Disboutiquers Part 13 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[jessica52877]

OMG! You all have really fab stuff on here.

I really can't sew that well. Would love to take a class someday, but until that happens, I will keep doing simple stuff. I am going to attempt to add a Mickey Head to a dress that I bought dd. Of course, I will practice first on something else.

QUESTION........

How in the world do I get this Mickey head on?

I was planning on cutting the Mickey Head out, bonding it to the dress, then sewing around the Mickey Head with tiny zigzags. I wasn't going to fold any of the edges down b/c I figured this would mess up around the curves. Am I on track here? Or should I just forget about it before I waste my time?

Yes, on the right track. You'll want to use either Heat N Bond lite or Wonder Under. You'll fuse the fabric to it or it to the fabric and then the mickey head to the dress.

 

[coteau_chick]

I just made Morgan a Fawn outfit that she cannot wait to show Fawn. I "hope" Fawn likes it LOL

I just found your trip report-your little one is ADORABLE!!!!!

Did you read about my day in Epcot with the bird flying into my face??? I tried to call you to get your address. I want to send Morgan something. Call me or PM me it if you don't mind. I am so behind on the things I need to do. I have been wanting to ask you for your address to send something. It is just one thing after another around here. I haven't had a break since our trip. I need another vacation. Maybe next time I go to Disney World we can meet up. Grace still wears the dress you made her. She loves it. She was so sick last week she had fever for seven days and fever blisters in her mouth and throat and on her lips and face. It was a virus. I started babysitting my great niece the week after we came home from Disney. She is Grace's age. I feel like I have twins running around here. One of them unplugged my sewing machine today while I was sewing my FIRST applique. I made a name pillow. It came out alright. My S and C are wonky. The E came out almost perfect. I just need more practice. I guess I talked your head off enough. I better just hit the reply button

 

[coteau_chick]

I just have to show all of you my dd Courtney's prom picture. My baby is growing up so fast. She is such a good girl. I am so proud of her. I guess I bragged enough. I just wanted to share my picture.

This is her boyfriend Lance. I have a funny story. For homecoming dance Courtney was having trouble pinning on Lance's flower. I decided to help. I ended out breaking the rose bud off of the stem. She was so mad at me. I guess he told his mom because she bought him the band for his arm with flowers in it for prom. She told me not to worry about getting him a flower she would take care of it. You can see it in the picture.

 

[livndisney]

Did you read about my day in Epcot with the bird flying into my face??? I tried to call you to get your address. I want to send Morgan something. Call me or PM me it if you don't mind. I am so behind on the things I need to do. I have been wanting to ask you for your address to send something. It is just one thing after another around here. I haven't had a break since our trip. I need another vacation. Maybe next time I go to Disney World we can meet up. Grace still wears the dress you made her. She loves it. She was so sick last week she had fever for seven days and fever blisters in her mouth and throat and on her lips and face. It was a virus. I started babysitting my great niece the week after we came home from Disney. She is Grace's age. I feel like I have twins running around here. One of them unplugged my sewing machine today while I was sewing my FIRST applique. I made a name pillow. It came out alright. My S and C are wonky. The E came out almost perfect. I just need more practice. I guess I talked your head off enough. I better just hit the reply button

Oh That is tooo funny! Did you try to call tonight? I missed a call and saw it was a LA # and thought of you LOL.

Sorry little Grace is sick.

 

[danicaw]

off topic.....

Anyone have "pink" crocs. Not the cotton candy color or neon pink, but the official pink?
We ordered Crocs for my nieces birthdays and the pink pair we got, well the color was/is a surprise to me. Its not what I expected and I am not lovin it.
Its like a Salmon color. Darker than I thought it would be. Anyone seen these... this color?
Am I nuts? Pink just doesn't sum it up for me.
Hubby says they are fine... but I am longing for an exchange.
Just needed to whine somewhere... Thanks for letting me.

The Jibbitz we have for her totally clashes with the shoe color. Ick.
So, which will be easier... new jibbitz or new shoes
All three nieces birthdays are this week so we have a big weekend coming.

Ok, some pics...

