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

[Eyore4Ever149]

WHERE do you find this stuff?? and so fast!

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Here is another one for my baby girl. Only three dresses and ten applique shirts left. I really want to get it all done before we start school on the 17th. I homeschool so all of my free time is about to go away!

I homeschool too! I need to get my outfits done too so we will be ready to start school!


HELP! Anyone who has used carla c's bow sash pattern....I want to add the bow to the back of a dress but not put the belt in the front (I think) so how much do I need to add to the sides of the sash to just sew it into the side seam? Hopefully this makes sense.

 

[minnie2]

OH heck yeah! I am a total carla c snob. I quit buying other patterns when i bought her easy fit pants pattern. I can even customize her patterns to fit kids in chairs.

I just cant figure out what carla c patterns to use on what part.

And do i truly want to make her a dress she will only wear one time?!?! OR do i make soemthing else mary poppins ish

ACK choices! I just saw a simple portrait peaseant outfit, white eyelet dress, with removable red sash and removable bows. It was darling. It could easily double as a church dress.

And now this one is super cute too! My goodness what am i going to do!?!?! maybe two and have her change? LOL

She is 9, but delayed (6ish) and still LOVING customs!

ok sooooo now what do i make for myself? My mom loved mary poppins, so i have to go all out for this. And i need one of those big black bags, any ideas on what pattern to use for that? any good pics of her bag?

Becky

ps THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH FOR HELPING!

Personally I kind of feel that same way should i make them something for just one day? For me with WDW I try to make things Disney but that I know they would wear. This yr Nikki(9) asked for a Sleeping Beauty dress full on gown and a casual SB outfit. Of course she is at the age where she doesn't admit to most of her friends she still LOVES SB but in WDW she is free to Love her. So I figured I have to make the outfits. EVEN though I am dreading the gown. I told her she has to use it as her Halloween costume ad she was ok with it since we will be in FL with her baby cousins.

I would say maybe do something that she can or will wear again but Mary Poppin's ish....

 

[ollyg]

I'm looking at a very similar machine with a very similar price tag, the Brother PE 750D. I am looking at my Brother dealer and they don't have the PE 700 II. This seems to be the same basic machine though. Same hoop size, embroidery only, etc. The only difference seems to be that the 750D comes with the Disney embroideries already on the machine, which I really don't care about since I'm not wild about the ones they have.

I just went to my local Brother dealer on Sunday to buy this machine. They were out of stock and were to order it for me upon her return from a Brother show in Tennessee. I just checked my voice mail and there was a message that this machine is being discontinued and being replaced with the 780D with the major difference being it will accpet a flash drive and a few more designs.

Has anybody else heard this? I can't find anything on Brother's website regarding the 780D. I do have the option of purchasing the 750D floor model and unsure what to do.

Thanks

 

[msumissa]

So here I am getting ready to make some twirl dresses for Cheeseburger in Caseville next week, and I have to make my FSIL's shower cake. You all are bad for my time budgeting!!!!

Did CarlaC's etsy name pop up somewhere b/c I can't find it!

I can't wait to start sewing my custom stuff for Disney in November. We will be there over Thanksgiving week. Does anyone have any Thanksgiving themed custom work I could use for inspiration? I was thinking of a fall Vida with embroidered leaves and mickey heads???

 

[Momma2dakidz]

I think i am going to suck it up and make her the white mary poppins gown. I liked the white eyelet style portrait peasant top with little red bows. And i will add a shimmery red sash, with white ribbon on the sash to represent piping. The sash and bows will be removable and i will then make her a pastel sash to wear instead of the red for church. I have no problem making this for her since she will get more wear out of it. It shouldnt be too expensive either, 4.5 yards of cheap walmart eyelet. (trying to stay budget because i majorly splurged on Loge tickets.) I think i am also going to make her a very simple navy lap blanket with the marry poppins shadow on it with her name and date embroidered as her souveneir. I refuse to spend a TON of money on items that will get tossed into the bottom of her closet.

 

[ncmomof2]

I homeschool too! I need to get my outfits done too so we will be ready to start school!

