Disboutiquers Part 15 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[Clutterbug]

Do any of you have the cheaper computerized project runway sewing machine from Walmart? Is it any good or do I need to pay extra to step up to the next brother model?

I think that the Project Runway machine replaced my machine - the Brother CE4000. It's basic but has several stitches and you can vary the width and length of the satin/zigzag stitch. It also has an automatic buttonholer. I have been very happy with it.

 

[HeatherSue]

oooo.....I might have to talk my DH into letting me get that one. Thanks for the info! By the way, I live in Michigan too! Where in the mitten do you live?

Another option for finding out which machine is most reliable would be to search amazon for both machines and comparing the customer reviews!

I live in the left hand side of the wrist, near Kalamazoo. LOL! Where do you live?

 

[emcreative]

I have the Brother 6000 too...AND I also live in MI, lol!

 

[aimeeg]

I'm FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i finished my four feliz dresses this afternoon about 3:00. Yipee! I feel like I have been released from jail. Haha!

Now, I will have to figure out how to post the pics for you all...but I have to warn you, they are totally CASED!

Did I mention that I have already made 4 customs for my unborn baby? Lol...her room is not finished yet, but, never fear, she has Disney customs Where are my priorities???????

Christi

P.S. Someone please ease my fears and tell me the Vida is not as nearly time consuming as the Feliz?? If so, I'm running NOW!!!!!!!!!

The Vida is a piece of cake.

I had to laugh about the babies customs. I swear if I ever had another baby that would be me. LOL

LOVE IT!

Okay, one of my girls has an unusual middle name and one of my boys is going to have an unusual first name. Both for very important, very special reasons! (when I can tell you Phineas' new name, I will explain it!) You have to explain "Cincinatti"!

I love the name Violet. It is beautiful. I really love classic girly girl names. My oldest has an unusual middle name. It's Cheek. It is a family name and I love it. We call her Cheekies.

Okay ladies, I need some ideas!

I was looking at some pics a person sent me (of Fantasmic, trying to gauge if it will be too much for Phineas) and they all had these cool custom shirts. I'm just putting up the image I made myself of them rather than their actual shirts:

Can anyone think of something similarly easy for a tee for Phineas while at Crystal Palace?

Fantasmic is intense but I firmly believe it is the best attraction Disney has. My kids have always loved it. We just reminded them that Mickey saves the day.

Check this out for the crystal palace. http://stitchontime.com/osc/product_info.php?products_id=1861 It also comes in 4x4.

Here is my DD's latest tank. If anyone does not know she is slightly NBC obsessed.

 

[emcreative]

Check this out for the crystal palace. http://stitchontime.com/osc/product_info.php?products_id=1861 It also comes in 4x4.

Here is my DD's latest tank. If anyone does not know she is slightly NBC obsessed.

I love the pooh face...but I have no machine yet, unfortunately!

The NBC tank is adorable...I'm also really loving that pettiskirt. We had to get a "short" one to go under Hannah's Sleeping Beauty ballet dress, but next time we're going longer!

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Another option for finding out which machine is most reliable would be to search amazon for both machines and comparing the customer reviews!

I live in the left hand side of the wrist, near Kalamazoo. LOL! Where do you live?

I have the Brother 6000 too...AND I also live in MI, lol!

We live very close to each other! I live near Battle Creek! Small world! Thanks for the help! I think I am going to go look for that machine right now.

 

[bear_mom]

Now that I have a craft for dds American Girl party, any one of you creative ladies have an idea for invitations?

Emily

 

[Stephres]

I love the pooh face...but I have no machine yet, unfortunately!

I was thinking of an iron on though.

 

[celestebh]

Here are some Carla C's stripwork jumpers I've been working on.
This one I made first and did it very quickly when DD expressed the desire for a 4th of July dress for her doll. I used a smocked insert that I got off of ebay a couple of years ago. I didn't get it centered, but this was the first sewing I'd done in a few years.
The gingham I used was too thin, I think. I should have used a thicker lining and maybe the top of the bodice wouldn't have been so wonky. This was the first stripwork jumper I had tried and was scared to add the ruffle!