What we got for the three girls..... gee thats a big pic... sorry.

the pair I am struggling with.... I was expecting the pink in the jibbitz flower to match the color...... and well, it doesn't
sorry for the pic quality... off my phone. Ok, thanks for letting me vent a bit...sorry for being off topic.

 

[coteau_chick]

Oh That is tooo funny! Did you try to call tonight? I missed a call and saw it was a LA # and thought of you LOL.

Sorry little Grace is sick.

Yes I tried to call earlier.

 

[danicaw]

Cute couple! Love that they coordinate.
Her dress looks elegant, fun and comfortable - a hard combo to find.
Love the flower story.
Great pics.. thanks for sharing them.

 

[billwendy]

I have mine set at 3 across the board for regular surging. Sometimes I have to go up or down a hlf a spot for different fabrics depending on the weight. For the rolled edge hem I use the settings in the book for the one that rolls under completely. I will look in my manual tonight and give you the numbers. Sometimes i have to increase the tension in the bottom thread depending on the fabric, but for just regular cotton fabric it works really well. I need to do a thorough cleaning on mine. I find that when my stitches don't look quite right and I think the tension is off it is usually some lint or thread stuck in the works somewhere.

Do you use 1 needle or 2 - do you use 3 threads or 4??? sorry, Im just not always getting the consistant stitching that I would like - I wanna try what you are doing!!! Thanks!!!

off topic.....

Anyone have "pink" crocs. Not the cotton candy color or neon pink, but the official pink?
We ordered Crocs for my nieces birthdays and the pink pair we got, well the color was/is a surprise to me. Its not what I expected and I am not lovin it.
Its like a Salmon color. Darker than I thought it would be. Anyone seen these... this color?
Am I nuts? Pink just doesn't sum it up for me.
Hubby says they are fine... but I am longing for an exchange.
Just needed to whine somewhere... Thanks for letting me.

The Jibbitz we have for her totally clashes with the shoe color. Ick.
So, which will be easier... new jibbitz or new shoes
All three nieces birthdays are this week so we have a big weekend coming.

Ok, some pics...

What we got for the three girls..... gee thats a big pic... sorry.

the pair I am struggling with.... I was expecting the pink in the jibbitz flower to match the color...... and well, it doesn't
sorry for the pic quality... off my phone. Ok, thanks for letting me vent a bit...sorry for being off topic.

Ewww - I dont like that either - is it peach?????? I just got a crocs order in today for the neices as well - Im so worried about sizes for them!!!

 

[danicaw]

Ewww - I dont like that either - is it peach?????? I just got a crocs order in today for the neices as well - Im so worried about sizes for them!!!

Yeah! Thats it, its a dark peach.
Sizes are funny for crocs, I a worried about that also.

I asked my DS5 what color it is... first he said, pink, then he said orange and then he said light red....then he looked up at me and asked me what color it was.... it made me laugh.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Gorgeous!!!! I love her gown!

off topic.....

Anyone have "pink" crocs. Not the cotton candy color or neon pink, but the official pink?

the pair I am struggling with

DD and I both have this color crocs. I agree...it's completely mis-named. It is a salmon color. I do find that they match with a brown/khaki tone outfits though- which is what we typically wear them with.

Thought I would share some of my latest sewing....

T-shirt for ds for dinner at Ohana....

Close up:

This is for dd..and I am not sure if I really like the "flower" buttons that I used on the applique. I still have to do the button holes.

Close-up:

Little Einstein for ds - oops, just realized that I never went back and finish up Leo's hair because I didn't have any matching thread.

Close-up:

I am also making dd a June applique on a Vida dress when I broke my serger! So I will share that later when I am done.

Gorgeous Jenny!!! Love the O'Hana one!!!


So I need group support about Carla's new pattern. Knowing, as some of you do, how slow I am at sewing, do you think I can finish it in a week after work???? Aisling is going away to Maine with my mom for a week. I want to make Snow White's rag dress for her and I think Carla's new pattern is perfect for it. But it's way more detailed than my past projects. Since we are keeping the trip a secret, I have to sew in secret. I can do it in a week, right??? right???

