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

[mizzoumom]

Everything I have seen here is beautiful. I am wanting to start sewing for my daughter can anyone offer help/advice?

 

[Floridamomof2]

I a pic last week of a dress that I made for my DD. See below...

Well yesterday while at church, they were cutting and she accidently cut her dress. I tried to do a zig zag stitch but it was not working. It was making little wholes where the needle stitched. I don't know what to do short of cutting the 2" or so off the bottom and making it shorter and having her wear leggings with it. I am so upset. I even thought of putting something over it. I have red rick rack and more of the mickey head, and some small zebra ribbon. It just looks a little off... when I held it up to it. Thanks for any help...

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[HeatherSue]

Hi Friends,

Just had a fun afternoon/evening with the neices and nephews. Their parents had a wedding to go to, and Bekah (17) was watching the younger 3 so we invited them over for Pizza. We had fun!! We had a pizza picnic in the living room and watched Fineas and Ferb - then popsicles on the front porch and then we decided to play in the sprinklers!! Fortunately I had a swim suit for each of them stored away for next year that they all wore even though Tim's and Hannah's were big on them. Bekah watched a movie on my IPOD while we played outside. But it was fun. Tim has been on this kick since I got home from MT that he just keeps hugging me all the time because he "missed me too much and I was away too long" - how cute hearing that from a 4 year old!!

You guys who have your own kids are just so blessed - It must be amazing to be a real parent!!

T - Violet is BEAUTIFUL!!!!! I'd love to see a picture of her with Lily!!! How is Lily doing with being big sister?

Anyway - Im draggin on making that top for my mom - thanks for the advice on the sizing!!

LOVED all the dresses/outfits posted the past 2 days!!! They are all so sweet!!

Im trying to decide if I will make the kids an outfit for our trip to the beach next week - Im also toying with that white clothes on the beach picture idea........hmmmm....

Love to all - Wendy

Being a parent is wonderful! But, before I had kids, the feeling I had for my nieces and nephew was very close to the love I have for my own kids. Plus, I was a lot more fun when I was just "Aunt Heather"!

Hello ladies. This is my forst time posting on here. I've been lurking for awhile but decided I should start posting already. So let me introduce myself.

My name is Sarah and I have 2 boys. I've only done basic sewing like jammies for the kids. Lately I haven't done much. Both Walmarts near me don't have fabric anymore and the quilting store closed too. Now the closest place is 45 minutes away so it makes it a little bit harder. After lurking on here for awhile I am so motivated to break out the machine again but my machine is all packed up because we are moving at the end of this month to Colorado. But I am super excited because I will have 3 fabric stores within 10 minutes of our new house. So this next month can not come fast enough.

So until then then I will just chat with you and admire your work. I can't wait to start sewing again and to share my creations with you.

!! I can't wait to see what you make once you break out that machine again!

It looks cute!

Hey Teresa - My husband's family is from South Bend! And some in New Carlisle also. We're hoping to get up there sometime this year - a lot of them have never met our kids. If we do, I'll have to let you know! (Provided you'd want to know, of course! ) I don't want to be a stalker or anything.

I wanna come, too!!

Lily is a great big sister. She has her moments when she wants her own attention, which is understandable but she is very helpful and LOVES her to death.

Sawyer will NOT believe that this isn't Arminda holding him when he was a baby!

SO pretty, Marlo!

I want to publicly thank Marah for her help with this applique design. I couldn't find just what I was looking and Marah was able to help me out. THANK YOU MARAH!

Marah ROCKS!

That turned out great, Stacey!

I JUST did this! It was a total accident! And I felt so bad-I HATE when people just "show up". We were out looking at houses and were driving around the neighborhood and a friend of mine walked out of her house! (I knew she lived in the area but was not sure exactly which house). She looked right at me so I had to stop-but I felt so bad!!!!

That's not the same since you didn't do it intentionally! So, you are not evil! I have to admit I have just dropped in on people in the past, too. But, it seems like every Saturday and Sunday someone drops by our house unannounced.

If a person adds you as a "favorite seller" they will get emails from time to time with new items you have listed. Also, as a seller, you can use their email marketing tool to "announce" new items. An email is also sent out to your subscribers when you do a store sale. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me!

Thank you! Is that ebay or etsy? I haven't listed any designs on ebay yet.

I think the family picture when she was just born is wonderful. 2 of my own all time favorite pictures are after my kids were born. I always tell people I may not have looked my best and they might not be able to see it, but that was one of the most perfect moments of my life.

Me too! I love the pictures I have of me holding my babies right after they were born. They are so precious to me.

