Disboutiquers Part 18 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[jessica52877]

Jessica = those dresses are adorable!

Okay - do you guys think this stitched out right? Did I do something wrong? It was done on a 4x4, which I asked the person if it was possible for me.....Do you think Pilgrim Minnie looks mad? and how the face peach color doesnt touch the black sides? What should I do?

Also, is there anything special for taking embroidery stuff out? I stitched something on a sweatshirt UPSIDE DOWN!!!

Usually it is just not stablized well when they don't touch. I have done several and they don't usually touch! It is super duper hard for some reason to do on knit and get it perfect. It pulls so much doing all those little stitches! I think it is super cute and wouldn't think much about it.

 

[jessica52877]

I also meant to say that if it wasn't specifically made for a 4x4 hoop and shrank down to that size it could have something to do with it. Sometimes they just don't shrink well (or enlarge). All designers aren't real careful with that kind of stuff.

 

[jessica52877]

Oh, all as in some of them don't check on those things. Not everyone! KWIM?

 

[billwendy]

Oh, all as in some of them don't check on those things. Not everyone! KWIM?

you guys are funny....

Jessica, I do know what you mean - and she did specifically shrink it down for me to a 4x4....should I just ask her to take a look at it? I have a layer of fusable ironed to the back, then a layer of cut away from the hoop and then on the face I put a layer of that really thin wash away stuff -oh, its on sweatshirt material...... I just dont know if I should do one for Tim and Elizabeth too - or if its just creepy looking!!! lol!!

On another note, we are finally getting around to building my sewing center. I have an L shape with an 8 foot counter meeting a 6 foot counter. I have my serger, sewing machine, embroidery machine, TV and computer to put on it - how would you guys lay it out? And I still dont know how to store my fabric!!! Nini - I could use an organizer too!!

 

[jessica52877]

Wow! I am jealous of your sewing area! I need to do something with mine! The bed gets in the way but I use it nonstop for cutting and what not. I cannot imagine not having it in the room.

I don't think she is creepy looking. But I know what you are saying about the face. I think mine look oddly creepy sometimes. I think more then likely the shrinking has alot to do with it. You can always ask about it. Won't hurt.

I think you have stablized enough and can't imagine adding anything else to it. I'll have to take some close ups of what I have done. I think they all have parts like that! Most of them were done in my 4x4 hoop too!

 

[teresajoy]

These are not Disney related but I thought I would post what I have been working on since we returned from Disney 2 wks ago.
This is the front of both...

These are so cute! I always loved Corey in overalls when he was little!

I am sorry Lydia is so sick. I dread my kids getting H1N1. There is not enough of the vaccine available here. They had one day where the health dept was giving the vaccine. We got there 45 minutes early and the line was longer than any line I ever saw at Disney. I guarantee the vaccine didn't last until the end of the line (I didn't waste my time staying). Anyway, I really hope everyone recovers as quick as possible. It seems like your kids have been sick for some time now -- it's been over a week, hasn't it?.

There isn't enough vaccine here either. They only had enough for the middle school.

It will be a week on Thursday, but I'm pretty sure she was sick Wednesday night when she went to bed early without being told. Her fever is still running about 102. Arminda has been fever free for 2 days, so she will go back to school tomorrow. She is coughing up a storm though, so I'm hoping she isn't contagious anymore.

I think it would be fun to meet up with you too! I am afraid that after we go in January, I don't have a definate "next trip" planned. Poor me! Hope Lydia gets better. How many days has she had this high fever now?

It will be a week on Thursday. On Sunday it was lower, around 99.4ish, but then went back up yesterday and today

Try having her wear a base layer you can change out over top of. Think about a camisole and either bicycle shorts or leggings. Then you can change wherever and whenever you want. My daughter does this WHILE we are waiting in line to see the characters and it works really well.

That's what we do as well with Lydia. She always wears little knit shorts under her dresses, and if I know we'll be doing costume changes during the day, I'll have her wear a little tank top. It works really well!

These overalls are soooo adorable! Your applique work is just great!

