Disboutiquers Part 25 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[Fruto76]

Mom said it was amazing. Over 18,000 bolts of fabric. She is taking me there in nov. Cause we are spending a week in st. Pete's Beach.

18,000 bolts! I'm thinking I might make a trip there next week. I love making teacher gifts but sometimes have a tough time picking fabrics and yours were perfect. Thanks a ton for posting this info. seems like it was meant to be for me since it's right down the road.

I am pretty sure that the biggest it does is a 5x7. I am not sure which machines do the 6x10... I am quite sure they are expensive though. I am curious if anyone knows which ones do a 6x10 though.

D~

I have a Viking Platinum that has a 6x10 hoop. Sadly its getting ready to head to the shop because the embroidery arm will not move right to left. I have some BG's to get done before I take it in. I hate the thought of being without my machine, its the downside to having a combo machine. I do have a basic Singer if I begin to go stir crazy.

The rainbow Mickey is way to cute. I saw that design on her facebook page today and liked it.

I feel like all I have done this week is sew and embroider. Finally got my son's teachers gifts done. Just in time since tomorrow is the last day. Also finished up my neices birthday present. Sorry the picture is blurry, but I did it with my phone and it didn't want to take a good one. I thought it turned out really cute and I love the colors. I am having a lot of fun making these twirl skirts. They are very easy to do, but also very time consuming.

Love this set. Great job!

Hi everyone! I am new here and pretty new to sewing even though I have had a machine for a few years. I just really started getting into it when I found out we were expecting a little girl and I could sew clothes for her... All I have done so far are some pillowcase dresses (that I will post at the bottom)



I am sorry if this was asked/answered already but the mickey dresses- what pattern are those?

here are my pillowcase dresses... for those of you that make these, how do I keep the top bunched up? I fight with it to look cute for pictures and I know it will/should stay bunched on the baby but I have seen them on hangers looking bunched too..

The dresses are great and like others suggested I would add elastic tacked down at the ends inside the casing a little smaller than the length of the neckline so it forces it to bunch up.

Thanks to the ladies on this board and the suggestion of the Simply Sweet pattern, I made my dd's gown for breakfast at the castle. I let her choose the fabric. She's wearing a pettiskirt underneath to add fullness. The skirt is has 2 layers - satin on the bottom then a tulle overlay with a swirly glitter pattern on it. The glitter got on everything. Simply everything. And we were all weaing sunscreen so it stuck to all of us and wouldn't wipe off. Everyone kept mentioning our pixie dust so it ended up adding to the Disney magic - although ds was less than thrilled to be covered in glitter.
The top of the dress is crying out for something but I don't embroider (yet )
Thanks for inspiring me and helping to add to the magic of our first family trip to Disney!

The dress and your dd are gorgeous. She looks very happy!

 

[DMGeurts]

Maybe I'll just make a rosetta bag (with D's tutorial for the zipper) and if she doesn't like it I'll keep it. TIA

LOL... You should just make one for yourself.

I really like the looks of this bag:
http://wholesalepursepatterns.com/i...id=998&zenid=e78b9e173865fd153b230a08a41cf76d

But I've heard the Lila Tueller's patterns are quite difficult, and sometimes don't match up correctly... but I really like the looks of all of them....

Here's more of hers:
http://wholesalepursepatterns.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=53

Also, the Amy Butler "Frenchy" bag gets really awesome reviews on the sewing pattern review board... It's actually listed as one of their top 10 patterns, or something like that??? I have not made it or purchased it, but I've seriously considered it because of the awesome reviews - I think I will purchase it in the future...
http://pursepatterns.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

Also, all of these bag patterns, I've been able to find on Etsy - so if you prefer to pay with Paypal, just search Etsy.

Let us know what you decide to do.

D~ <---- Can you tell that I am a purse fanatic???

 

[DMGeurts]

Sorry, but in addition to my above post...

