Disboutiquers Part 16 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[MiniGirl]

Yep. That's what we want. I think I'm going to try to make my own pattern. I'm kind of excited about it. I used to love to sketch out dress ideas when I was little. Hopefully I can make something that we are all happy with.

I'll probably end up making all 5 costumes. My dd's friends want to be the other fairies.

I can't wait to see how your fairy costumes turn out. My girls are wanting to be fairies for MNSSHP this year as well, so I've been trying to work out a Fawn and Silvermist costume in my head. I have a few other things I need to do first. We're going early Sept though, so I have to get cracking.

I finished my first Feliz! I used the Trillium Design tutorial and it was immensely helpful. Couldn't have done the Feliz without it! Get ready for lots of pictures!

Very cute. I'm loving all the teenie, tiny ruffles on the back, and the seagulls on the front. Very cute.

I have also enjoyed all the boys bowling shirts posted lately. I'm making some for a casual beach wedding in a couple of months, so I'm enjoying seeing how nice they look.

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Reposting, just in case it was missed:

Has anyone done "Thing" number shirts (not their faces, just the numbers?) I'm going to have to applique by hand I'm guessing...

not sure if it would help, but I have a tshirt from Universal with both of them on it- love that shirt! its like 6 years old now...
meant to say I could take a picture of it!

Hey there!! Thanks for thinking of me. I've been lurking, but haven't been able to get on everyday. We are looking for a house (and are praying we find one that fits our needs/finances/area before the baby arrives). I was feeling pretty crummy this weekend, so I've been resting. I'm just really achy, having some pain down there, and pretty bad heartburn. Things overall are going well though. I passed my glucose test on Friday and had a good appointment - I can't believe I'm 28+ weeks already! She is moving a lot more. In about 4 weeks we'll be doing another round of 3d/4d ultrasound, can't wait to see her. I'm starting to really worry about the birth and getting stressed about not having a home yet. . . trying to take it easy though. .. praying all will fall into place soon.

thats tough, I know my brother and sil when she was pg the first time were also house hunting. I hope you find what you want and I remember being on here alot to keep myself occupied - thats when I was working on the pooh quilt too. hugs to ya!

Hey everyone!!! So, I've been off of the DIS for a LONG time! I'll be shocked if anyone remembers me! I've been keeping up with lots of you on facebook, but it's not the same! Hopefully, one of these days, I'll have time to properly catch up and hang out here more often! I just got a new job as a school nurse in a nearby school district, so I'm excited about that and hope it will allow me more DIS time and more importantly, more sewing time!! Plus, summers off sound kinda nice!

Of course we remember you!!

Hmm...I can see I'd better get out my boxing gloves...

I too saw that listing, which is why I PM'd her...
Lisa, eh-hem, did you get my PM?

 

[gulf breeze]

I used 5mm flatback gems and e-6000 glue. I forgot how thick the glue was and it got too thick in some spots. I'm going to try gem-tac glue and 3mm (which are tiiinny) next time and dab the glue on as I go. They aren't bad for a first time though

Thanks! There is some fabric glue....rose something??...sorry, I've got CRS really bad lately anyway you get it at Hobby Lobby wonder if that would work?

 

[glorib]

I finished my first Feliz! I used the Trillium Design tutorial and it was immensely helpful. Couldn't have done the Feliz without it! Get ready for lots of pictures!

This is your first feliz? It is absolutely, adorably, stunningly beautiful! ALL those ruffles!

 

[Stephres]

Steph- I love the pants! I just bought that fabric to do a BTS dress. Super cute.

I was so happy when I found it because it didn't scream little kid or girl. Of course Megan was so sad when she found it was for Jacob I am making her shorts out of the scraps, lol.

Ok I am working on my little ones 3rd Birthday dress. I am using Mccalls 5793 view A ... I am not wanting to do the flowers or the ribbon at the waist (pattern calls for ribbon and not a sash) I want to make it a bit more fun and festive but I just dont know how .. Any ideas ?? The fabric for the dress I got a walmart at the begining of summer it is light pink with kind of a retro design to it in different shades of pink,red,teal and light green oh and yellows...For the yoke I am using a bright almost hot pink. I tried to copy and paste a picture of it but it is not working of for me .. sorry

That is cute! Why don't you make a sash with the hot pink material? There is a free pattern here.

