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

[EnchantedPrincess]

Violette is a cutie!!!! The outfits are really cute, too. I love the fabric that you chose.

 

[EnchantedPrincess]

I made the milk crate cover. It was easy to make. Here is a picture of how it came out. I used Fancy Nancy fabric. It is for my niece.

Here is the link for the instructions.

http://lauragunn.typepad.com/theundercovercrate.pdf

That looks great. Thanks for the idea. I just bought some crates at Walmart, and now I have to make those cover!

Love the twirl. Love, love the dress.

 

[NaeNae]

OK..I have a question for the experts here...My Grandmother was a seamstress. She always told me two things made the difference between a professional looking garmet and a sloppy garmet. One was seam finishing. The other was top stitching.

I know what to do for the seam finishing...but for the life of me I cannot get the topstitching looking right. I read CarlaC's blog where there is a special foot that helps with the edgestitching...but what about the top stitching?

Is there a secret to getting it looking straight and even...other than PPP (practice, persistence and patience)? It is driving me crazy!!!

Nini

I'm afraid it's the PPP route. It does get easier the more you do it.

 

[Adi12982]

OK, this may seem like an odd question but there is a reason - and it's even sewing related. I wanted to see if the Halloween poem "Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat" is familiar to people in various parts of the US (or anywhere Halloween is celebrated). I'm never sure if things like this are very regional and wouldn't make sense to people in most other areas.

We say it here in Miami. . . but it doesn't end there, afetr "give me something good to eat" we go on to say "if you don't, I don't care, i'll pull down your underwear" LOL

Well ladies, it's my last posting before we leave! We are going to head out tomorrow and stay at a hotel by the airport since our flight leaves so early Monday morning. I have to say thanks again to so many of you who helped out to make this trip super special!!!

Y'all take care of each other, now! If anything comes up I need to know about, Melissa (mommyof3princess) knows how to text me! Maybe I can even get her to post a pic or two for me (hmm...how will I get the Phin and Ferb heads on the babies if I use my cellphone cam?...)

Love ya!
Marah

Have a safe, wonderful and joy filled trip!! Can't wait til August 7th so then we can see pictures of your WHOLE crew

 

[revrob]

Okay I cased the using the bandannas idea ( I don't remember now who posted it, I'm sorry, but thanks for the idea!) Here is Taylor's arrival day dress I made last night. Taylor is calling it the world's most twirly dress...she really loves twirly dresses and skirts.

LOVE it! it's awesome!

Well I will try again since nobody even noticed me the first time.....

I think you girls make some fabulous stuff. I am learning to sew and I love reading this thread for helpful ideas. I am almost done making my first project this year. I have made a bunch of stuff in the past but I am really learning how to sew even better now. I will try and post a picture of my projects as I make them. Of course I am a bit technologically challenged!
Anyway, I look foward to seeing all the new stuff you gals make and hopefully you won't mind my questions.

WELCOME! Hope you grow to love the thread as much as most of us here do!

I finished these 2 outfits today. The tops are from Jeanne's pillowcase dress tutorial and the pants are Carla's easy fits with an extra large ruffle. The 1st outfit is pretty much a CASE from Jeanne. I loved what she made so much that I went to Hobby Lobby to find similiar fabrics. I didn't realize til I got home that they were the exact same fabrics! I think I'm going to make the ribbons halter style because they keep falling off Violette's shoulders. She's got slopey shoulders like me.

Those are SO cute! have you considered attaching the ribbon closer in towards the neck? it may keep them from falling off the shoulders. They're VERY cute!

OK..I have a question for the experts here...My Grandmother was a seamstress. She always told me two things made the difference between a professional looking garmet and a sloppy garmet. One was seam finishing. The other was top stitching.

I know what to do for the seam finishing...but for the life of me I cannot get the topstitching looking right. I read CarlaC's blog where there is a special foot that helps with the edgestitching...but what about the top stitching?

Is there a secret to getting it looking straight and even...other than PPP (practice, persistence and patience)? It is driving me crazy!!!

Nini

I use an EDGE JOINING FOOT. It has a little bar kinda thing that sticks down in the middle of the foot. Line that bar thing in the ditch of the seam that you are topstitching, and adjust your needle position to land exactly where you want the topstitching to be then stitch - keeping the little bar in the ditch as you go. Works GREAT!

