disneymommieof2
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- Aug 31, 2007
Yeah everyone says your name is so pretty I am going to call you annastasia- but they always shorten it- Does the same thing happen to Josephine??
I'm going to get a sewing room!!!!!!
Henry is going to finish a bedroom in our basement to use as a guest bedroom. He bought the lumber and everything last week and has already started framing it in. Then, we're turning the guest bedroom into my SEWING ROOM!!!!!! Here's what the guest bedroom (otherwise known as Corey's room, sorry Corey) looks like right now:
Notice my 4 big totes full of fabric. Henry's grandma gave us the quilt (she made it) as a housewarming present.
That's Sawyer about ready to play with my new sewing machine- EEK!
It's pretty cramped at the moment and I don't have a sewing desk. So, I have to lug everything out to the kitchen counter and dining room table when I want to sew.
I'm so excited about it! I need to look over those links of organized sewing rooms that Laura (the_seamstress) posted a while back, to get some ideas.
Dh knows that I lost my mind years ago Seriously we have been together since 1987 and married since 1992. He is very supportive with all of my hobbies and never questions anything. He will even help where he can. I am equally supportive of his Street Rod obsession so it all works out. We as a family are addicted to Disney. All 3 boys have Disney Themed rooms and the kitchen is slowly becoming that way too. He loves the Mickey Lamp posts that I made (the directions for those are on that camping forum) and he was super impressed when I added the rope lights to make the Minnie version Then I came home with these bill ball lights at Christmas. His response was what are you cooking up now? Those turned into the Mickey Head string lights that we will hang on our camper awning. He enjoys all of the personalized touches.
I even caught him and another man in a conversation in the Judge's Tent at Toontown. They started discussing our matching t-shirts (we all wear matching T-shirts (and shorts lol) most every day of our trip. That turned into a gripe session about having to see every character every trip and the photos and autographs etc. Then DH whipped out my clipboard and huge bag of premade 8"X8" autograph pages. They were customized for each character and had my kids names on each page. He then proceeded to tell him that this was the best idea ever because now we could get the autograph and photo once then we wouldn't have to hunt them down the next trip. We will only add different/new characters on future trips. Needless to say the other man was hooked I love the way the scapbook came out too. We have the signed autograph page on the right and I scrapped photos of the character interaction on the left page. Now we will do less character hunting, but have a great momento of all of our character interactions. The kids know that they can still see any character that they want and we will still take photos, but we won't be on such a mission.
Glad you asked huh?
Deb
After reading Heather's post about getting a sewing room..I am just wondering where do you do your sewing? I have no dedicated sewing room...and not really much space in the guest room to double as a sewing room, so right now I am using our formal dining room that hardly ever get any use at all. My sewing machine sits on the dining room table, along with the rest of my sewing stuffs. I also cut on the same table....I really need at least some kind of storage solutions so I can organize my sewing items/accessories.....it is quite a mess right now, unfortunately.
Hawaii and Disney in the same trip!!!
I think I will have to have help with settings for shirring but I really want to give that a try- I even bought elastic thread.
I am anxious to try shirring - I'll keep that tip in mind- ThanksOnce I got the thread to go through the tension guide on the bobbin (for me this meant I had to take off part of the cover to the machine and manually guide it through) it was easy. Before that I had done the tiny zigzag over the elastic but it just didn't look as tidy as I would have liked.
Yep it's a major trip for us - It is also a combined trip to celebrate my DH's 30th birthday (here's hoping I get to go somewhere nice for my 30th )
It's also costing quite a bit but we have been saving since my youngest was born so we can go (so when we leave about 3years worth of saving).
We are hoping that we can do it regularly (when I say regularly I mean every 3 years or so) but our next plan will be to go to WDW
I'm such a disney fanatic (as she types wearing her eeyore pj's bought by her DH for xmas ) and my eldest DD is becoming the same (YAY).
You'll be hearing lots from me (I apologise in advance) as I'm so excited - I think about this trip everyday.