We are starting in a week and a half and I am starting to panic! I have 3 dresses and 10 applique shirts plus a nursing cover. And I want to have my 2008 Disney scrapbbok finished before we go. And be ready to teach! UGH! Ihope you are not as stressed out as I am

 

[msumissa]

I think i am going to suck it up and make her the white mary poppins gown. I liked the white eyelet style portrait peasant top with little red bows. And i will add a shimmery red sash, with white ribbon on the sash to represent piping. The sash and bows will be removable and i will then make her a pastel sash to wear instead of the red for church. I have no problem making this for her since she will get more wear out of it. It shouldnt be too expensive either, 4.5 yards of cheap walmart eyelet. (trying to stay budget because i majorly splurged on Loge tickets.) I think i am also going to make her a very simple navy lap blanket with the marry poppins shadow on it with her name and date embroidered as her souveneir. I refuse to spend a TON of money on items that will get tossed into the bottom of her closet.

I think your idea sounds great

 

[froggy33]

Hi all!!! Long time, I know! And I post something that doesn't involve sewing - well not really. I could make a custom and tie it all together nicely (probably will actually!)

Anyway, for those of you that have been to a showing of Playhouse Disney Live (stage show, not the one at DHS), are the floor seats good? I could get floor seats row 9, which sound good, but I am short and my 1 year old is too (obviously). Would we be able to see, or would it be better to try and get some further back that are in the more stadium style seats??

Thanks!!

 

[ireland_nicole]

This is what my 3year oldDD refers to as Elpheba Minnie. This is one of the 1st appliques I have done, still not as great as you ladies and Tom, but I feel that the more I practice, the better I will get!!/QUOTE]

Love the bags!! Cute halloween outfits, too!

Ok so I'm finally done with the sewing!!! we leave for WDW in almost 2 days and I never thought I was going to get it all done.

Thanks again to Revrob for the helpful advice - the skirt you helped me with is the stripwork skirt for animal kingdom, sorry this picture turned out so bad

Thanks to all you ladies and gentleman for all the inspiration, me and my DD have really enjoyed getting these outfits ready for our trip, thanks also to Heathersue for such wonderful applique designs which were a pleasure to do!!!

Ok so as promised the photos.....

Animal kingdom outfit

Cupcake outfit for 1900 Park Fare

Icecream cone outfit for beaches and cream

Lilo and stitch dress for Ohana breakfast

Lollipop outfit

Chef Mickey's outfit

Pink Minnie outfit

Whew, that just about does it!!!! Sorry there was so many pics

This was my first attempt at making hairbows, I think they took me longer than making the outfits

Thanks for looking

Awesome!!!!!

We started school here today too! They get out in May sometime towards the end. We get a week for fall break in October though! My favorite! Here are a couple of pictures!

Great idea for the first day of school!

Here is a pic - nothing fancy, but the girls loved making them!!

Cute!

Good find!!! Here are the ones I made for Aisling (sorry, I didn't resize them in Photobucket)

As I mentioned, I only made specific pages for the Fab 5, Tink, and the Princesses. I'll add the embellishments for the other characters afterward.

Absolutely adorable!

I had to come here and share with ya'll b/c I knew you would understand. I just managed to slice my finger with my rotary cutter while cutting an outfit. I don't think it is deep enough for stitches, but it is not pretty. I got it to stop bleeding an got a ouple steristrips on it, and it is closed, but it hurts like you know what. I called DH at worh to let him know what hapened, and told him I was upset b/c I couldn't finish the outfit. He thought that was somehow funny! He said just be glad you don't need stitches. I don't think it could be stitched anyway, as it is close to the joint. Any medical type people want to offer an opinion. It is about a cm long, and was just deep enough to open up a little. I doused it in alcohol and put two steristrips over it, and it is sealed and no longer bleeding, just throbbing a little. Do I need to get it looked at or will it be ok?

Hope your feeling better!

First, I love everything I have seen in the last couple days, now that I am finally caught up I can post some pics. My youngest turned 8 on Friday so I made her an outfit, she wanted to go to the mall and ended up at Build a Bear and yesterday we decided to take the girls to the beach for the day. I wish we could have stayed a couple days, the weather was great and the water felt wonderful but with no place to shower we didn't get too far in the ocean. Oh, on a side note I have been sewing for years but have generally stayed away from clothing cause the patterns always look too complicated and I would have my sister in law re-work them and then tell me what to do, so 2 weeks ago I decided to buy everything on my wish list from Carla and must say WOW! I don't think I would buy a commercial clothing pattern again. So thank you Carla.

And at the Beach--

Very cute!

Hi, Oh you are so sweet. Truthfully, I am NO super woman. In fact, I spend many a day pulling my hair out trying to find more time for family. If I didn't have my nanny/housekeeper to keep my life in order, my family would have take out pizza every night!

