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

[pyrxtc]

Does anyone know if you can buy (and where) that stretchy crochet fabric used for headbands? I am looking to buy it for the top part of a dress for my DD but am having a hard time finding it anywhere! Thanks for your help!
Here is a picture of what I mean . . . .

They sell rolls of it at Hobby Lobby and Walmart.

 

[Sandi S]

The Gingher (german) scissors are worth the money.

From central NC, it should take about 9 hours. I plan to stop about every 3-4 hours.

In college- % drove to wdw with friends for spring break once. It took forever from Long Island, but we did it in 24 hours (including a breakdown in SC).

 

[Holstar]

Hey guys!

I just wanted to let you all know how amazing and inspirational you are!

I've been on Disboards for a little while, usually hanging out around the UK trip planning forum, but a couple of days ago I stumbled upon this gem and I've spent the last day getting through the 218 pages! You are all so talented!

We're going on our first trip to Walt Disney World next August (2013), and we're taking our three nieces with us. I've been getting more and more frustrated at how little Disney clothing and accessories you can buy in the UK, especially in the ages I need - but you guys have inspired me to actually take the plunge and do it myself!

When I was little I used to watch my mum sew and I wished I could do what she did - sadly, she passed away when I was very young, so I never really had anyone teach me how to sew. But, thanks to you guys I've just signed up for sewing classes!

You are all fab!

Hollie xxx

 

[dianemom2]

Does anyone know if you can buy (and where) that stretchy crochet fabric used for headbands? I am looking to buy it for the top part of a dress for my DD but am having a hard time finding it anywhere! Thanks for your help!
Here is a picture of what I mean . . . .

They had some purple like that on clearance at my Joanns for 25 cents a yard. I almost bought some last week but then I wasn't sure what I'd do with it so I left it behind.

We're going on our first trip to Walt Disney World next August (2013), and we're taking our three nieces with us. I've been getting more and more frustrated at how little Disney clothing and accessories you can buy in the UK, especially in the ages I need - but you guys have inspired me to actually take the plunge and do it myself!

When I was little I used to watch my mum sew and I wished I could do what she did - sadly, she passed away when I was very young, so I never really had anyone teach me how to sew. But, thanks to you guys I've just signed up for sewing classes!

You are all fab!

Hollie xxx

Hi Hollie and welcome to the group! There are several people on here who are basically new to sewing. It is amazing what you can learn to make quite quickly. Your nieces are so lucky to have you sew for them and take them to Disney? How old are they? I have a little 5 year old niece that I love to sew things for.

 

[cogero]

Welcome Hollie.

good luck with the sewing classes, I am totally self taught and love creating things for my kiddos and others I wish I had listened when my grandma wanted to teach me she was a seamstress.

 

[pequele]

Hi Hollie! Welcome!!! I'm one of the new sewers and while I haven't yet tackled the sewing part I started with embroidery. I have a seeing project lined up though. Just need to get supplies and then I can start. Have fun in your class!

 

[OhStuffandFluff]

Thanks to everyone for your input on those stretchy crochet headbands things!! I have found a good lead from one of the Etsy sellers! I am so happy! Thanks again!

 

[TinkNH]

Hey guys!

I just wanted to let you all know how amazing and inspirational you are!

I've been on Disboards for a little while, usually hanging out around the UK trip planning forum, but a couple of days ago I stumbled upon this gem and I've spent the last day getting through the 218 pages! You are all so talented!

We're going on our first trip to Walt Disney World next August (2013), and we're taking our three nieces with us. I've been getting more and more frustrated at how little Disney clothing and accessories you can buy in the UK, especially in the ages I need - but you guys have inspired me to actually take the plunge and do it myself!

When I was little I used to watch my mum sew and I wished I could do what she did - sadly, she passed away when I was very young, so I never really had anyone teach me how to sew. But, thanks to you guys I've just signed up for sewing classes!

You are all fab!

