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

[xdanielleax]

Hey ladies. I've been gone for forever again. I suck big time. Life has just been crazy lately and I haven't sewn in a long time. DH got back from deployment at the beginning of April and I got pregnant a month later! Just like with Violette I'm due January 22. The last time I sewed anything was Christmas time and I was pretty bummed about that. But I've got my motivation back and I'm in the swing of things again. I'm sorry I haven't posted my support to all you wonderful ladies. But, I'm back now, and I hope you'll accept me I'm finishing up Violette's 4th outfit right now and when I'm done later, I'll post it. I've got a lot of catching up to do. Oh, and Heathersue...I sat down and read your entire trip report today. I couldn't stop. You're so witty and have a beautiful family

 

[emcreative]

I think I would understand if it did it consecutively, but it didn't!

1. Ferb pants-good
2. Ferb shirt-ruined
3. Sewing class project-good
4. Ferb shirt second try- ruined
5. Phineas pants-good
6. Phineas shirt (same thing as Ferb's) good
7. Ferb shirt third try- ruined, and needle snapped.

UUURGGG.

I did find a red white and blue shirt in his drawer, it's the most expensive tee I've ever paid for AFTER I owned it!

 

[KARAJ]

OK, I have a question has anyone tried to make a dress out of the portrait peasant elongated top??? Kind of like an A-Line shape thing?? I love that style but wanted to do a dress that was super easy to whip out and did not use a ton of material. Please if anyone has tried it let me know... Or if anyone knows a super fast low material dress let me know. I just need to whip up several at once.

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

I need 2 little girls so I can make stepsister outfits! I love Sophee's dress Aimee! And cute back to school stuff and everything else. I finally took pictures and mailed off Mya's Dora outfit yesterday. The tee shirt is to match some pj pants Nikki is making for her.

I bet she will love this!

I'm a little over the "dork" thing. Why are we dorks? DIS is a community of people with shared interests. The funny thing is, when ever a friend is heading to Disney... who do they call? Don't you know it, they are picking me for answers to their Disney questions and fishing to borrow my customs.
I don't mind the affectionate pokes but some of my friends and family judge me for posting on the boards. I hear, "you waste so much time on those boards" and "why don't you go out and make some real friends." Ugh, sorry for that vent.

I believe we are all real friends. We just communicate with computers. Sometimes via phone calls, and some have even met each other in person. But we have sewing in common and the message board is a great way to share tips and encouragement. I just don't think we are dorks either.

It our wedding anniversary today. This is the first one my DH has been home for. We are going to New Orleans for a night out. I'm so excited.

Sounds like a great night! Happy Anniversary.

Hello friends!

You would think that I have been getting things done left and right since I have no husband or kids this week but there has been a lot of lazing around. I did manage to make an easy peasy disney outfit for a friend's son:

And I saw someone on youcanmakethis lengthened the tunic into a dress and I had to copy it. Would you like to see the inside of my bathroom?

It was pretty easy but it's a little difficult to get on and off, I am just biding my time until the adult peasant dress comes out!

I am so excited for all of you who have upcoming disney trips, planning outfits is so much fun!

I love your dress! Very pretty.

Cute boys outfit! LOVE your dress!!!!!!! You need a bag to match.

Great Minds think alike. That purse is adorable.

I finished this on Sunday for my dd to wear to a Patriotic Potluck Picnic we hosted at our house for our playgroup. It's an apron dress with Carla's peasant shirt underneath (first time making that pattern, so easy!).

I love that dress!

Ok, I finally finished up my first Vida. This pattern is very easy. I hand appliqued Ariel before and after on it. I used deisgns from my new cricut. It was deifnitely a learning experience using a pattern that way, but will be even faster the next time.

Not sure what I'm going to do next. I have the Feliz pattern but it intimidates me. DOes anyone know of an online tutorial for the Feliz? It's hard to understand the directions on the pattern.

Very cute. Ariel is my Daughter's favorite princess.

I made my first dresses ever using the simply sweet pattern!

So cute! The girls are adorable in their dresses!

OT:

THE GIRLS CAN ATTEND THE ADOPTIONS!!

Whoo hoo! So, August 7th at 9am it is!!!

Great news! Just a little over a month away from your Gotcha Day! I hope the time flies by.

Hi everyone, wow you are all chatty chatty now I am 10 pages behind again but will have to catch up later. Just wanted to post some pics. of what I have been working on. The shirt is what I made for my DH for Father's Day and the other is a Fish Extender for a fellow diser for her cruise.(unfinished right now.)

Sorry if the pics. are big, photobucket was giving me issues.

I love the appliques. Very cute.

