Disboutiquers Part 19 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[NiniMorris]

Quick question...for embroidery spray....I have some quilt basting spray.

Can you use that instead of the embroidery spray? The quilt basting spray washes out and is somewhat re-positionable. It really doesn't hold as well as I thought it would so I have never used it in quilting!

I'm hoping to hit the ground running when my machine gets here. Which according to UPS, should be today!!!!

I'm loaded up on Heather's designs, spent almost $100 at Joann's getting stabilizer, thread and scissors. In re-reading my instructions, I realized I forgot to get some embroidery spray...


Nini

 

[revrob]

Quick question...for embroidery spray....I have some quilt basting spray.

Can you use that instead of the embroidery spray? The quilt basting spray washes out and is somewhat re-positionable. It really doesn't hold as well as I thought it would so I have never used it in quilting!

I'm hoping to hit the ground running when my machine gets here. Which according to UPS, should be today!!!!

I'm loaded up on Heather's designs, spent almost $100 at Joann's getting stabilizer, thread and scissors. In re-reading my instructions, I realized I forgot to get some embroidery spray...


Nini

I tried quilt basting spray for appliques a long time ago, and it didn't work for me. Now that I'm trying to learn to quilt, I think it works better for quilting that it does for appliques.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I tried quilt basting spray for appliques a long time ago, and it didn't work for me. Now that I'm trying to learn to quilt, I think it works better for quilting that it does for appliques.

Shannon, I didn't know you were also quilting, we are going to be a bunch of quilters soon. I so love quilting but messed up the order on my quilt and now am stuck. Do I start all over again or just try to find something that works?

Good luck, I would use the right tool for the job. It makes it easier.

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

ENABLER ALERT!!

Did you know they're coming out with a cricut cake??!?! I was so excited when I found out..I MUST HAVE THIS. LOL. I love making cakes and this would just add to what I can do. I wonder how much it's going to be.

I think that I saw it is $499 but some sites have it on sale if you preorder it.

Quick question...for embroidery spray....I have some quilt basting spray.

Can you use that instead of the embroidery spray? The quilt basting spray washes out and is somewhat re-positionable. It really doesn't hold as well as I thought it would so I have never used it in quilting!

I'm hoping to hit the ground running when my machine gets here. Which according to UPS, should be today!!!!

I'm loaded up on Heather's designs, spent almost $100 at Joann's getting stabilizer, thread and scissors. In re-reading my instructions, I realized I forgot to get some embroidery spray...


Nini

I was just getting on here to see if you got it yet. I can't wait to see if you like it because I think I may get to order that same machine in the next week or two. I really want to know if the A bobbins are the correct size too before I sell all of my L size bobbins.

 

[Jaylin]

got the blizzard here in PA too. They're saying 20+ inches, fun, fun, fun. Perfect opportunity to figure out the embroidery part of my machine. But instead I'm sitting her paying bills, sorting thru a mountain of papers and doing wash.....ahhh, all those thing that I neglict when I'm in sew mode! And my DDs v-day outfit is sitting on the dining room table. No party today....hopefully they'll still have it next week.

Loving everyone's outfits! I love the wedding dress! So pretty!

 

[wbarkhur]

Hello everyone I have been lurking on this board for months admiring everyones work, and have been in total awe. I have decided to come out of lurkerdom(not sure that is even a word) and intruduce myself and ask a few questions(Sorry this is alot longer than I had planned).

We are going on our first trip to WDW in November/December and I would love to make some outfits for my kids. I have some very basic sewing skills, I actually sew on paper for scrapbooking more than fabric. I do not have an embroidery machine, but after seeing everything on here would love one but not sure i can justify the cost, anyway I have five kids three boys ages 2,5,6 and two girls ages 9 and 11(will be 2 3/4, 6,7,10,and 12 at the time of the trip).

For the boys I am not finding much to make other than bowling shirts or camp shirts. I do also have some iron-on designs that I am going to be making for a few days. Is there something out there I am missing?

I really wasn't sure that I would be doing anything for the girls other than iron-ons, because they are older and a bit picky, but the oldest was sitting by me the other day as I was looking at the outfits on here and she saw a picture of a dress that she thought was cute. She then asked if i thought that I could make it into a shirt cause it would be "way cute for disney". After I picked my jaw up off the floor I started looking into patterns that they may like. So far I have found a few and downloaded them off of YCMT.

