Andrea- I LOVE it! That is so cute! I love the fabric choices and the colors are so nice. You definitely can't tell that the pocket is on the wrong side. I haven't worked much with knits. Is this a pretty easy to follow pattern? I'd really like to make something with knit fabrics. Are those the Riviera leggings? I love your lettuce edging.Since Diane thinks I've made a bunch of Olivias I decided to make one with some fabric I bought in the fall. I actually never made the dress, but I did make two shirts. This is my first dress and the fabric on the pocket is on the wrong side (grrr!). It's not super noticeable, but it's wrong! I also only did one knot on the hood since I ran out of fabric and really wanted the hood to be the stripes and not the dots. DD loves it. She'll wear it tomorrow -- hopefully I managed to put the pocket in an ok spot.
That outfit is great! Sorry you had to make the Lorax so many times. I've had things like that happen to me before too. Make you want to just close the sewing machine (or embroidery machine) and run away from it for a little while. I was just reading my Making Clothes Kids Love book tonight and thinking about what kind of Insa I would like to make. I still haven't decided so I am going to look at what is in my stash and hopefully that will help me determine what I make. I can't tell from your picture, did you do a rolled hem on the top and bottom skirts?Here is the outfit I made for Lydia to wear to see the Lorax movie with her Daddy on Saturday. The embroidery files were from Very Truly Urs, I was pretty happy with the way they stitched out. I had to redo the poor Lorax three times though! The first time, I accidentally ironed Heat N Bond lite to the front of him, the second time, my bobbin thread decided to throw a fit, and the third time, neither my machine nor I messed it up!
This was my first Insa. I love that pattern!
The Ellie dresses are awesome! That looks like a nice pattern.
I have a birthday skirt to make tomorrow and then I should be back to Disney!
Since Diane thinks I've made a bunch of Olivias I decided to make one with some fabric I bought in the fall. I actually never made the dress, but I did make two shirts. This is my first dress and the fabric on the pocket is on the wrong side (grrr!). It's not super noticeable, but it's wrong! I also only did one knot on the hood since I ran out of fabric and really wanted the hood to be the stripes and not the dots. DD loves it. She'll wear it tomorrow -- hopefully I managed to put the pocket in an ok spot.
Here is the outfit I made for Lydia to wear to see the Lorax movie with her Daddy on Saturday. The embroidery files were from Very Truly Urs, I was pretty happy with the way they stitched out. I had to redo the poor Lorax three times though! The first time, I accidentally ironed Heat N Bond lite to the front of him, the second time, my bobbin thread decided to throw a fit, and the third time, neither my machine nor I messed it up!
and one with her Daddy, because they are so cute!!!!
This was my first Insa. I love that pattern!
My computer crashed and so I am just now catching up! I still haven't mastered the multi-quote but I did scroll through and there are so many cute things! I haven't had a chance to work on Disney stuff because I have been working on Easter dresses which was more pressing. I used the Ellie Dress pattern and here are my two! There are a few mistakes but I am happy with them. The green one isn't a very good photo as it was dark and I didnt have any natural light and I took the pictures with my cell phone.
I have a birthday skirt to make tomorrow and then I should be back to Disney!
WOW I can't believe a year has gone byThat was the first thing I used my serger on.
Love the butt ruffles!
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Inside: I love having pockets for stuff and made sure I had one with a zipper.
It seems a little wide, but I am used to carrying a cross body bag that is a lot narrower (like less than half of this) but I wanted something that we could put our tablet in while in the parks if we choose to take it with us.
And I want to say that appliques and filled patterns from FrouFrou by HeatherSue have been great to work with. For this trip I have used the Canada Mickey head, pirate Mickey, pirate Minnie and Tinkerbell appliques and the filled Minnie head. I only wish I had more time to do a couple more shirts. Maybe if I can get packed by tomorrow night, I'll have time on Thursday night. Hmmm, that might work!
Looks awesome! I really like the appliquesHere is the outfit I made for Lydia to wear to see the Lorax movie with her Daddy on Saturday. The embroidery files were from Very Truly Urs, I was pretty happy with the way they stitched out. I had to redo the poor Lorax three times though! The first time, I accidentally ironed Heat N Bond lite to the front of him, the second time, my bobbin thread decided to throw a fit, and the third time, neither my machine nor I messed it up!
This was my first Insa. I love that pattern!
