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

[Disney 4 Me]

My now 8 yo DS used to dress in his sister's leotards & tutus! I snapped a picture one time & I thought my DH was going to faint. I figure it will be good blackmail material on my DS at some point!

I have a few good pics of my DS. Aleah loves to put make-up on him. I think I've posted that picture before. And I have some of him painting his toenails. He likes to do what his sisters do. How can I stop him?

 

[*Toadstool*]

I know. I just refolded my laundry from last weeks Dismeet trip and stacked them with the suitcase so they would be ready to go again. We've had this trip with DD and her kids planned for awhile. It's a big birthday trip, DD is turning 30 in April, DGD will be 5 in March, DGD will be 3 in April and DGS will be 1 in May. We are going before DGD2 turns 3 and we have to buy her a ticket. The Dismeet trip was a spur of the moment trip, just DH and I.

My parents took my DD to DW before she turned 3 just because they wouldn't have to pay for a ticket. I think it was just an excuse for them to go to DW!! Sadly, I could not afford to pay for my way, so I didn't go. I am thrilled that they took her though. I hope you have a great time... again!

okay, I didn't want to be up for this move - and I wasn't TRYING to make it onto the first page (yay me! ) but it's going to be a long night.

Sierra is "sharing" me at school tomorrow. I'm the sewing auntie - the fairygodmother - the one who just whips Clara Schumann out of my...head

So what does one wear when one is being shared at school?
More importantly, though, whatever possessed me to say at 7:30 this evening that I would make a crayon roll-up for each child in her class? That's 20 crayon roll-ups.
I got home at 8:00 from Girl Scouts, looked through fabric, began the project after that. I'm using the "hands around the world" fabric. I've NEVER made a crayon roll-up.

It's 11:45 in California. I have to be at Sierra's school at 8:20. Yay me.

Did you finish the crayon roll ups??? My goodness!

Woo-hoo...I never get in on a thread this early!!!



Oh gosh, I can relate! Doctors make me SO nervous. I had a routine physical yesterday, and I was very very very worked up about it. My BP and pulse measured high in the office, so I ended up having to get all kinds of scary tests run . The doc suggested I get a home monitor, so I bought a nice one at Target. Since I've been home and relaxed, I'm measuring completely normal . High BP runs in my family, so at some point I probably will need meds, but I'm hoping all the tests will come out OK and I can delay a bit. I know for sure that I have a serious case of white coat syndrome!

Hope your tests come back good. My DH is 27 and has high BP due to family history.
Oh and .. I love my doctor. He is great. My problem is nurses. I am hard to get an IV in or blood drawn. They stuck me 15 times when I had my DD!!! Everytime I see a nurse with a needle I tell her to leave immediately and send me to anesthesia! At least they numb you before they dig in your arm. :-o

Okay so I made page number 2!!

I wanted to post the pics of the top I made with the Hannah Montana fabric. The skirt is in these too. I just have to say that my daughter is a complete HAM and I need to get her on stage somewhere. She would LOVE it. I had to tell her I had enough pictures because she just kept posing!!!

Cute Hannah outfit! I love the flannel satin, but I know my poor DD would just be sweating in that.

I found you all. I am leaving today. Thank you so much for all the helpful advice and offers yesterday. You are a wonderful bunch of people. I am putting the issue behind me and I am going to have a wonderful vacation. I hope I see other people from the disboards there too.

How great that you can put it aside... I have a huge problem with that. Hope you have a wonderful trip!

Okay, HELP again! For all of you that just put your pictures directly on the computer without using a program, do you just not edit them or edit them in a program like snapfish or photobucket? I like to edit mine before they go to either of those places. I just don't find it fast to edit from those programs. I can put them directly on the computer, but can't edit them from there which I guess is my main issue. So maybe, a better question would be what editing programs does everyone like? I just usually crop the pictures, nothing else.

I usually edit in Photo Shop. Picassa is a free program made by google that you can download too. You can also interface it with some type of google images thing too. My DH uses it. I usually just open the camera drive in my program and then edit and then save.

