Outfits for Disney World

The first outfit is Little Mermaid. I have to say this is my favorite. I saw a similar top on Etsy and knew I wanted to use the style. I cut out shells and appliqued them on a piece of fabric. Then I ribbon for the straps.

For the back I sewed loops and then ran the ribbon through the loops to make a criss-cross effect. Kaylee's was a little big so the ribbon didn't look right. For the shorts I copied a pair they already had and added a panel with ruffles sewn across. I love the mermaid tail effect it made.

Here is the outfit they wore to Disney's Wild Kingdom. This is actually a short and top combo.

For the shorts I just took a pair of shorts I already had and copied them.

For the top I just made a rectangle with thin straps. The bottom is just strips of different fabric sewn together and gathered to fit the rectangle. Very easy!

Here is the bow I made to match the outfit. I just made a bow and put the animal print strips under. I also covered a button to put in the middle.

Thought I would show the back which was not finished. I was going to put a button to close the back up but ran out of time. It still fit and the girls didn't have an issue with the straps falling off. It was one of those things I knew I could skip if I ran out of time.

This was their "Tangled" outfit. This was based off the new Disney movie. This also is unfinished. I wanted to put lace around the bottom and top of the top but once again I ran out of time. For the shorts I once again used a pair of shorts I already had as a pattern.

The back is once again just loops sewn onto the fabric and I just threaded ribbon through to give it the criss-cross  look. Very easy!

Also wanted to show their hair-do for this outfit. I did the criss-cross effect in their hair as well.

Here is a close up of the front of the shirt. I just took ribbon and made a criss cross pattern on the pink fabric. Then I sewed the purple fabric on.

Here are the dresses the girls wore to meet the princesses. I wanted something that looked different than the store-bought dresses that every other girl had on. These dresses were also all thrifted fabric.

Kaylee's blue top was made from a skirt. Her yellow underskirt is a sheet. I didn't have to hem the yellow because I cut it out using the hem on the sheet. The white is a pillowcase. I also appliqued an apple on the apron. For the sleeves I just sewed on red ribbon.

Abby's dress was another story! Like Kaylee, her bottom is a thrifted yellow sheet and the apron is a pillowcase. Her blue top is from one of John's button up dress shirt that John no longer wears. I actually cut out her top from the same blue skirt as Kaylee's but I cut it wrong. I only had two days to finish this dress and I didn't have time to go buy fabric. I think it worked out beautifully.

Here is the back of the dress.

Here are the bows. This is the best picture I could get but I used red felt and made a bow just like Snow White. The girls loved them and so did Snow White!

Simplicity 3856

This is the second time I have used this pattern. If you remember I used it to make the Valentine's Day skirt.

Here is Abby in her dress and cover. I love how the dress fits but not really sure about the cover.

Here is Kaylee in her dress and cover. I think the outfit looks better on Kaylee because of her coloring.

Here are the dresses without the cover. Don't like how it washes out the girls.

Here is Kaylee "modeling" the outfit. She is a little ham. I have to say the skirt was much cuter than the dress!

Butterick 4966

Here is the pattern envelope. I only had enough fabric to make the jumper for Kaylee.

Here is the finished product. I wanted to make something different so instead of using the dress I picked the jumper.

Here is a close-up of the neck. It was a basic square neck with little flutter sleeves. Very easy!

Here is the back view. I couldn't find a pink invisible zipper so I had to get a white one. Wish I would have gone to another fabric store because I don't like how the white one turned out.

Here Kaylee is showing us that they are indeed shorts. They are pretty loose so it sometimes looks like a dress. She won't be able to wear this for very long only because it doesn't help when potty training!

Simplicity 2376

Here is the pattern envelope. I used the yellow dress.

Here are both girls. I didn't have enough fabric to make two dresses, so Kaylee got a skirt.

Here is Abby in her dress. I love the color. It is actually longer than it looks in this picture. Abby wanted to hold up her dress.

Kaylee's skirt took me 30 minutes to cut and sew. I barely had enough fabric to make the skirt so it isn't very full.

Here is a close-up of the collar. I love the ruffle around the yoke. It was pretty easy.

And of course here is the back view. I used an invisible zipper and it went in really easily!

McCalls 4814

Here is the pattern envelope I used. I used the pink dress as my pattern.

Here is Kaylee in her dress. I actually made this dress a few months before Easter and Kaylee's dress ended up being really big on her. I had to take up each layer just to make it short enough for her.

Here is Abby's dress. Her dress fit perfectly!

Here are the girls together. I actually wanted the dresses to be exactly the same but I didn't have enough fabric to do that so I had to change my plans. I love how they look the same but different.

Here are the backs of the dress. I loved making these because there was no zipper to put in.

And of course these dresses were perfect for twirling!

Birthday Skirts

Here is a picture of the girls in their birthday skirts. Ignore Kaylee's face. She didn't want her picture taken!

The skirts were fairly easy. I found a tutorial online that I followed.

Kaylee's skirt is a little short but she loved twirling around in it. I wanted to add an applique to the shirt but didn't know what the weather would be like and then I ran out of time.

The skirt is a circle skirt with a underskirt under it to make it fuller. The ruffle at the bottom took forever!

Simplicity 3512

Here is the pattern envelope. I left off the sash.

The dress turned out the perfect length and fit very well. John says this is the best dress I have made to date. I only had enough fabric to make one dress so I made it for Abby. I figure that the dress will get more wear if I make it for Abby because when she grows out of it, Kaylee will get to wear it.

Here is the top. It is hard to see the detail because the fabric is so busy but it is a criss-cross neckline with a ruffle. I don't know if you can see the print on the fabric but it is yellow with hot pink raspberries.

Here is the back of the dress. It has an invisible zipper. I love how it turned out.

Simplicity 1906

Here is the pattern envelope. I love the look of these pants.

Here are their pants. And you ask where will they wear these? To the circus of course!

Kaylee's pants were too long when I got finished so I had to cut off some of the pant and re-attach the ruffle. The proportions aren't right but they still work. I bought Kaylee a shirt that had bows around the neckline but the day of the circus when I put it on it was huge!

Here are Abby's pants. These fit much better than Kaylee's pants. I took a red shirt and added some ruffled ribbon around the neckline.

For the hair bows I took ribbon and ran a wide stitch in one side then ruffled it. Then I rolled it into a rose.

Here is a picture of us at the circus.