Here is what I have been working on - The "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Knot" handbag from YCMT. I used photo fabric instead of fat quarters for the main panels and I LOVE it! This is the prototype for my Christmas gifts for my mil, gmil, and aunt-in-law - the hardest part was doing the topstitch through four layers of stuff, so forgive that part - I am hoping to do better on the next one! I have wanted a photo bag of the kids for so long, but they are just so expensive - this is a great alternative!

OOOH! I think I need to CASE you! those are too cute!

Here is the finished Jacket for Evie - I put ricrak and a button Mickey on the front to finish it. Evie really likes her jacket. She was giving Pluto kisses today.
and the back again I didn't do anymore to the back though.

I love the button Mickey!! That really added the right touch!

Has anyone used satin with flannel backing? I found a princess/castle print and thought it would make comfy easy fit pants. I've never used anything like it so I didn't buy it because I didn't know how easy it would be to work with.

It's not too bad to work with. You might need to pin more than you usually do is all.

Hi all! I am interested in finding some patterns for my mom's embroidery machine. Mickey, minnie etc. Can anyone halp point me in the correct direction? Thanks so much

Heathersue on Etsy is really good. There are other digitizers, but she's the only one I've ever used.

 

[teresajoy]

Whew! It's been pretty slow on here all day, so I thought I would help it along. I have a number of outfits finished, I just needed to take the time to put them in photobucket!
We're headed to DW Dec 5-12, 9 adults and 1 little girl. Of course, as you all know she must coordinate with our daily plans!! She's only 16 months so she's really easy to sew for and my fabric goes a long way (except with the feliz!!) Here's what I have done so far. All appliques are "by hand".
Feliz for the GF beach photo shoot. I got this idea from the dress like this from the Sew Beautiful Magazine someone posted a while back:

This is an outfit for Magic Kingdom: (patchwork skirt and CarlaC's raglan)

A simply sweet for Epcot and Biergarten. I was going for a "German" look. The applique says "It's a small world" I CASED ideas from another dress I saw on here quite a while ago.

A simply sweet with patchwork skirt. I used Jham's idea for the patches, making each rows 1.5X the size of the previous. Makes it really easy to gather by hand!!

And, finally, not Disney, but CarlaC!! I made her portrait peasant dress and added a sash for a wedding we went to. I also made the petti for underneath it (I'll use it at Disney too). It needs to be shortened a bit, so that goes on the list.

Thanks for looking!! I'll post more as i get them done! I have 18 days left (4 of which I'll be out of the country!!!)!!!

Jessica

ETA: I did resize all of them. Hopefully they fix!

Wow!!! I love all of these!!! I recognized the one from Sew Beautiful right away! I like yours better.
LOVE the patchwork!!!
The Biergarten dress is my FAVORITE!!!! That is wonderful!!! LOOOOVE it!
I love the dress for the wedding too!!

But, you made your pictures too little! I need nice big pictures.

Jessica = those dresses are adorable!

Okay - do you guys think this stitched out right? Did I do something wrong? It was done on a 4x4, which I asked the person if it was possible for me.....Do you think Pilgrim Minnie looks mad? and how the face peach color doesnt touch the black sides? What should I do?

Also, is there anything special for taking embroidery stuff out? I stitched something on a sweatshirt UPSIDE DOWN!!!

I would try stitching it out on regular fabric and then sewing it to the sweatshirts. Then, you won't have as much of the stretch factor going on. That is a pretty big gap between her face and head. She does look a little mad, but I don't think anyone is going to notice that from a reasonable distance! Is she suppose to be appliqued? It looks like she should have material for her white hat. I'm wondering if that would help stablaize it too, since it would probably go behind her face. Do you have a picture from further away? I bet it's not as notable that way.

Jessica - love all your stuff! It is just great!!!

Thanks to everyone for the kudo's on my handbag! I love it and got so many great compliments today at my kids' preschool on it. Feel free to copy away - it is the "He loves me, he love's me knot" bag from YCMT. The photo fabric is from - you buy it in the craft department, near where all the little iron on stones and aprons and such are. It is ink-jet printer fabric, you just print it out on any ink jet printer. I think there are like 7 sheets in a pack. I did the colorfast process before sewing, just to make sure the bag would hold up.

What is the colorfast process?

Oh, all as in some of them don't check on those things. Not everyone! KWIM?

