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

[emcreative]

T-beri, thank you SO MUCH for sharing the story of your daughter's beautiful name. I love it and I love the meaning behind it! My boys got "boarding on odd" first names (one more is unusual with an unusual spelling, the other is name people either have never heard of or think we named for a totally different reason) but BOTH are a bit because of my husband.

After teaching for many years and seeing kids with the same names over and over I LOVE unusual names! Not only aren't there 3 of the same name, but you don't get those "Oh boy the last three boys I had with this name were TERRORS" feeling!

Even my girls, who have mostly very "normal" names (Em's has an odd spelling for a reason) all have a story behind them. I'm with you, it's a BIG DECISION!

Also, thanks so much for the pics of your beautiful baby! (((hugs))) Maybe if y'all keep sending me these pretty baby girl pictures, my baby girl bug will go away! Let me live vicariously, lol!

So many awesome things posted
I wanted to post about Lisa's NBC Vida with something when I first saw it like "It's horrible, it doesn't look anything like them, your buyer will never be happy so send it to me and I'll take care of it for you!" but I was afraid people wouldn't read on to the joke, lol. You're an artist, and absolute artist!

I also really liked the shirt/skirt NBC set. The fabric in that skirt is just PERFECT. Count me in among those who love the swirls.

I also vote for bigger pics of the Alice dress.

And oh my that little Cindy sundress is a darling, awesome job.

The Cindy Vida and back to school Feliz are also so so cute!

We have had so much recovering (physically and emotionally!) and trying to take care of repairs, etc here I haven't even really had time to even pull out the machine. I have some materials and ideas in my head, now I just need the time and motivation! If anyone has some extra will they send it my way?

 

[mirandag819]

Lisa- love that NBC feliz! You are truly amazing!

I love the take on the snow white simply sweet.

I thought I would share our finished adult customs.

Here's the hubby's shirts

My shirts

Reversible wrap skirt from YCMT (it's a bit big, but it works, next time I will make it smaller). I went to together REALLY FAST!

I went with my MIL and Hayleigh to the Hershey Quilt Show today. Here's what I bought.

We leave for WDW in 3 days!

Okay first off I have to say how jealous I am that your DH will wear those! Normally I like my DH's clothes, he normally would wear nice polos and brands I like. Well for some reason he is in some phase right now.... I got home from my trip yesterday to find a box of shirts he had ordered online for Disney World. I don't know if anyone is familiar with the brand Affliction, but there are like 10 Affliction shirts with big graffitti and skulls, and crossbones, and stuff. I want him to be happy and wear what he wants on his leave from Iraq, but dang.... they will not look pretty beside Taylor's pretty customs. I know she will be attached to his hip when he gets home and will probably be in every picture with her. How sad it is that I am trying to figure out how to photoshop his shirts!

All of the shirts look great, and I love the skirt for you!

I need to get my butt in gear and get our shirts made, we leave in 13 days and I am not prepared... I took all this stuff to Allentown with me to work on, and then a co-worker who was with me was a bad influence who kept me out til 3 am every night going to amusement parks, resteraunts, karaokee, ect.

 

[TinaLala]

Lisa- love that NBC feliz! You are truly amazing!

I love the take on the snow white simply sweet.

I thought I would share our finished adult customs.

Here's the hubby's shirts

My shirts

Reversible wrap skirt from YCMT (it's a bit big, but it works, next time I will make it smaller). I went to together REALLY FAST!

I went with my MIL and Hayleigh to the Hershey Quilt Show today. Here's what I bought.

We leave for WDW in 3 days!

I love your embroidery designs - can you tell me where you got the plain button down shirts for your DH?

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

I had to speed-skim read in order to catch up and I am sooo tired.
Id explain why Im so tired, but that would require you all to listen to me gripe about my husband. I wont torment you all.

Have a wonderful vacation! I look forward to seeing your photos.


If I owe you a response to an email or PM, please remind me. I'm trying to get to everything that has piled up during this heat wave but I don't want to miss anyone.

THANKS!!!!

Yes, I emailed you on THur I think.

T- great photos- Im curious if you had her in a hospital, birthing center, etc, your photos are filled with colorful blankets, etc....

Thanks for posting!

love the felizes posted!

OH- I found a great place to buy fabric online!
super cheap shipping, especially if you need a lot of yarage!
The seller's name is jhonybarba
lots of great disney fabric, her ebay store search feature works best if you search for characters- like "Tinkerbell" "Pooh"
I found some cool fairy fabric I hadn't seen before that I thought would make a cute feliz...
I think her store is called The Pirate's Royal Bootie

 

[*Toadstool*]

We leave for WDW in 3 days!

