Disboutiquers Part 18 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[Mom2SamandJames]

Everyone's stuff is looking great! Keep up the great work.

 

[TinaLala]

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Both the kiddos at the top. I got an extra tall bed rail to put on it after we took this picture.

This bed looks AWESOME!! Must have totally opened the room for her! Well for all her other stuff!

Of course I'm thinking each of those cubbies could be filled with an American Girl room - but that's because I'm crazy!

 

[lovesdumbo]

Are you sure you don't have room? It's 8'x5' and you wouldn't need an extra dresser or toy storage, either. You could even hang bars in the play area and turn it into a walk-in closet for kids! Can you tell I love this bed?

I'm sure it won't fit. Um...and I haven't seen one for $500. Our house is a gambriel roof line-like a barn so only one wall in DS's room is flat and the wall at the end of that nice flat wall has a window on it and the door into the room is at the other other end so while it would fit in the room we wouldn't be able to get to the room or open the door. I really do LOVE the style of that bed. We have DS's bed under the slanted wall and got him a nice desk with bookcase hutch for his flat wall. He loves that.

One question about the Adult Easy Fits before I go buy them. Is there a front and a back to these? Or are they the same each way like the kids ones?

Same except there are directions to make them sit at the waist or lower rise.

Okay I know this is not Disney. But before we went to Disney in August, My youngest DS8 saw everyones cool bowling shirts. Well I promised when we returned and things got back to normal I would make one for him. We went to pick fabric and he decided he wanted a Steelers shirt. Well I finally got around to finishing his shirt. He is SOOOOOOOOO excited. He had to wear it to school this morning so I got some pics. Thanks everyone for ALLLLLL of your inspiration. Even if it takes me FOREVER to try out the ideas. So here are the pics.

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Great job! I'm sure he loves it!

 

[tricia]

Okay I know this is not Disney. But before we went to Disney in August, My youngest DS8 saw everyones cool bowling shirts. Well I promised when we returned and things got back to normal I would make one for him. We went to pick fabric and he decided he wanted a Steelers shirt. Well I finally got around to finishing his shirt. He is SOOOOOOOOO excited. He had to wear it to school this morning so I got some pics. Thanks everyone for ALLLLLL of your inspiration. Even if it takes me FOREVER to try out the ideas. So here are the pics.

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Awesome job.

Here is a handprint idea

http://suzannefiskarstv.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/12/the_last_time_i.html

or this one.


http://www.chicaschmica.com/category/art/

make sure you scroll way down on this one, there is also a Christmas tree idea down there.


I have also seen handprints with the little fingers done like snowmen. Althought I cant find a pic right now.

 

[sweetstitches]

Is the printer still broken?

Well, it printed it out when I attached the laptop to it. There was a tiny piece of paper caught in the rollers that was causing part of the problem. I think Adobe was also having a problem on the computer it was hooked up to; it might not have had the latest version.

Try uninstalling and reinstalling your printer. It has something to do with the memory in your printer. It remembers the jam and puts it there. I had to do this with the stripwork jumper pattern.
HTH

I will try to remember this if I have more problems; thanks.

I have also been wanting to share this and finally got the picture uploaded. It was my son's Halloween costume. Went with the blue fairy costume I shared a while back. I used a simplicity overalls pattern and made the colors for Pinocchio, I used a vest pattern off of YCMT.

You did a fabulous job on Pinocchio!

I need help with my appliques! I read through the GREAT tutorial by Heather, to get where I'm at, but I just lose it figuring out the points (like the top of an A) & my machine does not like to overlap stitches I am finding out. On my last one, I decreased the width on the underlayer--is that right? My biggest think is how do you make the points and good looking points like in the corner of the Mickey ears? I know I'm doing something wrong, but can't seem to figure it out. Here is my 2nd applique, it turned out pretty well, (we'll not talk about the "A" I attempted after this)

I know the colors are the wrong order for candy corn, but that's how it was on the purple candy corn fabric in the pants.

