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

[Stephres]

Wow, I take some time to go see the granddaughters in Kansas, and now I have over 50 pages to catch up on! Before I do, I wanted to ask--have any of you made a baby wrap thingie? I think they go by different names, but they're about 3 yards of fabric that the mom wraps around her belly, over the shoulders, and tucks the baby into to carry hands-free. They're pretty cool, I don't remember them in my day. But the retail places want at least $90 for what looks like a long piece of fabric! I'm going to try and make one for my niece and my expectant d-i-l (twins!!) to try, just thought I'd see if anyone had fabric suggestions or any other advice.

If you go to craftster.org they make a lot of them over there and show off. I am sure there are probably tutorials a well.

I love all the new stuff posted! Megan says "the blonde Lily" looks so cute and had to check out all the farm animals. The tutus and bunnies are adorable and Fancy Nancy is fancy! I am actually working on something disney-related because we are going for memorial day weekend (it's Megan's birthday). I'm not sure if I will complete it because TERESA is supposed to come see me! I am so excited!

 

[pixeegrl]

Okay here is the Fancy Nancy dress I threw together yesterday morning, I know not very fancy..... DD saw the fabric Friday night and was jumping up and down in excitement, she loves Fancy Nancy. She begged for me to make her a fancy nancy dress and since I knew how impatient she would be I just made a real simple Carla C Simply Sweet dress. I still have a lot of the fabric left, so I will make something a little more "fancy" later, especially since I saw some cute appliques on stitch on time. Here is the dress I made for now, DD still loves it which is all that matters I guess.

Sorry the picture isn't great, I should have taken a picture when I first put it on her, but I barely finished it before we needed to leave yesterday. By the time we got home she was tired and had a little dot of ice cream on the dress and was sweaty and wrinkled. She wants to wear it to preschool tomorrow so maybe I can get a new picture in the morning. Also ignore the wrap on her head, she had a costume in the mail from daddy when we got home and wouldn't take it off her head for a picture.

Adorable lol and the dress is pretty cute too!

 

[HeatherSue]

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!

I just want to remind everyone who signed up that

TODAY IS THE SHIP DATE FOR

THE JOSIABBIMOMMY BIG GIVE!

If you've signed up, please go over and update me on your shipping status if you've already shipped. Thank you!
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[billwendy]

Just for fun:

This is so cool!!!! I cant wait till you finish some shirts to show us!! DH and I love this show = yes, we are 2 big kids!!! lol

 

[Tinka_Belle]

This is so cool!!!! I cant wait till you finish some shirts to show us!! DH and I love this show = yes, we are 2 big kids!!! lol

I love Phineas and Ferb too. I started recording them on the DVR, because I kept missing them as they were coming on. Only cool people like Phineas and Ferb.

 

[phins_jazy]

Thanks I will check out the website and see if they have it there. We don't have a Joann's here. Then I need to see if my DH will let me buy some. It has been a while since I bought any so many I might be able to get a yd.

I had that fabric in my hands yesterday! But sadly I didn't get it. Had to get Tink and Ariel instead. LOL I'd be happy to go back and get you some if you would like.


Originally Posted by GrammaBelle
Wow, I take some time to go see the granddaughters in Kansas, and now I have over 50 pages to catch up on! Before I do, I wanted to ask--have any of you made a baby wrap thingie? I think they go by different names, but they're about 3 yards of fabric that the mom wraps around her belly, over the shoulders, and tucks the baby into to carry hands-free. They're pretty cool, I don't remember them in my day. But the retail places want at least $90 for what looks like a long piece of fabric! I'm going to try and make one for my niece and my expectant d-i-l (twins!!) to try, just thought I'd see if anyone had fabric suggestions or any other advice.

I lost your quote, sorry. I've used this site numerous times to make slings for my girls over the years. http://mykarmababy.com/pages/BabySlingPattern.php It's a pouch so it's made specifically for the wearer. I loved mine and carried my girls in them all the time. They really are easy to make. You can get two slings out of two yards of fabric. I think you should give it a try.

 

[KARAJ]

Just for fun:

That is so neat. I need to try and figure out how to design on the computer I am not sure it will ever happen though.