I love this bag too:
http://pursepatterns.com/index.php?...id=815&zenid=c40d37e31ad19a24540cb77095fcd133

And this one - but I would want to add a strap and carry it cross-body style:
http://pursepatterns.com/index.php?...d=1393&zenid=c40d37e31ad19a24540cb77095fcd133

D~ <---- who must get back to sewing now.

 

[ellenbenny]

My sister wants me to make her a medium sized purse with a zipper. I asked her if it could have ruffles and she said "no". Boo, I wanted to make a Rosetta bag. I know I have seen lots of bags on this site and I own plenty of patterns but I can't find anything I like that has a zipper. Does anyone have a quick suggestion for a pattern? Maybe I'll just make a rosetta bag (with D's tutorial for the zipper) and if she doesn't like it I'll keep it. TIA

I bookmarked this tutorial that was posted by someone else here... (Maybe NCMomof2?) Anyway it looks somewhat similar to the Aivilo Messenger bag (https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/featured-products/aivilo-pocket-messenger-bag.htm) I've made several times, except it has a zipper which I have never tried. Anyway, thought it might help.

http://pinoyinoz.blogspot.com/2008/07/tutorial-messenger-bag-with-zip-top.html

 

[tinkabella627]

Very cute! I have never made a pillow case dress ~ could you knot the ties at the openings to keep them inplace so the dress stays scrunched as you'd like it too? Ohterwise maybe a hidden saftey pin to hold it, or a little stitch to keep it in place.

I know other people replied too but I apparently didn't click the quote button before replying so to everyone thank you for the compliments and congrats on the baby (that I wish would come on out so I can try these on her haha). I never thought to put a little stitch in! I guess I will wait until she is born, see how they look when I put them on, and then decide on the elastic or stitching. I don't want to put too much or too little bunch in it where it doesn't sit right on her collar bone. So for now, I will keep sewing them until she is here then just adjust them if I need to. My friends assure me that I shouldn't have to do anything once it is actually on her so we will see. I have 8 more to make that I precut the fabric for (some duplicates to either give to other babies that have been born in the past 2 months or to sell... I haven't decided yet- my family wants me to sell them but I am afraid to start selling my things because I don't know how sell worthy they are) then I am going to try some pants (simple free pattern I found just to practice) and then a few burp cloths and pacifier clips. After all that (and hopefully the baby will be here before I even get to all that) I want to get some of these patterns I have been saving and try them (especially little bucket hats... we can't find any small enough for our baby!)

 

[VBAndrea]

Someone posted instructions for printing the hat pieces. I just printed mine and it seems HUGE but I'm going to try it anyway.

Here is how to print the pattern for those interested.

Step 1: Install the latest version of Adobe (X or 10). It took only about 5 minutes for me to do. This step is crucial to getting your printer to cooperate.

Step 2: Open the pattern piece you need from Martha's list. It opens a pdf file and then you hit the little printer button which should open up your printer.

Step 3: From your printer menu you should see something that says PAGE SCALING (anyone who buys Carla's patterns should be familiar with that). Select TILE LARGE PAGES and hit print.

Someone was kind enough to submit this in the comment section -- I did not figure it out on my own. I'm not that computer savy.

And if anyone makes the Ottobre hat pattern that was listed don't forget to add seam allowances. And if you think I'm speaking from experience you are correct. Even with seam allowances I had to add a tiny dart to my brim. I will post pics (hopefully tomorrow) on the BG board and eventually on here once the recipient gets her hats. They'll all come with a disclaimer that I will not be offended if they are not worn (though my sun hat turned out darling if I do say so myself).

 

[snubie]

Wendy, that rainbow looks great. Love Heather's newest design!


Lauren has developed this fascination with Darth Vader. She thinks he is so funny. I got the design to make a father's day gift for Dh but Lauren asked for a pink Vader.....

And because it is pretty funny......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_dZPVg8KI&feature=youtu.be

 

[jessica52877]

I am going to give my opinion on the 5x7 vs the 6x10 since I see talk about it. There is usually quite a large jump in price between the two but if you can find the 1500d it isn't that bad for a 6x10 compared to what some are. It is a combo sewing/embroidery though so that raises the price itself. My dealer was firm at $2200 (I think, might have been $2400) and he was going to toss in the 4x4 hoop after lots of pleading. I don't think he was in the mood to sell a machine that day.

