Disboutiquers Part 27 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[DMGeurts]

Not really anything to do with sewing except that my dd came into my closet and saw the ig bolt of horse fleece I had hiding behind the door (which is going to be made into Christmas presents for her). But now I bought her a huge horse purse -- not a little tiny one, a huge one! So how do you all hide Christmas presents? When they were younger it was easier because they didn't accidentally snoop -- they are not purposely snoopy now, but they do from time to time.

In the past I have wrapped things right away in case they found them and then I would put a sticky note on the package so I would remember what was in it, but that was before they could read. I also have the problem of winter birthdays (dd's on Xmas day and ds in Jan) so I just buy things and then divy them up between Xmas and b-day and dd does NOT get her b-day pressies wrapped in Xmas paper.

I have one box in my closet and one box currently in the downstairs bathtub (I mainly use it for storage b/c we only have out of town guests about once a year -- though if Marianne and D come to use my embroidery machine that storage spot may be out -- don't want stinky girls in my house).

Anyhoo, any hiding ideas would be appreciated.

love all the ideas for hiding presents. I usually tell DD that the presents are for one of her cousins. OR if you snoop you loose it.

I tell the girls that they are hidden at the neighbor's house. And sometimes I do hide them there, especially when they were little. Now, for the most part, I just tell them they are there, and they are in a box somewhere in the house.

Now, when I wrap gifts... no names go on any of the boxes. I put a small number or letter written with a sharpie at the bottom right hand corner of the box (the print of the paper determines the top and bottom)... Each year I use a different code, number or letter for each family member - so no one ever knows who it belongs to, so they don't look.

D~

 

[tngal]

Hi all! I had ask a question on the disABILITIES thread, and someone there kindly directed me here I have a dd that has intellectual disabilities and wants to be able to dress up like her little sister if we ever get to take her to disney. i know disney has something about older kids not dressing up or something ( she is in adult size clothing) . The person who sent me here said that some of you could give ideas on "special princess" clothing ideas. Thanks for your help!

 

[Disneymom1218]

Hi all! I had ask a question on the disABILITIES thread, and someone there kindly directed me here I have a dd that has intellectual disabilities and wants to be able to dress up like her little sister if we ever get to take her to disney. i know disney has something about older kids not dressing up or something ( she is in adult size clothing) . The person who sent me here said that some of you could give ideas on "special princess" clothing ideas. Thanks for your help!

How old is your daughter in Question? I know they do not sell adult costumes anywhere in the parks but they still allow kids, even teens to dress up. last yr when we went, there was a family who apparently had the same schedule we did as we saw them at the bus stop every morning. There daughters, looked to be about 13 and 15, were dressed like princesses each day.

 

[mphalens]

I hide presents in our garage and at a friend's house and small stuff I can hide in the linen closet. I try to wrap as early as I can and the boys each have their own wrapping paper. . . so no names on the presents if I can help it . . . with just two it's easy to remember which paper belongs to whom.

My mom hides stuff all over the house and my dad's office . . . but she doesn't keep a list of WHERE everything is hidden . . . I have been the recipient of "years ago" presents on more than one occasion when she's found an old present in the process of hiding a new one

One year she lost my "big" present - I think I was 12 - and she finally gave up and told me what I was supposed to have gotten . . . I still had to wait until she figured out where she'd hidden it though I think it was Feb or March before that happened

 

[VBAndrea]

Thanks for the hiding ideas smart ladies. Duh -- why didn't I think of storing things at my sister's house! She has a 3+ bedroom house and is single. And my mom has a 3 bedroom and lives alone as well, however sometimes the kids snoop in her extra rooms to look for things to do / old toys when they visit her. And she's a bit on the dingy side so probably would tell them to go look in the closet for something to do. I also like the numbering system with a master list. I keep a list of gifts anyway so I can sort what is for birthday vs what is for Christmas. It's just a bit harder to wrap in advance when I haven't decided which gift goes with which date.

