Disboutiquers Part 28 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[ItsyBitsy]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a pattern or tutorial or know if Simplicity or butternick or any of those companies have a pattern for water bottle holders?
I signed up for them for the BG but I've never done them before. I know we have 20 days to get everything done But I want to have enough time to do a few "Test" ones before I make the families.

 

[Sally]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a pattern or tutorial or know if Simplicity or butternick or any of those companies have a pattern for water bottle holders?
I signed up for them for the BG but I've never done them before. I know we have 20 days to get everything done But I want to have enough time to do a few "Test" ones before I make the families.

I just saw a pattern on my Hancock Fabric email
http://hkfstores.com/content/freeprojects/CuteasaBugWaterTote.pdf?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=shoppingpass&utm_campaign=FreeProject If it doesn't work I can pm you the link

 

[VBAndrea]

Andrea I bought a bunch of corduroy at the clearance sales and I am trying to decide what to do with it. I am thinking of making several a-line jumpers with it but some skirts might be nice too. I wonder how a Simply Sweet would look if it was made with light weight corduroy???? That would be a cute fall dress with a shirt under it and it is more twirly than an a-line jumper.

Sorry that the house in RI is still giving you a hard time. I hope that it sells very soon. You always do such an awesome job on the Gives! Are you also looking for a new tenant or are you just hoping to get it sold? I am sure it is especially stinky that finances are tight with summer just starting. That means that you can't do as many fun things with the kids over the summer.

I am going to try a circle skirt with one of the cords I have -- it's thin so I think it will drape OK. I've had a horse fabric forever to do an A-line with but that never happened and I have another cord to make an Insa with. Speaking of Insa -- I have a half finished one from last summer that I keep forgetting to finish!

We would just like to sell the house. We bought at the end of the height of the market (just one month shy of qualifying for HAP!!!! -- that's where you can get 95% of the loss made up since it was a Navy move) so even with renting it we are in the red. If we sell it we will be done with it and won't have to worry about future repairs like a/c and carpeting and all that jazz that might need to get replaced within the next few years. And yes, my ds has been begging for waterpark passes and we just can't afford them due to the house. We are thankfully not poor -- but we don't have an extra few thousand $$$ to pull out of arses once a month either. Sorry, I'm really bitter today about getting the mowing estimate. I wish someone would pay me $60 to mow a lawn!

Can anyone point me in the direction of a pattern or tutorial or know if Simplicity or butternick or any of those companies have a pattern for water bottle holders?
I signed up for them for the BG but I've never done them before. I know we have 20 days to get everything done But I want to have enough time to do a few "Test" ones before I make the families.

http://pinkchalkstudio.com/blog/2006/07/10/whiplash-challenge-water-bottle-carrier/

I have never made it but I have it pinned.

 

[visitingapril09]

I am going to try a circle skirt with one of the cords I have -- it's thin so I think it will drape OK. I've had a horse fabric forever to do an A-line with but that never happened and I have another cord to make an Insa with. Speaking of Insa -- I have a half finished one from last summer that I keep forgetting to finish!

We would just like to sell the house. We bought at the end of the height of the market (just one month shy of qualifying for HAP!!!! -- that's where you can get 95% of the loss made up since it was a Navy move) so even with renting it we are in the red. If we sell it we will be done with it and won't have to worry about future repairs like a/c and carpeting and all that jazz that might need to get replaced within the next few years. And yes, my ds has been begging for waterpark passes and we just can't afford them due to the house. We are thankfully not poor -- but we don't have an extra few thousand $$$ to pull out of arses once a month either. Sorry, I'm really bitter today about getting the mowing estimate. I wish someone would pay me $60 to mow a lawn!



http://pinkchalkstudio.com/blog/2006/07/10/whiplash-challenge-water-bottle-carrier/

I have never made it but I have it pinned.

The pink chalk studio one is great. I have made them several times.

 

[miprender]

Thanks everyone on the compliments on the DHS outfits. Only 8 more shirts left and my machine will be happy to have a vacation

So I fixed the shorts tonight and here are my final products. I had the skirt done for Memorial Day but couldn't get baby's shorts done so we will wear them on the 4th of July and these will be our Epcot outfits.

