Disboutiquers Part 17 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[princessmom29]

on the dance shoes- If you know what size she needs I highly recommend discountdance.com. they get then=m to you pretty fast, and at reasonable prices!! We end up ordering a lot from them since DD needs a narrow dance shoe, and bloch leos seem to be the only ones that really fit her!!

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Do I even dare to start an applique on a thin T shirt? DH bought it thin and I am afraid it isn't going to hold.

Then when I ordered from online T shirts I forgot the reason I was there, the grey shirt! But two are done already.

 

[TinaLala]

I know it's been asked on here before, but what would you say is the best embroidery machine for under $500?

DH has agreed to let me buy one in April/May for mother's day and I want to do some research on them before I buy.

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

what a great find!!!
about the dance shoes, DD and another girl mixed up ballet shoes at there recital and i didnt realize it until her summer classes started. Well her school doesnt order shoes in the summer...i went to payless, they had all of them! i was surprised, while im not fond of the ballet shoes (they always come untied) they did get us thru the summer.

My DD17 is a dancer...she learned early on to tuck the ballet shoe ties back into the shoe, they stay tied this way. This is a trick from the professionals, something she learned at a ballet workshop. Hope it helps you, those shoes that didn't stay tied always bugged me.

 

[princessmom29]

My DD17 is a dancer...she learned early on to tuck the ballet shoe ties back into the shoe, they stay tied this way. This is a trick from the professionals, something she learned at a ballet workshop. Hope it helps you, those shoes that didn't stay tied always bugged me.

The leather is so stiff on the payless ones that even this trick doesn't work to keep them tied. The laces still come out and come untied. I HATE payless dance shoes. For about $2 more you can get capezio daisy. Much better quality!!

 

[bear_mom]

Totally OT:
We tried to get Hannah some dance shoes today (she needs Ballet, Tap and Jazz/Hip Hop) but our local dance store went out of business, and the stock left at her dance studio of course was not in Hannah's size. So out of desperation we decided to try a few local resale shops.

We didn't find the shoes but look what we DID find!!!!

It looks brand new and it is just Hannah's size with a little room to grow!!! And, check out the price:

Plus, since we're foster parents we get a discount...so it was (drumroll please) a whopping $12.79!!!!!

YAHOO!

OH! And if anyone sees the doll size coat for less than the $40+ it is on that one site, could you please let me know? Thanks!

And in slightly more on topic news, Igor is in Ohio so I'm hoping he'll be here tomorrow or Thursday!

Congrats on the great find!

I have bought ballet shoes from Discount Dance the last few times and they have arrrived in 2 days (to Mid-Michigan).

Emily

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I did it.

I did sew on very thin knit t shirt and it didn't make holes. I finished all 3 test track t shirts. I have the boys drying on the line and mine is in the machine now.

13 days to go.

 

[revrob]

I did it.

I did sew on very thin knit t shirt and it didn't make holes. I finished all 3 test track t shirts. I have the boys drying on the line and mine is in the machine now.

13 days to go.

GREAT job! Now, where are the pics?

 

[twob4him]

Love all the great things posted today!!!!!

Jeanne - love how you went matchy matchy!! I think Croc sells just the straps for replacement...would be much cheaper than buying a new pair.

Marlo - TDF outfit for Nikki!!! I bet she loves it! Tell Daisy she looks pretty too! I love her coloring! Great job on all of those raglans!!!

I know I missed so many people...but I am loving everything!!!!

Hope back-to-school went well today for all those returning after Labor Day! Here are my three...all off to school! I blogged all about it today if you want the long version...lol!

I am trying to sew this week so hopefully I will have something to show you later on!!!

Sew On Sisters and Tom!!!!

 

[DisneyKings]

The Crystal Palace is a little early, but it was either that or 7:15pm (8:15pm to our Central-time bodies) and we're early eaters so it should work out fine.

FWIW, You've got your times backwards--7:15 would be 6:15 central.

I finished Cinderella this morning!

gorgeous!