I just posted, but my dd just fussed me for not telling about her and her siblings. I am married to a wonderful man in the USAF. We have four children. Our oldest is five yo Katie. She is our drama queen Next is our three year old son Lee. Lee is incredibly sweet, but has major attitude. Then comes Will who will be 2 in May. Will is in to EVERYTHING! Samantha (aka Sam) was born on he 16th of January. I stay at home with our children, and homeschool. This equates to lots of family fun... but sometimes too much family, lol. In all honesty, I love being a mom and I so look forward to dressing them in clothes made from love!

You must be one busy mum! I am busy with just the one!

Homeschool- YEAH!!!!! We also homeschool. Welcome to the wonderful world of the Disboard!!!!!

I plan on homeschooling too. good to know I can get some Disboard support!

Sadly fabricbliss.com is out of business.

awww. I didn't know they were out of business. How sad.

Welcome! Another homeschooling momma here. Sometimes dh jokes about it to friends that we make our own clothes, grow our own food, teach our own kids.... It is kind of cute..

I have joined FA (Fabric Anonymous) LOL. I have come to terms with the fact that I have TOO much fabric. So I have decided that I am not going to buy fabric for 100 days. Yes, I may be crazy and this is harder than Weight Watchers! I started on the 18th. I made my last purchase and it was a good one! Let's say I went out with a bang.

My 100 mark is May 29th. It is great because my birthday is June 2nd. So I am fabric shopping for my bday. I have so many wonderful wonderful prints that I have not even touched. I am taking the time to use what I have. Although, I am not sure sewing for 100 days will even scratch the surface! LOL

I admire you for this. Please don't tell my DH about this idea okay?


I have the rest of my mutli quote saved to my desktop..
I am sleepy and need to finish this dress I am working on!

I sorta got bad news at the doctor today. I have had 3 surgeries since having my c section delivery. My last surgery was about 3 or 4 months ago, and I had these cysts on my ovaries. I usually have cysts but apparently these were what he called "the bad kind". He told me today that I have endometriosis on my ovaries. Apparently they forgot to call and tell me when my pathology reports came in. He said it took longer than my follow up visit.
He talked about some kind of shot that started with an L to make my body think I am in menopause because he really doesn't want to do a full hysterectomy just yet. We've been talking about the hysterectomy for about a year now I think. My uterus has issues too..
Anywho.. just needed to vent a little. If anyone has any experience with this shot(Luprin I think?) let me know please. Kinda scares me, but at least it isn't as bad at having a hysterctomy!

I'll be posting my Minnie and Mickey Vida soon and my Mardi Gras outfit... just not tonight!

 

[Disney 4 Me]

Great job on all of the customs!! I just had to tell you that Aleah is my daughters favorite name!! We have several dolls named Aleah!

Your daughter has comes up with better names for her dolls than my girls. Let's see, we have a Rosie (pink dog), an Orangy (orangish dog), and the rest I believe are Minnie Mouse. Oh, we do have one Disney.

 

[Piper]

Piper..is this what you are looking for?

Fabric Organizer by Polar Notions: http://www.polarnotions.com/

There is also this one here:
http://www.shop.thefabricorganizer.com/main.sc


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That's it! Thanks so much.

 

[Piper]

Piper -

I was thinking of getting some of the comic book things - they are way cheaper http://www.bcwsupplies.com/prod-BBSIL.htm

has anyone else used these?

Those look good and are reasonably priced!!

 

[my*2*angels]

Great job on all of the customs!! I just had to tell you that Aleah is my daughters favorite name!! We have several dolls named Aleah!

Your daughter has comes up with better names for her dolls than my girls. Let's see, we have a Rosie (pink dog), an Orangy (orangish dog), and the rest I believe are Minnie Mouse. Oh, we do have one Disney.

LOL! I have to say my oldest is the one that comes up with the names! She got her first build a bear at 1yo and she named it Charly!! And she came up with the name all by herself! We now have Charly, Kurlow , Ally, Savannah, Hannah, Aleah, and Lucy! And we have twin babies named Alexa and Aleah. And we have several other Aleah's!!! Sometimes my 5yo wants us to call her Aleah!