Anyways, if you take an image and do it 6x10 you often times don't get *that* much larger because you can only go one inch larger on the one side, usually width with most designs and you have to keep your item in scale. So overall it isn't that huge. Of course if it is something long and skinny, a ladder for example, you could easily get it the 3 inches longer (I know, bad example).

I never use my 6x10, but I also hoop everything and hooping with a 6x10 is very hard unless the shirt is large. I do not like spray or sticky because it gums up the machine and I use mine way too often to be worrying about that. I have maybe used it 5x in the 11 years I have owned my machine. It is good though if you wanted to make something with a name or long saying since you can get way more words in it. If you make dresses or skirts vs tees then the hooping isn't as big of an issue since the fabric can just be cut larger.

Anyways, just my thoughts. I will say I enjoy having that size though just to have. I bought a new machine 2 months ago and skipped the 6x10, stuck with a 5x7. It was $700 more for the 6x10 but I wasn't willing to pay it since I saw no need.

 

[OhStuffandFluff]

I have read through Heathersue's tutorial on appliques and am hoping to attempt doing my first one this coming week. However, after reading through other posts, I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to do an applique without having an embroidery machine. All I have is a plain jane sewing machine with none of the extras on it. Is this possible to do or should I be looking at another option? Thanks so much for all your help and advice!! You all are wonderful!!

 

[ellenbenny]

I have read through Heathersue's tutorial on appliques and am hoping to attempt doing my first one this coming week. However, after reading through other posts, I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to do an applique without having an embroidery machine. All I have is a plain jane sewing machine with none of the extras on it. Is this possible to do or should I be looking at another option? Thanks so much for all your help and advice!! You all are wonderful!!

Heathersue's applique tutorial is written for doing applique with a standard sewing machine, so you should be just fine.

 

[dianemom2]

That's wonderful advice and I really appreciate it. I'll keep the 770 on my list for now. I think it will do what my DH is looking to do anyway.

I also bought a second hand Babylock machine. Mine is an Ellageo 3. It does the 6x10. I love it and it works great! I would strongly suggest waiting until you can buy something that does 5x7. My first machine was a 270D that only did 4x4 embroidery and had no ability to combine and edit designs. It was only a few months before I was seriously looking to upgrade. If I were you, I would be checking Craigslist for something that will cost less and do everything you want. I've seen several people locally selling very lightly used machines on there.

 

[miprender]

I feel like all I have done this week is sew and embroider. Finally got my son's teachers gifts done. Just in time since tomorrow is the last day. Also finished up my neices birthday present. Sorry the picture is blurry, but I did it with my phone and it didn't want to take a good one. I thought it turned out really cute and I love the colors. I am having a lot of fun making these twirl skirts. They are very easy to do, but also very time consuming.

That came out cute. I like the colors. Are you using Carla C's twirl pattern?

Hi everyone! I am new here and pretty new to sewing even though I have had a machine for a few years. I just really started getting into it when I found out we were expecting a little girl and I could sew clothes for her... All I have done so far are some pillowcase dresses (that I will post at the bottom)

Congrats on the baby and great job on the pillowcase dresses. I wish I had started sewing when DD was younger. I just started this year and there aren't as many cute patterns for 7 year olds as there are for little girls.

Thanks to the ladies on this board and the suggestion of the Simply Sweet pattern, I made my dd's gown for breakfast at the castle. I let her choose the fabric. She's wearing a pettiskirt underneath to add fullness. The skirt is has 2 layers - satin on the bottom then a tulle overlay with a swirly glitter pattern on it. The glitter got on everything. Simply everything. And we were all weaing sunscreen so it stuck to all of us and wouldn't wipe off. Everyone kept mentioning our pixie dust so it ended up adding to the Disney magic - although ds was less than thrilled to be covered in glitter.
The top of the dress is crying out for something but I don't embroider (yet )
Thanks for inspiring me and helping to add to the magic of our first family trip to Disney!