I have a huge WI closet too and keep one area devoted to gifts I pick up throughout the year and have one box in there. If I would find the time to reorganize it and get rid of the things I no longer wear I might be able to make room for another box.

We open Xmas presents on Christmas Eve and Christmas day is dd's b-day. DS is jealous b/c she gets presents two days in a row. DD is upset because all of her friends get presents on her birthday and it makes her feel less special. The grass is always greener on the other side.

NINI: I just redid our LR curtains last year -- we have now had our house for almost 10 years so I slowly do little make overs. We were having a huge party (dh work related) so I had no time to sew and just got some nice curtains from JCPenny. I would have loved to have made my own though and will eventually get around to the DR. I think you are pushing it with getting your quilts done and having new hand sewn curtains by Thanksgiving -- but with FHA all sales are excluded, so feel free to shop, shop, shop!

Hi all! I had ask a question on the disABILITIES thread, and someone there kindly directed me here I have a dd that has intellectual disabilities and wants to be able to dress up like her little sister if we ever get to take her to disney. i know disney has something about older kids not dressing up or something ( she is in adult size clothing) . The person who sent me here said that some of you could give ideas on "special princess" clothing ideas. Thanks for your help!

Some people have girls who are older and do variations on the very princessy dresses. Marianne is making herself clothes to wear, but she is doing things like decoupage jeans rather than dresses. If you look on page one you will find a link to a photobucket photo album that many people submit things they've made into and hopefully that could give you some ideas.

 

[tricia]

I hide presents in our garage and at a friend's house and small stuff I can hide in the linen closet. I try to wrap as early as I can and the boys each have their own wrapping paper. . . so no names on the presents if I can help it . . . with just two it's easy to remember which paper belongs to whom.

My mom hides stuff all over the house and my dad's office . . . but she doesn't keep a list of WHERE everything is hidden . . . I have been the recipient of "years ago" presents on more than one occasion when she's found an old present in the process of hiding a new one

One year she lost my "big" present - I think I was 12 - and she finally gave up and told me what I was supposed to have gotten . . . I still had to wait until she figured out where she'd hidden it though I think it was Feb or March before that happened

OMG, this is my mom too

 

[belle41379]

Notice the dolly tracks on the ground. They're 12' long and my son brought them home from NYC the weekend of the snow storm, sticking out the sunroof of my car.

The soundstage -- formerly our family room.

My husband built the sets and my son painted them.

Now . . . on to the sewing

Cast and crew are working for room and board so my son thought gift baskets would be nice. I got popcorn buckets and "grass" at the dollar store.

. . . added some Saratoga brochures, a post card, Saratoga water, Saratoga (the birthplace of potato chips) potato chips, horse pop and pig poop.

. . . some other stuff

. . . put it in the bucket

. . . and put it in a bag I made with the name of the film.

I made 16 of them, and like any good sewing project, it took LONGER than I expected.

Gotta run and put lunch on for them.

I'll be back.

WOW! You have a ton going on! I've been MIA for a while..can you fill me in on the whole movie thing? Very neat!

Super Cute!

Thanks to this group, I found CarlaC's patterns and sewed my very first pair of Easy Fits. They turned out great. I'm making some fleece pjs for my DDs:

Unfortunately, I was also trying to wing-it on making a top using another pj top as my pattern. I've done it before (but it's been over a year) and I sewed the sleeves on BACKWARDS! AAACKKK!

This is what happens when you stay up late sewing when you are sleep deprived! I'll have to wait until tomorrow night to try to fix it. Man and I HATE seam ripping fleece.

Can't wait to see what everyone else has been working on

Welcome! Great job on the pjs. That's cute fabric.


Well, I am finally headed off to Jo Anns to use my coupons. I'm thinking I'll take some of dd's jeans that are too short and add a ruffle to the bottom in Christmas/winter fabric. I'll also be making some shirts. Probably a skirt or two for DD as well. just a little over a month until we leave!!!

