Disboutiquers Part 30 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[BabyRapunzel]

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I don't know if this worked or not, but this is what I did with similar fabric

Rebekah

Very cute dress!! What pattern is this?

I think the fabric can work w/ either epcot or small world. It's really cute. I do think adding all the flag mickey heads might be overkill though. I like the dress rtruba posted, it's subtle and could go either way (or both!)

The dress is adorable. I am sure your daughter loves the twirling.


I would imagine it is on fleece for the same reason people do things on felt, since it doesn't fray. I would think you can just stitch around the border, leaving the fleece in place (unless it isn't trimmed to the shape of the outline, in which case I would do that first.)
I had an epic series of mishaps when I was trying to finish up last-minute AK shirts for my family, I messed mine up 3x. I was able to salvage though, by doing my Minnie head on felt and cutting the felt a tad larger than the outline and stitching it over one of the messed up ones on the shirt. It's 3" thick approx with all those layers, but it was fine for what it was. I just used a little glue stick to stick it over the one I wanted to cover up to hold it in place, then stitched around with a straight stitch on my sewing machine. (You could use spray adhesive also)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goteamwood/8180508727/
(this was the best one I could find, but you can sort of see how Minnie on my shirt has a tan outline the others don't have. That's because I did the felt then stitched it on.)

I am lousy by hand, I hand stitched buttons on shirts for our disney trip last year that fell off on the way to the airport! But depending on the fabric you used for the hockey jersey, you might find that sewing w/ quilters cotton for dresses for your daughter might be a better experience. Maybe start w/ a simple pillowcase dress? I have used this pattern/tutorial and it really was very easy. No lining, gathering, shirring, ruffling, etc. That most dresses require.

Congrats on your ADRs. We were happy to get all that we wanted, but my wish list had some of the big-ticket places like CRT and BoG,

And for my semi-regular update: I have not gone back to the sewing store again this week, I spent some time with my kiddos, and yesterday we had the preschool nature thing in the morning which was fun and we learned about Ants and hunted for bugs in the woods. In the afternoon a friend came to watch my kiddos while I was able to work on some projects and try to get caught up (not quite there yet but getting better) and yesterday afternoon the owner of the sewing store called me, from out of the country, to profusely apologize for all I have been through and could not believe all the problems I have had and that no one had alerted her that I was having so much trouble. She wants to meet with me and make it right, which is great, BUT... She is out of the country until 6/25 so I have to wait out 2 more weeks without that machine. I definitely feel better knowing that SOMEONE is willing to help make the situation right. In the meantime my little PE770 and I are working working working. And I am SO GLAD I never got around to selling it, I would be so sunk.

Yeah! Happy you got some good ADRs as well!

Glad to hear someone is willing to work with you. Thank goodness you still have the 770!!

Those outfits are adorable!!! Can't really see the mess up from here. Great way to fix it and it turned out cute!!!!

 

[goteamwood]

So glad to hear that some of the machine troubles have possible solutions in the near future. That is is so unacceptable that you ladies were treated that way. Seriously - what has happened to customer service in our world?

I have that same Cinderella panel fabric - it originally came in a kit to make a large fabric book - that I never got around to making ( I have a similar buzzlight year boy set) - I like the idea of tote bags - that would be cute.

Question:

I managed to sew the backs of two of my pirate mickey shirts to themselves -even though I was sure that I checked a hundred times to make sure I had the rest of the shirt out the way. I was able to snip the shirt off of the back of the applique but because a part of it is still under the applique - there is a hole in the back bottom of the shirts so I cant just stitch it up.

Anyone have any suggestions for covering the hole? It is in the back lower part of the shirt so I want something kind of not too obvious. I dont have time to go back and redo the shirts since we are leaving on Thurs so I want to try to repair them.

I am thinking of some sort of white patch - maybe with a piece of tshirt material on some heat and bond.