To My Dear Dis Friends,

Thank you all for the wonderful prayers and kind words you have sent my way. I truly appreciate them more than you will ever know. After going through the saddest, most heart-wrenching and difficult case we could ever imagine, we were finally able to adopt our beautiful baby boy. Last night was the first night in well over a year and a half where I did not stay up fearing the worst; that our son would be ripped from our hearts and lives forever. We have truly been blessed once again. Our lives have been enriched and we are forever grateful for the family that we have been given.

Sincerely your friend!!!
Beth

Congratulations! What an adorable little boy.

Couple of things I got completed in the last day or so.

Dress for my mom (pre shirred, everyones talk about shirring problems has scared me)



Dress for me



Yes, mom is the same size as me, so I get to model as she hasn't seen it yet. And the pics are courtesy of Liam, so I did not have to use the bathroom mirror method.

Shorts to sleep in for both boys.

Cute dresses and shorts!

Well I got Taylor's 4th of July outfit done, and my new camera arrived this morning, but no model.... I wanted to play with my camera so I went ahead and took a picture.... I'll put a picture of her in it when I get back in town sunday. My DD went with my mom to her house 5 hours away yesterday, and I am joining them there tonight.

I really should be packing, but I think I am going to try and work on another Disney World outfit for a little while.

That skirt is so cute and I love the top. The star fabric looks great as a ruffle.

That is really cute! I think it is my favorite twirl skirt ever. Great Job!!

Mya's Big Give-

I thought I would share my pics for Mya's Big Give. This was really bittersweet for me because Mya is three months younger than my daughter and they are almost the same size. My DH got really upset when he heard a little bit about her story. He was really happy that I made the outfit too.

The skirt is only 10 inches long. I know it is going to be hot so I decided to keep it one layer. Also, I am really happy I had two hats. Let's just say the first was a hot fix disaster!! The second I just bejeweled. It will cover her and head and add a little bling bling.

What a great applique. I love the satin. The skirt is really pretty too. The hat completes the outfit so well!

I bought my first heathersue design, and I don't even have an embroidery machine! My friend has an embroidery machine, so we had fun making mickey cupcakes! The only problem is, I nicked a hole in the t-shirt while trimming the fabric. Any ideas on how to keep it from falling apart? Or do I need to start over?

After we made the ones to go with the cupcake skirts I plan to make, we decided they would make good 4th of July outfits too.

I made these shorts for my friend's DD, now I have to make 2 prs for my 2 DDs! Nothing like waiting until the last minute!

Those turned out really well!

Thanks LisaZoe (and the other posters) I did it! And it almost doesn't look too bad!!!

Here's Phineas' 4th of July outfit!!

That is adorable.

Finished another dress for DD. Came so close to ripping the ribbon off. I pleated it too close, but didn't really take note until it was on the dress. I hand reversed some of the pleated & it made it better than ripping the whole thing out. I can only work when the kids are sleeping or occupied, and this makes me rush.

I saw this somewhere. I would love to give them credit, but I dig in so many different places that I can't even remember where I saw it.

I love the Mickey dress!

Hey looks like this fabric was popular this year! Isn't it super cute.

I love the Peek a boo pleated skirt on YCMT. It as so easy to whip up.

Georgia's grandma came right when I finished it. I didn't get to finish up the appliqued tank top. Or have her model it. So I will show that when she gets back on Sunday.

Very cute.

Okay I am in a panic. I only have 45 days until our trip. I have nothing done. Lots of ideas. I decided today to tryout the bowling shirt pattern I have for my youngest son. I was so happy with how it turned out. This is a monster truck fabric that I just happen to have enough of to play with. Now that I know it fits. I need to do some for our trip. I was sooooooo nervous with the collar but I didn't have any problems there. Had a time with the sleeves but not too bad.

Great job on your first shirt. I love it. I have one I need to finish up for my nephew.

 

[Stephres]

OK, I have a question has anyone tried to make a dress out of the portrait peasant elongated top??? Kind of like an A-Line shape thing?? I love that style but wanted to do a dress that was super easy to whip out and did not use a ton of material. Please if anyone has tried it let me know... Or if anyone knows a super fast low material dress let me know. I just need to whip up several at once.

I have made several a-line tops and nightgowns from the potrait peasant pattern. Just flare it out and you'll be fine. If you are doing a dress you might want to add ties so you can define a waist. I think Teresa did that when she made them for Arminda.

