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

[The Moonk's Mom]

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a good weekend!

Here is what I worked on today:

That is so cute! I love the colors in that top...she looks so cute in it!

 

[princessmom29]

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a good weekend!

Here is what I worked on today:

really cute!!!

 

[emcreative]

Doesn't it always seem like everything comes up at one time! I hate that! Within a month of us going to WDW last year we had to replace a Frig and an A/C unit...I feel your pain!

Carpet...UGH! I don't even want to talk about it! My DH decided we needed new carpet...1860 sq ft of carpet...now...we have to pull out the old, move the furniture and all. Basically pack up our whole house like we are moving into our garage then move it all back...I am not happy! I really have no desire to do it, it needs it...our house has white carpet...with three kids, a dog and DH who spills his coffee in the early morning...white is not working out! (Not to mention what my FIL did to his room before he moved out! If he spilled something he would just leave it there and not tell anyone! At least I don't deal with that anymore!) ummm...that was a little venty...sorry!

LOL Don't apologize to me, hon! I'm feeling your pain! We dont' have any place to store so we have to pay the carpet people to move the furniture one room at a time (depending on which room they are carpeting). Even if we had a storage facility level with the house we couldn't do it ourselves though (I sure dont envy you moving all that!!!)

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Why do you worry about cooties....Circle, Circle...Dot, Dot, Dot...Now you've had your Cootie shot!

Better now?

OMG! A complete flash back to my childhood. I had totally forgot about the shoot. Thanks

 

[*Toadstool*]

I had such a great time at Phantom of the Opera. Thanks Tammy for all the info you gave me about things to do in Houston. We at at Michaelangelo's and it was yummy!

I am using a 14 needle and cotton, not knit.

Thanks

Pm'd you.

Here is what I've been working on! I want to add ARRGH to the skirt, but....well, see below;

That came out really cute. Love the skirt!

Oooh! I was bummed that it wasn't on Friday so we could go. Thursday just was too busy!
Is that the Michael Miller stripe? I love that one, and the brown and black leaves. SOOO pretty!

An easy AK outfit..

My favorite of the trip - the Minnie Dress

For our Pooh/Tigger breakfast:

Everything is adorable! Your outfits are awesome. My favorite is Minnie. What a cute dress.

Very cute! I love how it looks like Ariel is holding her little chin up.

So pretty! I like the sash attached. I think I might do that next time. She looks so precious in it. Those colors really pop on her.

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY PHINEAS AND FERB ARE MINE!

Okay, well, I have share them with The Husband and the girls...but

MINE MINE MINE

Can't wait to celebrate that day!!

Ok, I have been looking for a "new" online home. I just looked at facebook and I don't think that is for me (I really don't feel a need to "reconnect" with people I have not seen since 1st grade), Myspace was a little intense. Does anyone know of any other sewing boards like this one? Where do you sewing ladies (and Tom) spend your online time?

www.sewforum.com
I am Toadstool on there. I've been there for several years. I love it there. Just read the rules before you post because they are pretty strict about them. It is the biggest sewing forum I have found. Once you register you can look at all the show of your projects section and post some of your outfits if you like. I'm Toadstool on there.

Sorry Cindee...we are all on Facebook. You know that you have to accept people before they can see your profile right? You don't have to accept all the folks from HS....unless you are me because I feel guilty if I don't

Haha.. I have in laws that I haven't accepted their invitations yet. I really don't like chatting with my in laws on facebook..
I don't feel bad about it either...

Skirts/dresses have been made...here are 2 that I finished -I want to make a MMCH one and a Princess one any ideas on something for a boy???

I had not seen the carebears one. Love it!

and without:

Oooh! I love the version without the contrast. I'll probably have to do that with that Michael Miller purple damask that I bought in Dallas. I can't find anything that goes with it. Those shirts look great on you. I hope to be making one soon.

Gracie's zoo smocked dress (Analise by Portobello Pixie - my 2nd place win in the Sewing for Children contest at PR):

Gracie's July 4th Feliz (I <3 Farbenmix!):

I hope I didn't post too many pics here, but I am loving seeing all the darling outfits on this thread - lots of eye candy and inspiration! If anyone wants to see more of my work and/or get more pattern info, Sandi's pattern reviews

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Wow! I smock too, and love seeing other people adapt patterns like that to accomodate smocking. Your work is stunning. I love the Annalise. I've never wanted that pattern, and now I do. That is one of my favorite smocking plates! I have not made it yet though. Gorgeous work! Love the giraffe set too.

