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

[tricia]

I have only been lurking lately cause I have been quite busy. We had contractors in the basement for quite a bit cause we had a flood down there last month. They are finally done, so we get our rec. room back. And then, last week DH goes and wins $10,000 in flooring on a radio contest. Couldn't have won that before we had the job in the basement done. Any way, that means that at the beg. of Sept. we will be getting hardwood up the stairs, in the hall and then in all 3 bedrooms. Will probably mean we will have to take turns sleeping in the basement as our rooms get done, but at least the basement has carpet and furniture in it again.

Other than the fact that it costs more points do go over christmas I would LOVE to not have to shuffle between my parent's and the in laws and be far, far away! Doubt I will talk DH into it anytime soon. We do love the weather in May

I discovered this store on ebay that has great prices- do your searches on characters "Tinkerbell" "Pooh" etc
jhonybarba is the ebay id, but her store is The Pirate's Royal Bootie
the pooh was 5.79 a yard and she has a very similar, slightly brighter print with out the emoridered look for 4.79
the Tink was $4.99 a yard
and her shipping was cheap too
I just saw a cute disney princess seersucker too that I had never seen before. This will cost me a little more than what it was for Walmart (which is gone and was limited) but Im glad I dont only have Joanns at $7.50+ a yard.
She seems very friendly and has loads of positive feedback

Marah Im off to check out your blog!

I have bought from her, and I think someone else here has too. She is great.

I finished the last two dresses for my baby girl, well I might do one more. You all know how that is!

I still have the AK dress for my older girl and 6 applique t-shirts.

Very cute. I have loved all the dresses you made for her. Sometimes I wish I had one that little to sew for. Then I remember the heartburn and nausea of pregnancy, the sleepless nights, the fact that my youngest is 8, etc. etc. and the feeling kinda goes away.

After the lovel comments about my first ever sewing project ( pillow case dress) and the recomendation of CarlaC patterns, I have made this dress for my DD for out trip to Disneyworld in September.

It's no way perfect and not up to the standard of the rest of you fantastic sewers...but hay, I'm pleased with my achievement.

So I would just like to say a BIG THANK YOU to you all

Great job. Love the colours.

The new Meghan and Molly dress/top! I LOVE this top! I even think Nikki is wearing hers the 1st day of school.

Oh and Nikki stole my top!!!

This top goes together so easily! I am sensing many more in my future!

Like everyones new Molly and Meghan dresses.

Update on DH:
Thanks for all of your prayers and good wishes y'all, it really means a lot to me. DH's rhythm regulated with some new meds they tried overnight and this morning, so they're sending him home with orders for the Cardiologist. Looks like we're over the hump for now, hopefully his heart won't decide to jump into the 150-s again, or it's another visit, but we're feeling optomistic.

Glad he is doing a bit better. That must have been quite a scare.

I wanted to share my latest CarlaC creations with you all too!

That is Hillary's little brother, Drew in the background taking a picture!

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That was all so nice of you. (I was wondering about the little guy taking pics from behind.)

Some of you might have noticed that I haven't been on here much lately. I've been really missing everyone too!! But, I thought I'd explain a little bit about what's been going on. As many of you probably know, we found out the other week that Brian's Dad has bladder cancer. He had surgery to remove it, and it was quite a bit larger than they had anticipated. The doctor told Brian that the cancer was incurable. We were really worried that my FIL wouldn't have much longer to live. Yesterday Brian took his Dad to his appointment and got some more sort of answers. The pathology report had come back, and it was in fact a very agresive form of cancer. But, the doctor is really hoping that he got it all. The doctor gave my FIL 3 options: 1. Inject a form of tuberculosis into the bladder 2. Chemo treatments 3. Wait 5 weeks and go back in to see if the cancer is still there. The hope here is that there will be no cancer left and the doctor got it all. I'm not sure if they would still do some chemo at that point or not. They chose option 3. My FIL also has emphasima, so he doesn't breathe very well and that has me worried too. He is 83 years old, which I guess is old, but to me he doesn't seem old at all, he's Brian's Daddy, you know? So, it's been a real emotional rollercoaster around here for the last few weeks. If you pray, please pray that the cancer is gone and at the 5 week checkup my FIL will have a clean bill of health. He's a grumpy old booger, but I love him dearly.

Hope things turn out well for him too.

 

[3huskymom]

Great TR! Did you skip Toy Story Mania? How cool that you got to see all those characters at the end of the day. I had read that once but forgot about it. I'll have to keep that in mind for my next trip.