Hollie xxx

hi hollie!
It was this thread and our upcoming trip that got me behind the sewing machine too...I have learned all of what I know from these ladies and you tube

 

[pyrxtc]

Where can I find easy paper (not printable) patterns for winter clothes for girls. I don't want to make sweats since those are cheap or leggings. I want a fun dress with long sleeves or something but not too fancy. All I've seen out there now is lots of summer stuff. When does the winter patterns come out ?

I know I can put shirts under the summer stuff but that's no fun to make .......

 

[goteamwood]

After I made bowling shirts aplenty my husband and other WDW travelers in our party requested grownups bowling shirts. I got a pattern, fabrics and now I have an embroidery machine. I've been asked to do toy story, nemo, monsters inc and wall-e. I found fabric, believe it or not, for monsters and wall-e but not much. I was hoping to add appliqués. I found several monsters inc ones, the nemo and TS are easy to find but does anyone know where I can find wall-e? I did get wall-e himself from divas but I was really hoping for eve and a buy-n-large logo, perhaps even just the wall-e logo. I did find all of those on a terrifically sketchy looking Russian site which I am not eager to use. No love for wall-e in the embroidery world, eh?

 

[Sew into Disney]

I've made these Minnie Mouse Clippies. I bought them a while ago, and I can't remember who had them then, but I know Heather has some too. They're made of felt, and super easy to do. I can do six at a time on my 6x10 hoop, they don't take long at all. I think these are two inch. Ignore the Jessie braid, she was trying on the hat!

And a close up...

I plan on making these for the little girls in my Dream FE group.

Thank you for posting the pics of the clips. I purchased a Cars logo clippie and tested it out. I am working on a Lightening McQueen dress and thought it would look cute to have matching clips.


I have not mastered the art of multi-quotes just yet.

SandiS .... I love all of your work. The zebra skort is awesome!

GoTeamWood ... I swear I saw some Wall-e stuff this week. I will have to go back and look through the sites I was on.

I am working on trying to remember who everyone is but the thread moves so quickly.

We took our most recent trip to Disneyland earlier this month. I made my Princess a Minnie dress and a Jessie dress.

She loves meeting the characters ...

I made this dress last summer and gave it to my sister so my niece could have it for their trip they took in October. It is Ariel themed but I was never thrilled with it. I felt it needed something more to make it "pop"

I had to buy a new embroidery hoop to get my machine up and running again. So worth the money! I started on a Halloween themed dress last night. I will post pictures as soon as it is done. I am kicking myself for not using my embroidery machine for so long.

 

[sewmess]

I have a habit of visiting DISBoards a couple of months before Disney trips to get myself in the the mood, or more accurately, exercise some of the excitment. I remembered seeing this thread when I was on after our last visit (working on my ultimate FAIL TR) so when I offered to make a Disney outfit or two for a coworker's 3 year old's first visit to WDW I knew I needed to revisit.

So, Hello, and you all are a great inspiration and invoke major machine envy (I have a lovely sewing machine, but no embroidery.)

I've been so busy looking at everyone's goodies, that I am now going to go back and check the tutorials and other links on the first page.

(and my screenname was actually from another craft sight before I came here. I use it for simplicity's sake)

 

[RMAMom]

Good Morning to All,
Just caught up looking through so many pages of beautiful projects. I've been so busy that I don't seem to get on here as much as I should to keep up. Love all the new dresses....and nice to see clothes for little boys too. Wishing those with sick family members a "Get Well Soon and Speedy recoveries". Also, "Welcome" to new members and those that are learning to sew...enjoy.
I finally used my Snow White fabric...it is harder to work with because of the curved ends. I cut on the decorative lines of the fabric and matched them at the seam and it worked.

Sheila

I love that, so clever, are you making two more or are they sharing it?

Thanks, but I already made the front so I'm hoping for an exact match.



I know what you mean about avoiding Joann. Unfortunately there's one in the same plaza where I go grocery shopping so it's too convenient. I finally convinced myself that just because I have a 40% off coupon doesn't mean I have to use it.