 

[Haganfam5]

Cute Hannah outfit! I love the flannel satin, but I know my poor DD would just be sweating in that.

Thank you!~That is very true! It is still pretty CCCOOOLLLDD up here so with some tights and leggings it's fine for now.

Okay, accomplishment time for me. I SHIRRED!!!!

I am going to make a corset top for D5 but I have never even attempted shirring. So off to Joanns I went in search of elastic thread. I had my husband with me...OMG, did I just say my husband went into Joannns??? That is a first!!! He helped me find it on the notions wall. So tonight I went to work!! This is it, my very first attempt and I did it!! I will have to finish the top tomorrow. It's off to bed now. I was just so proud. and to all of you who are too afraid to attempt it, (Wendy ) Please do it! It's a blast and not as hard as it looks!

I know it's not perfect but it was a first for me!

(It is solid black. It's kinda distorted in the picture. I think because of the flash.)

 

[my*2*angels]

Thank you!~That is very true! It is still pretty CCCOOOLLLDD up here so with some tights and leggings it's fine for now.

Okay, accomplishment time for me. I SHIRRED!!!!

I am going to make a corset top for D5 but I have never even attempted shirring. So off to Joanns I went in search of elastic thread. I had my husband with me...OMG, did I just say my husband went into Joannns??? That is a first!!! He helped me find it on the notions wall. So tonight I went to work!! This is it, my very first attempt and I did it!! I will have to finish the top tomorrow. It's off to bed now. I was just so proud. and to all of you who are too afraid to attempt it, (Wendy ) Please do it! It's a blast and not as hard as it looks!

I know it's not perfect but it was a first for me!

(It is solid black. It's kinda distorted in the picture. I think because of the flash.)

I think it looks perfect!! Great job!

 

[hannah_03]

Thank you!~That is very true! It is still pretty CCCOOOLLLDD up here so with some tights and leggings it's fine for now.

Okay, accomplishment time for me. I SHIRRED!!!!

I am going to make a corset top for D5 but I have never even attempted shirring. So off to Joanns I went in search of elastic thread. I had my husband with me...OMG, did I just say my husband went into Joannns??? That is a first!!! He helped me find it on the notions wall. So tonight I went to work!! This is it, my very first attempt and I did it!! I will have to finish the top tomorrow. It's off to bed now. I was just so proud. and to all of you who are too afraid to attempt it, (Wendy ) Please do it! It's a blast and not as hard as it looks!

I know it's not perfect but it was a first for me!

(It is solid black. It's kinda distorted in the picture. I think because of the flash.)

Great job! Shirring kinda scares me

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Okay, I left my house this afternoon to transport a dog all over creation to get him to a vet and come home to soooo many pages.

Im loving the "firsts" pics- but way more talented than my firsts! The baby in pink at her first birthday is adorable!!! Love that- sometimes I forget how much I like a solid colored fabric with some highlights.

I am also rethinking my fairy tale outfit, think I might make a pair of pants in just the polkadot fabric to go with the edging- I feel like the outfit looks "pajama-y" as it stands.

I tried to find a pic of my first outfit- it wasnt truely MY first since this older lady at the church I used to go to invited me to her house to teach me- but really she sewed a lot of it- just one of those people who has to do it for you, rather than let you try. So I did about 50% of it. It was a McCalls pattern if I remember correctly and the directions for the bodice were awful and the sizing was waaay off. I wanted it to fit her at 6 months, and it did- sort of. But it fit her much better when she was like 12 months LOL. I used snap tape and it continually came unsnapped- it was the first thing I posted here. I didnt do much else til I joined this thread a year ago.
The Feliz is the hardest thing I've done, but I can often work my way thru a commercial pattern now.
Carla's patterns have taught me a lot, but they spoil me too.