Ok my question is has anyone had any luck or experience turning any of these into shirts for pre-teen girls? I am looking at the stripwork jumper, and the pillowcase dresses. Any help/advice would be welcome, also if you have any other ideas for the girls it would be much appriciated. Thanks

 

[Mom2SamandJames]

A very sweet thank you to the person who sent Pop and the boys a card from Canada. The boys were ecstatic to find some candy for them and Pop in the package. Thanks so much. My oldest son now wants to come to Canada and bring you some of our valentine M&M cookies we are making this afternoon. Thanks so much for your kindness!

Dawn

 

[angel23321]

I was very productive last night although I couldn't take pictures since the girls were asleep. Finished Emma's valentine day outfit and Lily's cupcake outfit. I didn't like the way the top came out on Lily's outfit. I think I cut the shirt the wrong size when cutting it. We'll see if it fits her today.

 

[tmh0206]

just wanted to say thank you to everyone on here who gave me advice and their opinions on which embroidery machine to buy. I am so EXCITED, I found a Brother PE750D on that e website where u buy and sell stuff (not sure if allowed to say their name, heehee) anywho I got a great deal with alot of extras and it will be at my house in 5 - 7 days! woo hoo! I'm sure i will have alot of extra questions once it arrives, but wanted to make sure to thank you all for helping me w/this decision!!!

 

[busy mommy]

Hello everyone I have been lurking on this board for months admiring everyones work, and have been in total awe. I have decided to come out of lurkerdom(not sure that is even a word) and intruduce myself and ask a few questions(Sorry this is alot longer than I had planned).

We are going on our first trip to WDW in November/December and I would love to make some outfits for my kids. I have some very basic sewing skills, I actually sew on paper for scrapbooking more than fabric. I do not have an embroidery machine, but after seeing everything on here would love one but not sure i can justify the cost, anyway I have five kids three boys ages 2,5,6 and two girls ages 9 and 11(will be 2 3/4, 6,7,10,and 12 at the time of the trip).

For the boys I am not finding much to make other than bowling shirts or camp shirts. I do also have some iron-on designs that I am going to be making for a few days. Is there something out there I am missing?

I really wasn't sure that I would be doing anything for the girls other than iron-ons, because they are older and a bit picky, but the oldest was sitting by me the other day as I was looking at the outfits on here and she saw a picture of a dress that she thought was cute. She then asked if i thought that I could make it into a shirt cause it would be "way cute for disney". After I picked my jaw up off the floor I started looking into patterns that they may like. So far I have found a few and downloaded them off of YCMT.

Ok my question is has anyone had any luck or experience turning any of these into shirts for pre-teen girls? I am looking at the stripwork jumper, and the pillowcase dresses. Any help/advice would be welcome, also if you have any other ideas for the girls it would be much appriciated. Thanks

I have been in lurkdom with you. But I decided to come out and answer your question. I just finished matching stripwork jumpers for my three and twelve year old. I will try to get them to cooperate today and get a picture posted. I enlarged the size 8 to a 10 or 12. I think the instructions to do that are in the bookmarks somewhere. It is a really easy pattern to make for both little and big girls. And my big girl loves it.

 

[luvinyou]

A very sweet thank you to the person who sent Pop and the boys a card from Canada. The boys were ecstatic to find some candy for them and Pop in the package. Thanks so much. My oldest son now wants to come to Canada and bring you some of our valentine M&M cookies we are making this afternoon. Thanks so much for your kindness!

Dawn

You are so welcome! I am glad they enjoyed the candy! (I don't think you have Smarties and Aero in the USA, so I thought it would be a fun treat).

 

[teresajoy]

Quick question...for embroidery spray....I have some quilt basting spray.

Can you use that instead of the embroidery spray? The quilt basting spray washes out and is somewhat re-positionable. It really doesn't hold as well as I thought it would so I have never used it in quilting!

I'm hoping to hit the ground running when my machine gets here. Which according to UPS, should be today!!!!

I'm loaded up on Heather's designs, spent almost $100 at Joann's getting stabilizer, thread and scissors. In re-reading my instructions, I realized I forgot to get some embroidery spray...


Nini

I've never used spray for doing machine embroidery. You won't need it to get started.

