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

[HeatherSue]

Carla and Jennifer Paganelli have another new pattern on ycmt called the Carly Bubble! It's such a fun little pattern to put together. It's reversible and requires NO hand sewing at all! It went together quick and easy! I made this one as a present for one of my pregnant friends. I used some of the designs from my new Sleeping Beauty set and made it pink on one side and blue on the other- in honor of Briar Rose!

Now I just wish I had my own baby to make bubbles for. *sigh*

 

[Savannah's Mami]

WOW! I don't know how to sew but clicked on this link out of curiosity...You are all AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW! WOW! WOW!

 

[sweetstitches]

ahhhhhh!!!! So sweet!

thank you!

Well, I finally had a couple of hours to look this poor baby over. It was threaded right..it seems I needed to oil it!!! It was rubbing strange and straining. This was causing the thread to break, but was still being pulled from the spool, so it looked like the thread had just mysteriously came out of the lower looper.... Now that I know what was wrong, it makes so much sense!


Now I just need to get an organizing buddy! I spent longer looking for my machine oil than I did fixing and investigating the problem. I need an organized studio!


Nini

I'm glad that you were able to figure out the problem and that nothing was broken.

This is an outfit for Magic Kingdom: (patchwork skirt and CarlaC's raglan)

A simply sweet for Epcot and Biergarten. I was going for a "German" look. The applique says "It's a small world" I CASED ideas from another dress I saw on here quite a while ago.

Dress for MVMCP. I modified CarlaC's a-line top and totally guessed on how to make a skirt similar to the one LisZoe has shown on here.

A simply sweet with patchwork skirt. I used Jham's idea for the patches, making each rows 1.5X the size of the previous. Makes it really easy to gather by hand!!

And, finally, not Disney, but CarlaC!! I made her portrait peasant dress and added a sash for a wedding we went to. I also made the petti for underneath it (I'll use it at Disney too). It needs to be shortened a bit, so that goes on the list.

Thanks for looking!! I'll post more as i get them done! I have 18 days left (4 of which I'll be out of the country!!!)!!!

Jessica

ETA: I did resize all of them. Hopefully they fix!

Wow, Jessica. Everything is amazing! I LOVE the beach dress; so elegant. I also really like your German dress. The appliques are so perfect. That Mickey and Minnie must have taken forever.

Where are you going out of the country?

Well, I've finally finished a Christmas dress (or skirt) for each of the 4 granddaughters that can walk

A Vida for the 4YO:

back:

My first precious dress:

and a patchwork twirl for the dgd who is about a size 6 around, but a size 10 in length--I didn't want to chance a dress when she's in Kansas and I'm in Washington! (no elastic in the waist yet, going to Joann's in just a bit)

and full circle view:

I've now tried 3 of the patterns I wanted to practice before 12/10's trip to WDW--can't wait to see these on the actual granddaughters!

Very pretty; you're granddaughters are going to be thrilled.

you guys are funny....

On another note, we are finally getting around to building my sewing center. I have an L shape with an 8 foot counter meeting a 6 foot counter. I have my serger, sewing machine, embroidery machine, TV and computer to put on it - how would you guys lay it out? And I still dont know how to store my fabric!!! Nini - I could use an organizer too!!

That is going to be an amazing space!

 

[sweetstitches]

We just got back from our fabulous 8 day vacay to WDW and I just HAD to post the FABULOUS custom the wonder ibesue made for my DD.
I adored it and got so many compliments on it! Even Cinderella herself took the time out to compliment my DD on how beautiful it was!

That is a really cute dress, and your daughter is adorable too.

I know I haven't posted in ages, but hopefully a few people will still remember me. =) Tons going on, like lots of projects at work, our DOG was stolen (and found), ttc and no luck, and now dd is super sick. Anyway! Here are some photos of things I've made recently:

Mickey and Minnie gingerbread shirts, made four of the Mickey and three of the Minnie:

I'm glad you got your dog back and sorry that you babe is so sick. Count me in group that's amazed at your ability to pull the lion costume together so quickly. Love the group shot!

LOL... I have to use large amounts of machine oil on my longarm. I buy it in bulk. I could find the 'bulk refill' but not the actual small plastic 'oiler'. Which of course was exactly WHERE it was supposed to have been, just covered up by something that was 'visiting!" The only pieces of equipment I can routinely find are my serger, sewing machine, long arm and iron. Everything else is hit or miss.

