Fish Extenders?

[UfFamily]

I understand that great fe ideas are trinkets from your hometown and/or country and since we are coming from Steeler Country I plan to bring some fun black and gold gear!

 

[UfFamily]

I think yours is just goregous! I hope ours turns out as well....

 

[UfFamily]

Thansk for sharing all the pics! You gave me - as a newbie - a great concept to start from...

 

[MrHappy]

I just noticed I needed to use my DVC points so I just booked a cruise to Alaska on Sept 3rd. I just found out about this and figured out how to make one really easy, but didn't know how to find out who else will be on the cruise also. Is there a place to go to plan and see who else might have a FE on a certain cruise?


For making it, I was just going to take 4 pieces of fabric, 1 shorter than the next, all 10" wide and the longest 15" long. Stack the longest on the bottom and then the shortest on top of that, lining up at the bottom. Next the second and third shortest. Then I staple them with industrial stapler for large stacks of paper. I have one at work. You can sew it if you want, I just found this easier. Once all bound, just turn it right side out. The bottom one will the the back and the second/shortest one will be the front. Iron it flat and add iron on decals.
If you have stiffer fabric for the back one it will make it hang straighter.
I added a nice nylon rope through one of the holes between the staples, ran it up to a large dowel that I cut a couple notches in, and it was done.

Hope this helps and thanks for any info.

 

[sandracox67]

I just noticed I needed to use my DVC points so I just booked a cruise to Alaska on Sept 3rd. I just found out about this and figured out how to make one really easy, but didn't know how to find out who else will be on the cruise also. Is there a place to go to plan and see who else might have a FE on a certain cruise?

Go into the Disney Cruise Line Meets section of the forum, find your cruise and look through the posts. There's probably someone in charge of the FE already.

 

[StephandDick]

I finished mine last night and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. The best part is that I had absolutely everything I needed, right down to the iron on transfer paper, in my stash - except for the black and white polka dot material which was a fat quarter I got at Walmart for 97cents.

I chose not to personalize it now since my cast of characters will be changing cruise to cruise. When I do, I'll probably print out and laminate the CM cruise ID tags that the designers on the DISign board personalize for people and then attach a safety pin to the back and attach to a pocket.

This is very cute! Great job and a good idea to be able to change the names. We are considering not personalizing for that very reason.

 

[suffieldhockeymom]

I have made 4 now for myself and friends for our upcoming cruise.

You can just use as a guide line and make your own decals or decorations for it. I found some disney themed material in a remnant bin once so got a great buy on it. Mine only cost me about $12 to make, I have a photo of it but don't know how to post it.

Supplies:

2 yards of fabric, two colors – one yard each. (I used 1 yard for the back and a quilting square for each pocket.)

Double fold bias tape- 2 packs (1 for the top of the pockets and 1 for the outside of the FE)

Dowell Rod

Iron-On Patches or transfer sheets (I printed my own images on transfer paper)

1 Package of Iron-On Interfacing

1 Package of Heat-n-Bond No Sew Ultra Hold 7/8 in. hem

1 Package of Heat-n-Bond No Sew 1 Yard

Various Colors of Ribbon

1. Cut fabric to be used as the body of the FE to be 20 in. wide by 36 in. in length. When folded the FE will be 10 in wide and 36 in. in length.
2. Cut fabric for the pockets, cut each pocket 18 in. wide by 12 in. in length. When folded each pocked will be 6 in. in length.
3. On the inside of the FE body piece and each pocket iron on the interfacing. Once cooled completely I ironed on the sheet of Heat-n-Bond cut 8 in. by 29 in. to the inside of the body of the FE.
4. On each of the folded pockets I made pleats so that the pockets were 2 in.-pleat-4 in.-pleat 2 in. To secure the pleats I used the Heat-n-Bond Ultrahold hem. This was done on the un-cut side so that the bottom edge would be folded and clean.
5. Next I used the heat-n-bond hem to add 18 in. strips of the double fold bias tape to the top of each pocket.
6. Next I lined up the pockets on the body of the FE starting 8 in. from the top and then about 1 in. apart. I market the spots with a pencil and secured the bottom and sides of the pockets using the heat-n-bond hem.
7. Once all cooled. I used the double fold bias tape for the perimeter of the body of the FE which again was secured using the iron on hem.
8. Once cooled I ironed on the patches to each of the pockets.
9. I then folded down the top of the FE about 2 inches and secured to the back of the FE by the iron-on hem creating a little opening to insert the dowel rod.
10. Using the multicolored ribbon I made it long enough so that the FE would hang approximately 7-8 in. from a hanger.
11. For our names I bough iron-on computer paper and printed the names on the computer. Then I cut and surrounded the paper with double fold bias tape attached using the iron-on hem. Finally I ironed on the name piece.

I think that’s all. I’ve never tried to write directions for anything like this before. Everything I used I bought from either Wal-Mart, Michaels, or Joann’s Fabrics.