Skirts are what I've usually made with the storybook panels. Here's DD's. It was about a size 5, I did not add extra strips of fabric, and it's still pretty twirly. I used all of the panels/pages. (The last picture is just a bonus, because I LOVE it.)

That is such a cute picture.

NEED HELP PLEASE WITH PATCHWORK TWIRL

I am making dd a patchwork twirl dress..so I'll use Simply Sweet top and then make a patchwork twirl skirt.

I would prefer not to have a one piece yoke, but have that piece patches instead.

Can anyone tell me how to do this easily?? 1) patches instead of yoke, but what size to get then to line up with the next tier, and 2) how to combine the skirt pattern and make it a dress instead of skirt?

I feel so dumb right now!!! HELP!!

Julie

It is my understanding that you are asking how to make the bodice patchwork right? I wouldn't worry about making the bodice match up to the patches on the skirt. I would make the patchwork squares and measure how wide the bodice is. Make enough patchworked fabric to cut out your bodice out of that. Hannah has a store bought dress that is patchworked on the top and bottom and they patches don't line up. It would be impossible because of the gathering of the skirt. I hope that helps.

can you recommend one?

Lori

I saw Heather recommended Carolyn Keeblers. She does cover different plug ins. They are different tutorials though. There is one for Studio and one for Editor. If you don't want to spend that much money there are some great Embird yahoo groups that have tutorials and lots of questions you can browse through.

So, I haven't shared anything in a while, but getting the FD discount motivated me to start sweing for our November trip.
Here is my NBC (using heather's applique) both with and without our "small petti"

Very cute! I love the Tink set.

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a good weekend!

Here is what I worked on today:

Love those colored tiers. What a cute idea! She looks like she loves it.

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

A word on storage units.....
Last year we put our house on the market and decided we wanted to declutter and move a bunch of baby stuff, etc to a storage unit til we sold. That was back when we were TTC and not having much luck.
Then I got pregnant, we took the house off the market at the end of November.
We still have not moved all that stuff back to the house and it costs us like $90 a month! Such a waste, but now Im dreading having to "find a home" for all that stuff now.
This must be venting night!

 

[revrob]

Ok - it's that time! I'm signing off of the Dis until we return from our trip. I believe we're taking a computer - but I'm going to do my best not to be online while we're on vacation. Have fun! Create lots of great stuff! I'll see you in a few weeks!

 

[LisaZoe]

Well, I'm back and I haven't melted - although I wouldn't mind a little (OK a lot) of selective melting in certain areas. LOL It's only in the 90s today and it's been cooling off at night so I'm able to get more work done. I'll tell you, trying to get appliques ready in the heat we had was not fun. Between the fly-away fusible pieces because of the fans and the added heat of being over an iron, I was only able to work for short periods at a time.

Anyway, I'm going to try to get caught up over the next few days if I can. I found that sitting in front of the PC wasn't practical in the heat, either, because each piece of equipment seems to put off heat. I didn't understand why I was sweating so much more when I'd sit at the PC but then eventually realized it's probably a few degrees hotter than the rest of the room.

I did get one dress done this week. I'd hoped to get a lot more finished (i.e. a Tink Halloween Vida) but I'm glad at least this is now in the mail.

BTW - I have to admit that I'm not that familiar with this movie or the characters. I don't think I've even seen the movie aside from some clips here and there. I know who they are but I really struggled trying to get them to look right and selecting the fabric/colors for the applique. Luckily I had help on them. Sally's dress was especially hard to get right. I tried looking online for pictures but the colors varied a lot from one to another. In the end, I really like the results but I'll definitely be thinking of what I might do differently if I do them again.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Trying to catch up here!
Yes Cindee, get on FaceBook! I am on FaceBook and I didn't think I would like it, but now I have a hard time getting off of it! Leighanna loves all the interactive things she has found on there to do too!

Welcome to all the newcomers!

Wow! Everyone's things are amazing! Great work all!

Here was Leighanna's Minnie dot dress for Chef Mickey's. All of the CM's loved it and asked where I got it! They all seemed surprised when I told them I made it!

Better picture of the front of the dress with Tink!
Uhm... No, I didn't bring her Tink dress on this day. I know, a Disboutiquer cardinal rule was broken!

I really love this, and the gloves are fab!

OT: But if you're looking for info/pics on the Pirate League, I was able to get to that experience in my SSTR!

So, I'm thinking it will be a while until I am going to get my embroidery machine.

