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

[disneylovinfamily]

FYI:

Linnette will no longer be available as "MrsMiller" as the account has closed. She is dealing with a lot right now and thanks you for understanding she isn't able to work on patterns or anything at the moment. Feel free to PM me if you'd like her email address.

Tell her that I will be praying for her. She will be missed here. I always loved seeing her creations! She is so talented!

 

[teresajoy]

Theresa I have no idea which is or does what-LOL . I see something on eBay for about $100....

Linette we love you!

That sounds like the PED Basic, which is the thing that allows you to put designs on the card and put them in the machine. Yes, you should get that.

 

[EnchantedPrincess]

FYI:

Linnette will no longer be available as "MrsMiller" as the account has closed. She is dealing with a lot right now and thanks you for understanding she isn't able to work on patterns or anything at the moment. Feel free to PM me if you'd like her email address.

I will keep her in my prayers..hope everything is OK.

Hi Guys!!

Question - I have the Disney Brother SE270 - is it worth it to get the digitizing software for this 4x4 machine? I saw that Heather has quite a few in that size now - I'd need to get the software plus a blank card, right? Can you use the same card over and over like other digital cards - or once they go on the card do they stay there???? I prob wont be able to have this till Christmas, but I want to make sure DH knows EXACTLY what to get - lol - oh, I meant Santa - ho ho ho!!!

Also - anyone know what crocs return policy is as far as how long you have??? I cant click on it for some reason????

Thanks, Wendy

I think you are talking about the PED Basic software, and yes, you can use the same card over and over again.

Crocs has a 60 day return policy, and you have to go to their website to create a return sales merchandise authorization slip.

 

[Rymer]

Doesn't look bad. I knew right away that it was Cindy's work dress. What kind of pattern are you working from? The right pattern (like CarlaC's stuff) can make even us beginners look like pros. (or close to it)

thanks! I am using a Carla C pattern....the peasant dress! LOL I'm just a terrible seamstress. but my husband said that my sewing is getting better and he sees improvement so that's encouraging. I will keep trying and hopefully be able to make something really pretty! after I finish this my next project will be a twirl skirt.

 

[Rymer]

Of course it's Cinderella's work dress!!! It turned out really cute!!! Your daughter is adorable!



oh thank you! she's trouble but cute! ha ha. I couldn't believe she said she looked like Cinderella in the dress!

how do you guys do the multiple quote things from different posts? I have so much to learn......

 

[InkspressYourself]

Hi Guys!!

Question - I have the Disney Brother SE270 - is it worth it to get the digitizing software for this 4x4 machine? I saw that Heather has quite a few in that size now - I'd need to get the software plus a blank card, right? Can you use the same card over and over like other digital cards - or once they go on the card do they stay there???? I prob wont be able to have this till Christmas, but I want to make sure DH knows EXACTLY what to get - lol - oh, I meant Santa - ho ho ho!!!

Also - anyone know what crocs return policy is as far as how long you have??? I cant click on it for some reason????

Thanks, Wendy

I have this sewing machine and I just bought the ped basic software from joann. I was able to use a 40% off coupon, so it came out to about 60 dollars. I haven't used it yet, so I can't comment on that, but hopefuly I'll be able to use it soon.


I really, really want those cute payless shoes.

I also saw some petti's at Hot Topic when I was at the mall Friday night. I hardly ever go shopping, so I'm probably not tellin y'all anything you didn't already know. I'm sure they aren't as nice as the ones you've been getting but they are only 17 dollars. I think I'm going to get one or two to go under the minnie dot skirt I made. For me, inexpensive will be good because other than Halloween, it may never be worn again after we leave Disney.

I'm not on Facebook so I can't see the new baby

 

[twob4him]

My Mom love her. Threw a surprise Birthday party for Megan yesterday. Megan theought even thought it was her birthday we were just going to pick up her sisters which had been vacationing at grandmas for a few days. Then I told her we were comming back home. My mom thought of everything even hula outfits for the girls. And a hawaiian theam cake. I thought I would share them with all of you.

Birthday girl and her lilo cake.

Thank you for letting me share.

Happy Belated Birthday Megan!!! What a great surprise!!!!

Hi Everyone!!

Beautiful creations just in the past few pages - I dont know if I can bear to go back 120 pages to review it all!!!

We had a great trip to Camp Promise - the campers were wonderful! We are totally exhausted and I am hating the idea of getting back to real life!! Here are a few pictures to share with you all....
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Glad to see your pics of Camp Promise each year...what an awesome thing to do!!! I love that pic of the rainbow...you gotta get that one framed!