What a pretty dress.

Hello ladies! I love to look at all of your creations for inspiration although I'm mostly a lurker. can anyone point me in the direction of a tutorial for a snow white simply sweet? I found them for sleeping beauty, cinderella, and belle.

thank you for any help!

I saw you posted the question again. Sorry I can't help as my Simply Sweet dresses are pretty simple and I haven't tried to princessfy (sp) them yet.

 

[OhStuffandFluff]

Heathersue's applique tutorial is written for doing applique with a standard sewing machine, so you should be just fine.

Okay Great!!! Thank you so much for clarifying this for me!! now hopefully i can get it to work!!

 

[OhStuffandFluff]

Wendy, that rainbow looks great. Love Heather's newest design!


Lauren has developed this fascination with Darth Vader. She thinks he is so funny. I got the design to make a father's day gift for Dh but Lauren asked for a pink Vader.....

And because it is pretty funny......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_dZPVg8KI&feature=youtu.be

This is great!! My daughter would love that too!!

 

[Granna4679]

And I will answer. That is the short form for Mademoiselle, or Miss in French. He goes to French Immersion school, so spends 1/2 in english, and 1/2 day in French. And this year is really weird cause his french teacher does not have a french sounding last name, and his english teacher has a very french last name.

Ahhh...that makes sense. I learned something today! Thanks!

I am so in love with this quilt! It is just darling! You have done a great job!

Jeana

Thanks Jeana.

Im a long time lurker, and I just want to say that I LOVE everything that all of you post on here. I go through the pages every couple of days and dream of being able to do something similar.

It is officially summer here at my new house, so my DH has been assigned to unpacking our office so I can make it a sewing room. (I threatened to get it done asap or else Im doing it in our bedroom.)

Anyways, I am brand new to this and have not sewed anything since I was a young girl. I dont really have anyone who will help me, so I hope to get some great tips and advice from you all.

Ill post my failures and success on here once I get started. Ive got some material and am off to get some of the must have accessories now.

PS...we are probably going to WDW for 4th of July and Im really wanting to have something made by then. Ive always planned our trips way in advance and here we are not even 100% we are going. Our BFFs have a week at Bonnet Creek they want rid of, so we may take it.

Welcome....can't wait to see what you make. And don't be afraid to ask questions.

As always everything looks beautiful. I can't wait to see your DGS's nursery.

Thank you! Her baby shower is July 23 so I probably won't post pictures until after. I am getting antsy to get it all in the room and see how it all looks.

Where did you buy that turtle fabric? It is gorgeous. My daughter loves turtles. I don't know what I would make with it now because she is 25. She is engaged and getting married in the next year. Maybe I could save it for a quilt someday for some future grandchildren.

The turtle fabric came from Joanns. I was at a different store than the one I usually visit one day and there it was. I don't think I have seen it since. I hope you find it. I am sure you can make something cute from it.

Sure, I'll share! It's not perfect, but it worked well enough for me and my friend. I have the 5x7 hoop, so I just assumed that I should use the 5x7 designs, but then I posted on Heather's facebook and asked if she had any tips, and she suggested using the 4x4 designs, as they were three separate designs and were hooped separately. For all three designs, I hooped tear away stabilizer and sprayed with adhesive, then floated the knit tank.

So, I did the center one first, the mickey head with the swirlies, right at the bottom of the V. Before I started, I checked the needle position at the top center of the design to make sure it was in the center of the V and about a half inch down from the trim around the neck. That was the easy one.

The left and right sides were a little more difficult, because it was just guesswork and prayer! LOL! Since the designs are kind of diagonal, I used the teensy picture on the embroidery machine and tried to mimic the angle of the design when I placed the shirt. When I placed the shirt, I wanted some point of reference so I could attempt to place the other half in the same manner. It worked out that for the left side of the design, the left ear on the mickey head that I did in the center was in the lower right corner of the 4x4 hoop, and then the swirlie to the left of the mickey head was extending out right over the top of the bottom edge of the hoop toward the center of the hoop. So the shirt was kind of angled as well.