You make me laugh Jessica!!! We knew what you meant!

 

[Granna4679]

Whew! It's been pretty slow on here all day, so I thought I would help it along. I have a number of outfits finished, I just needed to take the time to put them in photobucket!
We're headed to DW Dec 5-12, 9 adults and 1 little girl. Of course, as you all know she must coordinate with our daily plans!! She's only 16 months so she's really easy to sew for and my fabric goes a long way (except with the feliz!!) Here's what I have done so far. All appliques are "by hand".
Feliz for the GF beach photo shoot. I got this idea from the dress like this from the Sew Beautiful Magazine someone posted a while back:

This is an outfit for Magic Kingdom: (patchwork skirt and CarlaC's raglan)

A simply sweet for Epcot and Biergarten. I was going for a "German" look. The applique says "It's a small world" I CASED ideas from another dress I saw on here quite a while ago.

Dress for MVMCP. I modified CarlaC's a-line top and totally guessed on how to make a skirt similar to the one LisZoe has shown on here.

A simply sweet with patchwork skirt. I used Jham's idea for the patches, making each rows 1.5X the size of the previous. Makes it really easy to gather by hand!!

And, finally, not Disney, but CarlaC!! I made her portrait peasant dress and added a sash for a wedding we went to. I also made the petti for underneath it (I'll use it at Disney too). It needs to be shortened a bit, so that goes on the list.

Thanks for looking!! I'll post more as i get them done! I have 18 days left (4 of which I'll be out of the country!!!)!!!

Jessica

ETA: I did resize all of them. Hopefully they fix!

Wow!! Awesome, awesome, awesome! I love all the outfits but my favorite is the Feliz! That will make beautiful beach pictures. I usually wait to quote on several things at a time but Wow!! You have done an excellent job. I also hand applique all of my things and I know how much work you have put into all of this!! My next favorite (if I picked) would be the "its a small world"....just too cute!

 

[lovesdumbo]

I did an outfit for DGD for our trip a few weeks ago with Fox and the Hound. Its an oldie but its her favorite and she loved it.

I loved that outfit!!!

Whew! It's been pretty slow on here all day, so I thought I would help it along. I have a number of outfits finished, I just needed to take the time to put them in photobucket!
We're headed to DW Dec 5-12, 9 adults and 1 little girl. Of course, as you all know she must coordinate with our daily plans!! She's only 16 months so she's really easy to sew for and my fabric goes a long way (except with the feliz!!) Here's what I have done so far. All appliques are "by hand".
Feliz for the GF beach photo shoot. I got this idea from the dress like this from the Sew Beautiful Magazine someone posted a while back:

This is an outfit for Magic Kingdom: (patchwork skirt and CarlaC's raglan)

A simply sweet for Epcot and Biergarten. I was going for a "German" look. The applique says "It's a small world" I CASED ideas from another dress I saw on here quite a while ago.

Dress for MVMCP. I modified CarlaC's a-line top and totally guessed on how to make a skirt similar to the one LisZoe has shown on here.

A simply sweet with patchwork skirt. I used Jham's idea for the patches, making each rows 1.5X the size of the previous. Makes it really easy to gather by hand!!

And, finally, not Disney, but CarlaC!! I made her portrait peasant dress and added a sash for a wedding we went to. I also made the petti for underneath it (I'll use it at Disney too). It needs to be shortened a bit, so that goes on the list.

Thanks for looking!! I'll post more as i get them done! I have 18 days left (4 of which I'll be out of the country!!!)!!!

Jessica

ETA: I did resize all of them. Hopefully they fix!

WOW!!!! LOVE all of them-love the Partners statue outfit! Love the Mickey/Minnie Christmas outfit. Your appliques are incredible!!!

Well, I've finally finished a Christmas dress (or skirt) for each of the 4 granddaughters that can walk

A Vida for the 4YO:

back:

My first precious dress:

and a patchwork twirl for the dgd who is about a size 6 around, but a size 10 in length--I didn't want to chance a dress when she's in Kansas and I'm in Washington! (no elastic in the waist yet, going to Joann's in just a bit)

and full circle view:

I've now tried 3 of the patterns I wanted to practice before 12/10's trip to WDW--can't wait to see these on the actual granddaughters!