I finally finished the Very Hungry Caterpillar outfit. I think that the gathering was a bigger pain than the appliques. For some reason the tension completely messed up on the skirt part & it took 3 tries to get it to gather at all & even then it wouldn't do it right. Oh well, it's done & she loves it. I had to remind her that it's for tomorrow before she'd agree to take it off.

Wow--that's beautiful

DD4 started preschool for the first time, I just love the precious dress--it comes together so easily! This was my first time making korker bows too

(it's nursery rhyme toile in case you can't tell)

 

[LisaNJ25]

We tried there too

Try Amazon.com. I just ordered my sons tap shoes there tonight. I need them for Saturday and waited to long.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Wow--that's beautiful

DD4 started preschool for the first time, I just love the precious dress--it comes together so easily! This was my first time making korker bows too

(it's nursery rhyme toile in case you can't tell)

love it!

 

[NiniMorris]

Quick question...has anyone made the Brownstuff Petal Skirt from YCMT?


DIL is thinking about using this to make GD a Tink outfit for Halloween...is this easy, or hard? How much fabric does it take?

Thnaks...

Nini

 

[Adi12982]

Need your HELP!

So it may seem silly in the grand scheme of things. . . but I need help thinking of what my soon to be born baby could wear for Halloween - she can be as "big" as one month old (taking for granted she will wait til at least full term, which for me is Sept 25) and as small as a couple days old (I will be 42 weeks Oct. 30th - and by FL law she has to be out by then). At first I wanted to do some sort of matching with DH - I really was hoping Disney would have the Captain Hook costume and he could be hook and she would be tink - but they aren't selling it this year. Plus, I'd have to find or make a tink costume (and I don't like teh bunting version of the tink costume). Then I thought I'd make her a pirate (DH has a pirate hat, and some accessories). . . but then I started to question of I want her to dress up as a pirate her very first haloween what would the grandparents think say, etc. Needless to say, I had the fabric in hand to make her a skirt, corset and bandana in one of the girly skull and bones fabrics at walmart today, and put it back. I told DH my dillema, and he thought it would be cute to dress her as a monkey - since we started calling her "baby monkey" before we knew her sex, way back when I was 7 weeks pregnant. Anyhow, the costumes for that are either basically expensive PJ's or will be too big (they claim to be newborn to 6 months - um, I doubt it will properly fit a newborn if it fits a 6 month old well). DH jokingly (or maybe not so jokingly) suggested that we get a stuffed monkey, like the one we bought for her the week we found out I was pregnant, empty it, and make an opening on the back and put her in that. Then I started searching for baby bunting costumes and found this: http://www.target.com/Snow-White-Co...ndex&frombrowse=0&rh=k:Bunting Costume&page=1 Which I think is totally cute, and iwll have to run by DH - but now I am thinking it would be soooo much better to have one that is for Belle because her name will be Isabel and we've decided the only nicknames we'll allow are Belle (or Bell) and Isabelita (little Isabel in spanish), but of course I can't find any.

So this is totally unimportant, and sorry I rambled for so long (I'll blame the hormones) - BUT what do you think we should dress her as. Are there are cute things our there to buy - OR what are your suggestions on something I can make?? If all else fails they have cute little things at walmart (pumpkin, dog, etc) but it is her first Halloween. . . and I want her to look cute. . . ugh, lol! Give me your opinions - even if it is a suggestion for something we haven't thought of. . . What should she be, and where can we get it for as cheap as possible OR how can I make it! THANKS for listening to the ramblings of a hormonal 34.5 week pregnant woman

 

[Stephres]

How were the crowd's with the holiday?? Just curious. . . crowds don't scare me away (even as a Floridian I have been the most insane times of year - week between Christmas and New Years, July, etc. But it is always nicer when the crowds are low).

Sorry I just saw this. The crowds were spring break-like (not as bad as summer but heavier than the fall) over the weekend but Monday we had the run of the park. We went to MK and walked on everything we wanted to ride. Here is Megan fooling around to show you:

Ok, I just looked at everything (love it all, great job friends!) and am going to bed. Subbing really wears me out!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Need your HELP!

