Toy Story + Disney Christmas Sewing

While sales of Disney Halloween items were blah (and that somewhat could have been due to my timing), Christmas sales picked up after Halloween.  Today I wanted to share what've I've been sewing.

To start, I found this fabric at Joann and I think it's the best Christmas fabric Disney has released.



In prior years, some of the licensed Disney prints have not been very cute.  I hope the designer of this one sticks around.

The girls have outgrown twirly skirts and a couple of years ago, Allie suggested a more grown up looking skirt with a flat front waistband.  I did some research and found a couple of online tutorials for a skirt with a flat panel waistband in the front.  I made some adjustments and created my own pattern.  I prefer to add the elastic at the very end.  



So, yeah, speaking of elastic, the back is stretchy for a more comfortable fit.



I ended up making two skirts in a girls size 10.



And then a smaller size dress with the same fabric combo.



I stopped by Joann to pick up more of that Christmas print and couldn't resist grabbing a couple of yards of a red buffalo plaid fabric.  Initially, I was thinking about placemats or perhaps even hoarding it, but then I saw both of the fabrics next to each other and decided it was super trendy and went for it.





This eyelet lace with the bows is probably the cutest I've come across.





Another flat front skirt, girls size 8.



I enjoy creating Toy Story inspired outfits so earlier this year, I made this dress.



And the same Jessie dress in a bigger size.



Here's a different version.  (I like the above version better.)



And a cute little skirt.



This week I started working on tote bags for teacher holiday gifts.  I'm infamous for coming up with grand ideas and then running out of time, so I started early.  I'll be sure to share when I'm finished!