After reading Heather's post about getting a sewing room..I am just wondering where do you do your sewing? I have no dedicated sewing room...and not really much space in the guest room to double as a sewing room, so right now I am using our formal dining room that hardly ever get any use at all. My sewing machine sits on the dining room table, along with the rest of my sewing stuffs. I also cut on the same table....I really need at least some kind of storage solutions so I can organize my sewing items/accessories.....it is quite a mess right now, unfortunately.
Hi girls!
We just got back from Disney a little while ago and I wanted to share some pictures of the outfits I made...Enjoy!
Ohana Sets:
Animal Kingdom Sets:
Mickey Mouseketeer and Minnie Set:
Stitch:
Donald:
After reading Heather's post about getting a sewing room..I am just wondering where do you do your sewing? I have no dedicated sewing room...and not really much space in the guest room to double as a sewing room, so right now I am using our formal dining room that hardly ever get any use at all. My sewing machine sits on the dining room table, along with the rest of my sewing stuffs. I also cut on the same table....I really need at least some kind of storage solutions so I can organize my sewing items/accessories.....it is quite a mess right now, unfortunately.
Well..I finally have something to post... Anyway, I finally finished this two Valentine Day stripwork jumper. One is for my dd, and the other one is for one of her little friends...I am unsure yet which one I will keep and which one I will give away. They are very similar and too similar, I think but I wanted to work with the fabric that I already bought.
I am thinking of making the portrait peasant top to wear inside...do you think a pink top, a red top or a white top will work the best?
Here's the first one...
and the second one...
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Your puppy and kitten are so adorable! We didn't get the dog I wanted to adopt. Someone else was supposedly in front of us in line, but I think it's because she didn't want to adopt to a family with a 19 month old (although he's very gentle with our dog).
I once sent Teresa a link to a grown, very overweight man wearing a Hershey's kiss costume on ebay. It appeared that he had nothing on underneath it, with his hair legs sticking out the bottom. Really made ME want to buy it!
I'm going to get a sewing room!!!!!!
Henry is going to finish a bedroom in our basement to use as a guest bedroom. He bought the lumber and everything last week and has already started framing it in. Then, we're turning the guest bedroom into my SEWING ROOM!!!!!! Here's what the guest bedroom (otherwise known as Corey's room, sorry Corey) looks like right now:
It's pretty cramped at the moment and I don't have a sewing desk. So, I have to lug everything out to the kitchen counter and dining room table when I want to sew.
I'm so excited about it! I need to look over those links of organized sewing rooms that Laura (the_seamstress) posted a while back, to get some ideas.
Ok.. I'm so excited about fabric lol. Can someone translate these terms for me as I think in the US the names mean different to what they do here.
Flannel: is this like pyjama fabric -soft brushed cotton stuff??
Fleece: ?? I'm not sure I'm guessing like polarfleece or microfleece - is it generally quite thick?
Cotton Prints: would this be like quilters cotton - and I'm guessing the stuff I'm looking for for dresses.
TIA
Stephres,
That was my Scrappy Dog you saw in the snow
Maybe I should make her a Hannah Montana coat?
Did you see the Black and Tan Dachshund on the front of the new Jo~Ann flyer? Very cute!
On my dining table at the moment. But I keep most of my fabric in the Garage (not sure if that is what you call it in the US - the place I'm meant to keep my car anyway ) and then the stuff I'm working on goes into my buffet which also stores my machines, threads, elastic and other notions.
I'd love a sewing room where little fingers can't "help" when I go to answer the phone
Looks like you've got the terms right! I didn't realize that you were in New Zealand. I was there in 1995 and thought it was a beautiful country and would love to go back. Makes me hungry for some Vegemite just thinking about it (I loved everything about Australia and New Zealand but I don't understand why anyone eats that stuff!).
heather - Yeah, misty is a little scary.
(Just kidding, Misty!)
Thanks what about Scrub fabric?? I have no idea and I won't take a guess
I can't stand vegemite -but love marmite NZ is a beautiful place I encourage everyone to come here at least once in their lifetime
Scrub fabric is usually quilters cotton, but sometimes a little thicker. Frequently, it's a solid.