Disboutiquers Part 28 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[mamommy]

So many cute things have been posted lately. I love it all!!

I need help finding an applique design that I've seen. Sorry the picture is so small. I have looked at all the sites that I know of and nobody has it. Have any of you seen this??

Thanks in advance!!

 

[blessedmom4]

Okay...I have been MIA far to long on this thread...page 103 to be exact...I kept thinking I was going to have time to go back and respond to all of you incredible ladies and I have finally gotten over my delusions and realized...I would not...Sandi...yes, we are not far down the road from you and if you lived closer, I might have to show up on your doorstep uninvited so you could teach me how to sew...and how WONDERFUL you won the machine! Torismom, I know you don't know me; however, I wanted to send hugs to you for all you have been through and continue to endure. You have done an amazing job on the sewing and WILL have the best trip of your life! Cheryl, for having to postpone your trip, I do hope you are on the mend and feeling MUCH better! To all of you ladies, there is so much I missed, please forgive me for not commenting. I have to Thank WyomingMomof6 for capturing all of those incredible outfit pics! Andrea, I KNOW Alexa is in love with the horse outfit and Michelle... you also know how I feel about ALL of your outfits, I just hope both you AND Amy get some relief from the Tropical Storm so you can show them off! Simply GORGEOUS! Sunshine, those tye-dye shirts are to ;faint: over, great job! The fairy dress, the skirts, Merida outfits, the incredible dresses from iluvwdw4ever, the camp shirts and zuzu310 your son is absolutely adorable. Please forgive me for not commenting on everything posted...and for letting me just crash back on your thread. I love to hang out here and see what you are all creating and admire your hard work and talent.

 

[MaryPoppins1964]

does anyone know who has any cruise Chip and Dales

not sure if you foung what you are looking for, but Divas Doodles has Chip and Dale with Sailor Suits

 

[cogero]

Thank you. I knew I had seen some but couldn't remember where.

 

[lynnanddbyz]

Thanks Andrea!! I will check that out for sure!

I don't think I'm going to sew with the wooden spools. They are so cool looking. I was thinking of trying to do some kind of decorative thing with them, but I haven't decided what yet. I like the picture I took of them, and might make it bigger to put in the sewing room.

I don't know how to sew with those big rolls of thread...do you use them the same way??

I sew with the larger thread cones all the time. I can get the larger cones for less money and usually use a 50% coupon and get them at Joann's. They are cheaper and I don't have to change spools very often. I attached a picture of the thread stand I use. It sits right behind my machine.

 

[Teamtori]

YAY!!! Thank you ladies for your help!! She loved it!!!

SUCCESS!!

It turned out great!!!

So here are some shorts I made my son for our departure day. I thought the material with all of the states on it was adorable.

Okay now we are getting into some Disney fabric!!! YEA!!! Notice the cheezy smile on my 14 month old's face. He is such a ham!

And finally...a skirt for me! I couldn't help myself this Bambi fabric was just so cute!

I love the shorts and I am SERIOUSLY in love with the skirt. I want to make a skirt so badly, but I'm afraid of not having a pattern!! I don't know why.

What an awesome find! you certainly picked up some nice stuff for FREE! And yes, i think it's really neat too that you inherited her collection. hope you figure out cool things to do with it. As an idea for the wooden spools of thread, I've seen lots of pictures where people will just stick them into a decorative jar and that looks nice. OH and for those mega rolls of thread, I know that there is some little accessory that you can buy at Joann's that will hold that large spool off to the side so that you can use it on your regular machine.

Sunshine

I like the idea of the decorative jar. I think I'm going to blow up some pictures, hang on the wall and then fill up some jars to put on the dresser. I've got to take some pics for you guys of the room. And I think your tie-dye shirts came out amazing!

There has been a miracle here at my house! I bought a pattern on YCMT for underpants that have no elastic...just use a cotton / spandex blend for leg and waist.... I tore apart an old tee shirt and tank and made maddie underpants that she LOVES because they do not hurt at all

They are not perfect because I don't have a surger to make the seams as pretty as the examples...but they cover everything that needs covering...I am so happy and plan to make more!

YAY!!!

I sew with the larger thread cones all the time. I can get the larger cones for less money and usually use a 50% coupon and get them at Joann's. They are cheaper and I don't have to change spools very often. I attached a picture of the thread stand I use. It sits right behind my machine.

