment with him next Tuesday.

Throughout all of this I keep thinking of the Make a Wish families and know that my situation pales in comparison with theirs.

<----- my world's a little upside down now

Awww... Cheryl... I sure hope you are feeling better in time for your trip. I can't imagine how hard that must be? And your Dr. should be ashamed of himself... Please keep us updated. We miss you.

I haven't been here forever & I came on today to ask about pillowcase dresses, but I'm glad I did.

I don't know you and you have no idea who I am but I wanted to say, that you may think your recovery difficulties might not seem big in someone else's eyes (especially when compared to the plight of some of our wish kids), But you shouldn't discount it— in reality, it still is a big thing for you and your family and you shouldn't devalue what you are going through and how you are feeling.
We Wish moms may gripe in our heads sometimes asking why our kids have been given such a hard road. Sometimes we even gripe out loud!! But we can definitely sympathize with someone else who is having troubles of their own. I hope you feel better soon.

Now, does anyone have any tips or links for an easy pillowcase dress? I'd like to make one that has an alternating strip of fabric at the bottom...

Melissa... That is so nice of you to say.

As for pillow case dresses - would you believe I have never made one? Ack!! That used to be a requirement here, but I sort-of skipped that part. Sounds like Andrea has set you up with some examples on Pinterest... I haven't gotten addicted to that yet.

From dress rehearsal today:

She wouldn't take her glasses off. She's not that bad without them either -- sees about 20/50. I hope she will take them off for the play tomorrow.

And next photo is on "stage" -- I blurred the other kids' faces since I feel weird posting other peoples kids on the internet.

OMG!!! That looks so awesome!!! And dd makes the PERFECT Dorothy!!! I love it!

I tried out the bowl microwave potholder tonight and it worked perfectly!!

Whoo-hoo!!! Hmmmm... I really want to make one of these - it would make my life so much easier. LOL

D~

 

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Stephanie! This is so awesome!! I really want one... You have no idea how often I burn my hands on my bowls of soup... Hmmm... Does it come in a smaller version for the Corelle cereal bowls - or are those the cereal bowls???

Thank you! That is in fact a correlle cereal bowl

 

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Just saying hello - I've been admiring all of your work! I am a quilter and do not really do any clothing construction but I'm feeling really inspired by the embroidery applique. Which leads me to my question, much to my husband's chagrin as I now think I need an embroidery machine....

QUESTION: Which machine would you recommend for a beginner and what size hoop do you get the most use out of? I saw a couple at Walmart but was hesitant and one had a 5x7 hoop size the other was 4x4 and I wasn't sure what would really give me the most versatility (although I am assuming the 5x7).

I'm thinking that I would be able to use it in my quilting and make shirts for our Disney trips, possibly some Christmas presents. I have a DS 3 would I'm sure would benefit greatly from having some of his clothes customized....

Thank you all and Happy Sewing!

As you can see most of us are going to say go with the Brother PE770... it is a great value for a 5x7

again!

I'll give a quick update and then go back and read.

I had my thyroid removed on Wednesday. I thought it was a fairly routine operation, kinda like tonsils or appendix (both of which I still have ). Five days later I can only whisper and I gag on liquids -- so I've been having Ensure and baby fruits. Nothing like that diet to make you feel old!

I get the impression the doctor thinks I'm faking. He was not happy that the nurses and I wanted me to stay an extra night. I knew my husband would be a nervous wreck watching me to see if I'd choke in my sleep.

With our cruise just a month away, I'm wondering if I'll be able to eat. I have a followup appointment with him next Tuesday.

Throughout all of this I keep thinking of the Make a Wish families and know that my situation pales in comparison with theirs.

<----- my world's a little upside down now

Hope you get better soon.

From dress rehearsal today:

She wouldn't take her glasses off. She's not that bad without them either -- sees about 20/50. I hope she will take them off for the play tomorrow.

And next photo is on "stage" -- I blurred the other kids' faces since I feel weird posting other peoples kids on the internet.

She looks so adorable

QUESTION
Thanks to all of you, I have been busy embroidering on my new PE770 and hope to add pictures soon of all the projects for our upcoming trip. And of course now I need to purchase a sewing machine to go along with my new found hobby. I was going to purchase the Brother CS6000i from Wal-Mart when I saw that Costco has $35 of the Brother XR7700 which makes it $139. Then I also see that Wal Mart has the Brother SQ9050for $199.I just can't decide which one to get. All of these are within my price range, but I don't want to spend money on something I don't need. Can you guys recommend which of these machines for a beginner?

I don't know much about those machines, but when will you be there in June? I'll be there 6/21 - 7/6.

WEE!!! Everything looks great (as usual).

To Be Continued....

Sunshine

Thanks

 

[PurpleEars]

Just saying hello - I've been admiring all of your work! I am a quilter and do not really do any clothing construction but I'm feeling really inspired by the embroidery applique. Which leads me to my question, much to my husband's chagrin as I now think I need an embroidery machine....

QUESTION: Which machine would you recommend for a beginner and what size hoop do you get the most use out of? I saw a couple at Walmart but was hesitant and one had a 5x7 hoop size the other was 4x4 and I wasn't sure what would really give me the most versatility (although I am assuming the 5x7).

I'm thinking that I would be able to use it in my quilting and make shirts for our Disney trips, possibly some Christmas presents. I have a DS 3 would I'm sure would benefit greatly from having some of his clothes customized....

Thank you all and Happy Sewing!

I would recommend the 5x7 if you can afford it. Remember, 4x4=16 and 5x7=35. You are getting more than 2x the embroidery area by going up to 5x7.

I've heard walking feet are good few sewing on vinyl too. I just hate to spend the money on one! They are not cheap.

