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

[eeyore3847]

DS did take an ok picture of the dress. I think the problem is the person wearing it.

you look amazing!!!! love the dress too!

 

[*Toadstool*]

Have any of you ever seen Buzz Lightyear applique designs for an embroidery machine?????

Did you find one yet??

Good morning all!!
I ordered the serger from Hancock Fabrics - it should be here in a few days - but now I need help with the Thread. What do you buy?? Do you have to buy 4 cones of each color?? Does anyone know of some somewhat inexpensive thread, or sets of thread?? I am going to get some books on how to use it, but I want to be able to hit the ground running when it does get here!

Just wanted to tell you that Joann has the Maxi lock cones on sale for around 2 dollars a spool. This is a GREAT deal!!! I ordered 1 of every color, and I plan on buying these big plastic serger spools that my dealer sells that you can wind other colors on so you don't have to have several spools of each.
Joann is putting their Maxi Lock on clearance because they are going to start carrying another brand. I think it is Madiera? I am not sure.

Sorry for the drive by posts. I am not feeling well.

 

[lovesdumbo]

DS did take an ok picture of the dress. I think the problem is the person wearing it.

It is fun and funky dress made out of batik. I think it will be good for Epcot or even MNSSHP?

That dress looks awesome! Your DS did a great job taking the photos! I wouldn't call it funky-I think you could wear it almost anywhere.

you could also add a little extra length under the arm....

I didn't want to mess with that curved seam........

I am not feeling well.

Hope you're feeling better soon!

 

[froggy33]

DS did take an ok picture of the dress. I think the problem is the person wearing it.

It is fun and funky dress made out of batik. I think it will be good for Epcot or even MNSSHP?

This is so nice! I am planning on making a bubble skirt for myself, but I am a little hesitant as I have never made anything for an adult! A skirt should be pretty easy though. I don't know if I would tackle a top - yours is amazing though!!

Just wanted to tell you that Joann has the Maxi lock cones on sale for around 2 dollars a spool. This is a GREAT deal!!! I ordered 1 of every color, and I plan on buying these big plastic serger spools that my dealer sells that you can wind other colors on so you don't have to have several spools of each.
Joann is putting their Maxi Lock on clearance because they are going to start carrying another brand. I think it is Madiera? I am not sure.

Sorry for the drive by posts. I am not feeling well.

Thank you! Did you have to order online or do they have them in the store?? I was looking at Maxi Lock - I hear they are pretty good threads! I also like the idea of winding onto another spool. I don't know that I would need 1000-3000 yards of each color!!

Hope you feel better!

Jessica

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Arrrrrrr....
Its official, my central air and my dishwaser are both busted.
AC repair can't come til tomorrow- it is 80 degrees at least in my house!!! Fans just dont cut it. No sewing for me til that gets fixed- my feet are HUGE!
AND- my dishwasher is not working- can't come til NEXT WED to fix that!!!

Oh well, guess life just rolls along anyway, doesn't it?

DH took Megan outside yesterday with no sun block and she got burned on her arms and is cranky today.
My parents are visiting and my Mother thoughtfully looked at me and said "I think you are bigger than I was- hey, maybe you're having twins" i didnt even make eye contact with her- just said "well that was rude"
i dont think she even got it.
sigh...why did I tell them it was okay to stay overnight???????

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Kristine's been hitting the gym to get ready. I think it's a GREAT goal. Besides, what's more motivational than going to Disney??? Good luck, you'll get there just keep plugging away. BABY STEPS! I always set stupid goals for myself while running ( I used to be "a runner") because I actually don't really like running so I'd be like ok, sprint to the next light pole then you can just jog to the next one. OR when I am ready to call it quits I'll use driveways but where i live they aren't very close to each other. It'll usually get me to keep going even after I think I want to quit.

I'm still working it. And the Disney goal is the only thing that keeps me motivated because TRUST me .... I still dread every last minute of it. But I'm really hoping to enjoy it!!!

 

[Tykatmadismomma]

I really need to get motivated I have the girls and Ty pretty much packed. I have to finish Katies Mickey head tee, and make 2 minnie bows for the tees then, 2 bows for Mad for her minnie tee, then 2 more bows for other outfits. My girls decided they didnt want customs but they did want to match. I am talking Identical! Everything except their shoes!

We are taking a bag with a change of clothes for Mad, I wish I would have thought about it earlier to customize one with my Dis name on it!

 

[eeyore3847]

Finished a very cute and simple hannah dress....

