Fish Extenders?

[mollygirl13]

I just got my fish extender in the mail yesterday. I purchased it from a very nice lady on eBay and I love it! I have it hanging in my house right now and I'm using it for mail and such. Here it is:

She has a few on there right now and they are all adorable!

 

[DisDee]

I finally got in a creative mood and decided to make a FE for our May 8th cruise. I went to Joann's tonight and bought some fabric, iron-ons, buttons, etc. For those of you who have either made or purchased one, what would you suggest as the maximum width? Ours will have only 2 pockets since its just my DH and myself who'll be cruising. I'm going to wing it and do as little sewing as possible and use lots of iron-on interfacing and tape. Any suggestions for me?

 

[figment52]

I finally got in a creative mood and decided to make a FE for our May 8th cruise. I went to Joann's tonight and bought some fabric, iron-ons, buttons, etc. For those of you who have either made or purchased one, what would you suggest as the maximum width? Ours will have only 2 pockets since its just my DH and myself who'll be cruising. I'm going to wing it and do as little sewing as possible and use lots of iron-on interfacing and tape. Any suggestions for me?

I have made several - I start with a quarter of a yard (9 inches) of fabric and once I put in the side seams it fits perfectly (about 8-8.5 inches wide).

 

[DisDee]

Thanks figment52! I'm going to play with my design later today.

 

[Scrappingjen]

It looks like the ones from ebay have a pleated pocket to make the pocket larger. Is that how you guys made your too?

 

[karibritt01]

Most seem to be around 8" wide and the pockets look to be 5-6" deep. As for the pleats, I think you could skip them if you wanted to. Fabric is flexible enough to accomodate odd size items if necessary. Some of the extenders seem to gap at the tops, and some look as if the pleat is tacked closed. You may could pleat the pocket, but sew the binding straight across to prevent gaping. I am thinking about elastic across the top instead of binding... but I don't know yet... depends on what I find when I go to the fabric store!

 

[ranidayz]

I'm bumping this because this is an amazing thread! I got off my first cruise on March 8 and had rebooked onboard for 2009. We'll probably extend that to March 2010....but today I bought the material for my three pocket (three kids) fish extender. I see now that I need better interfacing and nice binding ribbon. In addition, I'm seeing that I'll need cable cords and my last name embroidered....with 696 days left --- I think I'll have time!

Thanks for this wonderful thread!

Rani

 

[Soccermom-Cheri]

I elected not to pleat my pockets. I like the flat look better and I hope it keeps wandering fingers from checking out what may be inside (hey, a girl can dream)

 

[stsomewhere]

Thanks for all the great ideas. We are going on our first Disney cruise August 22, 2009. We have already meet some wonderful families. We are planning on using FE and a gifts.

 

[tinytink]

I feel really bad that I did not participate in the FE exchange when I cruised on last year's member cruise. I stupidly thought I would have to actually make a FE and exchange it with others and not you just exchange gift via placing them in the FE. I know now that I will participate because it was nice to find little treats when we came back to our room.

 

[Soccermom-Cheri]

Opinions please!
When is the best time to deliver gifts? Just before dinner (you are fairly certain people are in their rooms getting dressed - but then more people are going up and down the halls going to dinner) or during the day when maybe the halls are a little less crowded? I'd like to minimze sneaky fingers.

 

[marlee70]

What type of gifts do people exchange? Can you mention a few samples, I'm getting ready for my FE exchange, I bought already a few gifts but I would like to know if I'm on the right track . I'm not doing any specific theme, just goody bags.

 

[millerpjm]

What type of gifts do people exchange? Can you mention a few samples, I'm getting ready for my FE exchange, I bought already a few gifts but I would like to know if I'm on the right track . I'm not doing any specific theme, just goody bags.

The possibilities are endless, but some things I received were magnets, pins, postcards, local treats, pencils, candy, homemade CD's (still love yours Nancy!), Disney recipes....I could keep on going.

Have fun with your exchange!

 

[dredick]

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[dmi188]

Last week we received magnets, necklaces, pens, pencils, assorted candies, stickers, Disney puzzle pieces, glow in the dark bracelets, and more. I thought maybe they would skip us, and mostly do the rooms with kids, but we got loads of stuff!!

 

[dredick]

bump

 

[hayanyujah847]

I am loving looking at all of the pictures and reading about these. I am going to try to get one started on our Western in Jan.

 

[dredick]

bump

 

[Mom24Princesses]

OK here is a picture of my FE.
I was slow in my planning and did it all 2 weeks before the cruise.

I lucked up and found a package of this cotton like fabric made to go into the printer then you ironed it onto whatever. Never seen anything like it, was not looking for anything crafty when I found it. Printed the 4 DD's names and went from there. Bought MM fabric with a hint towards pink, iron on interfacing, and a package of binding tape and made it up as I went along!

I surprised myself!

 

[dredick]

great job!!