Disboutiquers Part 16 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[i12go2wdw]

okay so I'm still in what poohpigletCA calls my "staring at the fabric and talking to it mode" prior to embarking on the gazillion outfits I'm making for her girls. We did find GREAT fabric for Fawn. It's a batik, and although it has some pink in it it's primarily orange and yellow and PERFECT! I'm so excited about it!

So I asked my 17 yo son what he thought. I pulled up a photo of Fawn at Disneyland to show him. Our conversation went like this:
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I: son look at her. Tell me what you think about that color.
HE: It's a lot of orange.
I: well, I'm trying to match it. Look at that fabric at your feet. Is it the same colors?
HE: yes, except yours has pink -- it'll look good, Mom. You've still "got it".
HE: (looking at the picture more closely) Hold up Mom. Hold up. This one, the Disneyland one, it's like...polyester.
I: yes, it is. It's actually lycra, like your sister's dance costumes used to be.
HE: yeah, like stretchy. Like polyester-double-knit. And it sparkles.
I: yeah, well the brown that I got to tie around her waist is sparkly. You know son, it doesn't have to match perfectly.
HE: Right. It's just supposed to give that illusion.
I: (in a fake Southern accent a la Reese Witherspoon in Sweet Home Alabama) "Your mama done raised you right!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

He's paid attention all his life!

I LOVE IT,
I have a 17 year old son too and I just love this age, I don't know what everyone complains about teenagers for!! My son (who just got a full 4 year scholarship) just came home from the mall with fabric for me to make his sister a skirt for Hoo De Do with, gotta love em

 

[poohnpigletCA]

I can't wait to see Anastasia and Drizella! Did you stay with your October trip dates??? Too bad we can't be there at the same time. Wouldn't we have fun together at 1900 PF??? My daughter's Lady Tremaine costume is half done.....

Yes we are going in October. We even bought plane tickets.
How did I miss that you are making her Lady Termaine. I can not wait to see that.

totally enabling here, I know; but I think the b&w would be super cute at Brown derby or PTC...; even sci fi b/c of the b&w trailers...

I was thinking Brown Derby but it takes 2 TS credits. Hubby does not want to do PTC. He thinks they will make him sing "I'm a little tea pot" or something embarrassing. So I think we are going to move Mama Melrose to Hollywood & vine. That one has the playhouse Disney characters and I think would be great with the b&w outfits.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I need to make AK outfits for DS, DH and myself. Any suggestions for what to do with this?

Then I have a bunch of this for shirts for the boys but don't know about the colour combinations?

 

[t-beri]

I LOVE IT,
I have a 17 year old son too and I just love this age, I don't know what everyone complains about teenagers for!! My son (who just got a full 4 year scholarship) just came home from the mall with fabric for me to make his sister a skirt for Hoo De Do with, gotta love em

My hope is that my 11 yo DS makes it to 17 so I can see this first hand

 

[froggy33]

Hey all. When you are making a dress with the skirt that attaches to the bodice (for example a simply sweet bodice with a full skirt), and you want the skirt to be really full (like a hem of 80 ish), how big to you make the waist? Do you make the skirt using rectangles or a circle??

For example, my daughter is little (1 year) with a waist of about 19-20". Should I make the skirt a rectangle of 80ish and gather the top with a 4X ruffle, or make the skirt more of a circle with the top 40" and the bottom 80" so I only have to gather 2x.

I want the dress really full so I can put a pettiskirt under it. I know aimeeg makes dresses like this - like your step sister ones you just posted. Thanks so much!!

Pettiskirt question: This may be a lot to ask, but could someone who has a nice full pettiskirt measure the bottom width?? I know they need to be full, and I am just curious what length other people ruffle the bottom fluff to. Thanks in advance!

 

[i12go2wdw]

My hope is that my 11 yo DS makes it to 17 so I can see this first hand

I also have an 11 yo son, my last comment to him was "Can you guess how many things you are doing wrong right now?" Maybe if I make it like a quizz show I will get through to him He keeps us laughing though.

 

[ncmomof2]

Hey all. When you are making a dress with the skirt that attaches to the bodice (for example a simply sweet bodice with a full skirt), and you want the skirt to be really full (like a hem of 80 ish), how big to you make the waist? Do you make the skirt using rectangles or a circle??

For example, my daughter is little (1 year) with a waist of about 19-20". Should I make the skirt a rectangle of 80ish and gather the top with a 4X ruffle, or make the skirt more of a circle with the top 40" and the bottom 80" so I only have to gather 2x.

I want the dress really full so I can put a pettiskirt under it. I know aimeeg makes dresses like this - like your step sister ones you just posted. Thanks so much!!

Pettiskirt question: This may be a lot to ask, but could someone who has a nice full pettiskirt measure the bottom width?? I know they need to be full, and I am just curious what length other people ruffle the bottom fluff to. Thanks in advance!

