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

[emcreative]

LOVE the skirt! You have to stop!!! I don't have a trip to sew for, and I still want EVERYTHING!

Be careful saying things like that...I think my kids have enough custom ideas for the next trip to keep a squad of us busy for the next year!

 

[2cutekidz]

I've said on here before (I think) that we are doing Hercules for MNSSHP.....what do you think of these costumes:

For Michael (hercules) :

Not the costume that I wanted for him but anyways....he will not be wearing the leggings or boot covers. He will have bare legs and sandals.

For Mark (Zeus):

I will be making Parker's Megara costume -- not one to be found to buy in her size.

For Me (Hera):

I know in the movie that Hera's toga/dress is pink and I thought about buying a sheer pink material to make an overlay for it -- like she wears in the movie....would you make the overlay or just leave it the way it is. Or do you think I should do something else for the Hera costume?

Cool costumes!! What is the material for Hera's costume? Could you dye it?

 

[emcreative]

Ireland_Nicole, your PM box is full!

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

I dont understand...it was on page 201 last night...good grief am I behind!
No time to catch up either..

We are going away to Skaneateles (waaaay upstate NY) for 4 days. Our first trip away this summer and with Hannah.

Someone asked about Carla C's precious as a blouse- I did mine to go under a dress. It buttons in back. The only thing I wish I had done was compare my pattern piece to one of her blouses that I like the length of. It ended up a bit short. Not to mention she had a growth spurt since I made it and now its like a half shirt LOL!
leave a good half inch at least to flip up the bottom, press and turn in again before topstitching. might even add 1" for a nice clean finished look. Its up to you if you want to add another button hole.

Mommyof3princesses here is a photo of what I have
I can ship Tuesday if you want any. (any of the poodle costume ones)
Mommy-you have the details in PM of what patterns are in what condition

 

[anggye]

I have finished a few more customs for DL. Only 48 more days and I still have more to do. This is DD12. My 2 oldest only want t-shirts.

DD9--our NBC day, don't have days planned out yet

DD9 wanted a castle tee. I wanted simple. I am not sure about the material for the applique. When she put it on, the t-shirt stretched and the material shredded.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Ireland_Nicole, your PM box is full!

oops; sorry! I fixed it now

 

[ireland_nicole]

I dont understand...it was on page 201 last night...good grief am I behind!
No time to catch up either..

We are going away to Skaneateles (waaaay upstate NY) for 4 days. Our first trip away this summer and with Hannah.

Someone asked about Carla C's precious as a blouse- I did mine to go under a dress. It buttons in back. The only thing I wish I had done was compare my pattern piece to one of her blouses that I like the length of. It ended up a bit short. Not to mention she had a growth spurt since I made it and now its like a half shirt LOL!
leave a good half inch at least to flip up the bottom, press and turn in again before topstitching. might even add 1" for a nice clean finished look. Its up to you if you want to add another button hole.

Mommyof3princesses here is a photo of what I have
I can ship Tuesday if you want any. (any of the poodle costume ones)
Mommy-you have the details in PM of what patterns are in what condition

umm, not to pry, but ah, what are your plans for that sexy little nurse number on the top left?

 

[ireland_nicole]

I have finished a few more customs for DL. Only 48 more days and I still have more to do. This is DD12. My 2 oldest only want t-shirts.

DD9--our NBC day, don't have days planned out yet

DD9 wanted a castle tee. I wanted simple. I am not sure about the material for the applique. When she put it on, the t-shirt stretched and the material shredded.

Didn't see these before I posted; cute! Really love the castle idea!

 

[emcreative]

We could use some prayers

We just found out that the boys' "Nana" (actually their Great Great Aunt, the woman who raised Ryker from birth until we got him in February) doesn't have much longer to live. She has been battling lung cancer that has spread for months now and is under hospice care. They said hours, MAYBE a few days, but she seems to be going downhill fast.

If you pray could you please send some to her for a gentle passing, and to send strength to her family? Her sister is trying to make it there from Tennessee, and she has children and grandchildren with her now trying to help her through.

Thanks so much.

 

[ireland_nicole]

We could use some prayers

We just found out that the boys' "Nana" (actually their Great Great Aunt, the woman who raised Ryker from birth until we got him in February) doesn't have much longer to live. She has been battling lung cancer that has spread for months now and is under hospice care. They said hours, MAYBE a few days, but she seems to be going downhill fast.

If you pray could you please send some to her for a gentle passing, and to send strength to her family? Her sister is trying to make it there from Tennessee, and she has children and grandchildren with her now trying to help her through.

Thanks so much.

Marah, I'm sorry. I will be praying for her and her family. I am a former Hospice nurse, and know what a blessing they can be in this difficult and painful time.