 

[ncmomof2]

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Adorable!

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Cute! I love Hobby Lobby!

 

[pixeegrl]

I finished these 2 outfits today. The tops are from Jeanne's pillowcase dress tutorial and the pants are Carla's easy fits with an extra large ruffle. The 1st outfit is pretty much a CASE from Jeanne. I loved what she made so much that I went to Hobby Lobby to find similiar fabrics. I didn't realize til I got home that they were the exact same fabrics! I think I'm going to make the ribbons halter style because they keep falling off Violette's shoulders. She's got slopey shoulders like me.

What a little doll. Love the outfits too, especially the first one!

 

[mirandag819]

How Cute!! I remember the bodice part being a bandana from HL but is the rest of the skirt bandana too? I am going to have to case this one too. I've not been brave enough for the patchwork yet though!

Some of the patches are other pieces of the same bandanna, a couple of them have the small mickey from the bandanna on them (but I guess I didn't photograph those pieces close enough. The rest is normal fabric, mostly fat quarters.

The patchwork is easy... I haven't been sewing long and I can do it. Carla C's patchwork skirt explains it really well. It is a little time comsuming, but not difficult. I used her patchwork skirt as kind of a guide for the dress. I just used the math from it, but modified it to what I needed.

 

[Mirb1214]

I'm really gonna hate when you leave for your vacation b/c I'm scared that your outfit production will slow down! You have to promise to still roll out outfits on a regular basis. Even if they aren't Disney related.

 

[mirandag819]

I'm really gonna hate when you leave for your vacation b/c I'm scared that your outfit production will slow down! You have to promise to still roll out outfits on a regular basis. Even if they aren't Disney related.

Awwww thanks, that is sweet. Don't worry.... I have lots of cute ideas for Halloween stuff to start on when I get back, and then I will need to start sewing for a Disney Cruise.... so plenty more outfits. Besides I have created a monster, Taylor now thinks she needs an outfit for every little thing she is going to do, birthday parties, movies, ice cream day (which is every Friday at school... and she won't wear the same thing twice).

Now in the next few weeks I won't have as many outfits being made for her. I think I only need 3 more, but then I need to make lots of shirts for us adults. Of coarse now DH called and said he wants to stay at SoG but he wants to stay longer then the 8 days we were planning..... he is wanted to stay like 11 or 12 and go to seaworld and universal too. Once I decide if he is serious and see if I can adjust my plans I may need to come up with some outfits for both of those places too.

BTW.. those of you who are military.... did you know Universal is giving the service member a free 7 day ticket too, and $79 companion tickets? I didn't know this until today. I have never been to Universal, but I guess we might have to check it out.

 

[LisaZoe]

OK..I have a question for the experts here...My Grandmother was a seamstress. She always told me two things made the difference between a professional looking garment and a sloppy garment. One was seam finishing. The other was top stitching.

I know what to do for the seam finishing...but for the life of me I cannot get the topstitching looking right. I read CarlaC's blog where there is a special foot that helps with the edgestitching...but what about the top stitching?

Is there a secret to getting it looking straight and even...other than PPP (practice, persistence and patience)? It is driving me crazy!!!

Nini

Definitely the PPP is the main thing. However, one thing to try is to lengthen your stitches a little. You don't want them too long but a longer stitch will help hide any small wobbles in the stitching. A shorter stitch length can really make wobbles more of noticeable. I have to day, though, that I still worry about my topstitching being even. I have gotten more comfortable with it but that's mostly because I've done so much of it in the past 4 years.

BTW - I still remember when I was learning to sew and my mom or grandmother would turn things inside out so they could check the seam. They expected the seams to be even and straight. It didn't matter if it looked fine when worn - it wasn't done correctly if the seams weren't done well. Back then, seam 'finishing' meant using pinking shears. Yup, I'm that old.

 

[SallyfromDE]

I finished these 2 outfits today. The tops are from Jeanne's pillowcase dress tutorial and the pants are Carla's easy fits with an extra large ruffle. The 1st outfit is pretty much a CASE from Jeanne. I loved what she made so much that I went to Hobby Lobby to find similiar fabrics. I didn't realize til I got home that they were the exact same fabrics! I think I'm going to make the ribbons halter style because they keep falling off Violette's shoulders. She's got slopey shoulders like me.