Ok that is SO awesome. I'm really excited. I have an entire shoebox of these cones, and they are in all kinds of great colors and I checked and the thread all seems good. I sewed with some this weekend (not the cones, but the other thread) and it was in good shape. I'm totally going to get the stand now! I have a 40% off coupon now, but I can also wait until this weekend and use my VA card with it!!

 

[McDuck]

Well, unwrapped and rinsed my tie dye shirts we did at the housing party and I am SO disappointed. Because I didn't want to hog the dye (there were only 3 or 4 kits and about 10 to 15 people -- mostly kids and a couple other moms -- using them), I didn't get deep enough into the folds and the shirts have way too much white, plus it's unevenly dyed--more on one side of the shirt than the other. And our Mickey heads are just big blobs. I can salvage the Mickey part of them by appliqueing a knit Mickey head in contrasting color so they'll have a very blurry Mickey "halo" around them, but I am just so disappointed. I don't know what I did wrong, but the Mickey is not clear at all.

Of course, now it's a vendetta and I want to go buy my own tie-dye kit next paycheck, get some more white shirts, and try again.

Oh well, into the sewing room for now, I guess. I'm making some period pieces for a movie my brother's making. Still not quite sure what I've gotten myself into....

 

[smile5sunshine]

QUESTION: The pattern for the undies calls for 100% cotton. I have some old t-shirts in a cotton/rayon blend..is there any reason i cant use them instead?

TIA!

Yes, I think that would be okay. I think you just don't want like polyester for hygienic purposes, but rayon should be okay.

Well, unwrapped and rinsed my tie dye shirts we did at the housing party and I am SO disappointed. Because I didn't want to hog the dye (there were only 3 or 4 kits and about 10 to 15 people -- mostly kids and a couple other moms -- using them), I didn't get deep enough into the folds and the shirts have way too much white, plus it's unevenly dyed--more on one side of the shirt than the other. And our Mickey heads are just big blobs. I can salvage the Mickey part of them by appliqueing a knit Mickey head in contrasting color so they'll have a very blurry Mickey "halo" around them, but I am just so disappointed. I don't know what I did wrong, but the Mickey is not clear at all.

Of course, now it's a vendetta and I want to go buy my own tie-dye kit next paycheck, get some more white shirts, and try again.

Oh well, into the sewing room for now, I guess. I'm making some period pieces for a movie my brother's making. Still not quite sure what I've gotten myself into....

Oh no! I'm so sorry! You might be able to re-tie dye them rather than starting all over from scratch, but it is risky. You'd need to make sure that you get some color that would blend well with the other ones, then re-dye them and try to just concentrate the dye in the white areas and really get down into the folds. And then I would just applique over the mickey head part. I feel badly though because I know how disappointed I get when my projects don't turn out.

Thank you to everyone else who complimented my shirts.

Sunshine

 

[tricia]

Well, unwrapped and rinsed my tie dye shirts we did at the housing party and I am SO disappointed. Because I didn't want to hog the dye (there were only 3 or 4 kits and about 10 to 15 people -- mostly kids and a couple other moms -- using them), I didn't get deep enough into the folds and the shirts have way too much white, plus it's unevenly dyed--more on one side of the shirt than the other. And our Mickey heads are just big blobs. I can salvage the Mickey part of them by appliqueing a knit Mickey head in contrasting color so they'll have a very blurry Mickey "halo" around them, but I am just so disappointed. I don't know what I did wrong, but the Mickey is not clear at all.

Of course, now it's a vendetta and I want to go buy my own tie-dye kit next paycheck, get some more white shirts, and try again.

Oh well, into the sewing room for now, I guess. I'm making some period pieces for a movie my brother's making. Still not quite sure what I've gotten myself into....

I have also fixed the Mickey heads by tracing around them with a bleach pen when they were just big blobs for me. I did that with the 2 on the top in this picture.

 

[goteamwood]

Took advantage of my husband's off days this weekend to put together two more shirts for my little guys. I think the bowling shirt pattern is versatile enough that even if that is the only pattern I use the shirts will look different enough as to not be too repetitive.

I love these because they are bright and fun, and my kids love Tigger. I got this fabric for $2.99/yard last week at Hancock Fabrics, and used the same green I used for the Buzz Lightyear shirts. Going to take a break from bowling shirts and work on something else for a while, but I thought taking advantage of my momentum was a good idea since I have now decided to make LOTS of shirts, 2 of each.

Previously:

 

[blessedmom4]

Previously:

GREAT shirts and wonderful deals on the fabric...we LOVE bowling shirts at our house...especially my oldest son.

