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

[emcreative]

Hi We had a pizza picnic in the living room and watched Fineas and Ferb -

I did have a feeling today like someone was watching us...

 

[JUJU814]

The reason I asked about the designs is I have been relearning how to digitize filled designs. The outline is actually supposed to be smaller than the fill because the fill will shrink. I stitched out a properly digitized design and a disney design.. the one that was properly digitized had the outline come out perfectly... the disney one not so much. I hate outlines being off! It is really hard to sit there and figure out how much something is going to shrink one way and not shrink the other.. it is driving me mad.
I love your skirt. I'm not brave enough to wear a short skirt though. I realize it isn't THAT short, but I need capris or long long long skirts. This is probably why I don't go outside much.

Thank you! I think I get it. I want to try it this way. I don't think I have evern seen anyone do it that way. I know some people shirr the back, but I can't get shirring to work. I'm glad someone figured it out for me.

It looks perfect! I had mentioned before that the Modkid pattern seemed like it would work for that. It is just right. I can't draw my own circle either. I've always wondered how you come up with all those beautiful images to use for your appliques. You had a big sale last year at the end of the year, and I bought a bunch of sets from you. I still haven't made anything with them. How horrible is that? I can never think of things to make with them. I've been on an heirloom kick for the past few years too. I'm hoping to get out of my rut soon though. Can't wait to see what else you make before Tuesday. I hope you make something with some of your designs and post it so we can all CASE it.

I have some artists that I have exclusive contracts with that do drawing for me to digitize the artwork. One guy I met through my chiropractor and he's new..been working out very well..he just left a while ago. It's great to have someone to sit down and say..yeah, but make this more round etc. Another main artist I use I scooped while in Florida so every time I go to Disney I have a meeting with him.

Truthfully, I don't think I'll be doing any embroidering on anything else. I have the Ariel dress that Shannon (revrob) made for Emily and she used my shells on the top. I'll post a pic of Emily in it tomorrow. Right now I'm working on a patchwork twirly dress. Hopefully will have it done by tomorrow. My friend is doing a minnie dress and a pink cinderella mice dress for me.

Julie

 

[TinaLala]

Okay so I went out on a limb and added a ruffle to the bottom of the shirt and I think it came out pretty good.

 

[longaberger_lara]

She is absolutely beautiful!! Now she needs some disney customs to match big sister...

 

[glorib]

If you go to Notre Dame you better give me a call!!! I don't live too far from South Bend!

Hey Teresa - My husband's family is from South Bend! And some in New Carlisle also. We're hoping to get up there sometime this year - a lot of them have never met our kids. If we do, I'll have to let you know! (Provided you'd want to know, of course! ) I don't want to be a stalker or anything.

 

[billwendy]

I did have a feeling today like someone was watching us...

I only wished you guys lived that close - that would be sooo much fun!!!

 

[emcreative]

I only wished you guys lived that close - that would be sooo much fun!!!

Not sure the world is ready for that, lol!

 

[mom2prettyprincess]

Hi Friends,

Just had a fun afternoon/evening with the neices and nephews. Their parents had a wedding to go to, and Bekah (17) was watching the younger 3 so we invited them over for Pizza. We had fun!! We had a pizza picnic in the living room and watched Fineas and Ferb - then popsicles on the front porch and then we decided to play in the sprinklers!! Fortunately I had a swim suit for each of them stored away for next year that they all wore even though Tim's and Hannah's were big on them. Bekah watched a movie on my IPOD while we played outside. But it was fun. Tim has been on this kick since I got home from MT that he just keeps hugging me all the time because he "missed me too much and I was away too long" - how cute hearing that from a 4 year old!!

You guys who have your own kids are just so blessed - It must be amazing to be a real parent!!

T - Violet is BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I'd love to see a picture of her with Lily!!! How is Lily doing with being big sister?

Anyway - Im draggin on making that top for my mom - thanks for the advice on the sizing!!

LOVED all the dresses/outfits posted the past 2 days!!! They are all so sweet!!