Then, I checked the top left needle position to make sure it wasn't in the armpit, and checked the bottom right needle position to make sure it wasn't going to run off the V. After I did that, made a few adjustments left and right, I just hit start and crossed my fingers.

I lined up the second side the same way but on the other side of the mickey head and with the other swirl. Again, fiddled with the needle settings and moved the design just a bit so it seemed to look about the same as the other side, hit start and prayed. It worked pretty well, but I still wish the right side would have been about another half centimeter lower and to the right. Next time!

Clear as mud, right?

Yes...makes total sense. Thanks so much!

The rainbow Mickey is way to cute. I saw that design on her facebook page today and liked it.

I feel like all I have done this week is sew and embroider. Finally got my son's teachers gifts done. Just in time since tomorrow is the last day. Also finished up my neices birthday present. Sorry the picture is blurry, but I did it with my phone and it didn't want to take a good one. I thought it turned out really cute and I love the colors. I am having a lot of fun making these twirl skirts. They are very easy to do, but also very time consuming.

Very cute!

Thanks to the ladies on this board and the suggestion of the Simply Sweet pattern, I made my dd's gown for breakfast at the castle. I let her choose the fabric. She's wearing a pettiskirt underneath to add fullness. The skirt is has 2 layers - satin on the bottom then a tulle overlay with a swirly glitter pattern on it. The glitter got on everything. Simply everything. And we were all weaing sunscreen so it stuck to all of us and wouldn't wipe off. Everyone kept mentioning our pixie dust so it ended up adding to the Disney magic - although ds was less than thrilled to be covered in glitter.
The top of the dress is crying out for something but I don't embroider (yet )
Thanks for inspiring me and helping to add to the magic of our first family trip to Disney!

Oh...she is precious and so is the dress. I love the glitter.

Lauren has developed this fascination with Darth Vader. She thinks he is so funny. I got the design to make a father's day gift for Dh but Lauren asked for a pink Vader.....

And because it is pretty funny......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4_dZPVg8KI&feature=youtu.be

Cute. My DGD would love that.

I have read through Heathersue's tutorial on appliques and am hoping to attempt doing my first one this coming week. However, after reading through other posts, I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to do an applique without having an embroidery machine. All I have is a plain jane sewing machine with none of the extras on it. Is this possible to do or should I be looking at another option? Thanks so much for all your help and advice!! You all are wonderful!!

Yes...absolutely you can do it with a regular sewing machine as long as it has a zig zag stitch.

 

[mphalens]

Awesome finds. Wish I could get Disney fabric around here.... But then I would just buy a bunch that I don't need and take forever to use it and fill my sewing room to the ceiling... Maybe I am better off not having easy access.

It is the Aivilo Pocket Tote from You can Make this. I have made about 15 or so of them now. They are very easy and you can customize the size quite easily too. The colours of the tops of the bags are those teachers favourite colours. https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/featured-products/the-aivilo-pocket-handbag.htm

Ottobre doesn't require a serger any more than any other pattern. You can just zig zag your seams and use a long stretchy zig zag to hem the knits with your regular machine. I love my Ottobre subscription. there are 40 full patterns in every issue, with many different sizes and it only costs about $15/issue.

Thanks!!!! I am super excited about my fabric finds!!!
Too funny that it's an Aivilo pattern ... She's part of another board I'm on and her designs are wonderful! Thanks for sharing! And thanks for the Ottobre info!!!

I just started on this thread a couple of weeks ago and you've already gotten me going! Some of you recommended the Simply Sweet pattern for my baby girl and I started with a Minnie dress. I kept it fairly simple for my first try. I'm going to iron on a Minnie head to the bodice. out of the black fabric with white dots. It's a little big now, but it should be just right in September. I love that e-book. I already have a list of stuff I want to make out of it. Next up will be the princessified simply sweet I think.

LOVE the Minnie dress and your daughter is just precious!!!! Can't wait to see what you do next!