Yoshiandi I LOVE your circle skirt and the ric-rac is so cute!

Jennie, for the shirts, I hope Tricia's tips help you salvage them!

 

[dianemom2]

Well, unwrapped and rinsed my tie dye shirts we did at the housing party and I am SO disappointed. Because I didn't want to hog the dye (there were only 3 or 4 kits and about 10 to 15 people -- mostly kids and a couple other moms -- using them), I didn't get deep enough into the folds and the shirts have way too much white, plus it's unevenly dyed--more on one side of the shirt than the other. And our Mickey heads are just big blobs. I can salvage the Mickey part of them by appliqueing a knit Mickey head in contrasting color so they'll have a very blurry Mickey "halo" around them, but I am just so disappointed. I don't know what I did wrong, but the Mickey is not clear at all.

Of course, now it's a vendetta and I want to go buy my own tie-dye kit next paycheck, get some more white shirts, and try again.

Oh well, into the sewing room for now, I guess. I'm making some period pieces for a movie my brother's making. Still not quite sure what I've gotten myself into....

I've done lots of tie dying and it is hard to make sure you get enough dye onto the shirt. Make sure you pull apart the folds and get tons of dye into them. I'd re-dye the shirts and see how they come out. I've had very good success doing that. Then I'd outline the Mickey head with the bleach pen. Just make sure that you put a good padding of newspaper inside the shirt when you use the bleach pen or it will bleed through to the other side of the shirt.

I have also fixed the Mickey heads by tracing around them with a bleach pen when they were just big blobs for me. I did that with the 2 on the top in this picture.

Exactly what I meant in my post. Great shirts!

Took advantage of my husband's off days this weekend to put together two more shirts for my little guys. I think the bowling shirt pattern is versatile enough that even if that is the only pattern I use the shirts will look different enough as to not be too repetitive.

I love these because they are bright and fun, and my kids love Tigger. I got this fabric for $2.99/yard last week at Hancock Fabrics, and used the same green I used for the Buzz Lightyear shirts. Going to take a break from bowling shirts and work on something else for a while, but I thought taking advantage of my momentum was a good idea since I have now decided to make LOTS of shirts, 2 of each.

Previously:

Great job on your second set of shirts! They sure turned out cute! Can't wait to see your next set of shirts.

We'll we are on vacation and Tropical Storm Debby has messed up our plans. We ended up going to visit my in-laws in Sarasota first to wait out Debby. We'll head to the Keys at the end of the week. Hopefully we will be able to avoid having bad weather down there since we changed our plans. It worked out better too because DH got sick on the way down here. He's had a couple of days to recover now and is starting to feel better. Tomorrow if he isn't completely better I'm making him go to the clinic and see the dr.

 

[TinkNH]

Well, unwrapped and rinsed my tie dye shirts we did at the housing party and I am SO disappointed. Because I didn't want to hog the dye (there were only 3 or 4 kits and about 10 to 15 people -- mostly kids and a couple other moms -- using them), I didn't get deep enough into the folds and the shirts have way too much white, plus it's unevenly dyed--more on one side of the shirt than the other. And our Mickey heads are just big blobs. I can salvage the Mickey part of them by appliqueing a knit Mickey head in contrasting color so they'll have a very blurry Mickey "halo" around them, but I am just so disappointed. I don't know what I did wrong, but the Mickey is not clear at all.

Of course, now it's a vendetta and I want to go buy my own tie-dye kit next paycheck, get some more white shirts, and try again.

Oh well, into the sewing room for now, I guess. I'm making some period pieces for a movie my brother's making. Still not quite sure what I've gotten myself into....

I have done tons of tie dye...including 20 shirts with hearts done the same as the mickey heads...perhaps I can help you trouble shoot? what kit were you using? what did you use to tie off the mickey heads? PM me if you want to chat...I have WAY more experience with tie dye than sewing!

ETA: this is one of many heart shirts I did this past winter :

 

[Sandi S]

QUESTION: The pattern for the undies calls for 100% cotton. I have some old t-shirts in a cotton/rayon blend..is there any reason i cant use them instead?

TIA!

I wonder if this has to do with shrinking/sizing??

 

[TinkNH]

Took advantage of my husband's off days this weekend to put together two more shirts for my little guys. I think the bowling shirt pattern is versatile enough that even if that is the only pattern I use the shirts will look different enough as to not be too repetitive.