I would suggest doing layers like this:

So if the bodice is 20 in., the first row would be 40 then the next 80 and the ruffle 160. Since it is for a one year old you would probably only do two rows. HTH

 

[froggy33]

I would suggest doing layers like this:

So if the bodice is 20 in., the first row would be 40 then the next 80 and the ruffle 160. Since it is for a one year old you would probably only do two rows. HTH

Thanks! That is definitely a good idea. I may end up doing it this way, but I would really like it to end up seamless. I want to try and do an applique on the front of the skirt and then have a top skirt that is open to the front so you can see the applique. What I am wanting may not be possibly at all. So, if not I would probably do it this way to make it nice and easy.

Thanks again!!

Your daughters are beautiful by the way!!

 

[teresajoy]

Hi all, just a quick drive by post. Wow, everything has been wonderful! I love reading, I have just been too distracted to post!

For those who remember, my DH was having some medical issues. Well he is finally having his gall bladder out tomorrow. This week has been a bunch of tests getting ready for the surgery. His liver enzymes were still elevated, so he had a MRI on Tuesday afternoon. Thankfully, all they could find were gall stones!

So, if you have an extra prayer or two, can you send it our way. Thanks so much and I will let you know how it goes tomorrow.

Thanks again!

Prayers said!

I can't wait to see Anastasia and Drizella! Did you stay with your October trip dates??? Too bad we can't be there at the same time. Wouldn't we have fun together at 1900 PF??? My daughter's Lady Tremaine costume is half done.....

I can't wait to see your Lady Tremaine!!

And, I left my computer alone yesterday and my hubby CLOSED my Dis window and I lost all my quotes (he KNOWS better!) but, I wanted to tell you how much I appreciated your comment about how there is no "right" way to do things, just do it the way you like. That is SO true! That should be the Disboutiquers motto!

I LOVE IT,
I have a 17 year old son too and I just love this age, I don't know what everyone complains about teenagers for!! My son (who just got a full 4 year scholarship) just came home from the mall with fabric for me to make his sister a skirt for Hoo De Do with, gotta love em

I have to agree with you! What's the deal with people complaining about teenagers all the time?? Corey is SOOOOOO SOOOOOO SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier as a teenager than he was from say 18 months to 8 years old! They are so much fun at this age! I fear his sisters will be a little more trouble, especially Lydia!

I need to make AK outfits for DS, DH and myself. Any suggestions for what to do with this?

Then I have a bunch of this for shirts for the boys but don't know about the colour combinations?

I love that zebra fabric, I was just about to run out and get some of that myself! I would go with a bowling shirt for your son and a stripwork skirt for yourself, maybe with wider strips, more like panels. I think Cathy is writing up a little tutorial for a skirt like that. You guys will look great no matter what you come up with!

My hope is that my 11 yo DS makes it to 17 so I can see this first hand

From what I hear, Gavin is one great kid already!

Hey all. When you are making a dress with the skirt that attaches to the bodice (for example a simply sweet bodice with a full skirt), and you want the skirt to be really full (like a hem of 80 ish), how big to you make the waist? Do you make the skirt using rectangles or a circle??

For example, my daughter is little (1 year) with a waist of about 19-20". Should I make the skirt a rectangle of 80ish and gather the top with a 4X ruffle, or make the skirt more of a circle with the top 40" and the bottom 80" so I only have to gather 2x.

I want the dress really full so I can put a pettiskirt under it. I know aimeeg makes dresses like this - like your step sister ones you just posted. Thanks so much!!

Pettiskirt question: This may be a lot to ask, but could someone who has a nice full pettiskirt measure the bottom width?? I know they need to be full, and I am just curious what length other people ruffle the bottom fluff to. Thanks in advance!

I've done it both ways. I've attached Carla's flouncy skirt to the Portrait Peasant pattern and I really like that ,since I hate gathering, and I've done the full gathering technique. I like your idea of the a-line type, it would use less fabric than the circle (flouncy) skirt and not as much gathering as the normal way.

I also have an 11 yo son, my last comment to him was "Can you guess how many things you are doing wrong right now?" Maybe if I make it like a quizz show I will get through to him He keeps us laughing though.

I have an 11 year old daughter and a 17 year old son (a 6 year old daughter too). She's really good though, so I can't complain! She's in a VERY whiny stage right now, that I won't be sorry to see end however!

 

[woodkins]

Okay all you Vida experts...I have read the pattern & the two **awesome** tutorials that have been posted. I am missing something LOL. How do you know how long to make the elastic for the side panels? My dd is a 7/8 & I cannot find a measurement as to how long the elastic should be.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciate (and if it is posted somewhere please let me know where it is & how dumb I was to miss it LOL)
Thanks.....Krysta

 

[teresajoy]

Pettiskirt question: This may be a lot to ask, but could someone who has a nice full pettiskirt measure the bottom width?? I know they need to be full, and I am just curious what length other people ruffle the bottom fluff to. Thanks in advance!

