{"id":163,"date":"2010-08-20T06:01:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T10:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_guest\/?p=163"},"modified":"2022-02-04T13:31:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T18:31:54","slug":"can-i-have-your-autograph-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/can-i-have-your-autograph-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Have Your Autograph Please?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daughter Mary has been to WDW multiple times.\u00a0 She loves it there, and when she\u2019s not at Disney, she spends her time Disney Dreamin\u2019.\u00a0 She is our unofficial tour planner, and does a great job.\u00a0 And she\u2019s a scrap booker who makes wonderful autograph books for her kids.\u00a0 I love her autograph books, but I\u2019m a quilter.\u00a0 My favorite quilts to make are what I call \u201cCharacter Quilts\u201d.\u00a0 I take coloring book pages, put them into my favorite graphics program and cut, crop and resize them to use in my appliqu\u00e9d quilt blocks.\u00a0 So, I decided I would do quilt blocks for autographs at Disney.<\/p>\n

Mary helped me to decide which characters to do, and I made 50 blocks for a quilt.\u00a0 I bought spring-loaded embroidery hoops, and some fabric markers.\u00a0 Then I put the blocks, the markers and the hoops in a very large zippy bag and was armed and ready for character meet and greets at Walt Disney World.<\/p>\n

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Here are three of the princesses.\u00a0 The blocks are folded for the purpose of photo taking, but there was plenty of room for them to sign.<\/p>\n

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Here you can see Minnie signing her block.\u00a0 The hoop held the fabric tight so that she could easily sign her name, and also provided the cast member (or the character) with a comfortable way to hold the block for signing.<\/p>\n

Getting autographs on my quilt blocks made my first Disney trip a little more special for me.\u00a0 Some of the characters, including Goofy and Woody, remembered signing their blocks when I saw them later in the parks.\u00a0 At the Princess Breakfast at Akershus, Princess Ariel was so impressed with her block that she asked to see some of the others.\u00a0 And when she signed her block, she even personalized it with my name.\u00a0 And all the while, I was so proud of my accomplishment, and glad I had taken the time to make the blocks. \u00a0Although I was hesitant about asking the characters to sign autographs for an adult, there was not one single character that indicated they were unhappy about signing.\u00a0 They were more than willing to take the time to do so.<\/p>\n

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Since we would be meeting Donald and Daisy at Donald\u2019s Safari Breakfast at Tusker House, I decided to do them in their safari clothes.\u00a0 And although the gentleman at the next table was pulling Daisy\u2019s tail the entire time she was at our table, she took her time to sign my blocks and all the autograph pages from our group.<\/p>\n

I still have some of the 50 blocks\u00a0 that I wasn\u2019t able to get signed on the first trip.\u00a0 But I\u2019m planning to take them on our next trip to see if I can get some more of the autographs.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be there during Mickey\u2019s Not So Scary Halloween Party, so maybe I can catch some of the villains.<\/p>\n

So, if you are an adult wanting to collect some autographs from the characters, don\u2019t be afraid to ask.\u00a0 It just may give you a little extra special memory, and they will do it willingly.<\/p>\n

By Lindabee<\/p>\n

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