Disboutiquers Part 24 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

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I'm not sewing on knit, so I don't miss it. I do like the wave stitch for embellishing edges, so that was a perk for me. My mom's machine was an Elna 5 thread with every possible combo of stitches I think, so it probably had a cover stitch. I'm not sure she ever used it though. I didn't like the machine, it never agreed with me when I would sew at her house (it always misbehaved for me, and only me! lol), so when she died, I gave it to a friend who absolutely loved it. For the few knit garments I do sew, I serge the edges, and then use the regular machine's blind hem for knits. I'm not doing it for decoration, and definitely not on doll clothes where this would be too difficult. I leave the doll clothes to the talented ladies like you! :goodvibes I've been hearing more about a coverstitch machine on a blog I've read recently, and pretty much decided the same thing you're thinking. I'm ready for my own sewing room where I can have all my machines set up at once. Right now I share it with a computer desk. So my dream is to have a machine set for just ruffles, another for sewing, an embroidery machine, my serger and now a coverstitch machine. Plus room for the ironing board and all kinds of storage. That's my dream. DH garage, and that's lots more space than I'll need, so I figure we'd be even. My toys cost more than his. :lmao:

I know... we are planning to build a garage - add on to our house - someday... when/if that day ever comes - we'll be adding on a new master bedroom - DH said that I can have our current MB for my sewing room. :worship: I think that's a bribe from DH to get me to surrender to the addition. I don't dare tell him how tempted I am. :rolleyes1

Not to be an enabler but . . .

The coupon code for first time HSN buyers is C70926.

Thanks... You're not enabling at all... :rolleyes1 (I saved it to my serger files- for future reference). Does it have an expiration date?

I will have to post pictures of my sewing room. We just finished redoing it a few weeks ago. It's my favorite place in the entire world. :love:

PLEASE post pics - I'd love to see (and drool) :hippie:

D~
 
Y'all probably already know this, but I thought I'd share just in case.

I already had a ruffler foot from my grandma's old Elna, but I couldn't get it to work even with the tutorial from youcanmakethis.com. I decided it must have been worn out and I needed a new one. In the Thriving Metropolis where I abide, the only real fabric store is a medium sized JoAnn so I have to take what I can get sometimes. The only ruffler they has was a whopping $15. If anybody else is thinking of getting the same one, you might want to know that while it works, there are no markings on the screw that determines how tight your ruffle will be. You have to kind of wing it. I counted the number of turns it took to get the results I wanted. The screw also has a tendency to loosen while your ruffling so all of a sudden you're not getting ruffles any more.

As you might have guessed, I'm not terribly happy with it. The good thing is that messing with it helped me figure out what I had been doing wrong with the first one, which does have markings and does not come loose while sewing. The JoAnn's version is going back to the store since I only used it enough to figure it out and make one ruffle which had to be adjusted so much that it would have been just as easy to zig zag over dental floss.

I hope my purchase error helps someone else avoid the same thing!

Lori in East Podunk

I have had 3 of the generic ruffler feet from Joanns. I broke 2. the thing that pushes teh matrial under to make the ruffle snapped on both. They were $15 at the regular Joanns but the supercenter that had the Viking shop in it charged me $30!!!!:scared1: I bought a Babylock when I bought my machine.

WOW!! Thanks for taking the time to take photos - you make it look so easy and beautiful! :worship:



OK Nini... what's the scoop? I've never shopped at HSN before... how do I get the 15% off???

I just got done talking it over with DH - and what he said made perfect sense. He said I should give it another month before I make any big purchases. He said that this could be a "fad" and my sales could completely drop off (true) - he said that I really should see if my sales hold - then a new machine could truly be justified. Right now, I really have nothing invested in this, other than fabric and time... if I buy a new machine - then I'd really be committing myself and dependant on my sewing to justify the machine purchase. Make sense??? :confused3 The way he said it, made perfect sense.