I can try to measure the bottom length of one, but I don't think I'm up for measruing the fluff! It's the fluff that adds the fullness, so don't skimp on it.

 

[froggy33]

For the Vida Question. I think Stephres measure the side panels from front panel to back panel and then subtracted 2 inches from that. I think her side panel length was 6 inches and she did her elastic 4 inches. She did mention it is helpful to have your model available to measure. I did an itty bitty vida for my daughter and the side panels measured 3 or so I think and so I did like 2 inch elastic and it worked perfectly. Someone who has made a bigger size may be more help though!

Good luck!!

Jessica

 

[froggy33]

I can try to measure the bottom length of one, but I don't think I'm up for measruing the fluff! It's the fluff that adds the fullness, so don't skimp on it.

Thanks!! I would just need to know the length around of the bottom layer. I would definitely make the fluff way fluffier. On the one I made Kenzie, I used like 47 feet length of the ruffle strip for each layer and then ruffled that down to about 20 feet. It turned out really nice, but I think I am going a little fluffier for the next one.

Thanks again!!!

 

[emcreative]

I LOVE IT,
I have a 17 year old son too and I just love this age, I don't know what everyone complains about teenagers for!! My son (who just got a full 4 year scholarship) just came home from the mall with fabric for me to make his sister a skirt for Hoo De Do with, gotta love em

I will be happy to get through the next MONTH with Ryker...he had a test of wills screaming fit for (no lie) an hour and a half last night. The Husband and I had to tagteam each other to get through it!

 

[teresajoy]

Thanks!! I would just need to know the length around of the bottom layer. I would definitely make the fluff way fluffier. On the one I made Kenzie, I used like 47 feet length of the ruffle strip for each layer and then ruffled that down to about 20 feet. It turned out really nice, but I think I am going a little fluffier for the next one.

Thanks again!!!

I remeasurd, becasue I knew that last measurement couldn't be right!

The bottom layer is 765" (63.75', or probably 64 since my measuring skills could be off a bit) around
and
a 5" section of the skirt has a 25"double layer of fluff.

Most all of the pettis I get weigh about 1- 1.5 pounds, if that helps at all.

And, can I say that I am in awe of anyone who attempts to make one of these things! It took me forever just to MEASURE it! My arms hurt!

 

[eeyore3847]

Lori, I love your outfits and your daughter is so happy looking wearing them.


Ok, just adopt me and sew for me please. Very very adorable.
Is this all hand applique???

oh thank you! not hand... machine...

So, if you have an extra prayer or two, can you send it our way. Thanks so much and I will let you know how it goes tomorrow.

Thanks again!

hope it all goes well for you.. will be thinking of you all

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

OT : Just trying to boost my enthusiasm - I am 46% of the way to my goal for the Philadelphia Breast Cancer 3 Day! only $1250 more to go!

 

[LisaZoe]

Okay all you Vida experts...I have read the pattern & the two **awesome** tutorials that have been posted. I am missing something LOL. How do you know how long to make the elastic for the side panels? My dd is a 7/8 & I cannot find a measurement as to how long the elastic should be.
Any help would be GREATLY appreciate (and if it is posted somewhere please let me know where it is & how dumb I was to miss it LOL)
Thanks.....Krysta

I don't think there is a specific measurement. I'd suggest starting with elastic longer than you need, insert in the casing, stitch one end and leave a safety pin on the other end. Then have your DD try it on (inside out might be easiest) so you can adjust the elastic. You want it loose for comfort but not so wide it gaps.

 

[froggy33]

I remeasurd, becasue I knew that last measurement couldn't be right! the bottom layer is 765" (63.75', or probably 64 since my measuring skills could be off a bit) around and a 5" section of the skirt has a 25"double layer of fluff.

Most all of the pettis I get weigh about 1- 1.5 pounds, if that helps at all.

And, can I say that I am in awe of anyone who attempts to make one of these things! It took me forever just to MEASURE it! My arms hurt!

I'm so sorry about your arms!! But thank you!!! I think I understand though! I had readjusted my numbers for when I make another one and I think this is close to what I plan on doing. I make mine two layers, and added together the bottom layers will be just under that, so I could add a bit.

They are quite time consuming, but other than the cutting part it can go pretty quickly. This nice thing is that the nylon chiffon ruffles all on it's own using a normal foot with a regular stitch. If I had to gather that I would literally go insane!!

Thanks so much for your help!
I'll try and post pics of any I get made!!

Jessica

 

[tadamom]

I need to make AK outfits for DS, DH and myself. Any suggestions for what to do with this?

Then I have a bunch of this for shirts for the boys but don't know about the colour combinations?

Where did you get that zebra fabric? I like that it has the actual zebra in with it.