They are coming to replace our Central Air unit on Tuesday (goodbye $2k). That is also the day we need to pay the cleaning lady for the month, as well has have hubby's computer repaired (thank you warranty). We also had to rent a storage space (first month and depost) to help us clean out items to either sell this house or remodel it (we do not have a garage, and only have a dirt crawl space- boxes have been down there 10plus years I need to weed through. I would say "Throw it all out!" but there ARE some family items that need to be saved. Plus, if we sell we will need to store some furniture that WILL be used when we move, but that we'd want put away to make this place seem roomier). It was about $80 for all the lawnmower parts we needed. Then, we discovered today it will be about $1700 to re-carpet the house, and $800 to get a new glass slider door unit installed in the back. We didn't bother getting quotes on the subfloor in the bathrooms, roofing, or new dishwasher plus installation on that. I think we were both depressed at this point.

Oh yes, did I also mention that the whole house doesn't even have drywall, it's that fiberboard/plastic joint stuff they use in mobile homes, so how the HECK do you repair the walls? Are we gonna end up having to have the whole place drywalled?

All this after paying for 10 people to spend 5 days at "The World" and during the odd period when foster care stipend ends yet adoption subsidy has not yet begun (we don't use that money to survive off of, most of it goes to medical stuff like special glasses for Ferb and therapy equipment, but it is nice sometimes to pay for "extras"- oh yeah and they are wanting him to have more OT and we don't think the insurance will cover it.)



bye bye machine. (okay sorry, whiney vent over for today, I think.)

ugh; sorry honey.

So, I haven't shared anything in a while, but getting the FD discount motivated me to start sweing for our November trip.
Here is my NBC (using heather's applique) both with and without our "small petti"

And tink (again heather's applique) using the emma top and easy fit pants from YCMT. We will put a tee under this one, just haven't found the right one yet.

I can't say enough about how much I LOVE heather's appliques. Sooooo much easier than some others I have tried!

Love it love it love it; where'd ya get the black fabric w/ white swirls? I've been looking everywhere but haven't found it yet.

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a good weekend!

Here is what I worked on today:

Cute! love the tiers!

Ok - it's that time! I'm signing off of the Dis until we return from our trip. I believe we're taking a computer - but I'm going to do my best not to be online while we're on vacation. Have fun! Create lots of great stuff! I'll see you in a few weeks!

Have a great time!

 

[LisaZoe]

Ok - it's that time! I'm signing off of the Dis until we return from our trip. I believe we're taking a computer - but I'm going to do my best not to be online while we're on vacation. Have fun! Create lots of great stuff! I'll see you in a few weeks!

Have a wonderful vacation! I look forward to seeing your photos.


If I owe you a response to an email or PM, please remind me. I'm trying to get to everything that has piled up during this heat wave but I don't want to miss anyone.

THANKS!!!!

 

[emcreative]

Have a wonderful vacation! I look forward to seeing your photos.


If I owe you a response to an email or PM, please remind me. I'm trying to get to everything that has piled up during this heat wave but I don't want to miss anyone.

THANKS!!!!

Oh Me me! Although, there's no rush right now, lol!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Well, I'm back and I haven't melted - although I wouldn't mind a little (OK a lot) of selective melting in certain areas. LOL It's only in the 90s today and it's been cooling off at night so I'm able to get more work done. I'll tell you, trying to get appliques ready in the heat we had was not fun. Between the fly-away fusible pieces because of the fans and the added heat of being over an iron, I was only able to work for short periods at a time.

Anyway, I'm going to try to get caught up over the next few days if I can. I found that sitting in front of the PC wasn't practical in the heat, either, because each piece of equipment seems to put off heat. I didn't understand why I was sweating so much more when I'd sit at the PC but then eventually realized it's probably a few degrees hotter than the rest of the room.

I did get one dress done this week. I'd hoped to get a lot more finished (i.e. a Tink Halloween Vida) but I'm glad at least this is now in the mail.

BTW - I have to admit that I'm not that familiar with this movie or the characters. I don't think I've even seen the movie aside from some clips here and there. I know who they are but I really struggled trying to get them to look right and selecting the fabric/colors for the applique. Luckily I had help on them. Sally's dress was especially hard to get right. I tried looking online for pictures but the colors varied a lot from one to another. In the end, I really like the results but I'll definitely be thinking of what I might do differently if I do them again.

Oh gosh, that is absolutely too cute! I want one, and I haven't even seen the movie!