However... $499 - 15% = $424 + free shipping... it's truly tempting... :rolleyes1

D~

I had been wanting an embroidery machine for a while and told my DH I was looking at them. I was looking at the ones that were like $800, looking at ebay, craigslist, referbs in shops, etc. Ended up going to a place that has Vikings, Babylock etc. Ended up with a Babylock $4100! DH gave them his creditcard - "you never buy anything for yourself and you do so much for all of us" I have only had it for about a year & a half. It is paid off. Not from my sewing because that is mostly my kids but through overtime at work. I just started selling some things. More for Disney money than anything else. I can see your DH point because that's how I was thinking. If your finances are ok for the purchase & it will make you happy, be easier for you, I say after your research for what you want - I would get it. I don't think your clothes will be a fad. I think you will have a very loyal fanbase and it will spread. I can't say how much but that's just my opinion. :)
 
I had been wanting an embroidery machine for a while and told my DH I was looking at them. I was looking at the ones that were like $800, looking at ebay, craigslist, referbs in shops, etc. Ended up going to a place that has Vikings, Babylock etc. Ended up with a Babylock $4100! DH gave them his creditcard - "you never buy anything for yourself and you do so much for all of us" I have only had it for about a year & a half. It is paid off. Not from my sewing because that is mostly my kids but through overtime at work. I just started selling some things. More for Disney money than anything else. I can see your DH point because that's how I was thinking. If your finances are ok for the purchase & it will make you happy, be easier for you, I say after your research for what you want - I would get it. I don't think your clothes will be a fad. I think you will have a very loyal fanbase and it will spread. I can't say how much but that's just my opinion. :)

I see what you are saying. :) Our houshold finances could support me buying a machine - but I guess I'd really like to see myself earn it. KWIM? It's more of an independant thing, where I want to prove to myself that I can do it.

I hope I get a loyal fanbase someday. :lovestruc

D~
 
Good morning everyone. Just wanted to post a quick picture of a skirt I finished for Lorelei. I sure cant wait to be able to do pieces like y'all do.
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Lorelei, like on Gilmore Girls?



Sorry, I had to! :rotfl:
Is that how you pronounce it though? I've always thought that was a beautiful name.

The skirt is adorable!

Teresa, You look FABULOUS in that dress! I really like that pattern. And I am sick of this brown weather too. My girls were protesting yesterday when they saw more snow falling from the sky. I am totally ready for warm weather.

Teresa, Wendy, anyone......
Can someone please tell me how to use the disney font (or for that matter) any other font in the Stitch era software? I still can't figure it out. When I start typing with a font in the program, it is always an outline insteadd of filled in. Thanks!

Thank you!!!!! I was in BC the other day and kept hoping I'd see you!

I think your SEU has been answered. I tried opening mind up today and for some reason my computer can't find the file. So, I'm redownloading it.

And, COME ON SPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That snow we got the other day (and I'm pretty sure I saw some yesterday, but decided to pretend I didn't) is very depressing!

I can't wait for this pattern. You and Lydia are just beautiful in the dresses. Those colors are perfect! Is Lydia's Sis Boom fabric?
Thank you!!! I really love this pattern!
Both dresses are Sis Boom fabric. It's from Jennifer's new line called "Honey Child" (Lydia LOVES to say that!) Lydia's is the Nelly print and mine is Rossetta.

That is a dress I am going to have to make. It is so very cute. I love the adult version.

April, you will look so cute in this!!!

Teresa - that dress does look great! I was thinking the same thing that Wendy posted - about the chest. My first thought was, I've got to make me one of those!


Everyone's work looks so great. Love the Jesse inspired outfit.

Thank you so much! It's a really great pattern. It went together easily. At first I thought the top wasn't going to fit me right, but I just adjusted the elastic length and it fixed it right up. Follow Carla's advice and try it on and adjust the elastic BEFORE you sew the elastic in. It goes a lot quicker if you don't have to pick out the stitching! Not that I'd know or anything....:rolleyes1

Thought I would share my little contribution to Kade's give:

Water bottles and holders.

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Thanks for looking!

These are wonderful. And, I'll repeat what others have said, there is no contribution to the Gives that is greater than another contribution. We all do what we can. And every "little" thing adds to the familie's happiness. When I get upset at myself that I can't do more for the Gives, I am reminded of the widow in the Bible that was only able to contribute a coin of "small value". Yet, she contributed all that she could so the Bible says that her gift was of great value.