At least I get to move my studio after the first of the year...into a space that is much, much larger!!



I did manage to finish one of the autograph quilts from September. Now I have to take pictures of it before they pick it up this morning. From a distance, not too bad...up close...not my best work!

Nini

Lucky you! Hope you post pictures when you're moved in.

These are great! I love your Wizard of Oz family. I'm totally amazed you were able to whip up your DH's so quickly.


I hope you'll be posting pics of your studio- and I can't wait to see the autograph quilt you did- my DH wants me to do one for each kiddo on our June trip; I'm a bit scared as I am less than an expert quilter; I've made, let me thing, oh yeah, 1-and a half. But we don't want yet another autograph book, don't have anywhere to put a bunch of new framed pics, and can't do pillowcases because my DS has nosebleeds at least once a week. So I think I'm going to have to figure out the quilt thing. gulp. I think you said that you starched the squares and put stabilizer on the back? And used fabric markers? Is that right? If not, can you let me know what you did so I can try very hard not to completely screw them up?
Thanks!
Nicole

My dd used to get a ton of nosebleeds. The doctor put her on flonase, and they stopped immediately.

 

[tvgirlmin]

We just got back from our fabulous 8 day vacay to WDW and I just HAD to post the FABULOUS custom the wonder ibesue made for my DD.
I adored it and got so many compliments on it! Even Cinderella herself took the time out to compliment my DD on how beautiful it was!

Your DD is too cute! Love her custom and so glad you guys had a great time!

I know I haven't posted in ages, but hopefully a few people will still remember me. =)

The Dorothy costume that I ended up making a pattern for:

AND I had to make a costume for DH, VERY last minute! He somehow "lost" the storebought costume and told me so an hour before we had to leave. I scraped together every single piece of fake fur and tan felt in our house to make his costume, lol! If I find our whole group photo, we also had the Wicked Witch, Tin Man, and Scarecrow:

Love your costumes! I amazed at the quick one you made for DH - its awesome you were able to pull it all together like that! And your daughter is such a cute dorothy!

This is so cool! So, you print right on to the fabric? it's not one of those iron ons? Very cool! I have always wanted a photo bag too but have never been able to afford one! I may have to try this! It would make great presents too! All in all, was it expensive to make?

Not expensive at all - the photo fabric is actual fabric sheets your print on, not iron on. I think they were about $10 for 7 sheets. Pattern was $9.95. I bought a yard of the fusible fleece and still have enough for another purse, and the rest was all scraps from around the house and interfacing I already had. You could probably put it together for around $20 for the first one, if you had to buy everything fresh - the next ones would be much cheaper!

http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/...zes-Preemie-NB-3m-6m-9m-12m-18m-24-months.htm

A cute bubble romper for the littlest ones in our lives.
No Model yet
One side for Valentine's day

And the other side made to match big sisters Christmas outfit.

LOVE THIS! Your girls are gonna look so cute this Christmas!

Ok, here goes. I think they uploaded right.

This is the Autograph quilt for my DIL's nephew. He is 18 months and went with us to WDW back in September. He has been living with my DS and DIL since July and is going to live with his mother in a halfway house for Moms that have had drug problems. Mom has been clean and sober for 2 months now and the boys (9 months and 18 months) are going to live with her tomorrow.

I used the autograph squares that were signed onto freezer backed white print fabrics. On this one they were signed with fabric paint pens. The other fabric squares were leftover fabrics used to make their Tshirts and the girls' dresses. I used primarily the fabrics from Animal Kingdom in an attempt to make them not too girly.

While I am at it, I think I will try and post a picture of the infamous Tree Skirt. It didn't come out exactly like I wanted it, but they were happy with it!

OK...back to sewing!

Nini

I am in awe - I want an autograph quilt now! That is amazing! And the tree skirt is just beautiful, too!

Carla and Jennifer Paganelli have another new pattern on ycmt called the Carly Bubble! It's such a fun little pattern to put together. It's reversible and requires NO hand sewing at all! It went together quick and easy! I made this one as a present for one of my pregnant friends. I used some of the designs from my new Sleeping Beauty set and made it pink on one side and blue on the other- in honor of Briar Rose!

Now I just wish I had my own baby to make bubbles for. *sigh*

So pretty, Heather! Wish I had a baby to sew for now, too! My baby is wearing a size 5!!!!