 

[VBAndrea]

I hide presents in our garage and at a friend's house and small stuff I can hide in the linen closet. I try to wrap as early as I can and the boys each have their own wrapping paper. . . so no names on the presents if I can help it . . . with just two it's easy to remember which paper belongs to whom.

My mom hides stuff all over the house and my dad's office . . . but she doesn't keep a list of WHERE everything is hidden . . . I have been the recipient of "years ago" presents on more than one occasion when she's found an old present in the process of hiding a new one

One year she lost my "big" present - I think I was 12 - and she finally gave up and told me what I was supposed to have gotten . . . I still had to wait until she figured out where she'd hidden it though I think it was Feb or March before that happened

The garage is out -- it's full of dh's junk and we have spiders. I was just out there cleaning behind the old frig as the new one is coming today. It was gross. I detest our garage. Every time I try to organize it dh comes along and piles crap everywhere.

My MIL (who has severe senile dementia) has a room in her house full of wrapped presents. She has no clue what's in any of the boxes so Christmas is hilarious. She used to mail our presents but now she gives our gifts to one of her dd's to mail to us and they just tell her they do and donate the crap. It's all dollar store garbage. One year we got lighthouse towels and a lighthouse pillow in red, white and blue. We have no lighthouses in our home and no red white and blue. We would get stuffed animals before we had kids. We also got pinecone candle holders covered in purple glitter (I do have purple in the house, but our house in very simple in design and I have classier decorative accessories). I couldn't even sell those dang things at a yard sale. She also sent us a baby blanket once we had kids that was so gross and pilly it was definitely used -- ewww! Now I am not that much of a snob -- my kids wear hand me downs and I love yard sales, but I would never send something used as a gift for an anyone, let alone an infant.

And about one month after I started dating dh he went out of town and I watched his cats. It was about one month before Christmas so I went into his closet to get his size. He had some horrid clothes hanging with tags on them. I got really worried I was dating a gay guy -- come to find out, these were things his mother sent him. No idea why he hung them in his closet, but I was very relieved.

I am just thankful my dizzy MIL lives far away from us and we no longer allow her to visit b/c we have to pay for her flight, she never remembers visiting, and she is a huge annoyance when she is here. My parents had to come over and babysit her one night when dh and I were gone.

 

[dianemom2]

When am I ever going to learn to keep a cash stash the same way I have a fabric stash!?!

We are redecorating the living areas of my house (after 8 years)...I want to redo the drapes in the living room and dining room...and I have my heart set on some dupioni silk. I got an email from Fabric.com. Dupioni silk is on sale!

I can imagine how perfect it would look for Thanksgiving....of course I have no idea when it would get done! LOL!

I'm going to have to start deleting those sale emails as soon as I get them!

Nini

I did a bunch of drapes and curtains when we first moved in here 6 years ago. I think we are still in good shape for another couple of years before I have to start sewing new things again. Anyhow, I spent weeks watching ebay for just the right fabrics and I was able to pick up everything for great prices. I also bought some really nice silk dupioni on ebay last year to make each of my daughters a tallis for her bat mitzvah. There is one store (I am pretty sure that it is still on there) that sells the silk for much less than I could find it other places. There was also another site that I used called the Dallas Fabric Yard. They had some great deals too!

Hi all! I had ask a question on the disABILITIES thread, and someone there kindly directed me here I have a dd that has intellectual disabilities and wants to be able to dress up like her little sister if we ever get to take her to disney. i know disney has something about older kids not dressing up or something ( she is in adult size clothing) . The person who sent me here said that some of you could give ideas on "special princess" clothing ideas. Thanks for your help!

Last winter we were at Disney for Christmas and there was a group that had three adult women with intellectual disabilities. They were all dressed up in princess dresses. We ran into them several times during the day and people were complimenting them each time we saw them. They were so happy! Anyhow, if you sew, there are some ways to take a simple sundress pattern and make it princessy.

We open Xmas presents on Christmas Eve and Christmas day is dd's b-day. DS is jealous b/c she gets presents two days in a row. DD is upset because all of her friends get presents on her birthday and it makes her feel less special. The grass is always greener on the other side.