I can't wait to see how your fairy costumes turn out. My girls are wanting to be fairies for MNSSHP this year as well, so I've been trying to work out a Fawn and Silvermist costume in my head. I have a few other things I need to do first. We're going early Sept though, so I have to get cracking.

I bought the commercial fairy pattern and never did anything with it. I would love to see the fairies too!

 

[kimmylaj]

Wow, I would love an autograph book like that. Did you cut all of the cardstock like that?

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yes i cut it by hand, being a preschool teacher i am used to cutting out tons of paper at a time lol

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love it all, but i would love it more in bigger pictures. so great that you are gonna match i love it

 

[emcreative]

I too saw that listing, which is why I PM'd her...
Lisa, eh-hem, did you get my PM?

Oh no, not you too!
/practices my left hook...with my bidding finger, of course!

 

[jham]

I have a small ottlight I use for scrapbooking. I never thought it use it for sewing, duh!

And get packing, will you?



Megan says, that is so cute! And we have that nemo fabric. And that orange fabric with dots. I see her little mind spinning. I love the seagulls too, they're my favorites.

Here is the reluctant model in his pjs and the shirts Heather made for him::

Megan told him all the the girls will want to be his friend with his new haircut and he rolled his eyes. He told her he was too young to like girls. Mom says good, lol!

Love Jacob's haircut! It reminds me of Luke's

That Nemo Feliz is SOO cute! I absolutely love the tons of butt ruffles!

Jajone, great outfits! I love those bowling shirts!

 

[karamat]

I really want to go to the Cheesecake Factory, but I don't know if it is next to the Hobby Center. We saw Backyardigans live there, but I don't remember much about it. The show starts at 8, so I figure we have plenty time to go and eat. DH says we need to eat by 6. I don't get why he'd want to be really early to a show that has prearranged seating. Thank you for the info though. I'm really thinking about making a shirt with the phantom logo now.. lol

The closest Cheesecake Factory is at The Galleria. Downtown we now have a House of Blues (one of my favorites!!) If you'd like some restaurant suggestions let me know.

So the real reason I'm posting, though, is because I'm seriously wanting to take the plunge and possibly get an embroidery machine! Between the new job and my upcoming b-day, I feel the need to splurge! (Really, I feel the need to have my husband splurge! ) So, I need your recommendations! I would like something that I can purchase files for (all those designs of HeatherSue's are calling to me!) so that I can do applique. Plus, I know I said I'd like to splurge, but I do not want to sell all of my internal organs on the black market for this thing! So something reasonable in price! So, any recommendations and an approximate price would be SO MUCH appreciated!

I have a Janome 350e and love it. It is an embroidery only machine and uses a card reader (which I don't have) or a memory stick (so much easier and cheaper) to move files from my computer to the machine. I got mine for under $1,000 at my local Janmoe dealer. I've been so happy with it that I think my next sewing machine will be a Janome.

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I know this topic has been discussed before, sorry I didn't take notes then, but I want to get a dress form (toddler size) - any suggestions on where to buy? And what's a good size to get - my DD is in size 18-24 months, so I don't want something too big that the outfits won't fit, but I also don't want to re-buy one everytime she grows.

And thanks to everyone that offered help on the Emma Top. I took another look at the pattern pieces (first pic I posted) and the size 1-2 was bigger on the bottom section than some of the bigger sizes. So I just made it work! I'm missing the buttons (don't know why I can't remember those when I'm at JoAnns), but here it is...

 

[twob4him]

I finished my first Feliz! I used the Trillium Design tutorial and it was immensely helpful. Couldn't have done the Feliz without it! Get ready for lots of pictures!

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Absolutely awesome and very creative!! Love all of the BR!!!! I made my first one using Trillium and I couldnt have done it without her. I have to make two more myself for my girls.

 

[sahm1000]

Here are my very first Vida's thanks the the tutorial posted on the boards a few days ago (I'm sorry, but I can't remember her name on here right now but her blog is lyin' on the couch watching oprah ). I was surprised to see how easily they went together and I will definitely be making more. My DD's loved them!!!
Here's the front:

Here's the back:

My dancing princesses:

sorry for so many pics!

Great job on the dresses! And it's not too any pictures! Love the one of them dancing in them!

Traci,

Here is the Pooh toile I made for Margaret. Since they are leaving for their wish trip so soon, I just used a couple of fabrics I already had. It is a very simple dress. I hope it will be easy for her mother to dress her in.

I love that dress Piper! I think the toile is so pretty!

