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I would use something with wire in it to get it to curl. Maybe thread some floral wire through heavy cord (like you would use to tie back drapes). Then tack it to itself or the dress in a few places so it doesn't have to hold the whole weight. :flower3:

I haven't put up any pics for a while. So I thought I'd share some wedding pictures of my son and new daughter. I didn't get to make the wedding dress :( , but I did get to make the bow ties and sashes and the Jr bridesmaid and flower girl dresses.::yes:: I especially love this picture of...

What a great job on your first attempt! Not lame. Understandable by all of us here. I'm trying to decide if I want my newly married son and DIL to wait to have a baby (probably best for them) or have one soon so I can make baby stuff. :confused3 Not that I actually get to decide anyway. :)...

Oooh, slippery stuff :headache: a couple of years ago I did velvet and satin for a Christmas dress. It was gorgeous, but I nearly lost my mind. I ended up hand basting everything where the two came together. I got those same glass slippers for my niece. She did not want to take them off...

I didn't use a pattern. It is just rectangles of various sizes. Each tier is a different length and the widths are sort of random. Then each tier is sewn together and gathered. Super easy to make. I think some one had posted a pic of a patchwork twirl and I just ran with it.

The Husqvarna machines have a lot going for them. You can do just about anything, but they can be a little complicated. My mother has 2 Husqvarna embroidery machines - a fairly basic one and a Diamond. Long story, short: I get to use them. She recently bought a BabyLoc Ellissimo. It is much more...

OK, I've been home a week and a half and my costumes are all done (I haven't finished unpacking yet, but oh, well) it's time to tell you all about my not-always-so-magical trip to Disney. I'll try to keep it short (if I can). Fair warning, I didn't succeed on that short thing :lmao: but I hope...

I met David and the Rainbow crew while I was getting ready to help start a middle school puppet ministry. A lot of great memories there! You and your grandchildren will LOVE the dinosaur show. I didn't make anything for that one since it was already around when I started working for Rainbow. In...

I shall repeat, "Whew, costumes are done!" I only need to mail them out tomorrow. The first show is July 7, so I'm actually a bit ahead of the game. (Have I mentioned I'm a procrastinator? I usually end up having to mail stuff overnight. ) Plus I got my photo books done before my groupons...

Whew, costumes are done! But I think I'll give them their own post. First let me try to catch up a bit.

Well, I haven't been posting 'cause I was at Disney World! I may not have been the most magical of vacations (more on that later when I have the time), but now it's over. However, right before I left, a guy I used to work for asked me if I could do some puppet costumes by the end of June. I...

I got a little behind; I've been sewing, sewing, sewing. I only have 8 days til we leave and at least two and a half of those are spoken for. I also plan to steal this idea. Soo cute. I usually just use the basting stitch on my machine (in some non-matching colors) and pull the bobbin...

T-shirts are really the hardest thing to embroider. There could be several things going wrong. First thing I would do is to take the bobbin and bobbin case out to make sure there isn't a nest of thread down there. Second, try stitching out your design on some woven fabric. That will tell...

I don't see why adults couldn't wear princess t-shirt dresses. No one would mistake you for a CM, which I have read is why they don't allow adults in costumes. The best advice I have for the needle problem is to go slooooow. When I'm sewing leather, sometimes I just turn the hand wheel to go...

Just about any dress pattern will work as long as it has a separate bodice. Just put white flutter sleeves (that's what I call them anyway) on it and add a pink ribbon wrapped around the bodice and tied at the top(google Pink Cinderella dress to see how it's wrapped), plus some bows on the...

I was planning to screen print basic Mickey heads on tshirts to wear to Epcot and sew bows on the girls' to make them into Minnies. Cute idea, right? But no, you all have to mention Heather Sue's embroideries. I go to look for Timon and Pumba for Animal Kingdom day - and what do I see? Mickey...

I have the Brother (270D) with the Disney designs that only has a 4x4 hoop. It is a really simple machine to work with, but 4x4 is just not big enough. I also have my mother's Husqvarna Platinum which I will soon be trading for her Husqvarna Diamond. The Platinum is pretty easy to use, but it...

I must have potato head fabric!!!!! Ok, done drooling. I've only got 18 days left before we leave, so I've had to get busy. Jammies The Hulk for that "other park" for little miss and brother I bought t-shirts with the muscles off of Walmart's clearance rack - of course...

Sorry about your Joann's. We love ours. They do have about half the store in craft stuff, but I like craft stuff so... I wanted to say how cute the ruffled dress with the butterflies is, but somehow there was no quote button :confused3 so I just grabbed this one instead.

Maybe you could get them new shoes for "summer" so as not to spoil the surprise. Then they could be wearing them in advance of the trip so they'd be a little broken in.