I'm just so happy that so many people can help out in anyway they can for these families. :lovestruc (sorry to go off on a bit of tangent like that, but I've been thinking about this for quite awhile!)

I finished a few more things today.

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Aimee, I just love seeing your creations!! These are beautiful.


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I will open the door by saying that women are wonderful!

Hi, my name is Garry. I noticed this board while trying to get some sewing ideas. Some amazing stuff on here that you :worship:ladies (I didn't see any men) have made. I'm not great, maybe not even good, but I enjoy sewing. I made these little bags for my daughter and a friends son for our next trip to WDW.
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With all the sewing knowledge evident from the pieces displayed here, I was wondering what anyone might suggestions on fairly easy projects that a fat fingered guy could try to make? Mostly for my DDprincess

Welcome Garry! So nice to have you here!


These are awesome! :)

D~

Couldn't remember which quote was for me, but thank you!!! And, I love your Sleeping Beauty set!


I love the pictures and outfits!!!


Your customs are great but I was so excited to see your pics b/c I know the Belle in the blue dress very well. She is super nice!

So cool that you know her!

Hi where did you find a website where you were able to download it? I keep trying and cant find one..thanks

The one in the bookmarks is a download version.
 

Not to be an enabler but . . .

The coupon code for first time HSN buyers is C70926.

Plus if you use Ebates, you can get another 3% off. They have HSN, QVC, Ebay and tons of other stores you can get the discount on. All you do, is go to the HSN, through their site. You get your check every 3 months.
 
I finished another spring/summer dress for DD8. This is the new round neck patter for big girls on YCMT. :) I haven't added the buttons yet to make sure of the length of the round neck. I also think on the next one I will make the dress fuller.

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I will leave it up to her but am starting to think about possible embroidery/applique designs on the yellow. Any suggestions? I am leaning toward a simple monogram but she LOVES appliques....

Plus if you use Ebates, you can get another 3% off. They have HSN, QVC, Ebay and tons of other stores you can get the discount on. All you do, is go to the HSN, through their site. You get your check every 3 months.

I love EBATES.
 
Plus if you use Ebates, you can get another 3% off. They have HSN, QVC, Ebay and tons of other stores you can get the discount on. All you do, is go to the HSN, through their site. You get your check every 3 months.

But...if you use ebates, you can't use the flex pay from HSN. I found that out the hard way!

When we went to Disney back in Nov/Dec, I was afraid I would be still making clothes on the way down. I managed to get almost everything done, but had some serious handwork and thread snipping to do. So, I took my favorite embroidery/applique scissors with me. Somehow, once we came back I couldn't find them anywhere! I figured they loved Disney as much as I did and decided to stay.

Yesterday, as I was getting my Baggallinni ready to go to the quilt and sewing expo, I found them! Evidently I put them back in there after I was finished with them (what a novel idea!). Since I haven't used the baggallinni since, I couldn't find them. I am so happy, words cannot describe. I have bought 5 pair of replacement scissors, but wasn't able to find anything that worked for me.

I just did a quick square for the never-ending quilt for my son, and the whole thing looks so much neater! I am so much in love with those stupid scissors!

And...Marathon thread WAS at the sewing/quilting expo this weekend, soI was able to pick up a few things and have an almost well stocked sewing room again....except I forgot to get white and black thread! Now HOW can you forget that!


Lots and lots of beautiful stuff posted lately. I really need to make something that I can post (read...FINISH something!)


Nini
 
Okay - so did anyone else ever just burst into tears when they are sewing and stuff? First, I figured out that I cut the bodice for the simply sweet out of the 2nd skirt for the Belle dress and of course now I dont have enough left and THEN my embroidery machine ate a shirt - how the heck a 4x got hooked up into that I'll never know!! Grrrrrr... IM so FRUSTRATED..in trying to get the shirt unstuck, I broke 2 of my best seam rippers!!!! AHHHH!!!!!

Okay - I think I feel a bit better now - lol - except now I need to go to Joann's tomorrow!! Hopefully they have a coupon and a good sale!!!!
 