I made this one out of a pillowcase and added sleeves and a ruffle:

Nightgown out of flannel:

Another nightgown:

 

[Adi12982]

Hey ladies. I've been gone for forever again. I suck big time. Life has just been crazy lately and I haven't sewn in a long time. DH got back from deployment at the beginning of April and I got pregnant a month later! Just like with Violette I'm due January 22. The last time I sewed anything was Christmas time and I was pretty bummed about that. But I've got my motivation back and I'm in the swing of things again. I'm sorry I haven't posted my support to all you wonderful ladies. But, I'm back now, and I hope you'll accept me I'm finishing up Violette's 4th outfit right now and when I'm done later, I'll post it. I've got a lot of catching up to do. Oh, and Heathersue...I sat down and read your entire trip report today. I couldn't stop. You're so witty and have a beautiful family

Welcome back!!

AND. . .

 

[Rymer]

do any of you gals know where I can get an easy twirl dress pattern? I'm a beginner & I made my daughter a pillow case dress tonight (I'll post a pic in a bit) and she hates it because it doesn't twirl. she ripped it right off after I took the picture! so I'm looking to make her a twirl dress. any help would be so appreciated! thank you

 

[MouseTriper]

Congratulations! What an adorable little boy.

Thank you so much!!!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Hi y'all; I lost my quote, so I'm going to go back and try again, but in the meantime, wanted to let ya know what I've been working on this week.

Made two outfits for the kids:
4th of July-

and the Zoo-

I also learned how to use my serger, ruffler (many, many thanks to Carla for her awesome tutorial, hated the math-blech- but love that I now know pretty much exactly how much it's going to ruffle) and the embroidery part of my machine; only took 9 years, but who's counting! I now know for sure that I need a bigger hoop; Joanne has the Brother PE 700II down to $649 w/ free shipping and my birthday's less than a month away, so I'm trying hard
so all in all, a busy week

 

[Rymer]

here is my very first attempt at sewing a dress!

 

[livndisney]

here is my very first attempt at sewing a dress!

Very cute!!!! Good job!!!!!!

 

[Rymer]

thank you! we can't wait to get the Mulan dress!!

Very cute!!!! Good job!!!!!!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Lost stuff again, so I'm going to comment in peices:

In one of the early Disboutique threads (maybe the second or third thread) a bunch of us were complaining about the Dainty Designs top and along came very helpful designer. I think she thought we were "discussing" her pattern. A few of us had already found her patterns, she offered help if we needed it, and the rest is history!

Thanks! And everyone else who took the time to tell me your experiences, I really appreciate it; and of course, went w/ Carla's pattern!

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.

Cute! Congrats on the Cricut!

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

Lilo hula skirt/shorts

Belle sun dress.

These are awesome; I especially love the Lilo

The Cinderella outfit I made for my little cousin to eat a the castle a few weeks ago I forgot to show it, the little tunic is using carla's pattern I made it out of beach towels, my grandaughter is 3 she picked the towel out and wanted belle on the front I think the back looks better than the front, I couldn't get it to center and be able to get cinderellas face on the front to her bathing suit has the princesses on it it was very easy to make and i figured this way she wouldn't have to worry with a towel she could just put this on after swimming. Sorry the pictures are big someday I will figure it all out.

These are amazing; absolutely gorgeous, esp. the skirt

This is the dress I made for my neice, Simple Sweet by Carla'c- Halter style

I originally planned this to be thigh length and I was gong to pair it with the MM red polka dot capris, but despite using her Mom's measurements it came out fitting more like a dress- so its a good thing I didnt have time to make the pants.

sorry Im so far behind I posted this on the old thread at first.

I started a new quilt this weekend, simple, doing a rail fence with Bali jelly rolls by Hoffman, but its hard to sew during the week.

So cute!

I am a lonely lurker. Hopefully I am not driving you nuts! I have this pattern: http://www.virginiaquilter.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/online-store/scstore/p-PRNCSS.html?E+scstore. It isn't pieced, it's appliqued but it was really cute when my mom and I saw it in person. I have the pattern here but I haven't found time to sew it. someday.... I so do not have the skills to do the applique like that yet!

I want to thank Aimeeg and jham for their help with the peasant dress a month ago...it ended up being a super cute nightgown for dd. I went on the larger side because it's hard to get clothes over J's head. She doesn't like to stand still for long, lol. My trouble was that I needed a 5/6 bodice on a 3 length (J's 23" around the chest and tummy). I didn't do the tie back because I was farther along than that, but I want to do that the next time. It's a super cute idea. Do any of you have a particular pattern for those ties? Carla C's Simply Sweet dress pattern?

Here's J in her nightgown after a good night's sleep...Love this pattern!

I made a pair of pants to match a tee I picked up at a consignment store. I learned a big lesson. Don't sew a bee button on the knee, lol. She's pulled the button out of the pants now (after two wears). Embroider or applique it. She likes them though.