And I love the Insa too -- it's great for appliques and goes together quickly.They turned out so pretty! That is my dd's favorite dress as she loves the twirl -- it takes a lot of fabric though! I started making mine with the SS bodice though b/c dd's hair gets tangled in the button.My computer crashed and so I am just now catching up! I still haven't mastered the multi-quote but I did scroll through and there are so many cute things! I haven't had a chance to work on Disney stuff because I have been working on Easter dresses which was more pressing. I used the Ellie Dress pattern and here are my two! There are a few mistakes but I am happy with them. The green one isn't a very good photo as it was dark and I didnt have any natural light and I took the pictures with my cell phone.
I have a birthday skirt to make tomorrow and then I should be back to Disney!
Thanks Diane (and everyone) for the compliments. The Olivia is extremely easy to put together. The only thing I did different was to sew the pocket on before putting the dress together -- the pattern has it as one of the last steps but I made it one of the first steps for ease. You have to look close at the fabric to see the right from the wrong side so unless anyone scrutinizes the outfit you can't tell it's the wrong side. I'll have to take a close up to show the difference. DD is wearing the dress today and the pocket placement looks natural, so I did ok!
That looks great! I so need to make myself a purse other than a tote -- I love the tote I made myself, but I want a purse too!Finally finished my messenger bag tonight. Almost forgot that I had parent council at the school but rushed home after to finish it up and finally remembered to take a picture. I winged a 'pattern' together for this one after looking at a couple of different ones in stores. Tried to take what I liked best from each one and put them all together. Along with a little something extra!
Front: The bag was orginally taller and I cut it down after piecing it together. I should have taken less off the top of the flap and more off the bottom so Tinkerbell would have been lower on the flap. You also can't really see it here, but the white material has a sparkle print across it.
It seems a little wide, but I am used to carrying a cross body bag that is a lot narrower (like less than half of this) but I wanted something that we could put our tablet in while in the parks if we choose to take it with us.
And I want to say that appliques and filled patterns from FrouFrou by HeatherSue have been great to work with. For this trip I have used the Canada Mickey head, pirate Mickey, pirate Minnie and Tinkerbell appliques and the filled Minnie head. I only wish I had more time to do a couple more shirts. Maybe if I can get packed by tomorrow night, I'll have time on Thursday night. Hmmm, that might work!
Easy fits, t-shirts (see the bookmarks on page 1 for instructions on hand appliqueing) and the bowling shirt.
The bowling shirt is not hard at all. I started sewing in the month of August (a couple of years ago) and I think I made my first Bowling Shirt in either Sept or Oct and it turned out great. The instructions are superb. I now make mine without the lining though and that takes just a little finagling ahead of time to get the hem line to line up with the placket -- but still easy to do.AMy after I finish the girls things (just because they take more time) I am going to do my son up some cotton shorts and use plain T-shirts with iron on applique. I thought about attempting some bowling shirts but I dont know if I am ready for that yet. My 3 year old has definitely been asking me where his Disney clothes are
I can't wait to see what others think of!
Here is the outfit I made for Lydia to wear to see the Lorax movie with her Daddy on Saturday. The embroidery files were from Very Truly Urs, I was pretty happy with the way they stitched out. I had to redo the poor Lorax three times though! The first time, I accidentally ironed Heat N Bond lite to the front of him, the second time, my bobbin thread decided to throw a fit, and the third time, neither my machine nor I messed it up!
and one with her Daddy, because they are so cute!!!!
This was my first Insa. I love that pattern!
I have a birthday skirt to make tomorrow and then I should be back to Disney!
Oh my, I leave for a few hours and come back to lots of posts!
Finally finished my messenger bag tonight. Almost forgot that I had parent council at the school but rushed home after to finish it up and finally remembered to take a picture. I winged a 'pattern' together for this one after looking at a couple of different ones in stores. Tried to take what I liked best from each one and put them all together. Along with a little something extra!
Front: The bag was orginally taller and I cut it down after piecing it together. I should have taken less off the top of the flap and more off the bottom so Tinkerbell would have been lower on the flap. You also can't really see it here, but the white material has a sparkle print across it.
Back: Wish I would have biased taped the top of the pockets so they stand out better but I'm still happy with it.
Inside: I love having pockets for stuff and made sure I had one with a zipper.
It seems a little wide, but I am used to carrying a cross body bag that is a lot narrower (like less than half of this) but I wanted something that we could put our tablet in while in the parks if we choose to take it with us.
