VBAndrea
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Here are some outfits that I had made for our December WDW trip...
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All beautiful but the Belle Christmas is my fav -- I love how you did Belle and I adore the skirt. I aslo like the versatility of the skirt in that you can pair it with a different top and have it non-Disney as well.
Well, I got caught up in making the kids shirts for our trip to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum tomorrow so today, when I went to make tim's jeans I found out the piece of jean material I had was too short!!! So, back to the store - lol!!! Hoping to get on doing them tonight!! haha
Here are the shirts for Elizabeth, Tim, Hanna, Emma and Caleb!
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Awesome shirts!
Ok, machine is working and I finally decided to try to rip apart some jeans to decorate. I can't believe I was actually able to put them back together!!!
I almost want some myself!!
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Love those! I have only done jeans once as I hated ripping them apart (and I just did the legs, not the pockets). It's so time consuming but yours look so very good that I may make another attempt at some.
Too cute! Love the pigtail holders!and here is the DD6 going to school on Friday. They celebrate the 101st day of school, so they all dressed as dalmations.
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LOL! She said Cruella De Ville showed up in their class looking for puppies so they all hid under their desks
Awesome job and love the colors! And I found the hidden MickeyI know I posted these on FB tonight - so I'm sorry to those of you that have to see them twice...
But, you see, DH has been working so hard - I just have to show you all the finished product.
Here's her bed - the bed opens under the mattress for storage:
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All of her awesome storage... The goal was to work with a chimney that bumps out in her room - it just so happened that the rest of her wall was exactly the length of her bed - so we added shelves. One set faces away from her bed - and the other set faces her bed for all of her electronics.
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The view as you are sitting on her bed... can you find the Hidden Mickey?
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And the memory board I made her for Christmas:
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Overall - both girls are thrilled with their rooms!
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Very nice Rella dress -- sorry, can't help you about the peplum as I've never made one and likely never will - my dd just isn't into dresses like that.Whoa...I take a 48-hour break from the boards to celebrate DH's birthday and I fall 15 pages behind! I feel so lost! Note to self: never take a 48-hour hiatus.
I LOVE all the stuff that has been posted (TMTQ!) DH and I were at Joann fabrics today and I was ogling one of the high-end embroidery machines...of course, he just didn't understand the importance of buying one just to do Disney shirts, etc.
Thank you so much to whomever posted the link to Carla's blog. I have been studying the Cinderella gown add-on to the SS and finally mustered up enough courage to attempt it. After a few mess-ups (and a few broken needles), here's the finished product:
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My DD saw it and immediately recognized it as 'Rella's gown. She ran to it and hugged it...so of course I had to let her try it on. It fits like a glove! She loves to prance around in it. It is the cutest thing EVER.
Here are my question for those who have done the Cinderella version of the SS:
Do you find that the peplum pieces make the skirt part hang strangely? I want to try to do a ruffled underskirt to give it a bit more substance but I'm afraid that the seam (which is already quite thick) will be too thick and my needle will break. Any tips?
My next task is to try the Aurora gown. I bought some magenta and white satin this afternoon. Can't wait to start.
Also, I took your advice and added the black ricrac to the skirt...what do you think? I also added a pink swiss dot bow to the Minnie head. Right now it's just taped on so I could get a better idea of how it would look once I actually perfect the boutique bow.
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Lastly, I tried to make boutique ruffled socks to match but I just couldn't hack it. The arm on my machine is just too wide and the socks are just too tiny. Blah!
I love the black rac rick and bow on the Minnie. It ties the whole outfit together so nicely.
Do the Easy Fits first -- they are so much faster and simpler than the Simply Sweet. You'll get the hang of it though.This board is so awesome! I got inspired to drag out the sewing machine and try a couple of Simply Sweet dresses for my friends twins. I feel like a dunce! It took me several hours to get them cut out and I haven't even started sewing them! And the easy fit pants ...wow. I hope I catch on, I used to be pretty good at this kinda stuff!
I'm the same as you with the sewing -- hated it with mother teaching me and never did any better in high school home ec. But Disboutiquers know how to tech properly (step one --use YCMT patterns!).If I can do it, anyone can!My mother and grandmother tried from the time I was about 5 until I was 19 to try to teach me to sew, and I never could get the hang of it. Give me two daughters and the DISboutiquers for inspiration and all of a sudden I'm making them matching outfits for every day of our trips! I've mastered the Simply Sweet and the Easy Fits, and now I've moved on to miles and miles of patchwork twirls. And maybe I'll even get crazy and attempt a stripwork jumper if I can overcome my debilitating fear of buttonholes.
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I never bought the Stripwork jumper pattern -- I just make stripwork skirts to attach to the Simply Sweet bodice. Easy Peasy. I didn't even know the Stripwork has button holes -- though I do fine with them since I have a DS to make Bowling Shirts for.