A couple days later I used one of Claire's patterns to applique Fancy Nancy on a t-shirt. J loves it but I haven't made bottoms to match it yet. I have some FN cotton fabric but I don't know if I should make shorts or a skirt.

Here's J's 4th of July dress. She was turning and twisting when I snapped the pics so the ruffles look a little messed up. I wish I had all of your knack at taking better pics! Maybe on the 4th I will get it right. I used a YCMT pattern. I think it's called the "Cami dress" I'm making another one out of strawberry shortcake fabric. I sewed the quilt and dust ruffle on the bed a couple years ago. Bad pics but the quilt is a log cabin pattern by Kansas Troubles/Moda.

Heather Sue: I so haven't forgotten about buying some of your applique designs. I think I'm the absolute slowest person at making decisions and getting things sewn. I am so sorry! I will figure it out though and get back to you hopefully tomorrow!!!

These are great!

Hi Hi Hi! I don't think I even posted on 14, but I was lurking about! I always enjoy the gorgeous creations and adorable kiddos.

Here are some pics of what I am working on right now...
TERESA AND HEATHER - GO AHEAD AND MAKE FUN (but keep in mind I already suffered considerably just getting these pictures)!!!

And here is the mama version...

I have all the patterns ready to go (6m-12y for kids, XS-3X for women), but
I still need to write up the instructions. I'm not going to get to work on them at all this week because....

We are taking a last minute vacay down to Florida!
We are going to spend one day at MK, and the rest of the time we are going to do the fun Florida things that DH remembers from his childhood . Hopefully I am going to get to see some of my dear Diser friends, too!!!

We fly out tomorrow and I haven't packed a thing I'm having a hard time resisting the urge to sew customs!

Carla

OMG, I love, love, love, love this pattern; and am so glad my son is not the only one photographed in dresses when necessary. hee hee; hope you had a great trip!

I made my first tutu late last night

We just moved 2 weeks ago and my cords to both sewing machines got "lost" so now I have to call and order them..

great job! and I feel your pain on the cord thing.

 

[mommalissa]

Hi Everyone! I am looking for a pattern for the sorcorers hat from Fantasia. I have looked in coloring books and online and haven't found anything. I would like to do the kids a shirt with that on it like several have done with just the Mickey heads. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

 

[KARAJ]

I have made several a-line tops and nightgowns from the potrait peasant pattern. Just flare it out and you'll be fine. If you are doing a dress you might want to add ties so you can define a waist. I think Teresa did that when she made them for Arminda.

I made this one out of a pillowcase and added sleeves and a ruffle:

Nightgown out of flannel:

THANK YOU!! That is exactly what I was thinking of. I really appreciate the pics also.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Okay first of all I hate my sister, she is going with us to Disney World, and was looking at all the outfits I made for Taylor.... We were talking about making us a few matching Ts or tank tops. Well she is holding up Taylor's animal kingdom skirt and saying she wanted one.... I joked it looked like Taylor's would fit her, low and behold she put it on and it fit (it's a little short, but it fit! My 3 year old's skirt fit her! Then she wears one of my old bikinnis this weekend (which I guess rubbed it in that a 3 year old's skirt would have fit me pre Taylor). I so hate her, not really but dang I need to get on a diet. Anyhow...she decided she wants a matching skirt for animal kingdom, I will probably make it a little longer even though she is doing to wear tights or leggings or whatever they are called.

Here she is in the skirt:

So I guess I have another one to make!

I also finished another Hollywood Studios outfit for Taylor today. She is wearing this one for dinner at the Hollywood Brown Derby.

I took some pics of the rest of the dress because she wasn't in the mood to pose today, she was packing to go to my mom's for the rest of the week.



Looks like I still have a few loose threads I need to get to... but you get the idea.

Wow! Add me to the list of those who think it's criminal your sis looks that good in your 3 y/o'ds skirt, but I love, love, love the DHS dress; absolutely perfect!

WE GOT OUR ADOPTION DATE

August 7th at 9am!!

Then, I realized the girls are most likely going to be on vacation with their biodad, and he WON'T reschedule anything for us...so we might have to reschedule.

Congrats on the "gotcha" date! Hopefully biodad won't remember...