PS You asked about ribbon "finishing." I started using fray check and quickly decided I'd go broke and couldn't tell if it was staining some of the ribbon. Plan B was the old heat sealing them with a candle flame -- time consuming when there were 50+ ribbons. So, the front of the bag is fray checked and the back is fire sealed.

PPS Some time ago you posted the horse outfit for your daughter. I never had a chance to say how much I liked it, but well done.




I just bought 2+ yards of red and it's still available online. I don't know why black has been banished.

And you're right about my fortune going down the drain. That fabric was the only thing standing between me and million$.

I decided not to go to Amsterdam. I called and she said they don't have it and I didn't want to make the 20+ mile trip to find out she was right.



Thanks. Boy, we're all singing the tune of trying to avoid Joann.




Sadly Ginger and Dorrrine have been neglected lately, although I did make them Halloween witch's hats the other day.

You're right about the fabric having a weird feel -- even after it's washed.

UPDATE of sorts: Yesterday I found some poly/cotton blend polka dots online and ordered a yard. I'm not really expecting it to be an exact match of what I have (Murphy's law and all) but for $3.99 I figured I'd give it a try.

It's being sent from Beverly Hills -- probably some famous actress is destashing.

You are so funny! I hope it matches perfectly!

I am officially coming out of lurker mode I have been lurking for around a month now.

My name is Shannon and I am a single mom. I work a full time job, go to school full time and sew on the side for my kids and to make extra money. I taught myself how to sew around 8 years ago. I own 4 sewing machines, a serger, and a sewing/embroidery machine.

I have not used the embroidery part of my machine in over 6 years. After seeing what some of you have done recently I have decided I need to have some fun with it. I just want to thank you all for the awesome info on where to find embroidery stuff. I spent a bulk of my morning looking at things.

I have gone out to the garage and pulled out my PED basic stuff and the attachment for the machine. YAY! I am so excited! I do wish my machine had a bigger hoop size but I am happy that I even have a machine. I have been drooling over the Brother PE770 for the past day. Can't afford it just yet .... but it will be mine in the next 6 months.

I am sure I will do a lot more lurking than posting but I figured it was time to come out and say hi. Finding others that love sewing and Disney as much as I do makes me so very happy :dance3

Oh I almost forgot ... what can you tell me about clippies? I see downloads for them on the sites and I get that they are for hair clips. Are they easy to make? My Princess finally has enough hair to do little piggies with and she is letting me. I would love to make her cute clips.

Welcome, can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for the tips on the scissors. I did have curved ones, but I went today and got some tiny ones which helped a lot. I do have a question for you PE770 aficionados, though. I have real trouble getting the hoop to clip in sometimes. Not everytime... Sometimes it just snaps right into place with zero efforts, and sometimes I cannot for the life of me and the strength of 10 men get the darn thing to snap in. I have it all lined up, put the front pin in first, pulling back on the tab, etc. And I cannot find rhyme nor reason why it is SO EASY sometimes and a huge pain others. Like today I literally walked away from it for a few hours because I could not no matter what get the darn thing in. It is mixed within a project even, like the first time is fine, second time is fine, 3rd time WILL NOT CLICK. Anything advice?

I made a cute little safari mickey t-shirt to go under the safari vests, and it turned out awesome. My only problem was getting the hoop back in for a couple steps.


Need to whip up another of these for the other kid.

Love that safari Mickey!

Here are a few of my Disney looks:

Minnie fireworks top (McCall's 6566):

Minnie zebra tee and zebra skort (Butterick 4460):

Pink Disney Mom tee & tropical print shorts (Simplicity 1887):

Off to cut more fabrics while we watch the Olympics!

I love it all!!!

cool I have that website! I'm gonna check things out...I did buy a bit of stuff last night so I MAY have to wait

OOOO I got those scissors from the store I bought my machine at. The guy threw em in for me!! YEAH!!! I need REAL scissors that cut strait though.