No, we did Toy Story Mania, I just forgot about it b/c we had been on it before in California. It's a great ride, just overshadowed by Hayleigh's enthusiasm over Tower of Terror.

 

[msumissa]

Well, I am happy to report that I finished 2 dresses for my girls for Cheeseburger in Caseville, we leave on Wednesday morning to set up camp in Grandma's yard. I did twirl dresses on Friday, and OMGoodness, I could not believe all the fabric! WOW!

But girls love them and they came out really cute. I promise to post pics. I also just bought the Molly peasant pattern and I will try and sew some up with the extra fabric tomorrow.

You guys are 'sew' inspirational.

 

[billwendy]

Well, I finally finished the Patricia Tunic and gave it to my mom for her birthday present!! She really like it and said it was very comfortable!! What do you think??

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

ireland nicole- GREAT STORY

Theresa- I wanted you to know I appreciated your words of support (I think Heather also had some kind words for me too) I think both of you are terrific and so glad you have been the glue that holds us together. I pray your FIL has a FULL recovery! Cracks me up how you call the ones you love "boogers" though, when I lived in TX I heard the phrase and was always confused why someone would call someone they love snot (I say that chuckling though) I think it's cute.

Lisa- that Vida is cool! When I lose my baby fat and then some I will be looking into these! I used to be a size 8.....in fact my attic has size 6,8,10,12,14,16,18 I did donate the 6's and I think some 8s. I figured Id be content with a 10 if I could get to it- but now you have me inspired, maybe I WILL work down to a cute 8. Right now, I'm back to teetering on 18+ though. So you just keep posting those cute adult versions to keep me goin!

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Well, I finally finished the Patricia Tunic and gave it to my mom for her birthday present!! She really like it and said it was very comfortable!! What do you think??

Love it! love the picture too! Nice job Wendy!

 

[VBAndrea]

I feel like I can now officially become a part of the Disboutiquers

First and foremeost, I owe thanks to everyone here for giving me the courage to pull my machine back out and make something I am actually proud of. All of you have helped me find patterns that are simple, given me tips on needles, thread, topstitching, etc. And you've all posted such beautiful, inspiring creations. So thank you to all (Never mind the few seams I had to rip out and redo).

The story behind the dress is that I wanted to make something to test before making Disney clothes so I chose a back to school outfit. I had dd try on the bodice and she hated it. She said she wouldn't wear anything with the number fabric (ugh!). Well, since all the fabric was purchased and cut I pursued and figured I'd bribe dd with Disney dollars. Once I completed the dress I showed it to dd and showed her how it twirled. She immediately begged to put it on and didn't want to take it off and wants to wear it all day tomorrow and have all her clothes from here on out be twirly!

For the Disney wardrobe I am hoping to do those outfits once dd returns to school so they can be surprises presented to her at Disney.

OK, now lets hope the photos work:
Oh, and I plan to add a sash (have it cut but not sewn) and have yet to make a hairbow.

Could not for the life of me get a decent twirl photo, but you can admire dd's curls in this one:

Yes, you get loads of photos since this is my first real creation. Pattern is Ellie's twirl dress from YCMT. Fabric is from our last remaining Walmart fabric spot which is due to close next March

And while I think I've learned to post pics, I have yet to learn multiquote, but wanted to mention:
Nicole: glad dh is doing better and hope his new meds keep things at bay
Miranda: I too vote for the petty since the appliques show better ~ and stunning creations once again
Teresa: Keeping FIL in my thoughts and hoping for the best

 

[mom2prettyprincess]

Well, I finally finished the Patricia Tunic and gave it to my mom for her birthday present!! She really like it and said it was very comfortable!! What do you think??

Wendy~ That looks great...and the aqua is a great color for your mom.

 

[mirandag819]

I feel like I can now officially become a part of the Disboutiquers

First and foremeost, I owe thanks to everyone here for giving me the courage to pull my machine back out and make something I am actually proud of. All of you have helped me find patterns that are simple, given me tips on needles, thread, topstitching, etc. And you've all posted such beautiful, inspiring creations. So thank you to all (Never mind the few seams I had to rip out and redo).

The story behind the dress is that I wanted to make something to test before making Disney clothes so I chose a back to school outfit. I had dd try on the bodice and she hated it. She said she wouldn't wear anything with the number fabric (ugh!). Well, since all the fabric was purchased and cut I pursued and figured I'd bribe dd with Disney dollars. Once I completed the dress I showed it to dd and showed her how it twirled. She immediately begged to put it on and didn't want to take it off and wants to wear it all day tomorrow and have all her clothes from here on out be twirly!