 

[sandracox67]

I have made 4 now for myself and friends for our upcoming cruise.

You can just use as a guide line and make your own decals or decorations for it. I found some disney themed material in a remnant bin once so got a great buy on it. Mine only cost me about $12 to make, I have a photo of it but don't know how to post it.

Supplies:

2 yards of fabric, two colors – one yard each. (I used 1 yard for the back and a quilting square for each pocket.)

Double fold bias tape- 2 packs (1 for the top of the pockets and 1 for the outside of the FE)

Dowell Rod

Iron-On Patches or transfer sheets (I printed my own images on transfer paper)

1 Package of Iron-On Interfacing

1 Package of Heat-n-Bond No Sew Ultra Hold 7/8 in. hem

1 Package of Heat-n-Bond No Sew 1 Yard

Various Colors of Ribbon

1. Cut fabric to be used as the body of the FE to be 20 in. wide by 36 in. in length. When folded the FE will be 10 in wide and 36 in. in length.
2. Cut fabric for the pockets, cut each pocket 18 in. wide by 12 in. in length. When folded each pocked will be 6 in. in length.
3. On the inside of the FE body piece and each pocket iron on the interfacing. Once cooled completely I ironed on the sheet of Heat-n-Bond cut 8 in. by 29 in. to the inside of the body of the FE.
4. On each of the folded pockets I made pleats so that the pockets were 2 in.-pleat-4 in.-pleat 2 in. To secure the pleats I used the Heat-n-Bond Ultrahold hem. This was done on the un-cut side so that the bottom edge would be folded and clean.
5. Next I used the heat-n-bond hem to add 18 in. strips of the double fold bias tape to the top of each pocket.
6. Next I lined up the pockets on the body of the FE starting 8 in. from the top and then about 1 in. apart. I market the spots with a pencil and secured the bottom and sides of the pockets using the heat-n-bond hem.
7. Once all cooled. I used the double fold bias tape for the perimeter of the body of the FE which again was secured using the iron on hem.
8. Once cooled I ironed on the patches to each of the pockets.
9. I then folded down the top of the FE about 2 inches and secured to the back of the FE by the iron-on hem creating a little opening to insert the dowel rod.
10. Using the multicolored ribbon I made it long enough so that the FE would hang approximately 7-8 in. from a hanger.
11. For our names I bough iron-on computer paper and printed the names on the computer. Then I cut and surrounded the paper with double fold bias tape attached using the iron-on hem. Finally I ironed on the name piece.

I think that’s all. I’ve never tried to write directions for anything like this before. Everything I used I bought from either Wal-Mart, Michaels, or Joann’s Fabrics.

Thanks for the info! Now I just have to get off my butt and get started!

 

[love280mickey]

thanks for all the great photos! while I do have an embroidery machine, it's a much older style and I don't have the disney fonts.

I may do Iron on to get the font, but add in some other elements like patches, etc.

Still trying to think of ideas, but keep the great photos coming. Remember to take them while on your cruise and post back here!

 

[sandracox67]

Someone posted this on another thread - it's a Facebook page for FEs!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/167311023398247/

 

[taximom00]

How can I share a picture of my FE and gifts? Would love to do this but don't have a photobucket account and can't seem to copy/paste the photos from my computer!

Thanks!

 

[grahamgallagher]

What do you put in them? We are from the UK, would anything related to the London Olympics work?

 

[Ashansen]

Does anyone no where the thread is to show what type of gifts people are getting in there FE. I need some ideas. I have ten months to get it together before we sail.

I have done lots of different things. Made bottlecap necklaces for kiddos, magnets (out of the bottlecaps), keychains (letter beads spelling out the name of the ship), journals, Mickey Mouse sticky note pads, koozies (ironed on a pic of the ship and the date of our cruise), temporary tattoos, stickers, pirate themed items (for pirate night, of course), stuffed animal (get very small one to the 2 year olds on our list).

Other things we've received: frame, journals, homemade medical kits (like bandaids, travel size rolaids, etc), misc packs (clothespins, safety pins, highlighters, random things you might need on the cruise), Disney themed calendars, book marks, candy from another country, Disney Pez, artwork (one family painted and framed a small picture of our ship), etc.

My kids loved doing this on the cruise! It was fun seeing what "treasures" were waiting for us whenever we returned to our rooms!


Ashley

 

[taximom00]

Someone on another thread told me how to post a photo so here is our FE:

http://i551.photobucket.com/albums/ii467/mauram1999/fe.jpg

I used the no sew directions as suffieldhockeymom posted above.

However I did a few things wrong so figure I'd let you all know if you follow these no sew directions!

First off, as you notice, the pockets are huge! People probably wondered what we were expecting in the giant pockets!

However somehow while the directions said the pockets would be 6" when folded over, I missed the 'fold over' step!! Because of this, there is more yellow and less red/white polka dots (we were channeling Minnie!!) but I think you still get the idea!