Question Alert !!!!!!!
I am making the simply sweet halter back dress and I am stuck. I am done the bodice but I need to attach the back halter part with the elastic. I just do not understand the directions. It says to fold up the front bodice and the lining, got that, then it says to flip and attach the back piece, but I am just not understanding. Any help would be appreciated, not much time to sew before I go back to work and really not much time before our trip. Thanks for the help.

Did you get any help with this??? Let me see if I can help....
1. You flip up the fashion fabric and interlining so you see the lining fabric and the underneath of the interlining. You got that far right?
2. OK now take the whole thing and flip it upside down. What this does is puts the right side of the fashion fabric and the lining face up. You know how you have to put the right sides together before sewing seams...well that is what you are setting up.
3. Next, you have the two rectangular back peices which you sewed together along the long side. The bodice top is kind of rectangular too with the piece flipped up....right? So all you are going to do is place the back rectangular piece (right side down) down on top of the bodice. Make sure the right sides are facing. The seam between the bodice front and lining should match up with the seam of the two back pieces.
4. Now pin the short sides of the rectangle. Stitch and press the seam allowance to the front.
5. Now when you turn the bodice so the fashion fabric is outside and get everything adjusted you see you have managed to sew the outside and the lining at the side seams all at once....and then you must stop and admire your gorgeous work. And wonder how someone managed to figure this out...hahahahha
6. Let me know if you need more help....next you will have to add the elastic to the back!!! You're doing great...can't wait to see it all done!!!

Okay first off, let me say I LOVE HEATHERSUE and CARLAC! After spending all week working on the safari outfit that took forever, it was so nice to finish this last night in just a couple hours..... I honestly think the hairbow took me longer then the outfit! It was so nice to be able to stitch out 5 appliques in a very brief amount of time instead of 6 days. I will actually be putting the cupcake one on t-shirts for me, my mom and my sis too!

Here is Taylor's outfit for the Wishes Dessert Party, I will probably put a pink petti under the skirt, but it isn't here yet.

hahahahaha I as so laughing when I read this cause this was exactly what I said last night....hahahaha...and I hadnt read this yet....so funny. The outfit is absolutely adorable and exactly what I had in mind when I saw Heather's adorable set of appliques....seriously...you completely caught the vision on fabric!



Yesterday I bought special bobbin thread for embroidery and special embroidery needles for tees and more stablizer and a special stand for the thread cones to stand on so they fit with my machine. So I am officially all set to dive into the embroidery world. Oh and I did some reading on how to hoop stuff and not overstretch it....I was doing that and it made the designs all wrinkly when I unhooped them. Wish me luck!!! ( I don't believe in luck actually...hmmmm...ok wish me well!!!! )

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

I LOVE IT!!! Make me one please??
That border really is perfect. I love that little band of fabric you have in there. I love the quilt pattern on the border too. You have pushed me over the edge.. Hannah needs a mommy made quilt!

LOL!

Congrats on the weight loss!

Cute patterns.

I think the Pooh quilt looks awesome!

I know that you can see all the imperfections; but honestly, all I see, and all your beautiful baby will see, is a beautiful mama made quilt!!

Those patterns are really nice. Congrats on the 3 pounds. I keep saying if I could just drop alot first month, I'd really be motivated to stick with it. I think I'm going to do WW online.

Thanks to all of you I made my first dress ever last weekend and posted it earlier in the week. In case you missed it I had not touched a sewing machine since middle school. Thanks again for all of the kind comments on it! Since then, I made a second pillowcase dress for my niece and I made a scaled down version of my first pillowcase dress for DD's AG doll. Here is a photo of them in their matching dresses at a tea party today. I have a long way to go and will never be able to do the complicated things you guys do but DD is very happy so far.

Great job!

The quilt turned out great. I know you can see all the little issues with the stitching, but no one else will.
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I think it looks GREAT! I don't wee what youa re talking about it could be because it is a picture. I think you should be thrilled with it

And I so had to comment on this too! I LOVE it! You did a fab job.

Thank you to everyone who has complimented the quilt. I was actually really excited about it and proud of my first completed applique project and my stitches came out nicely I thought for a first timer AND having to deal with such a heavy, large project. So having the quilter sew right through my applique stitches really upsets me- plus I paid him $286 to do it! Their home was dimly lit so I didn't notice til I got home. I brought it to the quilt shop and they just sadly shook their heads and said the damage was done.