For the Disney wardrobe I am hoping to do those outfits once dd returns to school so they can be surprises presented to her at Disney.

OK, now lets hope the photos work:
Oh, and I plan to add a sash (have it cut but not sewn) and have yet to make a hairbow.

Could not for the life of me get a decent twirl photo, but you can admire dd's curls in this one:

Yes, you get loads of photos since this is my first real creation. Pattern is Ellie's twirl dress from YCMT. Fabric is from our last remaining Walmart fabric spot which is due to close next March

And while I think I've learned to post pics, I have yet to learn multiquote, but wanted to mention:
Nicole: glad dh is doing better and hope his new meds keep things at bay
Miranda: I too vote for the petty since the appliques show better ~ and stunning creations once again
Teresa: Keeping FIL in my thoughts and hoping for the best

That is soooooo pretty and she looks very happy wearing it. GREAT JOB! I can't wait to see the Disney outfits you come up with..... I guess you will have to take some model-less pics since you want to surprise her, but you still have to share with us!

 

[GoofyG]

Had to pop in and say Hi. I just got back from our whirl wind mini vacation to Sea World and the beach. This is the first time that we all, kids and grandkids, have tried to vacation together. It went really good for the most part. The only part we need to work on is we, DH, DD(GoofyG) and her kids, are used to stopping at McD's and letting the kids play while we get our food and then we hop back into the car and eat going down the road and DS & his family wanted to take an hour for lunch. That will have to change if we ever all drive to WDW together. We'll never get there at that rate. We normally make it in 21 hours, I can't imagine how long it would take stopping that long to eat each time.

Now to go back to page 1 and try and get caught up.

AMEN to the eating! On a good note, my 3yr old made the trip down there and back in panties. Even took her naps in them. Also went to Sea World in panties, had a 1yr old walker. It was a milestone trip for me! I don't have any babies anymore. Now trying to figure out money to try to go to Disney in Feb. I'm really trying to see if I can swing it. I'm going through withdraw REALLY BAD! Darn Private School and gymnastics. What am I going to do if they move DD5 to team gymnastics next yr.

 

[GoofyG]

 

[GoofyG]

Sorry they are BIG! It was to many, and I was lazy and didn't want to go back and resize them.

She should have another meet in a couple of Months! Then she will have a Santa meet in Dec. I think the 3yr old will be doing the Santa meet. They informed me that the 3yr old has some special talent. I just rolled my eyes! I don't want to think about 2 in gymnastics.

My 5yr old is going to school where she takes gymnastics. She goes 4hrs a wk for gym, and now on Tues & Thrus they are going to do PE in the mornings. The gymnastic kids won't do PE they will do gymnastics instead. I guess we will see how that goes. So she will be getting abour 6.5hrs of gymnastics now.


OH!!!! Did anyone see the second to last picture of her? Yes that would be a hole in her mouth! No she didn't lose it the normal way. We can thank the balance beam for that one. She is very proud of the hole in her mouth though.

 

[teresajoy]

Well, I finally finished the Patricia Tunic and gave it to my mom for her birthday present!! She really like it and said it was very comfortable!! What do you think??

Wendy your Mom is gorgeous!!! She looks absolutely fantastic in that tunic!!! Make sure you add it to the I made this section of YCMT, and Carla's Flickr group! So, did you go up a size or make her usual size?

ireland nicole- GREAT STORY

Theresa- I wanted you to know I appreciated your words of support (I think Heather also had some kind words for me too) I think both of you are terrific and so glad you have been the glue that holds us together. I pray your FIL has a FULL recovery! Cracks me up how you call the ones you love "boogers" though, when I lived in TX I heard the phrase and was always confused why someone would call someone they love snot (I say that chuckling though) I think it's cute.

No problem It must be so hard for you, so anytime you need to vent a bit, you feel free to do so! You are so kind, thank you.

Booger, I guess it is a funny thing to call someone, isn't it! Heather always called Corey her "little booger boy" when he was a baby because, well he always had a snotty nose! As much as I wiped it, it seems like he had a cold for the first year of his life! She still calls him that sometimes at 17! Wow, I can't believe my baby is 17! I remember so distinctly calling his doctor in the middle of the night when he was about 3 weeks old, because he had a fever. And, I remember the first time he smiled at me, while I was talking to my Mom on the phone when he was 3 months (he was a slow smiler!). How do they do this? Grow up so fast?