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Your little one is adorable. The outfits look so cute on her!

OK..I have a question for the experts here...My Grandmother was a seamstress. She always told me two things made the difference between a professional looking garmet and a sloppy garmet. One was seam finishing. The other was top stitching.

I know what to do for the seam finishing...but for the life of me I cannot get the topstitching looking right. I read CarlaC's blog where there is a special foot that helps with the edgestitching...but what about the top stitching?

Is there a secret to getting it looking straight and even...other than PPP (practice, persistence and patience)? It is driving me crazy!!!

Nini

They have a foot for that. I think it's an edging foot. It has a bar that you run along the ditch. I looked up all the feet that are made for my machine, and this is one I want. They also have a knit foot, to keep it from stretching. I want that one to! And one for sewing trims, like pearls or sequins. I think I found 10 different feet.

 

[binab]

I'm a frequent lurker, occassional poster on this thread. You've inspired me to dust off the sewing machine (no small feat!) in preparation for our upcoming DW trip. To start, I've been trying to girly-up the Target Phineas and Ferb t-shirt. I made DD a pair of Perry colored pants and added a matching ruffle and some frilly sleeves to the shirt. It doesn't look right to me though - esp the shoulders and neck. The shirt actually fits her good everywhere except the shoulders where its a bit wide which I think is part of the problem. Any ideas? I still have enough of the fabric that I can start over with some of this...

Here's what I have so far...

 

[princessmom29]

I'm a frequent lurker, occassional poster on this thread. You've inspired me to dust off the sewing machine (no small feat!) in preparation for our upcoming DW trip. To start, I've been trying to girly-up the Target Phineas and Ferb t-shirt. I made DD a pair of Perry colored pants and added a matching ruffle and some frilly sleeves to the shirt. It doesn't look right to me though - esp the shoulders and neck. The shirt actually fits her good everywhere except the shoulders where its a bit wide which I think is part of the problem. Any ideas? I still have enough of the fabric that I can start over with some of this...

Here's what I have so far...

Our home ec teacher at school has been repurposing tees and she takes the band off the neck and uses pintucks to take it in. You also could take some length out of the shoulders and bring the ruffle closer to the neck.

 

[mom2koh]

Yippee!!! I love sewing things for my kiddos for our trips to "The World" I am that I found this thread.

Right now I should be working on my dd's halloween costume. She's decided to be Wendy Darling again thsi year but wants the dress Young Wendy was wearing at the end of the Tinkerbell movie. So I am altering last year's dress by adding lonfer sleeves and some satin edging. I'm thinking this will give the right effect

 

[emcreative]

Hi everyone from beautiful, glorious sunn....

Oh crap. I'm only in Detroit! And this part of town is cloudy and kinda scary!

We're here so we don't have to leave so early in the morning with the kiddos. I think security is gonna be a nightmare with all the kiddos and two babies!

Wanted to share this- as we were leaving today, going back and forth across the kitchen with our bags to load them into the van, Phineas was marching along with us and sing-songing "I GO! I GO! I GO!" Cutest...thing...ever!

When we arrived I was sure the kids would immediately start about going swimming, or out to dinner, or something...and this is what my Hannah does...

Here's hoping my little AsthmaDiva isn't about to have a mighty fall

I'll try to catch up on all the amazing stuff when we get back...(but seriously, did you really think you'd sneak that Phineas and Ferb outfit in behind my proverbial back! For shame! )

 

[tricia]

I finished these 2 outfits today. The tops are from Jeanne's pillowcase dress tutorial and the pants are Carla's easy fits with an extra large ruffle. The 1st outfit is pretty much a CASE from Jeanne. I loved what she made so much that I went to Hobby Lobby to find similiar fabrics. I didn't realize til I got home that they were the exact same fabrics! I think I'm going to make the ribbons halter style because they keep falling off Violette's shoulders. She's got slopey shoulders like me.

Oh my, isn't she just the cutest.

Great job. Love the fabric on both sets.

 

[lovesdumbo]

How cute!

