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Fabooliss · 01-18-2013, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ab2008

This is out of focus, but gives you an idea. It was my first FE and I am really happy with how it turned out. I used fabric glue to make the heads, sewed the ribbon on and hot-glued the heads on the organizer.

Fantastic!! It is gorgeous !

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thedonduck · 01-18-2013, 08:40 PM

awesome! Looks like another trip to Ikea is in order!!!!

Stephandy03 · 01-19-2013, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by lilpooh108

I looked at the fabric and I'm pretty sure you can low-heat iron it. It might get "squishy" but I doubt it will melt unless you're blasting it with the iron.

I bought 2 and I'm ironing on Mickey heads from Eva and Milliepie. I'll post next week on how it turns out. That's when I expect to get to this project

Have you tried ironing yet? I want to smooth out the creases before I decorate but I'm scared to mess it up.

wdw_monster · 01-19-2013, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mmsmom

There is an example posted yesterday on the facebook fish extender page. I can't copy and paste from my phone but HTH.

There's a FE Facebook page?

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2BusyPlanning · 01-19-2013, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wdw_monster

There's a FE Facebook page?

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Fish Extender Disney Cruise Line. All caps. Lots of great info and examples of gifts people make and give.

RedxPanda · 01-20-2013, 07:04 AM

IKEA really does have a solution to EVERYTHING!

asemaria · 01-20-2013, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by RedxPanda

IKEA really does have a solution to EVERYTHING!

Yeah!
That is because they are fr.o.m. Sweden! Lol

Luet02 · 01-20-2013, 09:38 PM

This one is not bad if you want more pockets, it has 5, if you rip out the center seams of the top 3 pockets. Also from IKEA!

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/pr...096/#/70223097

Kbrush · 01-20-2013, 10:03 PM

You can buy the ikea organizers on eBay. A bit more expensive but I did get one for under $10 even with shipping. Was very wrinkled though.

lilpooh108 · 01-21-2013, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Stephandy03

Have you tried ironing yet? I want to smooth out the creases before I decorate but I'm scared to mess it up.

No, not yet. I'm having surgery in the morning so I'm lining my FE up as my "bed rest" project. Will do it soon

Fabooliss · 01-21-2013, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kbrush

You can buy the ikea organizers on eBay. A bit more expensive but I did get one for under $10 even with shipping. Was very wrinkled though.

Mine's very wrinkled, and I bought mine from Ikea... I wish I'd looked on Ebay... that would have been easier than going all the way to Ikea!

I'm thinking of painting Mickey Heads on ours with the kids' craft paints... going to do a test patch on the back first, I'll let everyone know how it goes! (Running out of time, we leave in 8 days)!

Fabooliss · 01-23-2013, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Fabooliss

Mine's very wrinkled, and I bought mine from Ikea... I wish I'd looked on Ebay... that would have been easier than going all the way to Ikea!

I'm thinking of painting Mickey Heads on ours with the kids' craft paints... going to do a test patch on the back first, I'll let everyone know how it goes! (Running out of time, we leave in 8 days)!

I just painted Mickey heads on with acrylic ( craft) paint. Looks great! I'm going to try writing names on with a sharpie. I'll post a picture when it is done.

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JoshAndEmmysMama74 · 01-27-2013, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by angiet1975

I wish they would let u order it only. We do not have a ikea here

We don't have one by us either. So I had a friend buy one for me. It is very light weight so she mailed it first class and it was only about $1 to mail it.

mom3girls2000 · 01-30-2013, 02:39 AM

That was my original plan... But it says do not iron. It is polyester, I'm worried it would melt! Eek!

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Idk if this is too late to help you, but I saw on the Fb page that someone ironed it anyway. So I had DH unearth my iron (only use it a few times a year ROFL), and I dusted it off

and realized that there is a polyester setting! And I don't have an ironing board, let alone a sleeve-thingy, so I took a small cutting board (clean) and stuck that into each pocket as I ironed it. It still wasn't easy though.

Because when I unrolled my soon-to-be FE, one pocket was fine, but the middle and bottom were very wrinkly.

Also, I used just fabric markers for our names. (WARNING: Fabric Markers can BLEED!) I bought that Walmart Disney ribbon, the black background with the red and yellow Mickey Heads? And I ripped off the stripes that came on the pockets and glued the ribbon on with fabric glue. In hindsight, I probably could have left on one of the stripes because that black Mickey-head ribbon is barely wide enough to cover both sets of holes. It's definitely NOT wide enough to cover both rows of holes AND overlap the raw edge from where the lower stripe was. After I glued on the ribbon and let it sit overnight, I then went back over the thing and glued the under-flap where it stuck up a lot IMHO lol.

Then I found this "Wish Upon a Star" pewter charm in my stash and sewed it to the top.