Those are great!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Whew! It's been pretty slow on here all day, so I thought I would help it along. I have a number of outfits finished, I just needed to take the time to put them in photobucket!
We're headed to DW Dec 5-12, 9 adults and 1 little girl. Of course, as you all know she must coordinate with our daily plans!! She's only 16 months so she's really easy to sew for and my fabric goes a long way (except with the feliz!!) Here's what I have done so far. All appliques are "by hand".
Feliz for the GF beach photo shoot. I got this idea from the dress like this from the Sew Beautiful Magazine someone posted a while back:

This is an outfit for Magic Kingdom: (patchwork skirt and CarlaC's raglan)

A simply sweet for Epcot and Biergarten. I was going for a "German" look. The applique says "It's a small world" I CASED ideas from another dress I saw on here quite a while ago.

Dress for MVMCP. I modified CarlaC's a-line top and totally guessed on how to make a skirt similar to the one LisZoe has shown on here.

A simply sweet with patchwork skirt. I used Jham's idea for the patches, making each rows 1.5X the size of the previous. Makes it really easy to gather by hand!!

And, finally, not Disney, but CarlaC!! I made her portrait peasant dress and added a sash for a wedding we went to. I also made the petti for underneath it (I'll use it at Disney too). It needs to be shortened a bit, so that goes on the list.

Thanks for looking!! I'll post more as i get them done! I have 18 days left (4 of which I'll be out of the country!!!)!!!

Jessica

ETA: I did resize all of them. Hopefully they fix!

These are all amazing! Especially love the Feliz!

Well, I've finally finished a Christmas dress (or skirt) for each of the 4 granddaughters that can walk

A Vida for the 4YO:

back:

My first precious dress:

and a patchwork twirl for the dgd who is about a size 6 around, but a size 10 in length--I didn't want to chance a dress when she's in Kansas and I'm in Washington! (no elastic in the waist yet, going to Joann's in just a bit)

and full circle view:

I've now tried 3 of the patterns I wanted to practice before 12/10's trip to WDW--can't wait to see these on the actual granddaughters!

Super cute!

 

[froggy33]

Jessica - love all your stuff! It is just great!!!

Fantastic job Jessica! Love them all, you did a fantastic job!

Thank you so much!!

Wow!! Awesome, awesome, awesome! I love all the outfits but my favorite is the Feliz! That will make beautiful beach pictures. I usually wait to quote on several things at a time but Wow!! You have done an excellent job. I also hand applique all of my things and I know how much work you have put into all of this!! My next favorite (if I picked) would be the "its a small world"....just too cute!

Thank you!! The feliz really did turn out nice. It is a gauze material, so it was a little difficult to work with, but it will be nice and flowy. Plus I am used to using less than a yard of fabric for my daughters clothes and that took just under 3!!! The had applique does take a long time, as you know, but I have found that I am getting faster each time, which is a good thing because I have one big one left!!
The small world was fun too. I coveted that faces of the world fabric and spent A LOT for a yard from

Wow!!! I love all of these!!! I recognized the one from Sew Beautiful right away! I like yours better.
LOVE the patchwork!!!
The Biergarten dress is my FAVORITE!!!! That is wonderful!!! LOOOOVE it!
I love the dress for the wedding too!!

But, you made your pictures too little! I need nice big pictures.

Thanks!! I can't wait to use all these in Disney!! I never know what size to make the pics. I'll go back and resize them a bit bigger!!

These are all amazing! Especially love the Feliz!

Thanks!!! As you know, it's so nice to get compliments on stuff we work so hard on!

 

[CallMeKel77]

We just got back from our fabulous 8 day vacay to WDW and I just HAD to post the FABULOUS custom the wonder ibesue made for my DD.
I adored it and got so many compliments on it! Even Cinderella herself took the time out to compliment my DD on how beautiful it was!

 

[tvgirlmin]

Teresa - the Colorfast process for the photo fabric is printed on the packaging. Basically, you let the design dry about ten minutes after printing, then iron for two minutes to set it. Rinse in cool water (make sure the whole design is nice and wet), then iron with a steamy iron to set and dry. Following all those steps is supposed to make it not fade or run - I am hopeful it will work!

