Disboutiquers Part 29 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[pequele]

Good point. I think they might make an outdoor version of modge podge that I assume is water proof since it can go outside but it is probably just as messy as a polyurethane

Varnish may work but is that poly? You could always buy a piece of balsa wood and cover it with the decor and then poly it both sides and edges around the circle, too (will take on the liquid better being wood and it is super light so it won't weigh him down). Plus it would be easy to punch holes in prior to finishing so you could still strap tie it to the wheels! More sturdy than poster board.

 

[babynala]

Here are some more things I made for my brother's trip back in January

My sister-in-law was looking forward to the Peter Pan ride so I did a Peter Pan theme for our first MK day. The red PP was for my nephew, Captain Hook was for my brother and the white PP was for my sister in law. We were able to meet both Tinkerbell and Peter Pan that day and my nephew had lots of fun with Peter Pan.

the back of my nieces skirt, the ruffle fabrics are sparkly

I wore this to try and stay with the Adventureland Theme:

Ariel skirt for Fantasyland Day and meeting Ariel in her "fin"

My nephew was supposed to do the Pirate League so he wore my son's old pirate shirt.

He had no interest in doing the PL and we had to draw a Mickey head over the skull and cross bones with a sharpie because he didn't want the "bones" on the shirt.


They wore these to HS. The day before my niece had done BBB and wore her Merida dress so she had picked the red hair piece. She still had it on the next day when we went to HS and it went well with the "Jessie" theme.

My brother is the baby of our family and has been given the name "Golden Child" since he can do no wrong. During our planning for this trip he would sign his e-mails "Golden Mickey". I could not come up with a good shirt idea for him for HS and then this Golden Mickey t-shirt came to me. My SIL is a star wars fan so she got this Leia cutie.

I made this shirt for myself for HS. It took me forever to find the fabric pieces that would fit in the "film" but I love how it turned out. I got stopped by all the CMs on my way to Toy Story Mania so our FP return times were a little later then they could have been. LOL

I wore this to our last day in MK / Chef Mickey night

I made this shirt for the day my niece did BBB and our dinner at CRT.

Cinderella told me she loved that dress because her animal friends made it for her.

I try to use t-shirts from my closet that are getting a little old or that I don't wear too often for our Disney trips since I usually only wear them once. I had this fleece jacket that has seen better days and was ready to be retired so I customized it for our trip.
front:

back:

I didn't make anything for my parents for this trip but they recycled their shirts from our past trips. They also have a collection of Donald and Daisy shirts from the Disney Store that they always make good use of on our trips so I didn't feel too bad.

 

[goteamwood]

Here are some more things I made for my brother's trip back in January

My sister-in-law was looking forward to the Peter Pan ride so I did a Peter Pan theme for our first MK day. The red PP was for my nephew, Captain Hook was for my brother and the white PP was for my sister in law. We were able to meet both Tinkerbell and Peter Pan that day and my nephew had lots of fun with Peter Pan.

the back of my nieces skirt, the ruffle fabrics are sparkly

I wore this to try and stay with the Adventureland Theme:

I made this shirt for myself for HS. It took me forever to find the fabric pieces that would fit in the "film" but I love how it turned out. I got stopped by all the CMs on my way to Toy Story Mania so our FP return times were a little later then they could have been. LOL

Everything is super cute, I love the peter pan set and the film shirt is amazing. What fun to pick out your favorites!

I whipped up two shirts today for my kids' St. Patricks day thing at preschool tomorrow. I had the shirts on hand, they are a size too big, but I don't think they will care. I think they have gotten spoiled with custom shirts for everything since we went to see the Beauty and the Beast play at the high school and one asked, "Where is my Beast shirt, mommy??" which I had not made for them. He settled for wearing his valentine monster shirt.

I haven't really made them special shirts for school other than these, they have a different theme each day, 2x a week and that is too many shirts. If they have one that goes with the theme, great, but no two kids need special shirts 2x a week!
I figured they would wear these tomorrow and then for the weekend and since they are too big maybe even next year!

 

[nannye]

I bought some nice red fabric with white dots and there are some with black fabric and white dots. There also was another one that was pink with white dots. I guess Fabricland does not carry Disney licensed products.

Fabricland does carry some disney stuff. just depends on which store and when I guess. they carry more princess than mickey from what I've ever seen.