I am trying to put the picture of it here http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1360035096

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AbsyBabsy · 01-30-2013, 06:51 PM

Go to Joanns Fabric and buy disney scrapbook stickers - they are 3-d and stick very well to fabric - I have had several on mine last for quite a few cruises!

01-18-2013, 08:40 PM	#17
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Luet02 Earning My Ears Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 58	This one is not bad if you want more pockets, it has 5, if you rip out the center seams of the top 3 pockets. Also from IKEA! http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/pr...096/#/70223097 __________________ Me , DH , DS(8) , DS(4) , DS(1)

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mom3girls2000 Mouseketeer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Philadelphia, PA & Sun City Center, FL Posts: 232	That was my original plan... But it says do not iron. It is polyester, I'm worried it would melt! Eek! Sent from my iPad using DISBoards[/QUOTE] Idk if this is too late to help you, but I saw on the Fb page that someone ironed it anyway. So I had DH unearth my iron (only use it a few times a year ROFL), and I dusted it off and realized that there is a polyester setting! And I don't have an ironing board, let alone a sleeve-thingy, so I took a small cutting board (clean) and stuck that into each pocket as I ironed it. It still wasn't easy though. Because when I unrolled my soon-to-be FE, one pocket was fine, but the middle and bottom were very wrinkly. Also, I used just fabric markers for our names. (WARNING: Fabric Markers can BLEED!) I bought that Walmart Disney ribbon, the black background with the red and yellow Mickey Heads? And I ripped off the stripes that came on the pockets and glued the ribbon on with fabric glue. In hindsight, I probably could have left on one of the stripes because that black Mickey-head ribbon is barely wide enough to cover both sets of holes. It's definitely NOT wide enough to cover both rows of holes AND overlap the raw edge from where the lower stripe was. After I glued on the ribbon and let it sit overnight, I then went back over the thing and glued the under-flap where it stuck up a lot IMHO lol. Then I found this "Wish Upon a Star" pewter charm in my stash and sewed it to the top. I am trying to put the picture of it here http://i931.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1360035096 [QUOTE=Fabooliss;47227491] __________________ Max Me Dh Mark Of Philadelphia, PA & Sun City Center, FL Along with Sarah (27) and herChris(26), Rachel (26), and Danielle (20) DCL Wonder Oct 11, 2014 7-night out of San Juan, Puerto Rico DCL Magic Feb 21, 2014 with Dani Epcot's Int'l. Flower & Garden Festival 2013, split stay: All-Star Music & Sports FIRST B2B: Feb 16, 2013 5-Nights (W. Carib ~ Cozumel & Castaway Cay) PLUS Feb 21, 2013 4-Nights out of Miami, FL Christmas 2012 and NYE 2012/NY 2013 at Walt Disney World Int'l Food & Wine Festival Nov. 3 - 9, 2012 ~ Split Stay: Boardwalk & AKL August 17-24, 2012 off-site @ Liki Tiki Village in Winter Garden Mar 2 - 10, 2012 for the International Flower & Garden Festival (AKL-JH and then off-site at Star Island, Kissimmee) Feb 28 - Mar 1 for One More Disney Day @ ASMu DCL~FIRST Cruise - CUPIDS IN THE CARIBBEAN (7-night Magic E. Carib. 2/11-18/2012) Dec. 25, 2011 - does Disney on Ice (Dare to Dream) count? DW 27th Anniversary 10/22/2011 AKL-KV + BLT plus 1 week off-site at Parkway International Resort (which gets a huge thumbs up) DTD 2011 June 7 - Day Trip just for Dinner DW 2011 April 15 - Day Trip to the Magic Kingdom with dh and our 3 princesses Universal's Islands of Adventure 2011 March 18-20 - The Wizarding World of Harry Potter w/just me & #3 DW 2011 January - Star Island Resort (1 wk); Calypso Cay (1 wk) DW 2010 Christmas Week - AKL-JH DW 2010 Mid-Dec. - Magic Tree Resort (1.5 wks) w/#3 & her bff DW Nov 8-11 2010 - Surprise DVC Gift AKL-JH DW 2010 26th Anniversary Visit - Star Island Resort (1wk); Calypso Cay Resort (1 wk); Blue Tree Resort (1 wk) DW 2010 Easter Week - OKWR DW 2009 October Silver (25th) Anniversary Trip- All Star Music Resort (2 weeks) DW Family Gathering 2007 - Star Island Resort DW Honeymoon 1984 - Colony Plaza Hotel [/COLOR] Last edited by mom3girls2000; 02-04-2013 at 10:35 PM. Reason: Add info and picture.

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Kbrush Mouseketeer Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: New York Posts: 127	You can buy the ikea organizers on eBay. A bit more expensive but I did get one for under $10 even with shipping. Was very wrinkled though.

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