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

[minnie2]

I have to agree with Shannon. I have heard nothing good about the Dainty Designs pattern on this board and elsewhere. Carla's pattern can be used to get so many different looks. She recently added an update that included a tapered shirt version.

Marlo-for Hermione why not make Carla's preppy skirt with the pleated option and then make her a tie to match Gryffindor's colors.

Maybe! Need to research it!

Yesterday was the wedding that Jenna was the flowergirl for. We spent 2 hours getting her ready and it was well worth it. She was beautiful. I took about 20-30 pictures before the wedding and at the reception, but the settings were wrong on my camera so they all look like this:

The bride asked her photographer (her friend) to take a bunch of pictures of Jenna and to put them on a disc for me and Jen's dad (he was in the wedding). So when I get the disc you guys will get good pics and yes there will be too many Jenna's.

The dress is beautiful! I can't wait to see better pictures.

 

[livndisney]

Any baby news from T?

 

[minnie2]

Any baby news from T?

No baby yet! She is hanging in there but ready to get the kid out!

 

[Jennia]

Better late than never so I made it. I told DH to watch last night when we were close but he missed the jump.

I have work today and then tomorrow we leave. I didn't make the kimono dress for Sierra but that is all I missed.

We will be gone 6 days with the tomorrow night spent by the airport. Have a wonderful week.

Hope you're having a great time and taking tons of photos!

Wow, I missed the move and ended up on page 10!!! Well at least I found you all. I have GREAT news to tell you. Our adoption is FINALLY going to happen next week!!!!!! I can not tell you how relieved and excited we are that is is finally going to happen!!! Thank you so much for all the kind thoughts and prayers. You guys are all so sweet and kind and I am so thankful to be a part of this group!!!!

HOORAY!!! Can't wait to see photos!!!!

You guys are such a bad influence on me, I had to make DD a dress for her friend's b-day party at the beach And, no, I don't even have all of my Disney outfits made yet! I've learned those should be finished up a few hours before leaving, right? This was my 1st attempt at a halter-style dress.

? for all you moms to skinny-minnies: Any tips on working the patterns to make sure it all fits? I used a size 2 pattern, but length for size 4. It wound up a little long, but that's better than too short. I was afraid to do the empire bodice in case it was too high up--do you add any length to the bodices? I'm still learning. Thanks for all your inspiration & help!

Turned out cute!

I finished up Mya's outfit and wanted to give you guys a peak:

LOVE it!

Finished 2 more cute little sets!!!

Lori

These are so cute, I especially love the cherry set!

here is the Fancy Nancy outfit I made with the Criss Cross applesauce top
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.ph...pe=handmade&ga_page=&order=date_desc&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title

Very sweet and summery, too. =)

So cute!!! What a good idea to cut everything out at once then sew all week! When I sold on ebay, I did the sewing, my DD did all the cutting and listing, photo's, etc. I loved that!!





Holy Moley, that is cute!!! My first disney outfit was pink & black set and I still think its one of my all time favorites! Here is miss Kadie!

I haven't found any, but it sounds like Halloween to me!

Aw, that set looks great!

I feel like it's been forever since I've posted anything...
Anywho, I had to try to Mickey topiary and actually finished one. Well it's almost finished. I wanted it higher in the pot and right now it's just sitting there, so there is still some tweaking to be done.

I've also been working on some cruise stuff. I had this great idea and after I sewed it together I'm totally not happy with it. I need a new sewing machine. I'm still doing appliques by hand and it's getting old. I don't seem to be happy with any of them lately.

Also I took the girls to the movies the other day and killed some time in Tuesday morning...I love that store. I found these little chairs for only $2.49. What a steal!! The girls love them. They say they hold up to 160 pounds. I opted not to test them, and haven't sat on them. LOL.

Love the applique and your topiary, what a neat idea!

Hello all!! I have been following this thread for several years now and love the inspiration. I am still a major novice, but can produce a stripwork skirt and applique top now.

I first did one when my DD was 6..a very large 6, so right now I am making skirts for twin two year olds...and I feel like I am not even really sewing..everything is SO tiny!!

Does anyone have a smallish two year old and can give me a waist measurement, or know the waist of a 2T?

Thanks, you guys are the BOMB!!

I'm sure you've gotten other answers now, but my dd's about 19" in the waist and is 23 months and was in the 20% percentile for weight when last measured at dr's office, so on the smaller side.

A couple of things for our trip.

This was my first attempt at making bias tape and at a kimono type top. It was kind of fun. i made them for both girls this one is for my 1yo Kaylynn.