 

[kstgelais4]

Oh my goodness you guys, I have some really WONDERFUL news!!!!! ABSOLUTELY wonderful news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We just found out late yesterday that we will FINALLY be able to adopt our beautiful baby boy!!!!! After 17 very long months of worrying and fearing the worst, we finally have an adoption date!!!! Oh I am soooooooo excited!!!! This smile has not left my face since I heard the news! In the beginning of July our son will become ours legally forever and ever!!! No more worrying that he will be ripped from our lives!!! This huge weight of fear has been lifted and we have truly been blessed!!!!!!!!! Oh I can not wait......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts and prayers. You guys are the best and I love being a part of this group!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy for you guys!!

I hope Mia's doing okay, and you too. That must be very stressful! Thanks for letting someone know about the roll-ups. You are very thoughtful to even be thinking of it when your life is so crazy. Lots of prayers for Mia!

So about a year or so ago I bought this fabric and posted it not knowing what I would make with it, well I finally made something! Lily calls it her "Old Mikadonald" dress. She wore it to church today and I was walking past her classroom and heard them inside singing Old McDonald had a farm so she's workin' it! She loves that song.

Honestly I think my favorite part is the cowprint peasant top! Now I think she needs a purple poodle skirt to go with it! (sorry, just realized the photo is blurry)

I saw this on facebook Jeanne! It is super cute!

Believe it or not, I actually have something to share! My daughter Hannah and I made this tutu today for her to wear to the Cirque du Soleil show! (You can see she's still not feeling her best). It's hard to tell but it's actually red, white, black and yellow:

I'm still waiting for my hotfix supplies to come in the mail, but when they do, I designed this and I'm hoping to put this in rhinestones on the tank top:

I'm having a lot of fun making hotfix patterns. If the Cirque shirts turn out okay I want to do these for Hoop de Doo:

How stinkin' creative! She will look Fab!

Wow, I take some time to go see the granddaughters in Kansas, and now I have over 50 pages to catch up on! Before I do, I wanted to ask--have any of you made a baby wrap thingie? I think they go by different names, but they're about 3 yards of fabric that the mom wraps around her belly, over the shoulders, and tucks the baby into to carry hands-free. They're pretty cool, I don't remember them in my day. But the retail places want at least $90 for what looks like a long piece of fabric! I'm going to try and make one for my niece and my expectant d-i-l (twins!!) to try, just thought I'd see if anyone had fabric suggestions or any other advice.

I've made a couple - they are longer than 3 yards though - I would recommend closer to 5yds depending on size of mama. If you use something with stretch in it it's good for when they are little but not so much as they get older. A knit often doesn't fray so it's just a matter of cutting to size (mine was 50cm so I think that is 20" wide) - I got 3 wraps from 5yds of fabric - kept one in the car, gave one away and kept one at home for me.

For a woven fabric you need to hem it so it won't fray. Also a woven one is much better for older children as they shouldn't lose their shape.

I personally prefer one whole piece of fabric and not cut and sew down the center as it makes a weak point but others have no problem with it. Each to their own.

I'd suggest doing a search for hugabub, moby wrap, storchenwiege or look on thebabywearers website (they have patterns and instructions on there)

I'm a big fan of baby wearing, I own lots of different sorts of wraps, slings and meitai's.

I was going to recommend The babywearer dot com. but I see Flea beat me to it. I am not surprised you are a babywearer too!!
I also like to use cotton gauze for summer time wraps. They are not heavy and keep rather cool.
And for some inspiration:
(please excuse how awful I look in these pics I do not photograph well!)

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I am also in the drive by posting list.

I hope everyone had a great Mother's day. I hope the little girls blood work comes back good and prayers being said for her and the family.

I worked on the ranch all weekend and now hurt in places I didn't know I had places. The house is a disaster, the kitchen needs serious help, my sewing hasn't been touched and I am off to work.

How do women do it who work outside the home and keep a clean house? I am failing miserable and it is only day two of work.

I am going to the city tomorrow for work, a cost analysis at Sam's but the bonus is that I get to go to WalMart fabric, Hancock and JoAnn's. Are there any good coupons out there for the above mentioned? Does anyone need a specific fabric that I could pick up for them?

I am going to get a t-shirt for the Big Give and then the skirt fabric too.

Wishing everyone a good week.