Very cute!!!!

Having the points come out correctly depends on where you pivot; whether you stop with the needle on the outside or the inside of the corner. Does your machine have the ability to stop with the needle down? That makes it a lot easier. There is a page on the Heather's tutorial that has pictures that shows the correct way to make these turns. It takes practice to remember how to do it.

YAY!!! The adult Easy Fits are out!!!!

Forgive the awful picture of me, but here I am in my I LOVE Troy jammie pants!

Not an awful picture, you look great!

I'll pray for you.


Tessa made an American Girl-ish doll dress from Carla's portrait peasant pattern. She did a great job on it, too! She added a bunch of buttons to it after I took these pictures. Here's a repost:

While I was looking for those pictures, I stumbled across these pictures of some of the first things I made my kids in July-ish '07 and I got all teary-eyed.

That was my very first "applique". LOL!

Stephanie, I have told you and told you- there is not a little man inside your printer drawing those pictures. You do not need to give him crayons!!!

Thank you for the prayers and hugs.

Tessa did a GREAT job!!!

You first outfits were cute but....... you've come a long way, baby!!!

at the printer comment

Not so good. Her fever was back up to 103 this evening! She looks so miserable! I hate it when my kids are sick!

Sorry she is still sick. My youngest has a slobbery cold and now I'm getting a sinus infection. The dentist told me that didn't want me today which is both good/bad news. It seems like everyone is sick this year.

In my attempt to make this a totally Heather/Teresa page, I will post some things I've made recently. Here are my CarlaC Easy Fit Pants for adults!!!! This pattern is just as easy and fast as the kid's pattern and oh-so-comfy!! I live in these pants!

Here's an Incredibles shirt I made for a Big Give. It was a last minute thing, so I used the test stitch for this design and just sewed it on as a patch.

I also wanted to show you all Tessa's new bed. This thing is AWESOME!!! I've been looking on craigslist for the last year and finally found the perfect bed for a great price! It would have been better if it looked like a castle, but we'll take it! It was perfect timing because Henry picked it up on Saturday and that's the same day Tessa came down with the flu. So, she's spent a lot of time laying in her new bed, resting. Here are some pictures:

In this one, you can see the little doors on the side that lead to a play area underneath the bed:

You look great! The Incredibles shirt is really cute. Lucky, lucky little girl; I can't imagine any kid wouldn't love that bed.

Okay I know this is not Disney. But before we went to Disney in August, My youngest DS8 saw everyones cool bowling shirts. Well I promised when we returned and things got back to normal I would make one for him. We went to pick fabric and he decided he wanted a Steelers shirt. Well I finally got around to finishing his shirt. He is SOOOOOOOOO excited. He had to wear it to school this morning so I got some pics. Thanks everyone for ALLLLLL of your inspiration. Even if it takes me FOREVER to try out the ideas. So here are the pics.

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Great job on the bowling shirt!

 

[lynnanddbyz]

Normally I would say great job....but those colors are all wrong He is weearing the wrong teams shirt. I'm fairly certain he belongs in purple and black

Everone here is saying the same thing. We are about an hour south of Cleveland Brown's country. And my youngest decided to pick the Steeler's in the SuperBowl just to go against everyone else. They won and he has harrashed everyone ever since that he likes the Steelers. I think he just likes the attention he fets from going against everyone else.

 

[jessica52877]

Okay I know this is not Disney. But before we went to Disney in August, My youngest DS8 saw everyones cool bowling shirts. Well I promised when we returned and things got back to normal I would make one for him. We went to pick fabric and he decided he wanted a Steelers shirt. Well I finally got around to finishing his shirt. He is SOOOOOOOOO excited. He had to wear it to school this morning so I got some pics. Thanks everyone for ALLLLLL of your inspiration. Even if it takes me FOREVER to try out the ideas. So here are the pics.

