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

[LisaZoe]

I am in awe with your work. My goal is to get my appliques to where they look half as good as yours. My girls are in awe over the tink dress!!
We are going to the halloween party in California adventure and my kids want all their customs to be a halloween theme!!

I love Halloween! I was often the only one at work who dressed in costume.

Haha.. I have gone window shopping and then bought co-op. I am just as bad. Sometimes when I NEED something right away I just have to swallow my wallet and pay 14 plus a yard. It hurts though.
I think your fabric taste is great. I can never pick out fabrics that I think match. I keep telling myself it has to be an exact match and I just end up with nothing. It has to be hard matching online too I'd think.
I usually buy the main fabric and then go searching locally for a coordinate. I have way to many fabrics right now that have no coordinate because of this.

I just don't have the patience to wait for a co-op order. I've tried a couple times thinking I could save money. In the end, though, it seemed like the prints I wanted weren't ordered due to low interest (hence why I don't think my fabric taste is the average) or it would take months to arrive. I'm not one to plan so far in advance so a lot of what I bought that way still sits in my stash. I actually found that between the co-op fees, the wait and the minimum yardage requirement, I saved money by shopping carefully online. That way I could get it when I need it, could get as little as I wanted (within reason) and in most cases get what I want.

As for exact color match, I try to get close but I don't worry if it's not exact. I try to remember what the hosts of What Not to Wear say - it doesn't have to match it just has to 'go'. I do get as close as I can but unless the prints are from the same manufacturer printed with the same dye lot, there's no guarantee of an exact match even when buying from the same collection.

 

[emcreative]

Hey Marah!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not yelling just wanted you to see this!LOL When we had our outside unit replaced it did the EXACT same thing, but it was because they had not put the right amount of freon in it. So maybe it just needs to be charged again! at least I hope that is it!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously? In 24 hours? That gives me hope.

I didn't have a lot of confidence in the "installers" to be honest. I mean why would you show up and not even know how much you were supposed to charge? WE had to tell THEM. Um, phone call? Or were they going to see if we said MORE than we'd been told, and pocket the difference?

(wow I seem like I'm in quite the mood today.)

 

[mom2prettyprincess]

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

I am in absolute Awe over that dress! I love it!

As for exact color match, I try to get close but I don't worry if it's not exact. I try to remember what the hosts of What Not to Wear say - it doesn't have to match it just has to 'go'. I do get as close as I can but unless the prints are from the same manufacturer printed with the same dye lot, there's no guarantee of an exact match even when buying from the same collection.

I have really tried to keep the "What Not to Wear" philosophy in mind also..but I think I am to indecisive. So I like Toadstool just end up with nothing because I can't make up my mind.

 

[MommyBoo!]

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

Beautiful! DD5 loves it!

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...

Gorgeous! Love the moon on the Tink.

 

[HeatherSue]

Oh Heather Sue where are you?

Karen here at Darla's house. I was reading your TR the other night. Right after the most perfect picture ever of Sawyer meeting Prince Charming there was a picture of Drizella giving Sawyer kisses when he was eating.

Darla is going to make Olivia a Drizella costume. I found the most obnoxious green chiffon on . I am not sure if Darla does not believe me that there is chiffon in Drizella's dress or that she does not want to sew chiffon.

Could you please post the picture of Drizella talking to Sawyer?

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Darla here - I thought Karen was just READING the boards. Shame on her!
And for the record...I believe, I just don't want to sew chiffon. I would rather allow her to dye Aurora than to sew chiffon. Not really. But close.
I would, however, love to see the picture of Drizella and Sawyer.

Please & Thank You

I can do that! First, the funniest picture I've ever seen:

and then Drizella trying to talk Sawyer into a kiss.

Here's a closer picture of the dress while Sawyer tries to eat his dessert and pretend there's not an annoying stepsister behind him.

 

[VBAndrea]

Thank you! I'm thrilled with how the Maleficent dress came out. I've had the fabric almost 2 years but never knew what to do with it. I loved the saturation of the colors and the prints but they really aren't typical for girls' clothes. When I was thinking about what to use for Maleficent, these prints came to mind. I think they work really well for her since she's such a dramatic character.

I think that's what makes me really like them ~ they are so very unique. I bet your daughter looks gorgeous in the deeper jewel tones as well. I don't know how you can part with a thing you make; if I were you I'd be keeping everything!

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

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 usually get mine at Old Navy or Wal-Mart. Target is a good source too. I really like the boys shirts at Old Navy and the girls shirts usually have really cute sleeves.

Depending on how old she is, I think you can use CarlaC, making a Mary Poppins dress AND give her something she will wear more than once!

Check this out (stills from the show)





(By now you've probably realized...)
Precious Dress with a full apron (maybe you can frankenpattern it with simply sweet if it doesnt' offer a "full" apron? I don't own those yet so I don't know what all they include.

The BIGGEST things to make this work right are 1. colors and 2. A brooch!