Thanks for any suggestions
Happy Saturday
Kelly

I've done that lots of times! So aggravating! I've used tender touch/cover-a-stitch or whatever it's called that irons on the back of appliqués. It stays on well. I've unfortunate done it more than once. I just iron it in the inside over the hole.

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[PurpleEars]

Hey everyone! RMAMom told me about this thread. I am new to sewing and super excited to read all your tips and tricks.

Welcome! Please share pictures of your projects (doesn't need to be Disney related)! We like pictures here!

Flora...what day are you going to Biergarten? I can't remember your dates, but they kinda go with mine...we are doing Biergarten on Saturday the 7th at 6:30.... We could share a table...but then again, there are 7 of us and 3 are kids... and two of the others act like kids (like father like son!)


Nini

Thank you for the offer to share a table with us (2 big kids ). Our reservation is on Wednesday Dec 11 8:45. I figured by getting a late reservation, we should be good in terms of the place becoming quieter over the course of the meal and our tablemates will probably depart at some point. However, DH just walked by and said that we could switch our reservations around if there are availability since we had The Wave scheduled for the Saturday evening. Though does it mean that we need to coordinate our bookings so we get seated at the same table?

The noise thing is the same reason why we have a late reservation for Coral Reef. We were seated in the middle tier over "regular dinner time" once and the noise was overwhelming for me. Besides, we are coming in from Mountain Time so we will "benefit" from the 2 hour time difference.

Congrats on your ADRs. We were happy to get all that we wanted, but my wish list had some of the big-ticket places like CRT and BoG, so I felt great that we got everything we wanted! I agree it does feel more real when you have reservations. I just bought our tickets and dining plan (since we are staying DVC this time we don't qualify for free dining even if it is announced.) I had read the prices were going to increase so I just pre-paid both. We still don't have a flight, but everything else is in place!
We did eat at Biergarten and it wasn't that weird sitting with other people. I have certainly sat that close to other patrons who were at other tables in restaurants before. We had a party of 6 so we had only room for 2 extras at our table, we were with a nice older couple who were there celebrating retirement. I was less concerned about us feeling uncomfortable and more about the other people regretting they had to share a table with us if my kids were acting like wild animals. Thankfully we kept the kids stuffed w/ delicious pretzel rolls and all was well.

And for my semi-regular update: I have not gone back to the sewing store again this week, I spent some time with my kiddos, and yesterday we had the preschool nature thing in the morning which was fun and we learned about Ants and hunted for bugs in the woods. In the afternoon a friend came to watch my kiddos while I was able to work on some projects and try to get caught up (not quite there yet but getting better) and yesterday afternoon the owner of the sewing store called me, from out of the country, to profusely apologize for all I have been through and could not believe all the problems I have had and that no one had alerted her that I was having so much trouble. She wants to meet with me and make it right, which is great, BUT... She is out of the country until 6/25 so I have to wait out 2 more weeks without that machine. I definitely feel better knowing that SOMEONE is willing to help make the situation right. In the meantime my little PE770 and I are working working working. And I am SO GLAD I never got around to selling it, I would be so sunk.

I am glad to hear that you got all our ADR's. I think Akershus and Ohana are probably the most popular restaurants on our list. I can't wait to hear about your trip!

Thank you for sharing your experience at Biergarten. How nice that you got to share a table with a couple celebrating retirement!

I am relived to hear that the owner of the sewing store called you. I hope she can set things right when she returns. In the mean time, go go PE770!

Question:

I managed to sew the backs of two of my pirate mickey shirts to themselves -even though I was sure that I checked a hundred times to make sure I had the rest of the shirt out the way. I was able to snip the shirt off of the back of the applique but because a part of it is still under the applique - there is a hole in the back bottom of the shirts so I cant just stitch it up.

Anyone have any suggestions for covering the hole? It is in the back lower part of the shirt so I want something kind of not too obvious. I dont have time to go back and redo the shirts since we are leaving on Thurs so I want to try to repair them.

I am thinking of some sort of white patch - maybe with a piece of tshirt material on some heat and bond.