This has not been my week on top of the ring thing, I have Walking Pnunomia, And My Baby is turning 4 on Sunday

Yikes! Hope you feel better soon!

Here is my try at the crayon/coloring book tote bag...hope Abby likes it!!

I'm sure she'll love it!

I have to ask the dreaded question.

HOW DO YOU DO EYES BY HAND OR MACHINE?
You can't just name a stitch, b/c I'm cluelesss. I looked at a video on how to do a satin stitch by hand, but is there a special thicker thread that they use?

I know that you all hate doing eyes, but DD needs (she told me so) a Marie & her most noticable feature is her blue eyes.

I finished my 1st multi-level applique, but I cheated on the eyes. This is her AK outfit. DH didn't want her to be to grown up w/ jungle prints.

Your AK outfit is adorable! Great job on the applique!

Introducing... Belle!

Love that Belle! Just perfect!

I just have to share my happy happy news!!!! A few weeks ago I posted that DH was going to try to get his 2 weeks leave from Iraq on DD's birthday and surprise her at Disney World...and he said there was a really good chance he would get it. Well a few days ago he called and said he couldn't get it, and that he would be home for leave on Oct 15th (We will be at Disney World Aug 15th). I was pretty bummed, but we started to look at a Disney Cruise or something for when he did get leave, but he said it would definatly be Oct 15th.

He just called, he found someone to trade him and they got it approved.... he will be home August 10th! Which means he will be able to go to Disney World with us!!!!!

I originally planned the trip for when I knew he wouldn't be here, because he said he didn't want to go to Disney World on his leave (something about too hot and too much walking). Well he changed his mind and wanted to go with us so badly. I was starting to feel bad about going without him, so now I am SOOOOOOOO excited he can go!


Now the super planned in me is starting to freak out though.... I need to book him on our flights, try to add him to our ADRs (Which I know probably won't work since we will be going from 4 people to 5.... any suggestions there?) Try to add him to the dessert party, let the VIP tour guide know we have an extra person, and hopefully book a second room at the Poly. I decided to stay at the Poly this year instead of Shades of Green since there was a 40% military discount and since I only had to pay for 1 room instead of 2. The poly at 40% off pretty much equalled what I had been paying every year at Shades of Green for our room and my mom's room. I am not loving the added expense for a 2nd room at the Poly, but I really have my heart set on it now, and DH wants to stay there too.... so I will work it out.

Anyhow just wanted to share my excitment, now I need to get back to planning and sewing...thankfully the flu is letting up some today.

How awesome! Goodluck with the hotel decision!

ok, i have an announcement to make:
I have a new baby!!! Here's a pic:
Thanks to her, I was able to make this birthday gift for a friends 3 y/o who loves Curios George and the colors red and blue:

Finally, there were yet more financial hits in our little world, so I had to go to my happy place, and since WDW's not on the agenda at the minute, my sewing room will have to do! So I finally used the modern accents handbag pattern my mom bought me (hoping, of course, I'd make her a bag) and here's the results:

Love the pattern, love that you can use up a lot of fabric scraps of fabric ya love, didn't like the d ring idea; next time I think I'll just sew the straps directly.

Cute George outfit but I love that bag!

here are few things i created for a friends grandkids

the mickey is one of the first hand pieced ones i have done i usually do everything on my embroidery machine

Those are wonderful!

hello Everyone,
Well I'm new to DisBoutique..
I used to sew for a living had my own online Kids boutique ( i'll show you photo's of my old outfits later), But any way I Got burned out I had stopped Sewing over 2 years ago, Packed away my SM & Gave all my Fabric away ( i'm kicking myself that doing that) Because last week I was bitten By the sewing bug again...

We have an up coming trip to disney world.. so i started planning outfits...

Here's Alexis' Animal kingdom Outfit....

Its Pretty Much Done !!! I just need to do the Top stiched on the ruffle.
Then its finished... Woo Hoo ...
Here is Alexis dancing around in it !! I'm very pleased at how it came out..

Love that AK outfit!

Well ladies, it's my last posting before we leave! We are going to head out tomorrow and stay at a hotel by the airport since our flight leaves so early Monday morning. I have to say thanks again to so many of you who helped out to make this trip super special!!!