Maybe you could celebrate her half birthday too. I always did that when I was a teacher. The kids who had summer birthdays were always sad that they didn't get a day to bring in cupcakes and wear a special birthday hat. So we just started celebrating their half birthdays. We did that with one my best friends too. She was going to turn 40 after she moved across the country so we had a big party for her on her 39 1/2 birthday instead.

 

[Piper]

Hi all! I had ask a question on the disABILITIES thread, and someone there kindly directed me here I have a dd that has intellectual disabilities and wants to be able to dress up like her little sister if we ever get to take her to disney. i know disney has something about older kids not dressing up or something ( she is in adult size clothing) . The person who sent me here said that some of you could give ideas on "special princess" clothing ideas. Thanks for your help!

Read the first post in this thread. Look in the photo album for ideas (and who made them.) PM some of those people and some of them may be able to help. BTW--if you have a machine, Carla C.'s patterns on youcanmakethis.com are really easy and in her blog, she tells you how to princessify them! Sometimes just using Disney material will work. She has adult and child patterns.

 

[GlassSlippers]

Not really anything to do with sewing except that my dd came into my closet and saw the ig bolt of horse fleece I had hiding behind the door (which is going to be made into Christmas presents for her). But now I bought her a huge horse purse -- not a little tiny one, a huge one! So how do you all hide Christmas presents? When they were younger it was easier because they didn't accidentally snoop -- they are not purposely snoopy now, but they do from time to time.

In the past I have wrapped things right away in case they found them and then I would put a sticky note on the package so I would remember what was in it, but that was before they could read. I also have the problem of winter birthdays (dd's on Xmas day and ds in Jan) so I just buy things and then divy them up between Xmas and b-day and dd does NOT get her b-day pressies wrapped in Xmas paper.

I have one box in my closet and one box currently in the downstairs bathtub (I mainly use it for storage b/c we only have out of town guests about once a year -- though if Marianne and D come to use my embroidery machine that storage spot may be out -- don't want stinky girls in my house).

Anyhoo, any hiding ideas would be appreciated.

I have a big ol' Rubbermaid storage container or two that I keep in the basement with the Christmas decoration and wrapping paper containers. They blend right with the others because they look the same and nobody is the wiser. Inside of the container, I keep a master list of what I bought and who it's for so I know where I stand with my shopping.

HTH!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[Piper]

With all the talk about old Singers and ruffles, I thought I'd show off 2 dresses that my mother made for me with her 1942 Singer. Both of them are made of taffeta and net.

The red one has 3 tiers of ruffles and the bodice has chiffon over the taffeta and around the top. I wore it to Valentine's and Christmas dances.

The white one is 36 rows of ruffles all the way down the skirt. If anyone has ever tried to ruffle regular net, they know how difficult it was. The net was sewn to a net overskirt layered over taffeta. The bodice had tiny ruffles over the bust. My mother often made matching cummerbunds for me and my date (along with a bowtie for him) out of satin when he was wearing a tux. I had to wear 7 hoops with it--the short one that I wore under the red dress that had 2 hoops and the long one with 5 hoops! It had 1600 feet of ruffles on it!

She made all my clothes. I wish I had half her sewing ability!

 

[GlassSlippers]

I did it, Gang!

I changed my Etsy shop name and last night I added some things so I'm open for business. I'd really appreciate it if you'd go have a look and maybe those of you who sell could give me some ideas and/or feedback. I'm adding a couple more items today or tomorrow too. I'm kind of nervous, to be honest. I'm going to feel pretty stupid if I can't sell anything, but them's the brakes, right? For the record, I don't intend this as a plug for my shop. I really just need a little advice or suggestions because you fine folks are the only people I know who use Etsy too!

TIA, everybody!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[smile5sunshine]

Thank you all so much for the warm welcome.

"We" are about half way through the film shoot, so I'm beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel and think I may survive. I had a number of projects leading up to the film shoot including my often CASEd plunger, tree stump (soon to be often CASEd), dragon puppet (which used up many brain cells that I will never get back), four costumes, meals, gophering, yadda yadda.

