Disboutiquers Part 12 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[jham]

Would you please tell Shell that? He HATES to fly. No I mean REALLLLLLLY hates to fly. I highly doubt I could get him on a plane to fly all the way across country. I have mentioned going back to DL MANY times and so far no go!

two words: drug him

My 1st simply sweet for my niece!

close up of the fabric. Just don't look too close at the stitches or you will see how bad they are! LOL Oh and a long blond hair that I didn't see until just now!
As I said last week I found a Walmart with fabric close to me well here is my new finds after 2 visits!

I think I have decided I need to make Nik a patchwork Tink something probably simply sweet as you can see I found my recent Tink obsession fabric . Then the pink skull fabric I think I will make shorts or capris and use my applique 'who says pirates can't wear pink' . I am planning to use the blue and pink at the bottom for a ruffled butt dress I saw on YCMT(sorry I can't think f what it is called!)This will be for my girlfriends DD who will be 3 in a few weeks. I was hoping to 'try' to applique Wubbzy on the front because for her it is all about wubbzy! The Mickey was on clearance and I might actually make my self something with that sinc eI LOVE Mickey but in reality it will probably go to the kids. They had so many dots fabric I had to get some! I just used all my pink and white for something for Nikki and her friends so that was replacement and the blue one I have been looking for too. I had been looking for that HSM fabric for a yr now so that was a great find! No clue what to make any suggestions?
they had so many more I could have bought but I needed to pace myself!

Cute dress! I love the fabric! I have that pink and brown Mickey flannel, in fact I have it all cut up to make a rag quilt for Lily. It's been sitting like that since before Christmas!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

I'm with you, as you know. Sammy's 6th BD is Halloween. Now, I have a question for you seasoned MNSSHP-ers. Sammy's actual birthday is on Halloween. Would we be insane to go to MNSSHP ON Halloween? i really want to, since it's her bday, but don't know if I'm being stupid.

It will be fairly nuts but what a fun bday present. Personally I'm glad that MNSSHP is not falling on Ash's actual bday so we can concentrate on bday stuff on one day and MNSSHP on another. Plus it poses outfit issues...bday vs. MNSSHP.

 

[froggy33]

Here is a Pinafore dress I made for little neice - it wasnt a Carla pattern, and boy did I miss that!! The directions were lacking to say the least!! Oh well, I hope it fits her!!!

Love this!! It is too cute!

We went when dd was 15 mo. In fact her birthday is 1 day before yours! And Three years. I did a TR here's the link:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1619846
Sorry the pics are so teeny tiny I had them in shutterfly and they magically shrunk to bite size.

Thanks! I am on my way to check it out! I love reading about other peoples experiences!

 

[MouseTriper]

That is AWESOME!! And I think the boots seal the deal, so no wearing them apart!! Great pictures and a beautiful girl. (But I still really like those boots! )

Hehe, thank you so much!!! I agree, those boots are rockin' and just perfect for this outfit. I actually bought these boots last November, they were on clearance for like $14 or so. My plan was for DD to wear them on our trip to WDW in Dec but they were too big. She kept tripping. They are still a little big but not by much. At least no more tripping...hahaha. Thanks again for your sweet comments!

WOW!!! That is amazing. I can't imagine how many hours of sewing and cutting that was. It turned out great!

Thanks for the great compliment. It took quite awhile but I just love the way it turned out. Definitely worth it! Haha.

So cool!! I love funky stuff too!!

Smart minds think alike!!! hehehe..thanks!!!

OMG I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE that!!

Thank you so much....!!!!! I loved your Green Eggs and Ham too!!!

One of my favorites...anyone singing " I Love what you do for me... TOYOTA!" ?

Ok...Tomorrow is my sewing day! oooh and my parent teacher conference too! YIKES!

Oh my goodness, she is BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE beach pictures. I grew up on the beach in Southern California and I miss it so much!! I need to take my kids out for a beach trip!!! Makes me homesick!!!