My skirt with pockets!

Great job. Will be at Epcot on the 4th? That is our Epcot day.

Not the best pictures, but these are the totes I have been working on recently:

For DD's teacher -- I originally bought the exterior fabric on clearance at Joann's to make dd a pillow case dress. Still never tried a pillow case dress. Anywhoo, this teacher went to Kenya on a missionary trip last year and talks about it a lot (as in over and over and over and over and over...keep

WOW... just love all the bags you made.

here is another skirt pattern with pockets that I've saved:
http://projectsbyjess.blogspot.com/2011/06/tutorial-shirred-pocket-skirt.html


Well, it appears that I need to shift gears in my sewing for the next week or so. My SIL is in the process of moving and found out that her new daycare provider will allow her to use cloth diapers. Only she needs a bunch of stuff to be able to pull it off (10 zippered mini wetbags, and 12 pocket diaper shells ) so she asked if I could help sew them for her so she doesn't have to shell out a small fortune. I'm happy to help, of course, but hate being on a timetable. She needs everything (ideally) by the 18th, but of course I need to finish in time to mail it out! I need to get to the fabric store and pick up some supplies, but wouldn't you know it this is the week where NOTHING I need is on sale at Joanns. Fortunately, SIL has said she would pay me for all the supplies I use, so I know I will get the money back, but I just hate that it will be more expensive for her. So that's what I'll be up to!

Sunshine

Sounds like you will be really busy

I feel a little embarass to post here as it's been ages since I've been here ...but I always felt welcome and part of a special group,

for the past few months I had several surgeries ( for brain shunts) also found out I have glaucoma , been nothing but in an out of hospitals and doctors ,
a long while back I had some test done and a mass was found in the right ovary, I decided to just ignore it ( beside I had so much going on with the brain surgery) and forget about it, then a few mths back the pain was so bad I decided to go back to my dr and found out it grew and the Dr is the worried about possibility of cancer

here is where I'm at a fence about what to do...I could go for surgery , remove the ovary and mass, wait 2 days for pathology and if is anything bad , go back and have everything removed, or just go have surgery have everything removed ( ovaries, uterus, tubes, cervix) and be done with it( will be put on HRT) ...I'm to have surgery on June 20th, but do not know what to do or who to ask for information, I asked the GYN Dr if he had in office support or someone I could talk to and he said no, I do not want to let my family know as they've been really worried about me so my family don't know about the surgery yet ( but then again I have to decide first on what to do)

Linnette


not doing a lot of sewing but made these outfits recently

Linnette we missed you on FB. I was wondering what happened. Prayers to you.

As of today I have 100 days before we leave for WDW

I have one outfit made

Shirt was a $5 find at wally world, made the shorts today. Little man wants me to get every Cars fabric they had and make him more

I am resisting the urge to put these away in the suitcase...it is a bit early to pack I think

100 days goes by fast.... I am down to 8 more shirts and we leave in 14 days

I made 2 new coin purses for Disney. I am pretty pleased with them. I'd like to use them to hang off lanyards. I had planned on making the lanyards, but I can only find thin(ish) ribbon. ANyone know where I can get thicker ribbon, like what they use in Disney?

The first is for me and has a black interior. I hand stitched the satin stitch because I am not great at it with the sewing machine yet, and I like the look of it.

Cute coin purses.

Today I made this dress:

Great job on the dress.

I really need an intervention. this is not the place to seek it however since you are all to blame!!

I got brave and tried my first applique today:

now the question...
Its a plain white tee for my oldest, who asked me to make her shorts to match. Should I do black shorts with a red polka dot ruffle..or red polkadot shorts and black ruffle?

Great job on the applique. I would probably go with Minnie Red Polkadot shorts.

 

[miprender]

We would just like to sell the house. We bought at the end of the height of the market (just one month shy of qualifying for HAP!!!! -- that's where you can get 95% of the loss made up since it was a Navy move) so even with renting it we are in the red. If we sell it we will be done with it and won't have to worry about future repairs like a/c and carpeting and all that jazz that might need to get replaced within the next few years. And yes, my ds has been begging for waterpark passes and we just can't afford them due to the house. We are thankfully not poor -- but we don't have an extra few thousand $$$ to pull out of arses once a month either. Sorry, I'm really bitter today about getting the mowing estimate. I wish someone would pay me $60 to mow a lawn!