Here's the AK outfit I finished for Hayleigh today. I'm not quite sure why the shirt turned out a little tight, I made it the same size as others I've done and they've been on the big side. I may add a ruffle to it. It the portrait peasant top and the flouncy skirt both Carla C's. The applique design is HeatherSue's new safari mickey head.

ANd drumroll please.....I'm halfway through my first Feliz! Hopefully I'll get it done tomorrow and have pictures to share!

Get ready for too many Hayleigh pics!

Love it! You did an awesome job! I love your fabric choices for the applique. Can't wait to see your Feliz!

I know I posted these pics a million years ago, but they remain my favorite outfit I made for our last Magical Gathering. i have to say I like my new stuff that I am making for our upcoming trip, but I haven't taken pics to post yet. (I will soon). Enjoy!

I love these dresses! The backs are fantastic!

As I'm starting our photobook and getting my trip report ready, I thought I'd post a few pics of Melissa's (mommyof3princess) awesome outfits in action!

It took two days for me to get the Hula dress off of Hannah. Yes, she even slept in it TWICE! I only managed it this morning because she had to get ready for another trip (and then she tried to put her Minnie dress back on before it was washed, lol!)

The dresses are fantastic! Melissa did a wonderful job. Love the Hula dress, that is so original!

Okay, one more...i made this for my daughter for Halloween a few years ago. She wore it to the last Pirate and Princess Party we attended. Got LOTS of attention. Captain Jack Sparrow loved it...he even gave her a special coin to take to "Moe's Tavern" and ask for Larry. They would then turn her into a real pirate...but she MUST be grown up first. (she is desperately waiting. The coin has a place of honor in her room) Sorry her head is cut off, I was trying to show more of the outfot. It is a crazy background, but it was the best pic I have of the outfit...

Great job on the pirate outfit! I have that pattern for the skirt and I love it too. It makes a perfect pirate skirt! Can't wait till LisaZoe gets her done and I can try that one too! My girls want to be pirates for Halloween this year so I hope it's done soon!

 

[LisaZoe]

I finished my first Feliz! I used the Trillium Design tutorial and it was immensely helpful. Couldn't have done the Feliz without it! Get ready for lots of pictures!

That came out so cute! You definitely are a serious contender for the 'butt ruffle' hall of fame.

I would love to get the 'sickness' again. I may just do that if you do the Vida villain dress again in a custom size!

There was a "rumor" going around that there "may" have been some type of listing with a custom dress/custom size that went POOF! very recently (but dont' make me fight you for it if it happens again!)

That was it?? I promise, I didn't do it. I didn't see it. I can't promise I wouldn't have done it... but it wasn't me this time. How did I miss that??

Steph- I love the pants! I just bought that fabric to do a BTS dress. Super cute.

Husky- OMG the only thing better then butt ruffles is polka dotted butt ruffles!!!! Great job!!!

Did I miss Lisa's Evil Queen Vida again!!! That is one of my favorites ever. It is so so so super cool.

Hmm...I can see I'd better get out my boxing gloves...

You like me, you really like me... said in my best Sally Field's voice.

So I'm making a little progress on the skirt pattern testing as time allows. Here's the most recent version (actually I made it more than a month ago but finally had time to get photos edited). I'm really happy with how it came out - so much that I actually made a top to complete the set. The only thing I'm not so happy about is that the princess fabric I used in the skirt doesn't really show much once I added the extra 'frills'. Oh well, that was a lucky find in the remnant bin.

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Back:

OK, back to trying to find a way to feel cooler. We're currently in the middle of what's predicted to be a string of record highs for the next several days. I don't do well in the heat... and we have no air conditioning so sewing is mostly done in the morning or at night if things cool off enough.

 

[Camping Griswalds]

I finished my first Feliz! I used the Trillium Design tutorial and it was immensely helpful. Couldn't have done the Feliz without it! Get ready for lots of pictures!

That is butt ruffles galore!!!

Now what is this about a LisaZoe and a BIN??? Did I miss something stunning? PM me to help a lost sole out! I barely have time to look here, and now I've got to haunt Ebay as well? My boss is gonna kill me!

 

[emcreative]

Front:

Back:

Please tell me that's a size 7

 

[WDWAtLast]

Wow - I am pages behind - but I finished my two patchwork twirl dresses!!! Thanks to Mirandag819 who shared with me how to merge the SImply Sweet halter top and the patchwork twirl skirt!!!

 

[3huskymom]

That came out so cute! You definitely are a serious contender for the 'butt ruffle' hall of fame.

