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Posted by Doug&Michelle on February 18, 2006, 5:10 pm
Well I had my own great shopping day today! I went to fabricland (canadian
company) and there was a huge sale! I didn't even know about it, I guess I
didn't get the flyer they send to members. I bought some cute border print
green cotton with purple flowers to make a pillowcase dress and bloomers for
the 2yo, and some "punky flowers" and pink netting to make a tu-tu skirt and
shrug for my 6yo, who doesn't really understand what punk is, so she
believed me LOL! Normally it would have cost about $20 just for the fabric,
but I also got a pack of bias tape, some gutterman thread, and a simplicity
pattern for my sisters grade 8 graduation party, all for $15!
The best part is I watched the girl measure the fabric, mark with her thumb
where the exact amount was, then move her scissors about 3 or 4 inches past
that and cut extra for me. They always do that, and that is why I always go
there, they don't have the best selection, I would die for some amy butler
fabric, but they have great service!
The weather was not so good though, about minus 35 celcius, but much warmer
than it has been, so I decided to go somewhere on such a warm day! (or
relativley warm compared to the last few days).
I can't wait to get started on these! Hopefully it will make spring come
sooner.
So that was my shopping day, I had lots of fun!
Michelle Giordano
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Posted by Juno on February 18, 2006, 5:48 pm
Doug&Michelle wrote:
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> Well I had my own great shopping day today! I went to fabricland (canadian
> company) and there was a huge sale! I didn't even know about it, I guess I
> didn't get the flyer they send to members. I bought some cute border print
> green cotton with purple flowers to make a pillowcase dress and bloomers for
> the 2yo, and some "punky flowers" and pink netting to make a tu-tu skirt and
> shrug for my 6yo, who doesn't really understand what punk is, so she
> believed me LOL! Normally it would have cost about $20 just for the fabric,
> but I also got a pack of bias tape, some gutterman thread, and a simplicity
> pattern for my sisters grade 8 graduation party, all for $15!
>
> The best part is I watched the girl measure the fabric, mark with her thumb
> where the exact amount was, then move her scissors about 3 or 4 inches past
> that and cut extra for me. They always do that, and that is why I always go
> there, they don't have the best selection, I would die for some amy butler
> fabric, but they have great service!
>
> The weather was not so good though, about minus 35 celcius, but much warmer
> than it has been, so I decided to go somewhere on such a warm day! (or
> relativley warm compared to the last few days).
>
> I can't wait to get started on these! Hopefully it will make spring come
> sooner.
>
> So that was my shopping day, I had lots of fun!
>
> Michelle Giordano
>
>
Micihelle, It sound like you had a really great day. Lots of good
bargains. I'll tell you one thing though you'd never catch me going out
in that kind of cold. Minus 35C converts to minus 31F. Is that what it's
always like where you live.I'd be in the house all winter bundled up in
about 6 layers of Polar Fleece.
Juno
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Posted by Doug&Michelle on February 18, 2006, 11:47 pm
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> Micihelle, It sound like you had a really great day. Lots of good
> bargains. I'll tell you one thing though you'd never catch me going out in
> that kind of cold. Minus 35C converts to minus 31F. Is that what it's
> always like where you live.I'd be in the house all winter bundled up in
> about 6 layers of Polar Fleece.
> Juno
LOL Juno, not all year round. It can get as colder, but not often, and this
year has been warm, it was our 4 days of winter! We have winter for 4-6
months, and the rest of the year is nice. I like spring and fall because
usually the temperature is about 15-20 degrees, I think thats around 70F.
In the summer it can reach about 40C, but thats about the highest, and not
too often. Its sort of hard to live in a climate where you wear as much
clothes as possible half the year, and as little as possible the other half,
but I love it here! It makes me appreciate each season even more. And we
get to wear lots of different clothes too, skirts, pants, parkas, so many
fun things to sew! In the winter polar fleece is really expensive, in the
summer its not so bad, I keep meaning to stock up. Today, at 30% off, it
was close to $17/meter. and it wasn't very nice either. Definitley not top
quality either.
I just cut out the pillowcase dress and little knickers for my 2yo, it took
about 30 minutes, without a pattern, but for this its not needed, and the
knickers, well I hope they work out! They were last minute and I had to
cobble alot of pieces together, but maybe some flat felled seams will look
good on those! 2yo helped me the whole time, reaching for scissors,
swinging the yard stick at me, playing with the scraps. I think I spent
half my time ducking and saving her from getting into trouble! I still have
to decide if I am going to french seam it or use the serger. In all honesty
I will probably french seam because I love doing them, and I didn't want to
buy 4 cones of lime green for one tiny dress! This dress in total will cost
me less than $5 for fabric, thread, bias tape, and elastic, not including my
time. I will have to try to remember to post a pic. I will finish it off
hopefully on monday!
Michelle Giordano
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Posted by Sarah Dale on February 19, 2006, 5:22 am
Doug&Michelle wrote:
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> I just cut out the pillowcase dress and little knickers for my 2yo, it took
> about 30 minutes, without a pattern, but for this its not needed, and the
> knickers, well I hope they work out! They were last minute and I had to
Michelle,
Have you got a link / directions for this pillowcase dress? Having
recently gained a small daughter, this sounds like a useful pattern for
me to use in 18 mths time!
TIA,
Sarah
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Posted by Doug&Michelle on February 19, 2006, 11:20 am
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> Have you got a link / directions for this pillowcase dress? Having
> recently gained a small daughter, this sounds like a useful pattern for me
> to use in 18 mths time!
> TIA,
> Sarah
I don't have a link, but I made a tutorial for you in "Paint". I posted it
here:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/dnmgiordano/pillowcasedresstutorial.jpg
Its not great quality, but it is a good start. you could search on
www.craftster.org for a tutorial for one too, but I have problems with the
search feature there, its slow for me, so I just look at a few pics on
google and figured it out myself, and also my kid used to have a store
bougth one so I remember that one too.
HTH
Michelle Giordano
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> company) and there was a huge sale! I didn't even know about it, I guess I
> didn't get the flyer they send to members. I bought some cute border print
> green cotton with purple flowers to make a pillowcase dress and bloomers for
> the 2yo, and some "punky flowers" and pink netting to make a tu-tu skirt and
> shrug for my 6yo, who doesn't really understand what punk is, so she
> believed me LOL! Normally it would have cost about $20 just for the fabric,
> but I also got a pack of bias tape, some gutterman thread, and a simplicity
> pattern for my sisters grade 8 graduation party, all for $15!
>
> The best part is I watched the girl measure the fabric, mark with her thumb
> where the exact amount was, then move her scissors about 3 or 4 inches past
> that and cut extra for me. They always do that, and that is why I always go
> there, they don't have the best selection, I would die for some amy butler
> fabric, but they have great service!
>
> The weather was not so good though, about minus 35 celcius, but much warmer
> than it has been, so I decided to go somewhere on such a warm day! (or
> relativley warm compared to the last few days).
>
> I can't wait to get started on these! Hopefully it will make spring come
> sooner.
>
> So that was my shopping day, I had lots of fun!
>
> Michelle Giordano
>
>