Thankyou for the wonderful comments.
I do have an overcast foot. I just didn't know how it would handle going over the ruffle edge. Getting on that later today.
Going to Starbucks to get a choc. cherry. hot coco.
Thanks again.
This board is the best in the world. I wouldn't know how to sew at all without you all.
Let me know if you ever need help with something in person.. Or just want to hang out! We're pretty close! Choc cherry hot coco sounds yummy. I'll have to try that next time I am in Houma. I love hot chocolate... and HATE coffee.
Just wanted to say ADIOS, AMIGOS!
see you all in a few weeks!
Hope you guys are having a blast. Can't wait to hear about it!
I just finished two Ariel dresses for two little sisters!!! While they were both so fun to create, the little 6 month sized one kept me smiling!
That little dress is just so precious! I love these, but I adore how tiny that one is.. hehe
This set is beautiful.. really love this.
Did you forget about your ladybug dresses? Those were patchwork like this huh? Or is that not what you were talking about? Anywho.. I think you are brave for cutting out that many squares. I love it though. The denim is just so fun for these dresses. Your kids will look so cute. We need pictures of them in the dresses please!
Very pretty.. I need to make a Tiana dress!
PRAYER REQUEST
DGD3, Araeyah, is having surgery Monday morning at 11:00. It is suppose to be a 3 hour surgery.
She has a submucous (hidden) cleft palate and they are going to correct it and put new tubes into her ears. As far as we know they will be cutting the entire roof of her mouth and then repositioning the muscles and tissue and stitching it up (think Z shape). She can have no straws or sippy cups and has to eat pureed food for 3 weeks.
DD is of course very nervous about the length of the surgery. We really hate to see her have to go through this but it is affecting her speech and we feel that the sooner it's fixed the better. TIA
Hope it goes well. Please let us know. Hope I didn't miss an update. Very scary! 3 weeks of puree can't be easy either!
Thanks again for the feedback on the skirt lengths. I've got all the pattern pieces drafted and measurements double and triple checked. Now comes the hard part - testing each size and trying to write the instructions, create the illustrations and figure out all the other details like yardage needed. BTW - I'm posting my status on this project here so I can hopefully keep on track with it. I found with the first pattern that if I didn't talk about it or keep it on my mental 'To Do' list, it was too easy to let it slide for much too long.
I'll bug you on FB about it... hehe
WOW! loved everything. The smocked creation is my favorite of course.
Love what they have in the picture with Belle too... well love everything. What lucky kiddos you have to have you sewing for them. Love the Little E dresses and the step sisters too!
They look so cute in the outfits!!
Very cute!!
I wanted to share some of the stuff I have made for my daughter for some of our Orlando visits. We only live 2 hours away and use to go a-lot more. These pics are all from at least 2 -3 years back.
I will admit, my daughter is 9 now and would NOT be happy if I tried to put her in this stuff now.
However, these pictures sure do make me smile of the days when "mom said wear it now put it on" was the rule .... hee hee
*side note, I am one of those moms who is happt to take any opportunity to show of my little "darling"
She is adorable! You sure have been busy. We love seeing pictures on this thread! Welcome!!
I saw these when Lisa posted them, but they are so cute on. What a great picture!! Lisa is my sewing idol!!
LOVE IT!! My DD2 is so into Toy Story and Toy Story 2 right now. She would watch it 24/7 if I let her!!
Love her in the cowboy hat. Really cute outfits. She is adorable!! I wish my DD would want to watch Toy Story.. lol.. She doesn't like it and I do so I want her to.
Friday night I was told that no one in this group will make a Tiana dress because they are afraid of me! Could you let me know if this is true or not? I have been copied before and did not call the people out or make any reference to what was copied, just a vague reference to being upset over being copied. So I'm not understanding where this is coming from. I have made two Tiana dresses. The first one that I made was made using the ideas and vision from a child and both the mother of the child and I expressed our wishes for the dress to not be copied. The second dress that I made I don't care if every single stitch on the dress is copied, It was my own interpretation of the dress.
Sorry you are upset by this. I don't think I'd be offended unless they were selling it or saying it was their idea. I'm not familiar with what happened though. At least you know that your work is good enough to be copied.
Love this version. what a cute take on SB.
I know how you feel! I won't even look at another site, because I feel like I would be cheating! I keep thinking that if I am going to spend money on designs shouldn't they go to a friend? I can justify it sometimes because Heather doesn't sell In The Hoop much yet and I am such an ITH junkie right now!
I sent you a message on FB. I'm a big ITH fan too. I don't want to post the sites I visit on here... not sure if others will mind.
I made a reversible A-line yesterday and have been putting off finishing it all day because I was afraid of the button holes for the closures. Then, I was happy to realize that my machine will make the buttonholes for me. I practiced on scrap about 15 times, and was pleased, so I tried it on the dress. I have ripped it out 3 times because it's just not working. It will do the top re-enforcement, then down the left side. Then, it just sits at the bottom going back and forth forever. It never goes up the right side. I tried again on the scrap and it works fine. I am doing the exact same thing. What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it? Please help me. Thank you!
Try some stabilizer under the fabric.. I have this issue and using stabilizer helps alot. Also make sure to grade or trim your seams on the inside.. if your foot runs into a thick seam it will likely get stuck and do what you described. This is why I hate the danged automatic button hole foot. Mine got stuck so easily. Stabilizer helped. I just used some stitch in the ditch or water soluble.. make sure it isn't cut away. I just got a new machine and one of the things I love is the manual buttonhole foot. It is just a metal foot and not big and bulky like the plastic automatic. You have to set the size of your buttonhole, but I find it much easier. I was making my buttonholes on other peoples machines when I had trouble with that danged plastic foot!!