I love those pictures. Someone made a custom way back when with silhouettes of Mary on them It was back on thread 3 or 4 maybe. It was really pretty. Anyone else remember that one?

ok for my outfit i am thinking.white shirt with the mary poppins outline in black. (like her flying) Then a black , gray or blue simple skirt, with building shadows on it, maybe blue, gray or white? and then carrying the big maroon bag. (I refuse to pay $7 a bottle for water and we do not give her any treats filled with crap......LOL)

Still which outfit do i make for her?!?!?! LOL

Geeze i wish i could just say heck with it wear what you want, but you guys have turned me into a custom snob. (heck she has custom play clothes now. Hope daddy can afford to keep her dressed. LOL)

I was thinking of making a Mary Popppins shirt for my upcoming trip. Maybe with her umbrella and bag and a silhouette. We'll see if I get the time and actually figure it out.

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.

Cute! I love the colors!

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...

Gorgeous! I love them both. That fabric with the little witches hats on it is really cute!

 

[LisaZoe]

I have really tried to keep the "What Not to Wear" philosophy in mind also..but I think I am to indecisive. So I like Toadstool just end up with nothing because I can't make up my mind.

I used to worry about getting an exact match. I still worry more than I probably need to but I try to focus on getting close. I find some colors harder than others to match, specifically red and purple. I was amazed that I had some tonal purple in my applique fabric to use for the witches dress that is an almost exact match to the purple of the hat print. The orange ricrac is also a very close match to the orange in the prints. In both cases it was luck in addition to having a fairly big stash of coordinates and other basics. I can usually find something that 'goes' if I need to add another color or two to the mix.

I also already had the woven trim used on the Maleficent dress in my stash. It's something I've had for years but never used until now. I just couldn't see putting ricrac on that dress so dug out my fancier trim and was happy to see this one with colors very close to those in the fabrics I used. I guess there is some benefit to buying supplies with no specific plan in mind.

 

[emcreative]

I WIN!

Bad Mom of the Day Award, that is. Yes, it is 9:30pm and the girls haven't had dinner yet. It's too darn hot in here to cook!

Hmm, maybe I can just say it's because we're raising Hobbits and they've been eating ALL day?

LisaZoe, even The Husband went OOOH at the back of your Malef dress! We love dragons here!

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

Seriously? In 24 hours? That gives me hope.

I didn't have a lot of confidence in the "installers" to be honest. I mean why would you show up and not even know how much you were supposed to charge? WE had to tell THEM. Um, phone call? Or were they going to see if we said MORE than we'd been told, and pocket the difference?

(wow I seem like I'm in quite the mood today.)

Same thing happened to ours...but it was a wire that had shook loose while the unit was turning itself on so it wasn't making the condensor come on...just the fan came on and blew hot air...but thankfully my AC guy was a very goo friend...GOOD LUCK!

 

[MommyBoo!]

I finally got to sew again! I made the Criss Cross Applesauce top for Chloe. It is blue reversible to yellow. I'll have to get pics of the yellow.

And this one just cracked us up:

Next is the corset back halter top. I hope to have it done for the Ren Faire on Saturday.

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

LISA How dare you make a dress my daughter has now said she needs! She was behind me just now and spent several minutes begging for both of those Vida's! I still need to just finish my first one that is all cut and ready to go...just need to find my motivation now!

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

I WIN!

Bad Mom of the Day Award, that is. Yes, it is 9:30pm and the girls haven't had dinner yet. It's too darn hot in here to cook!

Hmm, maybe I can just say it's because we're raising Hobbits and they've been eating ALL day?

LisaZoe, even The Husband went OOOH at the back of your Malef dress! We love dragons here!

When I got home Sunday after being gone all day making funeral aragements, I was putting the kids to bed and they asked what was for dinner. umm did daddy forget to feed them? YEP! So they had a quick snack then off to bed. Katie gets sick if she eats too late.

 

[iluvwdw4ever]

OMG Lisa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ABSOLUTELY LOOOOOOOVE the Vidas!!!!!!!!!! I cannot wait for my daughter to wear them in September!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for making them!!!!!!
YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tweevil]

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!

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 sweet pictures. You can tell by seeing her she is an amazing person. You should share her artwork with us - I would love to see it.
And... nothing depressing about this - I think it's wonderful that you are sharing your love for her with us. It's rare that you can get such a sense of warmth from pictures and that's what you shared.

Seriously? In 24 hours? That gives me hope.

I didn't have a lot of confidence in the "installers" to be honest. I mean why would you show up and not even know how much you were supposed to charge? WE had to tell THEM. Um, phone call? Or were they going to see if we said MORE than we'd been told, and pocket the difference?

(wow I seem like I'm in quite the mood today.)

3 things came to mind.....
The freon isn't charged enough
The unit coils froze up because if it was hot & humid and the thing was trying to play catch up banging out cold air it might have iced.
The compressor unit switch tripped (outside on the unit) and it needs to be corrected.

If you are getting air but nothing cold it could be any of these... don't ask me how I know....

I can do that! First, the funniest picture I've ever seen:

Now that is the most precious thing EVER!

I WIN! Bad Mom of the Day Award, that is. Yes, it is 9:30pm and the girls haven't had dinner yet. It's too darn hot in here to cook!
LisaZoe, even The Husband went OOOH at the back of your Malef dress! We love dragons here!