Here are the jumpers I've worked on this week while my children are with their grandparents. These will be a surprise for DD! Thanks again for all the advice on the gathering of the ruffle!

Now, I want to make matching nightgowns for DD and her doll using an extended portrait peasant top, a stripwork jumper using the Michael Miller Dick and Jane fabric for the first day of homeschool co-op, not to mention customs for DW in September: a stripwork princess jumper with a smocked inset of a glass slipper, a stripwork jumper with minnie dots, a zebra print twirl skirt with matching mouse ears applique, a smocked insert tee for DS with Aladdin and Genie, a couple of mouse ears appliqued tees, and maybe some bowling shirts for DS. I also found some aqua fabric with darker aqua mickey heads on them and some aqua gingham, so I'll come up with something to use for that. Maybe portrait peasant and the easy-fit pants for DD and shorts and a bowling shirt for DS? I think the sewing bug has bitten me! So many projects, so little time!

 

[tricia]

Wooops, I forgot the pics!

that is really cute.

Ok So this is another pattern that I just got off of YCMT.
This was the first time making it so please no jokes...

(NOTE I need to cut off the threads that are hanging out)

Looks good. Love the colours.

Ok
ok. I'm sorry. My internet is down, hopefully I'll have it back up on Fri. And I promise lots of pictures. But first things first. The new princess has a name. It was awful being under the gun of the vital statistics office.
Her name is Violet. Violet Cincinnati.

And she is LOVELY! She has a touch of jaundice so we are nursing constantly and mom would like a nap but otherwise we are both well. She is a bit fussier than my other 2 were. She certainly had been acting like the youngest even since the false alarms!

Thank you all for your well wishes and concern. I love this thread!!!

Congratulations. Very pretty name. Can;t wait to see the pics.

The Vida is a piece of cake.

I had to laugh about the babies customs. I swear if I ever had another baby that would be me. LOL



I love the name Violet. It is beautiful. I really love classic girly girl names. My oldest has an unusual middle name. It's Cheek. It is a family name and I love it. We call her Cheekies.




Fantasmic is intense but I firmly believe it is the best attraction Disney has. My kids have always loved it. We just reminded them that Mickey saves the day.

Check this out for the crystal palace. http://stitchontime.com/osc/product_info.php?products_id=1861 It also comes in 4x4.

Here is my DD's latest tank. If anyone does not know she is slightly NBC obsessed.

Great tank. I love it with the 2 of them in the heart like that.

They all look great. Sounds like you have a lot of sewing to get done. Better get at er.

 

[MScott19]

I don't know how to do it...I would like a great Disney shot, maybe with characters in front of the castle, with our family name on it.
Can someone help me please!
We are going two families, a group of 10 and want to all have the same tshirts.
Any help would be awesome!!

 

[xdanielleax]

Here is my DD's latest tank. If anyone does not know she is slightly NBC obsessed.

I LOVE THIS!! My DD loves NBC too. As do I. I'm going to be making her a NBC custom for our "hopefully" trip...lol...

 

[DisneyKings]

Have you tried the tension method or the dental floss method? I know someone on here said you can adjust the tension and it will ruffle. I haven't done it before, but I'm sure if you google for it you might find it.
You can zig zag over dental floss or some other type of cording and just pull the cord... it is a little easier than just running gathering stitches. The stitches won't break as easily either.

I have tried the tension method (from the bookmarks) & it is not soooo bad, but the ruffler is just so much easier (when it works) since everything is even. I always eventually give up doing it by hand & just have some spots that are not so gathered Never look too closely at my stuff!

 

[emcreative]

Hmm...off the top of my head, how about either 1) including the name of their doll on the invitations, for example "Sally and Josephina" OR, sending a separate little invitation to the doll (sent from your daughter's doll) along with one for the girl from your daughter? I'm guessing you're just going to do a "general" American girl party, but if your daughter has one of the period dolls, maybe the invitation could be personalized around that?

