This is what I made today. I am pretty happy with it but the only thing that wasn't great was that I place the top flower on the bodice a tiny bit too high and the edge ended up under the casing for the neckline. I don't really care because it is just a dress for my niece to wear to kindergarten in the fall.
Very cute. I'm sure your niece will enjoy wearing it in the fall.
Trying to figure out why the Disney Merida costumes are so decorative when the clothing she wears in the movie is very plain. Specifically the green dress.
I'm also noticing that in WDW Merida has a really decorated outfit on also. It is decorated quite different than both other dresses though. She has plaid on her belt.
without seeing the movie yet, it's hard to say. I'm sort of wondering if there is a scene in it (like a coronation or something like that) where she wears the much fancier dress. Otherwise, I agree with everyone else: glitter sells!
Hi Everyone!! Just wanted to make sure everyone remembered that its time to ship your gifts for Reeds Big Give!!!!!!!!!
And, there are still a few things needed for Gabby's Big Give!!!!
We are getting ready to leave for Camp Promise on Saturday morning!!!! I am so excited to see all the campers and introduce them to Tigger - I know that some are going to think that he is Zoey, and will call him Zoey and am trying to prepare myself for that....... I have very fond memories of bringing Zoey to camp!!
Hope you and Tigger are having fun! I know it's hard to go without Zoey- HUGS!
So here's my latest projects. Maxi skirt #1 gave me so many problems. The fabric was horrible to work with and there a sparkly things in the stripes that shedded everywhere including in the machine.
I din't think it looks right in the hips but I was so frustrated I really don't care anymore and didn't want to fix it so I will just wear a longer shirt to cover it up.
Maxi skirt #2 was much easier to work with!
Next up I wasn't sure if I would fit it in but I barely finished this evening. A camera bag for me. My inspiration was the one hockeymomNH posted a few weeks ago. The pattern I used was for a small bag so I scaled it up but I think I made it a tad too big but it will work. It might even fit my laptop in it, I'll have to try when I get off the computer. If in does I will have to improvise a pocket but I'm sure I could do it. If not the laptop the Ipad will fit. Here's the front.
The skirts look great! Love that you sewed for yourself. Great job on the camera bag.
I think there is someway to reset the machine to get rid of an error message but I'm not sure how -- did you try unplugging it? I hope it's something very minor. Mine worked great on a fill design I just did the other day so I'm hopeful I can it to linger on without a visit to the spa. I don't have the $$ for that! Good luck and keep us posted.
Oh good! I'm so glad to hear that your machine started behaving again. I was going to be really bummed if you were going to have to take it out of commission for a while.
I posted a while ago about a dress causing me frustration....it was this tee shirt dress
I finally got it finished...I had to do the skirt part 3 times before it worked right...and i removed a watermelon applique off the tee that left a hole...so I had to figure out the applique idea to cover it up without making me crazy
She was happy for 3 seconds..but is now crying because the elastic ont eh sleeves is touching her..so gotta run
Drat that she doesn't like it because that came out adorable!
I'm also getting ready to do some tie-dye shirts. I plan to do all the tie dye and then applique one of the fab six on each shirt.
Congrats on the pink news! I'm sure she will love a snuggly soft baby sack. The diapers are turning out nice, too.
I just put the finishing touches on Cheer Minnie!
I used a McCall's pattern for the skirt and a Simplicity for the top - had to use a 5/6 for length and then take it in a TON for skinny butt. Gymnastics is removing what little baby fat she had.
Man, I sort of wished that I was able to easily embroider on the tie dye shirts! Would have saved me a TON of time. I was stuck in basting H-E-Double Hockey Sticks trying to get the Mickey head basted on all 15 shirts!
LOVE the Minnie cheer set! And I love the action pics of her on the trampoline!
Hi everyone! I"ve been MIA for a couple of weeks....and there's WTMTQ now...I only read the last 6 pages or so...just saying hi! I've been offline a lot to get stuff done.
We are having another little girl in October!
My embroidery machine had to have the computer board replaced....which we did since I'm so bonded to my Bernina and couldn't replace it for the cost of the repair...plus all the software and embroidery cards that went with it.