Here are a few teaser pics of the bed. For those of you who don't know my dad and my hubby made this bunk bed for my daughter. It started as just a funny joke and ended up with months of making this bed. This was started pre-Gustav. We had a good bit of damage from the storm, so it had to get put on hold while the houses were getting all fixed up.
I don't want to ruin it and post the whole thing just yet.
The part I need ideas for is the light purple part. I have dark purple paint that I MUST use. I have alot of it and it was bought for that purpose. Interior paint is expensive too.
If I don't come up with any , I plan on taping it off and just making a border in the dark purple. Taping isn't working well on these paints. The cheap masking tape is working better than the blue stuff though. Someone told me it is because it is so humid here. I've never painted stuff like this outside, so I guess it could be true. Could be that this is a latex finish paint.
I was thinking of stencils. Anyone have any experience with these??? Any ideas on what kind of stencil would look good??? Is it hard to get it not to bleed through and go underneath the stencil stuff? I hope we have a painter.. LOL!
I am just guessing here. I refuse to airbrush again.
The airbrush kept spitting paint randomly and I just had enough. I completely airbrushed all the edges and then decided I didn't like it and am starting over.

My worst fear is having to repaint these purple pieces again. I don't think they can stand another layer of paint.
Oh, and I included some pictures of the bricks. I am iffy on them too, but it is just because it takes so dang long to tape off all these lines! The flash kinda made them disappear so that is why the dark picture is there. I hate the purple on the window. My dad (Pa Pere to my DD) did that though.

Wow that bed is gonna be so cool!!! Your dd is gonna love it!!

LOVE IT! Stunning! I can't believe you made your own striped knit!
I have this knit that looks to be about the same weight and I am terrified to use it because it is light. I might put stabilizer on the edges when I sew.....

LOL...I had too...lol....When I looked at the Cat in the Hat on the plain white background it just didn't do it for me. I needed more "funky"..hahaha....Thanks so much for the sweet comments! Oh and yes my red striped knit is VERY VERY thin..in fact I ironed some of it and MELTED it.... Let's just say I had to redo that part of the sleeve....ugh

This is breath-takingly beautiful! You did an amazing job. And your daughter looks gorgeous too.

Aww you are too sweet, thank you so much!!!!

Okay, now I am not usually a raglan fan, but THIS is awesome! I think this demands a trip to Universal! I really like this. Awesome job!

Hmmm...a trip to Universal - I hadn't thought of that!!! WHat a perfect idea. I must talk to DH about that. Hahaha.

That is amazing Beth! And a lot of work!

Thanks! Outside of California Adventures they have the word CALIFORNIA in giant letters. At Halloweentime the As are candy corns. I'm sad because when they re-do CA they are supposdedly getting rid of the giant letters.

Aww, thank you so much Jeanne!!!

I thought those were probably at Disneyland somewhere. What are they redoing to Califiornia Adventures? And when? Maybe I need to make a trip out there sooner rather than later. I moved away before California Adventure opened up.

Beth, that is AMAZING!!! I can't believe you made that fabric!!!! You should be proud!!! It is wonderful!

Thanks Teresa!!!! You guys all really know how to make a girl feel good!!

Hey how is your baby feeling today?

 

[Tracie]

Try complaining! Write letters, make phone calls, and then buy all the fabric you can at half price!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news. I work at Wal-Mart and the store I work in does a booming fabric business (only place to buy fabric in town). We just got the email that our crafts dept. will be remodeling to a celebrations center.

This is what the new executives at the home office want. our associates and customers have called, written letters, and sent petitions. We will still be losing our fabric.

This will be company wide eventually.

So when our fabric starts to clearance out I'll let you all know so I can grab some for anyone who wants.

Tracie

 

[twistedribbonbows]

Ok, I got really inspired by those pictures of that castle---Here's my latest creation!

 

[2manyprincesses]

I love your simply sweet! So cute and springy. And I think the green Tink and middle blue dots go together really well! Maybe I need to make a trip to Walmart. Or as I sometimes call it, Walmarche!

Ok, I got really inspired by those pictures of that castle---Here's my latest creation!

So cute!! One day, I would love to learn to make bows. With 4 girls you'd think it would be a necessity for me right?

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

This is one reason I don't want a fish. I know I would feed it the wrong stuff on accident...