Also, not sure if you can tell from the picture, but it is VERY stiff! The directions called for all sorts of iron on stuff....I asked the woman in Joanne's about iron on interfacing and she asked what I was making so I explained it to her and what it would be used for and she gave me what was obviously the heaviest, stiffest iron on interfacing available!

As I don't sew and have no clue about stuff in the sewing aisle, I just took what she gave me!!

Well, 2 days before our cruise, armed with all my supplies, iron and my daughter and mom (who traveled with us) supervising, we set out to make the FE!

The stiff interfacing was almost the death of me because while the fabric adhered easily, it was very hard getting the double fold bias tape to iron down over the heavy pleats of the pockets!!

I admit, we resorted to a stapler and glue gun but no one is the wiser and you can't tell by looking at the FE!

We used iron on patches and iron on letters for our names. Added a sparkly Mickey head to cover the dowel ends.

It was way harder than I anticipated but the fact is, we all had fun (at times) making it and the experience added to our overall cruise! My daughter was thrilled to hang it outside our door! So, I would do it again (though will likely use this FE next cruise!!)

Of course, we got a photo of everyone elses FE as we delivered and forgot to get a picture of ours hanging by our door!!

Now, off to try to post what we made to the gift thread!

 

[Douvres Family]

We simply used Eva Foam Sheets (Craft Foam), hot glue, ribbon, and stickers...all from Michael's.

I wasnt aware there were instructions for making these. But our FE about 6" wide. We simply folded each sheet in half making pockets with the seams within. We hot glued the seams together, then ran this cute black ribbon with white polka dots through the back of each one of the three pockets.

Then decorated them...

Originally I was going to use clothing material and sew them together. But I ran out of time...DH thought of this (he LOVES his Gorilla blue and glue gun...lol)

We made sure to have our DS's heaviest books on them pressing flat over night.

It worked like a charm...we used it on Feb 2012 & plan to use it again in Feb 2013

 

[HopeSparkles]

I have bought 3 amazing embroidered FEs from Graddysmommy on eBay. If I could figure out how to post photos I will. But she is competively priced, had free & quick shipping and does Magical work!

P.S. I am just a customer of hers offering free advice...

 

[MickeyMaz]

I changed the url tags to img to make the picture show up. Very nice.

Someone on another thread told me how to post a photo so here is our FE:

I used the no sew directions as suffieldhockeymom posted above.

However I did a few things wrong so figure I'd let you all know if you follow these no sew directions!

First off, as you notice, the pockets are huge! People probably wondered what we were expecting in the giant pockets!

However somehow while the directions said the pockets would be 6" when folded over, I missed the 'fold over' step!! Because of this, there is more yellow and less red/white polka dots (we were channeling Minnie!!) but I think you still get the idea!

Also, not sure if you can tell from the picture, but it is VERY stiff! The directions called for all sorts of iron on stuff....I asked the woman in Joanne's about iron on interfacing and she asked what I was making so I explained it to her and what it would be used for and she gave me what was obviously the heaviest, stiffest iron on interfacing available!

As I don't sew and have no clue about stuff in the sewing aisle, I just took what she gave me!!

Well, 2 days before our cruise, armed with all my supplies, iron and my daughter and mom (who traveled with us) supervising, we set out to make the FE!

The stiff interfacing was almost the death of me because while the fabric adhered easily, it was very hard getting the double fold bias tape to iron down over the heavy pleats of the pockets!!

I admit, we resorted to a stapler and glue gun but no one is the wiser and you can't tell by looking at the FE!

We used iron on patches and iron on letters for our names. Added a sparkly Mickey head to cover the dowel ends.

It was way harder than I anticipated but the fact is, we all had fun (at times) making it and the experience added to our overall cruise! My daughter was thrilled to hang it outside our door! So, I would do it again (though will likely use this FE next cruise!!)

Of course, we got a photo of everyone elses FE as we delivered and forgot to get a picture of ours hanging by our door!!

Now, off to try to post what we made to the gift thread!

 

[Cruise]

The stiff interfacing was almost the death of me because while the fabric adhered easily, it was very hard getting the double fold bias tape to iron down over the heavy pleats of the pockets!!

I actually sewed on the bias tape on the top of the pocket after applying the interfacing but before putting in the pleats. Then, on the bottom of the pocket, it was moot since the bias tape lays flat.

Hard to explain without a visual.

 

[PatsMinnie]

I have bought 3 amazing embroidered FEs from Graddysmommy on eBay. If I could figure out how to post photos I will. But she is competively priced, had free & quick shipping and does Magical work!

P.S. I am just a customer of hers offering free advice...

I just bought an umbrella spotter from her and I LOVE it and can't wait to use it on Castaway Cay!

 

[ktalina]

WOW! This is sooo cool! I'll be taking my 1st Disney Cruise next Summer and I so badly hope that someone puts together a list

Thank you for sharing the pictures and the awesome info on FE

Ktalina