Yesterday DH and I went to USA Baby to get a toddler bed and ended up buying a twin bed instead. So Megan will be transferring to a Big girl bed! I hope she is okay with this. Now I need to decide what to make for a quilt....
IDEAS-SUGGESTIONS please!
I have contemplated some sort of Sleeping Beauty or princess quilt, but she loves other Disney characters too- but Id like to work with a pattern, I have never tried those detailed appliques of faces and characters I see many of you create...., or something more timeless.....I hand dyed a lot of fat quarters last year (think bright colors of the rainbow) and I could do something with those...maybe Sunbonnet Sue? I already own a pattern book and have these preprinted fusible web blocks for large sized sunbonnet sue...

Okay first off, let me say I LOVE HEATHERSUE and CARLAC! After spending all week working on the safari outfit that took forever, it was so nice to finish this last night in just a couple hours..... I honestly think the hairbow took me longer then the outfit! It was so nice to be able to stitch out 5 appliques in a very brief amount of time instead of 6 days. I will actually be putting the cupcake one on t-shirts for me, my mom and my sis too!

Here is Taylor's outfit for the Wishes Dessert Party, I will probably put a pink petti under the skirt, but it isn't here yet.

Here is my first attempt at a more boutique hairbow.... it still needs some practice and work, but when it was taking longer then the outfit, I decided to leave it be.

I love this! Love the ribbon in her hair too! Where did you find the ribbon?
This whole skirt is so creative! Mickey bars are my husband's favorite! And I have 2 sets of hair bows by Waughzee that have clay centers that look like lolipops- I really wish I had an embroidery machine!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful job! Be sure to post this in the photobucket so I can be inspired as I get closer to my trip!

Are these purchased embrodery patterns from HeatherSue, or is this "hand done" by machine? Would it be possible to do this by hand?

WendyBill-
WELCOME back!! Camp Promise looks awesome and how great the kids were so involved and do so well with the campers, you have a truly special family, such a gift you give by spending your time off for the benefit of others.

 

[bclydia]

Hello everyone!!!
I'm still on vacation in Ontario and will be heading home tomorrow. I found a couple of "finds" in the fabric store here and just had to share.
I found snow white fabric!! I think it's from a few years ago. It's dark blue with vivid colours and features the wicked witch and the dwarves.
I also got a bambi fabric with bambi and thumper. Pastel background.
Finally, I got Veggie Tales Christmas Nativity fabric. My children have the nativity toys and I have no idea what I'll make with it, but I just HAD to have it!!
I will post photos when I get home but wanted to share my excitement with people who would understand!
Can't possibly catch up on all the pages in the last 2 weeks. I'll have to skim when I get back.
Hope you're all well!!!

 

[my*2*angels]

WOW you people are BUSY!LOl I can't keep up!

Mirandag819-LOVE LOVE LOVE the dessert outfit! Soo cute!

Pixeegrl- the 3 little pigs dress is ADORABLE!

Jenb1023_ That is sooo cute! Love the matching set! I have that same fabric and am just saving it for something!LOL

Rymer- Love your Cindy work dress! So adorable!

I know there were others, but I just skimmed to try and catch up! I have been working on sets for our trip in October and did almost finished the Tink set. I just need to attach Tink to the tank.

 

[my*2*angels]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MEGAN!!! Looks like the party was a BLAST!

 

[xdanielleax]

I know there were others, but I just skimmed to try and catch up! I have been working on sets for our trip in October and did almost finished the Tink set. I just need to attach Tink to the tank.

This is adorable! I'm so jealous of all you girls with embroidery machines. I've been looking on ebay but they are just so darn expensive.

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I also saw some petti's at Hot Topic when I was at the mall Friday night. I hardly ever go shopping, so I'm probably not tellin y'all anything you didn't already know. I'm sure they aren't as nice as the ones you've been getting but they are only 17 dollars. I think I'm going to get one or two to go under the minnie dot skirt I made. For me, inexpensive will be good because other than Halloween, it may never be worn again after we leave Disney.

I'm not on Facebook so I can't see the new baby

Jenna has the one from Hot Topic. She plays in it, but we really aren't petti-skirt people. I think it would be perfect for Halloween, unless you are looking for poof. If you are looking for more poof and inexpensive you can make a simple one by cutting a piece a 45inch fabric the length that you need, add a casing for elastic, and sew gathered tulle close to the bottom and then a layer about half way between the bottom tulle and the casing. That is what I did to go under Jenna's flower girl dress and it worked great.

I am sure that T will be along soon to post pics of the new baby.