Lori

 

[Tykatmadismomma]

Arrrrrrr....
Its official, my central air and my dishwaser are both busted.
AC repair can't come til tomorrow- it is 80 degrees at least in my house!!! Fans just dont cut it. No sewing for me til that gets fixed- my feet are HUGE!
AND- my dishwasher is not working- can't come til NEXT WED to fix that!!!

Oh well, guess life just rolls along anyway, doesn't it?

DH took Megan outside yesterday with no sun block and she got burned on her arms and is cranky today.
My parents are visiting and my Mother thoughtfully looked at me and said "I think you are bigger than I was- hey, maybe you're having twins" i didnt even make eye contact with her- just said "well that was rude"
i dont think she even got it.
sigh...why did I tell them it was okay to stay overnight???????

I feel for you, sometimes people just dont think. Infact I could post a pic that would make you feel a million times better!

 

[billwendy]

I was looking through some older pics and came across some that I got a kick out of......

Morgan's first thoughts on SW (She had been in this country about 2 weeks LOL)

How CUTE is that!!!

My Grandmom dies last night. She had breast cancer with mets to the brain. She was started getting morphine every hour for the pain she was in. It has been really hard explainning it to my girls, Juliet gets it kind of, but Joci keeps saying "we can go see her when she gets better", Evie will never remember her though. I tried to read the only book I had that dealt about a child losing someone but had a hard time reading it without crying. She is the first death we have had in the family that was someone they knew & saw. I am not sure how else to explain it to them so they understand. Any one have any good kids books about someone who was sick and died not just really old & died?

My Aunt called me tonight my grandfather passed away this afternoon. He had been sick for a long time. I was hoping to see him during our Florida visit.

DS did take an ok picture of the dress. I think the problem is the person wearing it.

It is fun and funky dress made out of batik. I think it will be good for Epcot or even MNSSHP?

APRIL - you are BEAUTIFUL!!!! and your dress is amazing and the scenery is AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Linette!!!! - put yourself in the other mother's shoes - if one of your boys went over to a friens house and stole some of their collection would you want to know? would you want them to get a gift from that person after stealing without getting caught???? I think you need to give her a chance to confess and if she doesnt talk to mom - I think she would want to nip this in the bud before it grows into something larger like shoplifting!!!! Your Cindy dress is AMAZING!!!

Hey Croc Lovers - did you see on the croc website that mary janes are 50% off if you get 2 pairs? Sizes are selling out FAST!! I tried to get Elizabeth a pink pair and they sold out by the time I went to pay!!!! It doesnt include the disney minnie or HM or princess mary janes though....

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Finished a very cute and simple hannah dress....

Lori

Lori,
That doesn't look simple at all. Super job it is beautiful and she is too cute.

 

[candicenicole19]

I have not read through any of the posts just, just wanted to share some GOOD NEWS! We got the DATES FOR ZOES WISH TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our ship leaves on May 24th!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What we are planning right now is to have the Wish granting party at Zoe's
10th Birthday party on May 17th and totally suprise her! She has no idea right now and I plan to keep it that way but OMG it is SO HARD! There is so much I have to do before the trip and with it being so close I hope that I have time to do everything lol. We are trying to work it out through my Hubby's work so that they will give him the time off and pay him and take the days off the end of the year. He has to "earn" his vacation time based on what he works so there isn o way we will have enough for this wish trip and our trip to Ocean City Maryland in June


Anyway, Just wanted to share in the EXCITMENT! I am about to burst so I had to tell SOMEONE! lol

Off to try to finish some orders so I can start on some CRUISE WEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Candice

 

[mrsmiller]

HI Nicole,

Isn't Linnette just amazing! She is so talented and can just think of something and make it. I don't think she uses patterns at all but she needs to answer that herself. She posts pictures of white paper that she has custom made to fit the person. Again, Amazing!!

Just wanted to say Hi and welcome to the sewing section.

THANK YOU APRIL I missed this post, sorry!!!! the princesses sundresses like I said over and over are really easy to make , I think all together 1 front piece (x2) 1 back piece(1x) 1 piece for the bottom (x2) and the straps...that's it... it just happened that I decided to open an etsy store so I 've been busy but I am trying to work on a tutorial as with 1 pattern you can adjust to different styles...

DS did take an ok picture of the dress. I think the problem is the person wearing it.

It is fun and funky dress made out of batik. I think it will be good for Epcot or even MNSSHP?