Nope it's a tie - I got out of work late and by time I tended Mom's house & taking out the trash duties it is now 9:50p and instead of spending quality time with my son I am spending it with you guys....lol
I am going now to try to make up for it.

AND.... I lost my quote for Lisa's dresses but wow I agree they are awesome! I love dragons too!

 

[HeatherSue]

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 such a cute story! I think I would have teared up, too!

I wanted to add photos to Carla's Flickr group- but I dont want to load stuff to flickr, and then load it to her page, I want to load it directly from my saved files, OR from webshots if thats even possible...
is there a way to do this that I am missing?
can you post the link again?

This has probably been answered by now, but I'm almost sure you have to upload to flickr and then put it in the group album. Uploading to flickr seems to go a lot faster than photobucket!

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

Oh Kim, this picture is so wonderful! All of them were, but to have one of her saying goodbye to you is so special. I'm sitting here crying. You talk to us about depressing things as much as you want to. We're here for you.

 

[LisaZoe]

I think that's what makes me really like them ~ they are so very unique. I bet your daughter looks gorgeous in the deeper jewel tones as well. I don't know how you can part with a thing you make; if I were you I'd be keeping everything!

I love just about any color on Zoe. Unfortunately, she's not too crazy about what I make so she doesn't get many customs. I made a few for our last Disney trip but she wore them mostly because I hadn't packed anything else. She does comment positively on some things I'm making but rarely asks me to make one for her. I can't remember if I told the story of the dress she requested in May. She wanted one in her newest favorite color - aqua. I let her pick from fabric I had in my stash and we discussed the design. It was going to be simple - shirring for the top edge and a small ruffle on the bottom with straps to hold it up. No trim or other fabric allowed. I made the mistake of adding ruffles on the straps and she won't wear it. She put it on very briefly recently but complained again about the ruffles making her look like a 'nerd' (she really doesn't understand what that term means, obviously ). I guess I should just redo the straps but I keep hoping she'll see that they are very cute after all... but then that would be admitting Mom was right.

I really don't mind not keeping things since for me the fun is making it. I don't mind not having them as long as I can at least look at the photos from time to time. Unfortunately I don't get photos of everything and the ones I don't I always wish I had later.

I WIN!

Bad Mom of the Day Award, that is. Yes, it is 9:30pm and the girls haven't had dinner yet. It's too darn hot in here to cook!

Hmm, maybe I can just say it's because we're raising Hobbits and they've been eating ALL day?

LisaZoe, even The Husband went OOOH at the back of your Malef dress! We love dragons here!

I love dragons too! In fact, I have one watching over me now. This little guy sits on top of my monitor and has been there (or the one at work) for about 10 years.

BTW - When it's hot, we mainly have sandwiches for dinner. On the hottest days I let Zoe pick what she wanted... I think we both ended up having a few popsicles that night. LOL A couple days I cooked our biggest meal for lunch since it wasn't as hot then.

 

[PrincessMickey]

I know there are a few other PA ladies on here. State employees will finally get a paycheck Hopefully the money comes soon so I can finish paying for our move. I'm not sure when it's coming but hopefully by the end of the week we will get paid.

For those that don't know, PA still has not come up with a budget. No budget, no pay. State employees have not had a paycheck since the pay period before July 1st. The govenor finally signed a temp bill so that employees could get paid. It only took him 5 weeks to do so. I will keep my comments to myself. We were lucky because we had some savings but some people who work with DH were not so lucky. One guy was not able to pay his rent or his car payment for july.

Sorry for going off topic again. I'm just thrilled to finally have money coming in again.

 

[emcreative]

I love dragons too! In fact, I have one watching over me now. This little guy sits on top of my monitor and has been there (or the one at work) for about 10 years.

BTW - When it's hot, we mainly have sandwiches for dinner. On the hottest days I let Zoe pick what she wanted... I think we both ended up having a few popsicles that night. LOL A couple days I cooked our biggest meal for lunch since it wasn't as hot then.

I LOVE your dragon. My room is all Asian art and photography. I will show you the little Dragon I have watching me in just a few days!

The problem we ran into is that yesterday evening, while the house was nice and cold, I took Lizzie to the grocery store and she said she REEEEALLYYY wanted "Breakfast for dinner" today. Thinking of my cold kitchen, I said yes even though it requires three gigantic fry pans for hash, sausages and scrambled eggs. Lizzie isn't a kid you like to let down (she has her "Wobbly" times as she calls them) so I had to keep my word.

 

[LisaZoe]

The problem we ran into is that yesterday evening, while the house was nice and cold, I took Lizzie to the grocery store and she said she REEEEALLYYY wanted "Breakfast for dinner" today. Thinking of my cold kitchen, I said yes even though it requires three gigantic fry pans for hash, sausages and scrambled eggs. Lizzie isn't a kid you like to let down (she has her "Wobbly" times as she calls them) so I had to keep my word.

Ugh! Yeah it's hard for kids to understand plans have to change sometimes through no fault of anyone. I think if that had happened for us, I'd have taken Zoe to a restaurant serving breakfast 24/7. Of course that's much easier (and affordable) with only one child to feed.