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

[ireland_nicole]

Love the Boo dress! I think she's adorable! And I too am jealous of a large ground floor sewing room; mine's upstairs and I almost never use it because I have to watch the kids, etc. For the last week I've comandeered the dining table; at some point my family is probably going to want to eat there again, but for now I'm getting a lot done!

Oh, and a dumb question. I've been thinking about the YCMT patterns, but am using simplicity and McCalls for now. How do you make an actual pattern to cut around w/ the e-patterns?

 

[Adi12982]

Oh, and a dumb question. I've been thinking about the YCMT patterns, but am using simplicity and McCalls for now. How do you make an actual pattern to cut around w/ the e-patterns?

They all have instructions then the last bunch of pages (at least for Carla C patterns) are pages your print out - for pieces larger than one sheet of paper it shows you where to put them together with the next page. It is very easy If you are going to make loads of outfits from the same outfit over and over, I know some people will trace the pattern over to butcher paper or onto a shower curtain liner for durability. . . I've just printed. .

 

[revrob]

Would you mind sharing how much it cost??? I'd like to know how much I need to save, for one day in the VERY distant future. I have tried to find out online but all I've found is that the imagine wave is $200 more. . . but dunno how much the imagine is.

THANKS!

I don't mind sharing. I paid $1199 for my Imagine. Again, not cheap, but I'll have it forever! After being frustrated with my serger and dreading using it and dealing with servicing that cost a fortune, I felt that I would rather have a serger that I would enjoy using for a very long time rather than replacing an "inexpensive" one. I tend to be hard on machines for some reason. I want themto last.

 

[2cutekidz]

I was thinking about making the double layered stripwork twirl skirt but the pattern only goes to 5T. How hard would it be to make it larger? (I'm very new to sewing!)
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/...Make-a-Double-Layer-Stripwork-Twirl-Skirt.htm

I don't use pattern for my stripwork skirts. I make the waistband 1 1/2 times the waist measurement. (for a 22 inch waist I make a waistband 33 inches) I usually use 4-5 different fabric for the strips at 4 inches wide. Maybe 4 strips of each fabric. I can give better directions if you need the.

Here's a stripwork I made for the Big Give...

 

[carrie6466]

Wow Jenny! I love your room. I want my own sewing room so bad. That is one of the requirements for when we start looking for a house. You have most of the fabrics that people are looking for over on the fabric swap thread.

I go on the fabric swap thread all the time and that was one of the first things I noticed in looking at this picture

 

[mirandag819]

I go on the fabric swap thread all the time and that was one of the first things I noticed in looking at this picture

LOL! I know that is the first thing I noticed too! The monster Inc and Mickey Swirl fabric I have been craving. Then I noticed the nice set up, it is a great sewing room and wonderful fabric selection. Can we come shop there?

 

[carrie6466]

My DH was being really sweet and just informed me that he ordered me a serger for our anniversary next week! I'm totally shocked because in 22 yrs, we've never exchanged anniverserary gifts per se, we usually buy something together we want for the house or take a trip or something.

Anyway...he got me a Brother 4-3-2 serger on HSN. Is this good? I know next to nothing about sergers, but apparently he heard me talking to my friend about seeing them online and went ahead and jumped in with both feet. It's going to be here in a few days.

Anything I need to know?

 

[billwendy]

LOL! I know that is the first thing I noticed too! The monster Inc and Mickey Swirl fabric I have been craving. Then I noticed the nice set up, it is a great sewing room and wonderful fabric selection. Can we come shop there?

I thought we should play I spy with the fabric on those shelves!! I spy mickey/minnie disco dot????

 

[surfergirl602]

I don't use pattern for my stripwork skirts. I make the waistband 1 1/2 times the waist measurement. (for a 22 inch waist I make a waistband 33 inches) I usually use 4-5 different fabric for the strips at 4 inches wide. Maybe 4 strips of each fabric. I can give better directions if you need the.