Hello everyone I have been lurking on this board for months admiring everyones work, and have been in total awe. I have decided to come out of lurkerdom(not sure that is even a word) and intruduce myself and ask a few questions(Sorry this is alot longer than I had planned).

We are going on our first trip to WDW in November/December and I would love to make some outfits for my kids. I have some very basic sewing skills, I actually sew on paper for scrapbooking more than fabric. I do not have an embroidery machine, but after seeing everything on here would love one but not sure i can justify the cost, anyway I have five kids three boys ages 2,5,6 and two girls ages 9 and 11(will be 2 3/4, 6,7,10,and 12 at the time of the trip).

For the boys I am not finding much to make other than bowling shirts or camp shirts. I do also have some iron-on designs that I am going to be making for a few days. Is there something out there I am missing?

I really wasn't sure that I would be doing anything for the girls other than iron-ons, because they are older and a bit picky, but the oldest was sitting by me the other day as I was looking at the outfits on here and she saw a picture of a dress that she thought was cute. She then asked if i thought that I could make it into a shirt cause it would be "way cute for disney". After I picked my jaw up off the floor I started looking into patterns that they may like. So far I have found a few and downloaded them off of YCMT.

Ok my question is has anyone had any luck or experience turning any of these into shirts for pre-teen girls? I am looking at the stripwork jumper, and the pillowcase dresses. Any help/advice would be welcome, also if you have any other ideas for the girls it would be much appriciated. Thanks

The new Cathy pattern might be a cute one for your girls, it's a Carla pattern, but I believe it's under the Sisboom heading:
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/featured-products/Cathy-Dress-Top-Sizes-6-months-11-12-years.htm
. Your girls are similar in age to mine. Lydia will be 7 1/2 when we go again and Arminda will turn 12 the day we leave. Arminda likes skirts and dresses, so that makes things easier. I don't think it would be hard to turn the stripwork jumper or a pillowcase dress into a top. I love the Molly/Meghan for Arminda. It's a peasant type shirt/dress.
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/...p-for-Girls-Sizes-6-12-months-11-12-years.htm
I've made it for Arminda a few times. If your daughter will wear skirts, the Perfectly Preppy (by CarlaC), flouncy verion is really cute.
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/...s-Sizes-6-mo-12-years-Doll-sizes-included.htm
I made it into a Belle skirt for Arminda for our October trip. I also love the Tween Flared skirt: http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/tweens-teens/Tween-Flared-Skirt.htm and the The Katelyn skirt:
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/tweens-teens/The-Katelyn-Tween-Teen-Skirt.htm

I was very productive last night although I couldn't take pictures since the girls were asleep. Finished Emma's valentine day outfit and Lily's cupcake outfit. I didn't like the way the top came out on Lily's outfit. I think I cut the shirt the wrong size when cutting it. We'll see if it fits her today.

I hope it fits!

just wanted to say thank you to everyone on here who gave me advice and their opinions on which embroidery machine to buy. I am so EXCITED, I found a Brother PE750D on that e website where u buy and sell stuff (not sure if allowed to say their name, heehee) anywho I got a great deal with alot of extras and it will be at my house in 5 - 7 days! woo hoo! I'm sure i will have alot of extra questions once it arrives, but wanted to make sure to thank you all for helping me w/this decision!!!

YAY!!!! You need to start posting more so you can share pictures!

 

[mtnmomma3]

Just wanted to share my first attempt on the vida... love it, so easy to put together and uses so little fabric!!! This is for our March trip...

Butt ruffles

Close up of applique... thanks HeatherSue!

Carla's new pattern for my twin girls to coordinate with big sis! Great Pattern, very quick (like literally 30 minutes quick).. I modified a bit and just made a casing around the neck (no bias tape) and eliminated the ruffle around the neck, thought it might be cumbersome to the babies.

Thanks for letting me share!

 

[NiniMorris]

It is here! It is here! It is here!

We have bonded quite well, and it stitches like a dream. Hubby said he will have to go to Mickey D's for dinner tonight...I didn't answer...LOL


So far I have practiced on about a dozen designs, learned how NOT to try and center a Tshirt, how to measure for the size I have to embroider in, how fast and easy it is to thread and change thread. My 8 year old son refuses to bring me any more of his ratty tshirts! LOL

I have also learned how NOT to put the designs on the thumb drive, and how S L O W my downstairs computer really is! LOL My daughter (9) came home from school and has decided she needs to use her own money to buy some more designs (progress reports came out today! She rich!)