Okay - so did anyone else ever just burst into tears when they are sewing and stuff? First, I figured out that I cut the bodice for the simply sweet out of the 2nd skirt for the Belle dress and of course now I dont have enough left and THEN my embroidery machine ate a shirt - how the heck a 4x got hooked up into that I'll never know!! Grrrrrr... IM so FRUSTRATED..in trying to get the shirt unstuck, I broke 2 of my best seam rippers!!!! AHHHH!!!!!

Okay - I think I feel a bit better now - lol - except now I need to go to Joann's tomorrow!! Hopefully they have a coupon and a good sale!!!!

Thursday, I was working on a present for a friend that is taking her autistic 18 year old son to Disney in a few weeks. I was working on the Mickey head autism design that Heasther Sue has.

I dug through my stash to find the EXACT fabric for each part, checked for the perfect thread and sat down to do a test run. Went to grab the first fabric and it is gone....the Princess decided it would make some great doll clothes. After making her very mad, I was able to retrieve all my fabric. Then as I started the stitch out...my thread was all replaced with shades of brown and beige. The Princess informed me she liked those colors better! As I got to the last part of stitching, my bobbin thread ran out. While trying to wind another bobbin (my last good one) it disentergrated!

I decided it was time to quit.

The next day wasn't much better. Finally last night was a perfect day to sew. I got three projects finished! Today was pretty good ...but the cleaning needed me more.

I have several of THOSE days every week...I can so understand!


Nini
 
Okay - so did anyone else ever just burst into tears when they are sewing and stuff? First, I figured out that I cut the bodice for the simply sweet out of the 2nd skirt for the Belle dress and of course now I dont have enough left and THEN my embroidery machine ate a shirt - how the heck a 4x got hooked up into that I'll never know!! Grrrrrr... IM so FRUSTRATED..in trying to get the shirt unstuck, I broke 2 of my best seam rippers!!!! AHHHH!!!!!

Okay - I think I feel a bit better now - lol - except now I need to go to Joann's tomorrow!! Hopefully they have a coupon and a good sale!!!!

Ummm, yeah, I've cried over many a sewing project. You are not alone. I'm sending you a big hug via DisBoards. I just hate when a project goes to poo like that!

I'm doing a little of my own crying/pouting today...unrelated to sewing, but DH took down a bunch of my favorite pictures of our boys when they were babies today while I was up nursing the baby. We're prepping our house to put on the market and I knew they had to come down, but it just makes me sad. Sad I don't get to look at them every time I come down the stairs and sad I have to watch a house I truly love become less and less "ours". I just hate how you have to make a house look so impersonal so somebody else will want to buy it. :sad1: I need an angel to come sit on my shoulder and whisper "craft studio" and "new bigger house" in my ear for about a week...or maybe a month.
 
I am still just following along loving looking at all the awesome stuff you guys make. I am in awe at the ideas you have and the skills to put it all together. I was wondering if any of you have come across any simple (meaning not too expensive) "It's a Small World" items in your etsy or ebay browsing? I would like to purchase something for my almost 4 year old daughter for an upcoming trip. I was thinking like an embroidered tshirt?
 
I am still just following along loving looking at all the awesome stuff you guys make. I am in awe at the ideas you have and the skills to put it all together. I was wondering if any of you have come across any simple (meaning not too expensive) "It's a Small World" items in your etsy or ebay browsing? I would like to purchase something for my almost 4 year old daughter for an upcoming trip. I was thinking like an embroidered tshirt?

My go to girl for tee shirts is Jessica! She is the queen of the Disney Vacation shirt. On etsy and facebook her name is Magical Memories by Jessica. She can do anything. I have serious envy of her applique skills!
 
Always TMTQ, but awesome fab stuff, especially love the belle and snow white outfits, the fabulous dresses with the new sisboom fabrics and carlac pattern, and the AG princess outfits, truly, everything posted has been awesome! Welcome Garry BTW!