Thank you! I figured while I was making one I might as well go for the maximum butt ruffle factor. Hayleigh loved it and my mom seemed really impressed by it today, although she keeps asking when she's going to wear all of these during a 1 week vacation. I reminded her we have a trip in October and December. I'll make some peasant tops to go under the sundresses to get wear out of them in December. I'm hoping October will still be sundress weather.

 

[LisaZoe]

I know this topic has been discussed before, sorry I didn't take notes then, but I want to get a dress form (toddler size) - any suggestions on where to buy? And what's a good size to get - my DD is in size 18-24 months, so I don't want something too big that the outfits won't fit, but I also don't want to re-buy one every time she grows.

And thanks to everyone that offered help on the Emma Top. I took another look at the pattern pieces (first pic I posted) and the size 1-2 was bigger on the bottom section than some of the bigger sizes. So I just made it work! I'm missing the buttons (don't know why I can't remember those when I'm at JoAnns), but here it is...

Your top came out really cute! I want to try that pattern soon although I'm thinking about changing the back a bit so it's not open.

I have dress forms in 3 sizes - 2, 4 and 6. The 2 is probably the size you'd find works now and for quite a while. There's really not a big difference between the 2 and 4 - I can get a few basic measurements for you if you'd like.

Please tell me that's a size 7

Sure... if you're size 7 child is the same basic height/weight/shape as a child wearing more like a 3/4. Since this was a test of the pattern, I used remnants and made the size that worked with what I had.

BTW - I feel like I should mention Aurora's face isn't applique but is painted. I used to paint on clothes before I learned to applique and I've been thinking about mixing the two. I really like the results so I may try more in the future.

 

[sahm1000]

I'm behind again, so los of multi-quotes from me!

Hi ladies, I just skimmed, so I hope I didn't miss much.

Marah, I'm sorry your trip wasn't as magical as it could've been, but I'm glad to see you focusing on the good parts of your trip and making those the focus of your memories. Add me to those who recommend renting DVC points. We have rented from DISers before, and never had any problems. Of course, I was hoping it would convince my dh that we NEEDED to buy DVC, and that backfired. Why buy when we can rent? Ugh!! But that's a whole nother story.

I'm loving all the Vida's we've been seeing lately. I've seen many of Lisa's before, and spend too much time just staring at them and amazed at how she turns applique into works of art. I've enjoyed the tutorials, too Of course, all the outfits have been amazing. To those of you contemplating a Feliz..... go for it. Don't let the pattern intimidate you. There are a couple of good tutorials (Trillium is my fave), and the result is so worth it.

About the AG dolls.... we have 5 in our house and just love them. I mentioned not getting anymore and just concentrating on accessories, and after some thought, both girls vetoed that idea. LOL!!! For you homeschoolers, I lost my links but there are some unit studies based on the historical dolls. Also..... shhhhh.... don't tell my girls, but Chrissa will be arriving soon. Yep, I bought her from QVC, and she'll be put away for either a birthday or holiday.

I also don't think I've shown this yet. I made this a couple of months ago with listing it in mind. However, if you look closely at the flower applique on the skirt, you can see lots of little white lines. Remember the talk of when to change needles from the last thread. Well, let's just say it needs to be done before this happens or you'll end up with all the little runs. I was also trying to add ruffles to a shirred back.

The hem is even, btw. I think it was just not hung properly on the form.

Cute outfit! I certainly cannot tell that there is something wrong with it! I think it's great!

Question about buying fabric/yardages:

When using a variety of prints , how do you decide how much of each print to buy? 1 yard of each or more? (I would need to double it anyway for both girls!)

Revrob - I am from Nacogdoches! My sister met her dh in Longview!!

Oh, what a silly question to ask on this board since we're all addicted to fabric! Since I have three girls and I am paranoid that I will not have enough I usually way overbuy (just ask my DH ). I usually end up with around 4 yards of fabric if I'm just buying it b/c I like it but don't have a "purpose" for. I'm in TX too by the way! I'm in McKinney, north of Dallas.

We LOVE the AG store in Dallas. We go every chance we get. We've never had a meal in the bistro though. We really need to do that!

These pics are so cute!


It's a small world, isn't it? As a matter of fact, I met a Disboutiquer on this thread, and later learned that we're actually related! and her husband's family lives very close to me - and we never knew it! It's a SMALL WORLD!