Gotta get off of here and start "sparkling" the house - my MIL arrives tomorrow from the east coast!!!!!

 

[sweetstitches]

No Model yet
One side for Valentine's day

And the other side made to match big sisters Christmas outfit.

Adorable! And they will look even better with your model, when she gets here.

Nicloe,

I sent you a PM

Don't worry...I will definitely post pictures of my new studio! I'm still in the planning stages. I will be going from the bonus room above our garage (with the sloped ceilings) to the full finished daylight basement! My space will be about 3 times the size of what I have now and will also have its own full sized kitchen and giant bathroom. One of the rooms will become my little ones play room and tv room. Of course the biggest thing in there will be my long arm, but I should have enough room to add an embroidery machine. (this whole idea started because I told hubby I wanted an embroidery machine and he told me I had to find a place to put it first!)

Nini

That sounds like an awesome space!

Nini

The quilt is very clever; I'm sure it will be a BIG hit. Your tree skirt turned out beautiful!

Happy Gotcha day!!!! He was such a precious little baby!!!

Thank you, Heather.

I love your gingerbread Mickey!!!

Now I just wish I had my own baby to make bubbles for. *sigh*

Adorable!

 

[sweetstitches]

Gotta get off of here and start "sparkling" the house - my MIL arrives tomorrow from the east coast!!!!!

Hopefully that is a good thing.



Here comes a shameless brag. Some of you know this from fb, but my 14-year-old left at 4:30 this morning to fly to Kansas City for the National Catholic Youth Conference. She is one of 25 kids who will be the pit choir for the ENTIRE event, everything from opening ceremonies to closing mass, and will be singing in front of 25,000 kids! I'm really proud of her.

It was still hard to send her off though. She hasn't been nervous at all (at least not yet) but I'm a nervous wreck for her!

 

[VBAndrea]

Ok, here goes. I think they uploaded right.

This is the Autograph quilt for my DIL's nephew. He is 18 months and went with us to WDW back in September. He has been living with my DS and DIL since July and is going to live with his mother in a halfway house for Moms that have had drug problems. Mom has been clean and sober for 2 months now and the boys (9 months and 18 months) are going to live with her tomorrow.

I used the autograph squares that were signed onto freezer backed white print fabrics. On this one they were signed with fabric paint pens. The other fabric squares were leftover fabrics used to make their Tshirts and the girls' dresses. I used primarily the fabrics from Animal Kingdom in an attempt to make them not too girly.

While I am at it, I think I will try and post a picture of the infamous Tree Skirt. It didn't come out exactly like I wanted it, but they were happy with it!

OK...back to sewing!

Nini

The quilt looks great -- I love the stitching detail. And I absolutely adore the tree skirt. I can tell a lot of work went into that.

WOW and WOW!!!!! Those are both fantastic!! You did such a great job on the appliques and on the shirt! Wow!!

I have you to thank for the applique. I could have never even attempting anything like it without your tutorial. When I did my Jasmine applique I messed something up though and one of her arms is way too skinny. Am I allowed to blame you for that? I sadly didn't notice it until I had stitched around way too many other things on the applique and I surely don't have time to redo it.

Carla and Jennifer Paganelli have another new pattern on ycmt called the Carly Bubble! It's such a fun little pattern to put together. It's reversible and requires NO hand sewing at all! It went together quick and easy! I made this one as a present for one of my pregnant friends. I used some of the designs from my new Sleeping Beauty set and made it pink on one side and blue on the other- in honor of Briar Rose!

Now I just wish I had my own baby to make bubbles for. *sigh*

Very cute! I have no babes to bubble for either I love your SB appliques. I haven't peeked at what you have out lately (never mind that I don't have an embroidery machine ~ I still go look at your patterns periodically just to see how creative you've been!).

Alrighty, I must either go sew or clean. Just taking a quick lunch break.

 

[Jennia]

Forgot to grab the denim jacket and photo bag. I really like the addition of the Mickey head and ric rac to the jacket -- it balances it out. And the photo bag is so cool -- what a great idea for gifts. I have seen photo pillows made as well. I like the bag better though.





All your appliques are awesome. I have to do all of mine by hand as well and I have a very detailed one coming up next. I so hope to get it done in a couple of days, but time will tell.



Great outfits! Love the gingerbread. I wanted to do Mickey head snowmen for MVMCP but dd really likes Chip and Dale better so I think that's what it will end up being.

