tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post7167723248048487197..comments2024-01-30T07:46:23.383-08:00Comments on Filth Wizardry: Two dollar Princess DressLindseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07169632319172011782noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-9148293518519351762010-01-09T08:17:17.751-08:002010-01-09T08:17:17.751-08:00This is a wonderful idea! I love going to the Good...This is a wonderful idea! I love going to the Good Will...it is a great place to go when coming up with a Masquerade/Halloween costume. Awesome job on this dress...beautiful little girl too! :-DJessica Woodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14793359913828109067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-25496578648231190352009-09-09T07:22:03.061-07:002009-09-09T07:22:03.061-07:00how beautiful she is (also they are.. really princ...how beautiful she is (also they are.. really princessSeher Ozturkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829920455830510355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-87512326195612285762009-07-20T05:21:58.684-07:002009-07-20T05:21:58.684-07:00Too beautiful! Thrifty and classy. Nice job!Too beautiful! Thrifty and classy. Nice job!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09628472484731723590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-66797416288831857642009-07-08T00:00:29.279-07:002009-07-08T00:00:29.279-07:00You are a genius! I hope when I have kids I can be...You are a genius! I hope when I have kids I can be as resourceful and crafty as you.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015913853422407964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-80551077664712439062009-06-30T07:34:03.282-07:002009-06-30T07:34:03.282-07:00WOW!!!WOW!!!Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293742715213046999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-23178133010735477222009-06-29T22:51:45.265-07:002009-06-29T22:51:45.265-07:00Finally catching up on backlogged Filthwizardry po...Finally catching up on backlogged Filthwizardry posts! That is a fabulous dress, ma'am! Your daughters are so cute! They are going to rock NASA when they grow up and work there, I'm betting. And why should girls not be engineers and walk around with digital multimeters in the same beaded-satin purses as their lipstick and pearly-shelled combs, eh? Eh? <br />I don't think those FOE skirts can help much with tinkerbell, sadly, much as I am very touched by Karin's faith in them. They might need to be more pouffy for a fairy, I think. Try a regular gathered/elasticized waist skirt and on top of that sew 4 or 5 leaf-shaped petal type things on top of the waistband. Make them like a bishop's hat but upside down, and sew them in a row like a banner of flags. Then elasticize them along with the skirt and you get these petal-thingies that fairies seem to all have on their waists. Satin will probably puff up nicely when all bunched up with the elastic.<br /><br />I love your idea of the halter loop thingy (wish I knew the proper names for all these technical sewing things) - do it! It will turn out great! And did you see that awesome post for fairy wings from wire hangers and nylons? I forgot where it is already, but if you go to my blog and look on my to-do-projects list, it's almost at the top of the list.LiErhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13022645291278425282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-75722784271797914022009-06-28T23:41:45.344-07:002009-06-28T23:41:45.344-07:00Wow, that's so great! Lucky girls to have such...Wow, that's so great! Lucky girls to have such a crafty sewing mom! Very cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585688136807486255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-72826654719399174262009-06-28T22:07:48.271-07:002009-06-28T22:07:48.271-07:00Hey Karin! Thanks for the brainstorm on the tink d...Hey Karin! Thanks for the brainstorm on the tink dresses. I've been absent mindedly mulling it over tonight and I think I'm going to try and do the skirt part like you suggest, but for the top sew some elastic just in the top of the back panel, so they can stretch it on and off easily themselves. <br /><br />I don't want to make them strapless like the real tink, but have a halter scrunchy like elasticated band out of that material that is sewn to the center of the front by one end and then you put the other end around your neck and velcro it ontop of the first end, again so they can dress themselves without getting in a frustrating knot.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to making big poofy sleeves for the Giselle dress though!Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07169632319172011782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-83657987380862128102009-06-28T22:03:58.189-07:002009-06-28T22:03:58.189-07:00Ah! found it. Cardboard streamer dress. Cute.Ah! found it. Cardboard streamer dress. Cute.Melissa Jagearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439765292197683329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-13323484543875699962009-06-28T22:03:12.057-07:002009-06-28T22:03:12.057-07:00ok, I'm intrigued, where's the link to a d...ok, I'm intrigued, where's the link to a dress made from shims? Didn't see it in the archive.Melissa Jagearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439765292197683329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-82922477324466116362009-06-28T21:22:21.073-07:002009-06-28T21:22:21.073-07:00How fun and timely. I just pulled out two of my ow...How fun and timely. I just pulled out two of my own old bridesmaid dresses from the closet, amidst pleas for princess dresses. The one I already knotted the straps like yours but hadn't determined how best to tie up the length. I shall follow your example now.<br /><br />Wish I had some advice for the other dresses... <br /><br />Check ikatbag. I think she made some nice, easy skirts using FOE (fold over elastic); might work well for tinkerbell skirts. And for tink tops, perhaps a rectangle with a T-shape cut out of the center for the neck hole, then folded in half and the two sides sewed partially up to leave room for armholes, and then some sort of belt to cinch it at the waist. Does that make sense? ...And does the person who made dresses out of drywall shims even need advice on tink dresses? More than likely, not! : )Karinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03180639647099463491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-66801749310742141652009-06-28T20:19:12.066-07:002009-06-28T20:19:12.066-07:00This is brilliant, and your daughters look very pl...This is brilliant, and your daughters look very pleased with their new dress! <br /><br />Good luck with your sewing machine for the other dresses...MaryAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13253503049272771754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543941664703892689.post-85160022367790993402009-06-28T20:06:36.541-07:002009-06-28T20:06:36.541-07:00Beautiful! I love the drawing up/gathering aspect ...Beautiful! I love the drawing up/gathering aspect of shortening the dress.Melissa Jagearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07439765292197683329noreply@blogger.com