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

[jenb1023]

I think I am finally caught up!

I love everything as always but especially the birthday girl dress from the end of the last thread and all of the butt ruffles.

Thanks to you all (especially to Jeannes directions) I made a few pillowcase dresses and would like to tackle something else. What do you guys suggest for a first dress from a pattern? Keep in mind that I have very little experience or knowledge and a lot of sewing terms mean nothing to me. I don't even know anything about my sewing machine - it is my mil's. It is a Bernina 1010. I don't even know what it can or cannot do - lol! Your suggestions are appreciated!

To stick with the AG trend - here is DD at the NYC store when we bought her first doll - Kit. She is now saving her money for Ruthie.

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

I know I posted these pics a million years ago, but they remain my favorite outfit I made for our last Magical Gathering. i have to say I like my new stuff that I am making for our upcoming trip, but I haven't taken pics to post yet. (I will soon). Enjoy!

That fabric is awesome!!!!!

Those are SO CUTE! Isn't that Steph awesome! I may need to case these - I have some of those panels and I've never used them - I love how they look in the Vida!

Wow! I would be honored! Those are like the only the 4th dress I have ever made!!!

I love it! You did a great job; and you can NEVER have too many pictures!

Thanks, but as you can see...my picture quality stinks!!! I dropped the camera in the tub shortly after we got it and never everything looks fuzzy. We want a new one before our trip so bad but just don't have the $ right now. Any suggestions?

 

[emcreative]

Does anyone else find it ironic that the butt ruffles were posted at the end of our last thread?

 

[tricia]

Well, after working on this most of the day I was able to get it done. It's a gift for my friend who is graduating from nursing school. It's a 2nd career for her. She likes ladybugs (as does my daughter) so I used the ladybug backpack pattern from YCMT, that I had bought to do one for Hayleigh, and was going to just do ladybug colors. Lo and behold searching through my quilting stash I found a dog fabric w/ them dressed up as doctors. My friend has 3 dogs and they are her "kids". I embroidered her name with the RN title at the top. This is my first experience with zippers and it was a bit challenging (not a CarlaC pattern), but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Thank you all for your gift suggestions!

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Looks great. Awesome for finding that fabric in your stash. She will love it.

Okay....HOLD ONTO YOUR SEATS DISBOUTIQUERS....I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO POST A PHOTO OF SOMETHING.....

Awesome. It deserves a round of applause.

I'm loving the all the ruffles!

IMiss Sass!

Very cute. Love the ruffles on the pants.

Here is a Snow White set we got in the mail yesterday. I just love the touch of pink!

Cool, Snow white, with Minnie Dot and Pink. Great colours.

Thanks Karen! I have been FaceBookin it lately!
I did make this handbag today for my SIL

Looks good as always Tom. Love the fabric.

OMG, that is fabulous. Love all the little details. They just make the dress.

Here's what I got done last night. I've had the AK outfit done for a while just needed to do the applique. I like the finished product but HATED the pattern I used. I will never use that one again! Thanks HeatherSue for the great appliques!

Great stuff. I like the fabric on the AK outfit and really love the peek a boo skirt.

Really cute.

Here is Isabelle's Back 2 School set!

Good job. Glad to see you got the apple done.

Sorry about the giant photos. Photobucket shows them as having been resized so hopefully it will correct itself. UGH>

Love that dress, but Lily looks sad.

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That is great.

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Cute. Reminds me I have to get on my animal print Mickey Heads for our trip soon.

Looks great, and love the fabrics.

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Okay, I have a tinkerbell pillowcase and was going to make the stripwork jumper for my girls but I am having a hard time at the thought of cutting just a small portion of her face for the bodice and wasting the rest tink. So, has anyone ever tried making the stripwork jumper (out of bright colors) and then cutting out a large image (like from a pillowcase) and putting it on top of the strips on the skirt part? Does that make sense? Or do you think it would look dumb? Any other suggestions? My girls really like the twirly skirts!

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Teresa- Yup, it was me who posted it a while back, with the text directions, but I wasnt sure if the photo was there......

I also wanted to thank you for your compliment on my pooh quilt at the end of the last thread. It means a lot to me to have others like you (experienced) say such nice things.

The princess vida is fabulous! Clearly I need to get that pattern now too, but the Feliz was so much work I was leary of the Vida....

Its so frustrating, everyday I think Im going to make progress o nthe 2 sundress (simply sweet) that I promised Megan- but it's so much harder sewing with a baby!

Who wanted little size pattern suggestions? I think you would like the precious dress- it goes down to a size 3 months. I have done a slightly larger size- I did the bodice part of the pattern to make a blouse and it came out great- I just had to go slow and read the directions- and dont assume you know what's next!