My DD likes bows too. I tried saving money by buying 1 snow white bow, and she keeps asking me where the other fluffy bow is.
YAY FOR DISNEY ON ICE! No suggestions on the vertigo though. I do get motion sickness and am terrified to think I'll miss out on the teacups at DW.
Be glad for the free tickets. I spent what felt like a fortune on tickets.

Here are a few teaser pics of the bed. For those of you who don't know my dad and my hubby made this bunk bed for my daughter. It started as just a funny joke and ended up with months of making this bed. This was started pre-Gustav. We had a good bit of damage from the storm, so it had to get put on hold while the houses were getting all fixed up.
I don't want to ruin it and post the whole thing just yet.
The part I need ideas for is the light purple part. I have dark purple paint that I MUST use. I have alot of it and it was bought for that purpose. Interior paint is expensive too.
If I don't come up with any , I plan on taping it off and just making a border in the dark purple. Taping isn't working well on these paints. The cheap masking tape is working better than the blue stuff though. Someone told me it is because it is so humid here. I've never painted stuff like this outside, so I guess it could be true. Could be that this is a latex finish paint.
I was thinking of stencils. Anyone have any experience with these??? Any ideas on what kind of stencil would look good??? Is it hard to get it not to bleed through and go underneath the stencil stuff? I hope we have a painter.. LOL!
I am just guessing here. I refuse to airbrush again.
The airbrush kept spitting paint randomly and I just had enough. I completely airbrushed all the edges and then decided I didn't like it and am starting over.

My worst fear is having to repaint these purple pieces again. I don't think they can stand another layer of paint.
Oh, and I included some pictures of the bricks. I am iffy on them too, but it is just because it takes so dang long to tape off all these lines! The flash kinda made them disappear so that is why the dark picture is there. I hate the purple on the window. My dad (Pa Pere to my DD) did that though.

I paint, well okay, I used to paint. I have used stencils, but I prefer freehand, sometimes I draw or sketch out what I want, then I use transfer paper and my drawing to put it on the furniture I want. I also always finish with a polyurethane- sand-and then another coat- sand and then another coat. I am not sure I can help with your use of purple paint...
although you could do green vines with purple flowers and then do thicker bushes with flowers that are accented with purple, do trim in dark purple too to help tie it all together. wild roses and creeper vines are good for painting. I do think if you can draw it out first- then do it to scale, then get the transfer paper.
You might even add some little animals along the bottom- peeking out of the brush, like squirrels, chipmunks, maybe a bird. If you can't do animals free hand, look online for clip art to print out and transfer.
wish I could show you some of the furniture I have done (dressers, nightstands, etc) but it was back before digital cameras and I have no idea where that photo album is now. One year I decided to do pieces for my friends- I did 3 or 4. I looked at wallpaper for ideas. On the top of 1 night stand I did a vine heart with little flowers, I only found half a heart I liked, so I used that ahd then flipped it to reverse and make the whole heart. KWIM?
The others I did free hand I think.
There is some great wallpaper out there. for the free hand stuff I used the little bottles of acrylic on top of the polyurathane finish, then did a final coat of poly on top ot perserve the acrylic.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news. I work at Wal-Mart and the store I work in does a booming fabric business (only place to buy fabric in town). We just got the email that our crafts dept. will be remodeling to a celebrations center.

This is what the new executives at the home office want. our associates and customers have called, written letters, and sent petitions. We will still be losing our fabric.

This will be company wide eventually.

So when our fabric starts to clearance out I'll let you all know so I can grab some for anyone who wants.

Tracie

Glad I hit up Walmart this weekend!

 

[MouseTriper]

Ok, I got really inspired by those pictures of that castle---Here's my latest creation!

Those are really cute!

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Glad I hit up Walmart this weekend!

They keep telling me ours isn't going to close, but to be honest, it's seems small and unorganized to me so I am surprised. I have 2 walmarts within 10 minutes of me. I try and buy something whenever I am there, I wonder who will sell all the Springs stuff when WalMart does away with their fabric dept? My Joanns has very little- mostly flannel Disney, and even at that its seems its mostly those new fairies, not the normal characters.

 

[snubie]

Glad I hit up Walmart this weekend!