I love these because they are bright and fun, and my kids love Tigger. I got this fabric for $2.99/yard last week at Hancock Fabrics, and used the same green I used for the Buzz Lightyear shirts. Going to take a break from bowling shirts and work on something else for a while, but I thought taking advantage of my momentum was a good idea since I have now decided to make LOTS of shirts, 2 of each.

Previously:

Very cute!! I love that tigger fabric but my son would have none of it..if it does not have wheels..hes not interested

 

[PrincessMickey]

I'm back home from my brother's wedding and just catching up so here goes and I hope I don't miss anyone, I had way too many pics in here so I had to cut some back, sorry.

Both skirts look really nice. I made one that style for Judy for Lisa's BG. I really like the green fabric -- figures such a pretty fabric gave you fits! It looks kind of big though -- I remember you being on the thin side. Perhaps it's just the way it is on the hanger. If it's too big for you you can send it my way -- I don't think I'm as thin as you so it might fit me perfectly

The camera bag is great! Someday I hope to be able to make one for myself, but I figure I should have a camera for it first.

Must just be the way it's on the hanger, it might just fit you though. It was pretty easy to make except for the fabric problems, I got compliments on both of them plus another I made earlier while on the trip so I might make more. Thanks for the compliments on the bag, I love it and put it too good use this last week!

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

I love the dress, sorry for all the problems with it, I've had those days and it can be frustating. Sorry it was uncomfortable, maybe try taking out the elastic and just leave it loose.

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.

Oh and I'm teaching myself to knit too! This is a baby sack.

Congrats on the pink and love the new van! I would love to learn to knit someday but it seems I have too much stuff I want to do. You're doing a grat job, love the sack!

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.

Love the cheer outfit, you did a great job and it sure looks like she loves it too.

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

)
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.

No idea on the Merida, there have been a few posted recently though. The Rapunzel looks great though!!

Ariel Costume 1 by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

She just couldn't wait to play in it - what I like to see

I love it and the fabric is perfect and love the details!

I think that both skirts look great. Sorry that the green one gave you fits. I love the camera bag. Some day I am going to make one for myself but I'll have to get a nicer camera to put into it. I have a point and shoot camera with the bigger lens (the one that zooms in to 26x) but I don't have an SLR yet. I can't wait to see your sashes.

Thank you! I like the flower fabric and even better you already had the matching design!

The skirts look great! Love that you sewed for yourself. Great job on the camera bag.

sunshine

Thank you! My boys don't appreciate my sewing much anymore so I've been enjoying sewing for myself!

Love everything! I especially love the Star Wars one, you don't see many girl outfits with Star Wars.

The bag looks great. I'm so excited to have inspired someone, since you all are so inspiring to me. I really like how you added the seam to make the front into two pockets. You'll have to let me know if your laptop fits. I want to make a laptop bag soon.

Thank you! It was not quite tall enough for the laptop. There's plenty of room for the ipad though. If I increase the height from the size I did about two inches it would work great.

Oh, and I won the GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!!!!

Congrats on the new machine. I never win anything. There will be a sewing expo in Denver soon but I know if I go I will be too tempted to buy lots of stuff that I can't afford and get too many ideas to spend money on. Maybe next year I will

Love the colors in the Tink. And the Wicked dress is fabulous. I would not have spent that much either in tickets. Glad you still got to see a show though.

It just took me forever to read all of what I missed and I couldn't quote because I was constantly logged out! I'll have to try clearing the cookies and see if that helps.

Hi ladies!

I've had a rough go at it lately. I fell into a deep depression. I've been saying for a long time that I knew I was going to lose it at some point, and I'm here to say I finally lost it! I couldn't even make it through work on Wednesday. One of my friends even said, "I know you are depressed because you won't sew and you were sewing so much and doing so good." I ended up leaving work and driving myself to the VA hospital, and luckily I was able to see a doctor and I am feeling MUCH better today.

He said, "Let me get this straight. You have been married a year and a half, you have four kids, one who you share with is mom, one with learning delays, one in a residential treatment facility for severe mental illness, and one fighting brain tumors. And you work full time?" And I said, yes, that's basically it. And he said, "Can you step back and see why you might be overwhelmed and depressed??"

That helped me see things in a little perspective!

Then yesterday Tori had her first MRI since she started treatment. The good news is.......No new tumors! No tumor growth! Everything looks really stable and we are SO pleased!

AND today...I really really want to sew! So I know I'm starting to feel better. So be on the lookout for some projects this weekend!

