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

[emcreative]

Shannon, I love the LM dress. So adorable AND modest. Modesty was a huge issue we had whem EM was younger and wanted to be Jasmine! Wonderful work!

 

[kathyell]

Here is what I have been up to:

The LONG awaited Fawn outfit:

REALLY like this. Cute.

And a close-up of Piglet...[/COLOR][/SIZE]

Credits
(snip)
Stablizer - I used three kinds and spray adhesive...this worked wonders!

That came out so cute. Can you please tell me which types of stabilizer you used and where, and where you put the spray adhesive? I'd love to have an applique turn out like yours did so I am looking to CASE your process. Hee.

 

[pixeegrl]

Hello!!

Watch out, you are going to have quite a few of us pining for that Snow White fabric!!!!

 

[bclydia]

Watch out, you are going to have quite a few of us pining for that Snow White fabric!!!!

Ha ha!! I'm thinking that I should have picked up the whole bolt!
Oh well, I was feeling frugal that day and didn't think about the fabric swap thread.
I'll call my friend and ask if she can get over there to get me the rest of that bolt.

 

[Adi12982]

Ha ha!! I'm thinking that I should have picked up the whole bolt!
Oh well, I was feeling frugal that day and didn't think about the fabric swap thread.
I'll call my friend and ask if she can get over there to get me the rest of that bolt.

You so should have - that and the bambi - I'm in love with the bambi!!!

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Yay!!! To answer your question about the settings, I think I give the settings I use on that machine in my applique tutorial.

Heather, I have gone through your tutorial numerous times and totally forgot that I could look there for your settings! Sorry! Thanks for all of the help!


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Hello!!


This batch of fabrics I found at my favourite hole-in-the-wall in Ontario -Lens Mills. This place is kind of a warehouse and you never know what you'll find. Not even the girls who work there know what they have. The were surprised to see these fabrics. I am so thrilled to have the Snow White fabric especially. I think it's from a few years ago.

Ha ha!! I'm thinking that I should have picked up the whole bolt!
Oh well, I was feeling frugal that day and didn't think about the fabric swap thread.
I'll call my friend and ask if she can get over there to get me the rest of that bolt.

Oh wow! I LOVE that snow white fabric!!!! I want some!!!!

 

[3huskymom]

Ha ha!! I'm thinking that I should have picked up the whole bolt!
Oh well, I was feeling frugal that day and didn't think about the fabric swap thread.
I'll call my friend and ask if she can get over there to get me the rest of that bolt.

Hmmm....I would love to have some of the snow white and the Bambi....never seen those before!

 

[my*2*angels]

Eeeeekkkkk! That snow white fabric is tdf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[luvinyou]

Hello!!
I love all the beautiful customs I've seen since I got home. I promise, I looked through every page that I've missed over the last 2 1/2 weeks but there is just no way to quote everything.
I'm so thrilled for T and the new baby. Praying for those who have asked and sad to know that we won't see Linette here anymore.
I wanted to share the great fabric finds I've come across to add to my stash in the last few weeks.
The first photo is of fabrics I found at a local clearance sort of place. It's always hit or miss, but this day I found the JACKPOT!!!! Star Wars fabric. I am now mother and wife of the decade according to my son and hubby. Better yet, it was only $2 a metre! (that's a little more than a yard)
This batch of fabrics I found at my favourite hole-in-the-wall in Ontario -Lens Mills. This place is kind of a warehouse and you never know what you'll find. Not even the girls who work there know what they have. The were surprised to see these fabrics. I am so thrilled to have the Snow White fabric especially. I think it's from a few years ago.

LOVE the Snow White and Bambi! Which Len`s Mills did you go to? I keep meaning to check one out, but can't decide which to go to!

 

[disneymomof1]

I was bidding on 2 yards of that snow white fabric last week on and the auction ended at like midnight, I did my very best to stay awake but fell asleep, and of course it sold for 1.00 more than my highest bid.

 

[twob4him]

REALLY like this. Cute.



That came out so cute. Can you please tell me which types of stabilizer you used and where, and where you put the spray adhesive? I'd love to have an applique turn out like yours did so I am looking to CASE your process. Hee.

Well, since I really have no idea what the heck I am doing....I don't know if I am an expert to ask questions of...Heather may be able to help you more than me but this is what I tried..

I turned the tee inside out and ironed on the Sulky iron-on tear-off stablizer. Then I lightly sprayed some of the adhesive on and put down the square stablizer which is pretty thick...its tear/wash off kind so it will dissolve in the wash. I sprayed the adhesive...VERY lightly and then for good measure, I put a layer of the paper stabilizer which tears very easily!

