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

[angel23321]

Well ladies..I cut out all the pieces for my DD's M&M dress. Of course I realized I had no black to applique onto the mickey heads...sigh. So close. I'm excited to go find some tomorrow (with two kids in tow - not excited about that) and then get the dress together tomorrow night..okay hopefully together. LOL.

Oh and here's excitement. I have a ruffler foot for my machine. I never knew I had it..or never had the desire to experiment with it. So...we'll see how that goes!

Thanks ladies for inspiring me.

 

[billwendy]

I saw Carla's post and had to look this up so I could see! You did a FABULOUS job! It looks so great on your mom! I love the fabric you used - and the fit looks great!
Don't you love the pattern? I ended up taking two Patricia's with me to WDW and wish I had a whole suitcase full. They were so comfortable to wear. LOVE them!

Thanks so much! I was so grateful for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The person who was looking for Alines - here are a few I have done..

Its a nice pattern to follow with lots of length options for more of a top or a dress!!!

 

[emcreative]

Ooh I want this in fluffy size, it's delish, Wendy!

 

[GoofyG]

Attikus had his 1st day of school on Thursday! He is going once a wk. I hope to have a job at the 3yr olds school this yr, His school is right around the corner from Ellarie's school. (Kindergarten)

Here is my BIG BOY!!!

 

[Adi12982]

Attikus had his 1st day of school on Thursday! He is going once a wk. I hope to have a job at the 3yr olds school this yr, His school is right around the corner form Ellarie's school. (Kindergarten)

Here is my BIG BOY!!!

AWWW he is getting so big, make him slow down!!

 

[GoofyG]

AWWW he is getting so big, make him slow down!!

I know, I blinked and now he is 15months old!

 

[emcreative]

Ooh when's his birthday? "Ferb"/Draykey's is April 24~!

 

[GoofyG]

Ooh when's his birthday? "Ferb"/Draykey's is April 24~!

His Birthday is May 19th. He's not quite 15mos, I just rounded it to that. It was close enough. My 3yr olds Birthday is April 17th!

 

[emcreative]

He's such a cutie- how much does he weigh?

I forget sometimes how far behind Draykey is until I see kids younger than he is doing a whole lot more.

 

[Mirb1214]

Thanks to EVERYONE who posted the A-Lines! The all look SO great!! I hope mine turns out that well. And, WOW. . . 15 minutes?? I already have mine cut and I'm about to start sewing. . . I hope to have it done in 1 hour and 15 min .

 

[GoofyG]

He's such a cutie- how much does he weigh?

I forget sometimes how far behind Draykey is until I see kids younger than he is doing a whole lot more.

He is behind on some things. He doesn't talk much. But now he thinks he can run, but his top half gets ahead of him.

His check up isn't till the 25th, but he is around 19lbs! He is my BIG one! His sister didn't hit 20lbs till they were 2! He is such a boy, he eats everything in front of him, and loves his cars!

 

[Stephres]

My favorite!

He is a big boy! How did that happen so fast!

 

[Finding Gigi]

I'm new here and have a question that has probably been asked so sorry. How do you make the Mickey Mouse head that I have seen on a t-shirt. It is a patterned Mickey Mouse head. I'm not sure if I worded that right. Any help would be great.

 

[revrob]

Attikus had his 1st day of school on Thursday! He is going once a wk. I hope to have a job at the 3yr olds school this yr, His school is right around the corner from Ellarie's school. (Kindergarten)

Here is my BIG BOY!!!

NOOOO! He CAN'T be old enough for school already! What a CUTIE!

 

[jessica52877]

Here is SisBoom and Carla's new Meghan pattern! This went together so quick and was easy. I have only ever sewn 2 other things for myself and that was years ago. I can't wait to make this in solid black and a burgundy for around the holidays! It is perfect and can be dressed up or down!

 

[tanyaandallie]

Today was the first day of school, I didnt think I'd have to fight crying so much. Miss Madi is in Pre K this year, Miss K is in 3rd.
Get ready for too many Miss Madi and K's

Tyler decided to run to the bus stop so I didnt take any pics of him, But I got him when he got home

These are too cute! Where did you find the fabric? I was at Joannes today and didn't find what I wanted.