Im trying to decide if I will make the kids an outfit for our trip to the beach next week - Im also toying with that white clothes on the beach picture idea........hmmmm....

Love to all - Wendy

Wendy~ You and your husband must be the most wonderful Aunt & Uncle in the WORLD! I wish I had the 2 of you growing up! Heck, I'd even take you now @ 32 years old.

 

[teresajoy]

Hi Friends,

Just had a fun afternoon/evening with the neices and nephews. Their parents had a wedding to go to, and Bekah (17) was watching the younger 3 so we invited them over for Pizza. We had fun!! We had a pizza picnic in the living room and watched Fineas and Ferb - then popsicles on the front porch and then we decided to play in the sprinklers!! Fortunately I had a swim suit for each of them stored away for next year that they all wore even though Tim's and Hannah's were big on them. Bekah watched a movie on my IPOD while we played outside. But it was fun. Tim has been on this kick since I got home from MT that he just keeps hugging me all the time because he "missed me too much and I was away too long" - how cute hearing that from a 4 year old!!

You guys who have your own kids are just so blessed - It must be amazing to be a real parent!!

T - Violet is BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I'd love to see a picture of her with Lily!!! How is Lily doing with being big sister?

Anyway - Im draggin on making that top for my mom - thanks for the advice on the sizing!!

LOVED all the dresses/outfits posted the past 2 days!!! They are all so sweet!!

Im trying to decide if I will make the kids an outfit for our trip to the beach next week - Im also toying with that white clothes on the beach picture idea........hmmmm....

Love to all - Wendy

It is pretty great being a parent! It sounds like you guys had a wonderful day! You are a terrific aunt!

Hello ladies. This is my forst time posting on here. I've been lurking for awhile but decided I should start posting already. So let me introduce myself.

My name is Sarah and I have 2 boys. I've only done basic sewing like jammies for the kids. Lately I haven't done much. Both Walmarts near me don't have fabric anymore and the quilting store closed too. Now the closest place is 45 minutes away so it makes it a little bit harder. After lurking on here for awhile I am so motivated to break out the machine again but my machine is all packed up because we are moving at the end of this month to Colorado. But I am super excited because I will have 3 fabric stores within 10 minutes of our new house. So this next month can not come fast enough.

So until then then I will just chat with you and admire your work. I can't wait to start sewing again and to share my creations with you.

Sarah!!

Okay so I went out on a limb and added a ruffle to the bottom of the shirt and I think it came out pretty good.

It looks great! I like the little ruffle!

Hey Teresa - My husband's family is from South Bend! And some in New Carlisle also. We're hoping to get up there sometime this year - a lot of them have never met our kids. If we do, I'll have to let you know! (Provided you'd want to know, of course! ) I don't want to be a stalker or anything.

I would love to meet you if you come up!!!!! That would be so much fun! I might even let Heather come along!!

 

[glorib]

OK. After much time away from the Dis (my internet was down for a bit) here are the much awaited pics of Princess Violet. You were all waiting for pictures of Violet, right???

Vi's first photos

and one w/ Dadda

I'll work on getting some more recent ones uploaded from my camera. for ya'll. I should be sticking around now that Vi is getting bigger and my internet is on and I have to get sewing for our Oct. trip.
Wonder what I can make for my sweet Violet????

OK. I know Marah asked so here ya go. There is no REAL story about Violets name.
We didn't come up w/ Lily's name until her due date...fortunately she was 2 weeks late. Following suit this time around we couldn't agree on a girls name either. so she came and they said "It's a girl" (well, that's not really how that went....I said "WHAT IS IT????" and the midwife turned her and opened up her legs and I SCREAMED!!!!! LOL) and then we were like "crap, she doesn't have a name." LOL.
You know once the baby is in front of you it's MUCH harder to name it. All of a sudden it's the biggest decision you will ever have to make, this kid is gonna be stuck w/ whatever you call it FOREVER!! So it took 3 days to name her.