 

[nannye]

It's crazy that no one has polka dots. It seems so basic. Sorry for your frustration. I don't think the sellers are marking up shipping too much though because I have shipped a couple shirt orders to Canada first-class, slow and cheap and it was more than $6 for a single onesie and $8 for two toddler sized t-shirts. I think shipping recently went up since both were higher than I had quoted based on the info I found online. It's crazy it costs so much more to ship the same thing that I would pay $2-4 to ship within the us.

Just out of stock. I agree some of the prices aren't jacked up too much. but I saw a lot charging $15 to ship 1 yard of material. I don't think so!

Have you tried any of the Len's Mill Stores close to you? The one here has a better selection of polka dots than the 2 Fabriclands closest to me.

Judy

Yes we have two lens mill. I was able to get the yellow with white polkadots I needed at one of them. They had red with white polkadots, but I needed the black with white dots of course, which they didn't have. The other lens mill near us only had white with the colored dots.

I second what Judy said. I find way more 'Disney' inspired fabric at Lens Mill than Fabricland. I also discovered that the sparkly fabric I have been using is Fairy Frost from Lens Mill and didn't even realize it!

Loree

Oh yes, Lens definitely has more selection. BUT Fabricland in my experience has been cheaper as long as there is a sale. I don't think I've ever paid full price for material there. only ever 40-50% off. They had a lot of sales in the fall. Lens Mill unfortunately NEVER has anything on sale. I also dislike the store BUT that won't stop me from shopping there if I need to. Prices are usually a bit cheaper but never any sales so i usually end of buying at fabricland. I went in to our one on monday and the roof is leaking and buckets collecting dripping water. both lens near us are always just so dirty and disorganized looking. One is better than the other (not the one with the leaking roof). Sadly I remember going into it a year ago and looking for material on a rainy day and the roof was still leaking then!

I found the fairy frost too! I am going to need help figuring out which one to buy for the sparkly dress I have planned for V. V spotted carousel fabric at lens and she loves it I have no idea what to do with it do.

Thanks for listening to my vent ladies! I did order the black with white dots from someone on etsy and shipping was $6.50 so better than most of what I found.

 

[dianemom2]

My kids had growth issues as infants, the biggest they ever were before 18 months was 3rd percentile. Most of the time they weren't even on the charts. Then between 18 months and 1 year, one grew like crazy (4 shoe sizes over one summer.) and the other has sort of stayed the same. He has been wearing the same shoes for more than a year and a half and gets his one-minute-younger brother's hand-me-ups if he ever grows out of the current shoes. He is a good 3-4 inches shorter and 5-6 lbs lighter than his brother, despite being born 1 oz different, and being wiithin a couple of oz. Birth to 18 months. His doc doesn't seem worried by it, since he's growing, just not quickly. But I guess as long as the growth keeps going up at a steady pace it doesn't matter how fast... but no one believes they are twins anymore.

My older dd was always in the 3rd or 4th percentile since she was tiny. But when she was 5 she just stopped growing. She didn't grow for 2 years. Imagine my 7 year old starting 2nd grade and wearing the same size 4T clothes she'd had for 3 years! Anyhow, we ended up consulting a specialist and she was on growth hormones for 5 years. She did really well on them and she is just under 5 feet tall now. She stopped taking them 2 years ago. Without them, I doubt that she would have ever reached even a "normal" petite height. She is close to being done growing now. We have no idea what caused her to stop growing. But my younger daughter has been bigger than my older dd since they were 1 and 2 years old. We've always had "hand me ups" instead of hand me downs. Even now the older one gets the younger ones clothes.

Here are some more things I made for my brother's trip back in January

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I love everything but these are my favorites. The Jessie outfit is adorable and I just love your "Golden Mickey" story! Your film reel shirt is awesome too. It must have taken forever to find the right size characters to fit each space on the film but it turned out so well! And what a great idea to recycle your fleece jacket into a Disney jacket! Excellent job on everything!

I figured they would wear these tomorrow and then for the weekend and since they are too big maybe even next year!

The shirts turned out great. I don't know to hope that the shirts still fit next year or if I should hope that your boys grow so much that they outgrow the shirts?????

I found the fairy frost too! I am going to need help figuring out which one to buy for the sparkly dress I have planned for V. V spotted carousel fabric at lens and she loves it I have no idea what to do with it do.

Thanks for listening to my vent ladies! I did order the black with white dots from someone on etsy and shipping was $6.50 so better than most of what I found.