And I really like the Halloween costumes. Too funny that dh *lost* his costume. I'm amazed that you had enough fur sitting around to whip that up.

LOL, yeah I think he "lost" it on purpose, it was pretty bad! I don't normally have fur around, but my mom had found some in her garage from when I used to make teddy bears and had brought it over a few weeks before.

I love that dress! Your daughter looks beautiful!



Thanks!



I can't believe you just whipped up your husband's costume so quickly! Good job!

Thanks, I was surprised myself lol!

These are great! I love your Wizard of Oz family. I'm totally amazed you were able to whip up your DH's so quickly.




Nope, sorry. But if they get in another bolt, I'll see if you still need some.

Thank you!

http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/...zes-Preemie-NB-3m-6m-9m-12m-18m-24-months.htm

A cute bubble romper for the littlest ones in our lives.
No Model yet
One side for Valentine's day

And the other side made to match big sisters Christmas outfit.

So cute!

Ok, here goes. I think they uploaded right.

This is the Autograph quilt for my DIL's nephew. He is 18 months and went with us to WDW back in September. He has been living with my DS and DIL since July and is going to live with his mother in a halfway house for Moms that have had drug problems. Mom has been clean and sober for 2 months now and the boys (9 months and 18 months) are going to live with her tomorrow.

I used the autograph squares that were signed onto freezer backed white print fabrics. On this one they were signed with fabric paint pens. The other fabric squares were leftover fabrics used to make their Tshirts and the girls' dresses. I used primarily the fabrics from Animal Kingdom in an attempt to make them not too girly.

While I am at it, I think I will try and post a picture of the infamous Tree Skirt. It didn't come out exactly like I wanted it, but they were happy with it!

OK...back to sewing!

Nini

Love the autograph quilt, but your tree skirt is amazing!

All really cute, but I love this.



Love it. I think I will be able to start my first VIDA next week. Right after I finish my first Olivia.



Great job Sue.

And your DD looks so cute.



Very cute stuff, and I cant believe you made your DH's shirt at the last minute. It looks great.

Thanks! I just traced one of his t-shirts, minus the sleeves, think the shirt took about five minutes total time, it was the lion hood that had me scrambling!

So adorable!!!


Love your Mickey/Minnie ginger breads!!! So cute! Your Dorothy is so cute! You did an awesome job on your DH lion. Love Rabbit too!

Hope your DD recovers quickly!!!





That quilt is wonderful!!! Love the tree skirt too! Hope things work out well for the boys.

Thanks! I hope she gets better soon, too.

Everything looks wonderful! I especially like the ruffle butt vida- very pretty!


SOOO cute!! Sue does wonderful work!!


I'm sorry to hear about your dog!
Your costumes all look GREAT!! So does the Rabbit applique!
The gingerbread appliques look very familiar! Great minds think alike! Here are mine. I haven't put them on anything yet, though.

That autograph quilt is wonderful! What a clever idea! Love the tree skirt, too!

LOL, I'd had the idea to make Mickey gingerbread but yours obviously inspired me. When I was looking for images, there wasn't anything that was quite "right" so I just adapted yours a bit to make it easier for me. I think it's pretty obvious from some of my wonky lines that I don't have a machine capable of embroidery, lol!

Carla and Jennifer Paganelli have another new pattern on ycmt called the Carly Bubble! It's such a fun little pattern to put together. It's reversible and requires NO hand sewing at all! It went together quick and easy! I made this one as a present for one of my pregnant friends. I used some of the designs from my new Sleeping Beauty set and made it pink on one side and blue on the other- in honor of Briar Rose!

Now I just wish I had my own baby to make bubbles for. *sigh*

So adorable!

That is a really cute dress, and your daughter is adorable too.



I'm glad you got your dog back and sorry that you babe is so sick. Count me in group that's amazed at your ability to pull the lion costume together so quickly. Love the group shot!



My dd used to get a ton of nosebleeds. The doctor put her on flonase, and they stopped immediately.

Thank you! It was quite a hassle with the dog, it's obvious he was stolen to be sold somewhere. They called the company he's chipped through, but not us (the chip company said that the people had tried to add a phone number to his information). Plus he was brushed/bathed, still had his collars on, but they'd taken all of his tags off. Very strange.

Your DD is too cute! Love her custom and so glad you guys had a great time!