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

Okay here is the Fancy Nancy dress I threw together yesterday morning, I know not very fancy..... DD saw the fabric Friday night and was jumping up and down in excitement, she loves Fancy Nancy. She begged for me to make her a fancy nancy dress and since I knew how impatient she would be I just made a real simple Carla C Simply Sweet dress. I still have a lot of the fabric left, so I will make something a little more "fancy" later, especially since I saw some cute appliques on stitch on time. Here is the dress I made for now, DD still loves it which is all that matters I guess.

Sorry the picture isn't great, I should have taken a picture when I first put it on her, but I barely finished it before we needed to leave yesterday. By the time we got home she was tired and had a little dot of ice cream on the dress and was sweaty and wrinkled. She wants to wear it to preschool tomorrow so maybe I can get a new picture in the morning. Also ignore the wrap on her head, she had a costume in the mail from daddy when we got home and wouldn't take it off her head for a picture.

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FABRIC?????? MY dd#3 is havign a Fancy Nancy Party for her Bday in June and I would love to make her a outfit with fabric like that for a present. I am making her the Posh Puppy cow/poodle skirt dress for the party.

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

QUESTION!!!!!

Has anyone used a Tshirt to make a dress - like taken it apart and used the front panel as the front of a dress? I am going to get some t-shirt like knit to make the rest of the dress I think. It is in my head but wanted to know if anyone else has done it.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Hi Everyone,

Thank you all so much for your very kind words about being a mom - I actually will treasure those for a long time! I really think Im going to try to talk to DH more about it and see what happens....

Here is a purse I made for my MIL - Im not sure about the button - too big? use something different????

When you guys make these purses, what do you think about the straps - they seem kinda wimpish to me just being made out of fabric - thoughts? Also - it said to fold down the top by a half inch etc - -what does the inside look like at the top of yours - pictures anyone??

Also, I think my iron might be going - I noticed a few spots where the fusable fleece didnt seem to "take" - any tips or advice on a new iron?

Jessica - thanks for your thoughts on that sewing machine - Im not sure what to do!!!

I really love it just the way it is- perfect for spring/summer!

hi all , i am sorry to do such a quick post but my dd mia has been admitted to the hospital and she is most likely diabetic. we went in yesterday morning and it has been very stressful. i had signed up to do crayon rollups for josabbi give. but with the circumstances i didnt finish them. i asked a friend to log in as me on the other board and send a pm, not sure if it worked havent spokent to her. if anyone could help out i think heather is the coordinator. unfortunately the ship date is tomorrow. sorry for the trouble. so sorry i could nt finish them. thanks all. if you wouldnt mind please send up prayers for my mimi she isnt even three and this is such a difficult thing . thanks kim

praying for ya'll.

We leave for my birthday trip to the world Thursday morning and I wanted to get this dress done before we go. We'll be eating at Ohanas on my birthday for breakfast and I wanted to do a Hawaiian print dress for Hayleigh. I like the end product but I didn't not enjoy working with the pattern I had. After making CarlaC's stripwork jumper before this one I think I will be sticking with her patterns and variations of from now on! Hayleigh had to get her 2 Bolts in the pics too. Unfortunately I think Bolt is leaving and she won't be able to meet him. I threw in the pic of the stripwork jumper too b/c I wasn't sure if I had shared that or not!

Super cute!

It feels like forever since I showed off anything I've made. I've been sewing, but I just never seem to have the time to sit down & load any pics (or in some cases even take them - I have no pics of the girls in their Valentine's Day shirts & I really liked how they came out).

Anyway, here's Easter & the egg hunts & the bunnies they got.

We had an egg hunt with one of my bestest friends & her 5 girls. She makes tutus to sell so we got all the girls to wear their tutus for the hunt. It was one of the cutest things ever. There was so much tulle in that yard!

We also had one with the families from out Life Group at church, but they didn't wear the tutus that day.


I got my baby to model for me finally. Big sister's is just like this except it's purple.

The Easter dresses(I love all the dogwood blossoms on the ground - almost looks like snow - except for the cold part):

The bunnies - dd3 got a baby bunny complete with blanket (all of her animals have to have a blanket now) & diaper. DD5 got a big girl bunny, which she promptly informed me was a ballerina bunny (that's also it's name in case you wondered - we're VERY creative with names at our house too ).

Wow! You have been busy! I love all of them.

I lost my quotes & can't remember who was looking for the plus sized maternity clothes. PM me & I can send you photos of what I was getting ready to sell on e-bay. If it's what you're looking for I'd be happy to send it to you!