So it may seem silly in the grand scheme of things. . . but I need help thinking of what my soon to be born baby could wear for Halloween - she can be as "big" as one month old (taking for granted she will wait til at least full term, which for me is Sept 25) and as small as a couple days old (I will be 42 weeks Oct. 30th - and by FL law she has to be out by then). At first I wanted to do some sort of matching with DH - I really was hoping Disney would have the Captain Hook costume and he could be hook and she would be tink - but they aren't selling it this year. Plus, I'd have to find or make a tink costume (and I don't like teh bunting version of the tink costume). Then I thought I'd make her a pirate (DH has a pirate hat, and some accessories). . . but then I started to question of I want her to dress up as a pirate her very first haloween what would the grandparents think say, etc. Needless to say, I had the fabric in hand to make her a skirt, corset and bandana in one of the girly skull and bones fabrics at walmart today, and put it back. I told DH my dillema, and he thought it would be cute to dress her as a monkey - since we started calling her "baby monkey" before we knew her sex, way back when I was 7 weeks pregnant. Anyhow, the costumes for that are either basically expensive PJ's or will be too big (they claim to be newborn to 6 months - um, I doubt it will properly fit a newborn if it fits a 6 month old well). DH jokingly (or maybe not so jokingly) suggested that we get a stuffed monkey, like the one we bought for her the week we found out I was pregnant, empty it, and make an opening on the back and put her in that. Then I started searching for baby bunting costumes and found this: http://www.target.com/Snow-White-Co...ndex&frombrowse=0&rh=k:Bunting Costume&page=1 Which I think is totally cute, and iwll have to run by DH - but now I am thinking it would be soooo much better to have one that is for Belle because her name will be Isabel and we've decided the only nicknames we'll allow are Belle (or Bell) and Isabelita (little Isabel in spanish), but of course I can't find any.

So this is totally unimportant, and sorry I rambled for so long (I'll blame the hormones) - BUT what do you think we should dress her as. Are there are cute things our there to buy - OR what are your suggestions on something I can make?? If all else fails they have cute little things at walmart (pumpkin, dog, etc) but it is her first Halloween. . . and I want her to look cute. . . ugh, lol! Give me your opinions - even if it is a suggestion for something we haven't thought of. . . What should she be, and where can we get it for as cheap as possible OR how can I make it! THANKS for listening to the ramblings of a hormonal 34.5 week pregnant woman

http://www.amazon.com/Disneys-Belle-Infant-Costume-suggest/dp/B000PI2QL8
How about this one?
it's really inexpensive and looks like it would be easy to shorten the bodice if you needed to.
or there's a cute princess and even better princess leia costume here:
http://www.amazon.com/Disneys-Belle-Infant-Costume-suggest/dp/B000PI2QL8
and then you could dress DS like Luke Skywalker

and here's a tinkerbelle bunting:
http://www.bizrate.com/baby-costumes/baby-tinkerbell-bunting-costume/
and then DS could be peter pan or cpt. hook, like you originally thought.

I better stop now...

 

[lovesdumbo]

Hi guys! We are here now having a blast. Can't wait to share pics of Jackson at Jedi training academy and Cooper clowning it up with the characters. I just wanted to give an update before I forget----


mom2rtk the penguin was w Mary at dhs at the animation building at 5pm. So was the snow witch- your costume looks much better. and oddly enough, she wouldn't spin around and let me get good pics!! There was a brief showing of costuming (or a staged area that looked lik that) on the backlot tour. I couldn't get my camera out fast enough.

I have to remember that 5pm animation building time!

All of this talk of the Disney trim makes me want to run to Joann's tomorrow!

My Joann's didn't have any.

I've been sewing...a little bit of this, a little bit of that...
First, this is for Mikaela's big give...for her to wear to Sea World

Love everything you posted! I'm sure Mikaela will LOVE that SeaWorld outfit!!!

I finished Cinderella this morning!

WOW! Just perfect!!!