 

[Tink561]

Finally!! I've had the Vida done on this for awhile, but finished the jeans on Monday. Come to find out Em has had a growth spurt, and a 5slim doesn't fit her anymore - no way, no how!! So I had to re-do the jeans!! Emily LOVEs this set and actually had fun modeling.

LOVE LOVE LOVE but you know that already!!!

 

[mgmsmommy]

Finally!! I've had the Vida done on this for awhile, but finished the jeans on Monday. Come to find out Em has had a growth spurt, and a 5slim doesn't fit her anymore - no way, no how!! So I had to re-do the jeans!! Emily LOVEs this set and actually had fun modeling.

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Love this outfit. Saw the sneak peek on your blog & was looking forward to seeing the whole outfit. Love the front with Jack & Sally dancing & the fabrics you chose set it so nicely.

BTW I just made my 1st stripwork twirl double layer skirt using your tutorial yesterday & have already started on a coordinating 1 for my other girl. They loved it. Will post pics when I finish the 2nd one.

 

[busy mommy]

Have you considered just using the pillowcase as the center panel in the vida? It won't require appliquing, and it would still be really cute!



I think this is what I have finally decided to do. This is what I had planned to do, but then I went crazy for a minute and forgot I am still learning how to applique...I must remember baby steps. I plan to cut it out tomorrow and sew it this weekend. As soon as I can, I will start posting pictures.
Thanks for all of your ideas.

 

[NaeNae]

We could use some prayers

We just found out that the boys' "Nana" (actually their Great Great Aunt, the woman who raised Ryker from birth until we got him in February) doesn't have much longer to live. She has been battling lung cancer that has spread for months now and is under hospice care. They said hours, MAYBE a few days, but she seems to be going downhill fast.

If you pray could you please send some to her for a gentle passing, and to send strength to her family? Her sister is trying to make it there from Tennessee, and she has children and grandchildren with her now trying to help her through.

Thanks so much.

Marah,
I'll pray for a peacful passing and that maybe she will hang on long enough for her sister to get there.

 

[emcreative]

nevermind

 

[momtoprincess A]

BTW I just made my 1st stripwork twirl double layer skirt using your tutorial yesterday & have already started on a coordinating 1 for my other girl. They loved it. Will post pics when I finish the 2nd one.

Do you mind my asking were I could find this tutorial.
Also what is a "vida" and are there special instructions for one?

Does anyone have any Halloween costumes they've made in the past that they would like to share pics of?
DD wants to be a "dead bride"

 

[VBAndrea]

I might have made you drool. I had the bookshelf of fabric. I like the bookshelf a lot. I will keep the fabric folded like that. An L shape table might be a great idea. I will have to look into that!

Well don't be surprised if you one day come home to find your shelf and all its contents missing. I've never stolen before in my life, but the superb organization and pretty fabric keeps calling my name Do you hear it now -- your shelf and fabric is begging for me to come take it.

I have finished a few more customs for DL. Only 48 more days and I still have more to do. This is DD12. My 2 oldest only want t-shirts.

DD9--our NBC day, don't have days planned out yet

DD9 wanted a castle tee. I wanted simple. I am not sure about the material for the applique. When she put it on, the t-shirt stretched and the material shredded.

I like all of those! Everyone makes such great NBC things, but I have to fess up that I've never heard of it before Disboutiquers. I think my dd might be too scared by it though.

umm, not to pry, but ah, what are your plans for that sexy little nurse number on the top left?

I think that was one that she pm'd her about saying it was already cut as she had made herself the outfit already

We could use some prayers

We just found out that the boys' "Nana" (actually their Great Great Aunt, the woman who raised Ryker from birth until we got him in February) doesn't have much longer to live. She has been battling lung cancer that has spread for months now and is under hospice care. They said hours, MAYBE a few days, but she seems to be going downhill fast.

If you pray could you please send some to her for a gentle passing, and to send strength to her family? Her sister is trying to make it there from Tennessee, and she has children and grandchildren with her now trying to help her through.

Thanks so much.

I am so very sorry. I will keep her in my thoughts that she remains comfortable.

Do you mind my asking were I could find this tutorial.
Also what is a "vida" and are there special instructions for one?

I'd love to see this tut as well .

Vida is a European pattern by Farbenmix. You have to order the pattern and trace it out. I haven't ordered it yet, but I definitely plan on doing so. There is a tutorial for it as well -- one by Trillium and one by someone else (I believe). Hopefully one of the experienced folks here can provide you with better details. If you do a search for LisaZoe on this thread she posts some phenomenal Vidas.

 

[mgmsmommy]

Do you mind my asking were I could find this tutorial.
Also what is a "vida" and are there special instructions for one?

Does anyone have any Halloween costumes they've made in the past that they would like to share pics of?
DD wants to be a "dead bride"

http://my-sweet-sunshine.blogspot.com/2009/05/okey-dokey.html was the tutorial on her blog I was referring to.