I had to put that here...my mom said "mommy pick the fireman!" Now I have to pick the pirate

What does everyone prefer to use for the appliques to stick the fabric to the shirt? I don't really know what to buy to get started. My mom is only aware of the kind you have to heat on both sides and I know that can't be right!

Do you mean when you are making appliques? I don't use anything, I just lay the fabric down and use my fingers to keep it smooth. Some people prefer to use a spray adhesive. I am not familiar with it but I know a lot of people here use the 505 spray from Joanns.

pool bags for my 3 boys - all cut out and ready to go for appliques, drawstring backpacks for my older two to take in the parks, one more outfit each for Benjamin and Gracie, something for me to wear to the princess dinner...and more t-shirts

I'm on my 2nd shirt right now with several more already pre-fused with stabilizer...

I am nuts!

Not nuts, you are an amazing Mom who is making really cool memories for her kids!

WTMTQ so many cute things posted.

We are home from our cruise on the Magic and it was truly magical.

Now to gear up for our DVC vacation at the end of the month.

Welcome home, I'm glad you had a good time.

So I am finishing up the second safari mickey shirt and something went seriously awry. I am on the LAST step of 14, no issues so far, and all of a sudden everything jammed up and keeps giving me the error that the safety feature was activated and everything stops. I can hear something struggling in the bobbin area. I cleared out the top thread that was in there, now 4-5 times, and re-threaded and re-threaded and re-threaded and no luck. The manual troubleshooting was not at all helpful, and the internet brother site just said thread was jammed, remove it and keep sewing. Where else could it be jammed? SO FRUSTRATING.

I read ahead and I'm so glad you worked this out! It's so frustrating when things like that happen.

My machine came in yesterday and we did the big unveiling. Had to run to JoAnne's because it came with nothing. My thread from Threadarts isn't here yet (I didn't order it until Thursday) so I went ahead and got some thread by several different brands to see what I like best. All the stabilizers were 50% off and I had an additional 20% off. We came home and played with the machine. It is pretty fun.

I realized last night that I couldn't find my sewing scissors so I went by JoAnne's after class today and picked up 2 pairs of Gingher scissors, a curved pair and shears. They were pretty pricey. I got home and looked them up on Amazon and they were less that 50% ($30.51 compared to $67.) of what I paid for them at JoAnne's. Ordered them from Amazon and they will be here Wednesday. Taking them back to JoAnne's and with all the money I saved I am going to buy some applique designs!

I didn't realize that Amazon was a good source for sewing stuff. Has anyone else found any good buys on Amazon for sewing?

Also does anyone have a case for the Brother PE770?

Jennifer

I never thought to look for scissors on Amazon! I have bought all kinds of feet for my sewing machine and I also bought extra hoops for my 770.

Hey guys!

I just wanted to let you all know how amazing and inspirational you are!

I've been on Disboards for a little while, usually hanging out around the UK trip planning forum, but a couple of days ago I stumbled upon this gem and I've spent the last day getting through the 218 pages! You are all so talented!

We're going on our first trip to Walt Disney World next August (2013), and we're taking our three nieces with us. I've been getting more and more frustrated at how little Disney clothing and accessories you can buy in the UK, especially in the ages I need - but you guys have inspired me to actually take the plunge and do it myself!

When I was little I used to watch my mum sew and I wished I could do what she did - sadly, she passed away when I was very young, so I never really had anyone teach me how to sew. But, thanks to you guys I've just signed up for sewing classes!

You are all fab!

Hollie xxx

How exciting! You also may want to check out patterns by Carla C on youcanmakethis.com Her patterns are like a sewing lesson and many of the ladies on this board taught themselves to sew using her easy fit pants or simply sweet pattern.

Thank you for posting the pics of the clips. I purchased a Cars logo clippie and tested it out. I am working on a Lightening McQueen dress and thought it would look cute to have matching clips.


I have not mastered the art of multi-quotes just yet.

SandiS .... I love all of your work. The zebra skort is awesome!

GoTeamWood ... I swear I saw some Wall-e stuff this week. I will have to go back and look through the sites I was on.

I am working on trying to remember who everyone is but the thread moves so quickly.