 

[Jennia]

I know I haven't posted in ages, but hopefully a few people will still remember me. =) Tons going on, like lots of projects at work, our DOG was stolen (and found), ttc and no luck, and now dd is super sick. Anyway! Here are some photos of things I've made recently:

Mickey and Minnie gingerbread shirts, made four of the Mickey and three of the Minnie:

The Dorothy costume that I ended up making a pattern for:

On Violet:

AND I had to make a costume for DH, VERY last minute! He somehow "lost" the storebought costume and told me so an hour before we had to leave. I scraped together every single piece of fake fur and tan felt in our house to make his costume, lol! If I find our whole group photo, we also had the Wicked Witch, Tin Man, and Scarecrow:

And a Rabbit shirt, from Winnie the Pooh:

I have more, but can't get photos to upload to photobucket.

 

[VBAndrea]

Forgot to grab the denim jacket and photo bag. I really like the addition of the Mickey head and ric rac to the jacket -- it balances it out. And the photo bag is so cool -- what a great idea for gifts. I have seen photo pillows made as well. I like the bag better though.

Well, I finally had a couple of hours to look this poor baby over. It was threaded right..it seems I needed to oil it!!! It was rubbing strange and straining. This was causing the thread to break, but was still being pulled from the spool, so it looked like the thread had just mysteriously came out of the lower looper.... Now that I know what was wrong, it makes so much sense!


Now I just need to get an organizing buddy! I spent longer looking for my machine oil than I did fixing and investigating the problem. I need an organized studio!


Nini

Do you know I NEVER oil my serger. I have to oil my bobbin case in my sewing machine at least once between every project, so it amazes me that I don't have to oil the cheap serger. Believe me, I know exactly where my oil is since I use it so often. I'm so glad you figured it out.

Whew! It's been pretty slow on here all day, so I thought I would help it along. I have a number of outfits finished, I just needed to take the time to put them in photobucket!
We're headed to DW Dec 5-12, 9 adults and 1 little girl. Of course, as you all know she must coordinate with our daily plans!! She's only 16 months so she's really easy to sew for and my fabric goes a long way (except with the feliz!!) Here's what I have done so far. All appliques are "by hand".
Feliz for the GF beach photo shoot. I got this idea from the dress like this from the Sew Beautiful Magazine someone posted a while back:

This is an outfit for Magic Kingdom: (patchwork skirt and CarlaC's raglan)

A simply sweet for Epcot and Biergarten. I was going for a "German" look. The applique says "It's a small world" I CASED ideas from another dress I saw on here quite a while ago.

Dress for MVMCP. I modified CarlaC's a-line top and totally guessed on how to make a skirt similar to the one LisZoe has shown on here.

A simply sweet with patchwork skirt. I used Jham's idea for the patches, making each rows 1.5X the size of the previous. Makes it really easy to gather by hand!!

And, finally, not Disney, but CarlaC!! I made her portrait peasant dress and added a sash for a wedding we went to. I also made the petti for underneath it (I'll use it at Disney too). It needs to be shortened a bit, so that goes on the list.

Thanks for looking!! I'll post more as i get them done! I have 18 days left (4 of which I'll be out of the country!!!)!!!

Jessica

ETA: I did resize all of them. Hopefully they fix!

The feliz is gorgeous! I would have never thought of making a dress for a portrait session at Disney. Hopefully you'll post the photos once you get back (hint,hint!).

All your appliques are awesome. I have to do all of mine by hand as well and I have a very detailed one coming up next. I so hope to get it done in a couple of days, but time will tell.

I really like the MK patchwork skirt and the Epcot outfit as well. Love what you did with the ribbon on the Epcot one.

Well, I've finally finished a Christmas dress (or skirt) for each of the 4 granddaughters that can walk

A Vida for the 4YO:

back:

My first precious dress:

and a patchwork twirl for the dgd who is about a size 6 around, but a size 10 in length--I didn't want to chance a dress when she's in Kansas and I'm in Washington! (no elastic in the waist yet, going to Joann's in just a bit)

and full circle view:

I've now tried 3 of the patterns I wanted to practice before 12/10's trip to WDW--can't wait to see these on the actual granddaughters!