I'm not her, but I do have a bunch of plus sized maternity patterns if anyone needs them. No more babies for me so I won't be needing them. The ones I have are uncut.

I hope Mia's doing okay, and you too. That must be very stressful! Thanks for letting someone know about the roll-ups. You are very thoughtful to even be thinking of it when your life is so crazy. Lots of prayers for Mia!

So about a year or so ago I bought this fabric and posted it not knowing what I would make with it, well I finally made something! Lily calls it her "Old Mikadonald" dress. She wore it to church today and I was walking past her classroom and heard them inside singing Old McDonald had a farm so she's workin' it! She loves that song.

Honestly I think my favorite part is the cowprint peasant top! Now I think she needs a purple poodle skirt to go with it! (sorry, just realized the photo is blurry)

[/QUOTE]
OMGosh, that is the cutest outfit ever!

Believe it or not, I actually have something to share! My daughter Hannah and I made this tutu today for her to wear to the Cirque du Soleil show! (You can see she's still not feeling her best). It's hard to tell but it's actually red, white, black and yellow:

I'm still waiting for my hotfix supplies to come in the mail, but when they do, I designed this and I'm hoping to put this in rhinestones on the tank top:

Can't wait to see the finished shirts! The designs look great!

Okay here is the Fancy Nancy dress I threw together yesterday morning, I know not very fancy..... DD saw the fabric Friday night and was jumping up and down in excitement, she loves Fancy Nancy. She begged for me to make her a fancy nancy dress and since I knew how impatient she would be I just made a real simple Carla C Simply Sweet dress. I still have a lot of the fabric left, so I will make something a little more "fancy" later, especially since I saw some cute appliques on stitch on time. Here is the dress I made for now, DD still loves it which is all that matters I guess.

Sorry the picture isn't great, I should have taken a picture when I first put it on her, but I barely finished it before we needed to leave yesterday. By the time we got home she was tired and had a little dot of ice cream on the dress and was sweaty and wrinkled. She wants to wear it to preschool tomorrow so maybe I can get a new picture in the morning. Also ignore the wrap on her head, she had a costume in the mail from daddy when we got home and wouldn't take it off her head for a picture.

I think the fancy nancy is adorable.

So I realized I have only posted pictures of Hannah here. I shared this with Melissa and thought I'd share it with all of you. These are my two youngest girls, Hannah and Lizzie:

And now you can probably see my difficulty. They both want to be "equal" but they aren't near the same. And Lizzie likes boy type things but doesn't want to dress like a boy all the time, so finding stuff for this trip that are "different but equal" has been quite a challenge!!

Here's Em...and yes, she's only 12:

I wish I could post up a picture of my soon-to-be legal sons, but I'm not allowed to UNTIL it's all legal! Then I can show them off and announce their new names!

They sure are their own women! I can't wait to see pics of your boys when they're official

 

[mirandag819]

WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FABRIC?????? MY dd#3 is havign a Fancy Nancy Party for her Bday in June and I would love to make her a outfit with fabric like that for a present. I am making her the Posh Puppy cow/poodle skirt dress for the party.

I just got it at Joann's this week, it wasn't there last week so it was at least new to my store. If you can't find any let me know and I can pick up some more.

I can't wait to see the cow/poodle skirt outfit you make for the party, I bet that will be adorable. We have been debating between a Fancy Nancy tea party or an Alice in Wonderland tea party for DD's birthday this year.

 

[Stephres]

QUESTION!!!!!

Has anyone used a Tshirt to make a dress - like taken it apart and used the front panel as the front of a dress? I am going to get some t-shirt like knit to make the rest of the dress I think. It is in my head but wanted to know if anyone else has done it.

Yes, lots of times! I buy 2xl shirts on sale and cut them up for Megan. I used Carla's raglan pattern to help a bit. I was going to make a tutorial and post it on my blog, but forgot. Thanks for reminding me.

Megan mostly wears them as nightgowns but she wears them out and about too.

 

[MaidMarian]

Thanks for the link for the Star Wars fabric. I dont have enough time to order online though-We leave Friday! Nothing like last minute. She has plenty of other clothes I made her, but you know how it is-I'm suddenly obsessing that how on earth could I let her be at Star Wars Weekends with out something Star Wars.