Any news from the second showing you had?

 

[smile5sunshine]

will come back to post more in a bit....

OH CHIARA I remembered you were looking for an upcycle knit type project to use some of J's old shirts with. I don't know if he still fits into this size, but I found this free boy tank pattern (up to5T) that you should be able to piece together some knits/shirts and make.

http://www.fishsticksdesigns.com/TheTank.pdf


She has several other patterns on her site that I am interested in. BOY patterns!

Okay, be back in a bit.
Sunshine

 

[GlassSlippers]

Hi Gang!

My PE 770 is here! I had to contact Amazon because the hoop was missing. I was given a partial refund for the cost of ordering one so I'm almost ready to get started. I was just wondering if I should wind my own bobbins or stick to pre-wound. Because I think I remember several of you saying that their 770-s don't like home wound bobbins. Am I correct in that? Amazon offers a box of 144 pre wounds for $34.99. Has anyone here used those? Are they any good?

Thread isn't so hard because there are plenty of reviews to check, but not so with bobbins.

Here's another silly question about stabilizer. When I embroider a t shirt or other knit, is the stabilizer supposed to stay on the back of the design except for around the edges of the design? I read something recently that said it kept the embroidery in place during washing. Argh! It's so confusing! To tear away or not to tear away! Leave it there or not! What brand or doesn't it matter! I really want to do this right and not foul up my machine in the process.

Help me, fellow Dis-noids! You're my only hope! Channelling Princess Leia there for a minute. I'm allowed. Star Wars is at WDW.

Thanks everybody!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[teresajoy]

I guess ****oos are not allowed. Maybe boo-boo's are ?? Stupid censoring !

I was giggling about that!

Hi Gang!

My PE 770 is here! I had to contact Amazon because the hoop was missing. I was given a partial refund for the cost of ordering one so I'm almost ready to get started. I was just wondering if I should wind my own bobbins or stick to pre-wound. Because I think I remember several of you saying that their 770-s don't like home wound bobbins. Am I correct in that? Amazon offers a box of 144 pre wounds for $34.99. Has anyone here used those? Are they any good?

Thread isn't so hard because there are plenty of reviews to check, but not so with bobbins.

Here's another silly question about stabilizer. When I embroider a t shirt or other knit, is the stabilizer supposed to stay on the back of the design except for around the edges of the design? I read something recently that said it kept the embroidery in place during washing. Argh! It's so confusing! To tear away or not to tear away! Leave it there or not! What brand or doesn't it matter! I really want to do this right and not foul up my machine in the process.

Help me, fellow Dis-noids! You're my only hope! Channelling Princess Leia there for a minute. I'm allowed. Star Wars is at WDW.

Thanks everybody!

Lori in East Podunk

I was only using prewounds for quite awhile in my machine, but for the past few months I've been winding my own and haven't had a problem with them at all. The only thing I don't like is that I couldn't find the thin bobbin thread anywhere, so I have to use some that is thicker, so the bobbins I wind myself don't last as long as a prewound.

 

[DisneyTeacher01]

Hi Gang!

My PE 770 is here! I had to contact Amazon because the hoop was missing. I was given a partial refund for the cost of ordering one so I'm almost ready to get started. I was just wondering if I should wind my own bobbins or stick to pre-wound. Because I think I remember several of you saying that their 770-s don't like home wound bobbins. Am I correct in that? Amazon offers a box of 144 pre wounds for $34.99. Has anyone here used those? Are they any good?

Thread isn't so hard because there are plenty of reviews to check, but not so with bobbins.

Here's another silly question about stabilizer. When I embroider a t shirt or other knit, is the stabilizer supposed to stay on the back of the design except for around the edges of the design? I read something recently that said it kept the embroidery in place during washing. Argh! It's so confusing! To tear away or not to tear away! Leave it there or not! What brand or doesn't it matter! I really want to do this right and not foul up my machine in the process.