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes for my newly broken ankle. Just got back from the ortho, off of work for four weeks with a chip fracture in the right ankle. So I will have plenty of sewing time. We will be heading down to Ocean City Nj to stay with my mom, because DH has a business trip to Nova Scotia, Canada. So packing up my sewing supplies and heading to the beachand let my mommy take care of me for a week or two.

hope you heal fast- as soon as you get some sewing done!

didn't this thread started a few days back!!!!!????????? so many pages already!!!
Love the outfits posted, specially the disney studios black and white one!funny about your sister!!! I finally sew some things this morning! i saw there is a give for a little girl size 24 mths and she likes spongebob so I had a little fabric around and made a vida dress for her, the funny thing is the first one I miscalculated the measurement and came out a size 12 months (21 chest)

so had to make another one size 24mths

simple top to go with it (pattern is only 1 pc!)
this is how you cut it
don't you love it when is that simple!!!!!

and the last piece I made today

I have 2 disboutique sisters to thank for the fabric

back to page 11..........

Cute!!

Right now I've got things calculated up to a 15" length (top of waistband to hem). I think I might group the lengths into a range of sizes - like 2-4, 6-8. That might help people who are used to thinking in terms of size.

I just finished the first 'official' sample using the pattern, cutting templates and measurements. Other than wishing the red of the net lace was closer to the red of the cotton prints, I'm very pleased with how well this came together.

Other than finishing the instructions, size samples and photos of the steps, I want to calculate the yardage needed. So far I've just been using remnants I have have in my stash so I haven't been paying attention to how much I use of each fabric.

Love, love love this; can't wait for it to be available! and thanks for the applique info, too!

I decided to totally do what I keep talking about and have FUN FLUFFY clothes for our upcoming trip- and Hubby is playing along (as long as the shirt is black, lol!)! I thought you all might get a chuckle about what we're wearing to the parks! (I did not sew the clothes, and thank you Heather Sue for your AWESOME appliques!!)

Star Wars Day:
My Imperial Dress:

Hubby's Shirt:

Up Day:
My Up Dress:

Hubby's "UP"

Second "UP" Day
My Grape Soda Dress:

Cute! Don't forget, we'll need pics of y'all wearing them, too...

 

[Stephres]

and the Zoo-

Love these: my son picked out the same fireworks fabric for a simple star shirt. It looks much prettier all embroidered and in a dress! Aren't Carla's directions the best?

So cute! This is the one with not enough twirl? I think you should try a twirl skirt or a jumper with a big twirl skirt attached. You can do it!

THANK YOU!! That is exactly what I was thinking of. I really appreciate the pics also.

Oh good, I'm glad. They are very easy and fast to put together, which is why I like them!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Thanks for posting the pics! I love seeing everyone sewing spaces. Great job getting everything in order. I hope you enjoy it!



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Here is DD Anastasia dress. I had a few things going against me this afternoon. 1. Drizella is at camp. 2. It rained today. 3. The dress is slightly big. 4. My old camera sucks. These were s few of the first appliques I did. DD is irritated that the black Cheshire Cat is on her dress. She is right. It is clipart of the Cheshire Cat. Stitchontime designed it and I guess she used the Cheshire Cat as a base.

I could not get good pics of DD from behind. The purple fabric splits and meets in the center.

I love this dress more than I can say, especially the overskirt w/ the ruffled back; just gorgeous!

Just finished some Back to school customs!!! WOO HOO!! Got to get moving.. school starts in 4 weeks 6 days - not that I am counting

and this one I made last year! and have enough to do again! WOO HOO!!!

Lori

So cute! I really love your one from last year, too; I think it might be my favorite ever bts outfit!

Lisa, I just love this. I can't wait for the pattern. Would a nylon chiffon work for the lacey part?



I have versions:
This is my nephew, I used a halloween pattern, with the Chef's. And pretty much just put a belt on it.

This was for a Big Give. I used an old halloween pattern I had.

In both cases, I just zigzaged the fringe on at the shoulder seams. And I used the Easy fit Pant on YCMT and put yellow twill tape down the leg.

cute; love the prince charming

A sneak Peek...

I don't have good pictures yet, these were taken really quick, but I finally finished this set a few days ago! I've had it 3/4 of the way done for over 2 months! I think I'm going to make a car hop/soda jerk hat to go with it.

The apron is not done, it still needs a cherry button and bugle bead sprinkles.

ETA: I did the applique clip art myself, before I saw HetherSue's

Wow, just awesome!

Beautiful!!

I decided to make a matching headband for the dress I made today. I found a tutorial online a few months ago.

love the headband, love the pic! Absolutely stunning

I finally finished something. My brain is in too many places at once & I tend to put things aside when I get to a hard part.

I will not even get into the pain & lessons learned w/ this one.

My 1st tshirt applique. I learned to put stabelizer on the back of the tshirt before stitching. The Mickey heads are all I can get right now. They are big & gently round.

Now there are 3 more DD outfits in my head & a few for DS. Boys are back. Got to go.

You're doing great!

Hugs T. And little's talk with her baby brother/sister is just too sweet. Lauren has been talking to my belly lately too. She likes to pet my belly and give it kisses.