 

[ibesue]

I saved the fabric and made a skirt from the FUBAR dress. I am happy overall and also learned how to do the waistband with zipper skirt.

FUBAR dress

Good job!! Is FUBUR a pattern?? I thought it was just initials for something that I didn't know???

I just have to show all of you my dd Courtney's prom picture. My baby is growing up so fast. She is such a good girl. I am so proud of her. I guess I bragged enough. I just wanted to share my picture.

This is her boyfriend Lance. I have a funny story. For homecoming dance Courtney was having trouble pinning on Lance's flower. I decided to help. I ended out breaking the rose bud off of the stem. She was so mad at me. I guess he told his mom because she bought him the band for his arm with flowers in it for prom. She told me not to worry about getting him a flower she would take care of it. You can see it in the picture.

She is beautiful! They make a really cute couple! And I see they have been together for a while since you had issues at homecoming! I saw that in the picture before reading your story and I did wonder how things had changed since my last one went to a formal dance!

off topic.....The Jibbitz we have for her totally clashes with the shoe color. Ick.
So, which will be easier... new jibbitz or new shoes
All three nieces birthdays are this week so we have a big weekend coming.

Ok, some pics...

What we got for the three girls..... gee thats a big pic... sorry.

the pair I am struggling with.... I was expecting the pink in the jibbitz flower to match the color...... and well, it doesn't
sorry for the pic quality... off my phone. Ok, thanks for letting me vent a bit...sorry for being off topic.

I would call them peach too! They would be pretty with other colors, just don't match the pink!

Gorgeous!!!! I love her gown!
So I need group support about Carla's new pattern. Knowing, as some of you do, how slow I am at sewing, do you think I can finish it in a week after work???? Aisling is going away to Maine with my mom for a week. I want to make Snow White's rag dress for her and I think Carla's new pattern is perfect for it. But it's way more detailed than my past projects. Since we are keeping the trip a secret, I have to sew in secret. I can do it in a week, right??? right???

I am a slow sewer too. I made a tiny one, 6 mo size in a couple of days with just sewing occasionally. You can do it!

 

[kmbyoung94]

Back from our 9 day trip, we had a great time. We stayed at the Pop and had GREAT bus service. The girls got lots of comments on their custom outfits, except they didn't want to dress the same on this trip so they wore their matching outfits on different days. Guess it had to come to an end sometime. The only disappointment was Jenna was so excited to see Tink and she wanted to save her Tink outfit for that day. So we get to Toontown early, still have a 45 minute wait and then Tink doesn't say a word about her outfit. She was pretty disappointed. This is the outfit:

I don't think she will ever want to go see the fairies again .

I want to start planning another trip, but I told dh that I wouldn't ask for another one until after we went on a big ski trip out to Colorado. Plus I want to see Disney with all the holiday lights, so hopefully in about 20 months we can go again.

Now time to download all the pictures and try and catch up.

Emily

I am so sorry to hear that. The outfit is too cute! I love it!

 

[KARAJ]

Thought I would share some of my latest sewing....

T-shirt for ds for dinner at Ohana....

Close up:

This is for dd..and I am not sure if I really like the "flower" buttons that I used on the applique. I still have to do the button holes.

Close-up:

Little Einstein for ds - oops, just realized that I never went back and finish up Leo's hair because I didn't have any matching thread.

Close-up:

I am also making dd a June applique on a Vida dress when I broke my serger! So I will share that later when I am done.

Would you mind sharing where you got the appliques for the Little Einsteins?? I have been looking for one for Hollywood Studios and I really like that one.

And, I LOVE your Minnie with the flower buttons!!

 

[Stephres]

I'm sorry I haven't been active on this thread. It's been very busy and some personal stuff has kept me occupied. I finally took some nice pictures of the flamingo dress with non-sunburned Megan.

This dress took me a couple of hours to make, from printing out the pieces to sewing the hem. It was very easy and quick!

The next one I haven't even let her wear once because we haven't made it to church and Heather said, why don't you let her wear it to school? So I did, today. It came back with some dirt on the bottom but ok otherwise:

This one took a bit longer because it has a collar, sleeves and a sash but not too much. I am sure you could do it in a week, a little at a time.

