FOR SHAME!!!! FOR SHAME ON YOU PEOPLE!!!
Trying to get to page 250 when I was off at pizza night!!! tsk! tsk! tsk!
Thanks Teresa! Here is Isabelle in the Cindy dress. She has talked about wearing it this year. We didn't get any Princess meals, we'll see!
Thank you for posting the picture!!!! It makes me so happy to see her in it!! And YOU are very very welcome!!
Well, after working on this most of the day I was able to get it done. It's a gift for my friend who is graduating from nursing school. It's a 2nd career for her. She likes ladybugs (as does my daughter) so I used the ladybug backpack pattern from YCMT, that I had bought to do one for Hayleigh, and was going to just do ladybug colors. Lo and behold searching through my quilting stash I found a dog fabric w/ them dressed up as doctors. My friend has 3 dogs and they are her "kids". I embroidered her name with the RN title at the top. This is my first experience with zippers and it was a bit challenging (not a CarlaC pattern), but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Thank you all for your gift suggestions!
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that is SOOO cute!!!
Love Love all the cute adorable things on here the last few days
I wanna sew: i have so many outfits in my head But No time
I started school for Medical Esthetics
and so all my time is spent with that and taking appts in the Day Spa i am lucky enough that i get that experience Now ....
and i Thought i did not have any time when i was a stay at home mom Full Time
I miss you all and i am at least trying to stay up on the boards
Hopefully i will have some outfits to post soon. xoxoxoxoxox
It's been really nice to see you posting lately Misty!
Thanks Teresa! Yes, Cree made it. I love it!
She has such cute ideas for outfits!
Love the sleeping Dallas pictures!
Last time I heard from her today they were Headed for the air port to come home. her trip was really bad for a whole lot of reasons. I felt so bad for her and her family. Thank you everyone for the Prayers and pixi dust for her. I am sure she will be online somtime this weekend.
Oh no! Did they shorten their trip then?
Your comment about the log ride at IofA reminds me of a funny story. Last year when we were there, we were getting off of the ride, of course soaked to the bone, standing there at the exit, you know where everybody stands squeezing out their shoes and shirts. Well it is my hubby, me and DD who was 5 at the time. So anyway we are standing around drying off, and someone bumps into the back of me, so I turn to look and it is this English woman, completely buck naked from the waist upShe had taken her shirt off, no bra, to put a dry shirt on. Needless to say we were shocked, but she stood there, rooting through her backpack, with nothing on and in no hurry !!!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!
I'm joining in on the picture fun. I'm themeing mine..."Butt Ruffles"
Love the Butt Ruffles montage Maureen!!!
And, oh my oh my, on that other picture!!! It reminds me of a time when I once saw a rather large woman jumping on a trampoline in tight spandex, sans underwear..... OH MY OH MY!
Here is a Snow White set we got in the mail yesterday. I just love the touch of pink!
Stunning!!!
Thanks Karen! I have been FaceBookin it lately!
I did make this handbag today for my SIL
I love that bag!
One of my daughters friends was in a severe car accident in January. She is 5 years old. She survived, but is now paralyzed from the neck down and on a vent. No brain damage and just as sharp mentally as any other 5 year old. Her name is Maragret. Beautiful little girl, with a loving Christian family. They have been granted a trip through a charity like Make-a-Wish. This is short notice as they go the first week in August...I can get exact dates. Anyway, it's Mom, Dad, 16 year old sister, 12 year old brother, 13 year old sister and then 5 year old Margaret. Her sister was the one driving when the accident occured
Here is her caringbridge link:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/margaretromph
Oh no, that is so sad.