Everything looks great! I'm curious as to if you had trouble with all those filled disney designs and their outlines lining up. I have alot of the brother disney design cards, and the outlines always go off.
I love the outfits you made for yourself. They are so cute. I'm wondering how skirts work at DW though. Do you put shorts underneath?? I love the skirts though. They are so pretty with those big fabric bands that cordinate on them.

 

[JUJU814]

Omgosh.. it is now 3:16 here and I am still in my pajamas. Hannah kept me up all night last night, so I skipped church.
I love your dress! I would have never thought to use the jumper bodice front and the halter back. Was it easy to do? I might try that out because the jumper version is huge on Hannah.
Snow white is my favorite, and I think you did a great job! It is so pretty.

:/

Easy to do..eh hem, well, that is relative..Was it easy for me? NOOOOOO...not at first, but I haven't sewn for a while and unless I'm following instructions exactly, I'm a wreck. I made the bodice. Straps took me forever...and then it was too small!!! So, I carefully took out the straps and cut a new bodice and my ever so good friend, who sews for her daughter all the time..says "oh, well, just don't triple it..use just a fashion and lining. Sew the fashion front and back together at the sides..do the same for the lining. Put one inside the other right sides together. Slip in the straps and sew all around the top edge...turn right side out. Top stitch top edge. Then on the back sew my horizontal lines for casings. Then, because you can get to the holes between the front fashion and lining, run your elastic. Let it overlap the side seam 1/4 inch to the front. Stitch in the ditch. Run it to the other side. Stitch in the ditch. So, once I understood in English what she was telling me, I did it and made three bodices..it was soooo easy...and it fits Emily. Next time I'll make the straps shorter though..just a little. I'm almost done with a cinderella one now. Hoping the "peplums" look right. I really need a shower!!!!!

 

[3huskymom]

I love your embroidery designs - can you tell me where you got the plain button down shirts for your DH?

We found them at Target. They are really lightweight cotton and were only $10.

Everything looks great! I'm curious as to if you had trouble with all those filled disney designs and their outlines lining up. I have alot of the brother disney design cards, and the outlines always go off.
I love the outfits you made for yourself. They are so cute. I'm wondering how skirts work at DW though. Do you put shorts underneath?? I love the skirts though. They are so pretty with those big fabric bands that cordinate on them.

A little bit of trouble with them lining up, but not too bad. From a distance they look great. I attributed most of it to the fabric stretching slightly. On the ones that had the applique first they lined up better. I don't have a brother, but bought the CD of designs off of and they've worked pretty well so far. Here's another pic of the skirt that shows it is reversible.

. The band is not in the pattern but I added it. Just made sure the 2 fabrics together were the same length the one was supposed to be. We have a washer and dryer in our unit so I figured rather than 2 skirts to pack I'd make one and just wash it. I plan on wearing spandex shorts underneath the skirt.

 

[ibesue]

Why yes I did.... (keep in mind I am < 1 month doing this - I have to say that to make myself feel better)

I have been hooping this entire time WRONG~
Ya know how you hoop so the fab goes over the top of the hoop? Well I was hooping this entire time with the fabric going uder the hoop - what a dipstuff I am. I felt like a real twit when I watched a HSN thing on youtube and the super excited demo lady did it the other way. DUH!!

So, what I did was hoop it the right way, turned the design sideways on the PC - fed the shirt in so the bottom was by the machine buttons and the neck hole was on the top of the thing that moves - I fed it on like a sleeve. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy - I got the spacing ok too. My mom was over after and gave me tips on stabilizer etc - she used to work at a factory that made those varsity jackets and handstiched the patches on so of course she was talking in mm's and cm's - and big machines and whirly things on the machine head yada yada... LOL... I was just glad I could get it hooped.
Now - I come from a family who sews so they are tooka over teakettle that I am even sewing - I never wanted to do it before but now I am.
Sorry for the rambling - yep did it and want to do some more. I know your shirts will be fabulous!

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

Grace modeling her beach dress. She didn't really want her picture taken so they didn't come out like I imagined. But I still think she is sooooooo darn cute.

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

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

Vi's first photos

and one w/ Dadda

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

This is my mom's take on the Feliz...

There was also a matching purse, but I will spare you from any more photos..I like the dress. It's cute, it just came out long for Lexie. She liked it too. She said it was comfortable.

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

I did it! I did it! I finally made a dress!