And this is another one I made for both girls, There is an error in this ones bow on the applique but I was happy with it.

Oh, and just because I saw this and had meant to include it. This is my Anna sitting in the middle of the food line. We asked her what she was doing and she told us she was meditating, she was saying AHHMM and the whole bit. later that day I saw the tivo'd episode of Phineus and Ferb and saw that in it they meditated, guess I solved that mystery!!

Those are both cute!

After working most of the week in my free time on this I finally finished Hayleigh's Alice dress. The dress is a bit tight in the bodice and I wish I would have made that bigger. All the other Carla C's were fine with size 5 but this one is more snug.

Now to working on her 4th of July dress.

WOW this is SO lovely!! Great job!

 

[tracipierce]

Hi! I'm sorry to have to ask... but I read on one of the posts (think it was on thread 14) that there was an ebay seller that sold Disney fabric. I went to ebay and searched for the seller and added them to my favourites. When I went back onto ebay today the seller wasn't on my favourite list for some reason??? I have since spent the last 2 hours trying to find the post that had the seller ID on it and I think I'm going crazy.

Please could the OP or anyone else who knows post the seller ID again??? I would be soooo grateful. We just don't seem to have any Disney fabric here in the UK, I have only come across fleece so far and that won't make a very good twirl skirt

Any other sites that sell Disney fabric would also be much appreciated, I've checked out Etsy and Joann's already, but haven't seen anything I liked.

TIA!

 

[PrincessKell]

That is cool, thanks for sharing the link.



I think it's possible to get a similar edge finish on a sewing machine with a satin stitch or overcast stitch. However, I've never tried it so I'm not sure how well it works.

I have done that before. I actually do that with my regular machine for doll dresses, its so much faster and cuter than hemming it up. I just shorten the length(?) on the satin stitch works perfect. I will post a picture in a minute.

I purchased the Dainty Designs one before I found the Carla C one. It never did work.

AbbyGrace is thin, too. I use the Carla C pattern and (like Heather said earlier), I stitch ties into the side seam. This is what it ends up looking like in the back

and this is the front of that same top

It really is a very versatile pattern. It's a must have in my opinion.

I adore that top, I don't think I had seen it before. And I agree, CarlaC's is the way to go. I leave them out it is for Nightgowns and then add ties for dresses and tops. I too have a skinny one and tall! So nearly everything has a sach or ties on the side.

Yesterday was the wedding that Jenna was the flowergirl for. We spent 2 hours getting her ready and it was well worth it. She was beautiful. I took about 20-30 pictures before the wedding and at the reception, but the settings were wrong on my camera so they all look like this:

The bride asked her photographer (her friend) to take a bunch of pictures of Jenna and to put them on a disc for me and Jen's dad (he was in the wedding). So when I get the disc you guys will get good pics and yes there will be too many Jenna's.

OMG Crystal Jenna looks so beautiful, even in a fuzzy picture! I can't wait to see the other ones. That dress is soooo beautiful and fantastic!

 

[PrincessKell]

Wow.. I know this is strange. There has been a a few deaths in the past few days in the celeb world. Well I dont know if you would say that Billy Mays is a celeb, but you all know him...

Billy Mays died this morning. you know the Oxyclean guy. The one that yells at everything. Here is the link
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obit_billy_mays

 

[SallyfromDE]

Hi! I'm sorry to have to ask... but I read on one of the posts (think it was on thread 14) that there was an ebay seller that sold Disney fabric. I went to ebay and searched for the seller and added them to my favourites. When I went back onto ebay today the seller wasn't on my favourite list for some reason??? I have since spent the last 2 hours trying to find the post that had the seller ID on it and I think I'm going crazy.

Please could the OP or anyone else who knows post the seller ID again??? I would be soooo grateful. We just don't seem to have any Disney fabric here in the UK, I have only come across fleece so far and that won't make a very good twirl skirt

Any other sites that sell Disney fabric would also be much appreciated, I've checked out Etsy and Joann's already, but haven't seen anything I liked.

TIA!

I think that would happen if the seller is no longer registered on ebay. Is it fabric from an asian seller? I've bought from one for a long time, they they pop up under another name. Is there something in particular your looking for that someone can help you with?

 

[tracipierce]

I think that would happen if the seller is no longer registered on ebay. Is it fabric from an asian seller? I've bought from one for a long time, they they pop up under another name. Is there something in particular your looking for that someone can help you with?