Oh, I think you should do a Mary Poppins themed dress with the carousel fabric! That would look terrific! I know I have seen an applique somewhere with Mary on a carousel horse but I can't remember where.

I'm glad that you did find the fabric you needed without the shipping being totally insane!

Here is a dress that I made for a customer:

It was fun to make because the mom gave me pretty much free reign to have fun with creating it.

 

[scbelleatheart]

I just had to post! All of you inspire me. I check this thread every day to see all the things you have created and I walk away feeling uplifted. Silly, I know but to see all the lovely outfits, made with so much love and then add in the true freindship you all seem to have and share with everyone, new or experienced, is just a great way to start my day.

I do owe all of you an apology though. I posted some question about what embroidery machine to buy and was a little snarky when I got only a few replys. I was wrong and expected answers when you all were doing so much more, besides answering questions on a messageboard.

Again, sorry. Imagine if you were told you could never sew again? New innovations have made that possible for me again and your posts and creations keep me moving forward but I was so frustrated looking for a way to sew, to create, to design, I lost sight of the real reason I sewed .

Keep it up! You all are an inspiration!

 

[PurpleEars]

VENT! Sometimes I really hate living in Canada. I can't find anything that is reasonable, any online canadian retailers do not have the polka dots I need and anything on Ebay or etsy is outrageous when you add in shipping. like really, $9 to ship 1 yard of fabric. Seriously? ARGH! ok done.

Yeah that's why I stock up when I am in the US. Too bad I didn't see this in time as I could have sent you some polka dot fabric! (I have them in red, pink, navy, and black)

I bought some nice red fabric with white dots and there are some with black fabric and white dots. There also was another one that was pink with white dots. I guess Fabricland does not carry Disney licensed products.

Fabricland West has been carrying Disney fabric consistently for a couple of years now. They tend to be princesses and Winnie the Pooh. Once in a while I see a Mickey print in there. The problem, of course, is that Fabricland West only covers from Manitoba west.

Here are some more things I made for my brother's trip back in January

My sister-in-law was looking forward to the Peter Pan ride so I did a Peter Pan theme for our first MK day. The red PP was for my nephew, Captain Hook was for my brother and the white PP was for my sister in law. We were able to meet both Tinkerbell and Peter Pan that day and my nephew had lots of fun with Peter Pan.

the back of my nieces skirt, the ruffle fabrics are sparkly

I wore this to try and stay with the Adventureland Theme:

Ariel skirt for Fantasyland Day and meeting Ariel in her "fin"

My nephew was supposed to do the Pirate League so he wore my son's old pirate shirt.

He had no interest in doing the PL and we had to draw a Mickey head over the skull and cross bones with a sharpie because he didn't want the "bones" on the shirt.


They wore these to HS. The day before my niece had done BBB and wore her Merida dress so she had picked the red hair piece. She still had it on the next day when we went to HS and it went well with the "Jessie" theme.

My brother is the baby of our family and has been given the name "Golden Child" since he can do no wrong. During our planning for this trip he would sign his e-mails "Golden Mickey". I could not come up with a good shirt idea for him for HS and then this Golden Mickey t-shirt came to me. My SIL is a star wars fan so she got this Leia cutie.

I made this shirt for myself for HS. It took me forever to find the fabric pieces that would fit in the "film" but I love how it turned out. I got stopped by all the CMs on my way to Toy Story Mania so our FP return times were a little later then they could have been. LOL

I wore this to our last day in MK / Chef Mickey night

I made this shirt for the day my niece did BBB and our dinner at CRT.

Cinderella told me she loved that dress because her animal friends made it for her.

I try to use t-shirts from my closet that are getting a little old or that I don't wear too often for our Disney trips since I usually only wear them once. I had this fleece jacket that has seen better days and was ready to be retired so I customized it for our trip.
front:

back:

I didn't make anything for my parents for this trip but they recycled their shirts from our past trips. They also have a collection of Donald and Daisy shirts from the Disney Store that they always make good use of on our trips so I didn't feel too bad.

Great job on everything. I really like the film shirt you did. The fleece looks nice and cozy too. It sounds like you had a great trip! Thank you for sharing the pictures!

I whipped up two shirts today for my kids' St. Patricks day thing at preschool tomorrow. I had the shirts on hand, they are a size too big, but I don't think they will care. I think they have gotten spoiled with custom shirts for everything since we went to see the Beauty and the Beast play at the high school and one asked, "Where is my Beast shirt, mommy??" which I had not made for them. He settled for wearing his valentine monster shirt.