I still have to topstitch, and there are some blunders, but my Emily is sooo excited. Now I have two more planned that I need to finish..I have the bodices all complete so it's the skirts I have to do. This stupid ruffle..ugh..mind you, I'm NO seamstress and did not use my ruffler for anything. I hand gathered it and hand rolled hemmed the whole 180 inch piece! I used CarlaC for the bodice..jumper front, halter back and for the skirt I just used two 45 inch wide rectangles to make it extra full.

Oh, and yes, it's 3:15 and I'm still in my pajamas!

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

Here's the hubby's shirts

My shirts

Reversible wrap skirt from YCMT (it's a bit big, but it works, next time I will make it smaller). I went to together REALLY FAST!

I went with my MIL and Hayleigh to the Hershey Quilt Show today. Here's what I bought.

We leave for WDW in 3 days!

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

Okay first off I have to say how jealous I am that your DH will wear those! Normally I like my DH's clothes, he normally would wear nice polos and brands I like. Well for some reason he is in some phase right now.... I got home from my trip yesterday to find a box of shirts he had ordered online for Disney World. I don't know if anyone is familiar with the brand Affliction, but there are like 10 Affliction shirts with big graffitti and skulls, and crossbones, and stuff. I want him to be happy and wear what he wants on his leave from Iraq, but dang.... they will not look pretty beside Taylor's pretty customs. I know she will be attached to his hip when he gets home and will probably be in every picture with her. How sad it is that I am trying to figure out how to photoshop his shirts!

All of the shirts look great, and I love the skirt for you!

I need to get my butt in gear and get our shirts made, we leave in 13 days and I am not prepared... I took all this stuff to Allentown with me to work on, and then a co-worker who was with me was a bad influence who kept me out til 3 am every night going to amusement parks, resteraunts, karaokee, ect.

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

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

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

Happy Birthday (a day late) to MooksMom!!

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

So many cute things have been posted!!!

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

 

[3huskymom]

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

I wasn't the one who bought the shirts last night...I've been working on them here and there for a few weeks in between Hayleigh's stuff. I did a few shirts for my mom too.

 

[mommyof3princess]

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

Vi's first photos

and one w/ Dadda

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am so happy to see pictures. I check here more since you have had her (in hopes to see pictures) That I have all year. She is so beautiful. I love her name and the story behind her name.

 

[NiniMorris]

It finally feels real...I'm going to Disney World!

I've only got one more dress each for the girls to do, a simple A line in some tiger fabric for Boma. I just finished my first pair of Easy Fits for my DS7 and a matching applique of a Tiger fabric Mickey Head on a T shirt. Looking at his outfit it is really starting to sink in...Seven weeks from today I will be in Disney!

Let's see...only 70 more T shirts to go! Yes...I think I can make it!

Hopefully hubby will be getting me a new router tomorrow for the internet...and I'm hoping that will fix my problem. It is killing me not having internet on my laptop. I thought the network would let me see the pictures from my laptop so I could upload...no luck. (duh...the router isn't working dummy!)

I do have something to add to the whole 'doing things the wrong way' talk. First, I'm not really a newbie in the sewing department. I've probably been sewing longer than some of you have been alive. Yesterday I was attempting to finish up on two Stripwork jumpers. I was attaching the skirt to the bodice. Easy right? I used my ruffler to gather the skirt and was all set to attach ... when I decided I was tired of looking at the 'messy' side and was going to attach the skirt with the bodice on top...no problem right? WRONG!!!! After 4...yes FOUR times ripping it out...it dawned on me what I was doing wrong!

This afternoon, it only took me 15 minutes to finish both of the Stripwork jumpers... The moral of the story is...if you are tired or running a fever...step away from the sewing machine!

Nini

 

[JUJU814]

And now..Cinderella! Everything the same as the snow white one except I did a cuff at the bottom and of course, the peplums..used the petal pattern from one of my ModKid patterns because I'm so uncreative that I can't make my own circle. LOL I *really* need to shower now as I'm meeting with my artist tonight for my digitizing. Oh yeah..I forgot..I'm supposed to be digitizing!!!

If artist leaves at a half reasonable hour, I'm going to attempt my patchwork twirl. Bodice is already done. Then I need to call it quits for my sewing before Disney. My best friend is coming with her family and staying with us for a week. During that time, I am hosting a baby shower for my cousin, and have to get my oldest from the airport..she is in Armenia on a missions trip. We have a housekeeper/nanny that usually is here three days a week..she'll be here every day this week to help me. She is bossy. LOL She told me I have until Tuesday night to finish my sewing, at which time everything fabric, sewing etc related is being shoved into boxes and hidden so the company won't see how messy it is here.