Thanks for any suggestions
Happy Saturday
Kelly

Would a small applique work? I used that method to cover up a serger mishap recently. My serger was a little hungry when I was finishing the seam between the skirt and the ruffles . This is a picture of the "cover up".

 

[darnheather]

Thanks everyone for the advice. I have a miserable cold but fabric is in the washer and I hope to start at least cutting today. Maybe some low key embroidery.

 

[Iamthequeen]

I'm so happy to have found this thread! We are probably going to the World in September with our daughter. She will be 21 months so of course I want to doll her up.

Thing is, I am lousy with a sewing machine. I tried to make her a hockey jersey last fall and gave up on the project three times and that was even after I started to use fabric glue. Finally, I just thread a needle and started doing it by hand. Go figure it only took me half an hour to finish the thing to my satisfaction.

Does anyone here sew by hand? I want to make her stuff, but I'm worried I'll end up going through the jersey mess all over again and since we're fairly short on time... I'm wondering if I should just do it by hand from the start.

Did you use a jersey or knit fabric? Those types of fabric require you to use a ballpoint needle in your machine -or one labeled "jersey". You will have lots of skipped stitches if you use a regular needle. I know from experience! If you use a cotton fabric you will not have nearly the problems using your machine.

 

[WDWCP96]

I would imagine it is on fleece for the same reason people do things on felt, since it doesn't fray. I would think you can just stitch around the border, leaving the fleece in place (unless it isn't trimmed to the shape of the outline, in which case I would do that first.)
I had an epic series of mishaps when I was trying to finish up last-minute AK shirts for my family, I messed mine up 3x. I was able to salvage though, by doing my Minnie head on felt and cutting the felt a tad larger than the outline and stitching it over one of the messed up ones on the shirt. It's 3" thick approx with all those layers, but it was fine for what it was. I just used a little glue stick to stick it over the one I wanted to cover up to hold it in place, then stitched around with a straight stitch on my sewing machine. (You could use spray adhesive also)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/goteamwood/8180508727/
(this was the best one I could find, but you can sort of see how Minnie on my shirt has a tan outline the others don't have. That's because I did the felt then stitched it on.)

Thank you. Maybe it is on felt and not fleece but either way thanks. I was so confused. I guess I will trim it up a little more and then use some spray adhesive and then stitch it in place. Hopefully I can get my act in gear to post pictures of it before I leave.

 

[luvdumbo]

I am trying to make a habit of coming over here more often, so I am sharing my most recently completed project.

 

[4HppyCamprs]

I am trying to make a habit of coming over here more often, so I am sharing my most recently completed project.
http://s754.photobucket.com/user/luvdumbo/media/MonstersUfront_zps19df21ca.jpg.html

Very nice!!

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[BabyRapunzel]

I am trying to make a habit of coming over here more often, so I am sharing my most recently completed project.
http://s754.photobucket.com/user/luvdumbo/media/MonstersUfront_zps19df21ca.jpg.html

Very cute!! I really like that skirt pattern!

 

[goteamwood]

I am trying to make a habit of coming over here more often, so I am sharing my most recently completed project.

I love this! I am a HUGE monsters inc fan and I cannot wait for Monsters U! I also loved the seven dwarves skirt, the apple fabric is brilliant.

 

[NiniMorris]

I think I am going to give up on trying to grab posts to comment on...

Flora...

In the past we have made 'family' reservations instead of 'group' reservations. When we arrived we just told them we were all together...even though or times were all a bit different... Birergarten is usually pretty good about sitting people together that want to sit together.

(of course this time I made 'group' reservations and my DIL has already made a change! LOL!)



Nini

 

[PurpleEars]

I am trying to make a habit of coming over here more often, so I am sharing my most recently completed project.

This is beautiful! You did a great job in the outfit!

I think I am going to give up on trying to grab posts to comment on...

Flora...