Love your costumes! I amazed at the quick one you made for DH - its awesome you were able to pull it all together like that! And your daughter is such a cute dorothy!

Gotta get off of here and start "sparkling" the house - my MIL arrives tomorrow from the east coast!!!!!

Thanks!

 

[froggy33]

We just got back from our fabulous 8 day vacay to WDW and I just HAD to post the FABULOUS custom the wonder ibesue made for my DD.
I adored it and got so many compliments on it! Even Cinderella herself took the time out to compliment my DD on how beautiful it was!

I love this! I really like the way she appliqued Minnie on the top! And the peek-a-boo skirt. I just got done doing one of these and they turn out so cute!!

AND I had to make a costume for DH, VERY last minute! He somehow "lost" the storebought costume and told me so an hour before we had to leave. I scraped together every single piece of fake fur and tan felt in our house to make his costume, lol! If I find our whole group photo, we also had the Wicked Witch, Tin Man, and Scarecrow:

Everything is so cute! I can't believe you made that last minute!! Our trips are SOOOO close!! Can you believe it! Are you finishing everything up!?

The feliz is gorgeous! I would have never thought of making a dress for a portrait session at Disney. Hopefully you'll post the photos once you get back (hint,hint!).

All your appliques are awesome. I have to do all of mine by hand as well and I have a very detailed one coming up next. I so hope to get it done in a couple of days, but time will tell.

I really like the MK patchwork skirt and the Epcot outfit as well. Love what you did with the ribbon on the Epcot one.

Thank you! The feliz really flows. We're all going to be wearing white, tan, or black for the beach pics...so hopefully they turn out nice!

The appliques do take a while (as I am sure your Winnie the Pooh one did). The Minnie/Mickey did take a while, but I am getting pretty fast. I just finished 4 pretty involved appliques that I will hopefully post later this evening!
I wanted the Epcot one to look kind of like a German dress with a tied top. It was one of the easier dresses to make, but gets so many compliments!

I'll keep an eye out for your group while we're there! It's coming up fast!!

http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/...zes-Preemie-NB-3m-6m-9m-12m-18m-24-months.htm

A cute bubble romper for the littlest ones in our lives.
No Model yet

These are soooo cute! I will definitely be purchasing that pattern after I get done with all my Disney sewing!

my favorite!! Love it!!!

Thank you!!

Those are all great. I love the beach dress, those will be some cute pictures. I love looking at all the Christmas outfits since we are planning a trip for next year.

Thanks!! I really didn't do a lot of Christmas ones. Actually the only one is for MVMCP. I do have a satin one (non Disney) with a great hooded capulet(sp??) that I made for a wedding last December (when my DD was 6 months!!) that still fits! I might bring it just in case for Santa.

I love both of these!! I'm not really a quilter, but I might try the autographs for our upcoming trip if I can find the time. I know that will take less prep time than an actual autograph book. And since my daughter is only 16 months, it will be more appropriate!

All really cute, but I love this.

Thank you!

My jaw literally dropped when I saw that gorgeous white dress!! WOW!!! I absolutely adore it!!!! Everything it perfect! I especially love the It's a Small World outfit! Wow!

Thank you! I really think it is the fabric that made it work. It's a very flowy guaze fabric. A LOT of that fabric!! It took just shy of 3 yards to make a size one!! I'm going to go broke when she gets bigger!!

Wow, Jessica. Everything is amazing! I LOVE the beach dress; so elegant. I also really like your German dress. The appliques are so perfect. That Mickey and Minnie must have taken forever.

Where are you going out of the country?

Thanks! The Mickey and Minnie did take a while!! All of my applique designs end up VERY intricate! I am getting ready to work on a Lion King that may take forever!!!

We are going to St. Johns, USVI over Thanksgiving. It's going to be a 4 day whorl wind trip! My mother-in-law is taking all her kids down. We are staying in an amazing rental house! I am really excited, except it will be the very first time I am away from my daughter (16 months)!! I truly would be okay with not going. I know she will be safe (my folks are staying with her) and that I will probably enjoy the peace, but I am pretty sad about it!
Okay, enough sounding like an ungrateful person! I am going to paradise! Maybe I'll see Kenny Chesney!

 

[jham]

I'm falling behind again but I did scroll through a bit and WOW! Some gorgeous stuff everyone! I hate getting behind! I hate lumping everyone together, but sometimes I must! I did a lot of "oooh" and "aaahhh"-ing scrolling through photos!