Here's a stripwork I made for the Big Give...

I would LOVE some instructions! That is actually just what I am looking for! I am not the best sewer - I've only just started, but I am determined to not have to "buy" my kids clothes this year for our trip.

 

[Kayleebug]

I don't use pattern for my stripwork skirts. I make the waistband 1 1/2 times the waist measurement. (for a 22 inch waist I make a waistband 33 inches) I usually use 4-5 different fabric for the strips at 4 inches wide. Maybe 4 strips of each fabric. I can give better directions if you need the.

Here's a stripwork I made for the Big Give...

I would love instructions for this. My DD would LOVE it!

 

[fairygoodmother]

Sierra is wayyyyy smarter than I am. She took one look at the picture of her Raggedy Ann dress and said "it needs red on it". She was right.

Here are both Ann and Andy. I did find out that the little girl who is Andy has a very long torso, so of course Andy's one piece costume is a little tight. That's a good lesson - always get measurements.

I did just use satin ribbons for the apron straps. The elastic in the portrait peasant top "gives" enough. So here they are:

 

[NaeNae]

Would you mind sharing how much it cost??? I'd like to know how much I need to save, for one day in the VERY distant future. I have tried to find out online but all I've found is that the imagine wave is $200 more. . . but dunno how much the imagine is.

THANKS!

I have the imagine wave and I paid $1600 for it.

 

[poohnpigletCA]

Sierra is wayyyyy smarter than I am. She took one look at the picture of her Raggedy Ann dress and said "it needs red on it". She was right.

Here are both Ann and Andy. I did find out that the little girl who is Andy has a very long torso, so of course Andy's one piece costume is a little tight. That's a good lesson - always get measurements.

I did just use satin ribbons for the apron straps. The elastic in the portrait peasant top "gives" enough. So here they are:

The dance teacher LOVED the costumes so much that they get to do their solo dance at the street fair.

 

[twob4him]

Awesome costumes, Boo applique and sewing room (and stash!). I would lock up at night the way the girls are talking on here J/K!


So, I really got to try out the borrowed machine (Janome 10000). Don't know if anyone else beside Steph rides horses but I feel like I climbed off a nice servicable lesson horse (my machine), and climbed onto an Olympic Dressage horse. First, I really like the auto threader and the knee lift. I am so used to using a peddle foot that I can't get used to the on/off button. I went to applique something and there is a whole applique section. All I did was clicked on zig-zag...and it started. It stitched around the applique perfectly....no gaps or uneven stitches...my machine can't even come close to it. Next, I can overlock the seams....way cool....not as good as a serger but much better than zig-zagging. Then I had to make button holes. I dread buttons. Well, there is this button-hole foot where you place the button in the back and it measures it. You literally put the presser foot down at the bottom and press start. It does the entire button-hole perfectly and squarely in about 15 seconds. When it was done, I started yelling "Look Look Look!!!" Everyone came running to see. Even my dh is impressed. OK I will stop gushing and show you the machine....tomorrow when I finish what I am making I will show you....then its onto trying to do an applique from swak....

In that last pic I was trying to show you the on/off button...oh and I forgot to tell you about the lock-o-matic stitch. When you start a straight stitch you press the reverse button once, and it will back up a few stitches and then continue forward with just one press of a button at the beginning and end of a seam. Oh yeah...and you can tell it to stop with the needle up or down. Ok I will definately shut up now....

 

[MouseTriper]

This is probably really silly, but please say a quick prayer for me today! It is just a stressful day and I feel like I might have a nervous breakdown! Nothing horrible going on, just stress! Sorry I don't have time to look or comment, but I have to get back to doing a million things!

Mindy

Prayers said! Hope you are okay!

 

[MouseTriper]

For anyone who has the April 27, 2009 People Magazine...there is a HIDDEN MICKEY in one of the pictures....can you find it???

 

[2cutekidz]

Okey Dokey...Double Layer Stripwork twirl skirt.