I feel you. My grand told me it was archaic to have a midwife. WHY would you deliver outside the hospital when we have all of this technology there. I told her technology to me only means that the nurses and doctors feel free to pay less personal attention to their patients. As long as the machines aren't beeping then you must be fine. My mom was freaked out about the water birth and MIL didn't stop worrying about the distance to the hospital (a 7 min. abulance ride w/ a 3 min. response time) But in then end my mom was worried that B wouldn't want to get in the tub w/ me and said OK, if B won't get in the tub...I will. But then she wasn't there and B was ok w/ being in the tub but we didn't make it to the tub My grand was not to be convinced.

This is your baby and your delivery, do what you feel is best for your family. The others will come around. Even if they aren't cheerleaders they'll come to accept it as your decision.

I wouldn't change our decision for the world!!! Even if it ended up being just me and B at the center that would have been ok.

I had a midwife, but delivered at the hospital. I LOVE my midwife! She is the best "doctor" I've got, including all those snooty specialists! I would have liked to give birth at a birthing center, but there weren't any around here!

 

[HeatherSue]

Everything I have seen here is beautiful. I am wanting to start sewing for my daughter can anyone offer help/advice?

Did you read the first post? There is tons of helpful information there!

I a pic last week of a dress that I made for my DD. See below...

Well yesterday while at church, they were cutting and she accidently cut her dress. I tried to do a zig zag stitch but it was not working. It was making little wholes where the needle stitched. I don't know what to do short of cutting the 2" or so off the bottom and making it shorter and having her wear leggings with it. I am so upset. I even thought of putting something over it. I have red rick rack and more of the mickey head, and some small zebra ribbon. It just looks a little off... when I held it up to it. Thanks for any help...

How frustrating! I would put an applique over the hole. Maybe a mickey head out of red dot. Or, maybe a yellow flower?

 

[snubie]

I a pic last week of a dress that I made for my DD. See below...

Well yesterday while at church, they were cutting and she accidently cut her dress. I tried to do a zig zag stitch but it was not working. It was making little wholes where the needle stitched. I don't know what to do short of cutting the 2" or so off the bottom and making it shorter and having her wear leggings with it. I am so upset. I even thought of putting something over it. I have red rick rack and more of the mickey head, and some small zebra ribbon. It just looks a little off... when I held it up to it. Thanks for any help...

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After......

Do you have any more of the red dot fabric? Maybe cut off the damaged part of the black (but leave some black there) and add another band of red fabric.

 

[mirandag819]

I don't think so. Does anyone else know if you can do this? I wish because I just listed 4 new designs last week and no one has bought them. I thought they were pretty darn cute!

Oh yeah... which reminds me I saw them on facebook and want all 4.... I meant to email you! I am hoping to use the steps for me, my mom, and my sis for 1900 PF.... and you knew I still needed stitch You should have emailed me to let me know he was done!!! J/K I was distracted this weekend, I saw them and then forgot to email you.

 

[ncmomof2]

Everything I have seen here is beautiful. I am wanting to start sewing for my daughter can anyone offer help/advice?

I started last year and my advise to you is find some cheap fabric you don't care if it is wasted and just do it!!

 

[disneymommieof2]

I a pic last week of a dress that I made for my DD. See below...

Well yesterday while at church, they were cutting and she accidently cut her dress. I tried to do a zig zag stitch but it was not working. It was making little wholes where the needle stitched. I don't know what to do short of cutting the 2" or so off the bottom and making it shorter and having her wear leggings with it. I am so upset. I even thought of putting something over it. I have red rick rack and more of the mickey head, and some small zebra ribbon. It just looks a little off... when I held it up to it. Thanks for any help...

Before.....

After......

I actually cut a hole in my dd's dress when I was trimming the edges on the inside. My grammy told me to iron a piece of heat and bond on to a small piece of fabric then iron it on to the back of the hole. that will help it not to spread. I like heathers idea. Yellow flower(s) would be cute!

 

[disneymommieof2]

Hey Guys- Holy cows you all have been busy!! We went on our road trip so this is the first page I have seen since we got back! I think all our craziness is over for a little while. We had sophia's birthday party then I through a shower for my sil. Then we went on our trip! I put pics on facebook but don't remember if I put any on here from sophias party. Everything turned out really good. I'll get some pictures and put up....

 

[HeatherSue]

Oh yeah... which reminds me I saw them on facebook and want all 4.... I meant to email you! I am hoping to use the steps for me, my mom, and my sis for 1900 PF.... and you knew I still needed stitch You should have emailed me to let me know he was done!!! J/K I was distracted this weekend, I saw them and then forgot to email you.

I couldn't remember who wanted the Stitch! Sorry! I had a couple of people ask me to make him and I didn't want to be pushy by e-mailing the wrong person!

T

I lost the quote about your grandma. But, I read it with tears streaming down my face. I am so glad you had that last day with her. I know how much you love her. I'll pray for you and your family to make it through the grieving process and be left with happy memories of a wonderful woman.