Then I turned the tee back to right-side out, and ironed it lightly. I put it in the hoop and gently patted everything down so when I added the top hoop it wouldn't overstretch it. Apparently, if you stretch it, when you take the hoop off it wrinkles up.

And I used a special embroidery needle for stretch fabric AND I used special bobbin thread....and I prayed alot for it to work since I don't have backup tee shirts.

I had no doubt about the digital design (or designer ) I just worried that I would do something wrong or not have the proper supplies.

OK hope that helps!!!! Let me know if you have other questions

 

[LisaZoe]

TWO QUESTIONS

1) Should I prewash, dry and press all fabric before making a dress? What do you all do?

2) Where can I find the medium size dots fabrics? I have a huge red w/ white dot fabric, and a black w/ white dots about 1/4 inch (same for red) But not the nice "medium size"..where can I find that??

Julie

I ALWAYS prewash and dry because I have been burned before by not doing it. Doing it before hand preshrinks it and if it is going to bleed or fade it is better to find that out before you spend all of your time on the outfit.

I know this has been answered but I want to encourage you to prewash - there's nothing worse than skipping that step only to find one of the prints bleed or shrinks more than the others. It's amazing how much some fabric can shrink. I recently bought a yard of knit that was only 33" by the time I'd pre-washed and dried it.

I really like the dots from Michael Miller. The Ta Dot is nice but I really like the newer dot print called Quarter Dot. The dots are a little bigger and spaced out a bit more than the Ta Dot.

Ta Dot:

Quarter Dot:

I forgot to quote a few other posts so I'll try to catch them now

Shannon - I love the Ariel dress. Using the 'nude' fabric is genius!

Piglet set - Very cute!

Gracie's customs - WOW! She is such a doll I can imagine it's hard to not get multiple sets for each day you're at Disney.

I know there were others but my mind is going blank... it's been a long week.

 

[3huskymom]

Here's the Cinderella Vida I've been working on for Hayleigh. She'll wear this in August to our CRT lunch. Although she was telling me about the prince dancing with her and we're not eating at 1900 PF for dinner this trip I like that she's so smart but when she remembers all the places to eat at WDW she doesn't realize we can't eat at them all every trip. We're trying some different places this trip.

I have another Vida I want to finish (the applique is done) and a simply sweet Belle dress. I also want to try to get a minnie red dot precious dress done, but don't know if that will happen, the first precious dress took me awhile. And if I work really fast I want to try to do a feliz.....

 

[kathyell]

Well, since I really have no idea what the heck I am doing....I don't know if I am an expert to ask questions of...Heather may be able to help you more than me but this is what I tried..
(snip)

Thank you for taking the time to write that out. I'm having stabilization issues with applique and embroidery and I want a new protocol to try out.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Here is what I have been up to:

The LONG awaited Fawn outfit:

And from MK: (Heather Sue don't look)

I love that fawn outfit. The hair is so creative. She is really growing up!

Ok I am delving into our Crystal Palace lunch wear...there will be 7 or 8 of us wearing Pooh and various friends tees and the little girls are wearing skirts which used to be dresses with their tees.

I finished the first one today....and I have to say Piglet stitched out sooo well.....I am so excited to do more!!!



And dd who is less than enthusiastic to have to stop playing for a sec and model this outfit...

Special thanks to Heather Sue for her excellent designs! I would highly recommend them!!!

that is too cute! I love piglet!

Here's the Cinderella Vida I've been working on for Hayleigh. She'll wear this in August to our CRT lunch. Although she was telling me about the prince dancing with her and we're not eating at 1900 PF for dinner this trip I like that she's so smart but when she remembers all the places to eat at WDW she doesn't realize we can't eat at them all every trip. We're trying some different places this trip.

I have another Vida I want to finish (the applique is done) and a simply sweet Belle dress. I also want to try to get a minnie red dot precious dress done, but don't know if that will happen, the first precious dress took me awhile. And if I work really fast I want to try to do a feliz.....

That is really pretty! I can't wait to try the vida. Ordered it the other day! the feliz has a lot of steps!

 

[emcreative]

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GORGEOUS! The piglet outfit was from you too, right? I loved that one as well.

And Livndisney I LOVE the stuff with the new fairies on it!


Those of you with sensory/spectrum kids will understand this:

While my oldest is my diagnosed SPD/Spectrum girl, middle sister Liz has some sensory issues with clothing. Well, Wednesday she decided that all those flip flops she tried on at Joanns and said were "great!" when we got them to craft were horrible horrible and they didn't feel good on her feet and she couldn't stand the idea of wearing them for even a minute. SO, we had to rush to our mall yesterday (remember we live in nowhereville so it was 30 minutes to a hallway of a shopping center) and by some miracle she found some sandals that even fit (she is a big size girls, tiny size womens, ugh) and were acceptable feeling (adidas flip flops that were "pillows" on her feet- watch, first day of disney suddenly they will feel horrible too. OMG though don't even get me started on trying to get her to wear socks. We don't make her most of the time, but softball season almost ENDED for her because of SOCKS!)