We took our most recent trip to Disneyland earlier this month. I made my Princess a Minnie dress and a Jessie dress.

She loves meeting the characters ...

I made this dress last summer and gave it to my sister so my niece could have it for their trip they took in October. It is Ariel themed but I was never thrilled with it. I felt it needed something more to make it "pop"

I had to buy a new embroidery hoop to get my machine up and running again. So worth the money! I started on a Halloween themed dress last night. I will post pictures as soon as it is done. I am kicking myself for not using my embroidery machine for so long.

I love that pic of your DD with Mickey and I think your Ariel themed dress is adorable.

 

[dianemom2]

We took our most recent trip to Disneyland earlier this month. I made my Princess a Minnie dress and a Jessie dress.

She loves meeting the characters ...

Very cute! I love all the dresses but my favorite is the Jessie inspired dress. I have been planning something Jessie themed for a while now. I have all the fabrics, I just need to get to work.

I have a habit of visiting DISBoards a couple of months before Disney trips to get myself in the the mood, or more accurately, exercise some of the excitment. I remembered seeing this thread when I was on after our last visit (working on my ultimate FAIL TR) so when I offered to make a Disney outfit or two for a coworker's 3 year old's first visit to WDW I knew I needed to revisit.

So, Hello, and you all are a great inspiration and invoke major machine envy (I have a lovely sewing machine, but no embroidery.)

Hi there and welcome to the group! We can't wait to see what you make!


Well, I have been very busy while my girls are away at camp. Here are some of the things I have made:

Mickey sports themed hoodie shirts for my nephews:

Next I made a monster themed dress for my niece. It made with some of the baby wale corduroy that I got on Memorial Day weekend on that huge sale.

Next up is a Hippie themed Insa skirt and peasant top:

Then a shopping themed dress:

A Wild About Disney Dress:

A little knit dress with my niece's name on it:

A hoodie dress for my niece. I made this dress by lengthening the Imke shirt pattern in the Sewing Clothes Kids Love book:

 

[Disney52303]

We took our most recent trip to Disneyland earlier this month. I made my Princess a Minnie dress and a Jessie dress.

She loves meeting the characters ...

I made this dress last summer and gave it to my sister so my niece could have it for their trip they took in October. It is Ariel themed but I was never thrilled with it. I felt it needed something more to make it "pop"

I had to buy a new embroidery hoop to get my machine up and running again. So worth the money! I started on a Halloween themed dress last night. I will post pictures as soon as it is done. I am kicking myself for not using my embroidery machine for so long.[/QUOTE]

These are great - I love the Jessie dress the most!!! and I think the blue and green dress is precious!!!

I have a habit of visiting DISBoards a couple of months before Disney trips to get myself in the the mood, or more accurately, exercise some of the excitment. I remembered seeing this thread when I was on after our last visit (working on my ultimate FAIL TR) so when I offered to make a Disney outfit or two for a coworker's 3 year old's first visit to WDW I knew I needed to revisit.

So, Hello, and you all are a great inspiration and invoke major machine envy (I have a lovely sewing machine, but no embroidery.)

I've been so busy looking at everyone's goodies, that I am now going to go back and check the tutorials and other links on the first page.

(and my screenname was actually from another craft sight before I came here. I use it for simplicity's sake)

Welcome!!


Here's my latest labor of love lol (yet another grainy iPad photo). We had a small FE group so I decided to make each of the ladies an embroidered tote bag, we only had about 8 families. I had 3-4 made and we got up to NINETEEN!!! I have been making these bags in my sleep. DD and I organized all our gifts this morning and she laid these out first (top left is a small size Rosetta I made her to match mine). I was actually 3 short. I just finished one and will crank out the last two tomorrow, one is cut... but I am watching gymnastics!

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[pyrxtc]

Well, I have been very busy while my girls are away at camp. Here are some of the things I have made:Mickey sports themed hoodie shirts for my nephews.