By the way, I had my ultrasound this morning. I am having another girl!

Congratulations on your new princess!!!

I need 2 little girls so I can make stepsister outfits! I love Sophee's dress Aimee! And cute back to school stuff and everything else. I finally took pictures and mailed off Mya's Dora outfit yesterday. The tee shirt is to match some pj pants Nikki is making for her.

Love the peek a boo skirt outfit; and the shirt is great too!

Hello friends!

You would think that I have been getting things done left and right since I have no husband or kids this week but there has been a lot of lazing around. I did manage to make an easy peasy disney outfit for a friend's son:

And I saw someone on youcanmakethis lengthened the tunic into a dress and I had to copy it. Would you like to see the inside of my bathroom?

It was pretty easy but it's a little difficult to get on and off, I am just biding my time until the adult peasant dress comes out!

I am so excited for all of you who have upcoming disney trips, planning outfits is so much fun!

Love the dress, and the creative way you found to take pics, too!

I finished this on Sunday for my dd to wear to a Patriotic Potluck Picnic we hosted at our house for our playgroup. It's an apron dress with Carla's peasant shirt underneath (first time making that pattern, so easy!).

So pretty!

I saw some xmas fabric in joanns, so I bet it won't be long (yes, I bought some!).

I only made him two things especially for that trip. I copied someone here and made trees on sweatshirts with mickey head scrapbooking buttons.

And I made family shirts for all of us with mickey heads with santa hats. I did a regular mickey head and added a santa hat with flannel and a little bit of fun fur. My favorite part was the jingle bell!

Boys are hard to sew for! Let's see what else I have. I made him a pirate outfit:

The little animals are buttons, it's supposed to be the tree of life.

I made this for a big give, it is cars fabric and an initial t-shirt:

I wanted to make him space shorts to match his sister's skirt but was told no.

I hope this gives you a couple of ideas!

Doesn't he look so cute and little with the shorter hair? If I make him cut it will he be little again?

Love these; great family ideas

as at the last minute I decided to add a princess sundress for Mya's give.

I asked my husband and kids if they knew what princess it was and they both said they had no idea of course I keep a picture of the disney princesses on my wall ( for inspiration) and they still could not place which one it was.....so my question is

does this dress says sleeping beauty to you? it is all pin down to show you how it is to look, and I did not have any other pink color in my stash! I do have the regular princesses cotton print fabric,, maybe I should just make a regular sundress in the princess fabric????? It has to go in the mail in the morning....Thanks

Linnette

I know this went out already, but I think it's my absolute fave Sleeping Beauty sundress!

 

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Keli-love Peach's 4th skirt! (don't know where it went in my quote?).

Okay I am in a panic. I only have 45 days until our trip. I have nothing done. Lots of ideas. I decided today to tryout the bowling shirt pattern I have for my youngest son. I was so happy with how it turned out. This is a monster truck fabric that I just happen to have enough of to play with. Now that I know it fits. I need to do some for our trip. I was sooooooo nervous with the collar but I didn't have any problems there. Had a time with the sleeves but not too bad.

Action Shot of him pretending to bowl(Get it Bowling shirt)

Up close of the fabric

Cute bowling shirt. Does it make you feel better to look at my ticker and know that I haven't made anything yet?

Ever feel like a project is doomed?

I whipped up Phineas' pants and tee in no time flat, first try. But I have tried three times to make a shirt for Ferb (the EXACT same thing) and EVERY TIME it's screwed up so much it can't be salvaged This last time the needle even snapped!

LOL I"m gonna go look for a red shirt or something and call it good!!

How frustrating! Are you using a ball point needle when sewing on the Tee?

Hey ladies. I've been gone for forever again. I suck big time. Life has just been crazy lately and I haven't sewn in a long time. DH got back from deployment at the beginning of April and I got pregnant a month later! Just like with Violette I'm due January 22. The last time I sewed anything was Christmas time and I was pretty bummed about that. But I've got my motivation back and I'm in the swing of things again. I'm sorry I haven't posted my support to all you wonderful ladies. But, I'm back now, and I hope you'll accept me I'm finishing up Violette's 4th outfit right now and when I'm done later, I'll post it. I've got a lot of catching up to do. Oh, and Heathersue...I sat down and read your entire trip report today. I couldn't stop. You're so witty and have a beautiful family

Congratulations!!!! My youngest will be 7 on Jan 21st. How are you feeling?

OK, I have a question has anyone tried to make a dress out of the portrait peasant elongated top??? Kind of like an A-Line shape thing?? I love that style but wanted to do a dress that was super easy to whip out and did not use a ton of material. Please if anyone has tried it let me know... Or if anyone knows a super fast low material dress let me know. I just need to whip up several at once.