 

[mizzoumom]

I started last year and my advise to you is find some cheap fabric you don't care if it is wasted and just do it!!

I would like to make her some dresses and play outfits that are pants and tops any thoughts on what patterns to get?

 

[minnie2]

The Moonk's Mom so sorry for your loss. I am so glad you ahve that last precious memory of her happy and all the family around

I a pic last week of a dress that I made for my DD. See below...

Well yesterday while at church, they were cutting and she accidently cut her dress. I tried to do a zig zag stitch but it was not working. It was making little wholes where the needle stitched. I don't know what to do short of cutting the 2" or so off the bottom and making it shorter and having her wear leggings with it. I am so upset. I even thought of putting something over it. I have red rick rack and more of the mickey head, and some small zebra ribbon. It just looks a little off... when I held it up to it. Thanks for any help...

Before.....

After......

I agree with others I would put a cute Mickey head applique on it.


HELP QUESTION
Is there a pattern on ycmt that you think could be turned into a classic Sleeping beauty dress?

Right now I am leaning toward Carla's portrait peasant top and modifying the sleeve then adding that top color to cover the elastic then adding that hip piece.
I hate commercial patterns so I trying to avoid them at ALL costs!!!!!!!

 

[Floridamomof2]

How frustrating! I would put an applique over the hole. Maybe a mickey head out of red dot. Or, maybe a yellow flower?[/QUOTE]

My mother actually suggested that... I am still perfecting that skill. I have some yellow dot fabric. I wonder how it would look doing a mickey head applique on it then stitching it to the black. Might have enlist the help of Mom for that one.

Do you have any more of the red dot fabric? Maybe cut off the damaged part of the black (but leave some black there) and add another band of red fabric.

I do have some of the red dot fabric. I actually thought about that and making like a small ruffle out of it....I am just going to have to think about this.

I actually cut a hole in my dd's dress when I was trimming the edges on the inside. My grammy told me to iron a piece of heat and bond on to a small piece of fabric then iron it on to the back of the hole. that will help it not to spread. I like heathers idea. Yellow flower(s) would be cute!

I am scared to death that I am going to do that when I am trimming threads. Good idea about the heat and bond...Thanks


Thank you for the help all.... of course I do have enough to make a whole other dress for her too... I could just remove the ribbon from that one, I used a long stitch to put it on so I don't think it will fray the ribbon. Maybe...

 

[ncmomof2]

Here is my latest for my little one. I was about to give uo last night! After almost finishing the dress, I realized I had not done the bottonholes. Well, one of the buttonholes woukld not work! After trying twice, and ripping it out twice, I had to just sew the one strap on. Thankfully I can still get it on and off her. Hopefully I will be able to at the end on Sept as well

 

[HeatherSue]

Hey Guys- Holy cows you all have been busy!! We went on our road trip so this is the first page I have seen since we got back! I think all our craziness is over for a little while. We had sophia's birthday party then I through a shower for my sil. Then we went on our trip! I put pics on facebook but don't remember if I put any on here from sophias party. Everything turned out really good. I'll get some pictures and put up....

I wanna see pictures!!!

 

[VBAndrea]

T- thanks for your post about your birth center. . . looked wonderful. I am going to one and everyone in my family is not happy about it. Only DH and I are, and it is our decision so they have to deal - but boy would I love for them to be on board! I'm glad you had a wonderful experience. . . hoping I can have the same. I know everything has to look good for them to allow you to birth at the center, so I keep hoping all continues to go well. Again, congrats!

We had our second baby at home. We didn't bother to tell our family until after the birth ~ I just didn't want to listen to my Mother and sister give me grief for it. And as it turns out, midwife didn't make it on time (I had a really long first labor so wasn't expecting baby #2 to come so speedily) and dh caught (dleivered) our little girl. It was awesome and I wouldn't have changed a thing. I hope for the best for you. I thinks it's great that you chose a birthing center.

 

[disneymommieof2]

I had to put them in photobucket- So now I know I haven't posted these on here!
Sorry I couldn't find many with out a bunch of other peoples kids in them.So here is lucas and sophia in their outfits. The other picture is the mushu cake and dessert sushi.

These are from the baby shower:

And these are my favorites from our trip:

I have a share site set on shutterfly with the rest of the trip pictures. If you are interested you can check there or pm me.

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Hi Friends,

Just had a fun afternoon/evening with the neices and nephews. Their parents had a wedding to go to, and Bekah (17) was watching the younger 3 so we invited them over for Pizza. We had fun!! We had a pizza picnic in the living room and watched Fineas and Ferb - then popsicles on the front porch and then we decided to play in the sprinklers!! Fortunately I had a swim suit for each of them stored away for next year that they all wore even though Tim's and Hannah's were big on them. Bekah watched a movie on my IPOD while we played outside. But it was fun. Tim has been on this kick since I got home from MT that he just keeps hugging me all the time because he "missed me too much and I was away too long" - how cute hearing that from a 4 year old!!