Im in pain tonight from sitting in the drivers seat all afternoon. Baby is wiggly and kicking ALL the time now which is fun.
We are discussing name options in our household- anyone care to offer suggestions?

DH likes Kaelyn (but we were going to do this last time and went with Megan instead- I feel like they sound too similar)
He also likes Kathryn (WHO spells it that way!)
I like Elizabeth, but he doesnt.
he likes Rachel.
I like Anna.
maybe Kaitlyn- but its very popular.
I love old names, he doesnt
he doesnt like names with too many syllables (I think he prefers 2, maybe 3)

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I sorta got bad news at the doctor today. I have had 3 surgeries since having my c section delivery. My last surgery was about 3 or 4 months ago, and I had these cysts on my ovaries. I usually have cysts but apparently these were what he called "the bad kind". He told me today that I have endometriosis on my ovaries. Apparently they forgot to call and tell me when my pathology reports came in. He said it took longer than my follow up visit.
He talked about some kind of shot that started with an L to make my body think I am in menopause because he really doesn't want to do a full hysterectomy just yet. We've been talking about the hysterectomy for about a year now I think. My uterus has issues too..
Anywho.. just needed to vent a little. If anyone has any experience with this shot(Luprin I think?) let me know please. Kinda scares me, but at least it isn't as bad at having a hysterctomy!

I'll be posting my Minnie and Mickey Vida soon and my Mardi Gras outfit... just not tonight!

I am so sorry to hear that. I hope that things work out for you. I have never heard of that shot. Did you try to look it up online. I always do so I can see what the side effects are. The side effects to some drugs scare me worse than the actual medical issue.

 

[mickeyjen]

You guys move to fast!! Seriously, I can't keep up!

More importantly, though, whatever possessed me to say at 7:30 this evening that I would make a crayon roll-up for each child in her class? That's 20 crayon roll-ups.
I got home at 8:00 from Girl Scouts, looked through fabric, began the project after that. I'm using the "hands around the world" fabric. I've NEVER made a crayon roll-up.

It's 11:45 in California. I have to be at Sierra's school at 8:20. Yay me.

You are one fabulous Aunt!!! The dress turned out great, and yay that you got 12 done last night! I'm working on ten right now and I'm always surprised by just how long those simple little things take!

Homeschool- YEAH!!!!! We also homeschool. Welcome to the wonderful world of the Disboard!!!!!

Count us in the homeschool club! I didn't know there were so many here!

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Im in pain tonight from sitting in the drivers seat all afternoon. Baby is wiggly and kicking ALL the time now which is fun.
We are discussing name options in our household- anyone care to offer suggestions?

DH likes Kaelyn (but we were going to do this last time and went with Megan instead- I feel like they sound too similar)
He also likes Kathryn (WHO spells it that way!)
I like Elizabeth, but he doesnt.
he likes Rachel.
I like Anna.
maybe Kaitlyn- but its very popular.
I love old names, he doesnt
he doesnt like names with too many syllables (I think he prefers 2, maybe 3)

A favorite name of mine is Kathleen Meredith. It kind of goes with the Kathryn name. And the kicking part was my favorite part too.

 

[karamat]

I have a question. Is there a way to reuse a pattern but in a different size? I used the XL size for DH pants but need the large for myself, but if I cut the pattern down to large then I can't use it again for XL ,correct?

I copy my patterns onto soil seperator cloth (sold at Loew's). It is thin, sticks to fabric (reduces the need for pinning) and comes in a huge roll for about $20.

READ THEM THEY ARE FAB! I suggest buying the set because you will breeze through them. I the series too! i need to watch it again now that I have read the books. Warning the series is different from the books! VERY different but I look at it as an enhancement of the characters. I will say I do LOVE ERIC though OMG a big strong Viking! You need to get the books! Let me know if you do we can chat

I read the first book a couple of weeks ago. I think I have all of the remaining ones (that are in paperback) - picked them up through PaperBackSwap.com - I need to get through them so I can swap them for more books!! I also really want to rent the DVD of True Blood.