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This is really really cute!

I need some help with a project for my sons' classes at preschool. Every year, I do a cute handprint/footprint t-shirt with my sons' classes for Christmas. We have done the reindeer head shirts with feet as the head and hands as the antlers, hand and foot angels, and the handprint Christmas trees. Each year they seem to turn out better than the year before, but I am not sure what to do this year. My sons are 4 1/2 and almost 2. My oldest's class is already asking me what they are going to make with me this year. Does anyone have any cute ideas?

I know we could do handprint wreaths and use fingerprints for the red berries. Is there anything else you can think of? The kids don't want to repeat any of their old shirts so I have to come up with something new.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Dawn

I was thinking a Santa head. I think the hand makes the face and beard.

Normally I would say great job....but those colors are all wrong He is weearing the wrong teams shirt. I'm fairly certain he belongs in purple and black

Purple and black should really be brown and orange! The heartache I had to live through!

 

[froggy33]

Not sure about the thread, although I like sulky, but also, you probably need to change your needle. Denim will wear down a needle really quickly, and in general you need to change them every 6 hrs. or so of embroidering anyway The problems you're describing happened to me when I didn't change my needle.

I may overkill, but I use iron on tear away on the t-shirt over the top of another layer of tear away that's a thicker stabilizer. Since I started doing this I haven't had any puckering at all. And my designs continue to line up after I take the hoop off to cut applique pieces.

Thanks!! Because I am impatient I went out last night and bought some silky thread - so I am going to see how that works. I got this machine from an in-law, so I have no idea when the needle was last changed. I am going to do that as well!!

I'll give the t-shirt a try too! I have some spare ones I can test on first!

Hey! I'm in KC too! Near Lee's Summit. We should have a meet or something sometime!

That'd be fun! There are a number of us in the area!

I use C&C sometimes because that's all I can find, I know it sounds stupid but if I don't use that little net that goes over the spool while it is going to town the top thread gets nuts. I heart my little spool hairnets. Maybe it's feeding in too fast or spinning?

I have those I think! I'll give that a try as well. I am happy for all suggestions! I only have 25 days left to get all I want done!!

When I embroider t-shirts, I don't hoop the shirts. I iron on the tear away to the t-shirt, just big enough to cover the design that I am embroidering. Then, I hoop a polymesh cutaway, spray the back of the t-shirt a little with spray adhesive and stick it on the cutaway. Seems to work for me that way.

Thank you for the ideas! I am interested to see what works for me!

I just wanted to recommend rayon Marathon thread, like a few others suggested. My thread almost never breaks now.

I got the 50 most popular colors and then placed another order of 50 to share with Teresa. But, I found out that they will let you choose which 50 colors you want and still give you the package price. You just need to call them first! Here's the link to the packages:
http://marathonthread.com/collection.shtml

Thank you! I did look into the marathon thread yesterday, but I am impatient, so I purchased sulky last night. I will most likely go ahead and purchase one of the marathon sets though-better deal and everyone here recommends it!

 

[Camping Griswalds]

Everone here is saying the same thing. We are about an hour south of Cleveland Brown's country. And my youngest decided to pick the Steeler's in the SuperBowl just to go against everyone else. They won and he has harrashed everyone ever since that he likes the Steelers. I think he just likes the attention he fets from going against everyone else.

You gotta love a boy that likes to go against the grain!

Purple and black should really be brown and orange! The heartache I had to live through!

You are a Browns fan?!?!?! OMG I never knew! Yes, I know you suffering fans who got a brand new team the very next year Our team snuck out in the middle of the night and had the audacity to keep the same name. At least we left you with your name and records. Our poor Colts!

 

[teresajoy]

I am SO excited that the adult Easy Fits are here. . . just in time for Christmas PJ's for the ENTIRE family !! My husband will be THRILLED (not)!!

