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

[poohnpigletCA]

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.

Thank You!!!

I love that first picture, so cute.

Hmmmm, Darla would you look at all of the pictures of the shinny chiffon on her dress.

 

[emcreative]

Heather, that first picture looks like it should be part of an online photo-captioning contest. It RAWKS!

 

[LisaZoe]

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.

These are too cute! I love that he's trying to ignore her antics in hopes she'll just go away.

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

I didn't notice until I got the fabric but it has little witch shoes and purses as well as the hats. I'm really tempted to order more but I don't want all of my Halloween designs to use the same set of fabric... as much as I like them.

 

[HeatherSue]

Hey, how do I put a watermark on my pictures with paint shop pro?

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!

I remember you! I can't wait to see what you post next week. I tried talking my husband into going away this weekend, just the 2 of us for our 15th anniversary. But, he just wants to go somewhere for the day. He's a fuddy duddy.

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 that's a great idea!

That's perfect!

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.

Are you talking about the Mary Poppins outfit I made for Tessa last year? I used the white eyelet from WalMart (I made sure I got the one with the scalloped edges so I wouldn't have to hem it) and made a peasant dress out of it. Then, I added red bows from build-a-bear and made a red sash that was kind of shaped like a corset. I'd post a picture, but photobucket won't open at the moment.

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!

You just need a low shank ruffler. Mine is White brand and I bought it at JoAnn for $15 (I think that was after the 40% off coupon, unless I only paid $8 after the coupon- either way it was cheap and it works great)!

That is a beautiful dress and a GORGEOUS girl!

Those are all so cool! The Maleficent one is my favorite! I love those fabrics, too!

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!!!

!!! You do have the talent inside of you, waiting to burst out! Most of us couldn't sew when we found this thread and now we're sewing up a storm. Give it a shot!

ok panic mode! I am bogged down with orders and I only have 44 days until disney and only one dress done. I need like 19 more outfits give or take I need to get my butt moving! Plus I am doing adult shirts too!

Count me in on your panic party! I have 59 days and haven't made a single thing for our trip- not one thing!

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!

You are so far from a bad mommy that it's not even funny! Having said that, I have NEVER forgotten to feed my children supper. Okay, maybe once...

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

It looks cute, but you must post bigger pictures- it's a rule! This picture is really funny! I love it!

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.

Thank you for obeying the 3 dancing bananas rule!

That is really awful! I hadn't hear about that!

 

[aksunshine]

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.

This is so cute! I love the gathering on the skirt. I wanted to do that with Isabelle's pirate set I made last week, but couldn't figure out how! I seriously overthought it!

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



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...

Lisa! I can't even begin to tell you which is my fav! I love these!

****WAY OT VENT****

So yesterday we had to spend WAY too much money on getting the central air unit replaced. This was after paying the repair man a month ago to fix our old unit, and him saying that it couldn't really be repaired from the dogs PEEING on it and frying it.

Yesterday was stressful, the guys he sent to install didn't even know how much the unit was or anything. It took them over 5 hours. (And a lot of it smoking in my yard. I HAVE AN ASTHMATIC AND NO SMOKING SIGNS!!!)

But at least last night the house was nice, I could turn on the oven and not roast everyone out. It was actually cooler inside than outside, something it hasn't been for a month.

Woke up today all refreshed, had a nice lazy morning. Hannah and I ran some errands. (craziness ensues at home while we're gone, but that's a whole other vent I'm still in the middle of straightening out)

Get home, walk in...and the house is HOT. GAAAHHH

So The Husband calls the AC guy, who NOW says he thinks "An animal got under the house and pierced the ducts." HE'll be out again tomorrow to check them.

Um...

1. WHY WOULD YOU NOT CHECK THIS BEFORE?
2. WHY would the new unit cool our house down for the first 24 hours then, if it were something like a duct problem this whole time?

GAAAHHH. There were a lot of others things I would have much rather just thrown $2k at y'know? GAAAAAHHH. He better not think he's going to charge us for tomorrow's visit.


*****Okay sorry vent over, maybe, I hope***********

Awwww, I am so sorry Marrah!

 

[HeatherSue]

These are too cute! I love that he's trying to ignore her antics in hopes she'll just go away.