Help me, fellow Dis-noids! You're my only hope! Channelling Princess Leia there for a minute. I'm allowed. Star Wars is at WDW.

Thanks everybody!

Lori in East Podunk

For the most part my 780 doesn't mind me winding my own bobbins...I do have a few pre-wound, but never go by the place to buy them. The ones I wind, like I said, work 95% of the time....

 

[dianemom2]

I guess ****oos are not allowed. Maybe boo-boo's are ?? Stupid censoring !

Yes, I did mean boo-boos. I wonder what they THOUGHT I was trying to say????

She will be 10 when we go Her favorite color is red, and shes willing to wear whatever IN WDW..she just wouldnt wear it to school

Most votes were for the red so unless she objects...red it will be.

I know by 10 years old both of my dds had strong opinions about what they were and were not willing to wear. My girls would also wear just about anything at Disney but would never wear it to school!

I am going to try a circle skirt with one of the cords I have -- it's thin so I think it will drape OK. I've had a horse fabric forever to do an A-line with but that never happened and I have another cord to make an Insa with. Speaking of Insa -- I have a half finished one from last summer that I keep forgetting to finish!

We would just like to sell the house. We bought at the end of the height of the market (just one month shy of qualifying for HAP!!!! -- that's where you can get 95% of the loss made up since it was a Navy move) so even with renting it we are in the red. If we sell it we will be done with it and won't have to worry about future repairs like a/c and carpeting and all that jazz that might need to get replaced within the next few years. And yes, my ds has been begging for waterpark passes and we just can't afford them due to the house. We are thankfully not poor -- but we don't have an extra few thousand $$$ to pull out of arses once a month either. Sorry, I'm really bitter today about getting the mowing estimate. I wish someone would pay me $60 to mow a lawn!

A circle skirt would be very cute with the thin corduroy. I also have the Insa pattern but I've never made it. I think it would be great with some of the patterned corduroy that I bought. I'll have to pull out the pattern and look at it.

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that you get a buyer very, very soon. It must be very stressful. In the meantime, can you get some other estimates for the lawn cutting? Unless the lawn is huge, that seems like a lot of money.

will come back to post more in a bit....

OH CHIARA I remembered you were looking for an upcycle knit type project to use some of J's old shirts with. I don't know if he still fits into this size, but I found this free boy tank pattern (up to5T) that you should be able to piece together some knits/shirts and make.

http://www.fishsticksdesigns.com/TheTank.pdf


She has several other patterns on her site that I am interested in. BOY patterns!

Okay, be back in a bit.
Sunshine

I like that tank top pattern. It is cute. i agree that chiara should be able to upcycle some of the t-shirts using this pattern. Ottobre has a free tank top pattern too. I've used it a few times and it sews up very nicely. Here is the link:
http://www.ottobredesign.com/fi/kaavat/pdf/tank_top_EN.pdf

Hi Gang!
. I was just wondering if I should wind my own bobbins or stick to pre-wound. Because I think I remember several of you saying that their 770-s don't like home wound bobbins. Am I correct in that? Amazon offers a box of 144 pre wounds for $34.99. Has anyone here used those? Are they any good?



Here's another silly question about stabilizer. When I embroider a t shirt or other knit, is the stabilizer supposed to stay on the back of the design except for around the edges of the design? I read something recently that said it kept the embroidery in place during washing. Argh! It's so confusing! To tear away or not to tear away! Leave it there or not! What brand or doesn't it matter! I really want to do this right and not foul up my machine in the process.

I don't have the same machine but I always wind my own bobbins and never have a problem. I just wind several at a time so that I don't run out.

When you do a t-shirt, you want to use a cut away stabilizer, not a tear away. You trim it around the design area leaving about 1/2 inch around it. If you use tear away, your design won't stay nice after wearing or washing. I've used several different brands and get about the same results. Other people have favorites. I do like heavy weight cut away under knits but I know that Andrea likes medium weight. Some of it just depends on your machine and you'll have to experiment a little.

 

[cogero]

Diane and Sunny thank you so much.

Ok girls I need help post pictures of your favorite pirate fabric. I need something for J for our cruise.