Speaking of Sisboom, I finally got the courage to cut into some of mine instead of it looking pretty on the shelf: This is the Lydia dress by Pink fig. It went together well, although I didn't like some of her construction or shirring directions, so I pulled a Sinatra and did it my way LOL. If anyone else is thinking of making it, I would recommend lengthening the sleeves; they're a bit too short and the seams have come undone and need to be repaired- and I had seriously reinforced them. Otherwise, I liked it fine.
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Also realized Friday night that I hadn't made outfits for the rodeo Saturday, so here's what a couple of hours and a stash did- it was my first time using the knit yoke skirt pattern from ycmt, but will def. not be the last; super easy, love her construction ideas took just over 30 minutes including cutting and ironing; nuff said:
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oh, here's a randm pic of an ariel outfit a couple of gives back- I don't think I posted here:
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Thanks for looking, and I promise I will try to keep up...
 
Okay - so did anyone else ever just burst into tears when they are sewing and stuff? First, I figured out that I cut the bodice for the simply sweet out of the 2nd skirt for the Belle dress and of course now I dont have enough left and THEN my embroidery machine ate a shirt - how the heck a 4x got hooked up into that I'll never know!! Grrrrrr... IM so FRUSTRATED..in trying to get the shirt unstuck, I broke 2 of my best seam rippers!!!! AHHHH!!!!!

Okay - I think I feel a bit better now - lol - except now I need to go to Joann's tomorrow!! Hopefully they have a coupon and a good sale!!!!

That was me on Friday Wendy! I was 4 weeks late finishing up part of my mom's birthday gift...I know, I'm a horrible daughter. Anyway, my sewing machine died...again. :scared1: I got it fixed once before, but it cost half as much as I paid for it. I turned it off and went to get Claire from the bus stop. Worked on it a while and couldn't get it to work.
Saturday morning I was messing with it again. I could see the problem but couldn't fix it. I broke down crying, since I have 4 Big Give dresses to make, plus all the stuff for our trip in June, not to mention finishing my mom's purse. My super awesome DH told me to just take the old one out of my sewing area and do to the local Brother dealer to by myself a new machine..."a good one" in his words. :cool1:

I now am the proud owner of an Innov-is 80...did I mention how super awesome my DH is?
 
Okay - so did anyone else ever just burst into tears when they are sewing and stuff? First, I figured out that I cut the bodice for the simply sweet out of the 2nd skirt for the Belle dress and of course now I dont have enough left and THEN my embroidery machine ate a shirt - how the heck a 4x got hooked up into that I'll never know!! Grrrrrr... IM so FRUSTRATED..in trying to get the shirt unstuck, I broke 2 of my best seam rippers!!!! AHHHH!!!!!

::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: When I'm making something for a Big Give and the sewing demons strike I remember my sister's favorite saying, "No good deed goes unpunished." BTW, if you haven't seen "Wicked" it's excellent, and that's the name of one of the songs.
 
Ugh! I just lost all of my quotes!

Teresa, I was in BC and even at hobby lobby on Friday. Were you? I could still use some pointers on the stitch era. I still can't figure out how to get the disney font in there and what size is good for lettering and how to get it to my machine, etc.

I haven't posted anything I have made in quite awhile so I thought I would post the things I have been working on this past week/weekend.
This is an outfit I made for my niece to wear to WDW this week. She only wanted Jessie:
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A blanket and hat that I embroidered on for a friend that just had a baby:
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I actually made these outfits for my girls to wear on our Disney trip back in September. I never posted a pic of all of those outfits. We just wore them to Disney on Ice Princess Wishes this past week so I thought I could post of pic of them wearing them there. They aren't the best pics of the outfits though. My oldest DD's has the 3 sleeping beauty fairies on her skirt and my youngest has heather's princess cuties on hers. We got a TON of compliments on them.
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Here's a picture where you can kind of see the back:
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An AG dress a friend asked me to make for her daughter's doll -
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A tshirt for the same friend's daughter and her doll
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Shirts for my girl's to wear for St. Patrick's day
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Thanks for looking!
 
I did one for myself for Halloween 2009. I followed Leslie's tutorial from here http://my-sweet-sunshine.blogspot.com/2009/05/okey-dokey.html but then had to calculate for an adult. here is what I did.

22" long skirt total

2" yoke (4" strip WOF then in 1/2 lengthwise)
18" strips
2" ruffle

Strips 5" x 18" (28 strips, I could have used a few less)

Underskirt was 3 pieces of 42" x 18"
Ruffle was 6 pieces of 42" x 4"

Here is what it looked like in the end.