AND, the Brother PE 770 is back on HSN, where you can do payments. AND they have a coupon code out that expires today that is HSNJUNE15 that gives you 15% off your order, which gives you $75 dollars off.

ASK ME HOW I KNOW! ASK ME HOW I KNOW!! WOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!

So happy to hear about Tori! You have a lot on your plate so it is trulely appropriate to feel depressed. You did the best thing for yourself by going in. Congrats on the new machine, you deserve it!!

Welcome and you did a fabulous job on the shirts. I have made plenty of them, I love the many options with it!

What awesome finds and you definately can't beat free!!

Oh, I found you guys! It was not easy to find this thread! But finally I did. I can't wait to learn some new techniques. I tired some this morning just playing around on scrap fabric. Free stitched a flower ect. just to test that out. Then I tried to serge the edge of my fabric. It shows a picture of it on my machine (old one from MIL) but no matter what I tried it never came out looking right.
I picked up some heat N bond lite and stitch N sew stabilizer at the store yesterday so I could try out applique. I need to find something easy to start with as I have no idea what I am doing yet. lol.

Any ideas for a super easy project for a beginner?

Glad to see you over here! I second the easy fit pants. Super easy comfy too!

YAY!!! Thank you ladies for your help!! She loved it!!!

Great job! I love that fabric!

Love everything. I have this same fabric and I really like the skirt you made for yourself!

Luckily I am making them on the large side so *hopefully* my kids can wear them to Disney in 4 months, then we can pack them away for the cold, hard winter, and they'll be new again, and still fit, months later come spring.

I got use out of the shirts all year long. I would just put a long sleeve shirt underneath and it looked great and is still sylish!

Sunshine

I think they look great, good job!

There has been a miracle here at my house! I bought a pattern on YCMT for underpants that have no elastic...just use a cotton / spandex blend for leg and waist.... I tore apart an old tee shirt and tank and made maddie underpants that she LOVES because they do not hurt at all

So happy you found something that works!!!

Looks great and great deals on the fabric!

I may not have much time this week to go through all my pictures from the wedding, I have Jury duty tomorrow. My camera got passed around to several people during the wedding and there are no good pictures of the sashes I made but as soon as I can get ahold of my dad's memory card I will be able to post those. I also ended up making the bouquets when I got down there so I will leave you hanging with a cheesy picture of me with a not so great shot of my bouquet because of the sun untill I can get the better pics.

 

[Sandi S]

The new machine - can't wait to play with it on Weds. (I have been doing staff development Monday & Tuesday but after that I am really OFF!)

Patterns I picked up at the show:

I had a little two much fabric fun this month...

(yes, both bins= fabric I bought in June, but half of it is from the Patsy Aiken outlet and they will not be open again until fall.)

My sewing area - new white/green cabinet and new white chair - IKEA - less than $100 total - huge difference!

My current project - a London/Olympic/Epcot themed halter dress:

The bus and Mickey with flags took 5 hours to stitch out. but I love it! The pattern is Ventura by Farbenmix. I need to complete the construction and add a red plaid ruffle and red plaid bias for the halter.

 

[VBAndrea]

Here are two skirts I just recently made. Super easy tutorial from Punkin Patterns, especially love it since my DD10 is a beautiful plus size young lady and it is not easy finding patterns for her. Greatest reward "really mommy that's for me? I love it" which sent me back in to make another!!

Adorable! I really like the colors in the first skirt And that's the great hing about sewing -- you can adapt sizes much easier. I imagine it's very hard to find plus sizes for a ten year old. I know a lot of kids with other medical conditions that have bloating or require diapers and you just can't buy off the rack easily for these kids -- but sewing works perfect and that your dd loves the skirt(s) is a super bonus!

Took advantage of my husband's off days this weekend to put together two more shirts for my little guys. I think the bowling shirt pattern is versatile enough that even if that is the only pattern I use the shirts will look different enough as to not be too repetitive.

I love these because they are bright and fun, and my kids love Tigger. I got this fabric for $2.99/yard last week at Hancock Fabrics, and used the same green I used for the Buzz Lightyear shirts. Going to take a break from bowling shirts and work on something else for a while, but I thought taking advantage of my momentum was a good idea since I have now decided to make LOTS of shirts, 2 of each.