As you see from Steph's photos that will work. I have done a super quick dress using a bodice from a simply sweet but making the dress an a-line and then finishing with bias binding:

Made two outfits for the kids:
4th of July-

and the Zoo-

I also learned how to use my serger, ruffler (many, many thanks to Carla for her awesome tutorial, hated the math-blech- but love that I now know pretty much exactly how much it's going to ruffle) and the embroidery part of my machine; only took 9 years, but who's counting! I now know for sure that I need a bigger hoop; Joanne has the Brother PE 700II down to $649 w/ free shipping and my birthday's less than a month away, so I'm trying hard
so all in all, a busy week

So cute! Love both the 4th outfits and the zoo outfits!

here is my very first attempt at sewing a dress!

So cute! You might want to try Carla's Simply Sweet dress.

 

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I cannot remember who suggested it but I need to say thank you. Yesterday, I cut the seam of my DD's tank. It made hooping the shirt so much easier. Afterwards I stitched the side of the tank and then serged the seam. Thanks a bunch!

Love, love, love this!!!!!

Ok, I finally finished up my first Vida. This pattern is very easy. I hand appliqued Ariel before and after on it. I used deisgns from my new cricut. It was deifnitely a learning experience using a pattern that way, but will be even faster the next time.

Not sure what I'm going to do next. I have the Feliz pattern but it intimidates me. DOes anyone know of an online tutorial for the Feliz? It's hard to understand the directions on the pattern.

This is awesome!

I made my first dresses ever using the simply sweet pattern!

Sorry for so many pictures! These aren't as fancy as all of your wonderful creations, but I must admit that I am proud of myself and can't wait to make more! They are going to wear these in the 4th of July parade in our town! The bad part is I had to make 4 dress since I have 2 daughters and they love to match their AG dolls! I am definitely ready to see some different material!

These are great - and 4 of them is super impressive; well done!

ok, I finished the dress and I really like it, the only issue is that the dress is a little too puffy as I used a lot of fabric for the skirt and the linen lace provided a little stability to the inside skirt, which bring me to the question: How do you care (wash) a dress like this.. it has heavy cotton eyelet for the inside, kona cotton for the lining(top) and my issue again is the linen lace as I imagine it will be hard to take care, but if is only worn once it will be enough for me as Mya's Give is really close to my heart

I added this headband

PS My husband fell in love with the dress!!!! This is the first times he compliment anything that I've doneLinnette

this is one of my two favorite dresses - ever!! There is no such thing as too poofy; Mya's going to love it! And the headband is gorgeous as well. I would think you'd be fine hand washing or delicate in the machine and line drying, too.

I really like to do wedge shaped panels. That way I can have a lot of twirl without as much bulk at the waist. That's what I did for this skirt - it was a bit fuller than a 'circle skirt' but still didn't have too much bulk at the waist.

This snow white is just incredible; not only do you have tremendous talent, but your eye for pattern and color is to die for!

This is a new set my mom made. She is getting back into sewing again.

Super cute!

Here is Lily's "Fancy Fancy" outfit. Everything is fancier with a petti!

very sweet!

Hi everyone, wow you are all chatty chatty now I am 10 pages behind again but will have to catch up later. Just wanted to post some pics. of what I have been working on. The shirt is what I made for my DH for Father's Day and the other is a Fish Extender for a fellow diser for her cruise.(unfinished right now.)

Sorry if the pics. are big, photobucket was giving me issues.

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These are adorable

To My Dear Dis Friends,

Thank you all for the wonderful prayers and kind words you have sent my way. I truly appreciate them more than you will ever know. After going through the saddest, most heart-wrenching and difficult case we could ever imagine, we were finally able to adopt our beautiful baby boy. Last night was the first night in well over a year and a half where I did not stay up fearing the worst; that our son would be ripped from our hearts and lives forever. We have truly been blessed once again. Our lives have been enriched and we are forever grateful for the family that we have been given.

Sincerely your friend!!!
Beth

Crying happy tears for you! He is truly a beautiful boy.

I swear you guys get more talented every time I come here!
Love EVERY THING!

Mousetripper CONGRATS on the adoption that is such amazing news!!!!!!!!! Your son is beautiful!

Here is a pluto applique I did for our trip in November but there is no way I will be able to put it away for then so he gets to wear it. Yes he makes faces and poses in EVERY picture!