In the past we have made 'family' reservations instead of 'group' reservations. When we arrived we just told them we were all together...even though or times were all a bit different... Birergarten is usually pretty good about sitting people together that want to sit together.

(of course this time I made 'group' reservations and my DIL has already made a change! LOL!)



Nini

Thanks Nini. I am going to see if I can make the changes later in the week. I will let you know.

 

[scbelleatheart]

As usual, I get back to a computer and the creativity of you all is astounding.
Thought I would share a kind of nice story if you don't mind. We moved our son and fiance' to Orlando last week. We took a few days to visit my parents (ages 83 & 85) at their active adult community. The ladies had decided on a project and they needed a little assistance from me.
The project was to purchase 10-15 sewing machines and teach young mothers how to sew, either for themselves or as a possible job skill. My job was to refurbish all the machines they had collected. It was fun yet tedious to teach these ladies how to thread the newer machines. They all can sew on a machine (except my Mom). Of course, they had so many brands of machines I hit Walmart several times to get bobbins, oil, needles! Then took them shopping on Craigslist to see what else they wanted to buy.
One lady donated a machine that belonged to her Mom. I googled it. It was worth way more than she thought. Pristine Singer Featherweight 221 with all the attachments, case and original manuals. They decided not to put that in the project and resell it for the cash.
It was the BEST working vacation I ever took! While I worked on sewing machines, DH made his way around the complex fixing toilets. sinks, putting up shelves, changing oil in cars. We drove back north after 9 days when it was supposed to be a 3 day trip feeling it was time well spent.
This is not solicitation, just thought you all would enjoy hearing about what these ladies are doing for their community. Now they have 10 machines ready to go, a room to put them in and everything is up and running for their launch date of Sept. 2013.

 

[4HppyCamprs]

As usual, I get back to a computer and the creativity of you all is astounding.
Thought I would share a kind of nice story if you don't mind. We moved our son and fiance' to Orlando last week. We took a few days to visit my parents (ages 83 & 85) at their active adult community. The ladies had decided on a project and they needed a little assistance from me.
The project was to purchase 10-15 sewing machines and teach young mothers how to sew, either for themselves or as a possible job skill. My job was to refurbish all the machines they had collected. It was fun yet tedious to teach these ladies how to thread the newer machines. They all can sew on a machine (except my Mom). Of course, they had so many brands of machines I hit Walmart several times to get bobbins, oil, needles! Then took them shopping on Craigslist to see what else they wanted to buy.
One lady donated a machine that belonged to her Mom. I googled it. It was worth way more than she thought. Pristine Singer Featherweight 221 with all the attachments, case and original manuals. They decided not to put that in the project and resell it for the cash.
It was the BEST working vacation I ever took! While I worked on sewing machines, DH made his way around the complex fixing toilets. sinks, putting up shelves, changing oil in cars. We drove back north after 9 days when it was supposed to be a 3 day trip feeling it was time well spent.
This is not solicitation, just thought you all would enjoy hearing about what these ladies are doing for their community. Now they have 10 machines ready to go, a room to put them in and everything is up and running for their launch date of Sept. 2013.

They is wonderful and since I am new to sewing my first thought was that I wish I had one of these ladies to teach me to sew. Thank goodness my MIL took me under her wing.

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[n5749w]

How incredible! What a fantastic way to spend a vacation!

 

[scbelleatheart]

Thanks all of you! I never realized I could make a difference just by fixing/teaching others how to sew.
Best 9 days in Florida I ever spent! These ladies left me exhausted. They ran rings around me with all their projects! This is how life should be when you retire. Happy, healthy, caring for those around you and doing what you can.
Amazing week! Amazing people! No Disney but who cares?

 

[nannye]

Hello everyone!

Hope all is well.i was in Michigan this past weekend for a scrapbooking retreat. Not that I actually did any scrapbooking!

