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04-10-2012, 01:55 PM | #16 | |
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I'm always checking Goodwill,I've picked up some really nice adult clothes for the fabric. LOL,I tell my friends that it's a "one of a kind" outfit | |
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04-10-2012, 01:57 PM | #17 |
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04-10-2012, 02:02 PM | #18 | |
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Thank you all for sharing with us,please keep the ideas coming! | |
04-10-2012, 02:09 PM | #19 |
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| Wow those are all great ideas. Thanks! I have done a shirt or two by instructions that have been posted here on YT. I do buy from the baby consignment. Preemie sizes work good for mine. I have found like little sweaters and jackets that either zip up or button work good since I am not really good at hand sewing. I put the zip side on the top then I can pull their harness through that. I have tried using the stuff you iron on for hemming and that was way too hard cause for me the shirts were so small. I can sew an hem but to me my hem looks bad. My mother would really get me if she seen my hems. She was a seamstress and I would not have nothing to do with it when I was younger. I regret it now, and she is passed. I love the ideas I get here. Thanks to everyone. |
04-10-2012, 02:58 PM | #20 | |
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04-14-2012, 02:03 AM | #21 | |
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And I made my first topknot bow today to match one of my dresses... but my cat stole it! Lol! Back to the drawing board!
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04-14-2012, 02:17 AM | #22 | |
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04-14-2012, 04:48 AM | #23 |
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| Great tips |
04-16-2012, 06:09 PM | #24 |
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| I always run a zig-zag across the ends of my fabric before I wash it. Rather than use up my good thread I keep several spools of the bargain thread to use just for this. |
04-19-2012, 01:44 PM | #25 |
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| percentages of yards of fabric Here's a tip I use: when buying fabric, if I see one I want to try for a dress, or for a bow, I buy only 1/2, 1/4 or 1/8 of a yard....then if I like it and it turns out well, I go back and buy more!
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04-20-2012, 02:54 AM | #26 |
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| The yellow/pink paisley dresses with the scallops I have made... well I love that material and went to buy more.... but now it's out of print I did find it in blue and in green on Ebay so I ordered those. Kicking myself for not buying more of the yellow originally.... If anyone sees it anywhere, please let me know! TIA!
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04-20-2012, 03:04 AM | #27 | |
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Pic of dress: IMG_0825.JPGIMG_0843.JPG
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04-20-2012, 10:56 AM | #28 |
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| Can you give us a quick How-To on making fabric bows? Mainly, what do you do to the fabric before shaping the bow? TIA!
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04-20-2012, 04:12 PM | #29 |
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| Fabric bows OK will try if I am understanding what you need to know....if I'm wrong, tell me. Let's say you bought 1/4 yard. Wash and press the fabric. Fold the fabric in half so you have a fold. Then I use a ruler (in my case a quilters rule) to measure out 2 inches wide, and draw a line on the fabric for 2in wide. Start on the fold. Usually 8 inch long is good. So when finshed you have a 2 X8 long strip. Cut this out, and then you have a 2X16 strip of fabric. Do another, then sew the two together, leaving a section unsewn in the center. Turn the bow from outside out to right side out and then sew the open section by hand so it will be invisible. Press. To tie it, since my hand co-ordination is lacking, I place a infant hair rubber band in the center to scrunch it up into a bow. Then I lap it around and around like you are putting the band into a Yorkie's topknot... THEN, after I sew it to the dress, I use STIFFY to harden the bow. Not too much.. Another way I used to do all the time was sew a simple rectangle, like the one below, and put the little band in it. I used to match a ribbon to it, and then tied the ribbon on to make streamers. Cute I think. Easy. Because of my hand I cannot tie the beautiful bows you girls do, but they are so lovely. My little way is simple for me. Was this what you wanted?
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04-20-2012, 07:46 PM | #30 | |
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How about fabric.com? | |
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