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

[emcreative]

Please tell me your "fact" isn't a euphamism for something R rated

LOL I really should reread what I type, shouldn't I?

 

[emcreative]

Does anyone know how to upsize the Easyfit pattern?

I'd like to make some in a size 12/14 for my middle daughter

 

[jham]

I wish it was showing around here. My girls and I all love Miyazaki films (Spirited Away is still my fav). If it doesn't show up here soon I may have to travel with the girls to see it.

We are Miyazaki fans too and have several. My littlest kids think Spirited Away is called "Spirit In The Way" Can't wait to see Ponyo!

very nice!

LADIES AND TOM:

If I normally bought my daughter a size 12 girls...what size shirt in Misses (XS, S, M) would she wear?

Not sure what Misses is. I'm just trying to figure out Juniors! Jayden is a girls 14. I think she is about a 3 and a small in Juniors. I bought her some jeans and a shirt in those sizes anyway and they seem to fit. And in a women's top she can wear an XS although depending on the shirt a S would probably be fine too.

Sorry, I don't have any suggestions - but just wanted to say that isn't it ALWAYS when machines act up? When you absolutely can't afford to lose it? My sewing machine started acting up before our fall trip last year, I had to buy a new one. One week before we left for our most recent trip that we just got home from, my serger broke. Had to take it in to get serviced and didn't think I would have it back for a month. I did end up getting it back just a few days before we left. BUT, it's just murphy's law, isn't it?

I have two backups and I still get nervous! My serger on the other hand has no backup and I'm askeered for the day it dies!

ETA: OOOH, 51 days! I need to make a countdown chart tomorrow!

 

[MermaidTales]

This is beautiful! great job!... I am referring to the blue Cinderella dress... I can't for the life of me remember how to post anything here! Sorry ;0)

 

[ibesue]

Hey all, I have been MIA for a few days. Some of you may know my DH had his gall bladder out on Friday morning in an outpatient facility. Well, by Friday night he was in horrible pain and having chest pains and couldn't breathe very well. Pain meds did nothing and since he couldn't relax the pain was getting worse. We called our health care company and they said go to urgent care. We did, it was a 3-4 hour wait to get in. So we went to the Emergency Room at our local hospital. They got him right in and had a lot of tests. They decided to admit him overnight for observation. On Saturday and Sunday, they ran even more tests. He is now running a temp and still cannot move without being in horrible pain.

Its now Sunday night (well, Monday morning) and he is still in the hospital. So I am asking if you can spare a few prayers. Its been a long few days and we are no closer to finding out what is wrong than we were Friday.

Thanks.

 

[karebear1]

Ibesue.........I'm sorry to hear about your DH- he, and you, are both in my prayers! Please keep us updated!

 

[emcreative]

Sue, you will all be in my prayers! Keep us updated as you can.

 

[NiniMorris]

Bunny213...please check your PMs...I think I have found your cam...with a discount coupon! Good Luck!

Nini

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I just ordered the PE Design 8 software for my brother machine. It was nearly the same cost as the machine
So now I am going to wait even longer to pick up the machine as I want to see if they could help me with the software. Now I am looking at next week for machine pickup and training.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Hey all, I have been MIA for a few days. Some of you may know my DH had his gall bladder out on Friday morning in an outpatient facility. Well, by Friday night he was in horrible pain and having chest pains and couldn't breathe very well. Pain meds did nothing and since he couldn't relax the pain was getting worse. We called our health care company and they said go to urgent care. We did, it was a 3-4 hour wait to get in. So we went to the Emergency Room at our local hospital. They got him right in and had a lot of tests. They decided to admit him overnight for observation. On Saturday and Sunday, they ran even more tests. He is now running a temp and still cannot move without being in horrible pain.

Its now Sunday night (well, Monday morning) and he is still in the hospital. So I am asking if you can spare a few prayers. Its been a long few days and we are no closer to finding out what is wrong than we were Friday.

Thanks.

Prayers said for your DH and your family.

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Hey all, I have been MIA for a few days. Some of you may know my DH had his gall bladder out on Friday morning in an outpatient facility. Well, by Friday night he was in horrible pain and having chest pains and couldn't breathe very well. Pain meds did nothing and since he couldn't relax the pain was getting worse. We called our health care company and they said go to urgent care. We did, it was a 3-4 hour wait to get in. So we went to the Emergency Room at our local hospital. They got him right in and had a lot of tests. They decided to admit him overnight for observation. On Saturday and Sunday, they ran even more tests. He is now running a temp and still cannot move without being in horrible pain.

Its now Sunday night (well, Monday morning) and he is still in the hospital. So I am asking if you can spare a few prayers. Its been a long few days and we are no closer to finding out what is wrong than we were Friday.