Sorry, got a bit sentimental there! That is SOOOO unlike me!

I feel like I can now officially become a part of the Disboutiquers

First and foremeost, I owe thanks to everyone here for giving me the courage to pull my machine back out and make something I am actually proud of. All of you have helped me find patterns that are simple, given me tips on needles, thread, topstitching, etc. And you've all posted such beautiful, inspiring creations. So thank you to all (Never mind the few seams I had to rip out and redo).

The story behind the dress is that I wanted to make something to test before making Disney clothes so I chose a back to school outfit. I had dd try on the bodice and she hated it. She said she wouldn't wear anything with the number fabric (ugh!). Well, since all the fabric was purchased and cut I pursued and figured I'd bribe dd with Disney dollars. Once I completed the dress I showed it to dd and showed her how it twirled. She immediately begged to put it on and didn't want to take it off and wants to wear it all day tomorrow and have all her clothes from here on out be twirly!

For the Disney wardrobe I am hoping to do those outfits once dd returns to school so they can be surprises presented to her at Disney.

OK, now lets hope the photos work:
Oh, and I plan to add a sash (have it cut but not sewn) and have yet to make a hairbow.
Could not for the life of me get a decent twirl photo, but you can admire dd's curls in this one:

Yes, you get loads of photos since this is my first real creation. Pattern is Ellie's twirl dress from YCMT. Fabric is from our last remaining Walmart fabric spot which is due to close next March

And while I think I've learned to post pics, I have yet to learn multiquote, but wanted to mention:
Nicole: glad dh is doing better and hope his new meds keep things at bay
Miranda: I too vote for the petty since the appliques show better ~ and stunning creations once again
Teresa: Keeping FIL in my thoughts and hoping for the best

Her curls are fantastic!!! And, I think that is a perfectly fine twirl picture!! My poor girls get so dizzy while I try for the "perfect" twirl picture!!! I never get one on the first try!!!

 

[NaeNae]

Don't know if everyone can see the missing tooth on her top left or not. She had to have is pulled after she fell off the beam at practice and split it in two. It was tough for her to get back up on that tall beam. I was so proud of her.

 

[GoofyG]

 

[minnie2]

GoofyG, Great pictures! I have some from Nikki at that age in gymnastics. She did it since she was 18 months and my little girl is still a huge tumbler. I used to LOVE watching the meets.

Lisa, great dress!

emcreative, LOVE all the pictures they are so cute!

Public Service Announcement for new embroidery machine users:

Ya know how, when you get a machine of any kind, there's something in the manual about changing needles, etc. etc. (blah blah blah)

And ya know how on a sewing machine, it's important, sure- but not that important kwim?

Well.... on an embroidery machine; particularly the brother PES700ii, um, ahh, it matters. A lot. A super lot. When they say change it every 6-8 sewing hours. They really, really mean it. Because, and of course this is all theoretical, if you don't, then bad things happen. Like, say, thread breaking and fraying every 10 stitches or so when you're working on a huge project with a deadline and it takes 4 hours to stitch each design that should take 20 minutes and it's pulling funny and nothing lines up right and you're ready to scream, or throw the stupid machine out the window or maybe, just maybe, throw yourself out the window 'cause you're losing your religion over it. And then, just theoretically, you might go to the Brother dealership, and they might very sweetly show you to where the new needles are and murmur about how everyone takes time to learn and did you know that classes were available while you stand there looking really, really like you're on an episode of dumb human tricks...

Not that I know all this from experience, or anything.

And I'm not saying that y'all aren't a whole lot smarter than the theoretical chick I'm talking about, but just in case...

That theoretical person sure sounds like me....

Well, I finally finished the Patricia Tunic and gave it to my mom for her birthday present!! She really like it and said it was very comfortable!! What do you think??

It came out fabulous! She looks like she LOVES it.

I feel like I can now officially become a part of the Disboutiquers

First and foremeost, I owe thanks to everyone here for giving me the courage to pull my machine back out and make something I am actually proud of. All of you have helped me find patterns that are simple, given me tips on needles, thread, topstitching, etc. And you've all posted such beautiful, inspiring creations. So thank you to all (Never mind the few seams I had to rip out and redo).

