It’s hard to believe grandbaby Vivian Rose will celebrate her first birthday in a few weeks. Time does fly! Her mother requested a Minnie Mouse dress for the upcoming Minnie birthday party. Baby’s entire family is made up of enthusiastic Disney fans, so I am lucky to own Brother embroidery machines with built in Disney designs.
I have to admit it took a while to adapt my heirloom taste to a cartoon character dress. But now, I think I am ready to begin.
Here’s what I have assembled.
- Pattern:Â Baby Butterflies by Petite Poche
- Fabric: pink Pimatex from Farmhouse Fabrics, white Swiss pique and black pima gingham from stash
- Trims:Â Swiss black entredeux and black scallop edging from stash
- Designs:Â small Minnie designs on my Brother ULT 2003D.
- Buttons:Â ooops-forgot to include those in the picture, but they are 3/8″Â round, black with shanks
NOTE: At first glance, reader Donna thought the entredeux looked like a zipper. She’s right! It does. But it is NOT a zipper.
It took a while to get my mind right, but now I am excited about this project. It won’t be traditional heirloom, but it includes enough heirloom goods and techniques to make me comfortable.
I’m off to the sewing room to cut it out. Yeah! What a great project to start 2014.
What are you working on?
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