 

[PrincessMickey]

Can I pick your brains for a moment. I'm in no rush because I won't be able to pull out my sewing machine until after we get moved in but I want to get an idea of what I'm going to do. We got a magazine in the mail with costumes in it and DS told me he wants to be Anakin Skywalker from Clone Wars for Halloween this year. I hate the thought of spending $50 on the costume he wants so I am determined to do this myself. I have never sewed anything without a pattern so this could be a real challenge for me. For some reason I can't post the picture but here is a link to the costume.

http://www.buystarwarscostumes.com/anakin_skywalker_child_deluxe_cw.html

Thank you so much for any ideas you have and don't worry, I will post pics as soon as I'm done.

 

[teresajoy]

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

It was actually kind of fun to measure all that! For the fluff are you sewing it down the middle, so that there are two sides of fluffing up one layer of petti? (if that makes sense!) That's how the Sam's one are, and then there is another layer underneath. If you want any pictures just let me know.

Thanks all for your prayers!!!



DH got through surgery, took twice as long as they thought, but he is home! The doctor said that his gall bladder was really bad and scared.

Again, thanks for the prayers and well wishes!!

I'm glad to hear he is home. I hope he heals up very quickly.

Today was the first day of school, I didnt think I'd have to fight crying so much. Miss Madi is in Pre K this year, Miss K is in 3rd.
Get ready for too many Miss Madi and K's

Tyler decided to run to the bus stop so I didnt take any pics of him, But I got him when he got home

Your kids are so cute!!! I just love their customs. Where did you find that fabric?

I can't believe all these kids going back to school already! I'm glad ours have another few weeks!

Congratulations to you and your son! Where is he going to school?

I agree whole heartedly about teenagers getting a bad rap! I have a 17 year old son, a 13 year old son and the 2 of them COMBINED are not half the headache my 5 yo DD is But I love them all. I also think 90% of my boys friends are awesome and great kids to be around. The other 10% are not bad...just going through some growing pains/challenges. My oldest gets off work, and calls me to see if he needs to stop at the store for us, or if he can pick up his sister from pre-k for us all of the time.

I know Teresa and I have talked about our oldest boys and how easy and proud of them we are. Her Corey seems so much like my oldest. I have enjoyed everything about the teenaged years, and watching my son and his friends become young men.

I think we have some pretty special kids Maureen! I'm sometimes shocked when I look at Corey and realize what a young man he has become all of a sudden!

This gives me hope! If feels like Zoe argues with me about everything! No matter what I say, I'm wrong=: While I like for her to think for herself, this is getting so frustrating. I scrounged up money we really couldn't afford to send her to more weeks of day camp because I knew we'd drive each other crazy by the end of summer. Don't get me wrong, she is a very sweet and considerate child most of the time but constantly disagreeing with me is tiring. I know I'm the adult and should be able to handle this but I've resorted to 'the silent treatment' on more than one occasion when it seemed everything I said was contradicted.

We have a little neighbor girl who does that to me ALL the time! If I say one thing, she says another! You know, it's WAY more irritating when it's someone elses child doing that to you! She's a great kid most of the time though, thank goodness!

AND I'm pretty sure it's all his fault anyway. I know I had a headache that night

I love the pattern but I have only made it for my daughter a couple of times. Because it is fully lined it is a little hot for us in Florida and you have to wear sleeves to school so she has to wear a t-shirt underneath it as well. I think it is totally cute though (and easy), especially on the little ones! I have made the dolly version for my daughter's AG doll several times.

Lydia wears these two outfits a lot!!

She always wears little leggins under this one. It's so cute!

I'm new here and have a question that has probably been asked so sorry. How do you make the Mickey Mouse head that I have seen on a t-shirt. It is a patterned Mickey Mouse head. I'm not sure if I worded that right. Any help would be great.

It's an applique, if you check out Heather Sue's applique tutorial (link in first post) you can see how to do it. There is a template in the group Photobucket account for the Mickey head ,under the graphics tag I believe.

Here is SisBoom and Carla's new Meghan pattern! This went together so quick and was easy. I have only ever sewn 2 other things for myself and that was years ago. I can't wait to make this in solid black and a burgundy for around the holidays! It is perfect and can be dressed up or down!

You look so cute in that Jessica!

 

[HeatherSue]

All of it is adorable, but I have to say I really like you top. Of course, I'm a bit partial to that fabric...

Minnie was quite impressed with all the dots. I was never happy with how

You're always tricking me! I was thinking "How did Teresa wear that shirt with Minnie when she just made it?"

Well what can I say - this is amazing!!! I actually came on here looking for the fridge swap and came across this thread - have spent the last hour just looking at all the fantastic photos - I so wish I had a sewing machine. we are off to disney in december and would have loved to have a go at putting mickey heads and our names on t-shirts! everyone on here is so very talented - im now running late so must dash......