And I want to say that appliques and filled patterns from FrouFrou by HeatherSue have been great to work with. For this trip I have used the Canada Mickey head, pirate Mickey, pirate Minnie and Tinkerbell appliques and the filled Minnie head. I only wish I had more time to do a couple more shirts. Maybe if I can get packed by tomorrow night, I'll have time on Thursday night. Hmmm, that might work!
If you don't have to worry about rushing to the potty yet, some jonjons in Disney prints would be super cute. But if your little guy uses the potty then jonjons might be to hard to get off in time. I remember the days of the mad dash to every potty! You can find some pretty easy jonjon patterns too. They go together a lot like an a line dress. I also agree with everybody else that t-shirts and easy fit shorts are a great way to go and so is the bowling shirt. I've made tons of bowling shirts and they are not hard. Once you do one, you hardly have to even look at the directions again.
Super job! I love the bag and the applique is great! That is awesome that you were able to just wing it with the bag design and didn't use a pattern.
Back: Wish I would have biased taped the top of the pockets so they stand out better but I'm still happy with it.
Inside: I love having pockets for stuff and made sure I had one with a zipper.
In addition to the easyfits and bowling shirts the bucket hat is super cute!
I too have to say the bowling shirt really isn't that hard. You can do it!AMy after I finish the girls things (just because they take more time) I am going to do my son up some cotton shorts and use plain T-shirts with iron on applique. I thought about attempting some bowling shirts but I dont know if I am ready for that yet. My 3 year old has definitely been asking me where his Disney clothes are
LOVE all your photos but this one is really awesome!!!On the Astro Orbiter - this picture also shows off my Rosetta and my music skirt quite well!
Since my work has silly rules about using vacation days before fiscal year end (end of March), I am actually off today. I know I will be paying for this later since we also have a ton of reports to do for the end of the month! Oh well, at least I will get a little down time to recover from the trip and get back to the sewing room today.
As promised, here are some pictures from our trip:
On the Astro Orbiter - this picture also shows off my Rosetta and my music skirt quite well!
Picture with Goofy
For Lisa - Mickey and Minnie in the Mardi Gras outfit
A picture with the leap day banner on the way out of the park (we had to leave at 8am to go back to the airport)
Thanks for looking!
Of course, I don't even know if DH will go for it - his question when I brought it up was, "Will you make the $250 back?" But I haven't really considered selling at this point . . . there are SO many boutique type WAHM businesses here 
I sort of looked at it as what could I SAVE in making lots of gifts for people ???
Since Diane thinks I've made a bunch of Olivias I decided to make one with some fabric I bought in the fall. I actually never made the dress, but I did make two shirts. This is my first dress and the fabric on the pocket is on the wrong side (grrr!). It's not super noticeable, but it's wrong! I also only did one knot on the hood since I ran out of fabric and really wanted the hood to be the stripes and not the dots. DD loves it. She'll wear it tomorrow -- hopefully I managed to put the pocket in an ok spot.
Wow, I don't read the thread for a few days and now there's so many cute outfits and the 'bag'. I need that pattern...
I haven't sewn any clothes for at least 3 weeks so on Saturday I made these play pants for one of my granddaughters. I don't really like the cut of the pants...they are cropped and very loose fitting. I added the ruffle to make them more girly looking. I need a new pattern I think. When taking the picture I kept asking Maggie to look over her shoulder at Grammy...but she kept turning around and showing me her ruffles
Ruffle Pants by Sheila Grammy, on Flickr
Oh...I almost forgot...I had read either on here or on someone's PTR about the passport books. I found a 2012 Disney passport book and gave it to my daughter on Sunday for her birthday for our trip this fall. I have learned some much from you ladies from sewing to travel and now this great planning book. Thanks!
Sheila
Here is the outfit I made for Lydia to wear to see the Lorax movie with her Daddy on Saturday. The embroidery files were from Very Truly Urs, I was pretty happy with the way they stitched out. I had to redo the poor Lorax three times though! The first time, I accidentally ironed Heat N Bond lite to the front of him, the second time, my bobbin thread decided to throw a fit, and the third time, neither my machine nor I messed it up!
I have a birthday skirt to make tomorrow and then I should be back to Disney!
On the Astro Orbiter - this picture also shows off my Rosetta and my music skirt quite well!