And for Mother's Day/ Bday DH got me a new Honda Odysey....since we will have 3 in car seats, we traded in our Ford freesyle (crossover) that had major stalling issues.
A few things I've been sewing for the new baby...though they are not disney related.
I finished another smocked short set for DD3 but it's dirty and I havn't taken a pic yet :giggle:
Oh and I'm teaching myself to knit too! This is a baby sack.
CONGRATS on the new princess! YAY for the swagger wagon! LOVE the cloth diapers (aren't the itty bitty ones the best! They are so cute!) I am jealous that you have taught yourself to knit. I can only crochet, so I had several woolies that way, but I think someday I will try to learn to knit as well.
Ladies (and gentlemen), has anyone attempted a Merida dress yet?
My wonderful four-year-old (you may remember her from last year in her Rapunzel dress
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has requested one and I'm at a loss!
I decided to wander back over into the vortex of endless ideas to see if anyone had come up with anything yet.
I liked the idea you came up with (sorry, I grabbed the wrong quote). I think adding some celtic appliques along the bottom would really make it special.
My next project will be a princess dress I think. I bought some Chintz (soft like cotton but really shimmery and reflects light nicely) in light pink, dark pink, and purple lavender. I was thinking about doing a cotton princess dress and when I saw this fabric I knew it would be the perfect compromise between silky and plain cotton. I had never seen this fabric before and the colors are so girly. I really wanted red, green, and blue but this was all Hobby lobby had in the fabric and I was told they hardly ever got it in. I bought 2 yards of each color and went back the next day and got 2 more yards of the dark pink and purple because the light was already sold out.
I have enough to do Aurora and Rapunzel maybe. I just need the trim for each and I might have that.
Shiny like this
That fabric looks nice. I can't wait to see the dresses you make with it.
Yikes - its been ages since I've been on the DIS and there are so many pages in here that it will take me DAYS to catch up!
I put away the costume sewing for a while to get back to quilting, but I found this bottle green fabric a week ago that was PERFECT for a mermaid tail, so I had to get to work! Here are the results and I'm loving them!!
Ariel Costume 1 by
S & J Harrison, on Flickr
You're right, that IS the perfect fabric for a mermaid tail! LOVE the belly button detail you added.
Love the links.
As for Photobucket they use to
have an easy collage feature but decided to upgrade it and now it is almost impossible to use.
Thanks.... and safe travels to you. I still have to pack but atleast I still have a few days to do so.
TWO MORE DAYS!!! TWO MORE DAYS!!!
ARGH, I was reading back a few pages on those who have had troubles with their embroidery machines, thanking my lucky stars I have never had a major issues (lol to me). Ugh, I need to take it in. I was using it today with no issues and suddenly the actual hoop started to jiggle and move up and down and I heard a loud crunch... the actual needle got pulled somehow and literally pierced the plastic bobbin case. There is something majorly bent I think because it won't work at all now, I keep getting a safety check error and I can tell it's all out of whack
I took it totally apart and am not sure what, but I know it's messed up.
There is a repair shop near my work that opens on Tuesday (bummed they are closed on Mondays). Cross your fingers it's fixable. It's slightly older (brother ES350) but I am not looking to replace or upgrade right now, I do not want to shell out $$$ for a new machine. Aaaaahhhhhh!!!
I can't even go downstairs to sew right now I am so sad!!!
Oh no! I hope that you figured out what was wrong with your machine and it is working again.
Tried my hand at the permanent marker/rubbing alcohol tie-dye and this is how my daughter's shirt came out. She helped!!
It was so easy, I am going to make more for our upcoming trip!!
That turned out really cute! Love that your DD was able to help and it looks great paired with that tutu.
I am DONE basting those Mickey heads on the shirts so now I need to get to dying! I have too many shirts to do all at once, so I'm going to break them up into two groups (boys and girls since they are going to be different colors anyway). Everyone send me your good tie-dyeing vibes so these come out NICE. I would hate to have put so much money and work into these for them to be one big flop. thanks!
sunshine
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Arminda walked by while it was up and said, "Awww, I was so little!" 
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Thanks!!!