Yours look great! Do you know the size range? My dd15 wears a 3/4 but then my husband is a 2x. . . is the size range that wide? Heck, I guess I could just go check our ycmt.com myself, huh?? It's gonna be one of those days!

Heather already answered you, but in case someone else didn't see it

YES!!!! XS-XXL!! This is a FABULOUS pattern!!! Now everyone go get it and we can have a virtual pajama party!!!

2) It was so funny- mom and dad were both peeking through her bedroom window to see it because they didn't want to come in and be exposed to all the germs!

4) I had a short child (well, she's tall for her age, but you KWIM) take my picture. She was just standing on the kitchen table!
5) I can't wait for you to see it either! Tessa still had a fever this morning and Sawyer's was slightly elevated, so I kept him home, too.


6.You know, my husband was equally as excited when I told him I could make him some pajama pants! This pattern goes from XXS- 3X!!! So, now we can make easy fits for pretty much anyone, including dolls and Build-A-Bears, with just 2 patterns (the child and the adult)!!!

I LOVE CARLA!!!

7.And she didn't pay me to say that!

2. That's just what I was picturing!!!!
4. I told her I should have gotten a stool for her to stand on. She didn't appreicate that!
5. Get better you guys!
6. Brian actually wants a pair
7. Really? You didn't get your check?

Or, they could go in normal clothes !!

OK, that is ENOUGH!!!!

Turn in your Disboutiquer membership card IMMEDIATELY!

Me too! And I was trying to be super quiet since I am "working" while Lin cleans up the kitchen!! But if he would have cleaned up his mess last night it wouldn't take nearly as long! He loves to make a mess with grease and oil! Bacon for breakfast and french fries for dinner. No wonder I keep gaining weight!



Hi Squirrel! I haven't "seen" you either since Disney! Are you doing a TR? I think most of us fell off the TR wagon. Facebook just makes it so easy to post pictures!

I'll third the recommendation for the Marathon thread. I have used it now for 9 years and never a problem!! I just it! I also got the set of 50 most popular then I got the set of 2nd 50 most popular. Did that make sense? So I have the top 100 colors! And I just now tend to buy 10 or so spools here and there!

Lin sounds like Brian! Grease and oil on everything! Yummy, but so fattening!

Okay I know this is not Disney. But before we went to Disney in August, My youngest DS8 saw everyones cool bowling shirts. Well I promised when we returned and things got back to normal I would make one for him. We went to pick fabric and he decided he wanted a Steelers shirt. Well I finally got around to finishing his shirt. He is SOOOOOOOOO excited. He had to wear it to school this morning so I got some pics. Thanks everyone for ALLLLLL of your inspiration. Even if it takes me FOREVER to try out the ideas. So here are the pics.

B

That looks great!!! Wonderful job!

 

[phins_jazy]

Had to go purchase carla's new pattern. SHHHHH!!! Don't tell DH!!!! I'm currently working on a modified stripwork skirt. Pics to come as soon as I'm done.

 

[HeatherSue]

You look great! I'll definitely have to get those. We have a tradition that on Christmas Eve after church everyone gets to open a present which is always Christmas pjs for even my DH and me. So now that I know how to sew, I want to make matching pj's for everyone. I'm sure my DH will be oh so thrilled to match all of us girls! I think I will use the portrait peasant nightgowns for my dd's and their dolls and the easy fit pants for my DH and I. I just have to make them at night after they are in bed so they don't see them. Now I need to buy some christmas flannel.


This just made me laugh out loud! You are too funny! i hope Tessa feels better soon and Sawyer doesn't get it! Love Tessa's new bed! Great find! It looks like she loves build a bear!

That'll be so cute to all have matching jammies on Christmas morning!

Sawyer is definitely acting like he's getting sick. At the moment, they both feeling bad enough to be really whiny and just good enough to pick on each other. I am feeling just tired enough to knock their heads together (but wouldn't do such a thing)!