Smaller plates and everything for the dolls would be cute, too.

A general idea might be something like this?

 

[JustcallmeHappy]

This is beautiful!! And so is your daughter. Those colors are gorgeous and she looks great in them! What pattern was this?

I "think" it was a twirl one..but I have never gotten a twirl pattern to work right...

 

[twob4him]

Here are some Carla C's stripwork jumpers I've been working on.
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[Now, I want to make matching nightgowns for DD and her doll using an extended portrait peasant top, a stripwork jumper using the Michael Miller Dick and Jane fabric for the first day of homeschool co-op, not to mention customs for DW in September: a stripwork princess jumper with a smocked inset of a glass slipper, a stripwork jumper with minnie dots, a zebra print twirl skirt with matching mouse ears applique, a smocked insert tee for DS with Aladdin and Genie, a couple of mouse ears appliqued tees, and maybe some bowling shirts for DS. I also found some aqua fabric with darker aqua mickey heads on them and some aqua gingham, so I'll come up with something to use for that. Maybe portrait peasant and the easy-fit pants for DD and shorts and a bowling shirt for DS? I think the sewing bug has bitten me! So many projects, so little time!

I would say, YES, you definately got bitten by the sewing bug!!! Everything looks great!!!


Heather....I work backwards all the time!

 

[xdanielleax]

Can anyone tell me why it is like impossible to find a plain black short sleeve tshirt for a toddle girl? OY!

 

[Rebecuberduber]

Ok So this is another pattern that I just got off of YCMT.
This was the first time making it so please no jokes...

(NOTE I need to cut off the threads that are hanging out)

That's very sweet. What pretty colors.

I'm FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i finished my four feliz dresses this afternoon about 3:00. Yipee! I feel like I have been released from jail. Haha!

Yay! Can't wait to see!

Ok
ok. I'm sorry. My internet is down, hopefully I'll have it back up on Fri. And I promise lots of pictures. But first things first. The new princess has a name. It was awful being under the gun of the vital statistics office.
Her name is Violet. Violet Cincinnati.

And she is LOVELY! She has a touch of jaundice so we are nursing constantly and mom would like a nap but otherwise we are both well. She is a bit fussier than my other 2 were. She certainly had been acting like the youngest even since the false alarms!

Thank you all for your well wishes and concern. I love this thread!!!

Congratulations!!!! New baby time is such a magical time.

Isn't that the BEST video ever! I just love it! Brian thinks we need to do that on our next trip! Seriously, how cool is my husband!??!!
In case anyone hasn't seen it yet, here's a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLOJ9HMkgAE
I loved that shirt too!

Thanks for sharing that video! I had to forward it to my Disney lovin' parents. Ava (DD2) made me watch it literally 7 times with her. I counted.

Here are some Carla C's stripwork jumpers I've been working on.

Those came out wonderful! I love you list of projects to be done. Happy sewing to you!

 

[twob4him]

Goodness, that IS a bad day! I can't help with the ruffler but I hope your toe feels better soon!

Would you guys like to know what I did today? Remember my scrapbooking desk?

Now it looks like this:

The worst part was trying to sort random pictures and figure out when they were taken. I will STAY organized this time, I swear!

I also finished a family book (I only had December left to do):

Only 2 and a half years to go!

Steph - You inspired me to clean out a closet and get a few bags of clothing packed up for Good Will! Thanks!!! I feel so much better....how about you??? I stopped scrapbooking when I had two babies in a row...then I started putting pics in albums in order....then this thread came along, and photobucket where all my pics are stashed (in case of house fire) and now we never print out any pics??? I still have my little stash of scrapbooking stuff but its overshadowed by the sewing now. When I retire, I will scrapbook!!!! Less than 9 years and I will be in Florida!!!!!

 

[disneylovinfamily]

here is my newest creation. Roseanna is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO excited to wear this one to school. SHe hasn't taken it off since I finished it