Well, we finally made it . . . the end of our 2nd “Sewing for Disney” installment! There was a vision for this creation – a vision that worked . . . sort of. . . . . . Before it didn’t. Tiana was a new character added to our “Sewing for Disney” series. But, […]

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During our 1st round of Sewing for Disney, we asked the question: What character would you like to see represented . . . if we were to sew more “Sewing for Disney” garments? One answer received: Sleeping Beauty That’s tough! The character with the least screen time of any Disney princess. . . The one that is […]

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Well, what do you know? We never completed our “Sewing for Disney” series – that was begun years ago. . . Nothing like picking up a dusty old series again! We actually had three more Disney creations made that were never shared. And, there is no better time than the present to share them. Elena […]

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Oh la la! For the third, and final country, in our “Epcot Travels” we selected France. It was quite possibly the most familiar of our “Hello” phrases – “Bonjour” {“Good Day”}. When it was all said and done, it was definitely our favorite of the three outfits sewn! Germany {read HERE} and Italy {read HERE} took a back seat […]

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Moving on to another country in Epcot {feel free to read about our first country-specific garment sewn HERE},we chose to highlight Germany. . . This time, we sewed a Made Every Day, First Day Dress. While there were several options for this pattern, we opted to sew an a-line dress {size 5}. Then, we once again […]

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Did you know that eleven countries are represented in Disney’s Epcot? These include: the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Morocco, Japan, Italy, Germany, China, Norway, and Mexico? We thought it would be fun to “give a nod” to three of those countries . . . but were unsure how we wanted to do so. […]

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Moana was ALL. THE. CRAZE. for our nieces prior to going to Disney! So much so, that Moana landed as CL’s NUMBER TWO request for her “Sewing for Disney” wardrobe. Again, it might have been the exposed midriff that she was hoping to sport. Yet again, we disappointed! Instead, we sewed an Oliver + S, […]

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Hi friends! We figured since Disney closed for some time, shouldn’t our “Sewing for Disney” series be placed on “pause” too? Not really . . . but it makes for a handy excuse for our delay . . . Picking up where we left off on our “Sewing for Disney” series . . . EA really, […]

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When Star Wars is a “niece favorite”, one must brainstorm two completely different looks for a main {favorite} character. While CL enjoyed her “Leia look” from A New Hope, EA received her own “Leia outfit” – one with a nod to the Ewoks of Endor. Can’t you just see her on a speed racer? Zipping through […]

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The internet is just a wealth of knowledge, isn’t it? That . . . along with a wealth of ideas. About 3 years ago, we saw this creation on Project Run and Play’s sew-along. Everything about it screamed YES, YES, YES!! It was THE. BEST. NOD. to the Star Wars original trilogy that we had […]

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Although the girls gave us a starting list of “top 10″ Disney related items for their “Sewing for Disney” wardrobes, we always had the final say on which outfits made the cut . . .as well as the patterns and materials to use for them {except one}. Of ALL the Disney garments sewn, there was […]

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ONE HUNDRED TWO PIECES . . . If you were wondering. Not that we were counting . . . Ummmm, REWIND . . . Okay, so we were TOTALLY counting! And, when it was all said and done – this garment held the most individual pieces of our “sewing for Disney” collection. Please note: this […]

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We succeeded in NOT sewing a summer version of Elsa’s outfit last time we visited Walt Disney World, but it was unavoidable this time around! Frozen II “fever” was beginning, and the girls’ top 10 lists ALL included the magical Norwegian. Ummmm, rewind. . . LG included both Elsa {#2 choice} AND Olaf {#5 choice}. […]

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While planning the girls’ outfits for Disney, we tried to sew in sets of twos . . .using one pattern for {at least} a few outfits. The Children’s Corner, Nora was one of those overlapping patterns. It was previously used on EA’s African Safari top, and now, it was the perfect look for CL’s giraffe […]

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Keeping with the “detail oriented” theme, we opted to sew a flamingo for LG’s animal-based outfit for the Animal Kingdom. We thought it would compliment EA’s zebra attire nicely, and please our “partial to pink” youngest niece. AKA: the queen of silliness.  Time and time again . . . To begin, we sewed the Oliver […]

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This trip to Disney was all about the details. Or so it seemed, looking back on some of the outfits we tackled . . . on a time crunch. However, we couldn’t resist the stark contrast between black and white to capture a zebra-based outfit for another day at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. We selected 3 […]

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To pair with CL’s safari dress and LG’s repeat safari outfit {you can see the original outfit HERE}, we opted to sew EA the Oliver + S, Sketchbook Shorts {size 7} and a Children’s Corner, Nora {size 8, shortened to a shirt} with added applique. The shorts were shortened to a 14″ outseam, since EA is […]

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After returning from our first trip to Disney with two of the nieces, we asked each one to tell us her favorite of the outfits sewn. CL, who has a knack a throwing us sewing “curveballs” so to speak, surprised us once more. Safari . . .errr, should we say SHAFARI {to coin the vocabulary […]

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To conclude the Disney PRINCESS “take 2″  / repeats, we sewed another “Belle dress.” During our first “Sewing for Disney”, Belle stole the show {for us, at least}! We LOVED the thought process of creating the titles of books that accented the Oliver + S, Ice Cream Dress. This time, instead of EA, CL requested […]

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We don’t cry over many of our creations. In fact, off the top of my head – I can think of one other. However, this one brought tears to one of us!! Goodness. Why do we get so invested in these garments?? Sewing should NEVER bring on the water works – unless it is tears of […]

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