It sure sounds like your afternoon will be busy. I hope that the suture removal goes ok. I remember when Meredith had to have her sutures removed. It was awful! I didn't realize that it would hurt her so much. But her surgery was on her hand and the surgeon said it hurt to remove the sutures because there are so many nerve endings in the hand. I was mad that they didn't numb her hand for it.
I can't wait to see pictures of the piano tote. It sounds like it is going to be super cute!
I am glad that you got the dress and I hope you are able to use it. If not for the piano recital, then for something else. I love the colors in the dress. It wasn't the usual pink or purple that you always see. I had two of them but I sold one at my spring yard sale.
I didn't know removing sutures from a hand was more painful. Numbing it probably would have hurt worse though -- you get a terrible sting with the injection of the anesthesia. Alexa just said a few "ow's" when the corpsman pulled on the sutures -- one was a bit embedded. Nothing too bad though and we had great traffic so we even had time to look at shoes after the hospital, but picky Alexa didn't like any! She wants heels and all I can find are jute wedges which does not work!
Agree -- love the color of the dress! And Alexa has olive skin like your girls which looks really good with the dress.
Came back to add -- we just showed Alexa's piano teacher the dresses and she said either would be great and Alexa should pick -- she picked Alli's dress which is fine b/c that one won't fit her next year but your dress should still fit her next year -- it has a good two inches of chest room. So this year you'll see pics with Alli's dress and next year it will be Meredith's.
I have to show you these cute tshirts, although I am super embroidery challenged in doing them. Of course, not doing placement to directions could be a problem
You print out the picture for placement, but I don't have printer right now, so I tried to improvise.
Cinderella gave me fits, I broke 6 needles and can't begin to count how many times the thread broke. I finally remembered that on my last project I wanted to try a prewound bobbin. I finished the shirt anyway as a tester.
Snow was the second one. I should have given up while I was ahead. The neck line is crooked and I had the interfacine off a couple of times trying to get it straight. Anyway, it is way off center and the neck makes it look even worse.
I thought I finally got the placement right. I measured, and re-measured. But it's still off. I think I'm finally getting there!!
I'm going to give Tink a try next. Try to do a better job of centering it. I was making them for a gift, and I don't really want to do them again. The other "stitchers" were putting little bows at the top of the necklace. I think I might try that to try and camoflague how off center they are.
Kirsta thinks they are creepy! Little heads on a necklace.
I've done other designs from Nobbie Neez, but I found these were pretty dense in places and stitched out just okay. But they are cute and you get the idea of who they are.
Cute! I have not seen those before.
Hope the stuture removal goes well. My SIL lives in the Hampton area and traffic IS a complete nightmare there. I cannot imagine having to deal with all of that on a regular basis as it's a giant pain when we are only visiting and don't actually have to be anywhere at a set time!
Glad that your DD is going back to the other teacher that you like better.
And I cannot believe that now YOUR machine is giving you issues too! FX that it's an easy fix and that Amy doesn't reinfect your machine with whatever is ailing hers! HA!
Wow that looks like a very involved design! Sorry you had such issues getting the placement right on them. I think adding the bows (or something else to the top where the design should meet the neckline of the shirt) would be a good idea.
Okay, now I have a
QUESTION
I made the fab five themed skirts and I need to work on the shirts to go with them.
WHAT COLOR SHIRTS should I get for the two skirts pictured below if I want to use the applique design shown?
Since the Mickey head needs to have a white background it won't work on a white shirt (or will it?). I thought about maybe yellow, or possibly a pink one for the Daisy one. Thoughts?
Thanks!
Sunshine
Suture removal went well -- there were no bridge openings and the tunnel was not clogged
Parking wasn't even bad -- we were able to park on the third floor
I removed the bobbin thing on my embroidery machine -- it was so easy to do -- no tools required. I found lots of lint and stray threads in the colors of red, yellow, black and white. No other colors -- I think Mickey was in my machine! I had no bobbin issues today but it still squeaks periodically and I have no idea what to oil (if anything).
I like yellow and pink for the shirts. I do like the idea of felt for a border but I've only tried it once and I found it to make the shirt stiff. I prefer the applique right on the shirt but a lot of people really like felt -- just a matter of personal preference. I can tell you it's way easier to applique on a flat piece of felt and then sew it on an item.
I need some help. I just finished the easy fit shorts for my son in a size 2 (He is 14 months old). Anyways I am having a snafu with the hem. When I go to hem them the 2.5" they are extremely close to the crotch/leg seam (where the crotch and leg are connected) and when you got to hem them they pucker in that area because they are so close. Plus I would like him to have additional room in that area for his diaper. Is my best option to reduce the hem some by like 1/2"-1" so that it isn't so close?
I hope I didn't do something wrong. It all came together easy enough but then that stupid hem is driving me nuts. Also after measuring your child's waist how many inches do you reduce your elastic cut? I did my son's waist measurement minus 4" and they fit fine. It's just so hard because I would like them to fit in September when we go and it's hard to know how much he will grow. Thanks!!!
I don't think you switched the waist from the legs. But I never do a 2.5 inch hem. No clue on the bunching in the crotch -- did you clip the seam and use a small seam allowance?
For the skirt, do you do each strip (lengthwise) and then sew the strips together? Or do you sew them by tier? Just wondering which way is easiest!
I sew all the tiers then attach the tiers together starting with gathering the ruffle first -- I go from largest to smallest to make my last row of gathering the easiest. Make sense or clear as mud?
I thought the pics were pretty big! But I'll post from photobucket from now on!!
Tori is VERY tiny. The swimsuit she wore this weekend was 18 months and she is SEVEN! Her height is due to her NF..small stature is a side effect. Her weight is from the chemo! She used to have a big fat tummy but that is gone now.
Ok, I am horrible (HORRIBLE!) with math. Do you mean all the blocks longways are 5 inches, but then they vary in the length? So they turn into rectangles?
I figured the chemo had a part in the thinness -- my dd is pretty thin too though. tori has always looked petite, but seeing her next to her brothers really shows it!
The rows are are 5 inches in height -- the width on the squares is what increases between each row so they can be gathered.
Good news and Great news!!!
First, I changed the needle and thread on my machine... it worked fine. It must have been the bobbin I was using! almost done 2 pairs of shorts already.
Second~ AND BETTER... Embroidery machine is here!!
So far so good!
I did end up in the ER with Alli today, but she is feeling much better. So much for going back to school full time (she went back yesterday for the first time in 10 weeks).
On to sewing!!
I just saw your e-mail as I was replying -- glad Alli is doing better now but what a scare! I noticed on Saturday how she was unsteady when walking -- I think you even said something to her about it once and she denied it. Feed that girl more ramen
Yay and Yay!!!! I cleaned out my bobbin on my embroidery machine and I think it's OK now -- but the machine still squeaks periodically
I will not take it in for a cleaning until after your trip. I'll still help you with more shirts or whatever. E-mail me with a list of everything you want done and we can divvy it up (but you get all Christopher's tiny shirts
-- it will be good practice for you!). Dh wants all of us to go fishing on Sunday, but otherwise I'll be around.
Must go work on my tote -- progress is slow because I wasn't happy with it and did more embroidery on it today (which means I spent more $$ on designs!). Thankfully I already had Heather's music notes.