Now , April ....You look amazing!!!!!!!I really hate to wear dresses and to me it is something that I wear for a special occasion only,

my husband is really mad I posted about the "situation" , and I've decided that I will speak to the girl, as I do not have their mother phone , I have to wait for next week but sorry no gift for her but thank you all for the wonderful advise , it really hurt me the fact that i spoke to her about stealing and I guess she did not care or chose not to listen, but the more I think about it the more I am convinced that she has a "problem" that really needs to be address, and like somebody posted I know that as a mother if my boys do something like this , Heck yes !!! I want to know

BTW: Have any of you ever tried daily energy supplements or drinks (like the 5 hrs energy shots) I am so tired constantly that I was wondering if this will give me a boost,

Linnette

 

[ireland_nicole]

DS did take an ok picture of the dress. I think the problem is the person wearing it.

It is fun and funky dress made out of batik. I think it will be good for Epcot or even MNSSHP?

Are you kidding? I only wish I could get such a good fit; I love the dress and think you could where it anywhere; you look lovely.

Finished a very cute and simple hannah dress....

Lori

Don't know how simple it was, but definitely cute!

THANK YOU APRIL I missed this post, sorry!!!! the princesses sundresses like I said over and over are really easy to make , I think all together 1 front piece (x2) 1 back piece(1x) 1 piece for the bottom (x2) and the straps...that's it... it just happened that I decided to open an etsy store so I 've been busy but I am trying to work on a tutorial as with 1 pattern you can adjust to different styles...

Please please let me know if you ever do that pattern, I would soooo pay for it; I'm desperately coveting that back design. LOL. I think you're doing the right thing with this little girl. She's young enough to change and make better choices without it severely affecting her future; I'm glad that you care enough to try to make this right instead of just shutting her out. Talking about it has the potential to help you and your son get what is yours back, but her as well. I don't know about the energy drinks, but there are a lot of physical reasons for being so tired. I would recommend having a quick visit to the dr. and get some basic blood work done.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Arrrrrrr....
Its official, my central air and my dishwaser are both busted.
AC repair can't come til tomorrow- it is 80 degrees at least in my house!!! Fans just dont cut it. No sewing for me til that gets fixed- my feet are HUGE!
AND- my dishwasher is not working- can't come til NEXT WED to fix that!!!

Oh well, guess life just rolls along anyway, doesn't it?

DH took Megan outside yesterday with no sun block and she got burned on her arms and is cranky today.
My parents are visiting and my Mother thoughtfully looked at me and said "I think you are bigger than I was- hey, maybe you're having twins" i didnt even make eye contact with her- just said "well that was rude"
i dont think she even got it.
sigh...why did I tell them it was okay to stay overnight???????

so sorry your Mom hurt your feelings.
Good luck with A/C & dishwasher.

I really need to get motivated I have the girls and Ty pretty much packed. I have to finish Katies Mickey head tee, and make 2 minnie bows for the tees then, 2 bows for Mad for her minnie tee, then 2 more bows for other outfits. My girls decided they didnt want customs but they did want to match. I am talking Identical! Everything except their shoes!

We are taking a bag with a change of clothes for Mad, I wish I would have thought about it earlier to customize one with my Dis name on it!

Good luck getting everything done! I have decided that I need to let some things go-I was stressing myself too much.

Do you know what parks you'll be in?

Here are my plans:
5/2 arrive at AKL. Go to AK if time before 6pm dinner at Boma.
5/3 sunrise safari at AK, probably hop to MK-not sure if we'll be up for Spectro or too tired from being up early
5/4 probably Epcot-have 2:00 ADR at Chef de France (might try Spectro this night?)
5/5 DS wants to eat lunch at Mexico CS for Cinco de Mayo so we'll probably hit Epcot for AM EMH-we might hop elsewhere-6:30 dinner at Sanna
5/6 8:05 breakfast at CP, MK, dinner at Calif Grill
5/7 MGM-Fantasmic pkg at Mama Melrose
5/8 not sure last full day, dinner at Narcoossee's
5/9 not sure going home-will be picked up at AKL at 3:45pm.

We'll have hoppers so we could meet up with you somewhere-it will be me & DS(8).

I've got to go pack some more!!!!

Finished a very cute and simple hannah dress....

Lori

Cute!

I have not read through any of the posts just, just wanted to share some GOOD NEWS! We got the DATES FOR ZOES WISH TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our ship leaves on May 24th!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What we are planning right now is to have the Wish granting party at Zoe's
10th Birthday party on May 17th and totally suprise her! She has no idea right now and I plan to keep it that way but OMG it is SO HARD! There is so much I have to do before the trip and with it being so close I hope that I have time to do everything lol. We are trying to work it out through my Hubby's work so that they will give him the time off and pay him and take the days off the end of the year. He has to "earn" his vacation time based on what he works so there isn o way we will have enough for this wish trip and our trip to Ocean City Maryland in June


Anyway, Just wanted to share in the EXCITMENT! I am about to burst so I had to tell SOMEONE! lol

Off to try to finish some orders so I can start on some CRUISE WEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Candice

How exciting! Good luck working out vacation time!