Shannon, if you ever want to meet up for lunch at the AG Dallas, let me know. I just took my oldest two there at the beginnng of the month to buy a Bitty Baby for Lilly's first b-day. I'm a bad Mommy and I had never taken them to the store before. Of course, they were in heaven. Since then they have been begging to go to lunch there! All three girls have Bitty Babies and my oldest two have Samantha dolls. So they have the dolls, just hadn't been there. I obviously know now that we have to go back!

THanks, she was fine, although we needed x rays and she was really cut up. Basically, she somehow got disoriented and on the down escalator while I was paying (she has high functioning autism and other disabilities, so I keep a really close eye on her... I also am extremely careful about escalators since I have always had a supposedly irrational fear of falling down one... she started out ok but then realized what she had done and tried to go up; and that's where the trouble started. She doesn't have anywhere near the coordination to do that, and so she kept falling up the escalator as it was going down. I dropped everything and raced down to her- so did another mom, but she was really banged up, especially her hands and legs where the edges kept digging in. She suddenly calmed a bit in order to finish shopping beofre the trip to the ER.

Poor baby! Glad she was okay enough to shop a little!

When I was a little girl my mom was shopping with one of my friends and me. We were going down the escalator and the other little girl started to fall. My mom tried to stop her and we all ended up falling. The girl and I were okay but my mom was cut up and had to have stitches. I understand your "irrational" fear completely.

I'm glad she was okay and could shop before the ER.

I compleely understand being paranoid of escalators! I am always so nervous around them. Angel, I had a similar thing happen to me when I was really little and saw a little boy (but I didn't know him) get caught at the bottom of an escalator. I've always been a little scared ince then.

Deann, I have no idea when Ariel wore a red dress.

I started sewing for the babes when she was a size 1 or 12 months. I like strip work dresses and the portrait peasant dress the best. I also made a few skirt sets for her that were really cute. I will try to dig up some pics of baby customs.

Hannah flipped over the doll holder in the bathrooms too. LOL

So here are my WAY to many pictures of the American Girl Store in NYC. I am taking both girls in a few weeks to do lunch and see The Little Mermaid before it closes.

LOL Is that enough American Girl???

Cute pics Aimee! And you are showing another one of my favorite dresses, the Ariel one! I love that dress! It's fantastic!

As I explained before, I feel like a bad Mommy since my older two girls just went to the AG store here in Dallas this month. But to make it worse, my sister lives in Chicago. We were there in Feb. and we decided to take my girls into the city. I totally screwed up, we went to the Museum of Science and Industry instead of the AG store. Looking back on it, we should have skipped the museum and gone to the store. We did take them to Manny's for lunch (a fairly famous cafeteria in downtown Chicago) and got popcorn from Garrett's of course! But I totally screwed that up!

My girls were fascinated by the dolly holder in the bathroom too! And, the hand Dyson hand dryer! They still talk about both of those things! All my pictures are on the other computer, or I'd post some.

Our movie theater has the Dyson hand dryers. The really are pretty cool!

Aimee, you really need to take Hannah out more. The poor child never goes anywhere! LOL

I love all the pictures but the last one with her looking in the window is my favorite. So stinkin' cute!!

This is where Gracie first saw the treehouse. I really want to get it for her for Christmas. She is saying, "Please mommy!"

I kind of want the treehouse too!

 

[tricia]

I made this for the little girl Traci posted about:

And this for my sister:

I am making one for my mom and the fabric has a hole in it! I didn't notice it until I was unpinning the pattern piece. I will see what JoAnn's has to say about it tomorrow (probably too bad, so sad).

I also made Jacob some pj pants but he won't let me take a picture of them. They have weiner dogs all over them and might be "girly." Also he got his haircut and is embarrassed about it. I think it looks great!

Good job. Wish I could be your sister. I only have brothers, and the only thing they ever give me is a pain in the but.

It's actually just a scrub from Walmart but I think there's enough for an outfit or two!

That is really cute.

Wow you all have been moving fast! I have been sewing away. I made several mickey head applique shirts. The ones below I made for the boys and all four adults. And since my parents are coming this year, I made them each shirts zebra and red mickey shirts that we have from last year.

Here is the princess dress I finished today.

Love the matching shirts, and great princess dress.

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Great outfits. Love the TT bowling shirt.

I finished my first Feliz! I used the Trillium Design tutorial and it was immensely helpful. Couldn't have done the Feliz without it! Get ready for lots of pictures!

that is awesome. Love the colours and it has some serious twirl factor too.