So I was daydreaming today....wouldnt it be so cool if we had a disboutiquer's kids Halloween party?

Adi and T-beri- are you out there? T, hows the baby? photos please? would you like my cloth diaper kit for a girl?
adi- how are you feeling?

 

[MiniGirl]

Hi ladies, I just skimmed, so I hope I didn't miss much.

Marah, I'm sorry your trip wasn't as magical as it could've been, but I'm glad to see you focusing on the good parts of your trip and making those the focus of your memories. Add me to those who recommend renting DVC points. We have rented from DISers before, and never had any problems. Of course, I was hoping it would convince my dh that we NEEDED to buy DVC, and that backfired. Why buy when we can rent? Ugh!! But that's a whole nother story.

I'm loving all the Vida's we've been seeing lately. I've seen many of Lisa's before, and spend too much time just staring at them and amazed at how she turns applique into works of art. I've enjoyed the tutorials, too Of course, all the outfits have been amazing. To those of you contemplating a Feliz..... go for it. Don't let the pattern intimidate you. There are a couple of good tutorials (Trillium is my fave), and the result is so worth it.

About the AG dolls.... we have 5 in our house and just love them. I mentioned not getting anymore and just concentrating on accessories, and after some thought, both girls vetoed that idea. LOL!!! For you homeschoolers, I lost my links but there are some unit studies based on the historical dolls. Also..... shhhhh.... don't tell my girls, but Chrissa will be arriving soon. Yep, I bought her from QVC, and she'll be put away for either a birthday or holiday.

I also don't think I've shown this yet. I made this a couple of months ago with listing it in mind. However, if you look closely at the flower applique on the skirt, you can see lots of little white lines. Remember the talk of when to change needles from the last thread. Well, let's just say it needs to be done before this happens or you'll end up with all the little runs. I was also trying to add ruffles to a shirred back.

The hem is even, btw. I think it was just not hung properly on the form.

 

[ireland_nicole]

I know I posted these pics a million years ago, but they remain my favorite outfit I made for our last Magical Gathering. i have to say I like my new stuff that I am making for our upcoming trip, but I haven't taken pics to post yet. (I will soon). Enjoy!

I love these; they look adorable!

As I'm starting our photobook and getting my trip report ready, I thought I'd post a few pics of Melissa's (mommyof3princess) awesome outfits in action!

It took two days for me to get the Hula dress off of Hannah. Yes, she even slept in it TWICE! I only managed it this morning because she had to get ready for another trip (and then she tried to put her Minnie dress back on before it was washed, lol!)

These look awesome!!!!!!

We Love AG, too! Kristin (8) has Kit and Ruthie and Kendall (almost 6) is asking for Julie for her birthday (she only has a Bitty Twin) My 8 year old also loves the books - another plus of the historical dolls!!

If I did this right - this is my first mulitquote <fingers crossed> I have sewn all day and have one Simply Sweet halter with the Patchwork twirl almost finished. The second one always goes faster, right?????? : And THANK GOODNESS I bought a ruffler for this project! My bottom ruffle was 20 feet long - as I was pinning it (stretched across the living room floor) my DH asks if that is for both skirts!!

Yes, the second goes a lot faster, I promise!

Okay, one more...i made this for my daughter for Halloween a few years ago. She wore it to the last Pirate and Princess Party we attended. Got LOTS of attention. Captain Jack Sparrow loved it...he even gave her a special coin to take to "Moe's Tavern" and ask for Larry. They would then turn her into a real pirate...but she MUST be grown up first. (she is desperately waiting. The coin has a place of honor in her room) Sorry her head is cut off, I was trying to show more of the outfot. It is a crazy background, but it was the best pic I have of the outfit...

This is way too awesome!!!

Hi ladies, I just skimmed, so I hope I didn't miss much.

I also don't think I've shown this yet. I made this a couple of months ago with listing it in mind. However, if you look closely at the flower applique on the skirt, you can see lots of little white lines. Remember the talk of when to change needles from the last thread. Well, let's just say it needs to be done before this happens or you'll end up with all the little runs. I was also trying to add ruffles to a shirred back.

The hem is even, btw. I think it was just not hung properly on the form.

Love this, really unique, and love the vintage flair w/ the hat. Very Chic!

 

[fairygoodmother]

Gotta love this one...

Olivia wants me to make her a Hawaiian dress for her Lilo breakfast. Doable. She wants it to look "just like Lilo...red with white leaves". Her mother informed her that she has looked and looked and can not find that exact fabric.
Olivia informed her mother "Mom, Auntie can make it". She was told "Auntie can't make the FABRIC!"