I think I may hit mine tomorrow after pre-school drop off just to see where things stand right now.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

They keep telling me ours isn't going to close, but to be honest, it's seems small and unorganized to me so I am surprised. I have 2 walmarts within 10 minutes of me. I try and buy something whenever I am there, I wonder who will sell all the Springs stuff when WalMart does away with their fabric dept? My Joanns has very little- mostly flannel Disney, and even at that its seems its mostly those new fairies, not the normal characters.

My JoAnn's has been very disappointing with the Disney selection lately. It was all flannel and fleece. I'm hoping now that it's getting warmer, they'll get something new in.

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

I am all done with Patrick's Kimono None too soon...we leave for the multi-cultural fair in 2 hours! He is pleased...and really that is all that matters to me!

BTW- I really need to get serious about a new camera! I am so sick of taking pictures that I can't see what I am shooting!!!

 

[juligrl]

I'm a long-time lurker and sometimes chimer in-er on these threads. Just wanted to let you all know I finally added some of DDs customs to the photobucket group.

 

[kjbrown]

It will be fairly nuts but what a fun bday present. Personally I'm glad that MNSSHP is not falling on Ash's actual bday so we can concentrate on bday stuff on one day and MNSSHP on another. Plus it poses outfit issues...bday vs. MNSSHP.

That's what I'm wondering. I'm almost thinking we should do MNSSHP on another day and sort of spread out the Halloween/Birthday thing, but I don't know. I'm a waffler.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

That's what I'm wondering. I'm almost thinking we should do MNSSHP on another day and sort of spread out the Halloween/Birthday thing, but I don't know. I'm a waffler.

It's a tough call because it would be cool to do MNSSHP on Halloween and even cooler because it's her actual bday.

Have you done MNSSHP before? Maybe that would effect my advice. We found that the time at MNSSHP goes by really really quickly. If you watch the fireworks, parade, and stage show, there is limited amount of time to do anything else. We didn't end up seeing a single character because there just wasn't time. This year we are going to go early, eat, ride the rides, and then at 7pm just do the party stuff. We are hoping to actually see some characters and see some of the other things going on.

 

[*Toadstool*]

Thank you! I think I took nearly 200 pictures this afternoon. LOTS of them. and some of the pictures are sooo priceless. I love them so much. Peach has so much fun at the beach. Its the one place (besides Disneyland) that she can just let it all go at. I am so glad we live close. its only 40 minutes from us.

We live about 20 minutes. I think I'd be so sad to live far away from it. DD got spoiled last summer with going to the beach a couple times a week!

Cindee, no wonder why our two got along so well together! We just love that Morgan! Cindee, you ain't half bad either!

That picture is just precious!!!

So I know that I'm totally no help with the darker purple paint, but I think some green vines and flowers painted/stenciled there will look nice. Another option would be (if you're not good at it, I'm not) hiring someone to paint just that part. Maybe a student from your local comm. college or high school even? That way they could freehand it and not worry about bleeding.

I do plan on doing the flowers and vines. I just wasn't planning on doing it on the purple part. Good idea with hiring someone just for that part. I know we have good art department at the local high school. I took art for 4 years there. I'm going to try to convince my DH that it is a good idea to try and do that..

This story just breaks my heart, when I hear about women today still having these experiences. I live in an area where I have much for choices on hospitals (there are only 2 nearby) and I'm thankful that neither has any practices like this- to think you were lying about your epi (heaven forbid THEY made a mistake, or that your DH wasn't allowed to have the baby for so long) I can imagine the scars thats left.

I have been starting to think about our next WDW trip. We love going in May the best and DD2 b day is mid April and this baby is due mid May. So was thinking maybe we could go between their b days. We took DD when she was 15 months- but will I enjoy the trip with a 11-12 month old??? When we went in Oct (DD 15m) the weather was awful, it was soooo humid and HOT 110!!
What do you folks think?

Ya, looking back on the hospital thing I am kinda in awe at how clueless we were. We should have demanded better care. I guess I was just too out of it to know better. Thanks for the understanding words!
I wish I could get my DH to plan a trip to DW. He works offshore and his schedule is too hard to predict ahead of time, so he says we can't plan it ahead of time.