You guys who have your own kids are just so blessed - It must be amazing to be a real parent!!

Love to all - Wendy

You are a really sweet aunt! What a really nice evening you all shared!

Hello ladies. This is my forst time posting on here. I've been lurking for awhile but decided I should start posting already. So let me introduce myself.

My name is Sarah and I have 2 boys. I've only done basic sewing like jammies for the kids. Lately I haven't done much. Both Walmarts near me don't have fabric anymore and the quilting store closed too. Now the closest place is 45 minutes away so it makes it a little bit harder. After lurking on here for awhile I am so motivated to break out the machine again but my machine is all packed up because we are moving at the end of this month to Colorado. But I am super excited because I will have 3 fabric stores within 10 minutes of our new house. So this next month can not come fast enough.

So until then then I will just chat with you and admire your work. I can't wait to start sewing again and to share my creations with you.

Good Luck with your move.

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.

She is just beautiful!! I love the name and the story behind it. Violets are one of my favorite flowers.

For all of you cloth addicts...

Here is Violet in her newborn cloth at 2 days old!

and here she is in pirate cloth sometime just about a week old I would say, already starting to fill it out better even though she was down from her birth weight still do not adjust the color on your monitor...she was a little jaundiced

and per Wendy here she is w/ Big Sis.

and Mac, when he finally got home to see her for the first time.

Lily is a great big sister. She has her moments when she wants her own attention, which is understandable but she is very helpful and LOVES her to death.

More Great pictures! You have a beautiful family and that birth center looks like a great place to have a baby. I wish we had something like that around here.

Well, today begins another week of work for me. I have found a new way to look at it. I have only 35 more actual days of work until we go to Disney. Heck, anyone can do anything for 35 days.

I did start making DH a shirt to match Hunter's and my dress. Unfortunately, DH has gotten into shape, round is a shape and it may be too small for him. I also don't have any more material.

Finally, as Tinka_bell knows so well, if there is a scam for a sewing machine I can find it. I found two scams yesterday, one was obvious the other she told me was the same one someone else here found. The global garage sale one.
I trusted my gut and knew that both were fishy. So it still is just something to keep researching and thinking about.

I also I like the Janome machines. Which is easier to learn and more functional, Janome or Brother?

Sorry about all the work. . . Sounds like you are hanging in there. Sorry you haven't been able to find a good machine that isn't a scam. Keep looking

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Hi all...I have to share some very sad news with all of you today. In the past year and a half you have all been so sweet to pray with me and for me and my Granny as she has battled against many health problems. During each of these times I have been so lucky to have her with me and my family a little longer. Saturday must have been the most wonderful day we all enjoyed in some time. She was in an assisted living facility that was beautiful, clean, great staff, wonderful roommate...it was perfect and she was happy. We had my birthday party at the home with 16 members of my family. She had a great time. We all got to tell her we loved her...I held her hand, kissed her cheek...PERFECT DAY! She enjoyed ice cream and cake...she laughed.

That night at 10:00 she went home to be with my Papa in heaven. I know she missed him so and I think in my heart she knew we were all happy and safe. So, today I miss her, but I know she is happy, she can walk, she can breath with out any trouble...she is healed and happy. I will carry her with me forever and there will NEVER be a time I will not sit at my sewing machine and think of her. When I needed to know how to do something, she was always just a phone call away. I sat in her home at her sewing machine yesterday and knew she was with me...it is a love we will always share. I walk around her house and I can smell the collards she taught me to cook (all good Southerner has to be able to cook good collards!) or hear the gospel music playing. My heart is breaking for her to be near.

Please say a prayer for her today.

What a wonderful last day to have with your Grammy. I am so sorry to hear that she passed away. I know you will miss her a lot. She taught you a lot of things and you will always remember her.

 

[LisaZoe]

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Do you have any more of the red dot fabric? Maybe cut off the damaged part of the black (but leave some black there) and add another band of red fabric.

I was thinking the same thing - cutting the black just at the hole and adding another band of fabric or even a ruffle. If you don't have enough of the red dot, yellow would be really cute. Of course applique would be cute, too, if you feel comfortable with that process.

I don't think so. Does anyone else know if you can do this? I wish because I just listed 4 new designs last week and no one has bought them. I thought they were pretty darn cute!

I've never seen any feature on Et** that allows for notification of new listings. However, you could start a mailing list and put a notice of that in your shop announcement so people know how to sign up. Then all you need to do is send an email maybe once each week to let people know of new items. That way you know it's going only to people who want such a notice.

BTW - Bravenet has a free mailing list feature that many people use for this purpose.