Julie

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

i got ALL of Aisling's Disney outfits cut out and ready to be sewn!!!

AND I made her entire autograph book today!!!

See I'm being productive while my DD is on vacation!!!

 

[livndisney]

i got ALL of Aisling's Disney outfits cut out and ready to be sewn!!!

AND I made her entire autograph book today!!!

See I'm being productive while my DD is on vacation!!!

Want to work on Morgan's scrapbook? I have yet to get all the pics in it from China........ I SUCK at scrapbooking

 

[TinaLala]

Julie - the dresses are super cute!!

T-beri - Violet is so precious! You must be so proud!


So I'm tryiing to surprise the girls with some custom outfits. I whip up this shirt/dress for DD7 to have her ry on and to show DD10. Well DD10 HATES it. DD7 loves it, but she's not sure if she wants ruffles at the bottom or change it to a shirt. What do you think??

The thing that kills me is that I have yards of polka dot fabric - red and black and DD10 doesn't like either fabric - now what should I do?

 

[JUJU814]

i got ALL of Aisling's Disney outfits cut out and ready to be sewn!!!

AND I made her entire autograph book today!!!

See I'm being productive while my DD is on vacation!!!

Good for you!!!!

But the question is:

Are YOU still in your jammies???

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Want to work on Morgan's scrapbook? I have yet to get all the pics in it from China........ I SUCK at scrapbooking

you know that I would totally do it!!! I'm much better at scrapbooking than sewing!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Good for you!!!!

But the question is:

Are YOU still in your jammies???

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

 

[3huskymom]

And now..Cinderella! Everything the same as the snow white one except I did a cuff at the bottom and of course, the peplums..used the petal pattern from one of my ModKid patterns because I'm so uncreative that I can't make my own circle. LOL I *really* need to shower now as I'm meeting with my artist tonight for my digitizing. Oh yeah..I forgot..I'm supposed to be digitizing!!!

If artist leaves at a half reasonable hour, I'm going to attempt my patchwork twirl. Bodice is already done. Then I need to call it quits for my sewing before Disney. My best friend is coming with her family and staying with us for a week. During that time, I am hosting a baby shower for my cousin, and have to get my oldest from the airport..she is in Armenia on a missions trip. We have a housekeeper/nanny that usually is here three days a week..she'll be here every day this week to help me. She is bossy. LOL She told me I have until Tuesday night to finish my sewing, at which time everything fabric, sewing etc related is being shoved into boxes and hidden so the company won't see how messy it is here.

Julie

I love it and may have to CASE it!

 

[LisaZoe]

So I'm tryiing to surprise the girls with some custom outfits. I whip up this shirt/dress for DD7 to have her ry on and to show DD10. Well DD10 HATES it. DD7 loves it, but she's not sure if she wants ruffles at the bottom or change it to a shirt. What do you think??

The thing that kills me is that I have yards of polka dot fabric - red and black and DD10 doesn't like either fabric - now what should I do?

I feel your pain! I made Zoe a shirred summer dress in May. She selected the fabric and I consulted her on details like the length, ruffle or not on the bottom, etc. She won't wear it because I had the audacity to put ruffles on the shoulder straps. I know I could change them (and I will eventually) but I can't believe she still complains after almost 3 months. She had it on temporarily today but then felt she looked 'weird' because of the ruffles and changed.

And now..Cinderella! Everything the same as the snow white one except I did a cuff at the bottom and of course, the peplums..used the petal pattern from one of my ModKid patterns because I'm so uncreative that I can't make my own circle. LOL I *really* need to shower now as I'm meeting with my artist tonight for my digitizing. Oh yeah..I forgot..I'm supposed to be digitizing!!!

Both of the dresses came out really cute. I think they look extremely practical, too, for such a hot vacation destination.

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

Well at least it's cooling off better at night. Days are still uncomfortable but compared to the peak days, it's bearable. At least I can sit at the PC without feeling like I'm roasting. I'm also able to sleep better. I was probably getting only 3-4 hours each night for several nights last week. That meant I had time to work when it was cooler (compared to daytime temps) but I'm worn out.

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

Please do feel free to take it home with you. We've had enough for this summer, thank you very much.

and I'm thankful that we didn't use Cincinnati as her first name, the lead singer of his band and his wife had a baby girl this past Wednesday and they named her Brooklyn. How funny would that have been??

Congratulations! Violet is as beautiful as her name.

This is my mom's take on the Feliz...

There was also a matching purse, but I will spare you from any more photos..I like the dress. It's cute, it just came out long for Lexie. She liked it too. She said it was comfortable.

That is really cute.