You should try to find an inexpensive machine on craigslist and give it a go! You've got plenty of time to learn how to sew before your trip!

Heather - Love the dresses...so pretty...and yes, you could model!

Thanks for the congrats on the weight loss...only 30 more pounds to go...the first 20 seem kinda easy now! My big goal really is to run a 1/2 marathon next year...really run it, not run/walk. I'm gettting there! We go to the YMCA every week night and work out. When we started last November I was barely walking a mile...now I do 2 1/2 miles on the eliptical (which I call the death machine!) and I run 1/2 mile and walk another 1/2 mile...not to mention all the crunches. When the kids get in school, I am going to start a toning class in the mornings...try to tone some of this flab back into place!!!!

You're crazy, but I love you anyway!

Wow, I am so impressed with your fitness regiment! I have been working to lose weight for the last couple of months. I've lost 12 pounds so far (although I keep gaining and losing the same 2lbs for a few weeks). I've been working out on my wii fit and running/walking on my treadmill. I just need to do it more often! I've also been doing Weight Watchers. I've still got 30lbs to lose, too!

Congratulations on the weight loss...my experience has shown having goals is the way to go! I've dropped 30 pounds since January (down from a size 20 to a loose size 14) and really wanted to go down another 20 before Disney...not going to happen, we leave in 5 weeks. Now I have to buy new clothes...what a shame!

WOW, you're doing great! Congrats on the weight loss!

How sad is it...that we leave in 2 days for Irelands birthday trip and I have NOTHING planned or packed for her to wear...LOL. I'm a bad mommy

Get to work, young lady! I can call you young lady because I'm pretty sure I saw that you're a couple of years younger than me on your facebook.

I have a Kenmore sewing machine that's 45 years old!! (It still does just what I want it to do) BUT....it has these grayish disks that pop into the top to do decorative stitches.....the only one that does zigzag -is chipped and will not do the job any more. I looked on the Kenmore site....and they don't even talk about them anymore!! I would of course love a new super machine..but that's kind of out of the question right now. Does anyone have any idea where I can start looking for this disk? I checked ebay...but there's nothing there. Is there somewhere I can post an "I NEED" ..... I can't help think that someone somewhere might have one sitting in a closet!! TIA ......

I am going to suggest the same thing someone else did. I'd look on craigslist. Or, try to find an inexpensive used machine on there. There are always tons of sewing machines on craigslist around here!

Those dresses are ADORABLE!!!!

What a bunch of beautiful children!! Great job on the outfits!!!

Great pictures! The kids look so cute!

I am thinking of joining this. You wonderful ladies helped my friend and her family out when they went on their Make-A-Wish trip this past march.

I dont sew (grandma does)

But i do scrapbook and have loads of disney stuff to donate.

If you can use some autograph books and the such please let me know.

When i try to register it says i didnt put in the right code thing.

I'm not sure which code. Is it your password it isn't accepting, or is there one of those crazy things where you have to enter letters that are all screwy looking? We'd love it if you could join us over there!

Question for those of you who have made CarlaC's Flouncy Skirt Pattern -

I measured DDs waist (21', I think) and according to her chart I should make either a 2 or a 3. She is 6 and wears a size 5/6 in pants, although mainly with adjustable waists. Anyone else have this probelm? What size should I make? How does the sizing run?

Someone may have already helped you with this. But, just in case- the measurement is supposed to be taken around the fullest part of their hips, not their waist.

has anyone appliqued on a ribbed shirt? I bought a bunch of tank top ribbed shirts for DS and was going to applique them, is it going to be a problem?

Yes, and I hated it! I actually did some machine embroidery on a ribbed tank top for a friend. I totally screwed it up! I had never worked on ribbed fabric before, and I don't want to do it again! I know some people have done a really nice job on them, though.

Tell Tessa she did a great job! Sounds like she could be a great fashion photographer.

I will tell her! She'll be thrilled! She has her own camera and she takes pretty nice pictures with it. One of my favorite pictures of Sawyer is one that she took.

oh...I have a very obscure picture of Cindy's rear too!!!

 

[Mirb1214]

Its a nice pattern to follow with lots of length options for more of a top or a dress!!!

I have SERIOUSLY got to start making matching outfits for DD's dolls!

I have the A-line finished except for sewing up the final side . I am going to bed and I will tackle that part tomorrow. I have this scared feeling that that part might be a tad bit harder. Thanks again for posting pics!