Oh no, I hope that's not the case, I don't think it was from an Asian seller, I think it was a lady from the US, although I'm not 100% sure.

What I'm looking for is some Mickey or Minnie themed fabric in red, black and white. I have some adorable Minnie head ribbon which is white with black minnie heads with red bows. I know a bit silly of me to get the ribbon first, then try to match up the fabric, but it was just so cute I couldn't resist

I have seen an Asian seller on ebay that has some fabric that would do, but its being sold as a 10 yard length which is way too much. I have emailed to see if I could buy a yard or 2 but I've not had a reply. That was a few days ago. It always puts me off buying when they are slow to reply.. if they take that long when you want to give then money, how long would it take them if there was a problem

If anyone knows of some red black and white minnie or mickey fabric suitable for a twirl skirt, I would be sooooo grateful

 

[mom2prettyprincess]

Oh no, I hope that's not the case, I don't think it was from an Asian seller, I think it was a lady from the US, although I'm not 100% sure.

What I'm looking for is some Mickey or Minnie themed fabric in red, black and white. I have some adorable Minnie head ribbon which is white with black minnie heads with red bows. I know a bit silly of me to get the ribbon first, then try to match up the fabric, but it was just so cute I couldn't resist

has some fabric that would do, but its being sold as a 10 yard length which is way too much. I have emailed to see if I could buy a yard or 2 but I've not had a reply. That was a few days ago. It always puts me off buying when they are slow to reply.. if they take that long when you want to give thenI have seen an Asian seller on ebay that money, how long would it take them if there was a problem

If anyone knows of some red black and white minnie or mickey fabric suitable for a twirl skirt, I would be sooooo grateful

If you go to ebay put in Disney in the category Crafts and then the sub-category of sewing & fabric...there is over 1,000 listings I think you would be able to find something there for sure. Hope this helps.

 

[2cutekidz]

Wish me luck! I'm going to try shirring tonight!!

 

[SallyfromDE]

Oh no, I hope that's not the case, I don't think it was from an Asian seller, I think it was a lady from the US, although I'm not 100% sure.

What I'm looking for is some Mickey or Minnie themed fabric in red, black and white. I have some adorable Minnie head ribbon which is white with black minnie heads with red bows. I know a bit silly of me to get the ribbon first, then try to match up the fabric, but it was just so cute I couldn't resist

I have seen an Asian seller on ebay that has some fabric that would do, but its being sold as a 10 yard length which is way too much. I have emailed to see if I could buy a yard or 2 but I've not had a reply. That was a few days ago. It always puts me off buying when they are slow to reply.. if they take that long when you want to give then money, how long would it take them if there was a problem

If anyone knows of some red black and white minnie or mickey fabric suitable for a twirl skirt, I would be sooooo grateful

I do a search of disney fabric, minnie fabric or mickey. You can usually find all sorts of prints. Try sheets also. If I come across something, I'll let you know.

 

[3huskymom]

Thanks for all the compliments on the Alice in Wonderland dress. It was fun to work on and my first attempt at using my "new" embroidery machine. Yes, I did use a 4X4 hoop for it. I thought the 5X7 would have been too big. I used the 5X7 for the wording.

Here's Hayleigh's July 4th dress

And here's a Hello Kitty ladybug outfit I made her. She loves ladybugs (the reason why I used that in the title of my blog).

My next project will be to try the Vida for the first time.

Other exciting news, I bought a cricut today and I'm thinking it may be really useful for applique patterns besides the obvious scrapbooking. My husband knew I had been looking at buying one and he saw an infomercial on it last week and saw all the stuff you can do with it. He woke me up this morning after reading the AC Moore ad to tell me we had to go buy it today b/c they were 50% off. Who was I to argue? I got some of the Disney cartridges at Michael's today too b/c they were on sale for cheaper than AC Moore.

Hayleigh has her 4 year old checkup tomorrow and then we are headed to Dutch WOnderland for the day.

 

[emcreative]

Here's Hayleigh's July 4th dress

And here's a Hello Kitty ladybug outfit I made her. She loves ladybugs (the reason why I used that in the title of my blog).

My next project will be to try the Vida for the first time.

Completely adorable!!! Good luck with the Vida! I'm sure you'll do fine!

 

[karamat]

Sorry Adi, I totally misunderstood what you were looking for.

Ladies (and Tom) I could really use your opinion on this. I picked up this fabric today thinking I would make some Easy-Fits for the boys to go with Chip and Dale shirts:

Now that I'm home I'm wondering:

1. Is this too girlish?

2. I know it is an autumn fabric, but I was originally thinking it looked chipmunk-y with the acorns and all...now it is just screaming FALL and I'm wondering if it would look ridiculous at DW in July.