 

[nowellsl]

Sorry, I'm really bitter today about getting the mowing estimate. I wish someone would pay me $60 to mow a lawn!

I pay $148 a month for yard service (mowing, trimming, weed control) that's averaged out over the year. In the summer it's once a week, less in the fall/winter. There are a lot of people out of work right now and would probably do it for less. It's probably hard to find someone when you're not there though!! Good luck, hopefully you'll sell it soon! I feel for anyone trying to sell right now!

 

[GlassSlippers]

I pay $148 a month for yard service (mowing, trimming, weed control) that's averaged out over the year. In the summer it's once a week, less in the fall/winter. There are a lot of people out of work right now and would probably do it for less. It's probably hard to find someone when you're not there though!! Good luck, hopefully you'll sell it soon! I feel for anyone trying to sell right now!

My lawn care costs $35 per mow and he comes every 10 days. More often if the weather makes it grow faster. I just call if I need an extra mowing. He will come less often if it's been dry and/or cold and it isn't needed. I'd say our yard was medium sized. That said, I think this particular man is unusually sensible and co-operative. You could always ask for a similar arrangement with whomever you find. The worst they could say is no.

HTH!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[GlassSlippers]

Woo Hoo! I just ordered the last of the supplies I need to get my brand new PE770 up and running! Yay! But I have to get the sewing room/office/guest room painted first. Not so Yay! It's kind of been the odds 'n' ends room since we moved into this house a few years ago so everything has to be sorted and put away in a permanent place. *sigh* Stupid reality!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[dianemom2]

I pay $148 a month for yard service (mowing, trimming, weed control) that's averaged out over the year. In the summer it's once a week, less in the fall/winter. There are a lot of people out of work right now and would probably do it for less. It's probably hard to find someone when you're not there though!! Good luck, hopefully you'll sell it soon! I feel for anyone trying to sell right now!

We pay by the cut. They typically come once a week. We have about a 1/2 acre lot. They charge us $25 per cut. Then I pay another guy $40 to come twice a month to weed and prune everything. We only pay when they come. So in the winter, I don't pay anything. DH and I both have no skill whatsoever as gardeners. Plus DH is allergic to everything he touches in the yard. My older daughter used to do the weeding as part of her chores to earn extra allowance but she also started breaking out in hives every time she went out to weed. Maybe Andrea should try to get a few more estimates. We found our current company because they put a flier on our mailbox. They have been very good and very reliable. But I found the weeding/pruning company through a local realtor. They usually have a list of good and reliable companies to recommend.

Woo Hoo! I just ordered the last of the supplies I need to get my brand new PE770 up and running! Yay! But I have to get the sewing room/office/guest room painted first. Not so Yay! It's kind of been the odds 'n' ends room since we moved into this house a few years ago so everything has to be sorted and put away in a permanent place. *sigh* Stupid reality!

Lori in East Podunk

I am sure it will be nice to have it made into a beautiful new sewing room though. Take some before and after pictures to share with us.

 

[Sandi S]

One more school day...then I will be hitting the Disney sewing in earnest until we leave for our trip! In the meantime, I wanted to share 2 shirts I did for my youngest two:

The shirts are from Target - got a great haul on kids' Cherokee t's. They are on sale this week.

 

[ItsyBitsy]

I made 2 new coin purses for Disney. I am pretty pleased with them. I'd like to use them to hang off lanyards. I had planned on making the lanyards, but I can only find thin(ish) ribbon. ANyone know where I can get thicker ribbon, like what they use in Disney?

The first is for me and has a black interior. I hand stitched the satin stitch because I am not great at it with the sewing machine yet, and I like the look of it.

The second one is for my nephew and it has a baseball (same as the mickey head) interior. I actually used the sewing machine to applique this one and I think it turned out pretty well!!

I have a couple of easy fits I cut and they just need to be sewn. I also attempted a REAL pattern and that is cute. I did cut out a piece beackwards, but I'm using cheap fabric and considering it a learning experience.

If you have a Hancock fabric near you in the isle where they have the iron on appliques they have "lanyard strength" disney ribbon. its considered a roll there is only one yard but it works well fro lanyards. I know that Joanns has some sometimes too. But not usually as many kinds.