How cute! Great photo! I miss the Poly!

Stunning!!!!! Love everything you've posted! Love your knit outfits!!!

Just got back from a quick weekend trip and look who we ran into!

How fun!!! Love all the photos you posted!

Here is my latest dress, for Animal Kingdom

How cute!!!

That is adorable!

I finally finished the Very Hungry Caterpillar outfit. I think that the gathering was a bigger pain than the appliques. For some reason the tension completely messed up on the skirt part & it took 3 tries to get it to gather at all & even then it wouldn't do it right. Oh well, it's done & she loves it. I had to remind her that it's for tomorrow before she'd agree to take it off.

WOW!!!! So cool! Love all the food!

That is great!

Hello everyone. I have been lurking on this thread forever and have popped in a couple of times to say hello and ask some questions. I am a beginning sewer- I just started out sewing by making outfits for my DD (4) to wear on our upcoming first ever Disney vacation. I wanted to show you all what you have taught me by osmosis!


I made this from a Tink bandana that I found at Hobby Lobby. I used some cut outs from the left over bandana fabric to make appliques which I put on an old denim skirt.

I found this panel print at Walmart and loved it. I had thought to make a pillowcase dress- as I said, I'm just learning and didn't have a pattern- but I thought that material deserved something fancier, so I came up with this.

Two great outfits! You don't look like a beginner!

I did make custom for the kids birthday party sunday. With the help of my kids godmother.. she did the shirts, I did the skirt. Got the ideas from that unmentionable site.


Here you go:

Those are great!!!

Everything looks so great!!! How cool to match Lily!!!!

You've been busy!!! Everything looks so great!

OMG....I LOVE Heather......Thank you soooo much. Without your tutorial I would have never have been able to do this
I just made this tshirt for my DS10, Ieuan for our trip in just over a week. I thought it would match Molis Animal Kingdom dress.
I am sooo pleased in how it has turned out, especially as this is my first.....its not a patch on the rest of yours but, hay,the only way is up.


I'm going to make these for my DH and myself.


Thanks again

[/IMG]

How great!

No clue who mentioned it, but someone wondered if you could make a Simply Sweet reversible. Now, I have never made a Simply Sweet before, but I thought I'd give it a whirl. And now that I am done I can tell you I don't recommend doing it.


The biggest problems I had in construction were adding the band at the bottom and attaching the skirt to the bodice. The main problem is you can only really see the side you are top stiching on so the underside doesn't necessarily line up like it should. It made one side of the dress a little wonky looking.


Also, when attaching the bodice to a double skirt it's sewing through too many layers -- must remember to change my needle before my next project b/c I'm sure this outfit wreaked havoc on it.


And final issue, the dress is heavy and likely will be a bit hot when wearing it.


The only fabric you save on is the band and straps. I also opted not to do buttonholes with knots since I saw the easier option to tie the straps.


Here are the results (and pictures are crappy as my model was unavailable and Petunia doesn't live in my house -- likewise, hung the thing on a lingerie chest and the handles of the drawers don't flatter the photo any -- and cheap camera -- and poor lighting -- yadda, yadda, yadda)


Side one:

That came out great!

I have a friend headed to WDW in a few weeks for her DD's birthday. No child should go to WDW without any customs so I made her a twirl skirt and 2 matching shirts.

Love the birthday outfit!

Totally OT:
We tried to get Hannah some dance shoes today (she needs Ballet, Tap and Jazz/Hip Hop) but our local dance store went out of business, and the stock left at her dance studio of course was not in Hannah's size. So out of desperation we decided to try a few local resale shops.


We didn't find the shoes but look what we DID find!!!!

What a great find!

I did it.

I did sew on very thin knit t shirt and it didn't make holes. I finished all 3 test track t shirts. I have the boys drying on the line and mine is in the machine now.


13 days to go.

Great!!!!

Hope back-to-school went well today for all those returning after Labor Day! Here are my three...all off to school! I blogged all about it today if you want the long version...lol!

How cute!