Wish I'd been on here before 11 so jealous of the fabric purchases!

I'm going to have to make another trip back up there ... was there a certain fabric you were looking for??? pm me

Where is this place? I am in Salisbury, so please share!

It'd be a bit of a drive for you from Salisbury! I'm up in Rhode Island for a big chunk of the summer. The name of the store is called Just Fabrics and it's in Cranston, RI.

Thank you for recommending the fabric place Marianne. I might be heading to RI in the next few weeks. I guess I will have to rope my parents into babysitting so I can do some fabric shopping. For those that have asked, she found a place in Rhode Island for fabric.

Let me know if you're coming down and going! Maybe we can meet!!!

Here's a couple of the outfits my 4 yo DD will be wearing to the parks.
Animal Kingdom

Minnie Mouse twirl set

Need a better/close-up pic of this halter dress

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! Which skirt pattern is that? Is it difficult??? I so need a girl!!!

Welcome! I hadn't sewn anything since jr. high when I started lurking here last fall... There's more inspiration in this little thread than you can imagine! And everyone here is so helpful! I can't wait to see what you create!

D~

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????? You've only been lurking here since last fall??? Your stuff is amazing!!!! You give me great hope!!!!

That store is truely a hidden gem. I do have some of those fabrics and the vintage Mickey I remember when it came in. She told be she had some old Disney fabric that her DH found and was delivering it for a few days. I think I hounded her for days till she bought it. I haven't been there in a while so I think I might have to take a ride over.

I saw you posted that you were at Joannes in Warwick. You were right by where I live

It is in Cranston, RI on Atwood Ave. She does have a FB page and it is really a whole in the wall place but she does have some great deals on Fabric.

A hidden gem is right!!! But what a steady stream of customers!!! And I should know I was in there for 2.5 hours yesterday I went from there to Ryco (www.rycotrim.com if anyone makes tutus or uses lots of ribbons & trims ... their fabric prices are REALLY high, but their trims, etc. are SUCH a great deal!!!!) to pick up tutu making supplies (I'll post a picture in a few!) ... then on my way home hit Joann's to pick up a couple of other supplies (using coupons of course! ) .... It was fabulous to get to go ALONE!!!!! I could take my time and look at everything and really THINK about what I was buying!!!

So ... I have to share this story with y'all ... When I got to Just Fabrics yesterday there were quite a few customers in the store ... I said hello and then started browsing ... when the owner had a minute I asked her if she had any more of some of the fabrics I'd purchased the day before because I didn't see the bolts on the shelves...
She started laughing and said, "Well, yes, I do ... but I had to pull them all to be cut" I asked why ... her response, "Well, this morning I got a phone call from a man in Utah saying his wife had seen the fabrics online and he wanted to place an order. I said he must be mistaken because I don't have a website. It took me a couple of minutes to figure out that you must have posted about the store and put pictures of the fabric to your group you were telling me about! I couldn't believe you'd gotten pictures up that fast and that someone from UTAH was calling me!"
Then I told her I was going to need at least 12 yards of the Princess fabric as well as some other stuff for people in "my group"

So, needless to say, she is TOTALLY feeling the Disboutiquers love

For those of you that I'm getting princess fabric for, she didn't have enough in the store yesterday to cut me any (lucky person from Utah, whomever you are, you got the last of what she had there ) but she is 99% sure she has more in the warehouse and I've put in an "order" and she & I will be in touch later this week

Okay ... now I'm off to go catch up on the next couple pages ... I was able to lurk a little yesterday, but I was on my phone, so I couldn't even begin to quote and post!!!!

 

[mphalens]

I'm hoping maybe this got hidden between all the beautiful pictures! Can anyone help with this?! Thank you so much!

Hi Hayley!!!! I'm no help (can you see P or F wearing a princess dress ) but wanted to say "I see you!"

Mom said it was amazing. Over 18,000 bolts of fabric. She is taking me there in nov. Cause we are spending a week in st. Pete's Beach.

Hmm... maybe I need to make an excursion the next time I'm in Florida ...