 

[ItsyBitsy]

Thank you Andrea and Sally. I figured It would be pretty easy. I think I am going to get the girls some Britta water bottles and create the holders to fit the britta bottles. I guess the water taste weird at WDW? I've read on here that Britta bottles take the taste out.

 

[smile5sunshine]

Today I made this dress:

I know that Andrea will laugh at me, but I am starting to work on my niece's wardrobe for when she starts kindergarten in the fall. I thought a nice stretchy knit dress would be perfect for kindergarten! I have another one cut out and ready to start sewing. I also hemmed a jacket and pair of pants for my mom. She isn't getting much sewing done now that she has fibromyalgia and has so much pain.

A circle skirt would be very cute with the thin corduroy. I also have the Insa pattern but I've never made it. I think it would be great with some of the patterned corduroy that I bought. I'll have to pull out the pattern and look at it.

I like that tank top pattern. It is cute. i agree that chiara should be able to upcycle some of the t-shirts using this pattern. Ottobre has a free tank top pattern too. I've used it a few times and it sews up very nicely. Here is the link:
http://www.ottobredesign.com/fi/kaavat/pdf/tank_top_EN.pdf

Oh I really like the knit dress you made! Very cute! Thank you for sharing the Ottobre pattern. I bookmarked it too so I can try that out as well. I too stocked up on some sale corduroy. I know I want to use this tutorial for some of it, and then I also want to make some pants for DS.

http://tearosehome.blogspot.com/2009/12/tutorial-corduroy-skirt-for-little-girl.html

Woo Hoo! I just ordered the last of the supplies I need to get my brand new PE770 up and running! Yay! But I have to get the sewing room/office/guest room painted first. Not so Yay! It's kind of been the odds 'n' ends room since we moved into this house a few years ago so everything has to be sorted and put away in a permanent place. *sigh* Stupid reality!

Lori in East Podunk

YAY for ordering all the supplies you need to "play". And can I just say I am so stinking jealous of you and your "spare room" that can be used for a sewing space? My house is busting at the seams so I am banished to the dining room table (which is the ONLY eating surface in our house and also used for homeschooling) so anytime I want to sew I have to drag everything out, set it up and then make sure I put everything back away before I turn in for the night. I know I would get SO much more sewing time if I could just step away without having to clean everything up. So as much as it pains you to get the room cleaned out, be HAPPY that you CAN! (btw, this was all said in lighthearted jest. I am in no way implying that you are anything BUT grateful for your little room. I know it will turn out marvelous!)

One more school day...then I will be hitting the Disney sewing in earnest until we leave for our trip! In the meantime, I wanted to share 2 shirts I did for my youngest two:

The shirts are from Target - got a great haul on kids' Cherokee t's. They are on sale this week.

WOO HOO for one more day! Love the Madagascar set. Will you be visiting Universal on your trip too? (I guess I could just go read your PTR to refresh my memory, however it's easier just to ask you here at the moment!)

I really need an intervention. this is not the place to seek it however since you are all to blame!!

I got brave and tried my first applique today:

now the question...
Its a plain white tee for my oldest, who asked me to make her shorts to match. Should I do black shorts with a red polka dot ruffle..or red polkadot shorts and black ruffle?


or both

As of today I have 100 days before we leave for WDW

I have one outfit made

Shirt was a $5 find at wally world, made the shorts today. Little man wants me to get every Cars fabric they had and make him more

I am resisting the urge to put these away in the suitcase...it is a bit early to pack I think

HURRAY for the first applique! I think you did great for your first try! (that sounds like a backhanded compliment, but it's not meant to....it looks good so it's hard to believe that was the first one you had done.) I agree, red shorts with black ruffle. LOVE the cars set too! Oh and I DID start putting all my finished items into a suitcase. Call me crazy, but I wanted them out of the way where they wouldn't get messed up before our trip and I was afraid I would forget where I hid them if I didn't put them in the suitcases!

I will check out that other skirt tutorial. I love skirts in the summer!!!If you pick your store on Joann's website and hit "more store information", sometimes a coupon will pop up. This happened to me the other day.