I used snaps on the back and when she bends over they come unsnapped so I don't think I'll do that again. I was trying to be lazy and not worry about buttons!

 

[praline3001]

WOW you gals sure gab a lot

I leave for half a day and it takes me an hour to catch up

I love all the outfits ~ that tink one is really cute... too bad the real tink didn't notice

I love the prom dress too~ Very sassy!!!

I just got the photos of the EE dress I was having made for my DD. Remember I DO NOT SEW NOR DO I KNOW HOW
I helped a great deal with the design and patterns but someone else did the work...
Also ~ the full shot the color is really off the white is bright white and the teal is a bright teal...

Maybe you can see the colors better in this shot

The white has a cracked ice look to it

 

[emcreative]

The Everest dress is "da BOMB" (as my 12 yo said!)

 

[MinnieVanMom]

FUBAR is not a pattern but an outfit gone bad. It stands for F***ed up beyond all repair. Sorry for the language.

Wendy, Here is my first attempt of a design for Daniel. I will make many more and you just take what you need and iron out on a shirt if you would please. Or how about just D/L them for now and then as I finish all the designs maybe ask him which one he likes best. I know you will know what to do.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

This dress took me a couple of hours to make, from printing out the pieces to sewing the hem. It was very easy and quick!

The next one I haven't even let her wear once because we haven't made it to church and Heather said, why don't you let her wear it to school? So I did, today. It came back with some dirt on the bottom but ok otherwise:

I sure hope that the problems will get resolved. You have been in our prayers. The dresses are beautiful and love the flamigo one the best! Super job.

 

[KARAJ]

Does anyone know if you can use a ruffler foot on a singer futura??

Well I just bought one to try on my Futura. I just got home from Joannes like 20 minutes ago I will let you know if it even fits on. I have searched a couple of places and found no answer on if it does take it or not, but Joannes had one for $15.00 so I picked it up while I was grabbing $2.99 Tutti Fruity fabric I figured I will keep looking for a definite yes or no on if it will work. I REALLY want it to be a yes. I just got my Futura 250 about two and a half weeks ago so I do not know much about it.
If you find out please let me know!!

 

[mirandag819]

Yep I am totally addicted now.... easy fit pants, then the simply sweet with a boo applique, and now I have made a stripwork twirl skirt. Thanks so much for the instructions Leslie! They were really easy to understand and follow. I am really happy with how it came out, I LOVE the skirt, I am still not sure about the shirt.... I didn't get the positioning of the mickey heads exactly how I pictured, so I may redo it.. but here are some pics of DD's animal kingdom outfit.

A twirl shot

Since I am not crazy about the shirt and might redo it, I slipped a black tank on to see which I liked better, I can't decide.... do you think the white or black goes better?

Okay now I have a cute story to share...... DH is in Iraq.... he called Taylor a week or so ago and told her he was sending her Aladin's magic lamp. I thought it was very sweet until she started talking about the Genie coming out and getting to make a wish. I didn't want her to be all sad about Daddy's sweet present so I started prying and asking what she would wish for. She told me over and over again she was going to wish for a bike. So today my mom was watching DD and the package from daddy arrived. I decided to run home at lunch.

Here she is opening her lamp and rubbing it to make a wish

Thankfully she still wished for a bike.

She opened her eyes and looked inside the lamp and was like
"there is no bike in here"

My mom then asked her where she would ride a bike.....she screamed outside and ran to the door. She flung open the door and saw her bike sitting on the porch.

Here she is celebrating

She kept yelling "I knew it, I knew it! Daddy said it was a magic lamp!" She also kept talking about how fast the Genie was, that she didn't even see him fly out of the lamp and to the porch. I would love to be that young again where you really believe a Genie put the bike there and not that mommy dropped it off on her way inside 5 mins earlier. I was so sweet and she keeps telling me how she has the best Daddy to find her Aladin's lamp and that she will never give it to Aladin not even at Disney World.

With her lamp and bike

Okay sorry for the long post, I thought it was so cute and had to share.