This looks really cool! I think the bowling shirts with one print and the rest solids turn out so cute!

I need some help with a project for my sons' classes at preschool. Every year, I do a cute handprint/footprint t-shirt with my sons' classes for Christmas. We have done the reindeer head shirts with feet as the head and hands as the antlers, hand and foot angels, and the handprint Christmas trees. Each year they seem to turn out better than the year before, but I am not sure what to do this year. My sons are 4 1/2 and almost 2. My oldest's class is already asking me what they are going to make with me this year. Does anyone have any cute ideas?

I know we could do handprint wreaths and use fingerprints for the red berries. Is there anything else you can think of? The kids don't want to repeat any of their old shirts so I have to come up with something new.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Dawn

I have no ideas, but I wanted to say how cute all the past projects sound!

Normally I would say great job....but those colors are all wrong He is weearing the wrong teams shirt. I'm fairly certain he belongs in purple and black

You are such a trouble maker!

Of course I'm thinking each of those cubbies could be filled with an American Girl room - but that's because I'm crazy!

As you can see, she's more of a stuffed animal girl!

I'm sure it won't fit. Um...and I haven't seen one for $500. Our house is a gambriel roof line-like a barn so only one wall in DS's room is flat and the wall at the end of that nice flat wall has a window on it and the door into the room is at the other other end so while it would fit in the room we wouldn't be able to get to the room or open the door. I really do LOVE the style of that bed. We have DS's bed under the slanted wall and got him a nice desk with bookcase hutch for his flat wall. He loves that.

Doors and windows are overrated!

Sorry she is still sick. My youngest has a slobbery cold and now I'm getting a sinus infection. The dentist told me that didn't want me today which is both good/bad news. It seems like everyone is sick this year.

UGH! I feel for you!

Purple and black should really be brown and orange! The heartache I had to live through!

How bad is it that I have NO idea what you guys are even talking about? I am so out of it when it comes to sports of any kind!

7. Really? You didn't get your check?

7. No, I think you are supposed to share yours with me.

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

You did a great job on that by hand!! You should have sent me THAT picture to work from for digitizing Imma!! You may have saved my eyes!

I'm sorry, I didn't even think of that pic...the one I sent was the biggest one I had in the computer. I cheated on the big Imma, I took a copy of what I sent you and gave it to an artistic co-worker who re-drew her bigger for me. If you're not done already, I can scan and resend that one. I bribed my friend with a bottle of wine...do I need to send you one too?

 

[HeatherSue]

I'm sorry, I didn't even think of that pic...the one I sent was the biggest one I had in the computer. I cheated on the big Imma, I took a copy of what I sent you and gave it to an artistic co-worker who re-drew her bigger for me. If you're not done already, I can scan and resend that one. I bribed my friend with a bottle of wine...do I need to send you one too?

No, that's okay. I'd just assume drink a bottle of rubbing alcohol as have a glass of wine! I really don't like it!

I was only teasing you! I e-mailed the design to you yesterday. Did you get it?

 

[Camping Griswalds]

How bad is it that I have NO idea what you guys are even talking about? I am so out of it when it comes to sports of any kind!

Well the child was wearing a pittsburgh Steelers shirt ( boo hiss!) I was implying that the colors should be the Baltimore Ravens, and then Jessica jumped in about the Cleveland Browns. All football teams. It's okay that you don't know much about sports. Unfortunately I have a ton of useless football facts in my brain Oh and Lacrosse, and soccer and basketball and tennis and .......

 

[VBAndrea]

So....you're saying you've been harboring some hate towards the Diser Sistas???

What kind of puppies do you have? I do not miss having a puppy, but they sure are cute!

Well, I guess I hate that you have time to make yourself Easy Fits and I don't! It's not true personal hated (unless you get a bunch made for your entire family for Christmas presents ~ that might be the real thing).