She then informed her mother, with her hands on her hips, that "MY Auntie can do it...she will make a red dress and put big white leaves on it. That's what she DOES!"

Oh, and she wants her sister's dress to match.

So it looks like Auntie is putting on her super-hero cape and finding red fabric to place big white leaves upon.
And this comes on the heels of Karen and I sepnding 3 hours in the fabric store trying to find just the right ugly shade of green for Drizella. You should have seen the looks on the faces of other shoppers when we were proclaiming that we couldn't find fabric ugly enough.

 

[Tink561]

TINK561 - I'd love to see pics of those AG outfits - would you mind sharing?

Here is a picture of the Marie dress. My dd was fascinated with the bathroom doll holder at the store.



The other dresses are by Olliegirl. http://olliegirlboutique.blogspot.com/
Here is a picture of Gracie & Molly as Jasmine.


Here are the matching gowns that Leslie (my sweet sunshines) made for Christmas.

 

[momto2cuties]

Hello everyone!
I'm having a ball reading all of your posts, and someday I may actually post a few of my latest creations (but DH fears someone will stalk our kids if I put their pics online...due to their extreme cuteness, of course).

I have a question about embroidery sewing. DH bought me a White Embroidery machine that came with a brother Disney card in 2003. The machine does not have a USB plug, only a card reader. I have read a little about The Amazing Box, that somehow works with your computer and will save embroidery designs onto the card. Do any of you have any experience with this? Is is worth the cost? (The Amazing Box Max is "on sale" for $199 right now.) Is it hard to use? Can you digitize your own designs with it?

Any help you can offer would be appreciated!
Thanks!

 

[revrob]

Here is a picture of the Marie dress. My dd was fascinated with the bathroom doll holder at the store.



The other dresses are by Olliegirl. http://olliegirlboutique.blogspot.com/
Here is a picture of Gracie & Molly as Jasmine.


Here are the matching gowns that Leslie (my sweet sunshines) made for Christmas.

CUTE, CUTE, CUTE! Thanks for sharing! I think we have that same pink kitchen set!

 

[ireland_nicole]

To continue in the American Girl theme;
I can't find pics from our visit to American Girl place in Chicago last year...
But at least I found the pics from Caitie's Birthday at American Girl Boutique and Bistro in Dallas!

I didn't get that many due to her disastrous elevator fall and subsequent visit from the paramedics...

But that's a whole different story!

Arrival:

The Birthday Cake: (not the best photo, but had to find a pic w/o her friend in it)

The infamous escalator of doom:

We went on a day they had a salon event, so I had prebooked the girls to take a class in how to do their dolls hair. Then we had a birthday lunch. They were thrilled they got to go home with two goody bags!

 

[WDWAtLast]

Question about buying fabric/yardages:

When using a variety of prints , how do you decide how much of each print to buy? 1 yard of each or more? (I would need to double it anyway for both girls!)

Revrob - I am from Nacogdoches! My sister met her dh in Longview!!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Gotta love this one...

Olivia wants me to make her a Hawaiian dress for her Lilo breakfast. Doable. She wants it to look "just like Lilo...red with white leaves". Her mother informed her that she has looked and looked and can not find that exact fabric.
Olivia informed her mother "Mom, Auntie can make it". She was told "Auntie can't make the FABRIC!"

She then informed her mother, with her hands on her hips, that "MY Auntie can do it...she will make a red dress and put big white leaves on it. That's what she DOES!"

Oh, and she wants her sister's dress to match.

So it looks like Auntie is putting on her super-hero cape and finding red fabric to place big white leaves upon.
And this comes on the heels of Karen and I sepnding 3 hours in the fabric store trying to find just the right ugly shade of green for Drizella. You should have seen the looks on the faces of other shoppers when we were proclaiming that we couldn't find fabric ugly enough.

the most ironic part is that Caitie wants mommy to do the exact same thing for Lilo. The funny thing is, I did find very similar fabric, but it was heavy outdoor canvas. I admit, I did actually consider making an a line out of it, but figured I didn't want her wearing a seat cusion..

Here is a picture of the Marie dress. My dd was fascinated with the bathroom doll holder at the store.



The other dresses are by Olliegirl. http://olliegirlboutique.blogspot.com/
Here is a picture of Gracie & Molly as Jasmine.


Here are the matching gowns that Leslie (my sweet sunshines) made for Christmas.

These are so sweet! I especially love the doll size Marie!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Question about buying fabric/yardages:

When using a variety of prints , how do you decide how much of each print to buy? 1 yard of each or more? (I would need to double it anyway for both girls!)