I feel like all I have done this week is sew and embroider. Finally got my son's teachers gifts done. Just in time since tomorrow is the last day. Also finished up my neices birthday present. Sorry the picture is blurry, but I did it with my phone and it didn't want to take a good one. I thought it turned out really cute and I love the colors. I am having a lot of fun making these twirl skirts. They are very easy to do, but also very time consuming.

LOVE it!!!! I'm so itching to make a twirl skirt ... darn it, why do I only have boys???

Thanks to the ladies on this board and the suggestion of the Simply Sweet pattern, I made my dd's gown for breakfast at the castle. I let her choose the fabric. She's wearing a pettiskirt underneath to add fullness. The skirt is has 2 layers - satin on the bottom then a tulle overlay with a swirly glitter pattern on it. The glitter got on everything. Simply everything. And we were all weaing sunscreen so it stuck to all of us and wouldn't wipe off. Everyone kept mentioning our pixie dust so it ended up adding to the Disney magic - although ds was less than thrilled to be covered in glitter.
The top of the dress is crying out for something but I don't embroider (yet )
Thanks for inspiring me and helping to add to the magic of our first family trip to Disney!

LOVE it!!!! What a pretty dress and little girl! And I love the pixie dust story!

Last week I finished DD summer seperates set....I didn't realize a T3 and child 3 are very different in commerical patterns....so she may have to wait until next year to wear this....or at least until the fall w/ a shirt under it.

she was mad I wouldn't let her wear the Cindy dress from last Halloween

slightly more cooperation

Finished her 3 yr old portrait dress in 2 weeks!

Then today I decided I was tired of looking at my old ironing board cover that was too big and was covered in burnt stabilizer and 505! so I made a new one...to match the dining room since that's where I sew.

Now I can tackle the pile of mending that has been waiting for me for 3 weeks

WOW!!! It's all so pretty, but that portrait dress ... simply to die for!!!!

LOL... You should just make one for yourself.

I really like the looks of this bag:
http://wholesalepursepatterns.com/i...id=998&zenid=e78b9e173865fd153b230a08a41cf76d

But I've heard the Lila Tueller's patterns are quite difficult, and sometimes don't match up correctly... but I really like the looks of all of them....

Here's more of hers:
http://wholesalepursepatterns.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=53

Also, the Amy Butler "Frenchy" bag gets really awesome reviews on the sewing pattern review board... It's actually listed as one of their top 10 patterns, or something like that??? I have not made it or purchased it, but I've seriously considered it because of the awesome reviews - I think I will purchase it in the future...
http://pursepatterns.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

Also, all of these bag patterns, I've been able to find on Etsy - so if you prefer to pay with Paypal, just search Etsy.

Let us know what you decide to do.

D~ <---- Can you tell that I am a purse fanatic???

I LOVE Amy Butler!!! I drool over her stuff ... and I'm also a purse fanatic!!!!

Someone posted instructions for printing the hat pieces. I just printed mine and it seems HUGE but I'm going to try it anyway.

Here is how to print the pattern for those interested.

Step 1: Install the latest version of Adobe (X or 10). It took only about 5 minutes for me to do. This step is crucial to getting your printer to cooperate.

Step 2: Open the pattern piece you need from Martha's list. It opens a pdf file and then you hit the little printer button which should open up your printer.

Step 3: From your printer menu you should see something that says PAGE SCALING (anyone who buys Carla's patterns should be familiar with that). Select TILE LARGE PAGES and hit print.

Someone was kind enough to submit this in the comment section -- I did not figure it out on my own. I'm not that computer savy.

And if anyone makes the Ottobre hat pattern that was listed don't forget to add seam allowances. And if you think I'm speaking from experience you are correct. Even with seam allowances I had to add a tiny dart to my brim. I will post pics (hopefully tomorrow) on the BG board and eventually on here once the recipient gets her hats. They'll all come with a disclaimer that I will not be offended if they are not worn (though my sun hat turned out darling if I do say so myself).