You first need to determine the length you want your skirt. Let's say we want our skirt 14" long. Your yoke (waistband) is 4" (you'll fold it in half lengthwise to make a 2" waistband), your ruffle is 4 (2" finished) and your stripwork strips will be 10 inches long.

I make my waistbands 1 1/2 the actual waist measurement. For a 22" waist the waist band would be 33 inches wide. (So the cutting measurement for our skirt would be 33"X4")

The width of your strips is really personal preference, and I usually make my strips a little smaller for the samller sizes.

We'll make our strips 4"X10. Choose 4 coordinating fabrics, and cut out 6 strips for each pattern. You'll have 24 strips. After I cut my fabrics I layer my strips in the order I want to sew them. Your top layer when all sewn toether will be around 84" long. Cut 2 pieces of your underskirt fabric 10"X42".

For ruffles, I double the skirt measurement, so you would need 4 4"X42" (or 2"X42" if you want to hem your ruffle)

Your cut pieces (for a 14" inch skirt with a 22" waist)

Waistband - 33"X4"
Stripwork layer - 24 4"X10" strips
Underskirt - 2 pieces 42"X10
Ruffle - 4 pieces 4"X42"

Putting it together

Waistband

Fold your waistband in half lengthwise and press. Sew the side seam (right sides together). Press seam to one side. Sew a casing 1" from the top of the waistband for the casing - leave a 2 inch opening near the seam for the elastic to go in. Set aside.

Top Stripwork Layer

Sew yours strips together (long way don't forget to finish or serge all of your seams. When all of you strips are sewn together, PRESS ALL THE SEAMS IN THE SAME DIRCTION. I topstitch each of my strips, but that's optional.

You can either turn your hem under or use bias tape to finish the hem on your top layer. I like to use a contrasting/coordinating bias tape. (You'll need 2 packages of bias tape) Set aside.

Take your underskirt fabric - right sides together - and sew one of the side seams. Check and make sure you top layer, and underskirt layer are the same width and length. Trim it up if you need to. Sew the second side seam of your underskirt after you check the measurement. Sew the side seam on the top stripwork layer too. (Don't forget to press that last seam on the top layer.)

RUFFLE

Sew your strips together (end to end, right sides together) and THEN press your looooong ruffle strip in half. By doing it this way, the seams will be on the inside of the ruffle and hidden. I use a ruffler to ruffle, I run a basting stitch to keep the fabric in place then I ruffle the strip.

Pin and sew your finished ruffle to the right side of the bottom of your underskirt fabric, press the seam to the underskirt and topstitch.

GATHERING THE SKIRT

I gather my underskirt and stripwork layer together at the same time. Place the underskirt under the top layer, and pin the 2 layers in place. Run your basting stitches ( I run 2 on this skirt) along the top of the skirt. Pull to gather to fit your waist band (33 inches) I only use the lowest basting stitch to gather - the other one is just to keep the layers together.

Take your waist band and pin it (right sides together!!) to your 2 skirt layers - I like my seam to be a side seam. Sew and attatch so your basting stitches don't show (Don't forget to adjust your machine's setting so it's not another basting stitch!!) Finish for serge the seam. Press the seam up towards the top of your waistband, and topstitch.

Insert your elastic, close the seam, and VIOLA!! You have a double layer stripwork skirt!! (I usually make my elastic 2 inches shorter than the actual waist measurement.)

These were sets for a Big Give (for sisters) and I used 6 fabrics with 4 strips each.

 

[danicaw]

Back. It was so hard to make it doesn't look anything like what I had planned and I think it's too long for the size it turned out being for. The only thing I do like is the fabric and my little jellyfish applique. Thank you for looking it's no where near as good as the things I have seen on here but it's a start.

I have this fabric! Love the Jellyfish applique - it turned out really cute!

So this is what I have been doing to un-stress - organize my sewing area. Dh is going to get me some wall shelves, and I also have a few other things that I need to put on the wall.