Next I made a monster themed dress for my niece. It made with some of the baby wale corduroy that I got on Memorial Day weekend on that huge sale

Next up is a Hippie themed Insa skirt and peasant top:

Then a shopping themed dress:

A Wild About Disney Dress:

A little knit dress with my niece's name on it:

A hoodie dress for my niece. I made this dress by lengthening the Imke shirt pattern in the Sewing Clothes Kids Love book:

Everything looks great. looks like you're getting good at shirring.

Here's my latest labor of love lol (yet another grainy iPad photo). We had a small FE group so I decided to make each of the ladies an embroidered tote bag, we only had about 8 families. I had 3-4 made and we got up to NINETEEN!!! I have been making these bags in my sleep. DD and I organized all our gifts this morning and she laid these out first (top left is a small size Rosetta I made her to match mine). I was actually 3 short. I just finished one and will crank out the last two tomorrow, one is cut... but I am watching gymnastics!

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Lots of work but it will be well worth it I'm sure. Everything looks great and fun!

 

[pequele]

After I made bowling shirts aplenty my husband and other WDW travelers in our party requested grownups bowling shirts. I got a pattern, fabrics and now I have an embroidery machine. I've been asked to do toy story, nemo, monsters inc and wall-e. I found fabric, believe it or not, for monsters and wall-e but not much. I was hoping to add appliqués. I found several monsters inc ones, the nemo and TS are easy to find but does anyone know where I can find wall-e? I did get wall-e himself from divas but I was really hoping for eve and a buy-n-large logo, perhaps even just the wall-e logo. I did find all of those on a terrifically sketchy looking Russian site which I am not eager to use. No love for wall-e in the embroidery world, eh?

Hahaha yeh I saw a website but I'm not sure it was russian but it definitely was foreign!

I got the bowling pattern for the kids shirt that was recommended and went today to get some material....I'm now at the beginning stages of accumulating fabric for a Buzz, Lightning McQueen, Nemo n Squirt, pirate and Sesame Street bowling shirts!!! I didnt want them to run out of fabric

 

[goteamwood]

Hahaha yeh I saw a website but I'm not sure it was russian but it definitely was foreign!

I got the bowling pattern for the kids shirt that was recommended and went today to get some material....I'm now at the beginning stages of accumulating fabric for a Buzz, Lightning McQueen, Nemo n Squirt, pirate and Sesame Street bowling shirts!!! I didnt want them to run out of fabric

You sound like me. I have already made buzz, cars, pirates, Mickey and tigger. Working on another Mickey. Then moving on to the grown ups. It's crazy addictive. And since the shirts are for our Disney trip in 3 months I haven't let my kids wear them except a short 5 minute photo op because I don't want them ruined. So they are all in a pile on my dresser! I think it lends to the crazy town vibe.

 

[Sandi S]

Very cute! I love all the dresses but my favorite is the Jessie inspired dress. I have been planning something Jessie themed for a while now. I have all the fabrics, I just need to get to work.


Hi there and welcome to the group! We can't wait to see what you make!


Well, I have been very busy while my girls are away at camp. Here are some of the things I have made:

Mickey sports themed hoodie shirts for my nephews:

Next I made a monster themed dress for my niece. It made with some of the baby wale corduroy that I got on Memorial Day weekend on that huge sale.

Next up is a Hippie themed Insa skirt and peasant top:

Then a shopping themed dress:

A Wild About Disney Dress:

A little knit dress with my niece's name on it:

A hoodie dress for my niece. I made this dress by lengthening the Imke shirt pattern in the Sewing Clothes Kids Love book:

So cute - love all of it!!

Here's my latest labor of love lol (yet another grainy iPad photo). We had a small FE group so I decided to make each of the ladies an embroidered tote bag, we only had about 8 families. I had 3-4 made and we got up to NINETEEN!!! I have been making these bags in my sleep. DD and I organized all our gifts this morning and she laid these out first (top left is a small size Rosetta I made her to match mine). I was actually 3 short. I just finished one and will crank out the last two tomorrow, one is cut... but I am watching gymnastics!