Oh thanks for this tip! I tried it and it worked! The thing that is killing me is that I need 10 zippers and they are so ridiculously expensive at Joanns! I could order them from wawak for less than 50¢ a piece, but I don't have time to wait for the shipping on them.

Thank you!!! I love this one! Are you on Pinterest?

No. I've been quite tempted with all the wonderfulness that it holds, however I feel like I already spend too much time on the computer as it is, so didn't want to add another "dirty habit"! So I still use the old fashioned way of bookmarking things I like when I have time.

Well As it turns out, It was totally my moms fault. This is the first doll dress she has ever made and she told me she followed the pattern exactly, but she did not, she went her own way a bit when something wasn't working right and put binding on the sleeves and the closure in the back was only from the mid back up, it's didn't go down in the behind region, which is why we could not get it over her behind. So I have learned a lesson, never trust my mother when she says she followed the pattern!
She redid the dress and it fits. We didn't put velcro on the back, she actully sewed on a hook and eye instead. We were both a little worried about the velcro catching on the dolls hair and ruining the hair.
This was just a test dress prior to actually making the real dress, but I'm glad it actually turned out.

I was supposed to try my first dress today, but things just got backlogged, Now I work all day tomorrow and I hope to get a job for friday so I might not be sewing till next week I have photo shoots on saturday, A Rapunzel Tea Party Photo Session with Rapunzel and then some Family photo shoots, unless it rains and they get pushed to sunday. If not I'll be editing photos all day sunday

Thank you ladies for your help with the doll dress.

On another note, does anyone have any suggestions of a specific store to order a really full pettiskirt?

TIA

Oh I'm so glad that you figured out the dress problem. ROFL about your mom not following instructions! Sounds like you have a busy weekend ahead of you. I hope it all ends up being very enjoyable. I have no suggestions on the pettiskirt, sorry.

I feel a little embarass to post here as it's been ages since I've been here ...but I always felt welcome and part of a special group,

for the past few months I had several surgeries ( for brain shunts) also found out I have glaucoma , been nothing but in an out of hospitals and doctors ,
a long while back I had some test done and a mass was found in the right ovary, I decided to just ignore it ( beside I had so much going on with the brain surgery) and forget about it, then a few mths back the pain was so bad I decided to go back to my dr and found out it grew and the Dr is the worried about possibility of cancer

here is where I'm at a fence about what to do...I could go for surgery , remove the ovary and mass, wait 2 days for pathology and if is anything bad , go back and have everything removed, or just go have surgery have everything removed ( ovaries, uterus, tubes, cervix) and be done with it( will be put on HRT) ...I'm to have surgery on June 20th, but do not know what to do or who to ask for information, I asked the GYN Dr if he had in office support or someone I could talk to and he said no, I do not want to let my family know as they've been really worried about me so my family don't know about the surgery yet ( but then again I have to decide first on what to do)

Linnette


not doing a lot of sewing but made these outfits recently

First, your dresses are beautiful! I particularly love the collar on the Snow White dress. Secondly, I am so sorry you are experiencing health issues right now. I am praying that you and your care providers will have wisdom in choosing the right course of treatment for you.

I made 2 new coin purses for Disney. I am pretty pleased with them. I'd like to use them to hang off lanyards. I had planned on making the lanyards, but I can only find thin(ish) ribbon. ANyone know where I can get thicker ribbon, like what they use in Disney?

The first is for me and has a black interior. I hand stitched the satin stitch because I am not great at it with the sewing machine yet, and I like the look of it.

The second one is for my nephew and it has a baseball (same as the mickey head) interior. I actually used the sewing machine to applique this one and I think it turned out pretty well!!

I have a couple of easy fits I cut and they just need to be sewn. I also attempted a REAL pattern and that is cute. I did cut out a piece beackwards, but I'm using cheap fabric and considering it a learning experience.

You HAND SATIN STITCHED??? You need some sort of award or medal for that. I am in AWE! Even if it wasn't hard, it did take follow through. Honestly, I am so ADD with some of my projects that I always have quite the "to finish" pile going. But they both look really great! I know you will enjoy them.

Sunshine