Trust me, I use the artist as an excuse to go to Disney all the time. To dh: oh honey, you know, I really haven't met with Chris. I *really* need to! It always works Now to schedule him in around my ADRs!

I am ashamed to say this, but here goes. I do not make hardly anything for outfits with my own designs. I love digitizing, but when you are doing it for a living and testing etc, it gets to the point where if I do make something, I will often use a design I purchased! Sometimes I use my own. All the projects that my customers submit to me are major inspiration. I think after sitting here these past several days sewing outfits for Disney, my confidence in sewing has increased and I will probably make more for dd while she's still willing to wear the stuff.

As far as the shell design, do you mean the one Shannon used on the ariel dress for Emily? If so, that is already a design in one of my sets. I think it's the "Under the Sea" one. She surprised me by putting that on there as she already had purchased the designs in the past!

Regarding the patchwork twirl dress I'm working on. Here ye here ye! I would like to go on the record and say

Any internal desire /emotional need that I've repressed all these years to sew ruffly things for my darling little cherub angel girl and make frilly girly things, has now been utterly and completely satisfied and I'm not sure I ever want to gather anything else as long as I live. I cannot even see straight. LOL I got the bottom ruffle done and sewn to the bottom tier. Ruffling the bottom tier now. Starting to see how this all works.

I'm tired, grumpy, hungry...and I'm doing all this for dd to wear to the happiest place on earth. There. I'm human! LOL

BTW, I have the Janome ruffler foot but it is scary looking and I haven't tried it yet..so I'm hand gathering and pinning. I pinned 30 feet or so. I've stabbed myself in the fingers, the belly, my right thigh and please oh Lord I hope I didn't drop a pin so the dog doesn't get it!

I think the kids ate something today....not sure...

Julie, who thinks she may be PMSing!

Do not be afraid of the ruffler, it is your friend! I have the Janome ruffler, and cannot imagine my life without it. Seriously. Yes, it takes a few minutes to master it (Check out the free ebook the ruffler unruffled by Carla C on YCMT) but it saves soooooooooooooooooooo much time, aggravation, and fingers- I promise!

Thank you, you're right. When I realized my mistake (yes, I am sorry) I PM'd another board member about OMG what do I do?!?! Um yeah, I should have PM'd the mod. Totally did not think of it in my "Oh I messed UP!" panic moment.

(I'm SO sorry, I thought I was repeating correctly something for someone who no longer has board access and obviously got things screwed up in our communication. Next time I think I will have someone give me "WORD FOR EXACT WORD" what to say and just copy/paste.

Sorry. Yes, I'm the annoying screw up little sister of the disbo board.

We love you! And compared to me, you might be the little sister (trust me, I'm officially old now...) but you're never an annoying screw up.

Thanks for the kind words. The bag pattern was a tutorial, I can't even remember where I got it. It was a messenger-style diaper bag, that I modified for regular bag.

If you could please say some prayers for my DH sister. She is in the hospital with liver and kidney failure. She is not comprehending things and not able to speak. It is hard, because MyDH lost his father a year ago. TIA

Praying for her.

Hey there fellow boutiquers:

Just a little cautionary tale. First many thanks to the fellow Diser who let me know etsy seller CRAFTYQUILT was using pictures from my Drizella costume listing trying to sell one to her. She actually sent photos of MY OWN DAUGHTER as well as photos of MY gown hand made by me to her saying that she had made it and would make it for her. So I posted my own want ad under another ID, and SHE ACTUALLY SENT PICTURES OF MY OWN DAUGHTER TO ME!!!!!

I have reported her to Etsy, as well as "cautioned" her myself directly. Anyone else have anything like this happen??? Any idea if etsy will do anything? I have this funny feeling I might have broken a few rules and might get thrown off myself.......

Her stuff doesn't look that great, but if you want to custom shop, avoid craftyquilt, as you will never know if the photos she uses are even her own work.

Many thanks again to my fellow Diser! It's nice to know when others are looking out for you!

How awful!!! I hope you get it sorted soon, and she gets what she deserves.

Here is another one for my baby girl. Only three dresses and ten applique shirts left. I really want to get it all done before we start school on the 17th. I homeschool so all of my free time is about to go away!

So cute!

I actually sewed tonight!!! (to the newbies...I just hang out on this board to gab and then every once and awhile I sew so they don't kick me out of the club

Since I don't have my model...I put some less than stellar pics on FB. In case you aren't on there...Here is my Criss Cross Applesauce top. The stitching isn't quite as bad as it looks

It looks great! I have got to get that pattern.