Violet had been mentioned in earlier conversations and pushed aside I think b/c B knew it was the name of Ben Affleck's daughter But I kept asking for Daisy. We call Lily "silly Lily" or "crazy daisy" all the time. I thought that would be funny. Cute, funny. not ha ha funny.
B said NO but we could use it as a middle name.

The night before we had to go in and give her name we were up all night looking at lists and going over nicknames etc.. and B was getting up to go to bed around 1. I told him he couldn't go to bed b/c we needed a name in the morning. He said he was beat and maybe it would come to him in his sleep. Fine, whatev.

At 3am I get up to feed the nameless baby AGAIN and when I went back to bed B opened his eyes and looked at me and said "I know what her name is" Oh, yeah? what? "Cincinnati" ???? huh???? I said "no it's not" he said "yeah, it is." I said "no, it REALLY is NOT" I asked why and he said "Cincinnati, I like the word"

For those of you who are not Tori Amos fans or who may like Tori but aren't music nerds like my husband. there is an obscure B side song by Tori Amos called "upside down" one of the lines is " Cincinnati, I like the word."

The following day there was about 7 hours of trying to figure out Violets name. We knew what we werent' naming her...now to narrow it down . I mentioned daisy and one of the girls at the midwifes office mentioned Violet. I said I liked Violet but B didn't. He said no, it was an ok name. he didn't remember me wanting to use it before....the printer was down so they gave us a few extra hours. He said Violet Cincinnati. his new rationale is that Liliana's nickname is Lily, a flower. Her middle name is Elizabeth..the town he was born in (NJ). Violet is a flower and while I was not born in Cincinnati I was born in Oh. and East Liverpool wasn't a very good middle name. LOL. So that is the explanation we give most of the time. But really it's because a Tori Amos song popped into his head in his sleep and he was sure it was because that was supposed to be her name.
In the end it was a compromise. He got to use Cincinnati and I got a kid w/ a normal (but still different) first name. AND the baby didn't get named Quiet which had been what he was pushing for (weirdo!! that's what I get for marrying a musician!)

SO that is the extremely long version of how Violet Cincinnati got her name. LOL. It's growing on me.

Tifani, she is just darling and I love her name story! I also love Tori Amos! I used to have quite the collection of her albums, b sides and whatnot. Now I just have all her regular stuff. What's your favorite song? It's hard for me to choose, but Winter off her Little Earthquakes album is one of mine.

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

I finally got pictures of Megan in her vida. She wore it to church today. It's so funny, half the kids are in shorts and t-shirts and the other are in dresses and bows!

This is the one you used during your tutorial which was awesome! It looks great!
I used your tutorial and my girls wore their vidas to church today too! I got a lot of compliments on them and it was so nice to say that I made them!

I eventually showered today and got dressed but I did make the autograph book in my jammies I was so afraid my neighbor was going to come over (he's the "just drop in to say hi" type)

What did you do for your autograph book?

 

[coteau_chick]

Yeah, you wouldn't believe some of the things that I did trying to learn how to hoop and all. First several times we could not get the fabric to even hoop. The hoop kept coming loose. We finally packed up the car, drove the 50 miles to my shop and had them show us how to hoop. The teenager working that day probably thought we were really dumb!



She is adorable. You have a beautiful family! Which dress is that pattern? Oh, when we took Kadie for beach pictures last year, she was afraid of the water. Even though we really were not any where near the water, she kept looking back at it like it was getting closer!



She is so cute! Omgosh, I love babies!! And great story about her name!



It turned out so cute. Great back to school dress! I still want to pick up that pattern.



So cute! And it looks like snow white!! It will be perfect! And you think that there is something wrong being in your jammies at 3:15??



Wow, are those the shirts you bought last night?? I am truely amazed!! Is that the reversible skirt from YCMT? Its really cute!



Maybe make him a couple of shirts that kind of match your DD? Then he will have the choice to match her!