Y'all take care of each other, now! If anything comes up I need to know about, Melissa (mommyof3princess) knows how to text me! Maybe I can even get her to post a pic or two for me (hmm...how will I get the Phin and Ferb heads on the babies if I use my cellphone cam?...)

Love ya!
Marah

Sorry I missed you! I'm sure you'll have a magical trip!!!

Love all of those! I really love the Philjarmagic Vida!!!

I made this outfit for my BF's dd5 Austyn's first day of first grade. I did get her mommys permission to be on here isn't she cute?

How cute! Looks like she loves it!

I made the milk crate cover. It was easy to make. Here is a picture of how it came out. I used Fancy Nancy fabric. It is for my niece.

That came out great!

Okay I cased the using the bandannas idea ( I don't remember now who posted it, I'm sorry, but thanks for the idea!) Here is Taylor's arrival day dress I made last night. Taylor is calling it the world's most twirly dress...she really loves twirly dresses and skirts.

Love that!

I finished these 2 outfits today. The tops are from Jeanne's pillowcase dress tutorial and the pants are Carla's easy fits with an extra large ruffle. The 1st outfit is pretty much a CASE from Jeanne. I loved what she made so much that I went to Hobby Lobby to find similiar fabrics. I didn't realize til I got home that they were the exact same fabrics! I think I'm going to make the ribbons halter style because they keep falling off Violette's shoulders. She's got slopey shoulders like me.

Love both of those! Great job!

I am so worried it won't get fixed and back in time for us. Anyone have any experience with Canon customer service? I have to wait until 10AM tomorrow to talk to tech support.

SOrry for the vent....I knew you all would understand!

No experience with Canon but I wanted to wish you good luck!!!!

 

[NiniMorris]

I use an EDGE JOINING FOOT. It has a little bar kinda thing that sticks down in the middle of the foot. Line that bar thing in the ditch of the seam that you are topstitching, and adjust your needle position to land exactly where you want the topstitching to be then stitch - keeping the little bar in the ditch as you go. Works GREAT!

Yeah...I think that is what CarlaC suggested. Thanks...I'll have to keep looking. So far I haven't been able to find one.

Definitely the PPP is the main thing. However, one thing to try is to lengthen your stitches a little. You don't want them too long but a longer stitch will help hide any small wobbles in the stitching. A shorter stitch length can really make wobbles more of noticeable. I have to day, though, that I still worry about my topstitching being even. I have gotten more comfortable with it but that's mostly because I've done so much of it in the past 4 years.

BTW - I still remember when I was learning to sew and my mom or grandmother would turn things inside out so they could check the seam. They expected the seams to be even and straight. It didn't matter if it looked fine when worn - it wasn't done correctly if the seams weren't done well. Back then, seam 'finishing' meant using pinking shears. Yup, I'm that old.

First of all...I think it is safe to say I'm a little older than you. I think my oldest son is probably around your age (he is in his 30's). My grandmother always said, you should be able to wear the clothes inside out and still look good. (I guess that is where I got my 'thing' for using the wrong side of fabrics in a lot of my quilts)

I've slowed down the speed on my top stitching, but didn't think about lengthening my stitches. I'll try that with my next one. I finished 4 today (except for bottons -- have to wait to try them on the kiddos to make sure the buttons are in the right place.) Only 8 more to go! (two girls to sew for on this trip) Then all the Tshirts for the adults and a few things for my son. Only 62 days to go!

They have a foot for that. I think it's an edging foot. It has a bar that you run along the ditch. I looked up all the feet that are made for my machine, and this is one I want. They also have a knit foot, to keep it from stretching. I want that one to! And one for sewing trims, like pearls or sequins. I think I found 10 different feet.

I just got my ruffler foot in... and LOVE it!! It took me two weeks to get all the ruffles done on two strip work jumpers. I finished attaching the skirt to the bodice (using the ruffler) in only 20 minutes! My husband thought I had everything I could possibly need for my machine...ha ha ha ha Little does he know!!!


Nini

 

[binab]

Our home ec teacher at school has been repurposing tees and she takes the band off the neck and uses pintucks to take it in. You also could take some length out of the shoulders and bring the ruffle closer to the neck.

Thanks - thats just what I'll do! I'll post pictures again when it's finished!