Previously:

Looks great! And you can really vary the bowling shirt -- I did some with hand applique, I did two that were completely solid, a Cars one that mixed fabric -- I think my ds had 5 bowling shirts for our trip! One never got worn. But the one we got the most compliments on was a completely solid Mickey print (by solid I mean just one fabric throughout the entire shirt). I can't wait to see your next one!

We'll we are on vacation and Tropical Storm Debby has messed up our plans. We ended up going to visit my in-laws in Sarasota first to wait out Debby. We'll head to the Keys at the end of the week. Hopefully we will be able to avoid having bad weather down there since we changed our plans. It worked out better too because DH got sick on the way down here. He's had a couple of days to recover now and is starting to feel better. Tomorrow if he isn't completely better I'm making him go to the clinic and see the dr.

I'm sorry the tropical storm is messing with your plans -- I know Michelle and Amy are caught in the rain as well. The thought of ponchos hiding all those customs they worked so hard on makes me And speaking of sick, I am sorry about your dh. I hope he is on the mend quickly.

I have done tons of tie dye...including 20 shirts with hearts done the same as the mickey heads...perhaps I can help you trouble shoot? what kit were you using? what did you use to tie off the mickey heads? PM me if you want to chat...I have WAY more experience with tie dye than sewing!

ETA: this is one of many heart shirts I did this past winter :

That is so sweet! My dd would love an outfit like that -- but tie dye just sounds too messy for my taste!

I'm back home from my brother's wedding and just catching up so here goes and I hope I don't miss anyone, I had way too many pics in here so I had to cut some back, sorry.
I may not have much time this week to go through all my pictures from the wedding, I have Jury duty tomorrow. My camera got passed around to several people during the wedding and there are no good pictures of the sashes I made but as soon as I can get ahold of my dad's memory card I will be able to post those. I also ended up making the bouquets when I got down there so I will leave you hanging with a cheesy picture of me with a not so great shot of my bouquet because of the sun untill I can get the better pics.

Very pretty! The flowers look fantastic but grrrrr! can't see the sash at all in that photo! I hope the wedding was enjoyable

The new machine - can't wait to play with it on Weds. (I have been doing staff development Monday & Tuesday but after that I am really OFF!)


Patterns I picked up at the show:

I had a little two much fabric fun this month...

(yes, both bins= fabric I bought in June, but half of it is from the Patsy Aiken outlet and they will not be open again until fall.)

My sewing area - new white/green cabinet and new white chair - IKEA - less than $100 total - huge difference!

My current project - a London/Olympic/Epcot themed halter dress:

The bus and Mickey with flags took 5 hours to stitch out. but I love it! The pattern is Ventura by Farbenmix. I need to complete the construction and add a red plaid ruffle and red plaid bias for the halter.

I am in love with the London Ventura -- PLEASE PLEASE post it modeled when you are finished with it. It looks like a very cool pattern.

I also really like your new collection of patterns and your fabric finds. I can't believe you buy sooooo many patterns -- I often buy a basic pattern and then just alter it for variation (b/c I'm too cheap to buy oddles of patterns).

 

[Sandi S]

I am in love with the London Ventura -- PLEASE PLEASE post it modeled when you are finished with it. It looks like a very cool pattern.

I also really like your new collection of patterns and your fabric finds. I can't believe you buy sooooo many patterns -- I often buy a basic pattern and then just alter it for variation (b/c I'm too cheap to buy oddles of patterns).

I will definitely post it modeled! It's been a really fun dress to work on.

I like collecting patterns - the big 4 are cheap on sale (only time I buy them), and after I discovered some of the European patterns, my pattern collection turned into an international party. The only major place I have not gotten patterns from is Japan.

 

[RMAMom]

The new machine - can't wait to play with it on Weds. (I have been doing staff development Monday & Tuesday but after that I am really OFF!)

Patterns I picked up at the show:

I had a little two much fabric fun this month...

(yes, both bins= fabric I bought in June, but half of it is from the Patsy Aiken outlet and they will not be open again until fall.)

My sewing area - new white/green cabinet and new white chair - IKEA - less than $100 total - huge difference!

My current project - a London/Olympic/Epcot themed halter dress:

The bus and Mickey with flags took 5 hours to stitch out. but I love it! The pattern is Ventura by Farbenmix. I need to complete the construction and add a red plaid ruffle and red plaid bias for the halter.

Congratulations on your machine, have fun playing with it! I love the London dress, cant wait to see it modled. All of your fabric and patterns makes me want to go shopping but I am goinig to be good and finish the 3 projects I have in the works right now