Revrob - I am from Nacogdoches! My sister met her dh in Longview!!

A lot of patterns (esp. YCMT; particularly Carla C's) will give the yardages for each part, so it's easy to figure out how much of each. If you're making a dress w/ long pieces, I lay them out on a piece of fabric I already have, and then I can make sure I buy enough.

 

[LisaZoe]

I really can't wait for this skirt pattern! It is so cute! What sizes did you say you were going to do?

The longest length is 20". I made one and I'm still trying to decide if it works.

Hello everyone!
I'm having a ball reading all of your posts, and someday I may actually post a few of my latest creations (but DH fears someone will stalk our kids if I put their pics online...due to their extreme cuteness, of course).

We all totally understand that concern. Some people post photos with the faces blurred, blocked or cropped.

 

[karebear1]

I'll send her a message about it. I'll send you mine for some DVC points!

You're the best Jeanne- thanks so much. I can hardly wait to find out where to buy this thing! It's been killing me!

So here's the deal! I started on the boxy bag this afternoon(tutorial I posted earlier) because i was all hyped to make one and............

I put the zipper in NO PROBLEM------>My 1st zipper EVER!!!:

Then.......I realized....I got the wrong zipper!!!! I actually bought a zipper that goes in a jacket instead of a zipper that you would put in a bag!

Go ahead and laugh at me...because I am!!!!
Back to JoAnn I go I guess.

Hey! that's AWESOME you got that zipper in the first time- even if itwas the "wrong" one. Putting a zipper in is one of the hardest thigns ot do! You're FABULOUS and a NATURAL Talent!

Did I make the first page??!!!

I am so pitiful...page 15. Gone are my glory days of disboutiquing.

We felt you in spirit though Heather!

As I'm starting our photobook and getting my trip report ready, I thought I'd post a few pics of Melissa's (mommyof3princess) awesome outfits in action!

It took two days for me to get the Hula dress off of Hannah. Yes, she even slept in it TWICE! I only managed it this morning because she had to get ready for another trip (and then she tried to put her Minnie dress back on before it was washed, lol!)

That Hannah...... she's a girl after my own heart!

 

[LisaZoe]

Gotta love this one...

Olivia wants me to make her a Hawaiian dress for her Lilo breakfast. Doable. She wants it to look "just like Lilo...red with white leaves". Her mother informed her that she has looked and looked and can not find that exact fabric.
Olivia informed her mother "Mom, Auntie can make it". She was told "Auntie can't make the FABRIC!"

She then informed her mother, with her hands on her hips, that "MY Auntie can do it...she will make a red dress and put big white leaves on it. That's what she DOES!"

Oh, and she wants her sister's dress to match.

So it looks like Auntie is putting on her super-hero cape and finding red fabric to place big white leaves upon.
And this comes on the heels of Karen and I sepnding 3 hours in the fabric store trying to find just the right ugly shade of green for Drizella. You should have seen the looks on the faces of other shoppers when we were proclaiming that we couldn't find fabric ugly enough.

LOL about finding a fabric ugly enough. I totally understand - you don't want a color that is actually pretty as it would lessen the impact of the ugly stepsisters.

As for the Lilo fabric, I bet making it will end up being less time consuming than trying to find a printed version. Luckily the leaves are quite large and there aren't that many. Images I find online show 4 full or partial leaves on the front and I'd assume there's a similar amount on the back.

 

[revrob]

To continue in the American Girl theme;
I can't find pics from our visit to American Girl place in Chicago last year...
But at least I found the pics from Caitie's Birthday at American Girl Boutique and Bistro in Dallas!

I didn't get that many due to her disastrous elevator fall and subsequent visit from the paramedics...

But that's a whole different story!

Arrival:

The Birthday Cake: (not the best photo, but had to find a pic w/o her friend in it)

The infamous escalator of doom:

We went on a day they had a salon event, so I had prebooked the girls to take a class in how to do their dolls hair. Then we had a birthday lunch. They were thrilled they got to go home with two goody bags!

We LOVE the AG store in Dallas. We go every chance we get. We've never had a meal in the bistro though. We really need to do that!

These pics are so cute!

Question about buying fabric/yardages:

When using a variety of prints , how do you decide how much of each print to buy? 1 yard of each or more? (I would need to double it anyway for both girls!)

Revrob - I am from Nacogdoches! My sister met her dh in Longview!!

It's a small world, isn't it? As a matter of fact, I met a Disboutiquer on this thread, and later learned that we're actually related! and her husband's family lives very close to me - and we never knew it! It's a SMALL WORLD!