Just had to share something, though I wish I could catch up and see what people have been making but it's too dang slow and hard to see on my mobile phone. We're at Disney and we went to DHS yesterday morning. My girl was in a simple Cars shirt and shorts that I made. As we met the Up guys in the animation building, 'Karl' from Up fingered my DDs shirrt, pointed to me, and then mimed sewing. (Asking me without talking if I made it.) I nodded, and 'Karl' clapped for me while I bowed.

This is going to sound kind of dumb because it choked me up a little. It was like someone said to me, "Wow, I can see that you love your daughter." (I know you can love 'em without sewing things too, but that's what it felt like just then.) It was really great, even though I felt a little silly reacting that way.

Well, I can't type anymore on my tiny phone keyboard, but I had to share that with some people who might understand.

That is so sweet! I just had to get a tissue!

Thanks again for all the prayers...you guys are the best! The funeral was very nice. My mother and my Uncle sang and delivered the service together. It was very special. I don't know how they did it! I just sat in the pew and cried like a baby. Katie had a harder time this time...bless her heart, she has had to deal with death way too many times in her 10 years. Patrick was okay until they took the casket out to the car, then he just about fell to the floor crying. Timmy was okay...he had cried some the night before at the visitation (calling hours for my Ohio people), but I am not sure how much he understands.

We enjoyed a very nice afternoon at my mom's house with the family with tons of great food from my church.

Oh...I wanted to also say, at the funeral, my uncle said I sure am glad Granny taught Kim too cook the collards and fat back....nobody made them like Granny! More than one person came to us to comment on her talents. I will have to share some pictures of her paintings one of these days. She was so talented, she wrote a book (never published...they said it was too short for a book, but too long to publish as a short story) she painted, she sewed...truly gifted!

I know you guys don't know her...but I wanted to share one of my last visit with you. I know this is a day I will never forget. We had just decided out of the blue to drive up to see her...we had other plans that day, but I said I really wanted to go see Granny. Tim said he thought we should, so two weeks ago today, this is my visit with my Granny.

This is when I was talking to her about some sewing (go figure!) and she was telling me how to do somthing...now I can't remember what it was...Tim remembered it was about sewing...I'm sure it will hit me when I sew again!

Look at this smile!

And her telling us good by...I love this picture...we had such a great visit!

Okay...I promise...no more depressing talk...I will get back to sewing!

What a wonderful gift those pictures are. And what an amazing testimony of a woman who lived out her life choosing to educate, love, and be happy. I really wish I could have met her... I'll have to put her on my list of those I can't wait to see in heaven.

It was me!! Although I did NOT sew it myself (Stacy-SoHappy) made it for Aisling when we went to see Grinch the Musical last Christmas

I really love this!

I am not sure how many of you will remember me. I was on here last summer/early fall in preparation for our trip last October. I haven't sewn anything since we got back...I have been sooo busy.

My plan is to start sewing again after a trip away this weekend (without kids!). My DH is a doll and gave me money from a surprise bonus he received for a serger. It will be here tomorrow!

There have been so many beautiful things posted lately. I have skimmed through the threads for the last 6 months or so.

I hope to have some things to post by mid-late next week. My daughter Claire starts school in 3 weeks, so I have to get busy!

Hi! Great to see you again!

I am in the process of making clothes for our Disney trip, and I was wondering if you guys thought this would be okay. I have cheated a little and gotten a few DISigns for the boys, and I will be making them shorts to go with them. Do you think it would be okay if I made them shorts and embroidered characters that are on their DISign shirts? My oldest wants Lilo and Stitch shorts to wear with his O'Hana breakfast shirt. What do you think?

Dawn

I think it would be fine!

where does everyone get their shirts that you applique on? I need to order a few in diff colors for the kids. Joanns only had reg tshirts no girly cuts.

I personally get most of mine from Kohl's or Walmart.

 

[anggye]

Hi all!!! Long time, I know! And I post something that doesn't involve sewing - well not really. I could make a custom and tie it all together nicely (probably will actually!)

Anyway, for those of you that have been to a showing of Playhouse Disney Live (stage show, not the one at DHS), are the floor seats good? I could get floor seats row 9, which sound good, but I am short and my 1 year old is too (obviously). Would we be able to see, or would it be better to try and get some further back that are in the more stadium style seats??