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So many cute things - I know I missed grabbing a quote but everything posted looks fabulous.

I have been stitching and cutting fabric most of the day. I have to work (curriculum committee) this week, so I wanted to get ahead. I have everything I still need to make cut, ready to applique, and in "do-able" range, given my pace. I am planning to take my machines to the shop for a much-needed servicing before I go, so I will not spend Friday sewing - lol.

Here are the things I have finished most recently:

Tink Minnie head, Stitch as Yoda, and the Minnie words are all mine.
Mickey words are for DH, Darth Goofy for DS#2, Jedi Mickey for DS#1.

Benjamin's pool bag:

I used ribbon for the handle and straps like I did for his sister's. The top shape is formed by snaps.

Matthew & Jamie's pool bags:

Theirs are drawstring backpacks. There is a casing at the top with the ends open and pair of grommets at the bottom corners. I just need to swing by Lowes Home Improvement during lunch and pick up some lightweight roped for the drawstrings.

I also will be making each child a drawstring bag for their personal items. I have them cut and ready to applique/embroider on. They make up super fast.

I also cute a Tinkerbell skort for me, two pairs of bike shorts for under skirts for both me and DD (makes anything a skort), a Cinderella themed outfit for her, and a tunic top for me that I will add Sweet Pea's "Sassy" princess designs to. I plan to stitch those on white felt so I can remove them from the top and use them in some other way later.

I have my tie-dye shirts ready to dye, just didn't get to that today since it was DH's b-day...

FIVE more days!!! I have a feeling I may be a tad distracted during my curriculum stuff.

 

[Holstar]

Hi Hollie and welcome to the group! There are several people on here who are basically new to sewing. It is amazing what you can learn to make quite quickly. Your nieces are so lucky to have you sew for them and take them to Disney? How old are they? I have a little 5 year old niece that I love to sew things for.

The girls will be 15, 12 and 9 when we go! We can find loads of Disney things for our youngest, but the older two are proving a little bit more difficult! But yes! I suppose they are very lucky girls, but truthfully, as cheesy as this sounds I feel like the lucky one for having such brilliant nieces!

I've wanted to go to Florida since I was a little girl, but there was no way we could afford it. But, through working 50+ hours a week ontop of my uni degree, we can just about afford it next year. And, I just felt bad us going and not taking them, as I remember how much it would have meant to me when I was little!

Welcome Hollie.

good luck with the sewing classes, I am totally self taught and love creating things for my kiddos and others I wish I had listened when my grandma wanted to teach me she was a seamstress.

It's a relief to know that others are self taught too! Especially when they're super talented!

Hi Hollie! Welcome!!! I'm one of the new sewers and while I haven't yet tackled the sewing part I started with embroidery. I have a seeing project lined up though. Just need to get supplies and then I can start. Have fun in your class!

Aaahhh! I'm jealous. I've been looking at all of the beautiful embroidery and thinking "Oh, I wish I could do that". But, it's probably best to get the sewing down first! We have over a year until we go, I can always hope I'll be amazing and pick it up so quickly, and then I'll be able to start doing a bit of embroidery before we go! Wishful thinking perhaps!

hi hollie!
It was this thread and our upcoming trip that got me behind the sewing machine too...I have learned all of what I know from these ladies and you tube

Hahaha. Well, I certainly seem to be in good company. I have saved a couple of pictures for reference, such as a beautiful Beach Club themed dress (apologies, I forget who posted it) which is simply gorgeous! I'm hoping to be able to do something similar for my girls.

How exciting! You also may want to check out patterns by Carla C on youcanmakethis.com Her patterns are like a sewing lesson and many of the ladies on this board taught themselves to sew using her easy fit pants or simply sweet pattern.

Thank you so much! I'll check it out now.... I've been googling sewing machines for about two days now, my partner thinks I'm crazy, especially as I've now prioritised this over getting a car

Thank you all so much for your kind comments! I better head off and start looking up fabric and patterns before deciding on my sewing machine!

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