If there is anything I forgot, or that you don't understand, just ask.

Thanks for sharing your instructions and picture. That looks like a fun skirt for Halloween! I am sure the instructions will come in handy for me some day.

I've got a few pics to share of my customs in action on our trip!
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All of the outfits look great. I like this set the best. It looks like your family had a great time!

Oh, and hi! I'm new here. A sewing nut (but hard when running my own web based business making websites) - and addicted to YCMT and it's sister sites. Wow, I'm totally wrapped to find this board!

Just want to say welcome!

So I am a slacker and have not been posting. I have been lurking. You ladies are making some amazing things. Love that we have Garry now! Welcome! And welcome to all the new ladies as well :)
Things are nuts here. James started school and of course second week back we have all been sick. I am probably not going to be sewing much for a while. I need to start going through the house. Which I am not looking forward to. We plan on getting rid of a lot so with a 6 bedroom house it is going to be an undertaking. We hope James has a new job and we will be moving wherever that may be by June 1. Would really appreciate a few prayers for our path to be well lit for us :) I am thinking our Disney trip may be pushed back but we will get there again some day right?

I want to send hugs your way with during this time of uncertainty. :hug:

I did do trapezoids: 6.5 at the top and 8.5 at the bottom, 10 inches long. The waist piece is 5.5 inches top to bottom, so the whole skirt is 15.5. She's just a hair over 5 feet tall so with a little pair of those Soffee shorts underneath she's all set! I used a total of 12 strips. I didn't have any black bias tape so I'll need to pick that up so I can do the hem, but I'm pretty darned pleased with it. I made the whole thing in one day, which is a bit of an accomplishment for me! I'll tackle mine next. Wish me luck! :woohoo:

Lori in East Podunk

PS: I'll try to coerce DD into taking and posting pictures before she goes on her Chamber Choir tour on Monday!

That sounds like a nice skirt. Hopefully we will get to see a picture soon!

Y'all probably already know this, but I thought I'd share just in case.

I already had a ruffler foot from my grandma's old Elna, but I couldn't get it to work even with the tutorial from youcanmakethis.com. I decided it must have been worn out and I needed a new one. In the Thriving Metropolis where I abide, the only real fabric store is a medium sized JoAnn so I have to take what I can get sometimes. The only ruffler they has was a whopping $15. If anybody else is thinking of getting the same one, you might want to know that while it works, there are no markings on the screw that determines how tight your ruffle will be. You have to kind of wing it. I counted the number of turns it took to get the results I wanted. The screw also has a tendency to loosen while your ruffling so all of a sudden you're not getting ruffles any more.

As you might have guessed, I'm not terribly happy with it. The good thing is that messing with it helped me figure out what I had been doing wrong with the first one, which does have markings and does not come loose while sewing. The JoAnn's version is going back to the store since I only used it enough to figure it out and make one ruffle which had to be adjusted so much that it would have been just as easy to zig zag over dental floss.

I hope my purchase error helps someone else avoid the same thing!

Lori in East Podunk

Thanks for sharing your experience with your ruffler foot. I made the mistake of purchasing one from that auction site. That thing works, except the smallest ruffle factor it gives me is 2.5x, unless I do pleats instead. I plan to get the Brother one whenver I get around to it.

I finished another spring/summer dress for DD8. This is the new round neck patter for big girls on YCMT. :) I haven't added the buttons yet to make sure of the length of the round neck. I also think on the next one I will make the dress fuller.

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I will leave it up to her but am starting to think about possible embroidery/applique designs on the yellow. Any suggestions? I am leaning toward a simple monogram but she LOVES appliques....

Those colours look nice and cheery. I think either option will work.

Hi where did you find a website where you were able to download it? I keep trying and cant find one..thanks

The link for the software is in the bookmarks from the first page.

It's pretty easy. The two main stitches I use are the 5 thread safety stitch and the 2 thread rolled hem. If you are staying in white it's easy peasy. You just take out one needle and remove three threads. There are few dials etc. . . you have to change also. If you change colors it takes a little more time but it's not that bad. Once you get a feel for the machine it's pretty user friendly.