Thanks for posting this! I'm tempted to try one of the hat patterns ... can't wait to see how yours came out!!!

I have read through Heathersue's tutorial on appliques and am hoping to attempt doing my first one this coming week. However, after reading through other posts, I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to do an applique without having an embroidery machine. All I have is a plain jane sewing machine with none of the extras on it. Is this possible to do or should I be looking at another option? Thanks so much for all your help and advice!! You all are wonderful!!

As long as your machine can do a satin stitch (a really tight zig zag stitch) ... my machine is from the 60s and it can ... my Mom's machine is from the early 70's and hers cannot do a tight zig zag ... I used her technique on my first pair of easy fits and it was fantastic! I haven't attempted to do an applique that has different pieces to it yet though ...

 

[aboveH20]

I have read through Heathersue's tutorial on appliques and am hoping to attempt doing my first one this coming week. However, after reading through other posts, I am beginning to wonder if it is possible to do an applique without having an embroidery machine. All I have is a plain jane sewing machine with none of the extras on it. Is this possible to do or should I be looking at another option? Thanks so much for all your help and advice!! You all are wonderful!!

I keep meaning to say that if your name were Old Stuff and Fluffy, that would be me and my cat.

Anyway, you've gotten a number of opinions about "hand" aplique. I agree with the post below. It depends upon your machine. Mine just wouldn't do the stitches tight enough together. Someone (VBAndrea, maybe?) said the digital machines are better at it than the dial machines. Mine's a dial. Give it a try on practice material first -- and good luck, hope it works for you.

As long as your machine can do a satin stitch (a really tight zig zag stitch) ... my machine is from the 60s and it can ... my Mom's machine is from the early 70's and hers cannot do a tight zig zag ... I used her technique on my first pair of easy fits and it was fantastic! I haven't attempted to do an applique that has different pieces to it yet though ...

 

[miprender]

A hidden gem is right!!! But what a steady stream of customers!!! And I should know I was in there for 2.5 hours yesterday I went from there to Ryco (www.rycotrim.com if anyone makes tutus or uses lots of ribbons & trims ... their fabric prices are REALLY high, but their trims, etc. are SUCH a great deal!!!!) to pick up tutu making supplies (I'll post a picture in a few!) ... then on my way home hit Joann's to pick up a couple of other supplies (using coupons of course! ) .... It was fabulous to get to go ALONE!!!!! I could take my time and look at everything and really THINK about what I was buying!!!

So ... I have to share this story with y'all ... When I got to Just Fabrics yesterday there were quite a few customers in the store ... I said hello and then started browsing ... when the owner had a minute I asked her if she had any more of some of the fabrics I'd purchased the day before because I didn't see the bolts on the shelves...
She started laughing and said, "Well, yes, I do ... but I had to pull them all to be cut" I asked why ... her response, "Well, this morning I got a phone call from a man in Utah saying his wife had seen the fabrics online and he wanted to place an order. I said he must be mistaken because I don't have a website. It took me a couple of minutes to figure out that you must have posted about the store and put pictures of the fabric to your group you were telling me about! I couldn't believe you'd gotten pictures up that fast and that someone from UTAH was calling me!"
Then I told her I was going to need at least 12 yards of the Princess fabric as well as some other stuff for people in "my group"

So, needless to say, she is TOTALLY feeling the Disboutiquers love

For those of you that I'm getting princess fabric for, she didn't have enough in the store yesterday to cut me any (lucky person from Utah, whomever you are, you got the last of what she had there ) but she is 99% sure she has more in the warehouse and I've put in an "order" and she & I will be in touch later this week

Okay ... now I'm off to go catch up on the next couple pages ... I was able to lurk a little yesterday, but I was on my phone, so I couldn't even begin to quote and post!!!!

That is too funny. I should get there before she is all sold out

Don't you just love RYCOs too I keep trying to talk the owner into getting Disney fabrics but she said because of the liscensing issue.

 

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You ladies amaze me. I'm taking my last final tonight and then I'm going to start on some of these projects I've been drooling over for the last few months!