Thurs pm I was up way too late, working on my list of what types f fabrics I wanted and how much for v,s customs. Friday we left bright and early for Michigan. We picked up 2 friends and headed to hobby lobby then target and then joann. I got some stuff at hobby lobby. Cheaper regular prices with 30 percent off. We didn't take too long because my mom and I were coming back the next day and didn't want my friends to wait for us because we knew we would take forever. Next was a cruddy Joann and not much fabric on sale so I got a couple things. We headed to our scrap retreat (I wonder if people would be interested in getting together for a sewing weekend! Too wound up to really do much.

The next day after breakfast we headed out hoping to be as fast as possIble that was not meant to be since we went the wrong way, lost an hour. Went to a diff Joann and didn't get what I needed, but we did get lots and lots of felt! It is really expensive here, but it was on sale for $3 a yard and lots of colors so we got half to a yard of a bunch of different colors. My mom uses it for lining for camera strap covers and other things so it was nice to get it. It is usually $10-12 a yard. I got a couple fabrics I really wanted. We went to hobby lobby next where it took forever and we got the bulk of the fabric. It took T least 25 min to cut fabric and another 25 min to cash out. It was ridiculous. I really wanted to hit the last Joann but there was not way! After the detour we were on our way just after noon and we got back 10 min late for dinner. It was a 45 min drive back, so we did a lot of driving but I couldn't believe we wasted our whole day. After dinner I tried to scrapbook that night we went n the hot tub which was so nice. The next day we left about 1 or a bit after and stopped at Joann because of course now it was all on sale. I got a ton of fabric. We checked the clearance section and found sewing baskets on sale! Reg $45 on for 20 so we got two!

I completely forgot about the glitz sheets I am going to look into ordering them

I had a fabulous weekend, did literally zero scrapbooking but we really had a good time.

Now we have lots of material to wash and iron. I need to make v a shirt for taylor swift show on sa and no glitter fabric and to prep for a craft show on the 22nd and somewhere in there start v's customs for Disney!

 

[valpss]

Could all you sewing pros help me out please?
I made some clothes for my 2 kids for our trip and now that we are back I was wondering what's the best way to wash them?
Would it depend on what it is?
Two are dresses made of cotton fabric, one store bought dress with a sewn on minnie patch (made on felt), some easy pull on shorts, a store bought tshirt with a sewn on mickey patch (made on felt), and then finally a store bought tshirt with an iron-on from special printer paper.

Can I do them in the washing machine maybe on gentle or do I have to hand wash everything? Is there a detergent that you would recommend? Is it better to hang them up to dry or lie them flat?

What if there are stains on them? I haven't looked at them closely yet since we just got back but just wondering. The kids wore each outfit a whole day in the park (along with getting rained on) so I wouldn't be surprised if there's something on them.

Also, one of the dresses has a tulle underskirt - anything special I should do for it?

And if I need to hand wash them could you please suggest the best way to do it? I've only hand washed a few things in my lifetime so I'm not sure if there's a right way or a wrong way.

Thanks so much!

 

[goteamwood]

Could all you sewing pros help me out please?
I made some clothes for my 2 kids for our trip and now that we are back I was wondering what's the best way to wash them?
Would it depend on what it is?
Two are dresses made of cotton fabric, one store bought dress with a sewn on minnie patch (made on felt), some easy pull on shorts, a store bought tshirt with a sewn on mickey patch (made on felt), and then finally a store bought tshirt with an iron-on from special printer paper.

Can I do them in the washing machine maybe on gentle or do I have to hand wash everything? Is there a detergent that you would recommend? Is it better to hang them up to dry or lie them flat?

What if there are stains on them? I haven't looked at them closely yet since we just got back but just wondering. The kids wore each outfit a whole day in the park (along with getting rained on) so I wouldn't be surprised if there's something on them.

Also, one of the dresses has a tulle underskirt - anything special I should do for it?

And if I need to hand wash them could you please suggest the best way to do it? I've only hand washed a few things in my lifetime so I'm not sure if there's a right way or a wrong way.

Thanks so much!