Thanks.

How scary. I will keep him in my prayers.

 

[pixeegrl]

Hey all, I have been MIA for a few days. Some of you may know my DH had his gall bladder out on Friday morning in an outpatient facility. Well, by Friday night he was in horrible pain and having chest pains and couldn't breathe very well. Pain meds did nothing and since he couldn't relax the pain was getting worse. We called our health care company and they said go to urgent care. We did, it was a 3-4 hour wait to get in. So we went to the Emergency Room at our local hospital. They got him right in and had a lot of tests. They decided to admit him overnight for observation. On Saturday and Sunday, they ran even more tests. He is now running a temp and still cannot move without being in horrible pain.

Its now Sunday night (well, Monday morning) and he is still in the hospital. So I am asking if you can spare a few prayers. Its been a long few days and we are no closer to finding out what is wrong than we were Friday.

Thanks.

Hope everything gets better soon! We will pray for you and your family!

 

[revrob]

Does anyone know how to upsize the Easyfit pattern?

I'd like to make some in a size 12/14 for my middle daughter

I know that it's possible to upsize - I don't remember the proportions, but I think it's in the bookmarks for some reason.
One word of caution - if you upsize to size 10, or even to size 12, it may go without a hitch. I've done it a few times and didn't have a problem. BUT, if the child you are making it for has curves, the easy fits may be a difficulty simply because there is not a front and back shape to them. That shaping (like we have in adult patterns) is what allows for hips and backsides. SO, if the person hasn't developed hips of a backside, you'll be good - if the person has, it may or may not work. It may be a good idea to do a test pair to make sure they'll fit before you cut into the fabric that you're going to use. Just thought I'd pass that along.

Hey all, I have been MIA for a few days. Some of you may know my DH had his gall bladder out on Friday morning in an outpatient facility. Well, by Friday night he was in horrible pain and having chest pains and couldn't breathe very well. Pain meds did nothing and since he couldn't relax the pain was getting worse. We called our health care company and they said go to urgent care. We did, it was a 3-4 hour wait to get in. So we went to the Emergency Room at our local hospital. They got him right in and had a lot of tests. They decided to admit him overnight for observation. On Saturday and Sunday, they ran even more tests. He is now running a temp and still cannot move without being in horrible pain.

Its now Sunday night (well, Monday morning) and he is still in the hospital. So I am asking if you can spare a few prayers. Its been a long few days and we are no closer to finding out what is wrong than we were Friday.

Thanks.

WOW! SUE! You've both really been through it, haven't you? I'm so sorry to hear that your hubby is still strugglling! I'll be praying for you both!

 

[revrob]

Does anyone know how to upsize the Easyfit pattern?

I'd like to make some in a size 12/14 for my middle daughter

OK - I found it - Carla had posted this here quite a while ago and I saved it for reference. Here's her quote:

Originally Posted by LouiesMama
I was looking at the size charts in my patternmaking textbook, and it seems like the larger "tween" sizes increase pretty proportionally. I did the math to get the differences in the sizes so that the pattern pieces could be scaled up on a copy machine.

to go from an 8 to a 10, scale up 103%
to go from an 8 to a 12, scale up 106%
to go from an 8 to a 14, scale up 110%

to go from a 10 to a 12, scale up 103%
to go from a 10 to a 14, scale up 106%
to go from a 10 to a 16, scale up 110%

You'll want to go to a place like Kinko's that has nice machines so you can adjust the scale to whatever you want, and also so you can select a larger paper size (I think you can go up to 11X17 in most machines).

I haven't tried this personally (I just do the scaling in my drawing program), but these are the percentages I would use. This should work for most patterns (not just mine) that are free-fitting like the peasant top/dress. With more fitted styles, keep in mind that as girls develop, the hip/waist ratio changes, and also the bustline changes. So for something like the a-line, scaling up might not work. Boys are easy - they stay pretty much the same until they either get big muscles or a beer belly !

 

[WDWAtLast]

Back from Disney - what a wonderful first family trip!!! And although we survived the August heat and had a blast, I am not sure we will go in August again! The girls did wear the dresses I made to a couple of night time meals, but it was just too hot in the day - they wanted Tshirts and shorts!! I think I have about 40 pages to catch up on here (besides loads of laundry!) Can't wait to see the new creations!!!

Here are a few pics (I took over 450 - not including photopass )

 

[Tweevil]

Hey all, I have been MIA for a few days. Some of you may know my DH had his gall bladder out on Friday morning in an outpatient facility. Well, by Friday night he was in horrible pain and having chest pains and couldn't breathe very well. Pain meds did nothing and since he couldn't relax the pain was getting worse. We called our health care company and they said go to urgent care. We did, it was a 3-4 hour wait to get in. So we went to the Emergency Room at our local hospital. They got him right in and had a lot of tests. They decided to admit him overnight for observation. On Saturday and Sunday, they ran even more tests. He is now running a temp and still cannot move without being in horrible pain.