 

[Adi12982]

I want to say I'm sorry that I have not been more active for several months. A very difficult student whose parents will not admit that he has problems (the school cannot diagnose, just gather lots of material and information so that we can help the child down the road.) I come home exhausted and sometimes actually physically injured from dealing with him--I have a fist sized bruise on my arm and one slightly larger than that on my abdomen from his antics on Thursday.

I'm so sorry to hear that you are getting beat up. . . that sounds horrible. I hope his parents come out of denial ASAP!

Thanks for the link for the Star Wars fabric. I dont have enough time to order online though-We leave Friday! Nothing like last minute. She has plenty of other clothes I made her, but you know how it is-I'm suddenly obsessing that how on earth could I let her be at Star Wars Weekends with out something Star Wars.

What about making an outfit with a star wars embroidery or applique??

 

[eeyore3847]

Just for fun:

that is awesome

 

[billwendy]

Thanks for the link for the Star Wars fabric. I dont have enough time to order online though-We leave Friday! Nothing like last minute. She has plenty of other clothes I made her, but you know how it is-I'm suddenly obsessing that how on earth could I let her be at Star Wars Weekends with out something Star Wars.

There are some REALLY CUTE Iron ons in the Disigns area - princess leah minnie is just so cute!!! You could do that really quickly!!!!

Okay - bad news - my Philadelphia Walmart is getting rid of their fabric department -- its just disappearing, they are not discounting the fabric or anything - I went there today to look for that ladybug pattern everyone likes and it was down to 1 little rack with the ugly stuff left... I am sooooooo bummed! They always had a GREAT selection and were always busy. People fought and brought it back and now we are losing it again.

QUestion for you guys.....
I was thinking of maybe making some doll clothes, twirl skirts and maybe a few wristlets or handbags to sell at our community flea market/yard sale. We are going to sell regular yard sale junk too - but I thought it may be fun to make just a few things.....okay so how much would you charge for...

a wristlet?
doll outfit?
twirl skirt? what sizes would you make if you were making say 2?
tshirt dress (infant sizes)?
Dolly and me matching skirts???
handbag?

or do you think its totally not worth it??

THanks a million, Wendy

PS - got a purple tshirt today for the big give to match chip and dale shorts - now to see what I can do with it!! lol!!

If you have a dollar tree near you, they had a lot of hanes tshirts in various sizes for $1 - but look at them carefully - I'd say 35% of them had tiny holes or snags in them someplace....so just be careful!

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Wendy, they are doing the samething at mine- not discounting anything, just weaning it down. A month ago I was told they would discount- but I see a whole lot less fabric and NO discounts!
Who will be the disney/springs seller????? My only other options currently is Joanns and their prices are higher, I love the disney fabric, but the quality is not all that hot, so I can't see myself paying $7 a yard for it. I have been buying fabric now- to save for whenever our future WDW trip will be.....
Then I'll get to be one of those sewers that people want to know "WHERE DID YOU GET THAT FABRIC" and I can sweetly saw- Oh I have had that in my stash for like 5 years....
LOL!!

I too love the Fancy Nancy!

I looked for the ladybug patchwork and no luck- they said they sold out of it. Although most of the people who work there dont seem to know much about fabric, or inventory, there's only 1 woman i have met who knows how to sew.
One time when i was there it was teenagers (with a 4yr old she seemed to be responsible for) cutting fabric and after they cut it they literally balled it up and handed it to me.

Still, sad to see a place with such good prices go.
Guess for "disney" fabric I will have to do more appliques down the road.

By the way....I finished the Pooh applique- just have to sew the outer border on and then tomorrow I will go shop for binding and backing fabric!

Today I am working on the A-line for my neice, and hope to finish the cupcake purse tomorrow!
The cooler weather has made it easier on me, although Im still fighting swollen hands and feet. Time to rest and put them up.

 

[emcreative]

Thanks for the link for the Star Wars fabric. I dont have enough time to order online though-We leave Friday! Nothing like last minute. She has plenty of other clothes I made her, but you know how it is-I'm suddenly obsessing that how on earth could I let her be at Star Wars Weekends with out something Star Wars.

I'm not sure if you're one of the fabulous appliquers or not...if not, do you want me to whip up an iron on hotfix star wars pattern? If so, what do you have in mind?