Oh and I wanted to add I am so proud of my kids! Nikki moved up to year 2 blue belt in Karate and Kyle moved up to a green belt. He is still in yr one but since Nikki moved up they go to 1 yr 1 class and 1 yr 2 class. They had their first yr 2 class last night both loved it. I was amazed at how well Kyle did! It is mostly grappling and he LOVES it! He was so focus which he never usually is. So it was a huge deal for me to see how great he did in the big guy class. Nikki well she is one of those kids who is good at everything.

Congrats on the promotions! Love the shirt, too!

Congratulations! He is beautiful!

I love everyones new creations! The snow white dress, the fancy nancy dance dress, the outfit mom made. Love that sleepy beauty sun dress! Pluto is great! I am trying to get to work and then this afternoon we are off to MIL,

Thanks to all for your prayers for my MIL. She got out of the hospital yesterday afternoon. She seems to be doing better and they did not find anything life threatening. Thank God.

So glad your MIL is doing better.

Hi this is Claire from Stitchontime.

Just to let you all know I have digitized a new lucifer. The one previouse was sent to me by a customer which I digitized from, this seems not to be the true cat.

As I can attach a link here yet you can visit my site to see the new version.

Thanks, and wecome!

Couple of things I got completed in the last day or so.

Dress for my mom (pre shirred, everyones talk about shirring problems has scared me)



Dress for me

Cute!

Well I got Taylor's 4th of July outfit done, and my new camera arrived this morning, but no model.... I wanted to play with my camera so I went ahead and took a picture.... I'll put a picture of her in it when I get back in town sunday. My DD went with my mom to her house 5 hours away yesterday, and I am joining them there tonight.

I really should be packing, but I think I am going to try and work on another Disney World outfit for a little while.

I really, really love this!

That is really cute! I think it is my favorite twirl skirt ever. Great Job!!



I thought I would share my pics for Mya's Big Give. This was really bittersweet for me because Mya is three months younger than my daughter and they are almost the same size. My DH got really upset when he heard a little bit about her story. He was really happy that I made the outfit too.

The skirt is only 10 inches long. I know it is going to be hot so I decided to keep it one layer. Also, I am really happy I had two hats. Let's just say the first was a hot fix disaster!! The second I just bejeweled. It will cover her and head and add a little bling bling.

I adore this!

I bought my first heathersue design, and I don't even have an embroidery machine My friend has an embroidery machine, so we had fun making mickey cupcakes! The only problem is, I nicked a hole in the t-shirt while trimming the fabric. Any ideas on how to keep it from falling apart? Or do I need to start over?

After we made the ones to go with the cupcake skirts I plan to make, we decided they would make good 4th of July outfits too.

I made these shorts for my friend's DD, now I have to make 2 prs for my 2 DDs! Nothing like waiting until the last minute!

Super cute!

Thanks LisaZoe (and the other posters) I did it! And it almost doesn't look too bad!!!

Here's Phineas' 4th of July outfit!!

You're doing awesome!

Hello, Well yesterday was my bday, so I did not get a chance to get to the board.. those of you on facebook saw my pics I posted from the day! wanted to post a few here as well!

Lori

Happy Birthday!

Please ignore this post!!! I just need to rant a bit and get it out of my system...and has to be where I know 'certain' people won't see it!


Nini

prayers, hugs, and thoughts for you and your family.

Finished another dress for DD. Came so close to ripping the ribbon off. I pleated it too close, but didn't really take note until it was on the dress. I hand reversed some of the pleated & it made it better than ripping the whole thing out. I can only work when the kids are sleeping or occupied, and this makes me rush.

I saw this somewhere. I would love to give them credit, but I dig in so many different places that I can't even remember where I saw it.

This is so cute!

Hey ladies. I've been gone for forever again. I suck big time. Life has just been crazy lately and I haven't sewn in a long time. DH got back from deployment at the beginning of April and I got pregnant a month later! Just like with Violette I'm due January 22. The last time I sewed anything was Christmas time and I was pretty bummed about that. But I've got my motivation back and I'm in the swing of things again. I'm sorry I haven't posted my support to all you wonderful ladies. But, I'm back now, and I hope you'll accept me I'm finishing up Violette's 4th outfit right now and when I'm done later, I'll post it. I've got a lot of catching up to do. Oh, and Heathersue...I sat down and read your entire trip report today. I couldn't stop. You're so witty and have a beautiful family

congrats on the new addition! And it's great to "see" you!

I have made several a-line tops and nightgowns from the potrait peasant pattern. Just flare it out and you'll be fine. If you are doing a dress you might want to add ties so you can define a waist. I think Teresa did that when she made them for Arminda.

I made this one out of a pillowcase and added sleeves and a ruffle:

These are great! I have to try one!

here is my very first attempt at sewing a dress!

Really well done; I would also encourage you to try the simply sweet by Carla C; super twirl factor!