Beautiful work! The Vida is my favorite -- I love the colors of the blues for Christmas.

We just got back from our fabulous 8 day vacay to WDW and I just HAD to post the FABULOUS custom the wonder ibesue made for my DD.
I adored it and got so many compliments on it! Even Cinderella herself took the time out to compliment my DD on how beautiful it was!

Beautiful work Ibesue! Glad your dd got oodles of attention.

I know I haven't posted in ages, but hopefully a few people will still remember me. =) Tons going on, like lots of projects at work, our DOG was stolen (and found), ttc and no luck, and now dd is super sick. Anyway! Here are some photos of things I've made recently:

Mickey and Minnie gingerbread shirts, made four of the Mickey and three of the Minnie:

The Dorothy costume that I ended up making a pattern for:

On Violet:

AND I had to make a costume for DH, VERY last minute! He somehow "lost" the storebought costume and told me so an hour before we had to leave. I scraped together every single piece of fake fur and tan felt in our house to make his costume, lol! If I find our whole group photo, we also had the Wicked Witch, Tin Man, and Scarecrow:

And a Rabbit shirt, from Winnie the Pooh:

I have more, but can't get photos to upload to photobucket.

Great outfits! Love the gingerbread. I wanted to do Mickey head snowmen for MVMCP but dd really likes Chip and Dale better so I think that's what it will end up being.

And I really like the Halloween costumes. Too funny that dh *lost* his costume. I'm amazed that you had enough fur sitting around to whip that up.

 

[NiniMorris]

Well, I've finally finished a Christmas dress (or skirt) for each of the 4 granddaughters that can walk

A Vida for the 4YO:

back:

I KNEW I wasn't crazy...I cannot for the life of me get the ruffles on the VIda to come out right!!! Can you share any words of wisdom on that?

I've now tried 3 of the patterns I wanted to practice before 12/10's trip to WDW--can't wait to see these on the actual granddaughters!

Do you know I NEVER oil my serger. I have to oil my bobbin case in my sewing machine at least once between every project, so it amazes me that I don't have to oil the cheap serger. Believe me, I know exactly where my oil is since I use it so often. I'm so glad you figured it out.

Beautiful work! The Vida is my favorite -- I love the colors of the blues for Christmas.

LOL... I have to use large amounts of machine oil on my longarm. I buy it in bulk. I could find the 'bulk refill' but not the actual small plastic 'oiler'. Which of course was exactly WHERE it was supposed to have been, just covered up by something that was 'visiting!" The only pieces of equipment I can routinely find are my serger, sewing machine, long arm and iron. Everything else is hit or miss.

At least I get to move my studio after the first of the year...into a space that is much, much larger!!



I did manage to finish one of the autograph quilts from September. Now I have to take pictures of it before they pick it up this morning. From a distance, not too bad...up close...not my best work!

Nini

 

[teresajoy]

We just got back from our fabulous 8 day vacay to WDW and I just HAD to post the FABULOUS custom the wonder ibesue made for my DD.
I adored it and got so many compliments on it! Even Cinderella herself took the time out to compliment my DD on how beautiful it was!

I love that dress! Your daughter looks beautiful!

Teresa - the Colorfast process for the photo fabric is printed on the packaging. Basically, you let the design dry about ten minutes after printing, then iron for two minutes to set it. Rinse in cool water (make sure the whole design is nice and wet), then iron with a steamy iron to set and dry. Following all those steps is supposed to make it not fade or run - I am hopeful it will work!

Thanks!

I know I haven't posted in ages, but hopefully a few people will still remember me. =) Tons going on, like lots of projects at work, our DOG was stolen (and found), ttc and no luck, and now dd is super sick. Anyway! Here are some photos of things I've made recently:

Mickey and Minnie gingerbread shirts, made four of the Mickey and three of the Minnie:

I can't believe you just whipped up your husband's costume so quickly! Good job!

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Funny, we all looked at the very same machine! Did you email the lady too?