I haven't really made them special shirts for school other than these, they have a different theme each day, 2x a week and that is too many shirts. If they have one that goes with the theme, great, but no two kids need special shirts 2x a week!
I figured they would wear these tomorrow and then for the weekend and since they are too big maybe even next year!

Neat shirts! I guess it's funny that your kids expect custom clothes! I think it's their way of saying "we think it is cool that mommy makes special clothes for us!"

Here is a dress that I made for a customer:

It was fun to make because the mom gave me pretty much free reign to have fun with creating it.

Great job on the dress. It looks fab!

I just had to post! All of you inspire me. I check this thread every day to see all the things you have created and I walk away feeling uplifted. Silly, I know but to see all the lovely outfits, made with so much love and then add in the true freindship you all seem to have and share with everyone, new or experienced, is just a great way to start my day.

I do owe all of you an apology though. I posted some question about what embroidery machine to buy and was a little snarky when I got only a few replys. I was wrong and expected answers when you all were doing so much more, besides answering questions on a messageboard.

Again, sorry. Imagine if you were told you could never sew again? New innovations have made that possible for me again and your posts and creations keep me moving forward but I was so frustrated looking for a way to sew, to create, to design, I lost sight of the real reason I sewed .

Keep it up! You all are an inspiration!

Thank you for posting. I honestly don't remember anyone being snarky around here so I imagine no offense was taken. I hope you will be able to enjoy sewing and we will see pictures of your creations around here!

 

[DisneyMom5]

I made this shirt for myself for HS. It took me forever to find the fabric pieces that would fit in the "film" but I love how it turned out. I got stopped by all the CMs on my way to Toy Story Mania so our FP return times were a little later then they could have been. LOL

That.is.awesome.

You rock!

 

[cogero]

Here are some more things I made for my brother's trip back in January


I made this shirt for myself for HS. It took me forever to find the fabric pieces that would fit in the "film" but I love how it turned out. I got stopped by all the CMs on my way to Toy Story Mania so our FP return times were a little later then they could have been. LOL

.

I love everything you made but I think this is my favorite.

Just adorable.

Here is a dress that I made for a customer:

It was fun to make because the mom gave me pretty much free reign to have fun with creating it.

I totally love this dress great job.

 

[ivey_family]

Here are some more things I made for my brother's trip back in January

My sister-in-law was looking forward to the Peter Pan ride so I did a Peter Pan theme for our first MK day. The red PP was for my nephew, Captain Hook was for my brother and the white PP was for my sister in law. We were able to meet both Tinkerbell and Peter Pan that day and my nephew had lots of fun with Peter Pan.

I love everything you made, but Peter Pan is TDF! Who's designs are the larger Peter with the Jolly Roger? They are some of the best PP I've seen!

Regards,
C.

 

[love to stitch]

Here are some more things I made for my brother's trip back in January

My sister-in-law was looking forward to the Peter Pan ride so I did a Peter Pan theme for our first MK day. The red PP was for my nephew, Captain Hook was for my brother and the white PP was for my sister in law. We were able to meet both Tinkerbell and Peter Pan that day and my nephew had lots of fun with Peter Pan.

the back of my nieces skirt, the ruffle fabrics are sparkly

I wore this to try and stay with the Adventureland Theme:

Ariel skirt for Fantasyland Day and meeting Ariel in her "fin"

My nephew was supposed to do the Pirate League so he wore my son's old pirate shirt.

He had no interest in doing the PL and we had to draw a Mickey head over the skull and cross bones with a sharpie because he didn't want the "bones" on the shirt.


They wore these to HS. The day before my niece had done BBB and wore her Merida dress so she had picked the red hair piece. She still had it on the next day when we went to HS and it went well with the "Jessie" theme.

My brother is the baby of our family and has been given the name "Golden Child" since he can do no wrong. During our planning for this trip he would sign his e-mails "Golden Mickey". I could not come up with a good shirt idea for him for HS and then this Golden Mickey t-shirt came to me. My SIL is a star wars fan so she got this Leia cutie.

I made this shirt for myself for HS. It took me forever to find the fabric pieces that would fit in the "film" but I love how it turned out. I got stopped by all the CMs on my way to Toy Story Mania so our FP return times were a little later then they could have been. LOL

I wore this to our last day in MK / Chef Mickey night

I made this shirt for the day my niece did BBB and our dinner at CRT.