Someone with girls can probably answer the dress questions but all my boys' embroidered t-shirts, cotton bowling shirts I made and lots of cotton shorts I just wash with the rest of their laundry. Nothing special. I try to remember to turn the embroidered ones inside out but truly I'm
Not 100 percent successful in remembering to do it. The cotton bowling shirts wrinkle so if they're wearing them somewhere I care what they look like I'll quickly iron them but truly I rarely do that.
We've lost a few items along the way to stains (car-sick after chocolate cupcakes ! And one to painting at school without the smock, but none yet to poor laundry skillz.

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[babynala]

Just getting caught up after our trip to Universal. I have pictures to post and will try to do that soon but wanted to reply.

I can't believe all the machine woes. I think someone in this group needs to open a sewing machine repair company!

I hope Chiara and baby are resting comfortably tonight!

Yay for getting all your ADRs, Flora!

Here's what I made this week with my new "name brand" fabrics. They were really nice to work with! I can see a new addiction in the making! The dress is the Usha Twirl by Tikatuly and the hair bow is an in the hoop flower set from Embroidery Garden.

Regards,
C.

What a cute dress and I love the flowers for her hair. That fabric is so pretty.

First, thanks. I've been doing a lot of sewing, but not a lot of Disney stuff. I STILL can't get my sons interested in princess dresses. I did make some sort-of-Disney placemats that I may post. I feel guilty posting when I haven't been commenting on other people's creations, but I love the way the placemats ended up and they may inspire someone else to use up some scraps. (That's not true, no matter how small a scrap is, it never seems to get used up).

My younger son is still in Santa Barbara but will be moving back to NY the end of August. He and my older son will overlap in California by a month. I asked if he was interested in Disneyland (we've been before) and he gave it a three on a scale of 10.

Second, congrats on getting the ADRs you wanted. So nice to have something to look forward to.

Still thinking about Chiara and hope all is progressing well.

3 out of 10. Really Cheryl, where did you go wrong with those two boys. And no princess dresses!!!! Too bad the boys will not be living in the same state for very long. I'm sure they miss being around each other now that they are all grown up. would love to see your placemats.

I seldom post here but I am always lurking and love seeing everyone's creations.

I bought an applique from someone and it was put on top of fleece. I havE sewn many appliques on clothes before but never one that is on fleece so I am stumped how to sew it on. The fleece is white but it will be going on a colored t-shirt. Do I trim the fleece before I sew it on and do I need to use stabilizer with it?

My trip is in 2 weeks and I am coming down to the wire.

Just trim it and do a straight stitch around the outside edge of the applique, on the felt - using the same color thread as the felt.

And for my semi-regular update: I have not gone back to the sewing store again this week, I spent some time with my kiddos, and yesterday we had the preschool nature thing in the morning which was fun and we learned about Ants and hunted for bugs in the woods. In the afternoon a friend came to watch my kiddos while I was able to work on some projects and try to get caught up (not quite there yet but getting better) and yesterday afternoon the owner of the sewing store called me, from out of the country, to profusely apologize for all I have been through and could not believe all the problems I have had and that no one had alerted her that I was having so much trouble. She wants to meet with me and make it right, which is great, BUT... She is out of the country until 6/25 so I have to wait out 2 more weeks without that machine. I definitely feel better knowing that SOMEONE is willing to help make the situation right. In the meantime my little PE770 and I are working working working. And I am SO GLAD I never got around to selling it, I would be so sunk.

Well, that sounds like a move in the right direction at least. I hope they can get everything figured out. So frustrating!!!!

Question:

I managed to sew the backs of two of my pirate mickey shirts to themselves -even though I was sure that I checked a hundred times to make sure I had the rest of the shirt out the way. I was able to snip the shirt off of the back of the applique but because a part of it is still under the applique - there is a hole in the back bottom of the shirts so I cant just stitch it up.