Anyway last night we were seeing which outfits needed cami's etc...and she suddenly says the top to her Minnie outfit doesn't "feel" right either! She tried it on two weeks ago and it was great! Last night she's freaking out totally like it's covered in shattered glass. I could not get her to vocalize, either, why the Minnie shirt wasn't right! It wasn't the material, it wasn't too tight, the straps were fine, etc...she just gets this way sometimes! Then, she starts completely falling apart and bawling. Lizzie is my most sensitive kid emotionally- she was crying mostly because she was CRUSHED she would hurt "Miss Missy's" (mommyof3princess) feelings if she didn't wear the shirt. She almost worked herself up to a panic attack that if she didn't wear the shirt Miss Missy would cry, and she'd make her feel bad for all the work she did on it. /sigh. So then I had to write a quick PM to Melissa, who (bless you) of course told her that she would NOT have her feelings hurt if she didn't wear the shirt, she just wanted her to be comfortable and have fun at Disney! (we love you Miss Missy you saved the night!)

So today we had to run out to that same hallway mall we'd scoured just the night before to find a shirt that would fit, feel good, match the Minnie skirt she loves AND, erm...either be appropriate without a training bra or look okay with one, or have one inside it. Yes, at 9 that is an issue, and that's a WHOLE other sensory clothing story. Anyhoo we somehow managed after trying on what feels like about 10000000 shirts. Melissa if you are reading us, Lizzie did say we would have to bring the shirt for her to at least put on at Disney for a picture for you. We'll see what happens.

And then today we had to put my dog down. I'm not able to go into details yet I'm just not ready. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I'm sure some of you are as close to your pets as I am, but this felt like losing my baby. And speaking of babies, this was on top of yesterday getting some startling news from Ferb's OT about his progress, and that his issues may be more serious than we thought.

I really, really, REALLY need it to be vacation time! Forget Calgon, only Disney is gonna help this!

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Here's the Cinderella Vida I've been working on for Hayleigh. She'll wear this in August to our CRT lunch. Although she was telling me about the prince dancing with her and we're not eating at 1900 PF for dinner this trip I like that she's so smart but when she remembers all the places to eat at WDW she doesn't realize we can't eat at them all every trip. We're trying some different places this trip.

I have another Vida I want to finish (the applique is done) and a simply sweet Belle dress. I also want to try to get a minnie red dot precious dress done, but don't know if that will happen, the first precious dress took me awhile. And if I work really fast I want to try to do a feliz.....

This is beautiful! Did you cut the fabric with your cricut or just trace the images?

 

[twob4him]

GORGEOUS! The piglet outfit was from you too, right? I loved that one as well.

And Livndisney I LOVE the stuff with the new fairies on it!


Those of you with sensory/spectrum kids will understand this:

While my oldest is my diagnosed SPD/Spectrum girl, middle sister Liz has some sensory issues with clothing. Well, Wednesday she decided that all those flip flops she tried on at Joanns and said were "great!" when we got them to craft were horrible horrible and they didn't feel good on her feet and she couldn't stand the idea of wearing them for even a minute. SO, we had to rush to our mall yesterday (remember we live in nowhereville so it was 30 minutes to a hallway of a shopping center) and by some miracle she found some sandals that even fit (she is a big size girls, tiny size womens, ugh) and were acceptable feeling (adidas flip flops that were "pillows" on her feet- watch, first day of disney suddenly they will feel horrible too. OMG though don't even get me started on trying to get her to wear socks. We don't make her most of the time, but softball season almost ENDED for her because of SOCKS!)

Anyway last night we were seeing which outfits needed cami's etc...and she suddenly says the top to her Minnie outfit doesn't "feel" right either! She tried it on two weeks ago and it was great! Last night she's freaking out totally like it's covered in shattered glass. I could not get her to vocalize, either, why the Minnie shirt wasn't right! It wasn't the material, it wasn't too tight, the straps were fine, etc...she just gets this way sometimes! Then, she starts completely falling apart and bawling. Lizzie is my most sensitive kid emotionally- she was crying mostly because she was CRUSHED she would hurt "Miss Missy's" (mommyof3princess) feelings if she didn't wear the shirt. She almost worked herself up to a panic attack that if she didn't wear the shirt Miss Missy would cry, and she'd make her feel bad for all the work she did on it. /sigh. So then I had to write a quick PM to Melissa, who (bless you) of course told her that she would NOT have her feelings hurt if she didn't wear the shirt, she just wanted her to be comfortable and have fun at Disney! (we love you Miss Missy you saved the night!)