 

[emcreative]

Do you mind my asking were I could find this tutorial.
Also what is a "vida" and are there special instructions for one?

Does anyone have any Halloween costumes they've made in the past that they would like to share pics of?
DD wants to be a "dead bride"

This is the Vida (it's the name of a dress pattern):

A lot of ladies (and Tom) like to use it because the big panels in front and back are perfect for appliques (or using pillowcases!) and the style can be worn as is for summer, or with shirt underneath for fall/winter/spring.

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Cute!!

Question for those who have done fabric Coops
I'm sorry to be the official group troublemaker, but:
I had a weird situation today, and while trying to be vague enough, I'm wondering if y'all can tell me if my expectation was wrong.

A large group of fabrics that was seasonally based was being ordered yesterday.
On the run up to it, there was a lot of tooing and froing to fill bolts.
I originally chose 3 yrds; one main fabric and two coordinates, to do a Vida
one of my coordinates didn't get enough orders to fill a bolt, so was dropped. No problem, moved it to another coordinate.
Then they were having problems filling, so I added a yard of each, thinking I could also do a ruffled capri, peasant top, maybe a stripwork skirt with the extra.
Then today, the owner says the order was placed and all but one fabric will be arriving as expected, the other fabric won't come for another month. and those who ordered it would have to pay extra shipping.
Of course, that was one of the coordinates I needed.
So I asked the group owner if she had any suggestions
She accused me of lying and basically having buyers remorse and not wanting it.
So now, I'm trying to figure out how to handle this. I'm obviously stuck with a bunch of fabric that hopefully DD will agree to wear next year. I would have thought that she would try to help me come up with a solution, at least not charging the extra shipping, but no, she immediately became angry.

So my question is, 1. Did I unknowingly do something wrong? 2. How do you think I should handle it at this point? 3. Is this sort of thing common? Cause I really didn't need this drama today.
TIA

Obviously I had planned to comment on this and forgot because I just clicked to post a comment (also to you LOL and poof! here is this one)
I did the coop thing, but found the gal who runs it to be a bit, um, "brisk" she always sounds PO'd and stressed. I had to wait a long time for fabric and pay shipping, etc, Im glad I tried it, although ironically Im trying to sell that fabric now to pay for my baby dedication outfit (Michael Miller anyone??? I have several of the dots and Lil'Princess, plus all sorts of other fun stuff)
I dont think I would do it again.

umm, not to pry, but ah, what are your plans for that sexy little nurse number on the top left?

LOL!!!!!!!!! NOTHING! My left leg wouldnt fit in that and it would soooo not look sexy on me the way it does on her. Why, you want it? Got a hot date planned that you need it for?

I am very excited! I ordered the kit for Wendy Schoen's (pronounced Shane) pattern and I chose peach thread and ribbon, it ships tomorrow and should arrive next week.
After finding 3 different people who teach heirloom, but I didnt love the first 2. One was rather rude to me, when I first called her I wanted to know if she could help, she immediately told me it was rather ambitious of me to expect to do it in a month (without asking how much time I have to dedicate to sewing) and then that she would have to look at the pattern, so I gave her the URL to see it, she was quick to tell me she charges $30 for lessons and I would need private lessons, etc. She took 2 days to call me back and then said "What did you want to know? Did you want my opinion on if you should buy the kit?"
I told her no, nevermind I found someone else.
The next shop does mostly quilting, but has a Martha Pullen teacher there,at $25 per hour, but lessons would have to be worked around other classes, and she was already suggesting my machine might not be good enough- she wanted to know what brand mine was- naturally she sells sewing machines.
The 3rd gal is like 45 minutes from me, BUT she is opening her own studio on Sept 2nd. Im booked for Sept 2!!Turns out she recently left the quilt shop mentioned above. She has 4 licenses with Martha Pullen and will be a heirloom focused shop with Martha Pullen fabrics and more AND she has made the very same gown and recently did a class on it so she's very familiar. She ws the most supportive, encouraging and friendly and said since heirloom is her focus I could schedule with her anytime. AND since she's just opening she is charging $25 for 3 hours and $10 for each hour after that. I'm truly hoping it only takes 1 visit. DH is concerned about how much this will end up costing LOL.
AND!....my Mother has agreed to come for a visit and take care of the girls so I can go sew- so I dont have to pay a babysitter!

Sept 2nd is the big day, and my kit of fabrics arrives next week. I can hardly wait!!

here is her website if anyone wants to see
www.timelesstreasuresbymaureen.com

You can see her gown under sewing news- on the last page of photos. she did hers in blue thread.

Cant wait to show all of you.

I have been harassing Toadstool and she has been so supportive of me in this venture. I cant wait for her to get her camera back from the fixit shop so we can see more of her stuff!