Cinderella told me she loved that dress because her animal friends made it for her.

I try to use t-shirts from my closet that are getting a little old or that I don't wear too often for our Disney trips since I usually only wear them once. I had this fleece jacket that has seen better days and was ready to be retired so I customized it for our trip.
front:

back:

I didn't make anything for my parents for this trip but they recycled their shirts from our past trips. They also have a collection of Donald and Daisy shirts from the Disney Store that they always make good use of on our trips so I didn't feel too bad.

I love everything! You did a wonderful job.

Everything is super cute, I love the peter pan set and the film shirt is amazing. What fun to pick out your favorites!

I whipped up two shirts today for my kids' St. Patricks day thing at preschool tomorrow. I had the shirts on hand, they are a size too big, but I don't think they will care. I think they have gotten spoiled with custom shirts for everything since we went to see the Beauty and the Beast play at the high school and one asked, "Where is my Beast shirt, mommy??" which I had not made for them. He settled for wearing his valentine monster shirt.

I haven't really made them special shirts for school other than these, they have a different theme each day, 2x a week and that is too many shirts. If they have one that goes with the theme, great, but no two kids need special shirts 2x a week!
I figured they would wear these tomorrow and then for the weekend and since they are too big maybe even next year!

Those are really cute shirts.

Here is a dress that I made for a customer:

It was fun to make because the mom gave me pretty much free reign to have fun with creating it.

That is a beautiful dress. I'm sure your customer was very happy with it.

 

[disneychic2]

Here are some more things I made for my brother's trip back in January

the back of my nieces skirt, the ruffle fabrics are sparkly

I wore this to try and stay with the Adventureland Theme:

Ariel skirt for Fantasyland Day and meeting Ariel in her "fin"

I made this shirt for myself for HS. It took me forever to find the fabric pieces that would fit in the "film" but I love how it turned out. I got stopped by all the CMs on my way to Toy Story Mania so our FP return times were a little later then they could have been. LOL

I wore this to our last day in MK / Chef Mickey night

I made this shirt for the day my niece did BBB and our dinner at CRT.

front:

back:

Oh my, I love everything! But the film reel is my favorite. You did an amazing job matching the fabric to the little windows. Do you mind sharing where you got the film design? I also particularly love the Tinkerbell outfit and Jesse outfit! Just fabulous!

I figured they would wear these tomorrow and then for the weekend and since they are too big maybe even next year!

These shirts are adorable! I'll bet with their coloring they look really great on the boys. I love that they love to wear the things you make for them. Enjoy it while it lasts!

I found the fairy frost too! I am going to need help figuring out which one to buy for the sparkly dress I have planned for V. V spotted carousel fabric at lens and she loves it I have no idea what to do with it do.

Thanks for listening to my vent ladies! I did order the black with white dots from someone on etsy and shipping was $6.50 so better than most of what I found.

I'm glad you got the fabric you were looking for and the shipping was TOO awful. The fairy frost fabric sounds wonderful. I liked the Mary Poppins suggestion. As I said before, vent away any time. Yours are more like mini vents anyway.

Here is a dress that I made for a customer:

It was fun to make because the mom gave me pretty much free reign to have fun with creating it.

What a great job you did! I'm sure your recipient was excited to get it!

Do you use a ruffler or gathering foot to make your ruffles, or do you stitch and gather? I make a lot of ruffles and I always do the old fashioned way of basting stitch and pull the threads. I was thinking of buying a gathering foot for my machine, though.

I just had to post! All of you inspire me. I check this thread every day to see all the things you have created and I walk away feeling uplifted. Silly, I know but to see all the lovely outfits, made with so much love and then add in the true freindship you all seem to have and share with everyone, new or experienced, is just a great way to start my day.

I do owe all of you an apology though. I posted some question about what embroidery machine to buy and was a little snarky when I got only a few replys. I was wrong and expected answers when you all were doing so much more, besides answering questions on a messageboard.

Again, sorry. Imagine if you were told you could never sew again? New innovations have made that possible for me again and your posts and creations keep me moving forward but I was so frustrated looking for a way to sew, to create, to design, I lost sight of the real reason I sewed .

Keep it up! You all are an inspiration!