It was so funny, he'd peek up whenever he thought she was gone and then he'd see her standing there and he'd go right back to his dessert. It was all for naught, you could hear her screeching
"SAAAAAAAAAAAAWYEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! I'M COMING BACK FOR YOU SAWYER!!!!" all the way across the restaurant! And she did! She kept coming back! That is one of my all-time favorite Disney memories!

 

[emcreative]

Thanks AKsunshine.

I just got a good reminder of what is/isn't important. I'm having a personal freak-out right now (not about the air conditioner something more serious) and I'm sorry I can't put it on the board.

Could I please ask for some prayers/good thoughts/wishes of luck or whatever is in your belief system that everything holds together for about 36 or so hours?

Thanks.

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

So cute! How do you gather up the front of the skirt like that? I have seen it on several dresses but I can't figure out how you all do it! Thanks!

Mommy2JulietJocelyn Is it bad to put peroxide on anything now?? When I had the nasty staph infection in my c-section incision they never used it. They just used saline that they got out of little bottles. The reason I am asking is because I have had a nasty infection in my big toe for about a month and a half, and have gone to the doctor twice. He told me to use peroxide and soak it in salt water. I'm taking antibiotics too. I wish I could afford to go to a specialist right now, but I don't have insurance for all of this month due to hubby starting his new job last month. I keep getting all of these infections, and the doctor says something about my immune system must not be working like it is supposed to. I guess it is because of the harmone stuff I am taking? PM me if you like. :goodvibe:


That dress is gorgeous on her! It looks like your appliques are perfect now. Do you just gather straight down with some straight stitches and pull up the bobbin thread to get that peekaboo? That is so cute!

As for the gathering up the skirt - at first I tried to just gather it like I would a ruffle. didn't look very nice. took out the stitches and basically used elastic. I anchored the elastic 1/4" wide at the base of the skirt and stretched the elastic and used a stitch length of 1 and just straight stitched up the elastic. Violia! nice even gather.

Toadstool - we don't used much peroxide at all in the ER because it dries out the wound edges. We mostly used betadine & saline mixed or a surgical soap called hibicleanse (sp?) when we are cleaning wounds & infections. PM me about it and maybe I can help.

 

[JUJU814]

i made a twirl skirted simply sweet dress for my 5 yr old not long ago. I feel your pain By the time I put the ruffle on it the ruffle itself was just over 17 yrds long I have pics of it in the photobucket account I think - Ladybug patchwork twirl are the tags I think. It is a beautiful dress - turns out it is too big for DD so It will get put away until the spring to hopefully be used as an Easter dress because I will use it for a special occasion gosh darn it! I put too many sew hrs into it.
Does it HAVE to be finished before your trip? If so just do it, if not put it away until the party is done. And enjoy the party.

Hi, I am looking for the dress ain photobucket nd can't find it.

I'm soooooo close to being done, but got sooooo sick last night. I've had over 103 fever and can't shake it. I even got tested today for swine flu! Yikes! Explains why I was so tired and miserable last night I guess.

All the tiers are assembled. I just have to sew the vertical seam, gather the waist and sew it to the bodice. I just need to do it as soon as this headache goes away.

My friend made a minnie dress for Emily and is making a pink cinderella mice dress for her. I know the minnie is done and she's shopping for fabric for the cinderella mice one tomorrow.

Julie

 

[livndisney]

It was so funny, he'd peek up whenever he thought she was gone and then he'd see her standing there and he'd go right back to his dessert. It was all for naught, you could hear her screeching
"SAAAAAAAAAAAAWYEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! I'M COMING BACK FOR YOU SAWYER!!!!" all the way across the restaurant! And she did! She kept coming back! That is one of my all-time favorite Disney memories!

I just want to know why you pinched that sweet little Sawyer to make him make that face.

 

[MommyBoo!]

OK, hopefully these will be bigger. But not too big.

 

[MommyBoo!]

Thanks AKsunshine.

I just got a good reminder of what is/isn't important. I'm having a personal freak-out right now (not about the air conditioner something more serious) and I'm sorry I can't put it on the board.

Could I please ask for some prayers/good thoughts/wishes of luck or whatever is in your belief system that everything holds together for about 36 or so hours?

Thanks.

Sending good thoughts your way!

 

[LisaZoe]

Hey, how do I put a watermark on my pictures with paint shop pro?