The one other thing I like about this Singer is the manual. It is very easy to follow. In addition to having in-depth instructions it also has an easy to follow chart. It's a cheat sheet for all the stitches.

I personally like the five stitch safety stitch the best. It eliminates a lot of the straight stitching on the sewing machine- not all but a lot. It combines an overlock stitch with a double chainstitch. It is a very strong stitch. For example. I don't sew strips for stripworks on the sewing machine first. Here are a few pictures of what it does. (I did not press the strips yet.)

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Front

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Underside

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Oh wow, seeing these pictures makes me want to upgrade my serger. The price on HSN is amazing, since the cheapest I have seen them here is 999.99 at Costco. Sadly we still get charged the 20%+ currency differential on many things even though $1 Canadian is worth about the same as $1 US.

Okay - so did anyone else ever just burst into tears when they are sewing and stuff? First, I figured out that I cut the bodice for the simply sweet out of the 2nd skirt for the Belle dress and of course now I dont have enough left and THEN my embroidery machine ate a shirt - how the heck a 4x got hooked up into that I'll never know!! Grrrrrr... IM so FRUSTRATED..in trying to get the shirt unstuck, I broke 2 of my best seam rippers!!!! AHHHH!!!!!

Okay - I think I feel a bit better now - lol - except now I need to go to Joann's tomorrow!! Hopefully they have a coupon and a good sale!!!!

I am sorry to hear about your problems Wendy. :hug: Hopefully tomorrow is a better sewing day!

Speaking of Sisboom, I finally got the courage to cut into some of mine instead of it looking pretty on the shelf: This is the Lydia dress by Pink fig. It went together well, although I didn't like some of her construction or shirring directions, so I pulled a Sinatra and did it my way LOL. If anyone else is thinking of making it, I would recommend lengthening the sleeves; they're a bit too short and the seams have come undone and need to be repaired- and I had seriously reinforced them. Otherwise, I liked it fine.
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Also realized Friday night that I hadn't made outfits for the rodeo Saturday, so here's what a couple of hours and a stash did- it was my first time using the knit yoke skirt pattern from ycmt, but will def. not be the last; super easy, love her construction ideas took just over 30 minutes including cutting and ironing; nuff said:
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oh, here's a randm pic of an ariel outfit a couple of gives back- I don't think I posted here:
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Thanks for looking, and I promise I will try to keep up...

Beautiful outfits. Also thanks for sharing your Big Give outfit - it is always nice to see what other people send.
 
Disneygirlsandandrew...super cute stuff! Sorry for the lack of a quote, but I'm on my iPad, and I'm still not good at making long quotes with pics work well. :confused3. I like the skirts you made...is it the Insa? I like them, and know its something I want to make for Rebecca at some point.
 
Ugh! I just lost all of my quotes!

Teresa, I was in BC and even at hobby lobby on Friday. Were you? I could still use some pointers on the stitch era. I still can't figure out how to get the disney font in there and what size is good for lettering and how to get it to my machine, etc.

I haven't posted anything I have made in quite awhile so I thought I would post the things I have been working on this past week/weekend.
This is an outfit I made for my niece to wear to WDW this week. She only wanted Jessie:
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A blanket and hat that I embroidered on for a friend that just had a baby:
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I actually made these outfits for my girls to wear on our Disney trip back in September. I never posted a pic of all of those outfits. We just wore them to Disney on Ice Princess Wishes this past week so I thought I could post of pic of them wearing them there. They aren't the best pics of the outfits though. My oldest DD's has the 3 sleeping beauty fairies on her skirt and my youngest has heather's princess cuties on hers. We got a TON of compliments on them.
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Here's a picture where you can kind of see the back:
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An AG dress a friend asked me to make for her daughter's doll -
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A tshirt for the same friend's daughter and her doll
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Shirts for my girl's to wear for St. Patrick's day
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Thanks for looking!

I love everything... the dresses you made for your girls are just precious - I love the colors!

The Ag outfits are cute - we have the AG version of the zebra print dress - and yours is an excellent replica!! Great job! Did you make the girl dress to match? I love the little tshirts too! :worship:

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