The story behind the dress is that I wanted to make something to test before making Disney clothes so I chose a back to school outfit. I had dd try on the bodice and she hated it. She said she wouldn't wear anything with the number fabric (ugh!). Well, since all the fabric was purchased and cut I pursued and figured I'd bribe dd with Disney dollars. Once I completed the dress I showed it to dd and showed her how it twirled. She immediately begged to put it on and didn't want to take it off and wants to wear it all day tomorrow and have all her clothes from here on out be twirly!

For the Disney wardrobe I am hoping to do those outfits once dd returns to school so they can be surprises presented to her at Disney.

OK, now lets hope the photos work:
Oh, and I plan to add a sash (have it cut but not sewn) and have yet to make a hairbow.

Yes, you get loads of photos since this is my first real creation. Pattern is Ellie's twirl dress from YCMT. Fabric is from our last remaining Walmart fabric spot which is due to close next March

And while I think I've learned to post pics, I have yet to learn multiquote, but wanted to mention:
Nicole: glad dh is doing better and hope his new meds keep things at bay
Miranda: I too vote for the petty since the appliques show better ~ and stunning creations once again
Teresa: Keeping FIL in my thoughts and hoping for the best

Great JOB! she looks like she is having so much fun in it.

I finally finished Nikki's Tink outfit for WDW! I think I have posted the skirt before but here is is with the top. I hand pieced the Tink applique of Heathers design. THANKS HEATHER !!!!!!!! I would ahve used Heather emb design in a heart beat but I have a baby hoop and Tink would have been tiny and I wanted her big so Heather let me so kindly use her image

I also finished Kyle's stitch shirt.
Sorry there are wet spots on the shirt I was trying to get off my marking pencil marks...

Now I need to think of Epcot outfits! The kids informed me they need them especially if we are meeting Cathy and her girls there. NO CLUE what to do!! I was just making outfits with things I knew they would like but the kids are already declaring what outfits are for what day Epoct is actually me least favorite park so I am so not inspired to make something specai any suggestions would be great....

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Now I need to think of Epcot outfits! The kids informed me they need them especially if we are meeting Cathy and her girls there. NO CLUE what to do!! I was just making outfits with things I knew they would like but the kids are already declaring what outfits are for what day Epoct is actually me least favorite park so I am so not inspired to make something specai any suggestions would be great....

I am making Nemo outfits for Epcot! My kids are younger than yours though and LOVE nemo! There are quite a few characters to meet there too. Could you do one of the characters that they will meet there?

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Does one of Carla's patterns work well for Belle's blue dress with the white shirt that she wears in the beginning of the movie? My DD really wants me to make her that dress (if I have the time). Does anyone have some examples they can show me? Thanks!

 

[ncmomof2]

I got a ruffler foot today!!! It looks kinda scary......Wasn't there a tutorial somewhere?

My JoAnn's also had some new princess fabric!!! If I can find my camera I will post a picture.

Have you tried your ruffler? I got mine about a month ago and love it! After reading Carala's tutorial it was not too hard to figure out. It does save alot of time. I bought the one that goes with my machine, a kenmore. Good luck!

I got that princess fabric last week as well. I am going to wait for next year's trip to use it.

I noticed someone said they were hard on your machine, is that true?

 

[pixeegrl]

Some of you might have noticed that I haven't been on here much lately. I've been really missing everyone too!! But, I thought I'd explain a little bit about what's been going on. As many of you probably know, we found out the other week that Brian's Dad has bladder cancer. He had surgery to remove it, and it was quite a bit larger than they had anticipated. The doctor told Brian that the cancer was incurable. We were really worried that my FIL wouldn't have much longer to live. Yesterday Brian took his Dad to his appointment and got some more sort of answers. The pathology report had come back, and it was in fact a very agresive form of cancer. But, the doctor is really hoping that he got it all. The doctor gave my FIL 3 options: 1. Inject a form of tuberculosis into the bladder 2. Chemo treatments 3. Wait 5 weeks and go back in to see if the cancer is still there. The hope here is that there will be no cancer left and the doctor got it all. I'm not sure if they would still do some chemo at that point or not. They chose option 3. My FIL also has emphasima, so he doesn't breathe very well and that has me worried too. He is 83 years old, which I guess is old, but to me he doesn't seem old at all, he's Brian's Daddy, you know? So, it's been a real emotional rollercoaster around here for the last few weeks. If you pray, please pray that the cancer is gone and at the 5 week checkup my FIL will have a clean bill of health. He's a grumpy old booger, but I love him dearly.

and prayers for your family