If I find a new machine, I am pretty sure there will be a Brother 270D going up on Craigslist within a few days, so keep checking! (that was for disneygirlsndrew, not heather, she doesn't need a new machine )


:

Yes, I emailed her too. Poor lady, all these emails and no one's buying!
Thanks for the info!

And just because I know y'all will understand... My DH came in from work today commented on the curtains I was making. Now, I do have curtains on my list - old fashioned window quilts to match the public rooms of our 130yo Victorian - but I'm not starting on them until after our trip so I was a bit confused. But he didn't really mean curtains... He was teasing me about the new look to our dining room window since I've been sewing at the dining room table :

That's wear we hung up all of the things I made before our trip too!

Hi everybody; I know we're not allowed to buy/sell here; so I won't. But I was at Hancocks today and I might have managed to procure the rest of the bolt of princess Tiana fabric. There might have been 5.87 yards of it left. I might have gotten it for $4.00 / yd. And if anyone wants more info about say, how pretty this fabric is, they can pm me

Have any left?

Wow! These are amazing! You are quite the painter too!

These overalls are soooo adorable! Your applique work is just great!

Here is what I have been working on - The "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Knot" handbag from YCMT. I used photo fabric instead of fat quarters for the main panels and I LOVE it! This is the prototype for my Christmas gifts for my mil, gmil, and aunt-in-law - the hardest part was doing the topstitch through four layers of stuff, so forgive that part - I am hoping to do better on the next one! I have wanted a photo bag of the kids for so long, but they are just so expensive - this is a great alternative!

This is so cool! So, you print right on to the fabric? it's not one of those iron ons? Very cool! I have always wanted a photo bag too but have never been able to afford one! I may have to try this! It would make great presents too! All in all, was it expensive to make?

 

[ireland_nicole]

I know I haven't posted in ages, but hopefully a few people will still remember me. =) Tons going on, like lots of projects at work, our DOG was stolen (and found), ttc and no luck, and now dd is super sick. Anyway! Here are some photos of things I've made recently:

Mickey and Minnie gingerbread shirts, made four of the Mickey and three of the Minnie:

The Dorothy costume that I ended up making a pattern for:

On Violet:

AND I had to make a costume for DH, VERY last minute! He somehow "lost" the storebought costume and told me so an hour before we had to leave. I scraped together every single piece of fake fur and tan felt in our house to make his costume, lol! If I find our whole group photo, we also had the Wicked Witch, Tin Man, and Scarecrow:

And a Rabbit shirt, from Winnie the Pooh:

I have more, but can't get photos to upload to photobucket.

These are great! I love your Wizard of Oz family. I'm totally amazed you were able to whip up your DH's so quickly.

LOL... I have to use large amounts of machine oil on my longarm. I buy it in bulk. I could find the 'bulk refill' but not the actual small plastic 'oiler'. Which of course was exactly WHERE it was supposed to have been, just covered up by something that was 'visiting!" The only pieces of equipment I can routinely find are my serger, sewing machine, long arm and iron. Everything else is hit or miss.

At least I get to move my studio after the first of the year...into a space that is much, much larger!!



I did manage to finish one of the autograph quilts from September. Now I have to take pictures of it before they pick it up this morning. From a distance, not too bad...up close...not my best work!

Nini

I hope you'll be posting pics of your studio- and I can't wait to see the autograph quilt you did- my DH wants me to do one for each kiddo on our June trip; I'm a bit scared as I am less than an expert quilter; I've made, let me thing, oh yeah, 1-and a half. But we don't want yet another autograph book, don't have anywhere to put a bunch of new framed pics, and can't do pillowcases because my DS has nosebleeds at least once a week. So I think I'm going to have to figure out the quilt thing. gulp. I think you said that you starched the squares and put stabilizer on the back? And used fabric markers? Is that right? If not, can you let me know what you did so I can try very hard not to completely screw them up?
Thanks!
Nicole

Have any left?

Nope, sorry. But if they get in another bolt, I'll see if you still need some.

 

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We just got back from our fabulous 8 day vacay to WDW and I just HAD to post the FABULOUS custom the wonder ibesue made for my DD.
I adored it and got so many compliments on it! Even Cinderella herself took the time out to compliment my DD on how beautiful it was!

That is FABULOUS! And your DD is so pretty in it!