LOL! It's Daisy dressed as Minnie. Minnie is on the jeans as a Witch.

I thought Minnie was looking a little weird! LOL! Probably because she was Daisy!

Oh, thank you. Practice definitely makes a big difference IMHO. I started doing pieced applique just over 2 years ago. My first attempts were decent but I can see a lot of improvement since then. Of course I did quite a bit of applique in that time period so I got plenty of practice.

For curves, unless they are tight curves or otherwise tricky, I try to turn the fabric as the machine continues to stitch. For me that seems to result in the smoothest stitching. I only stop to raise the presser foot and pivot the fabric when I must. I still struggle to get smooth curves on smaller areas, like little circles, that require multiple pivots. My stitch settings vary depending on what I'm doing but for most the length is .4mm and width varies from 1.5mm to 3.5mm.

Gosh... It seems like my fabric just doesn't want to turn as much as I do. I guess this is kinda like doing peter pan piped collars. I have to do it incredibly slow to not have uneven seams. Maybe I am just going to fast with the applique.

WOW think they'd make us one?! That is SO amazing!!!

Thanks! My DH can not wait until this bed is out of his shop. He is hating it! Poor guy.

When I read your post I was thinking that we had similar experiences. Not the epidural, but the rest.

I don't understand how anyone could forget something like that! For quite awhile (years) everytime they had a birth on a TV show, I would cry remembering how bad it was. I'm better now (16+ years later!)

Oh WOW!!! I've wanted one of these beds for the girls for years!!! How wonderful!! I can't wait to see it all finished!!

Good to know there is a light at the end of the crying everytime I see a newborn baby or see a birth on TV tunnel...
I cry WAY too easily these days. I blame it on the harmones.
I don't even know how I am going to take pictures of the bed. It is so big that I don't think I can get one shot of it all in one picture. It takes up the entire shop, so I can't back up to take it. I'm still trying to figure that one out. Her room is just as small.. LOL.

My 1st simply sweet for my niece!

Love that fabric you used in the dress!
I want to make a Wubzy custom too. I think it would be pretty easy since the characters are so simple looking.

You're funny. I think it helped a smidge that I'd sewn for 30+ years before I ever tried to do applique.

OH THERE IS YOUR SECRET!!!

two words: drug him

LOL!

I hate to be the bearer of bad news. I work at Wal-Mart and the store I work in does a booming fabric business (only place to buy fabric in town). We just got the email that our crafts dept. will be remodeling to a celebrations center.

This is what the new executives at the home office want. our associates and customers have called, written letters, and sent petitions. We will still be losing our fabric.

This will be company wide eventually.

So when our fabric starts to clearance out I'll let you all know so I can grab some for anyone who wants.

Tracie

Sewing has gotten a lot more expensive for me since about 2 years ago when our fabric shut down. I like using the more expensive fabrics because I like the feel and look of them, but goodness... I remember when sewing was about saving money. It is now about that I like it better done my way than the stores way. Definitely not saving.

Ok, I got really inspired by those pictures of that castle---Here's my latest creation!

OMGOSH! I love it! I NEED those!!!

I paint, well okay, I used to paint. I have used stencils, but I prefer freehand, sometimes I draw or sketch out what I want, then I use transfer paper and my drawing to put it on the furniture I want. I also always finish with a polyurethane- sand-and then another coat- sand and then another coat. I am not sure I can help with your use of purple paint...
although you could do green vines with purple flowers and then do thicker bushes with flowers that are accented with purple, do trim in dark purple too to help tie it all together. wild roses and creeper vines are good for painting. I do think if you can draw it out first- then do it to scale, then get the transfer paper.
You might even add some little animals along the bottom- peeking out of the brush, like squirrels, chipmunks, maybe a bird. If you can't do animals free hand, look online for clip art to print out and transfer.
wish I could show you some of the furniture I have done (dressers, nightstands, etc) but it was back before digital cameras and I have no idea where that photo album is now. One year I decided to do pieces for my friends- I did 3 or 4. I looked at wallpaper for ideas. On the top of 1 night stand I did a vine heart with little flowers, I only found half a heart I liked, so I used that ahd then flipped it to reverse and make the whole heart. KWIM?
The others I did free hand I think.
There is some great wallpaper out there. for the free hand stuff I used the little bottles of acrylic on top of the polyurathane finish, then did a final coat of poly on top ot perserve the acrylic.