Thanks!![/QUOT

A few months ago, I took my girls to Playhouse Disney Live and I got floor seats. Personally, I would have prefered ones that were on the sides. It was fun, but my kids had trouble seeing and for spending that much money, the seats should have been better. Just my opinion

 

[anggye]

Hi all!!! Long time, I know! And I post something that doesn't involve sewing - well not really. I could make a custom and tie it all together nicely (probably will actually!)

Anyway, for those of you that have been to a showing of Playhouse Disney Live (stage show, not the one at DHS), are the floor seats good? I could get floor seats row 9, which sound good, but I am short and my 1 year old is too (obviously). Would we be able to see, or would it be better to try and get some further back that are in the more stadium style seats??

Thanks!!

I took my girls to Playhouse Disney Live a few months ago. We had floor seats, but Ifound it hard to see, not to mention my kids. Personally, I would rather have had seats, first row of the stadium seating. Just my opinion

Sorry, double post

 

[froggy33]

I took my girls to Playhouse Disney Live a few months ago. We had floor seats, but Ifound it hard to see, not to mention my kids. Personally, I would rather have had seats, first row of the stadium seating. Just my opinion

Sorry, double post

Thanks!! That's kind of what I thought. We have been to concerts with floor seating (we sat in Stadium) and it just looked like they couldn't see/had to stand the entire time.
Plus, stadium seating is $10 less!
My daughter will be 15 months old when it comes to our area. Do you all think she would like it?? She has seen all the shows, but of course has a short attention span. I thought it would be great to go to, since we are going to Disney in December and this way she can get a taste of it.

Thanks!!

Jess

 

[froggy33]

Another question,
For those of you with the Brother cs6000i (heathersue, among others), have you figured out a ruffler foot for it?? I have the creative solutions brand (I think that's it) from Hancock Fabrics and it doesn't seem to want to work with it.

Does anyone ruffle with their serger?? I have the Juno by Janome and it says it can ruffle (I am sure you need a special foot).

Thanks again!

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

Ok, Juliet's Mickey/Minnie dress is done! SO here she is!

And she wanted a silly face picture!

Now I just have to finish Joci's dress - however she informed me that she wants Minnie on the front & Mickey on the skirt when of course I have them the other way around already and everything is done except putting the ruffles on then attaching skirt to bodice. I told her I am not switching it and she will have to ask Evie if she wants to switch because their dresses are the same size.

 

[stephie1012]

I personally get most of mine from Kohl's or Walmart.

thanks i checked walmart they didnt have dd size, i forgot about kohls

 

[LisaZoe]

Actually, now that you guys are bringing this up, I think I will start watermarking my images!

That's what I did with photos of my painting on jeans and such.

Ah okay. I may try to buy some on etsy then. 50 percent seems like alot to me. Are you going to use youcanmakethis? I'd think that just the traffic that site gets might make it worth it.

I think it's a great place to get exposure. The women who run it seem to do a good job of getting the word out and keeping it new/organized. 50% seems like a lot of the purchase price but one PP fees, advertising, site maintenance and such come out, I imaging they aren't making a big profit off each pattern sold.

Someone asked about the source of tshirts for blanks. I get mine from Old Navy, Target, The Children's Place and Wal Mart. My biggest complaint with these is they don't carry the same colors in toddler sizes as they do for bigger kids. Also, it's getting harder to find toddler girls' tees that are a basic tee with nothing on them. I have ordered from JiffyShirts in the past. I really liked how fast they were to ship, the great price and the variety of colors. My only issue was that the knit isn't nearly as soft as the other sources.

Remember when I asked who knew the rhyme "Trick or treat, smell my feet..."? Well here is the reason:

I've also been working on these for someone who gets to go to MNSSHP. I'm jealous...

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

Ok, Juliet's Mickey/Minnie dress is done! SO here she is!

And she wanted a silly face picture!

Now I just have to finish Joci's dress - however she informed me that she wants Minnie on the front & Mickey on the skirt when of course I have them the other way around already and everything is done except putting the ruffles on then attaching skirt to bodice. I told her I am not switching it and she will have to ask Evie if she wants to switch because their dresses are the same size.

I don't know...maybe it's me...but i think she likes it! It turned out great...Great job!

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT HALLOWEEN TINK VIDA!!!! It is gorgeous! I know with practice that someday I might be able to do something appliqued like that -It will just take me a long time!

 

[ScotsMinnie]

I am a bit of a lurker on here as I love looking at the beautiful things you ladies can sew.

I saw some kids with adorable customs when we were there this summer and they really do stand out in the parks.

Wish I had an ounce of the talent on here!!!