 

[maroo]

Hey guys!! This is Maroo (obviously) from the Wish Trippers thread, friend of Lauren (wish teen) and generally love all things DISboutique!!

Can I get the web address that someone gave me way back when I was looking at stuff for the Big Give for Lauren? The one that has all of the beautiful clothes in it all in one place?

If you don't mind posting it (or PM me)...trying to research getting clothes made for a 4/5 yr old.

***UPDATE...I take it back!!!! This is answered in the first post!! *runs away embarrassed!!* Sorry to interrupt! Back to the show...

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Thanks for all the kind remarks on my dress and my sad 50 yr old looks. I feel old lately.

I was working on a new dress and messed it up so bad. The pattern measurements said I would be size 12 even though I thought it was crazy! I made the dress and it is all wrong and huge. Unfortunately I have sewn it together facings and all. What can I do now? I love the fabric and want to save it somehow.

Linnette, Read your PM's.

 

[Stephres]

Sorry for another drive-by but I have been reading and praying for those who asked. Maroo, look at the first page of this thread and there's a link to the photobucket account. That should help you out.

I did not have to go to school today! It's been the first time in weeks. You would think I would use my time wisely, but I only did a couple loads of laundry and cleaning and grocery shopping. I did manage to complete something. I bought this fabric at the end of summer last year and then decided it was too babyish for Megan. One of my teacher friends always says nice things to me about Megan's outfits and has a three year old so I made this for her:

Sorry for the crappy lighting but the fabric is much prettier in real light.

I hope she likes pink elephants!

 

[*Toadstool*]

Sorry for another drive-by but I have been reading and praying for those who asked. Maroo, look at the first page of this thread and there's a link to the photobucket account. That should help you out.

I did not have to go to school today! It's been the first time in weeks. You would think I would use my time wisely, but I only did a couple loads of laundry and cleaning and grocery shopping. I did manage to complete something. I bought this fabric at the end of summer last year and then decided it was too babyish for Megan. One of my teacher friends always says nice things to me about Megan's outfits and has a three year old so I made this for her:

Sorry for the crappy lighting but the fabric is much prettier in real light.

I hope she likes pink elephants!

That is so cute!!! Are those elephants on the fabric??? I love it!!!
Are you the one that said you knew of a pattern for skinny minny pants? It was a euro pattern if I remember correctly. I am looking for something to use for a knit pants pattern, and I think that would probably be it!

 

[emcreative]

HI Ladies, hope you don't mind my stopping by again, especially since I can't sew to save my life!

I know I should go back and hilight but I'm having a kinda icky day so I hope you don't mind if I take a shortcut.

MiniVanMom, I loved the dress you made! You look lovely! It seems to me that would be one you could wear quite a few places and dress it up or down just by changing your shoes and jewelry.

Ireland_Nicole, please be patient with me..what is a bounceback vacation? I'm still learning new phrases and acronyms every day, this will be my second disney trip as an adult (only third overall, but the first time I went they had just barely opened Epcot!)

Thanks for allowing me to post my link. Here is my "passion." www.marahmason.deviantart.com. As I stated it's not a store and I'm not selling anything. Yes I do it for freelance BUT for magazines and books (so it's not a commercial I swear!). I just thought I would share what I do since I've had so much fun seeing all the works you've all created! (A small note, as you look through the whole gallery there may be some nudity and violence...just a warning if you are easily offended or there may be small eyes about. NO it's not obscene!! I PROMISE! I am probably being overly cautious but I would hate offending someone). If you're nervous I'll post a few small ones for you:

I have been thinking that even the basic sewing is probably out for me but I want to be somehow crafty, so I'm tempted to try making some hairbows for the girls for the trip. What do y'all think? Do you have a tutorial you prefer? I was looking at these:
http://www.theribbonretreat.com/custom/free_projects.aspx
And it seemed like I might be able to do it.

Does anyone else have a better how-to link to suggest? Are there any here who do bows that I could turn to for advice? (or a "SAVE ME WHAT DID I DO WRONG" when I mess it up? lol)

And thank you again for the congrats and the warm welcome, especially since I'm new and not techinically a disboutiquer!