I have a small ottlight I use for scrapbooking. I never thought it use it for sewing, duh!

And get packing, will you?



Megan says, that is so cute! And we have that nemo fabric. And that orange fabric with dots. I see her little mind spinning. I love the seagulls too, they're my favorites.

Here is the reluctant model in his pjs and the shirts Heather made for him::

Megan told him all the the girls will want to be his friend with his new haircut and he rolled his eyes. He told her he was too young to like girls. Mom says good, lol!

That is cute. Good thing he is still too young to like girls, cause he is a little looker.

The closest Cheesecake Factory is at The Galleria. Downtown we now have a House of Blues (one of my favorites!!) If you'd like some restaurant suggestions let me know.



I have a Janome 350e and love it. It is an embroidery only machine and uses a card reader (which I don't have) or a memory stick (so much easier and cheaper) to move files from my computer to the machine. I got mine for under $1,000 at my local Janmoe dealer. I've been so happy with it that I think my next sewing machine will be a Janome.

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I know this topic has been discussed before, sorry I didn't take notes then, but I want to get a dress form (toddler size) - any suggestions on where to buy? And what's a good size to get - my DD is in size 18-24 months, so I don't want something too big that the outfits won't fit, but I also don't want to re-buy one everytime she grows.

And thanks to everyone that offered help on the Emma Top. I took another look at the pattern pieces (first pic I posted) and the size 1-2 was bigger on the bottom section than some of the bigger sizes. So I just made it work! I'm missing the buttons (don't know why I can't remember those when I'm at JoAnns), but here it is...

That is really cute. Love the fabrics.

Wow - I am pages behind - but I finished my two patchwork twirl dresses!!! Thanks to Mirandag819 who shared with me how to merge the SImply Sweet halter top and the patchwork twirl skirt!!!

Good job, it came out great.

 

[WDWAtLast]

Wow you all have been moving fast! I have been sewing away. I made several mickey head applique shirts. The ones below I made for the boys and all four adults. And since my parents are coming this year, I made them each shirts zebra and red mickey shirts that we have from last year.

Here is the princess dress I finished today.

Very cute!!!

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Love them all - espcially the Tinkerbell outfits and the braclets!

I finished my first Feliz! I used the Trillium Design tutorial and it was immensely helpful. Couldn't have done the Feliz without it! Get ready for lots of pictures!

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So adorable!! Love the colors and the Mine Mine Mine!!

[quote="karamat, post: 32903634"]The closest Cheesecake Factory is at The Galleria. Downtown we now have a House of Blues (one of my favorites!!) If you'd like some restaurant suggestions let me know.



I have a Janome 350e and love it. It is an embroidery only machine and uses a card reader (which I don't have) or a memory stick (so much easier and cheaper) to move files from my computer to the machine. I got mine for under $1,000 at my local Janmoe dealer. I've been so happy with it that I think my next sewing machine will be a Janome.

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I know this topic has been discussed before, sorry I didn't take notes then, but I want to get a dress form (toddler size) - any suggestions on where to buy? And what's a good size to get - my DD is in size 18-24 months, so I don't want something too big that the outfits won't fit, but I also don't want to re-buy one everytime she grows.

And thanks to everyone that offered help on the Emma Top. I took another look at the pattern pieces (first pic I posted) and the size 1-2 was bigger on the bottom section than some of the bigger sizes. So I just made it work! I'm missing the buttons (don't know why I can't remember those when I'm at JoAnns), but here it is...
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Turned out great!!

That came out so cute! You definitely are a serious contender for the 'butt ruffle' hall of fame.











You like me, you really like me... said in my best Sally Field's voice.

So I'm making a little progress on the skirt pattern testing as time allows. Here's the most recent version (actually I made it more than a month ago but finally had time to get photos edited). I'm really happy with how it came out - so much that I actually made a top to complete the set. The only thing I'm not so happy about is that the princess fabric I used in the skirt doesn't really show much once I added the extra 'frills'. Oh well, that was a lucky find in the remnant bin.

Front:

Back:

OK, back to trying to find a way to feel cooler. We're currently in the middle of what's predicted to be a string of record highs for the next several days. I don't do well in the heat... and we have no air conditioning so sewing is mostly done in the morning or at night if things cool off enough.

I love this outfit!!! I would love to attempt your skirt whenever it is ready!!! Sorry about the heat - I hope it cools off soon!