So far I have only done one applique. I was going to use my basting spray to help hold it down...but the spray part was off (I removed it to make sure the kids couldn't mess with it, and forgot where I put it!) so, I just used my fingers to hold it in place until the tack down stitch. My only problem was cutting close enough to not show...I guess that will take practice. Now, off to play some more before church tonight!

To aqnyone thinking about getting this machine....I say go for it!!!!



Nini

 

[tmh0206]

It is here! It is here! It is here!

We have bonded quite well, and it stitches like a dream. Hubby said he will have to go to Mickey D's for dinner tonight...I didn't answer...LOL


So far I have practiced on about a dozen designs, learned how NOT to try and center a Tshirt, how to measure for the size I have to embroider in, how fast and easy it is to thread and change thread. My 8 year old son refuses to bring me any more of his ratty tshirts! LOL

I have also learned how NOT to put the designs on the thumb drive, and how S L O W my downstairs computer really is! LOL My daughter (9) came home from school and has decided she needs to use her own money to buy some more designs (progress reports came out today! She rich!)

So far I have only done one applique. I was going to use my basting spray to help hold it down...but the spray part was off (I removed it to make sure the kids couldn't mess with it, and forgot where I put it!) so, I just used my fingers to hold it in place until the tack down stitch. My only problem was cutting close enough to not show...I guess that will take practice. Now, off to play some more before church tonight!

To aqnyone thinking about getting this machine....I say go for it!!!!



Nini

So which machine did you get?

 

[NiniMorris]

Sorry...I was just a gushing and didn't tell you the specifics!


It is a Brother PE 770...affectionately known as Bubba!

Nini

 

[tmh0206]

Sorry...I was just a gushing and didn't tell you the specifics!


It is a Brother PE 770...affectionately known as Bubba!

Nini

SWEET!!! and you should be gushing, i was doing a HAPPY DANCE last night when i paid for mine...Cant hardly wait to have it arrive...but that means i may be asking alot more questions.

 

[Stephres]

The Tink vida is so sweet, as are the little Cathys! I love that green and yellow together.

I am looking for lanyard hardware. I want to make some lanyards to try to sell at school. I already made myself a FSU one and got requests just from wearing it. I didn't see anything specifically for lanyards at JoAnns so I just used a ring and hook but am looking for something more professional looking if I do try to sell them. If anyone can steer me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thanks!

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

The Tink vida is so sweet, as are the little Cathys! I love that green and yellow together.

I am looking for lanyard hardware. I want to make some lanyards to try to sell at school. I already made myself a FSU one and got requests just from wearing it. I didn't see anything specifically for lanyards at JoAnns so I just used a ring and hook but am looking for something more professional looking if I do try to sell them. If anyone can steer me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thanks!

I have no idea where to get them Steph...but with that cutie attached you should have no problem selling them!

I hope you find what you are looking for...I was thinking of making some for our trip this year.

 

[glorib]

Just wanted to share my first attempt on the vida... love it, so easy to put together and uses so little fabric!!! This is for our March trip...

Butt ruffles

Close up of applique... thanks HeatherSue!

Carla's new pattern for my twin girls to coordinate with big sis! Great Pattern, very quick (like literally 30 minutes quick).. I modified a bit and just made a casing around the neck (no bias tape) and eliminated the ruffle around the neck, thought it might be cumbersome to the babies.

Thanks for letting me share!

So cute! Love the colors and fabrics you used!

Sorry...I was just a gushing and didn't tell you the specifics!


It is a Brother PE 770...affectionately known as Bubba!

Nini

That's the same machine I got for Christmas! It is a nice machine - very user-friendly and stitches beautifully! I'm having far too much fun with it - as I'm sure you will, too!

I am looking for lanyard hardware. I want to make some lanyards to try to sell at school. I already made myself a FSU one and got requests just from wearing it. I didn't see anything specifically for lanyards at JoAnns so I just used a ring and hook but am looking for something more professional looking if I do try to sell them. If anyone can steer me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thanks!

Hmmm. I know what you're talking about, but I'm not sure I've ever seen the specific hardware for sale anywhere, but I'm sure it must exist! Hopefully someone knows where!