Just wondering if you ever bought a machine? I know I didn't suggest any because I'm pretty new to the embroidery machine market myself. But hopefully you were able to use the information you did get and now have a machine you love. We like to see lots of pictures, so make sure you post your projects here, whether they're Disney or not.

As for snarky, if you were (and I don't remember anything like that), everyone around here tends to give people the benefit of the doubt and chalk things up to bad day, bad week, whatever. No apologies needed.

 

[babynala]

Thanks for all the love for my creations.

nannye - lost your quote but I think MissKenzieMac "might" have a Mary Poppins on a carousel or just a carousel horse by itself. That sounds like a cute fabric. You could also do Cindy and Prince Charming.

I whipped up two shirts today for my kids' St. Patricks day thing at preschool tomorrow. I had the shirts on hand, they are a size too big, but I don't think they will care. I think they have gotten spoiled with custom shirts for everything since we went to see the Beauty and the Beast play at the high school and one asked, "Where is my Beast shirt, mommy??" which I had not made for them. He settled for wearing his valentine monster shirt.

I haven't really made them special shirts for school other than these, they have a different theme each day, 2x a week and that is too many shirts. If they have one that goes with the theme, great, but no two kids need special shirts 2x a week!
I figured they would wear these tomorrow and then for the weekend and since they are too big maybe even next year!

So funny that your boys are trained to have custom shirts!!! The t-shirts are great, the fabric you used matched perfect. Kind of nice that they can wear them for two years.

My older dd was always in the 3rd or 4th percentile since she was tiny. But when she was 5 she just stopped growing. She didn't grow for 2 years. Imagine my 7 year old starting 2nd grade and wearing the same size 4T clothes she'd had for 3 years! Anyhow, we ended up consulting a specialist and she was on growth hormones for 5 years. She did really well on them and she is just under 5 feet tall now. She stopped taking them 2 years ago. Without them, I doubt that she would have ever reached even a "normal" petite height. She is close to being done growing now. We have no idea what caused her to stop growing. But my younger daughter has been bigger than my older dd since they were 1 and 2 years old. We've always had "hand me ups" instead of hand me downs. Even now the older one gets the younger ones clothes.

I'm glad that you did find the fabric you needed without the shipping being totally insane!

Here is a dress that I made for a customer:

It was fun to make because the mom gave me pretty much free reign to have fun with creating it.

Diane - I LOVE this dress. The fabrics are gorgeous. Did you shir part of the back of the dress? Your creativity is really shown off on this dress.

It is nice to hear that your DD responded well to the growth hormones.

I just had to post! All of you inspire me. I check this thread every day to see all the things you have created and I walk away feeling uplifted. Silly, I know but to see all the lovely outfits, made with so much love and then add in the true freindship you all seem to have and share with everyone, new or experienced, is just a great way to start my day.

I do owe all of you an apology though. I posted some question about what embroidery machine to buy and was a little snarky when I got only a few replys. I was wrong and expected answers when you all were doing so much more, besides answering questions on a messageboard.

Again, sorry. Imagine if you were told you could never sew again? New innovations have made that possible for me again and your posts and creations keep me moving forward but I was so frustrated looking for a way to sew, to create, to design, I lost sight of the real reason I sewed .

Keep it up! You all are an inspiration!

No need to apologize. There are lots of folks on this thread that don't have an embroidery machine. Those that do have machines have various models in VERY different price ranges so sometimes it is hard to give a suggestion. If you do a search in any of the Disboutique threads you will probably find lots of machine recommendations. That being said, lots of people use (and like) the Brother 770 or similar model that is embroidery only machine that has a 5x7 field.

I love everything you made, but Peter Pan is TDF! Who's designs are the larger Peter with the Jolly Roger? They are some of the best PP I've seen!

Regards,
C.

That PP design was from MissKenzieMac, she has a facebook page and website.

Lois - I think I forgot to grab your quote, the pink t-shirt is a combination of two designs from FrouFrou by HeatherSue. I combined the designs into one so I wouldn't have to re-hoop. I might have had to scale the 5x7 film design down to get it to fit in my hoop with the text. Doesn't your new machine have a big hoop? You might be able to get the 6X10 designs together in one hooping.

 

[dianemom2]

I do owe all of you an apology though. I posted some question about what embroidery machine to buy and was a little snarky when I got only a few replys. I was wrong and expected answers when you all were doing so much more, besides answering questions on a messageboard.