Its now Sunday night (well, Monday morning) and he is still in the hospital. So I am asking if you can spare a few prayers. Its been a long few days and we are no closer to finding out what is wrong than we were Friday.

Thanks.

Sending some hugs and good vibes to you and your hubby! I hope they figure out what's going on fast so he can find relief.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Cool!! It was in Houston earlier this week. The news reported that the wait was 3.5 hours. And I'm sure all the waiting was outside, where "feels like" temps were 105 - 108 that day (Houston has a TINY train station downtown)

Yeah, San Antonio isn't big, either. Thankfully, they have shade over most of the queuing area, and like I said they had water available, plus a few mister type fans. Honestly, I think they did all they could to keep people comfortable, considering it's Texas in the middle of summer.

Hey all, I have been MIA for a few days. Some of you may know my DH had his gall bladder out on Friday morning in an outpatient facility. Well, by Friday night he was in horrible pain and having chest pains and couldn't breathe very well. Pain meds did nothing and since he couldn't relax the pain was getting worse. We called our health care company and they said go to urgent care. We did, it was a 3-4 hour wait to get in. So we went to the Emergency Room at our local hospital. They got him right in and had a lot of tests. They decided to admit him overnight for observation. On Saturday and Sunday, they ran even more tests. He is now running a temp and still cannot move without being in horrible pain.

Its now Sunday night (well, Monday morning) and he is still in the hospital. So I am asking if you can spare a few prayers. Its been a long few days and we are no closer to finding out what is wrong than we were Friday.

Thanks.

Oh, no. We're praying here, Sue that they are quickly able to find out what the problem is, treat it sucessfully, and that his pain is eased.

Back from Disney - what a wonderful first family trip!!! And although we survived the August heat and had a blast, I am not sure we will go in August again! The girls did wear the dresses I made to a couple of night time meals, but it was just too hot in the day - they wanted Tshirts and shorts!! I think I have about 40 pages to catch up on here (besides loads of laundry!) Can't wait to see the new creations!!!

Here are a few pics (I took over 450 - not including photopass )

Looks like a good trip; where are the pics w/ the customs?

 

[tricia]

Does anyone know how to upsize the Easyfit pattern?

I'd like to make some in a size 12/14 for my middle daughter

I was going to say the same as Revrob, in that it does not work very well if the person you are upsizing for actually has a butt. I have made them in a 10/12 and a 12/14 for my son, and they got to fitting awkwardly cause of that.

Hey all, I have been MIA for a few days. Some of you may know my DH had his gall bladder out on Friday morning in an outpatient facility. Well, by Friday night he was in horrible pain and having chest pains and couldn't breathe very well. Pain meds did nothing and since he couldn't relax the pain was getting worse. We called our health care company and they said go to urgent care. We did, it was a 3-4 hour wait to get in. So we went to the Emergency Room at our local hospital. They got him right in and had a lot of tests. They decided to admit him overnight for observation. On Saturday and Sunday, they ran even more tests. He is now running a temp and still cannot move without being in horrible pain.

Its now Sunday night (well, Monday morning) and he is still in the hospital. So I am asking if you can spare a few prayers. Its been a long few days and we are no closer to finding out what is wrong than we were Friday.

Thanks.

Prayers being said.

Back from Disney - what a wonderful first family trip!!! And although we survived the August heat and had a blast, I am not sure we will go in August again! The girls did wear the dresses I made to a couple of night time meals, but it was just too hot in the day - they wanted Tshirts and shorts!! I think I have about 40 pages to catch up on here (besides loads of laundry!) Can't wait to see the new creations!!!

Glad you had a great time. Looks like the girls are happy. And where are the custom pics?

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

This is off topic, but so many of you take wonderful pictures. I need a new camera before we go on our trip so I am thinking of asking one for my b-day coming up at the end of August. We won't be able to spend $1000 or anything but would like a somewhat nice one that takes good pics and we also like to take movies with ours even though we have a video camera. We have been partial to canons in the past but am open to other suggestions. So, can you give me some advice on cameras? Thanks!

 

[WDWAtLast]

The girls only wore the customs at two meals - CRT and Park Fair. It was just so hot that they wanted T's and shorts (and the sundresses wear fairly wrinkled at CRT from being in the back pack all morning!!) And Kristin (8) rebeled and wouldn't wear the patchwork twirl to PF - she wore the sundress again. I will have to scan in our pics made at PF, but here the girls are in their sundresses at CRT