 

[Tink561]

well, i'm back and i haven't melted - although i wouldn't mind a little (ok a lot) of selective melting in certain areas. Lol it's only in the 90s today and it's been cooling off at night so i'm able to get more work done. I'll tell you, trying to get appliques ready in the heat we had was not fun. Between the fly-away fusible pieces because of the fans and the added heat of being over an iron, i was only able to work for short periods at a time.

Anyway, i'm going to try to get caught up over the next few days if i can. I found that sitting in front of the pc wasn't practical in the heat, either, because each piece of equipment seems to put off heat. I didn't understand why i was sweating so much more when i'd sit at the pc but then eventually realized it's probably a few degrees hotter than the rest of the room.

i did get one dress done this week. I'd hoped to get a lot more finished (i.e. A tink halloween vida) but i'm glad at least this is now in the mail.

btw - i have to admit that i'm not that familiar with this movie or the characters. I don't think i've even seen the movie aside from some clips here and there. I know who they are but i really struggled trying to get them to look right and selecting the fabric/colors for the applique. Luckily i had help on them. Sally's dress was especially hard to get right. I tried looking online for pictures but the colors varied a lot from one to another. In the end, i really like the results but i'll definitely be thinking of what i might do differently if i do them again.

i love it!!!!

 

[2cutekidz]

Well, I'm back and I haven't melted - although I wouldn't mind a little (OK a lot) of selective melting in certain areas. LOL It's only in the 90s today and it's been cooling off at night so I'm able to get more work done. I'll tell you, trying to get appliques ready in the heat we had was not fun. Between the fly-away fusible pieces because of the fans and the added heat of being over an iron, I was only able to work for short periods at a time.

I did get one dress done this week. I'd hoped to get a lot more finished (i.e. a Tink Halloween Vida) but I'm glad at least this is now in the mail.

BTW - I have to admit that I'm not that familiar with this movie or the characters. I don't think I've even seen the movie aside from some clips here and there. I know who they are but I really struggled trying to get them to look right and selecting the fabric/colors for the applique. Luckily I had help on them. Sally's dress was especially hard to get right. I tried looking online for pictures but the colors varied a lot from one to another. In the end, I really like the results but I'll definitely be thinking of what I might do differently if I do them again.

This is FANTASTIC!! It would take me every bit of a week to do all those appliques!! WOW! I'm working on an NBC set too. I've had to put it aside to work on orders...I think I'll wait awhile to post so it won't be compared to you masterpiece! AWESOMe job! BTW - I've never seen the movie either. Neither has DD and she is absolutely LOVING the Jack and Sally set I'm making her. We have a 365 bedtime sories book and it has 2 or 3 stories with Jack in them and she keeps reading them

 

[karamat]

I had such a great time at Phantom of the Opera. Thanks Tammy for all the info you gave me about things to do in Houston. We at at Michaelangelo's and it was yummy!

Oooh! I was bummed that it wasn't on Friday so we could go. Thursday just was too busy!
Is that the Michael Miller stripe? I love that one, and the brown and black leaves. SOOO pretty!

I am Toadstool on there. I've been there for several years. I love it there. Just read the rules before you post because they are pretty strict about them. It is the biggest sewing forum I have found. Once you register you can look at all the show of your projects section and post some of your outfits if you like. I'm Toadstool on there.

Glad you liked Michaelangelo's - that's where DH proposed to me. I love that huge tree that's growing in the middle of the restaurant.

Yep - that's the Michael Miller stripe. It was at the bottom of a discard pile at a cutting table. I must have waited 10 minutes before I could squeeze my way in to get it (there was a group of 4 or 5 ladies having TONS and TONS of fabric cut and they were a little possive of their space ) There was just a little over a yard left so I took the rest. I really wanted to find something to go with it, but no luck. Oh well, I can always buy that somewhere else.

I love sewforum also... I'm Karamat there too (but look lots more than I post.)

 

[Keurigirl]

HELP & ADVICE NEEDED PLEASE...

Ok, so I'm putting together the applique for my daughter's tiki room outfit and I need to know if I'm being too ambitious. I've not done any machine embroidery yet - so I'll be learning how to do it myself before I attempt this design. I have an embroidery machine, but I can't digitize, plus my machine only does 4x4 and I want bigger than that.

I was initially trying to replicate the anniversary tshirt print shown here:

So I've used photoshop to draw out the parts of the shirt since I'm not sure how else to get all the pieces.

Is this too ambitious for someone who doesn't yet know how to applique? I know it needs more too - some green behind it to make a background or something like that.

Here it is:

Thoughts? Help? THANK YOU!

 

[2cutekidz]

HELP & ADVICE NEEDED PLEASE...

