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Posted by on June 29, 2006, 1:59 pm
Dear tedneeley,
Stuff to do with ribbon. If you gather it along both sides and pull it
up, it forms a lovely "puffing" type of trim. If you use a basting
stitch on your machine, and form Vs back and forth (zigzag), then pull
that up, you get a pretty shell design. Ribbon of any size past 1/2
inch makes great flowers by gathering one edge and forming into a tight
circle, then put a button or pom pom in the middle for the flower
center.
My daughter's favorite outfit when she was a toddler was a plain red
pinafore, on which I appliqued a puppy on the front, with a very long
tail that went all the way around the back. I made a matching outfit
for her doll, which she still has (she's now 31).
Teri
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Posted by CypSew on June 29, 2006, 5:40 pm
Is there a Hobby-Lobby nearby? They have the neatest iron-ons for all ages.
I just finished a sundress for DGD, who is 7, and used some flowers on it.
They are iron-on, but because they are beaded, a press clothis definitely
needed, an old pillowcase of any smooth fabric to lay on top, then just
follow the directions on back of the package. I've used some on dresses for
the other DGD and on adult sweatshirts as well.
Emily
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Posted by IMS on June 29, 2006, 8:27 pm
On 29 Jun 2006 07:24:57 -0700, "tedneeley@yahoo.com"
>I made a very simple dress for my toddler. It looks too plain. How can
>I decorate this dress? I'm looking for easy and inexpensive ideas. Are
>"stick-on" tiny mirrors or beads or jem stones or something similar
>available in a typical fabric store or walmart?=20
>
>Thanks.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.=20
--Mae West=20
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Posted by off kilter quilter on June 29, 2006, 8:33 pm
tedneeley@yahoo.com wrote:
> I made a very simple dress for my toddler. It looks too plain. How can
> I decorate this dress? I'm looking for easy and inexpensive ideas. Are
> "stick-on" tiny mirrors or beads or jem stones or something similar
> available in a typical fabric store or walmart?
>
> Thanks.
>
not even reading others before I respond. Do you *really* want
"stick-on" embellishments on a TODDLER dress?? Choking hazard ring a
bell?? However, you can purchase trims that are easily sewn
on...pompoms, mirrored trim, ribbons, etc.
Larisa, mother of a toddler who REMOVES or stitches down any trim that
is just "stuck on"
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Posted by Kay Lancaster on June 29, 2006, 10:42 pm
> I made a very simple dress for my toddler. It looks too plain. How can
> I decorate this dress? I'm looking for easy and inexpensive ideas. Are
> "stick-on" tiny mirrors or beads or jem stones or something similar
> available in a typical fabric store or walmart?
I wouldn't, for a little one. The two sparklies I would consider for a
little one would be metallic thread or braid, and sparkly paint.
Metallic thread can sometimes go though the needle, or be hand-wound onto a
bobbin. Then you just stitch with them. If you use metallic thread in the
bobbin, you may have to loosen the tension, and you will have to work
"wrongside up".
http://www.timmelfabrics.com/cassandrainstitches.jpg
http://www.afiberjourney.com/Assets/hearts.jpg
The easier method, imho, is to couch it down, which just
means you lay the thread or trim on the fabric and use a stitch wider than
the trim, yarn, or thread to sew across the trim, anchoring it. Zigzag will
do; you can get fancier, too... try a stitch that makes little boxes or
dots on each side of the trim... or any other stitch that catches your fancy.
http://www.blogigo.de/elfenundkampfzwerge/entry/76665
There are some very fun metallic or other sparkly fabric paints around:
Lumiere is one I particularly like:
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/1847-AA.shtml?lnav=paints.html
The easiest way to apply it, imho, is by stamping... you can make your own
stamps with pieces of styrofoam meat tray cut to shape, or use rubber stamps,
or... or...
http://www.rubberstampsclub.com/tips/fabric-stamping.html
http://www.thomasin.com/stamping.html
Another quick and easy method is applique... one of the fastest is to choose
a print you like a motif on, perhaps a sun from a print like this:
http://www.blanktextiles.com/OurFabrics/Celestial/Celestial.html
Get some very lightweight fusible interfacing and place it over the
sun you want to use, right sides together. Stitch all around the edges
of the motif (well, I'd stitch just a hair outside the edge), and then
cut out the motif stitched to the interfacing, leaving a very narrow
(1/4" - 1/8") seam allowance. Slit the interfacing, and turn the
motif through the slit. Fingerpress the edges well, so the seam allowances
lie down and the shape is right. Put the motif down on the dress and
fuse it with the iron. Stitch around the edges -- plain straight stitching
just barely on the motif, zigzag, blanket stitch, feather stitch, just about
any decorative stitch on your machine. Add some further embellishments
with thread or trim or paint if you like....
Have fun!
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