 

[tricia]

Love the designs Heather, but does anyone else notice that it looks like Mickey had a little accident in his shorts? (Just the placement of the mickey head fabric, I know, but it is still )

Carla and Jennifer Paganelli have another new pattern on ycmt called the Carly Bubble! It's such a fun little pattern to put together. It's reversible and requires NO hand sewing at all! It went together quick and easy! I made this one as a present for one of my pregnant friends. I used some of the designs from my new Sleeping Beauty set and made it pink on one side and blue on the other- in honor of Briar Rose!

Now I just wish I had my own baby to make bubbles for. *sigh*

Those are so cute. One of the girls at work has a new granddaughter, so I may have to buy this.

 

[coteau_chick]

I haven't been here in a while some of you might remember me. My two year old Ora Grace (AKA. Gracie Lou Lou ) is having surgery Monday to get her tonsils removed. She has Strep throat constantly from October to March. Well, I am making her two hospital gowns since she has to spend the night in the hospital because of her age. I am making a Fancy Nancy one and one from the story book fabric. Wendy sent me some earlier this year because I couldn't find any over here. I am going to post pictures when I can. I also made a portrait pessant in Minnie dot for Disney on ice tomorrow night. I can't believe how easy that pattern was. I was afraid I would have trouble with it but it was super easy. I love Carla's patterns. I got the hospital gown pattern free online. Has anyone else made one? I was just wondering if you have any tips before I start. I am planning on using snaps on the shoulders instead of velcro like the pattern calls for . I was thinking that the gown along with plenty of popsicles will cheer her up. She can also play with it when she plays with her doctor kit. You can never have to many dress up options for little girls , you know.

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

Well I just did a wrap-top dress for a cousin that is a belated birthday present. She is a huge Scooby-Doo fan.

Now on to something else......

 

[ireland_nicole]

We just got back from our fabulous 8 day vacay to WDW and I just HAD to post the FABULOUS custom the wonder ibesue made for my DD.
I adored it and got so many compliments on it! Even Cinderella herself took the time out to compliment my DD on how beautiful it was!

Beautiful!! Both the dress and the model!

http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/...zes-Preemie-NB-3m-6m-9m-12m-18m-24-months.htm

A cute bubble romper for the littlest ones in our lives.
No Model yet
One side for Valentine's day

And the other side made to match big sisters Christmas outfit.

The girls are going to look gorgeous!

Ok, here goes. I think they uploaded right.

This is the Autograph quilt for my DIL's nephew. He is 18 months and went with us to WDW back in September. He has been living with my DS and DIL since July and is going to live with his mother in a halfway house for Moms that have had drug problems. Mom has been clean and sober for 2 months now and the boys (9 months and 18 months) are going to live with her tomorrow.

I used the autograph squares that were signed onto freezer backed white print fabrics. On this one they were signed with fabric paint pens. The other fabric squares were leftover fabrics used to make their Tshirts and the girls' dresses. I used primarily the fabrics from Animal Kingdom in an attempt to make them not too girly.

While I am at it, I think I will try and post a picture of the infamous Tree Skirt. It didn't come out exactly like I wanted it, but they were happy with it!

OK...back to sewing!

Nini

Thanks for the pics! I love the quilt and the tree skirt is perfect!

Carla and Jennifer Paganelli have another new pattern on ycmt called the Carly Bubble! It's such a fun little pattern to put together. It's reversible and requires NO hand sewing at all! It went together quick and easy! I made this one as a present for one of my pregnant friends. I used some of the designs from my new Sleeping Beauty set and made it pink on one side and blue on the other- in honor of Briar Rose!

Now I just wish I had my own baby to make bubbles for. *sigh*

So, so cute! I wish I had a baby too... mine are way too big.

I haven't been here in a while some of you might remember me. My two year old Ora Grace (AKA. Gracie Lou Lou ) is having surgery Monday to get her tonsils removed. She has Strep throat constantly from October to March. Well, I am making her two hospital gowns since she has to spend the night in the hospital because of her age. I am making a Fancy Nancy one and one from the story book fabric. Wendy sent me some earlier this year because I couldn't find any over here. I am going to post pictures when I can. I also made a portrait pessant in Minnie dot for Disney on ice tomorrow night. I can't believe how easy that pattern was. I was afraid I would have trouble with it but it was super easy. I love Carla's patterns. I got the hospital gown pattern free online. Has anyone else made one? I was just wondering if you have any tips before I start. I am planning on using snaps on the shoulders instead of velcro like the pattern calls for . I was thinking that the gown along with plenty of popsicles will cheer her up. She can also play with it when she plays with her doctor kit. You can never have to many dress up options for little girls , you know.

