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

[Granna4679]

Awww...thanks. She loves monkeys also. I made her a mokey cake for her birthday last year.

That is really cute!! Great job!

 

[teresajoy]

So im mostly a lurker but I have a question. I know that you are supposed to wash and dry your fabric before you cut it out... but how do you keep the fabric from unravaling??? lol and I have to say that the Tink Vida is soooo cute. I just bought the pattern and i can not wait to try it out.

You could serge or zig-zag the edges, but I never do. I just wash it. I've never had it ravel to a point where it caused a problem.

 

[NiniMorris]

So im mostly a lurker but I have a question. I know that you are supposed to wash and dry your fabric before you cut it out... but how do you keep the fabric from unravaling??? lol and I have to say that the Tink Vida is soooo cute. I just bought the pattern and i can not wait to try it out.

An old timers trick...you can either pink the edges (too much work for me!) or you can clip the corners. I don't remember the why's of clipping the corners, I just remember my Grandmother always did that to keep the fabric from raveling when washing. I also had some quilt teachers tell me that.

Personally, I just wash it regularly. I've never had anything to ravel much...and if it did I'm not sure I would want to use it!

Nini

 

[PrincessMickey]

Love the Tink and the colors. Great job!

Love the fabric. I was going to suggest another ruffle too. No need to waste a great looking shirt.

 

[angel23321]

I'm so frustrated right now. Don't you hate it when you know in your mind what fabric you want and you can't find it anywhere? I want a sheer to go over the skirt of the girls Easter dress. But I want it to have embroidered flowers on it. Can't find something like it anywhere. I KNOW I've seen it before.

Sigh.

 

[froggy33]

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!

LOVE these!! Where did you get that beautiful green damask fabric??

 

[mtnmomma3]

LOVE these!! Where did you get that beautiful green damask fabric??

Thanks... I love it too I believe it was Michael Miller, I know the other two green prints were MM and the dots were Robert Kaufman.

I got it at the infamous Mary Jo's in Gastonia NC. It was my first trip... what a place, just fabric heaven!!! Any other east coast folks been there? I can't wait to go back!

 

[Granna4679]

Thanks... I love it too I believe it was Michael Miller, I know the other two green prints were MM and the dots were Robert Kaufman.

I got it at the infamous Mary Jo's in Gastonia NC. It was my first trip... what a place, just fabric heaven!!! Any other east coast folks been there? I can't wait to go back!

Never been there but I was intrigued enough to look up her website. Looks like you can order online and WOW, does she have an inventory? Love the bridal section too!!
http://maryjos.com/fabrics

 

[livndisney]

I'm so frustrated right now. Don't you hate it when you know in your mind what fabric you want and you can't find it anywhere? I want a sheer to go over the skirt of the girls Easter dress. But I want it to have embroidered flowers on it. Can't find something like it anywhere. I KNOW I've seen it before.

Sigh.

Did you look in the Joann's clearance area? I find lots of the sheers with flowers in that area.

 

[tricia]

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...

Love the Tink Vida, the little shot of yellow on both the front and them back make it wonderful.

How exciting for the new machines!! I'm waiting until my MIL gets here to teach me how to use my new serger. I'm scared of it.

I hate having to upload pictures to photobucket. Between our family website, facebook, shutterfly and the photobucket to post here...sigh. Do our pictures have to be in photobucket?

I just finished Lily's shirt. It is definately too short. But she loves it. I'll have to make a new one and not tell her. LOL.
Here is the new nightgown I made her using the portrait peasant. My DD6 made the hat for her. She sewed it on my sewing machine.

Here is her new shirt/skirt. Definately need a longer top. I cut it too short, totally my fault.

Cute fleece nightgown. My boys love their fleece easy fits for when they come in from playing in the cold and want to cuddle up with a hot chocolate.
The flouncy skirt is great.

I made these for the teachers for Christmas. I found the hardware at JoAnn's but it wasn't easy to find them. They were package 2 to a pack.

I made a bunch of other Christmas gifts I never posted. I thought you guys might like this pillowcase I made my DS. I made my girls name pillows but I thought this one looked a bit more boyish.

Cute lanyards and really cool pillowcase.

 

[lovesdumbo]

That is really cute!

Thanks! It has been a rough couple of months. Hope to start posting more once I get caught up with work. I was going to add getting my house back in order but then I'd never post.

I LOVE this idea for the teachers. Is it just a tube? All the teachers in our school wear their badges also.

Thanks! I just cut the fabric 4 times the finished width-folded in 1/2 and pressed and folded the raw edges inside. Then I folded one end up over the clip and the other just up into the inside to trap the raw edges of the ends inside the stitching. Really quick & easy-the hardest part was finding the hardware!

Awww...thanks. She loves monkeys also. I made her a mokey cake for her birthday last year.

So cute!

Cute lanyards and really cool pillowcase.

Thanks!

 

[karamat]

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!

Are these what you're looking for? http://www.jcarolinecreative.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=JC&Category_Code=23a

 

[Stephres]

Thanks!

 

[twob4him]

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!

These are absolutely FABULOUS!!! Love your fabrics and colors! Don't you just love Heather's designs! That Cathy Top and Dress is fabulous!!!!

 

[twob4him]

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 am not sure if anyone also added some the Sis Boom/Scientific Seamstress patterns that came out...

There are lots more!

 

[CastleCreations]

I'm so excited. I love Craigslist. I just found Lex a new violin, with a case and everything..for only 50 dollars. It has such a nice sound. I can't wait for her to use it.

 

[lynnanddbyz]

Okay I do not know the name of this. I have been calling them thing-a ma-jigs. Is this what you are looking for?

 

[lynnanddbyz]

If these are what you are looking for I will try to find the vendor I got them from. I only have 100 so I may also be willing to share.

 

[Stephres]

Oh, I just sent you a pm Lynn. I sent it before I saw the picture!

 

[fairygoodmother]

okay, I'm feeling really ditzy today and can not think to do simple math!!

I'm making a Belle gown, but simplifying it a little. I'm using the Simply Sweet bodice, upsized a bit, but I want to do the skirt similar to the Simplicity pattern from a few years ago.

Basically, it's eight panels: 2 fronts, 2 side fronts, 2 side backs, 2 backs.

So -- if the measurement at the base of my bodice is 30" (30" waist) I need my skirt (waist) measurement double for gathering, right?

The top of my skirt needs to be 60" when the panels are sewn together, right?
Then I'll gather it onto the bodice.

The question I'm having is, how wide do I make the top of each skirt panel?

Do I take the 60" and divide it by 8? Then add seam allowances?

Would I be okay to have my panels be 8" wide at the top?

The more I think about it the more confused I become!