I LOVE it for a Chip & Dale outfit!! I was just at JoAnns Friday - I can't believe I missed this and a cute Halloween Disney fabric. I'm going to have to make another trip this week... oh well, I need some large black rick-rack anyway (going to try those Mickey Head pot holders someone posted a week or two ago.)

but it's so cuuuuuute; I mean, um, well done you. You're a strong woman. I just know that the way my universe works is that if I didn't get it, I would never see it again. The good news is that now I did buy it, so there will be plenty around for a long time!

My DH must have put up with me "complaining" one time too many when I can no longer find a fabric becuase now he tells me to buy what I want when I see it. We were killing time this weekend (while our new generator was being prep'd - we're ready for hurricane season!!) and stopped into a small heirloom sewing shop I haven't been to in years. She had a fabric I really liked, but couldn't remember if I already had it in my stash. DH kept trying to talk me into getting 2 yards of it. I told him I "thought" I already had it, and his reply was then you'll have more of it. I ended up buying 1 yard. And I did have the fabric in my stash, but in a different colorway than what I bought Saturday.


Has anyone tried the new picnic lunch at AK yet? I've been thinking about it for our trip.

 

[tricia]

Thanks for all the compliments on the Alice in Wonderland dress. It was fun to work on and my first attempt at using my "new" embroidery machine. Yes, I did use a 4X4 hoop for it. I thought the 5X7 would have been too big. I used the 5X7 for the wording.

Here's Hayleigh's July 4th dress

And here's a Hello Kitty ladybug outfit I made her. She loves ladybugs (the reason why I used that in the title of my blog).

My next project will be to try the Vida for the first time.

Love the hello Kitty as a lady bug. Good luck on the Vida, I'm sure you will do great.

Yesterday was the wedding that Jenna was the flowergirl for. We spent 2 hours getting her ready and it was well worth it. She was beautiful. I took about 20-30 pictures before the wedding and at the reception, but the settings were wrong on my camera so they all look like this:

The bride asked her photographer (her friend) to take a bunch of pictures of Jenna and to put them on a disc for me and Jen's dad (he was in the wedding). So when I get the disc you guys will get good pics and yes there will be too many Jenna's.

She still looks gorgeous even out of focus. Can't wait to see better pics.

OMG I JUST REALIZED IT'S ALMOST HARRY POTTER TIME!

See, HP time is a BIG deal in this house! This is my oldest daughter, right before the first movie came out (ran in our newspaper!):

Oh, Liam and I love HP. Gotta go see that.

 

[t-beri]

OMG I JUST REALIZED IT'S ALMOST HARRY POTTER TIME!

See, HP time is a BIG deal in this house! This is my oldest daughter, right before the first movie came out (ran in our newspaper!):

She won a national Hermione contest sponsored by AOL and we got to go to NYC!

Even all these years later, we do a trip to the theatre to see the new Potter movie like a trip to Disney! Does anyone else go all out?

LOVE THIS!!! Mac is too "big" to dress up anymore but when he was little we did. But for HP 5 I wore Gryffindor house colors all day long...even socks LOL. And we always go to the midnight showing here and let the kids skip school the next day if it's a school night.

hey everyone.....where do you ladies find the patterns for Cinderella's working dress? if someone could guide me somewhere that would be great!! thanks so much!

I would say Carla C's peasant dress is the one most commonly used around here. There is one not too far back I think.


NO BABY!! Still walking and waiting. Thanks for all of the good wishes.

 

[PrincessKell]

Still no baby?!?! That little one doesn't want to come out and bare the the summer air yet, huh? hehehe Maybe if you bribe the baby by a trip to the Mouse House?? hahahaha

 

[emcreative]

T-beri... you are totally supposed to be off having the T-baby! I need to get my baby fix vicariously through you! Plus, you need to be back home and better before HP6.

Tinka, she looks like a princess. When do you expect the other pictures! I dont' know if I can wait!

 

[mommyof3princess]

Hi all I haven't forgot about you I have been sewing away for my friend you know her as emcreative. I have had fun sewing for her and her family and she gave me the ok to post some pictures to share with you all. T I am looking forward to seeing your baby pictures.

Minnie top.

Minnie skirt.

Pirate skirt #1

Pirate skirt #2

Lilo hula top.

Lilo hula skirt/shorts

Hula dress.

Cinderella sun dress.

Belle sun dress.