Oooh! thanks for the informative post. I have alot of questions though.
Why do you paint the detail stuff after the first coat of poly? I thought that if we sanded the poly we'd have a chance of them sanding off some of my paint so it makes me nervous. I guess you just dont sand the part where you make the flowers and vines? I am guessing it paints better on the poly? The entire bed is acryllic paint... I think... LOL. My biggest problem so far is that the paint kinda paints on thin. It doesn't cover as much as I'd like it to. I'm not doing several coats on those bricks either. Maybe painting the flowers and such on top of the poly will help? I'm not sure I understand about the transfers either. Do you trace it on there with a pencil or something? I used a pencil earlier and it wouldn't come off of the paint.
I do plan on doing flowers and vines I just really wanted to use that dark purple as some kind of accent on the light purple. I plan on doing flowers in a few different shades of pink. I'd like to do alot more details like you mentioned. I like the idea of the animals and such. My big problem is that my hubby wants me to hurry it up. Do you think this could be painted inside the house and the just a light coat of poly on top??? I figure I could continue working on it after it is in her room. My hubby said no because of the poly thing. He is just guessing though.

I am all done with Patrick's Kimono None too soon...we leave for the multi-cultural fair in 2 hours! He is pleased...and really that is all that matters to me!

BTW- I really need to get serious about a new camera! I am so sick of taking pictures that I can't see what I am shooting!!!

Wow, that looks great! You sound like me. I finish just about everything an hour before we need it.

Off to paint I go...
I will be glad when these bricks are finished!!!
I had to edit out all the smilies to make this post fit. *sadface*

 

[EnchantedPrincess]

Ok, I have no clue what happen, but I lost part of my quotes!! Thanks everyone for the compliments on the minnie mouse dress! You ladies sure know how to boost my confidence and make me feel good. I will get my dd to model it when she feels better. She's home today with a ruptured ear drums! OUCH!

This is really not related to sewing at all, but I know how brilliant all of you are and I know that you won't hold anything back when answering my question..
My sister-in-laws husband (aka my BIL) just passed away. He was only 36. They have two sons 8 and 2. It's obviously been a great loss for us all.

My DH, baby girl, and I are planning a trip to Disney next December with the grandparents and I have decided that no matter what we are getting my SIL and nephews there. Long story short, my youngest nephew will turn 3 about 3-4 weeks before we go. How strict are they on the under 3 age limit? He's pretty small for his age and we would buy the ticket before he turned three rolleyes1 ) Just wondering...I don't want to cheat anyone of anything, but they won't be able to afford it and so we plan on making it happen.

Thanks ladies!!

I am so sorry for your loss. That's great that you are taking your sil and sons to Disney!

So cute, and love the matching outfits! My dd just informed me that I don't sew enough for her dolls and she would like more matching outfits!

Wow..that's a big candy corn!! Love all your HAlloween outfits...

THis is sooo cute, and love that fabric.

Awww thank you such much guys!!!


Thanks....it was rather complictated for me...lol...I take forever to make a simple thing and this was far from simple. Haha. Hopefully I will pick up speed next time. Haha.

LOVE, LOVE the Dr. Seuss Hoodie!!!!!

Great pictures!!! I just love her curly hair.

That's a really cute simply sweet dress..and those are some great fabric. I have some tink fabric as well but haven't figured out what ot make out of them yet.

My JoAnn's has been very disappointing with the Disney selection lately. It was all flannel and fleece. I'm hoping now that it's getting warmer, they'll get something new in.

Same with ours...they haven't had any cotton disney selection since they moved to the superstore. The other day, I walked in and the manager was came over to me and told me that they had disney fabric. I got all excited and all they had was ONE disney princess fabric that I already have. They use to have tons of disney fabrics. I sure hope they get more soon.

 

[Disney Pal]

If anybody is in the Orange County NY area Walmart in Monroe/Harriman is closing the fabric dept too!
That leaves only Joann Fabrics in Middletown NY.
I'm so bummed!