So today we had to run out to that same hallway mall we'd scoured just the night before to find a shirt that would fit, feel good, match the Minnie skirt she loves AND, erm...either be appropriate without a training bra or look okay with one, or have one inside it. Yes, at 9 that is an issue, and that's a WHOLE other sensory clothing story. Anyhoo we somehow managed after trying on what feels like about 10000000 shirts. Melissa if you are reading us, Lizzie did say we would have to bring the shirt for her to at least put on at Disney for a picture for you. We'll see what happens.

And then today we had to put my dog down. I'm not able to go into details yet I'm just not ready. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I'm sure some of you are as close to your pets as I am, but this felt like losing my baby. And speaking of babies, this was on top of yesterday getting some startling news from Ferb's OT about his progress, and that his issues may be more serious than we thought.

I really, really, REALLY need it to be vacation time! Forget Calgon, only Disney is gonna help this!

Just keep saying...Three more days Three more days

 

[3huskymom]

GORGEOUS! The piglet outfit was from you too, right? I loved that one as well.

And Livndisney I LOVE the stuff with the new fairies on it!


Those of you with sensory/spectrum kids will understand this:

While my oldest is my diagnosed SPD/Spectrum girl, middle sister Liz has some sensory issues with clothing. Well, Wednesday she decided that all those flip flops she tried on at Joanns and said were "great!" when we got them to craft were horrible horrible and they didn't feel good on her feet and she couldn't stand the idea of wearing them for even a minute. SO, we had to rush to our mall yesterday (remember we live in nowhereville so it was 30 minutes to a hallway of a shopping center) and by some miracle she found some sandals that even fit (she is a big size girls, tiny size womens, ugh) and were acceptable feeling (adidas flip flops that were "pillows" on her feet- watch, first day of disney suddenly they will feel horrible too. OMG though don't even get me started on trying to get her to wear socks. We don't make her most of the time, but softball season almost ENDED for her because of SOCKS!)

Anyway last night we were seeing which outfits needed cami's etc...and she suddenly says the top to her Minnie outfit doesn't "feel" right either! She tried it on two weeks ago and it was great! Last night she's freaking out totally like it's covered in shattered glass. I could not get her to vocalize, either, why the Minnie shirt wasn't right! It wasn't the material, it wasn't too tight, the straps were fine, etc...she just gets this way sometimes! Then, she starts completely falling apart and bawling. Lizzie is my most sensitive kid emotionally- she was crying mostly because she was CRUSHED she would hurt "Miss Missy's" (mommyof3princess) feelings if she didn't wear the shirt. She almost worked herself up to a panic attack that if she didn't wear the shirt Miss Missy would cry, and she'd make her feel bad for all the work she did on it. /sigh. So then I had to write a quick PM to Melissa, who (bless you) of course told her that she would NOT have her feelings hurt if she didn't wear the shirt, she just wanted her to be comfortable and have fun at Disney! (we love you Miss Missy you saved the night!)

So today we had to run out to that same hallway mall we'd scoured just the night before to find a shirt that would fit, feel good, match the Minnie skirt she loves AND, erm...either be appropriate without a training bra or look okay with one, or have one inside it. Yes, at 9 that is an issue, and that's a WHOLE other sensory clothing story. Anyhoo we somehow managed after trying on what feels like about 10000000 shirts. Melissa if you are reading us, Lizzie did say we would have to bring the shirt for her to at least put on at Disney for a picture for you. We'll see what happens.

And then today we had to put my dog down. I'm not able to go into details yet I'm just not ready. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I'm sure some of you are as close to your pets as I am, but this felt like losing my baby. And speaking of babies, this was on top of yesterday getting some startling news from Ferb's OT about his progress, and that his issues may be more serious than we thought.

I really, really, REALLY need it to be vacation time! Forget Calgon, only Disney is gonna help this!

No, the piglet outfit was not mine....can't take credit for it.
for you....you've had a rough couple days. I lost the first dog that was mine last year and yes, it is like losing a family member. I was a mess for weeks. If you want to see her pic you can look in the clouds on the header of my Kapp Pack blog.

I'll say some prayers for Ferb too......you definitely need a magical WDW break!

 

[emcreative]

Oops sorry you're right, I went back and see it was ?Cathy? (still learning names). I think it just stuck in my head that both your little girls have the almost same haircut (we'll ignore the completely different hair COLORS though, forgive my temporary insanity!)