Anyone have any suggestions for covering the hole? It is in the back lower part of the shirt so I want something kind of not too obvious. I dont have time to go back and redo the shirts since we are leaving on Thurs so I want to try to repair them.

I am thinking of some sort of white patch - maybe with a piece of tshirt material on some heat and bond.

Thanks for any suggestions
Happy Saturday
Kelly

I would suggest using something to stabilize the shirt (small piece of interfacing or stabilizer) and then either hand stitch the hole closed with similar color thread and/or adding a "hidden" mickey applique to the hole like Flora suggested. I have done the same thing a few times and I usually just try and stitch it closed, usually on the ride down to Disney!

I am trying to make a habit of coming over here more often, so I am sharing my most recently completed project.

Wow. Love that skirt.

As usual, I get back to a computer and the creativity of you all is astounding.
Thought I would share a kind of nice story if you don't mind. We moved our son and fiance' to Orlando last week. We took a few days to visit my parents (ages 83 & 85) at their active adult community. The ladies had decided on a project and they needed a little assistance from me.
The project was to purchase 10-15 sewing machines and teach young mothers how to sew, either for themselves or as a possible job skill. My job was to refurbish all the machines they had collected. It was fun yet tedious to teach these ladies how to thread the newer machines. They all can sew on a machine (except my Mom). Of course, they had so many brands of machines I hit Walmart several times to get bobbins, oil, needles! Then took them shopping on Craigslist to see what else they wanted to buy.
One lady donated a machine that belonged to her Mom. I googled it. It was worth way more than she thought. Pristine Singer Featherweight 221 with all the attachments, case and original manuals. They decided not to put that in the project and resell it for the cash.
It was the BEST working vacation I ever took! While I worked on sewing machines, DH made his way around the complex fixing toilets. sinks, putting up shelves, changing oil in cars. We drove back north after 9 days when it was supposed to be a 3 day trip feeling it was time well spent.
This is not solicitation, just thought you all would enjoy hearing about what these ladies are doing for their community. Now they have 10 machines ready to go, a room to put them in and everything is up and running for their launch date of Sept. 2013.

What a wonderful idea. Sounds like you were busy helping to get everything setup.

Hello everyone!

Hope all is well.i was in Michigan this past weekend for a scrapbooking retreat. Not that I actually did any scrapbooking!

Now we have lots of material to wash and iron. I need to make v a shirt for taylor swift show on sa and no glitter fabric and to prep for a craft show on the 22nd and somewhere in there start v's customs for Disney!

What a busy "scrapbook" weekend. I'm sure it was fun to hang out and get some shopping done.

Could all you sewing pros help me out please?
I made some clothes for my 2 kids for our trip and now that we are back I was wondering what's the best way to wash them?
Would it depend on what it is?
Two are dresses made of cotton fabric, one store bought dress with a sewn on minnie patch (made on felt), some easy pull on shorts, a store bought tshirt with a sewn on mickey patch (made on felt), and then finally a store bought tshirt with an iron-on from special printer paper.

Can I do them in the washing machine maybe on gentle or do I have to hand wash everything? Is there a detergent that you would recommend? Is it better to hang them up to dry or lie them flat?

What if there are stains on them? I haven't looked at them closely yet since we just got back but just wondering. The kids wore each outfit a whole day in the park (along with getting rained on) so I wouldn't be surprised if there's something on them.

Also, one of the dresses has a tulle underskirt - anything special I should do for it?

And if I need to hand wash them could you please suggest the best way to do it? I've only hand washed a few things in my lifetime so I'm not sure if there's a right way or a wrong way.

Thanks so much!

I usually just put my stuff right in the washer and dryer. I don't usually use felt so I might suggest turning those inside out so the felt doesn't pull as much. I would probably hand was the outfit with the tulle layer but I don't have any experience with washing tulle. You may need to iron the appliques after the items are dry as they tend to bunch up. Just use a warm iron and place some kind of cloth (white towel, old t-shirt) between the applique and the iron.

Flora - happy to hear you got all your ADRs.