DD4 started preschool for the first time, I just love the precious dress--it comes together so easily! This was my first time making korker bows too

(it's nursery rhyme toile in case you can't tell)

So adorable! Love the fabric and the shoes!

 

[karamat]

I'm not sure what to do for Akershus either. DD loves Jasmine and Ariel but who knows if we'll see them there or not. I'd almost prefer to do a dress that has several princesses appliqued on it, but I can only machine applique by hand so I don't really foresee that happening unless I suddenly become brilliant at appliqueing -- I don't see that happening either!

What adr did you want that you didn't get? I plan to keep trying back for 1900PF for an earlier time. I check the on line system daily and when I call to add the dp I'll inquire. I've heard that sometimes things show up for travel agents or cms that don't show up on the on line system.

I couldn't get Whispering Canyon without giving up something that I REALLY wanted. It was the one ADR that DH wanted, but he's happy that he didn't have to get up early to make the ADRs so he's fine with the ones I made.

I had to make my reservations on Sunday morning. It was NOT fun to wake up at 6:00am. And to top it off I woke my daughter up about 7am on accident (she usually sleeps until 9-9:30). So I was up for good!
I got mostly what I wanted. Only had trouble with a few reservations - mostly with times. We have 10 total, so that makes it difficult.

Mine are:
Sat Dec 5-Chef Mickey's 9:10pm (little bit late, especially with a 17mth old)
Sun Dec 6-Biergarten 6:25pm
Mon Dec 7-Sanaa 6:55pm
Tue Dec 8-Mama Melrose's 2:40pm(wanted Fantasmic Package, but there were NONE)
Wed Dec 9-Crystal Palace 8:15am
Thu Dec 10-Akershus-5pm
Fri Dec 11-1900 Park Fare 6:05pm
Sat Dec 12-1900 Park Fare 9:40am

I almost did Biergarten Sunday evening, but thought DD would like to see the princesses.

FWIW, You've got your times backwards--7:15 would be 6:15 central.

I do!!! Wow - you wouldn't think I spend my entire day coordinating deadlines between Hong Kong, Tokyo, Australia, London, NYC, Chicago, and San Francisco!! I'm going to blame it on lack of sleep

 

[danicaw]

Wow you all have been busy!

fairygoodmother: Cute outfits!
revrob: I love the princess dresses! Great job!
candicenicole19: Great outfits! Love the knits!
jham: I love the outfits you make for your trips - I like the themed stuff for the whole family... FUN!
DisneyKings: Adorable dress! Nice job on the bows too.
100AcrePrincess: Wonderful Caterpillar outfits!
Minnie2: Love all the fleece!
snubie: great outfits! Love the dots!

We took advantage of the long weekend and wandered north to Vancouver. Had fun and the kids did great. Hubby tracked down a fabric store for me to check out, it was very different from my local JoAnn type. And if I had lots of time to sort thru and the family wasn't in the car, I might have spent a wad

DS started Kindergarten today!
And I am starting to plan out some sewing projects again!
I found this fleece on the remnant rack at JoAnn and tried my hand at "winging it" on a a-line type dress for DD. I originally cut it really long and she wanted shorter.... then I thought it was too short and I added the yellow. It has a hoodie type pocket in front (what are those called?) that I tried match the print so it's hidden a bit. But DD wont take it off so that's a good thing.
I cut the neck a bit big. I hope with a shirt under it will be less distracting for me. And I will re-draw my pattern so its smaller next time.

And yes, she was eating Cheetos, right before I took the picture

 

[DisneyKings]

I do!!! Wow - you wouldn't think I spend my entire day coordinating deadlines between Hong Kong, Tokyo, Australia, London, NYC, Chicago, and San Francisco!! I'm going to blame it on lack of sleep

I live in the central zone very close to the eastern & usually remember when working across the time zone, but every once in a while I just screw it up & show up at the wrong time. The 90 mark for my recent trip fell on a day I worked across the time zone & I was so busy worrying about & calling for my ADRs that I totally forgot to calculate for that. Lack of sleep will definitely do it too.