We are going Oct. 13-22. We are staying at the grand floridian. I can't wait!! Our kids don't know about the trip. I'm so excited!! It's really hard to keep quiet about it!! I will be sewing in secret after they are in bed. Good thing they are all deep sleepers!!
My Mom has made some amazing dresses for my daughter. I am so excited!
She is also making a Cinderella, a Tinkerbelle, and maybe a Minnie Mouse!
Hey, New to this thread. Kinda new to Dis, but I've really just been more of a reader for the past 15 years than a poster. anyway, I'm thinking about making my DD a princess dress for a potential upcoming trip to wdw, is there a pattern you recommend? I typically make fairly simple clothes from patterns I draft myself, but I think a princess dress is a bit beyond my pattern-drafting skills. It would still need to be fairly simple, I have a huge deadline at the end of September that's mostly hogging all of my sewing time. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I had poked around on You Can Make This for a while, but thought it might be faster to ask for recommendations, so I really really appreciate it. I'll check those out. We were at the fabric store and she fell in love with the Satin fabrics and really really really wanted a dress from them, so this is good timing.
We are headed to Disney at the beginning of November, yay!
My DD and I have a tradition of making a new costume for each day of the park and after a few years of this I am running out of ideas. I need help. I prefer cotton dresses ( in dresses meant to be in cotton mainly) but I may have to add others. In the past she has worn Alice, Snow White traditional and Snow White rag, Ariel's blue land dress, Esmeralda, Cinderella rag dress, and Jessie. I may be missing one or two, but I think that's it.
This time around I plan on making Briar Rose, Anna and possibly Wendy but that one I'm torn on because I feel like it should be a crepe, chiffon type fabric. She is being Elsa for Halloween but I'm not sure that I want her bringing that to Disney with the satin and cape.
Is there any other characters I can add? I'm out of ideas.
Megara from Hercules, Belle (her village dress especially), Mulan, Merida
Is there any other characters I can add? I'm out of ideas.
I want to start making some more. After following this thread for a long time, I decided I wanted to tackle the Simply Sweet because everyone just raves about it. I downloaded the pattern, but it looks complicated. Do you really need all 3 layers? Does it matter what fabric I use for the other side?
I am starting my 3rd Simply Sweet Dress today! It really is not that complicated, there are just a lot of pages to that pattern. I used the good material for the front, then i did a fusible interfacing instead of the extra fabric in the middle. then i used a cheaper fabric for the inside lining. The hardest part i think was doing the elastic in the back to make it more fitted. I am no professional by any means, pretty novice actually, but I do have my mother in law to help and she has been sewing a long time. If you have any specific questions I can try to help.
I want to start making some more. After following this thread for a long time, I decided I wanted to tackle the Simply Sweet because everyone just raves about it. I downloaded the pattern, but it looks complicated. Do you really need all 3 layers? Does it matter what fabric I use for the other side?
Also, does anyone have a link to a pattern or tutorial to make a very simple skirt besides a circle skirt?
Thanks!
I did not purchase the Simply Sweet pattern but made my own and I only use two fabric pieces for the front and for the back. I made the front and back pieces the same so I just cut out 4 of them. You can use cheaper fabric for the lining. I have made some of mine with Broadcloth.
Skirts are easy. Just take some fabric and sew the edges together. Fold down the top and make a casing for the elastic. Bottom edge can have ruffle added or just turned up and stitch. The width of the fabric will determine the fullness of the skirt.
I was just wondering how long does a project take you if you are not a pro sewer? My mom has agreed to makes skirts and shorts for my girls but I just realized it is 12 items and we only have 14 weeks until we leave.
On the plus side I got frozen fabric for 50% off.
chellewashere said:Its not you. I have had my machine for over a year and the threader works only part of the time.
FYI it is picky about thread.