I hope it's ok to post an "in progress" picture, but I am just so excited I wanted to share! This is my middle daughter's rapunzel dress - it's Simplicity pattern #2065 - the licensed Disney Tangled dress. I'm a big quilter but I don't sew a lot of clothing so I'm thrilled with this so far! I just need to put in the zipper, close up the neckline and sew on the sleeves. There is a lining that goes along with this but I'm not putting it in...I'm just thinking Florida in September...90 degree heat, rain, and three layers of satin and organza...eek no good.
I really need to get a serger, I think this would be so much better...but for now it's all french and enclosed seams. So excited! I will post a picture when we finish and get the headpiece done...last evening was HOURS of hand sewing...three different ribbons sewn to the overskirt and then I hammered in the eyelets by hand. This was challenging for me but I cannot wait to see my daughter twirling in this dress at Cinderella's Castle!
Thank you! I'm hoping to have this done today...this project stressed me out a bit but at the same time was fun and makes me want to sew more dresses! LOL* Problem is I can sew faster than payday's come around to buy more fabric!!!
Oh this is turning out wonderful! It looks just great! i am with others, i would have never guessed that you hadn't been sewing clothing all your life! I just bought a serger this year for my birthday and YES I can say it would make things go so much more quickly. It is TIME CONSUMING to do all those french seams! And LOL about how you can sew so much fast than payday! Isn't that the truth!
I also have some more really good news, I posted on Craigslist to try to get a sewing machine for my DS8 to use since he has grandeur plans for what he wants to make and I don['t want him breaking my mother's or my new one. I got a reply from someone close to me, mileage
, and he said he has an old Singer in a cabinet that is just gathering dust. He thinks it works or it worked last time he checked. he'll take $25 if I pick it up. I'll be getting it tomorrow at 3:30 or so. I can't wait to see what it looks like and if it works ! I hope it does ! My DS is so excited already, i don't want him to be disappointed. he really wanted me to buy him a Slant-O-Matic from E bay but the price went too high. I hope this one works out.
CONGRATS on the new machine! HURRAY for another deal on a machine for your DS to use! hope it works great!
Well, thanks to the disign suggestion, I now have an entire pinterest board full of designs I like! It now looks like maybe I will only be doing one fabric Mickey head, one of our family tartan (Scottish heritage) for the day we are meeting Merida at MK and then eating dinner at the Rose and Crown. I'm doing the tie dyes mickey shirts, too. Beyond that, I think I'll do iron ons. The problem is, there are so many cute designs that I can't narrow it down, but it might be a little much to have two shirts a day.
Yes there are so many neat designs they have come up with. I know your group is going to look just super there.
We were finally able to go see Brave since I got Alexa's dress done! She was happy with it! I love the Grace pattern, lots of panels to embroider on!
Oh I hope you enjoyed the movie. Dress looks great on your little cutie!
I basically spent all day sewing...so after finishing DDs bag...I started on mine...I just finished it and I think i need to go to bed now
I stayed up way too late last night cutting out the pieces and prepping to sew today. I made DD9 her Aivilo satchel which will be her carryon for Disney.
She picked the fabrics and button...I think she did great
. I am happy with the results..and now want to make mine! I also broke my first needle...in spectacular fashion...does that make me official or something now? Scared the daylights outta me when it happened!
Both bags are super cute! Your DD did a great job of coordinating fabrics!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS LINK!!! You have no idea, it has just help me out with weeks of head scratching and trying to decipher out what my mom was thinking
- she's better seamstress than me, but she lives 3 states away.
I am making DD an upcycled denim skirt "Jungle Minnie" patchwork-ruffle skirt with two ruffle layers but have had a hard time trying to figure out how I am going to add on the ruffle layers to the denim. This tute was exactly what I needed to make it uber clear. Thank You!!!
Love the Jessie Cowgirl skirt too - I'm making DD a Jessie cowgirl ruffle top with similar fabrics. So cute.
You're very welcome! glad it could help someone else out. Please post a picture of your finished skirt when it's ready.
Sorry your dd is sick -- I hope it's just a 24 hour ordeal and that she's on the mend today. There is nothing worse than young children vomiting.
Your skirt is great! I wish I could do that for ds -- he has so many jeans that fit in the waist b/c they are a size too big but are too short on him. Ruffles on the bottom won't work for him either! I guess I need to buy my 10 y/o size 14 this year to get them long enough
Thank goodness for adjustable waists.
It actually ended up taking DD much longer than I thought it would to start feeling better. She didn't stop throwing up until yesterday around lunch and it took the rest of the day doing small meals and drinks before she perked back up. Fortunetly for me, this particular kids is GREAT about making sure she has a bucket to use, but I just felt so bad for her.
No? Ruffles won't work for your boy?
what about adding a chunky fold up cuff to the bottoms in a coordinating fabric?
I have been working to finish up orders because I have to do a little sewing for our Cruise and we leave in 16 days.
I need to make the following for my kiddos
Simply Sweet Belle for C (my first one)
Pirate outfit for J
Pirate shirt for C (we are reusing her skirt)
Cruise Set for C
Cruise Set for J
I hope to start on these this weekend oh and we need to heat press 27 shirts for our FE group once I go through my stash to see what I have here first. I have a huge stash of shirts I will probably never use so I am going to use those first.
Have a great day I have 3 appliques to finish another order so I am going to do that in a few minutes.
Gracious you are going to be a busy, busy bee! Hurray for (now less than) 16 days left! Can't wait to see everything finished!
I FOUND MY BOX!!!!!!!
Tore up my house one last time and I found it!!!!! Actually my daughter found it in her room! Why it was there I will never know. Don't really care! lol so now I can start going through my designs again. woohoo!!! Happy day!
Oh good! I'm so glad you found it and won't have to spend the money to replace it! Have fun!
Hi everyone. I have lurked for a while and recently brought my very first embroidery machine (Brother 750e) and have been quilting for a few years on a basic machine and only recently tried to make something other than a Halloween costume. Here are a few photos of a dress I made for my niece:
That dress looks great! Love the fabric too.
Whew, that's what I get for not checking in for a day and a half! As I mentioned to Andrea, it took much longer to get my DD3 back on her feet. She was pretty pathetic, but like with all tummy bugs, there was very little I could do to speed her recovery. I did finish sewing the Jessie shirt that goes with the skirt, however I still need to add the ric-rac to it. hopefully I can get to that today, because I am itching to cross things off of my sewing list! Still plenty to do. Oh I also went ahead and ordered the open toe foot. I believe it's supposed to be here on Monday so THANK YOU to everyone who chimed in about that.
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I would especially love the Belle one for her. I would just need it by Halloween. PM me if you can and let me know how much it would cost for something like this. Thanks!!
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She has "the largest tote you can get, filled with fabric" of which she is going to pull out all the pieces she bought for her girls (when they little and have outgrown now) that she never got around to using. I am looking forward to using it for Big Gives and such. I will have to look in my stash and see what I have to make her something too. Hmmm, have to think about what to make her now.