There are a couple ways I can think of:

1) Type the text but set the opacity so the image behind it shows through.

2) Add a new layer and set the properties to make it semi-transparent then type the text.

3) Create your own 'picture frame' that had the watermark as a part of it. That way you could create it once and add it to all your photos exactly the same each time.

FYI - The opacity for any of these could vary based on what's behind the text and what color you use for the text.

I can give more detailed steps for any of these if it would help.

 

[PrincessMickey]

Thanks AKsunshine.

I just got a good reminder of what is/isn't important. I'm having a personal freak-out right now (not about the air conditioner something more serious) and I'm sorry I can't put it on the board.

Could I please ask for some prayers/good thoughts/wishes of luck or whatever is in your belief system that everything holds together for about 36 or so hours?

Thanks.

I'll be praying for you and thinking about you.

 

[LisaZoe]

I just got a good reminder of what is/isn't important. I'm having a personal freak-out right now (not about the air conditioner something more serious) and I'm sorry I can't put it on the board.

Could I please ask for some prayers/good thoughts/wishes of luck or whatever is in your belief system that everything holds together for about 36 or so hours?

Thanks.

 

[LisaZoe]

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!

Come on, you can do it! I think I made my first Vida about this time last year and I still find myself thinking of new variations. In fact, here's the first one I made. I think the hardest part was the buttonholes - I was still very nervous about messing those up :

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so glad you like them. I know the Maleficent fabric was a last minute change but I think it is more dramatic than the original plan.

 

[DznyDreamz]

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 love this dress!!

I have no plans as of right now, so ANYTHING you can share would be wonderfull. You are the master at finding things.........LOL.

The big huge dress would be nice but its a one time wear thing.

Hotfix may get more wear but not super dressy.

I have an embroidery machine but i do all appliques by hand. I just spent my magic box money on tickets......lol

Becky

ps its for the foster child who had never been to the movie theater, let alone a "broadway play". She is going to be soooooooooooo thrilled! She probably leaves this month to go live with dad, so its most likely my last hurrah with her.

This is very sweet of you to do. I'm sure she will remember it forever.

Ok my 12 almost 13yo daughter is going to a Taylor Swift concert in Sept and I really want to make her something cool and special.. Has anyone ever made anything for this age group? or for something like this? I am kinda thinking of embelishing "skinny jeans" and either doing something to a t-shirt or make like a tunic or baby doll style top with a trendy vest to go with it..I would love to see what others have created..Thanks !

I don't have any ideas, but I am also interested. My daughter is "too old" for the frilly uuber-girly dresses so I'm trying to find a happy medium

Someone asked about the source of tshirts for blanks.

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...

I absolutely love these. I think I would wear Tink dress.

 

[ncmomof2]

As for the gathering up the skirt - at first I tried to just gather it like I would a ruffle. didn't look very nice. took out the stitches and basically used elastic. I anchored the elastic 1/4" wide at the base of the skirt and stretched the elastic and used a stitch length of 1 and just straight stitched up the elastic. Violia! nice even gather.

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Thanks! I will try it someday.

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

Hi, I am looking for the dress ain photobucket nd can't find it.

I'm soooooo close to being done, but got sooooo sick last night. I've had over 103 fever and can't shake it. I even got tested today for swine flu! Yikes! Explains why I was so tired and miserable last night I guess.

All the tiers are assembled. I just have to sew the vertical seam, gather the waist and sew it to the bodice. I just need to do it as soon as this headache goes away.

My friend made a minnie dress for Emily and is making a pink cinderella mice dress for her. I know the minnie is done and she's shopping for fabric for the cinderella mice one tomorrow.

Julie

Sorry - I checked I didn't put it on the Photobucket but here it is the most rockin' FAME or FOOTLOOSE picture that I have to date!

 

[Tweevil]

Thanks AKsunshine.

I just got a good reminder of what is/isn't important. I'm having a personal freak-out right now (not about the air conditioner something more serious) and I'm sorry I can't put it on the board.

Could I please ask for some prayers/good thoughts/wishes of luck or whatever is in your belief system that everything holds together for about 36 or so hours?

Thanks.

Sending out lots of blessing and strength to you now.

OK, hopefully these will be bigger. But not too big.

Too cute!