Okay, I am so far behind, everyday I come here I am 10+ pages behind. Lisa, that dress is amazing! I love it and it might be my favorite all time of yours!! And I don't know what you are talking about when you say cool down?? We were at the Saturday Market in Portland yesterday and it was 96! I know its no longer 106 but it was still hot!!

MinnieVanMom, I want you to know I am reading your posts about a machine, but my DH pretty much chose the machine I have. I was looking at the Brother Innovis and was happy to get that one. My DH thought I might like the bigger hoops and as usual, he was right. But it seemed like a great machine.

Happy Birthday (a day late) to MooksMom!!

I, too, would like to see larger pictures of the Alice Vida. What I can see looks amazing!

So many cute things have been posted!!!

Well, I am in Portland for only a couple of more days. I think it has been hot the entire time I have been here. I know it will follow me as I go back to So Cal!

I made Grace's dress from the Miss Molly pattern on YCMT.

 

[sheridee32]

OK. After much time away from the Dis (my internet was down for a bit) here are the much awaited pics of Princess Violet. You were all waiting for pictures of Violet, right???

Vi's first photos

and one w/ Dadda

I'll work on getting some more recent ones uploaded from my camera. for ya'll. I should be sticking around now that Vi is getting bigger and my internet is on and I have to get sewing for our Oct. trip.
Wonder what I can make for my sweet Violet????

OK. I know Marah asked so here ya go. There is no REAL story about Violets name.
We didn't come up w/ Lily's name until her due date...fortunately she was 2 weeks late. Following suit this time around we couldn't agree on a girls name either. so she came and they said "It's a girl" (well, that's not really how that went....I said "WHAT IS IT????" and the midwife turned her and opened up her legs and I SCREAMED!!!!! LOL) and then we were like "crap, she doesn't have a name." LOL.
You know once the baby is in front of you it's MUCH harder to name it. All of a sudden it's the biggest decision you will ever have to make, this kid is gonna be stuck w/ whatever you call it FOREVER!! So it took 3 days to name her.

Violet had been mentioned in earlier conversations and pushed aside I think b/c B knew it was the name of Ben Affleck's daughter But I kept asking for Daisy. We call Lily "silly Lily" or "crazy daisy" all the time. I thought that would be funny. Cute, funny. not ha ha funny.
B said NO but we could use it as a middle name.

The night before we had to go in and give her name we were up all night looking at lists and going over nicknames etc.. and B was getting up to go to bed around 1. I told him he couldn't go to bed b/c we needed a name in the morning. He said he was beat and maybe it would come to him in his sleep. Fine, whatev.

At 3am I get up to feed the nameless baby AGAIN and when I went back to bed B opened his eyes and looked at me and said "I know what her name is" Oh, yeah? what? "Cincinnati" ???? huh???? I said "no it's not" he said "yeah, it is." I said "no, it REALLY is NOT" I asked why and he said "Cincinnati, I like the word"

For those of you who are not Tori Amos fans or who may like Tori but aren't music nerds like my husband. there is an obscure B side song by Tori Amos called "upside down" one of the lines is " Cincinnati, I like the word."

The following day there was about 7 hours of trying to figure out Violets name. We knew what we werent' naming her...now to narrow it down . I mentioned daisy and one of the girls at the midwifes office mentioned Violet. I said I liked Violet but B didn't. He said no, it was an ok name. he didn't remember me wanting to use it before....the printer was down so they gave us a few extra hours. He said Violet Cincinnati. his new rationale is that Liliana's nickname is Lily, a flower. Her middle name is Elizabeth..the town he was born in (NJ). Violet is a flower and while I was not born in Cincinnati I was born in Oh. and East Liverpool wasn't a very good middle name. LOL. So that is the explanation we give most of the time. But really it's because a Tori Amos song popped into his head in his sleep and he was sure it was because that was supposed to be her name.
In the end it was a compromise. He got to use Cincinnati and I got a kid w/ a normal (but still different) first name. AND the baby didn't get named Quiet which had been what he was pushing for (weirdo!! that's what I get for marrying a musician!)