Great idea! Sorry about the surgery though. I would definitely use snaps instead of velcro. 1st they won't be uncomfortable to lay on if they get caught under her, second, they won't come undone unless you want them to- this is especialyl important because you don't want to inadvertantly pull IV tubing. Finally, I would recommend not using one of your custom gowns until after the surgery. As soon as she's out of recovery, you can change her into it.

 

[mom2rtk]

Well I just did a wrap-top dress for a cousin that is a belated birthday present. She is a huge Scooby-Doo fan.
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp286/carol7198/IMG_9374.jpg
Now on to something else......[/QUOTE]

SO cute! I love the fabric choices!

 

[GrammaBelle]

I KNEW I wasn't crazy...I cannot for the life of me get the ruffles on the VIda to come out right!!! Can you share any words of wisdom on that?

Nini

Nini, I'm not sure they're words of wisdom, I just kind of felt my way through it. I started out by sewing each ruffle on upside down and then flipping them over and topstitching them, but I got tired of that in a hurry! So I decided to do that to the top one, and put the lower ones far enough under that the serged tops wouldn't show unless DGD gets crazy! Since the dress is for a 4yo I didn't worry too much about making it perfect--I just really like the ruffle look and plan to do either a ruffled Vida or Feliz for each of the 4 girls for WDW next winter.
First I figured out how many ruffles I wanted, then did math (which I hate) to come up with the size for the ruffle pieces. the first time I forgot to take into consideration the hems and the amount of each ruffle that would either be folded over or hidden under the ruffle above! Luckily I hadn't cut all the fabric before I remembered. I measured the width of the piece they were going on, and did the ruffles between 1 1/2 and 2x fullness. I sewed the ruffles on the center back panel before attaching the sides, so the edges would be caught in the seam.
Let me know if you need any other details!

 

[livndisney]

I haven't been here in a while some of you might remember me. My two year old Ora Grace (AKA. Gracie Lou Lou ) is having surgery Monday to get her tonsils removed. She has Strep throat constantly from October to March. Well, I am making her two hospital gowns since she has to spend the night in the hospital because of her age. I am making a Fancy Nancy one and one from the story book fabric. Wendy sent me some earlier this year because I couldn't find any over here. I am going to post pictures when I can. I also made a portrait pessant in Minnie dot for Disney on ice tomorrow night. I can't believe how easy that pattern was. I was afraid I would have trouble with it but it was super easy. I love Carla's patterns. I got the hospital gown pattern free online. Has anyone else made one? I was just wondering if you have any tips before I start. I am planning on using snaps on the shoulders instead of velcro like the pattern calls for . I was thinking that the gown along with plenty of popsicles will cheer her up. She can also play with it when she plays with her doctor kit. You can never have to many dress up options for little girls , you know.

I remember you!!!! I hope all goes well with Gracie in the hospital

 

[coteau_chick]

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Great idea! Sorry about the surgery though. I would definitely use snaps instead of velcro. 1st they won't be uncomfortable to lay on if they get caught under her, second, they won't come undone unless you want them to- this is especialyl important because you don't want to inadvertantly pull IV tubing. Finally, I would recommend not using one of your custom gowns until after the surgery. As soon as she's out of recovery, you can change her into it.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. My SIL is a nurse and she said the same thing about waiting to put it on her after she comes out of recovery. I am blessed because my SIL and Niece are nurses and they are both working when Gracie will be in the hospital so they will be her nurses. It should help her stress level with her "Sugar" and " Honey" taking care of her. She had a bacterial infection in her throat that dropped into her lungs causing bacterial pneumonia, last Christmas. She was in the hospital for almost a week. She is very scared so I am just trying to think of creative distractions, if you know what I mean. Thanks again.

 

[coteau_chick]

I remember you!!!! I hope all goes well with Gracie in the hospital

Of course I remember you too. Grace wore her dress you made her again the other day. She loves her minnie mouse dress. I am just looking forward to staying away from the doctors office for a long time God willing. Everytime she is sick it is her tonsils.