Wow, you sure have been hard at work! Those popcorn baskets turned out really cute. Great job!

I'm a homeschooling mom, too, though only just beginning with my 4yo. The pjs are cute! We've all done something like that at some point!

Hi! I'm always happy to meet another homeschooling mom! It took a little while for me to really find our homeschooling groove, but we finally did and I'm glad because it turned out to be the best fit for our family.

So, I forgot to post pictures here - I finished the boys Mickey Decoupage Jeans (I did post about doing so, just not the pic

Your decoupage jeans turned out great! I'm always hunting for more ideas for sewing for the boys. It's so much easier to think of things for girls, but I don't want to leave my DS (and nephew) out on our upcoming trip.

Not really anything to do with sewing except that my dd came into my closet and saw the ig bolt of horse fleece I had hiding behind the door (which is going to be made into Christmas presents for her). But now I bought her a huge horse purse -- not a little tiny one, a huge one! So how do you all hide Christmas presents? When they were younger it was easier because they didn't accidentally snoop -- they are not purposely snoopy now, but they do from time to time.

In the past I have wrapped things right away in case they found them and then I would put a sticky note on the package so I would remember what was in it, but that was before they could read. I also have the problem of winter birthdays (dd's on Xmas day and ds in Jan) so I just buy things and then divy them up between Xmas and b-day and dd does NOT get her b-day pressies wrapped in Xmas paper.

I have one box in my closet and one box currently in the downstairs bathtub (I mainly use it for storage b/c we only have out of town guests about once a year -- though if Marianne and D come to use my embroidery machine that storage spot may be out -- don't want stinky girls in my house).

Anyhoo, any hiding ideas would be appreciated.

I know you've gotten a lot of responses about this already, but I'd like to add we also store stuff under our bed too.

p

With all the talk about old Singers and ruffles, I thought I'd show off 2 dresses that my mother made for me with her 1942 Singer. Both of them are made of taffeta and net.

The red one has 3 tiers of ruffles and the bodice has chiffon over the taffeta and around the top. I wore it to Valentine's and Christmas dances.

The white one is 36 rows of ruffles all the way down the skirt. If anyone has ever tried to ruffle regular net, they know how difficult it was. The net was sewn to a net overskirt layered over taffeta. The bodice had tiny ruffles over the bust. My mother often made matching cummerbunds for me and my date (along with a tie for him) out of satin when he was wearing a tux. I had to wear 7 hoops with it--the short one that I wore under the red dress that had 2 hoops and the long one with 5 hoops! It had 1600 feet of ruffles on it!

She made all my clothes. I wish I had half her sewing ability!

WOW. Just WOW!!! Those dresses are STUNNING.

I did it, Gang!

I changed my Etsy shop name and last night I added some things so I'm open for business. I'd really appreciate it if you'd go have a look and maybe those of you who sell could give me some ideas and/or feedback. I'm adding a couple more items today or tomorrow too. I'm kind of nervous, to be honest. I'm going to feel pretty stupid if I can't sell anything, but them's the brakes, right? For the record, I don't intend this as a plug for my shop. I really just need a little advice or suggestions because you fine folks are the only people I know who use Etsy too!

TIA, everybody!

Lori in East Podunk

That's a really cute name for a shop. I will have to mosey on over there and take a peek.

No sewing for me last night. I need to go to the fabric store and get some supplies. I *think* I'm going to try my hand at a very simple applique to go on a dolly dress. My DD(8) got her very 1st 18" doll for her birthday and I think that I'd like to try making a dress for it before I tackle one to fit an actual child since the dolly version uses less fabric. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

 

[GlassSlippers]

I'm giving photo posting a whirl. Let's see if it works. If it does, you'll see my daughter and me in the blouses I made for our Disney trip in June. Here goes!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[GlassSlippers]

Oooh! It worked, but they're really big! Is that OK?

Here's one more:

Lori in East Podunk (again!)