Ok, so I'm putting together the applique for my daughter's tiki room outfit and I need to know if I'm being too ambitious. I've not done any machine embroidery yet - so I'll be learning how to do it myself before I attempt this design. I have an embroidery machine, but I can't digitize, plus my machine only does 4x4 and I want bigger than that.

I was initially trying to replicate the anniversary tshirt print shown here:

So I've used photoshop to draw out the parts of the shirt since I'm not sure how else to get all the pieces.

Is this too ambitious for someone who doesn't yet know how to applique? I know it needs more too - some green behind it to make a background or something like that.

Here it is:

Thoughts? Help? THANK YOU!

It doesn't look too hard - are you doing the words too? Those can be a pain to do.

 

[InkspressYourself]

I tried to reply to some posts before I went to the mall. I hit submit when I ran out the door. When I got back, I saw the message that said I'd tried to quote too many pictures. So I took some out and hit submit again and it said I was logged out. So they are all gone. But I loved what everyone posted. This site is constant eye candy.

So, I haven't shared anything in a while, but getting the FD discount motivated me to start sweing for our November trip.
Here is my NBC (using heather's applique) both with and without our "small petti"

And tink (again heather's applique) using the emma top and easy fit pants from YCMT. We will put a tee under this one, just haven't found the right one yet.

I can't say enough about how much I LOVE heather's appliques. Sooooo much easier than some others I have tried!

I love the black material in the skirt and that tink is so cute. I wish I could do 5 X 7, but I'm so scared to applique I haven't even tried 4 X 4 yet

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a good weekend!

Here is what I worked on today:

I love the colors!

Ok - it's that time! I'm signing off of the Dis until we return from our trip. I believe we're taking a computer - but I'm going to do my best not to be online while we're on vacation. Have fun! Create lots of great stuff! I'll see you in a few weeks!

Have fun too! I wish I were going with you.

Well, I'm back and I haven't melted - although I wouldn't mind a little (OK a lot) of selective melting in certain areas. LOL It's only in the 90s today and it's been cooling off at night so I'm able to get more work done. I'll tell you, trying to get appliques ready in the heat we had was not fun. Between the fly-away fusible pieces because of the fans and the added heat of being over an iron, I was only able to work for short periods at a time.

Anyway, I'm going to try to get caught up over the next few days if I can. I found that sitting in front of the PC wasn't practical in the heat, either, because each piece of equipment seems to put off heat. I didn't understand why I was sweating so much more when I'd sit at the PC but then eventually realized it's probably a few degrees hotter than the rest of the room.

I did get one dress done this week. I'd hoped to get a lot more finished (i.e. a Tink Halloween Vida) but I'm glad at least this is now in the mail.

BTW - I have to admit that I'm not that familiar with this movie or the characters. I don't think I've even seen the movie aside from some clips here and there. I know who they are but I really struggled trying to get them to look right and selecting the fabric/colors for the applique. Luckily I had help on them. Sally's dress was especially hard to get right. I tried looking online for pictures but the colors varied a lot from one to another. In the end, I really like the results but I'll definitely be thinking of what I might do differently if I do them again.

You constantly amaze me. I got my vida pattern in the mail today, thanks to another nice disboutiquer that sold it to me My family will be in awe if I make anything that looks 1/4 as good as this.

HELP & ADVICE NEEDED PLEASE...

Ok, so I'm putting together the applique for my daughter's tiki room outfit and I need to know if I'm being too ambitious. I've not done any machine embroidery yet - so I'll be learning how to do it myself before I attempt this design. I have an embroidery machine, but I can't digitize, plus my machine only does 4x4 and I want bigger than that.

I was initially trying to replicate the anniversary tshirt print shown here:

So I've used photoshop to draw out the parts of the shirt since I'm not sure how else to get all the pieces.

Is this too ambitious for someone who doesn't yet know how to applique? I know it needs more too - some green behind it to make a background or something like that.

Here it is:

Thoughts? Help? THANK YOU!

I've never tried to applique at all, but I'm impressed by what you did in photoshop! I think it will look great.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Hi Ladies (and Tom)
I have absolutely nothing useful to say, but wanted to celebrate my 2000 post and have a wee party w/ y'all
sorry to interrupt, you can go back to your regularly scheduled thread now.

 

[xdanielleax]

This is AMAAAAAAAAAAZING!!!! NBC is probably one of my favorite movies as well as my little girls. You are so so talented. I would ask to CASE this but I would never be able to pull off 1/10 of what you did. You are the queen of applique!