Sorry for the bad pictures. I borrowed my mom's camera, and had trouble using it indoors. Here is my very first Simply Sweet. I like it for the most part. Can someone tell me if I shrink the bodice width will I not be able to pull it over her head? I don't like how wide it is. I love the way it is put together though, so I see why you all love it so much. I had a heck of a time putting in the serger tucks. They are rolled hems. The fabric I used was some cheap fabric from Wal Mart and the grain was very crooked. The serger wanted to go on the grain and it was a mess. I think I mad 6 bodices to finally get one that looked decent. I tried it again today on some higher thread count fabric and it was much better. This was supposed to be my test dress though! I plan on making some more out of some character fabrics. I'm hoping I can shrink the bodice at least a couple of inches. What do you think?? If you look closely you can see my gathering threads. I am glad I left them in. I need to go back and undo the skirt because part of the bodice is ravelling in the back. I serged it, but I guess I didn't catch it right or something..
I took a couple pictures to show what I mean by it being big.
Did you go by her measurements or by her size? The Marie dress I made Lydia last year is much tighter this year, but I can still wiggle her into it.
One great thing about Carla's patterns, is she clearly gives you the finished size, so you should be able to tell if you could still fit it on your daughter by going by the measurements. You could also shirr the back to bring it in, or put a sash on it.
I have the exact opposite problem! My bodices are coming out WAY to small I started out making a 4 and could barely get it on Mollie However she was so excited over her Tigger Halter that she didn't fuss getting it on. I read where the halter was a tighter fit so I did the jumper style in a 4 next. . .TOO SMALL AGAIN:!! I have now went up to a size 5 and I am still VERY worried that if it shrinks AT ALL or she grows too much then she will not be able to wear it in Oct. She will definately not be wearing any of her WDW outfits before we go b/c I can't wash them if she does for fear of shrinkage. BUT, I did learn my lesson and I am now washing ALL fabric before sewing it! I just REALLY wish I new if I was doing something wrong! I even measured her for the size 5 to MAKE sure I was doing the correct size for her measurements, and I am doing 1/4 in seam so I am LOST as to what I am doing wrong. .
Are you making sure you pattern is printing out correctly, that 1" square should be EXACTLY one inch, no more no less. Also, I would measure your finished dress to see if it matches up to the size Carla says the dress should measure. I have never had a problem with the dresses being too tight when I went with Lydia's measurements.
Hi everyone ~
It has been quite a while since I last posted - I think last year right after our June trip. I have not looked at my machine since DH's diagnosis and since his passing I am just now starting to feel like I want to sew and started to lurk again. Seeing all of the lovely creations is giving me the itch! I just wanted to pop in and let you know I am lurking and when I get going again I am sure I will post more.
It's nice to see you again. I was so sorry to hear about your husband.
I just had to post some good news even though it has nothing to do with sewing. I booked our flights months ago through AirTran for a pretty good price. Well, in the last few weeks they have changed our flight times 3 x's and the last straw was that they changed our non stop flight to a layover that would take us almost all day to get home when we originally planned on being at the World that day! So my DH called to complain and while he was on the phone we checked out SouthWests schedule. AirTran said they would give us our money back with no hassles so we took it and booked through Southwest for even cheaper! And to top it all off, we no longer have to pay for our luggage so in the long run we saved a bunch of money!!!!! YAY!!!!!!! We were pretty excited. And our flights are at better times so we will have a lot more time the last day!!! woo-hoo!!!!
YEAH!!! I love flying Southwest!!! They even feed you!
Here's what I got done last night. I've had the AK outfit done for a while just needed to do the applique. I like the finished product but HATED the pattern I used. I will never use that one again! Thanks HeatherSue for the great appliques!
I love all these!!! Where did you get that AK fabric?
The peekaboo skirt is adorable too!!! Heathersue's designs look fabulous!!!! She just sent me a bunch this morning, I need to get over my embroiderymachine and (shhhh...don't tell anyone) my "maybe-I-won't-be-as-good-as-my-sister" phobias and just try these out!
Question about sizing on CarlaC's Simply Sweet halter bodice:
DD8 is measuring a size 4 (she is a stick!!) Do I cut out the 4 or should I cut out a 5 or bigger?
I would go by her measurements and lengthen the bodice length to what her regular size would be. That's what I do for Lydia.
Now, I need to go find my butt ruffle pictures......Back in a minute, I hope!
