I DID IT!! I finally cleaned my machine this morning, and then rethreaded it, and tried the tention as high as I could go and then machine threaded the elastic bobbin... but it still didn't work. After removing 3 rows of shirring I decided to try to hand wind it. and it worked!!! Check out what I got done today:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/905070/DCP_0009.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/905070/DCP_0008_3.JPG

And one more becuase she thinks she is SO funny and it is so cute!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/905070/DCP_0010_2.JPG

I wish I could give you a close up of this cool fabric... it has a bunch of caligeraphy kanji on it up and down, and then some japanese flowers and a few symbols too. It is so neat! I had to make the black capris to go with it... I just love this outfit... and she doesn't hate it! SCORE!

Love Val

Haha! She was sitting still enough for me to take a picture while she was sitting on my lap. lol...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-12/905070/DCP_0017_4.JPG

great job! SO glad you got it to work. :)

Val, that's fantastic! I"m not a fan of shirring, but dang, I really like that dress! :heart: Your dd is so cute.

BTW, I tried to respond to your velour pants thread and my computer crashed. :rolleyes: They turned out great! WTG :thumbsup:

I love you guys! Thanks so much for the quick responces... I posted that earlier on another sewing site I am on and I have gotten nothing... it makes you feel kinda weird to put your stuff out there and then get nothing... you know? I really appriciate you guys!

Love Val

Great outfit, I love that dress with the black capris! Your daughter is very cute, and quite a riot with the face in the second picture! Mine love doing that, too. :)

I LOVE that fabric.. > Where did you get it? LOL

Val, I'm so glad you got your machine to do shirring for you! I was bummed, I remembered how exciting for you to get your new machine, then to have it act up so fast . . . but the outfit looks wonderful, guess it's a matter of learning your own machine's quirks :thumbsup:

guess it's a matter of learning your own machine's quirks :thumbsup:

Yep... :D I am very excited... all of this sewing has been a real learning story for me. :heart: I think it will be worth it though. I am able to do some really great stuff now that my old machine really couldn't do. So it is really starting to feel worth it.

Love Val

Oh, I can't see the pics. But I can't seem to ever see your pics. :( Soooo glad you got your machine working. I bet the shirring looks great! :)

I can't see the pics either! :wah:

I wonder whats going on with the pictures. I can see them... they are on Village Photos hosting... is there any reason you couldn't see them that would be linked to that?

Love Val

I LOVE that fabric.. > Where did you get it? LOL

JoAnn's. It was from this last fall... I found in when I was looking at quilting stuff. And just knew that it would be perfect for an outfit like this. :D

Love Val

I get little red 'x's for the photos... I right clicked on one, selected properties, copied the Address [url] to my browser's address field and tried to look at it that way. Got a screen from Village Photos that says
"Access Denied (Usage Limit)"
"The owner of this file has exceeded their daily usage limit."
HTH :)

http://www.villagephotos.com/pubgallery.asp?id_=905070

Try this one... perhaps you can see the whole file. I know I haven't gone over my limit becuase it says right on it 18 out of 25 photos saved

The first 4 pictures on "sewing pictures" are the outfit here. My pictures are all in the wrong files because I didn't really know what I was doing, and I loaded them up anyway. :rolleyes:

Love Val

ETA: Ahhh... now I see it... I no longer can see them either. THAT IS SO WEIRD! Well I will just have to bump it tomorrow when my "daily useage" isn't so much. What a werid thing. Sorry guys.

The link worked for me! That outfit is adorable!!! (and so is the kiddo! :))

:D Good!! I guess I should just post my link. Because it still says I am over my daily usage limit... :rolleyes: What does that mean?

Love Val

I could see it using the link. Very cute!!!