On the bright side, I have my CP Vida all finished up except that I want to put snaps on the straps and don't have those and won't until tomorrow.

I also have my AK dress just about finished -- I still need something to trim the bottom. It's that suedy type soft material and I have it serged which looks OK, except for lots of unraveling thread b/c the strips come to points. If it comes down to it I guess it could be worn as is. I just can't find the right color t-shirt I want for ds. I have my applique ready to go, but can't find a a shirt that's a little darker than oatmeal but not as dark as brown (and I need cheap b/c chances are good it will get ruined on the first try!).

Okay I know this is not Disney. But before we went to Disney in August, My youngest DS8 saw everyones cool bowling shirts. Well I promised when we returned and things got back to normal I would make one for him. We went to pick fabric and he decided he wanted a Steelers shirt. Well I finally got around to finishing his shirt. He is SOOOOOOOOO excited. He had to wear it to school this morning so I got some pics. Thanks everyone for ALLLLLL of your inspiration. Even if it takes me FOREVER to try out the ideas. So here are the pics.

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That turned out awesome (and I'm not even a Steeler's fan so consider yourself highly complimented).

Awesome job.

Here is a handprint idea

http://suzannefiskarstv.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/12/the_last_time_i.html

or this one.


http://www.chicaschmica.com/category/art/

make sure you scroll way down on this one, there is also a Christmas tree idea down there.


I have also seen handprints with the little fingers done like snowmen. Althought I cant find a pic right now.

I vote for the Santa's. I think the kids would like those.

Thanks!! Because I am impatient I went out last night and bought some silky thread - so I am going to see how that works. I got this machine from an in-law, so I have no idea when the needle was last changed. I am going to do that as well!!

I just bought the sulky thread from Joanne's (I am only doing machine applique by hand). It broke a couple of times but it was sort of my fault. My thread holder is horizontal and it it broke b/c I put the cap on and kept snagging on the cap. Without the little cap thing on it worked fine. And I just did a big applique on a Vida and it worked great for that (it had broke on a Mickey head I did).

 

[snubie]

So I guess I will share this picture but remember that I am 38 weeks pregnant and not looking my best:

I made a size larger than my "normal" size and did not put in an elastic waistband. For the waist, I threaded a ribbon through the casing and pulled it out through a buttonhole. That way the pants can grow with me as I grow (lucky me). Once this baby makes her appearance I will open the casing and put in some elastic.

 

[sahm1000]

So I guess I will share this picture but remember that I am 38 weeks pregnant and not looking my best:

I made a size larger than my "normal" size and did not put in an elastic waistband. For the waist, I threaded a ribbon through the casing and pulled it out through a buttonhole. That way the pants can grow with me as I grow (lucky me). Once this baby makes her appearance I will open the casing and put in some elastic.

You look so cute in them Stacey! Great job! After seeing everyone in their's I am feeling like I want some - but then reality sets in and I remember I am still working on outfits for my girls and I'll be lucky if I get those done let alone pants for myself!

 

[disneymomof1]

So I guess I will share this picture but remember that I am 38 weeks pregnant and not looking my best:

I made a size larger than my "normal" size and did not put in an elastic waistband. For the waist, I threaded a ribbon through the casing and pulled it out through a buttonhole. That way the pants can grow with me as I grow (lucky me). Once this baby makes her appearance I will open the casing and put in some elastic.

I think you look great !!! I love the print, so cute. Nice job on the pants, I bought the pattern today, can't wait to get started on it, but have a few things to finish up first.

 

[sweetstitches]

So I guess I will share this picture but remember that I am 38 weeks pregnant and not looking my best:

I made a size larger than my "normal" size and did not put in an elastic waistband. For the waist, I threaded a ribbon through the casing and pulled it out through a buttonhole. That way the pants can grow with me as I grow (lucky me). Once this baby makes her appearance I will open the casing and put in some elastic.

You look cute. I love belly bump photos!