Again, sorry. Imagine if you were told you could never sew again? New innovations have made that possible for me again and your posts and creations keep me moving forward but I was so frustrated looking for a way to sew, to create, to design, I lost sight of the real reason I sewed .

I also don't remember anybody being snarky so I don't think we took offense. Some days are busier on here than others and that may be why you only got a few responses. Glad we could help out in any way at all. Now that you are able to create again, make sure you stop by and post pictures of what you make. We LOVE pictures!

Thank you for posting. I honestly don't remember anyone being snarky around here so I imagine no offense was taken. I hope you will be able to enjoy sewing and we will see pictures of your creations around here!

I completely agree

Do you use a ruffler or gathering foot to make your ruffles, or do you stitch and gather? I make a lot of ruffles and I always do the old fashioned way of basting stitch and pull the threads. I was thinking of buying a gathering foot for my machine, though.

I usually do it the old fashioned way too. Unless I am making a lot of ruffles, like I was for this dress. Then I use my ruffler foot. I also got smart and learned to do the rolled hem first and then use the ruffler. I have a gathering foot somewhere too but I rarely use it. My ruffler works great! There is also an easy way to make ruffles on the serger but it doesn't work on the Berninas. I have to take my Bernina in to the shop because they told me that if I did, they would show me how to do them on the Bernina. It is just one of those things that I can't find time for though.

nannye - lost your quote but I think MissKenzieMac "might" have a Mary Poppins on a carousel or just a carousel horse by itself. That sounds like a cute fabric. You could also do Cindy and Prince Charming.




Diane - I LOVE this dress. The fabrics are gorgeous. Did you shir part of the back of the dress? Your creativity is really shown off on this dress.

That's exactly the design that I was thinking of when I heard that Nannye bought carousel fabric!

Yes, I did shirr a portion of the back of the dress. The mom gave me measurements for a tall, thin girl and I thought without some stretch, the dress would be too hard to get in and out of. So I did a shirred panel and added it to the center back of the dress. I liked how it turned out and I might start doing it on more Simply Sweets. The only thing I don't like about that pattern is that it is hard to get in and out of it. I also plan to try a back made with some buttons.

 

[goteamwood]

The shirts were a hit at preschool today. And, as expected, they are huge so at our current growth rate they might get more use next year!

(they were looking upstairs at Daddy, but at least they are looking the same direction!)

 

[ivey_family]

That PP design was from MissKenzieMac, she has a facebook page and website.

Ohh, thank you! She's added a bunch since I was last there. Must resist most of them!

Enabler Alert - MissKenzieMac is having a really good sale today until midnight. 47% off all designs and sets! Code is "MARCHFBSALE"

Regards,
C.

 

[goteamwood]

Ohh, thank you! She's added a bunch since I was last there. Must resist most of them!

Enabler Alert - MissKenzieMac is having a really good sale today until midnight. 47% off all designs and sets! Code is "MARCHFBSALE"

Regards,
C.

I just saw that too. And got that Peter Pan, the Pete's silly sideshow set and a couple others.

 

[disneychic2]

The shirts were a hit at preschool today. And, as expected, they are huge so at our current growth rate they might get more use next year!

(they were looking upstairs at Daddy, but at least they are looking the same direction!)

So much cuteness!!

Thanks for all the love for my creations.

That PP design was from MissKenzieMac, she has a facebook page and website.

Lois - I think I forgot to grab your quote, the pink t-shirt is a combination of two designs from FrouFrou by HeatherSue. I combined the designs into one so I wouldn't have to re-hoop. I might have had to scale the 5x7 film design down to get it to fit in my hoop with the text. Doesn't your new machine have a big hoop? You might be able to get the 6X10 designs together in one hooping.

Yes, my machine has a couple of sizes above the 5x7, so I am so going to CASE for our next trip if you don't mind.

Ohh, thank you! She's added a bunch since I was last there. Must resist most of them!

Enabler Alert - MissKenzieMac is having a really good sale today until midnight. 47% off all designs and sets! Code is "MARCHFBSALE"

Regards,
C.

Okay, I'm off to visit MissKenzie Mac!

 

[ivey_family]

I just saw that too. And got that Peter Pan, the Pete's silly sideshow set and a couple others.

I bought Peter Pan, Figment and a dragon. There are soooo many more I'd like and can envision outfits for, but no trip until 2014, so I'm resisting for now.

I do really want to make my dd a Figment Vida even without a trip. There have been some cute ones in recent launches.

Regards,
C.