 

[tinashaver]

So hear is one of DD outfits but I am thinking about putting buttons in the shape of a bow on top of the mickey embroidery and make it minnie? What do you think? The bottel cap is not attached yet and I picked up some of the mickey head buttons and might put that on instead I did not have a pattern for the top it was CASEd and the pants are Carlas easy fit.

And then her are some resent pics of DD in her new pettie! Thank you eeyore3847!

 

[billwendy]

Thank you!~That is very true! It is still pretty CCCOOOLLLDD up here so with some tights and leggings it's fine for now.

Okay, accomplishment time for me. I SHIRRED!!!!

I am going to make a corset top for D5 but I have never even attempted shirring. So off to Joanns I went in search of elastic thread. I had my husband with me...OMG, did I just say my husband went into Joannns??? That is a first!!! He helped me find it on the notions wall. So tonight I went to work!! This is it, my very first attempt and I did it!! I will have to finish the top tomorrow. It's off to bed now. I was just so proud. and to all of you who are too afraid to attempt it, (Wendy ) Please do it! It's a blast and not as hard as it looks!

I know it's not perfect but it was a first for me!

(It is solid black. It's kinda distorted in the picture. I think because of the flash.)

YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That looks sooooo AWESOME!!!!!!! How was it? What directions did you follow???? GREAT JOB!!!!! Im still askeered to try!!

 

[twob4him]

Are you kiddin me? We moved??? and I am on page 13??? Yeesh...I missed the whole thing. And can anyone help me move my sewing stuff over...its really heavy after the sale at Joann's and all of the fabric I just bought!

OK I update my trippie again...just a taste of Epcot day. I am going to catch up here and head to bed!

 

[aimeeg]

ERRRRRRRRRRRRR I lost my multi quote!!! So frustrating!!

Thank you all so much. It was a tough sewing week. Nothing seemed to go my way. You all are being so sweet because I can see ever place my thread broke on my appliques.

Leslie- I cannot wait to see what you do with the Capt Jack for the big give. When we get home I am going to redo Han's tank. She really really likes it but the mistakes are driving me crazy! Seriously what is wrong with me.

Piping- I adore piping. I do have a piping foot. I find it essential. It is pretty easy to put on piping. I can take pictures the next time I sew on piping which should be tomorrow. There are a couple of little tricks.

GREAT IDEA LESLIE!!!

I started sewing in June of 2007. So that makes me around 20 months. OMG my old stuff is horrible. I pulled out a bunch of stuff that I made last Christmas and thought I can believe I put this on my kids! Oh well- I was proud and the loved it.

Here is my first project- (I thought how hard could it be! It had a zipper!!)

This is my first custom- My DD was three and she wore this to her baby sisters first bday.

This is my favorite recent custom.

My husband said these were his favorites. I forced him to answer me. LOL

 

[twob4him]

I just posted this on the last thread. I guess we started the new one while I was typing. Here's a copy of the post.

Wow Kathy...thats a lot of sewing and I can't wait to see pics of the gkids in everything!!!! Have a wonderful trip and I hope the weather cooperates!

I have joined FA (Fabric Anonymous) LOL. I have come to terms with the fact that I have TOO much fabric. So I have decided that I am not going to buy fabric for 100 days. Yes, I may be crazy and this is harder than Weight Watchers! I started on the 18th. I made my last purchase and it was a good one! Let's say I went out with a bang.

My 100 mark is May 29th. It is great because my birthday is June 2nd. So I am fabric shopping for my bday. I have so many wonderful wonderful prints that I have not even touched. I am taking the time to use what I have. Although, I am not sure sewing for 100 days will even scratch the surface! LOL

Aimee...can we see a picture of your stash??? Pretty please???? I am that addicted. I need to see stashes. Sick I know


OK I only got to page 4. I also wanted to thank KIM for coming to get us over on #11!!!

 

[aimeeg]

Sure! I am going to get it all tidy this weekend and then snap a few pictures. Right now it is sort of overflowing to say the least. I was working on putting everything in its place two days ago and got sidetracked.