I have never tried my walking foot on vinyl. I just put masking tape under my regular sewing foot when I do vinyl. I hadn't had any problems with sticking with that method. They are handy to when you quilt or when you work with checked fabric. You certainly don't want your checked fabric to get out of line if you actually spent time lining them up in the first place (Yes, this is coming from first hand experience)

again!

I'll give a quick update and then go back and read.

I had my thyroid removed on Wednesday. I thought it was a fairly routine operation, kinda like tonsils or appendix (both of which I still have ). Five days later I can only whisper and I gag on liquids -- so I've been having Ensure and baby fruits. Nothing like that diet to make you feel old!

I get the impression the doctor thinks I'm faking. He was not happy that the nurses and I wanted me to stay an extra night. I knew my husband would be a nervous wreck watching me to see if I'd choke in my sleep.

With our cruise just a month away, I'm wondering if I'll be able to eat. I have a followup appointment with him next Tuesday.

Throughout all of this I keep thinking of the Make a Wish families and know that my situation pales in comparison with theirs.

<----- my world's a little upside down now

Oh Cheryl, I am so sorry to hear that you have a rough time with recovery. I am sure you are NOT faking it. Unforunately some doctors have attitude problems and making their patients feel worse. I will continue to pray for a quick recovery. Just think, if you can't eat for the last few days, that means you have an excuse to eat anything you want on the cruise to make up for the "missing calories!"

From dress rehearsal today:

She wouldn't take her glasses off. She's not that bad without them either -- sees about 20/50. I hope she will take them off for the play tomorrow.

She looks lovely as Dorothy!

QUESTION
Thanks to all of you, I have been busy embroidering on my new PE770 and hope to add pictures soon of all the projects for our upcoming trip. And of course now I need to purchase a sewing machine to go along with my new found hobby. I was going to purchase the Brother CS6000i from Wal-Mart when I saw that Costco has $35 of the Brother XR7700 which makes it $139. Then I also see that Wal Mart has the Brother SQ9050for $199.I just can't decide which one to get. All of these are within my price range, but I don't want to spend money on something I don't need. Can you guys recommend which of these machines for a beginner?

I don't know about the specific models but my guess is that any one of them will be fine. I would go with whichever one you feel the most comfortable using.

Somebody in the FB group was just trying to rent points. I will see if they have already rented them. You can also check David's Disney Points.

Please do let me know about the FB group person as I don't do FB. We looked at David's site so we have an idea of the cost. We are debating if it is worth the extra money. On one hand, we know we'd like Coronado Springs anyway (we have stayed there a few times before). On the other hand, it's not like you get to celebrate a milestone anniversary (10 years, it's not a long time but it is a milestone). We are torn between the two options!

What I have won already

and yes that is a Peter pan costume shirt in my lot. Can't wait to see what condition it is in or to use that ribbon !

I hope the lot that you won will be nice addition to your stash!

I tried out the bowl microwave potholder tonight and it worked perfectly!!

Cool! Thanks for the update! I will get the pattern the next time they have a sale!

As for pillow case dresses - would you believe I have never made one? Ack!! That used to be a requirement here, but I sort-of skipped that part. Sounds like Andrea has set you up with some examples on Pinterest... I haven't gotten addicted to that yet.

D~

You know, I am also part of the "never made a pillowcase dress & no Pinterest" club. I don't plan to change that anytime soon either!

 

[VBAndrea]

I tried out the bowl microwave potholder tonight and it worked perfectly!!

Thanks for the update! Now I need to add that pattern to my list!


Thanks all for the Dorothy compliments. Her hair didn't stay curled yesterday after all that time in hot rollers Today I am hair spraying and then rolling so hopefully it will hold a little curl. It still looked cute, but not authentic! I am hoping they pose for group shots after the play -- as a matter of fact, I'm going to ask the teacher to make them do so. That way you can see all the costumes including the Dorothy from the first half -- I had a photo to post but forgot to blur her face. Most of the costumes are just thrown together, but still cute.

Add me to the no pillow case dress club -- I've never done one. Though the younger classes came to watch the kids at dress rehearsal and one of the girls had on a pillow case dress with a big bow and it was absolutely adorable! It made me want to make one!

 

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From dress rehearsal today:

She wouldn't take her glasses off. She's not that bad without them either -- sees about 20/50. I hope she will take them off for the play tomorrow.

She looks adorable.

 

[Dustykins]

again!

I'll give a quick update and then go back and read.

I had my thyroid removed on Wednesday. I thought it was a fairly routine operation, kinda like tonsils or appendix (both of which I still have ). Five days later I can only whisper and I gag on liquids -- so I've been having Ensure and baby fruits. Nothing like that diet to make you feel old!

I get the impression the doctor thinks I'm faking. He was not happy that the nurses and I wanted me to stay an extra night. I knew my husband would be a nervous wreck watching me to see if I'd choke in my sleep.

With our cruise just a month away, I'm wondering if I'll be able to eat. I have a followup appointment with him next Tuesday.

Throughout all of this I keep thinking of the Make a Wish families and know that my situation pales in comparison with theirs.

<----- my world's a little upside down now

I'm sorry you're having a hard time. I'm having my tonsils removed in a couple of weeks, and if having your thyroid removed is anything like getting the tonsils out, it'll be a rough recovery. I've been told it's basically a two week recovery, with days 5-7 being the worst. The diet you're eating sounds just about right, too, unfortunately. I keep hearing how awful getting your tonsils removed as an adult is, and yet it's outpatient surgery so if you spent time in the hospital, I'd expect you to be in worse shape at this point. Hang in there, it'll get better!