 

[tngal]

How old is your daughter in Question? I know they do not sell adult costumes anywhere in the parks but they still allow kids, even teens to dress up. last yr when we went, there was a family who apparently had the same schedule we did as we saw them at the bus stop every morning. There daughters, looked to be about 13 and 15, were dressed like princesses each day.

My daughter, at the time of our trip, will be 14. But due to endocrine disorders as well, she is size 16/18 and is 5'6" tall. I will have to check in to this more, as i was told they didnt want "adult " size people dressing up, something about confusion with the other park goers or something. Thanks for the idea

Thanks for the hiding ideas smart ladies. Duh -- why didn't I think of storing things at my sister's house! She has a 3+ bedroom house and is single. And my mom has a 3 bedroom and lives alone as well, however sometimes the kids snoop in her extra rooms to look for things to do / old toys when they visit her. And she's a bit on the dingy side so probably would tell them to go look in the closet for something to do. I also like the numbering system with a master list. I keep a list of gifts anyway so I can sort what is for birthday vs what is for Christmas. It's just a bit harder to wrap in advance when I haven't decided which gift goes with which date.

I have a huge WI closet too and keep one area devoted to gifts I pick up throughout the year and have one box in there. If I would find the time to reorganize it and get rid of the things I no longer wear I might be able to make room for another box.

We open Xmas presents on Christmas Eve and Christmas day is dd's b-day. DS is jealous b/c she gets presents two days in a row. DD is upset because all of her friends get presents on her birthday and it makes her feel less special. The grass is always greener on the other side.

NINI: I just redid our LR curtains last year -- we have now had our house for almost 10 years so I slowly do little make overs. We were having a huge party (dh work related) so I had no time to sew and just got some nice curtains from JCPenny. I would have loved to have made my own though and will eventually get around to the DR. I think you are pushing it with getting your quilts done and having new hand sewn curtains by Thanksgiving -- but with FHA all sales are excluded, so feel free to shop, shop, shop!






Some people have girls who are older and do variations on the very princessy dresses. Marianne is making herself clothes to wear, but she is doing things like decoupage jeans rather than dresses. If you look on page one you will find a link to a photobucket photo album that many people submit things they've made into and hopefully that could give you some ideas.

I would never have thought of the decoupage jeans! Thats awesome! Thanks so much!

Read the first post in this thread. Look in the photo album for ideas (and who made them.) PM some of those people and some of them may be able to help. BTW--if you have a machine, Carla C.'s patterns on youcanmakethis.com are really easy and in her blog, she tells you how to princessify them! Sometimes just using Disney material will work. She has adult and child patterns.

Thank you Piper! You are actually the one that directed me here from the disABILITIES board Thanks again for your help! I have never sewn, but i really want to learn and give it a shot!



If i left anyone out that replied, im sorry I do appreciate everyones help and input. It is greatly appreciated,esp since im learning!!

Lisa

 

[tngal]

Holy Moly!! I just went and looked at some of the things in the photobucket account, and i have one question...how long do you think it would take me to make one of everything lol. No joke, great stuff !!! i do want to look at the tutorial for easy applique but it says that link is no longer available any suggestions? Also what things would you not recommend for a beginner, such as trying ruffles, smocking etc.? Thanks!

Lisa

 

[karebear23]

I have a big ol' Rubbermaid storage container or two that I keep in the basement with the Christmas decoration and wrapping paper containers. They blend right with the others because they look the same and nobody is the wiser. Inside of the container, I keep a master list of what I bought and who it's for so I know where I stand with my shopping.

HTH!

Lori in East Podunk

I do somthing similar. I wrap them and write their name on the gift with a sharpie. We have lots of rubbermaid totes and I just put them in there. Or shove them to the back of my closet behind all the clothes! My neighbor has offered to hide some at her house as well. But my kids are only 5 & 3 not too sneaky yet!

