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I made this "princess" dress just now--wrapping up my sewing binge. DD has been begging me to make her a princess dress with this fabric for the longest time. I think I bought the fabric back in November. I just couldn't figure out what to do with it. So I settled on just a plain umembellished A-line, since the fabric is sparkly anyway and you don't want to hide the princesses. I bought the buttons at Joann yesterday. Had looked at them 3 times but couldn't justify the $6.99 for 3 price tag. I decided to just go ahead and get them yesterday since they only had 3 sets left. I got Mater, Mickey, and Cinderella. I couldn't believe that I spent $60 on a tiny bag of supplies despite 2 coupons. Of course there were the $18 of buttons and $20 of ribbon.
Oh well, the total cost of materials for this simple little dress was $14.50--Disney can sure get you when you're a sucker for the licensed character products like me! Now, I must get off the computer so I can make those 20 bows.
, but the buttons were full price, and sometimes cost more than the entire outfit!Finally I have something to contribute. I have not been on here for several months, lots of computer problems, thankfully just got computer back, then I had surgery this past monday on the ankle I broke last summer. So now I have time to check out the boards and the big give. I totally missed Daniel's Big Give, when I didn't have the computer, I am so bummed, but happily following along on Wendy's trip report.
I made this dress for Catherine's Big Give. It is a tinkerbell dress from the criss cross pattern from youcanmakethis.com. I love how it turned out. I posted the pics on the big give site, but somehow messed it up.
I made this "princess" dress just now--wrapping up my sewing binge. DD has been begging me to make her a princess dress with this fabric for the longest time. I think I bought the fabric back in November. I just couldn't figure out what to do with it. So I settled on just a plain umembellished A-line, since the fabric is sparkly anyway and you don't want to hide the princesses. I bought the buttons at Joann yesterday. Had looked at them 3 times but couldn't justify the $6.99 for 3 price tag. I decided to just go ahead and get them yesterday since they only had 3 sets left. I got Mater, Mickey, and Cinderella. I couldn't believe that I spent $60 on a tiny bag of supplies despite 2 coupons. Of course there were the $18 of buttons and $20 of ribbon.
Oh well, the total cost of materials for this simple little dress was $14.50--Disney can sure get you when you're a sucker for the licensed character products like me! Now, I must get off the computer so I can make those 20 bows.
I've been following this thread almost daily, but haven't had time to sit down at my sewing machine for a month! Then I went on a sewing binge this week! I finished my Winnie the Pooh set, took me 4 days--who knows how many hours--and DD won't wear it.
She cried when I begged her to wear it this morning. I got it on her long enough to try it on, but that's it. She did wear the ruffled easy-fits and a Winnie the Pooh appliqued t-shirt, but refused the dress. I tried to explain over breakfast that it was a dress to wear to Crystal Palace when we see Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore, and that they'd be excited to see themselves on her dress. She kept asking about Darby--why she wasn't on the dress or at the breakfast. When I tried to talk to her about Christopher Robin, I realized we'd never read the stories together, she just thinks of Winnie the Pooh from the new cartoon. Different frame of reference for this generation!
DD and DS's favorite cartoon these days is Penguins of Madagascar. I made them iron-on transfer tee shirts yesterday which they insisted on sleeping in, and I made a dress with the "Private" penguin character on it.
The quote is something from the show that she repeats quite often. I know it's sacrilege to have a Nickolodean character on the Disboutiquers thread but I figured you'd forgive.I thought the reverse side of the A-line needed a little something too, so I did a "curlz font capital M."
I think I need to make her a black, white, and hot pink bow to match. Speaking of bows, I need to make 20 today. Several months ago, I made bows (at cost) for an inner city baton-twirling team. I have since made them about 60-80 bows, 10-20 at a time, for $1 each. I consider it a donation of my time, but they think they are paying me for the bows. I'm getting rather tired of it, I think I may say this is the last order I'll do. Am I being selfish? Or just underappreciated? I sure can relate to the mommy that started 20 elephant costumes only to be told "never mind" or the the "assistant costumer" making 20 costumes for the King and I!!!
2 recent creations I made for big gives coming up... I love how these came out!
Tink cutie on upcycled tank top and bermuda shorts
And a Mike Wazowski t-shirt with Sully on a flouncy preppy skirt
Again! LOL! I've been lazy about taking photos when I've finished a custom. Needless to say, I've got a few things to share!
Not sure how I like this one - I think the dropped waist looks off? It's a New Look pattern and this was the first time I had made it. I do love the HeatherSue applique on the back, though! Anyway, it's for AK:
Brother/Sister Fantasia:
Pooh (for breakfast at Crystal Palace):
I've made a couple of things for myself, too - a mickey head rhinestone t-shirt and a minnie dot Amelia shirt from ycmt. If I get brave, I'll take photos and post them later. . . that means I'd have to do my hair, though! Maybe tomorrow. . .
Thanks to everyone for the prayers and well wishes. She was so excited. The handed out letters at the end of practice to the ones that made it. She came running to DD and I all excited saying I made it, I made level 4. In the car she told me she was "duper, duper excited" (instead of super duper).So I had a skirt I made to get photos of how I constructed the apron & pocket. Although I liked how it came out, I decided to do a re-work of it and came up with this.