View of the whole room - what used to be our formal dining room - the disadvantage of that is that I am going to have to try and keep in clean and tidy all the time since it is in the front of our house! I think someday when the kids are older, I am moving my sewing area upstairs.

Just the sewing area...

Fabric stash...I have some flannels, and seasonal fabric upstair in the guest room..but the rest is here..

Ooooooo! Ahhhhhh!
I don't know which is cooler... all your space or that STASH!

Awesome costumes, Boo applique and sewing room (and stash!). I would lock up at night the way the girls are talking on here J/K!


So, I really got to try out the borrowed machine (Janome 10000). Don't know if anyone else beside Steph rides horses but I feel like I climbed off a nice servicable lesson horse (my machine), and climbed onto an Olympic Dressage horse. First, I really like the auto threader and the knee lift. I am so used to using a peddle foot that I can't get used to the on/off button. I went to applique something and there is a whole applique section. All I did was clicked on zig-zag...and it started. It stitched around the applique perfectly....no gaps or uneven stitches...my machine can't even come close to it. Next, I can overlock the seams....way cool....not as good as a serger but much better than zig-zagging. Then I had to make button holes. I dread buttons. Well, there is this button-hole foot where you place the button in the back and it measures it. You literally put the presser foot down at the bottom and press start. It does the entire button-hole perfectly and squarely in about 15 seconds. When it was done, I started yelling "Look Look Look!!!" Everyone came running to see. Even my dh is impressed. OK I will stop gushing and show you the machine....tomorrow when I finish what I am making I will show you....then its onto trying to do an applique from swak....

In that last pic I was trying to show you the on/off button...oh and I forgot to tell you about the lock-o-matic stitch. When you start a straight stitch you press the reverse button once, and it will back up a few stitches and then continue forward with just one press of a button at the beginning and end of a seam. Oh yeah...and you can tell it to stop with the needle up or down. Ok I will definately shut up now....

Sounds really cool!

Okey Dokey...Double Layer Stripwork twirl skirt.

You first need to determine the length you want your skirt. Let's say we want our skirt 14" long. Your yoke (waistband) is 4" (you'll fold it in half lengthwise to make a 2" waistband), your ruffle is 4 (2" finished) and your stripwork strips will be 10 inches long.

I make my waistbands 1 1/2 the actual waist measurement. For a 22" waist the waist band would be 33 inches wide. (So the cutting measurement for our skirt would be 33"X4")

The width of your strips is really personal preference, and I usually make my strips a little smaller for the samller sizes.

We'll make our strips 4"X10. Choose 4 coordinating fabrics, and cut out 6 strips for each pattern. You'll have 24 strips. After I cut my fabrics I layer my strips in the order I want to sew them. Your top layer when all sewn toether will be around 84" long. Cut 2 pieces of your underskirt fabric 10"X42".

For ruffles, I double the skirt measurement, so you would need 4 4"X42" (or 2"X42" if you want to hem your ruffle)

Your cut pieces (for a 14" inch skirt with a 22" waist)

Waistband - 33"X4"
Stripwork layer - 24 4"X10" strips
Underskirt - 2 pieces 42"X10
Ruffle - 4 pieces 4"X42"

Putting it together

Waistband

Fold your waistband in half lengthwise and press. Sew the side seam (right sides together). Press seam to one side. Sew a casing 1" from the top of the waistband for the casing - leave a 2 inch opening near the seam for the elastic to go in. Set aside.

Top Stripwork Layer

Sew yours strips together (long way don't forget to finish or serge all of your seams. When all of you strips are sewn together, PRESS ALL THE SEAMS IN THE SAME DIRCTION. I topstitch each of my strips, but that's optional.

You can either turn your hem under or use bias tape to finish the hem on your top layer. I like to use a contrasting/coordinating bias tape. (You'll need 2 packages of bias tape) Set aside.