SO that is the extremely long version of how Violet Cincinnati got her name. LOL. It's growing on me.

She is beautiful again congrats and enjoy they grow up to fast

 

[billwendy]

STEPH - where did you get the Snow White pillowcase???? Megan looks ADORABLE!!!!

 

[t-beri]

Ok, I lost a HUGE multipost. UGH! so "le'me sum up" (10 bonus points if you can name the movie )

Thank you for all of the wonderful compliments on my darling little Violet and her name. It hasn't been well received by our families. Until my grand found out that Violet was the name of her great grandmother...that changed her tune Though most do like the name Violet.

YES, I did have her in a birth center. It was a wonderful experience. I wish I'd done it w/ my other children. No needles, no monitors...It was lovely. of course it was also my only non induction so it took FOR FREAKIN' EVER
But it really didn't seem any longer than my others. B was very impressed. He loved that we weren't confined to a hospital bed and could hang out and that he was able to be as close to me as he wanted. We watched Juno LOL. and listened to really great music all day. His parents brought Lily down and hung out. My parents and Mac were in PA for a family reunion. They thought I would have had the baby already when they booked the trip. Noone thought I was gonna make it full term. I was HUGE.

Here are some pics of the birth center.

This is my Crew hangin' out in the "living room"

This is the birthing tub. I labored here for a while but didn't end up delivering there which actually turned out to be a good thing. It was comfy and slowed down my contractions.

This is the bed where I had Violet

and against my better judgment I'm posting a pic of the happy family only moments after Violet was born. NOT our best family photo!

And here is my midwife, Andrea, doing Violets newborn exam.

 

[t-beri]

For all of you cloth addicts...

Here is Violet in her newborn cloth at 2 days old!

and here she is in pirate cloth sometime just about a week old I would say, already starting to fill it out better even though she was down from her birth weight still do not adjust the color on your monitor...she was a little jaundiced

and per Wendy here she is w/ Big Sis.

and Mac, when he finally got home to see her for the first time.

Lily is a great big sister. She has her moments when she wants her own attention, which is understandable but she is very helpful and LOVES her to death.

 

[t-beri]

PS sorry for the ginormous picture. I only sleep in about 1 hour and 15 minute intervals and I'm exhausted and She doesn't seem to want to sleep this evening AT ALL.

 

[disneymomof1]

For all of you cloth addicts...

Here is Violet in her newborn cloth at 2 days old!

and here she is in pirate cloth sometime just about a week old I would say, already starting to fill it out better even though she was down from her birth weight still do not adjust the color on your monitor...she was a little jaundiced

and per Wendy here she is w/ Big Sis.

and Mac, when he finally got home to see her for the first time.

Lily is a great big sister. She has her moments when she wants her own attention, which is understandable but she is very helpful and LOVES her to death.

What wonderful pictures, I love to see a baby in cute little cloth diapers, so adorable !! All the pictures are terrific, and the picture of the family after the birth is beautiful !!

 

[jessica52877]

T, I love it when I wake up and have something to read! Violet sure is helping in that catagory keeping you awake! I love the monkey diaper!! Adorable pictures of the kids holding her!

 

[Stephres]

This is the one you used during your tutorial which was awesome! It looks great!
I used your tutorial and my girls wore their vidas to church today too! I got a lot of compliments on them and it was so nice to say that I made them!

That is great! I am glad it helped someone. Every little girl needs a vida to wear to church, lol!

STEPH - where did you get the Snow White pillowcase???? Megan looks ADORABLE!!!!

Ugh, I bought that off of ebay and I hated it when it came in. It had a small stain on it (not mentioned) and is pretty thin. It has sat in my closet for two years. When I decided to do the vida tutorial I decided to finally use it.

T, I love it when I wake up and have something to read! Violet sure is helping in that catagory keeping you awake! I love the monkey diaper!! Adorable pictures of the kids holding her!

I have to say Gavin is very good with her! While we were there he made his mom tea and showed Jacob how to replace the pacifier when it popped out of Violet's mouth, very important skills to me!