 

[VBAndrea]

Maybe you could celebrate her half birthday too. I always did that when I was a teacher. The kids who had summer birthdays were always sad that they didn't get a day to bring in cupcakes and wear a special birthday hat. So we just started celebrating their half birthdays. We did that with one my best friends too. She was going to turn 40 after she moved across the country so we had a big party for her on her 39 1/2 birthday instead.

We did her 5th birthday as a half birthday for her party b/c she wanted ponies and weather here in December can be iffy. So we did a June party and we had a big spot of dead grass the rest of the summer from one of the ponies weeing in our yard. I was thankful it didn't rain -- at least 20 kids came and while our house is decent sized, IMO no house is big enough for 20 some 5 year olds! I also usually buy each of the kids one present each summer (usually something for outdoor play).

I have a big ol' Rubbermaid storage container or two that I keep in the basement with the Christmas decoration and wrapping paper containers. They blend right with the others because they look the same and nobody is the wiser. Inside of the container, I keep a master list of what I bought and who it's for so I know where I stand with my shopping.

HTH!

Lori in East Podunk

It would help if we had a basement, but no basements here! We do have a walk in attic, but I have so much in there already. Maybe this will be my motivation to clean it out and make room for a couple of totes. My kids would never look in there.

With all the talk about old Singers and ruffles, I thought I'd show off 2 dresses that my mother made for me with her 1942 Singer. Both of them are made of taffeta and net.

The red one has 3 tiers of ruffles and the bodice has chiffon over the taffeta and around the top. I wore it to Valentine's and Christmas dances.

The white one is 36 rows of ruffles all the way down the skirt. If anyone has ever tried to ruffle regular net, they know how difficult it was. The net was sewn to a net overskirt layered over taffeta. The bodice had tiny ruffles over the bust. My mother often made matching cummerbunds for me and my date (along with a bowtie for him) out of satin when he was wearing a tux. I had to wear 7 hoops with it--the short one that I wore under the red dress that had 2 hoops and the long one with 5 hoops! It had 1600 feet of ruffles on it!

She made all my clothes. I wish I had half her sewing ability!

OMG your mother is going to be the envy of all of us!!! I can't believe she made those! It would take me a year to do something like that. You look so young in the red dress photo but you look just like yourself in the white dress.

It's good to you posting today. I hope you are feeling better and the doctors are making some progress with your meds.

I did it, Gang!

I changed my Etsy shop name and last night I added some things so I'm open for business. I'd really appreciate it if you'd go have a look and maybe those of you who sell could give me some ideas and/or feedback. I'm adding a couple more items today or tomorrow too. I'm kind of nervous, to be honest. I'm going to feel pretty stupid if I can't sell anything, but them's the brakes, right? For the record, I don't intend this as a plug for my shop. I really just need a little advice or suggestions because you fine folks are the only people I know who use Etsy too!

TIA, everybody!

Lori in East Podunk

Congrats on your shop. I think I missed the window of opportunity to name change. I was supposed to get my business license this week and open a shop, but once again life got in the way. I will try to peek at yours today.

Thank you all so much for the warm welcome.

I know you've gotten a lot of responses about this already, but I'd like to add we also store stuff under our bed too.


No sewing for me last night. I need to go to the fabric store and get some supplies. I *think* I'm going to try my hand at a very simple applique to go on a dolly dress. My DD(8) got her very 1st 18" doll for her birthday and I think that I'd like to try making a dress for it before I tackle one to fit an actual child since the dolly version uses less fabric. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Sadly my bed already has other things under it. I really need to start purging. I am a pack rat. I save old clothes that are in good shape since styles always come around again. I need to stop doing that!

FYI, the 18" dolls can be a little tricky to sew for since you are working with small pieces. For example, it's much easier for me to make a Peasant dress for my dd than it is to do one for her doll.

I'm giving photo posting a whirl. Let's see if it works. If it does, you'll see my daughter and me in the blouses I made for our Disney trip in June. Here goes!

Lori in East Podunk

The shirts are fabulous! Your dd reminds me so much of somebody but I can't put my finger on it -- it will drive me nuts all day.