Take your underskirt fabric - right sides together - and sew one of the side seams. Check and make sure you top layer, and underskirt layer are the same width and length. Trim it up if you need to. Sew the second side seam of your underskirt after you check the measurement. Sew the side seam on the top stripwork layer too. (Don't forget to press that last seam on the top layer.)

RUFFLE

Sew your strips together (end to end, right sides together) and THEN press your looooong ruffle strip in half. By doing it this way, the seams will be on the inside of the ruffle and hidden. I use a ruffler to ruffle, I run a basting stitch to keep the fabric in place then I ruffle the strip.

Pin and sew your finished ruffle to the right side of the bottom of your underskirt fabric, press the seam to the underskirt and topstitch.

GATHERING THE SKIRT

I gather my underskirt and stripwork layer together at the same time. Place the underskirt under the top layer, and pin the 2 layers in place. Run your basting stitches ( I run 2 on this skirt) along the top of the skirt. Pull to gather to fit your waist band (33 inches) I only use the lowest basting stitch to gather - the other one is just to keep the layers together.

Take your waist band and pin it (right sides together!!) to your 2 skirt layers - I like my seam to be a side seam. Sew and attatch so your basting stitches don't show (Don't forget to adjust your machine's setting so it's not another basting stitch!!) Finish for serge the seam. Press the seam up towards the top of your waistband, and topstitch.

Insert your elastic, close the seam, and VIOLA!! You have a double layer stripwork skirt!! (I usually make my elastic 2 inches shorter than the actual waist measurement.)

These were sets for a Big Give (for sisters) and I used 6 fabrics with 4 strips each.

Thank You! I am going to save this! can't wait to try it!

 

[jessica52877]

Awesome costumes, Boo applique and sewing room (and stash!). I would lock up at night the way the girls are talking on here J/K!


So, I really got to try out the borrowed machine (Janome 10000). Don't know if anyone else beside Steph rides horses but I feel like I climbed off a nice servicable lesson horse (my machine), and climbed onto an Olympic Dressage horse. First, I really like the auto threader and the knee lift. I am so used to using a peddle foot that I can't get used to the on/off button. I went to applique something and there is a whole applique section. All I did was clicked on zig-zag...and it started. It stitched around the applique perfectly....no gaps or uneven stitches...my machine can't even come close to it. Next, I can overlock the seams....way cool....not as good as a serger but much better than zig-zagging. Then I had to make button holes. I dread buttons. Well, there is this button-hole foot where you place the button in the back and it measures it. You literally put the presser foot down at the bottom and press start. It does the entire button-hole perfectly and squarely in about 15 seconds. When it was done, I started yelling "Look Look Look!!!" Everyone came running to see. Even my dh is impressed. OK I will stop gushing and show you the machine....tomorrow when I finish what I am making I will show you....then its onto trying to do an applique from swak....

In that last pic I was trying to show you the on/off button...oh and I forgot to tell you about the lock-o-matic stitch. When you start a straight stitch you press the reverse button once, and it will back up a few stitches and then continue forward with just one press of a button at the beginning and end of a seam. Oh yeah...and you can tell it to stop with the needle up or down. Ok I will definately shut up now....

LOL! You know you can never go back now! Aren't they just dreamy enough to sew on! If you never did 1 machine applique I am sure you'll still love this machine!

I can't wait to see what you do end up doing though!

 

[pixeegrl]

Sure, I got it from Stich on Time. Here is a link: http://stitchontime.com/osc/product_info.php?products_id=1575

It was my first one, but I thought it stiched out pretty easy. My DH has called DD Boo since she was born so she LOVES Boo.

I loved how the applique came out, but I'm not crazy about the dress..... I will probably redo another Boo dress once I get a little better, hopefully before Disney in August. DD was excited about the dress.... she didn't care it was a little crooked and I messed up the bottom ruffle.

OOHHH, I just love her stuff. I haven't stitched anything out yet so it's nice to have a look at one someone else has. Looks great!