 

[Adi12982]

OK, I have a singer futura 150 and it has worked beautifully up until today for embroidery/applique. I have tried multiple designs today some have worked some haven't. The last two it has been repositioning the pieces of the applique from step to step so they are all off. I've tried rebooting the software, turning the machine on and off. I thought at first it was my laptop b/c I was running vista on itand I hadn't used it with the machine before but then I switched to the desktop and it was doing the same thing. I don't think it's the designs b/c at least one of them I have used before with success. I'm ready to throw it out the window and of course I have only 3 weeks before we leave for vacation and I have about 4 outfits I want to finish.

Are you taking the hoop off to cut off excess fabric and then putting it back on?? If so, be VERY careful that you always push the hoop back in with the same pressure AND that you are VERY gentle when cutting the fabiric - you may be pushing or pulling it too hard and thus moving the fabirc which throws everything off. . . I did that a couple of times at first, but learned my lesson (I have a 350).

In all my experience of sewing machine appliques ( I think I am up to maybe 4 or 5 now!), I sometimes wonder what the digetizer can possibly be thinking. And then I come to find out that they don't necessarily even test stitch their own patterns before they sell them. This is why I try to stick to people like Heather who do an excellent job and test their stuff out. So, I am gathering fabrics still for my stripwork skirt to put those designs on...If I have problems too I am going to complain. I don't mind buying designs even if they cost a bit more, I don't mind, but what I don't want to do is buy stuff that doesn't stitch out or line up well.... ...cause that's money and time wasted. So I will keep you posted...glad your adorable skirt came out so great though....and no one knows how long it took....but still if you encounter difficulties like that it really takes the fun out of it and I don't want you (or me or anyone else) to get discouraged.

If there is an error with her designs I suggest emailing her about it, she is good about fixing things. But I agree - heathersue is the way to go

 

[Adi12982]

THANK YOU to everyone on your comments about my little one's 4dultrasound pics!

 

[littlepeppers]

I have this sewing machine and I just bought the ped basic software from joann. I was able to use a 40% off coupon, so it came out to about 60 dollars. I haven't used it yet, so I can't comment on that, but hopefuly I'll be able to use it soon.
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please pm me when you use your ped basic stuff. i've had it since last christmas & haven't take it out of the box yet. i've been too busy, but if it is easy then i may be inspired.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Okay so it's quite obvious to me what I did wrong....but hopefully not to anyone else. Maybe you all will just think I meant to do it that way lol. The appliques is too high up. Anyways, here goes. Action shots hopefully next week when we see Abby.

Adorable! It looks like the 3 little pigs image would be easier to see at this placement.

ugh...so here is my attempt at a real dress (I made a pillow case dress previously) this came out horribly, but that's OK, it was my frist go round at it. I can't seem to figure out how to sew the skirt on to the bodice correctly. My sewing is a real mess...IDK guess I have to keep trying. I didn't buy the apron pattern yet so I just sorta cut out an apron from some scrap fabric to see if it would actually look alright once I made a real one. as long as I can hide the seems and hem the dress, it might actually not be so bad. it's nothing like you ladies sew though...I don't know how you all make such gorgeous things. here is my DD in the dress.....she did say she looked like Cinderella though so that made mommy feel really good! LOL (oh yeah, it's supposed to be cindy's work dress if you couldn't figure it out)

So cute!!!! Looks great for your 2nd dress. Gathering will get easier but I have to say I don't really enjoy it so I tend to make A-lines.

FYI:

Linnette will no longer be available as "MrsMiller" as the account has closed. She is dealing with a lot right now and thanks you for understanding she isn't able to work on patterns or anything at the moment. Feel free to PM me if you'd like her email address.

I'm so sorry to hear this. Continued prayers for Linnette and her family.

I know there were others, but I just skimmed to try and catch up! I have been working on sets for our trip in October and did almost finished the Tink set. I just need to attach Tink to the tank.

So cute! Love the Tink cutie and the skirt!!!

 

[my*2*angels]

This is adorable! I'm so jealous of all you girls with embroidery machines. I've been looking on ebay but they are just so darn expensive.

So cute! Love the Tink cutie and the skirt!!!

Thanks ladies! My machine was a christmas present from my husband The tink cutie is one of HeatherSue's designs. Her designs are AWESOME if you are looking for designs!

 

[xdanielleax]

Thanks ladies! My machine was a christmas present from my husband The tink cutie is one of HeatherSue's designs. Her designs are AWESOME if you are looking for designs!

What kind of embroidery machine do you have?

 

[my*2*angels]

What kind of embroidery machine do you have?

I have the singer futura 150. I use it for sewing and embroidering. I LOVE it! It is very user friendly and I like that it has USB hookup so I can just download any design off of the internet!