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

[tvgirlmin]

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Totally cute nightgown and hat! You and your daughter both did a great job!

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

Soooo cute! I agree - just add a ruffle and you are good to go!

Okay, found a photo of the Megan/Molly peasant I made DD12 (11 at the time)

Love that peasant shirt! And your daughter looks so grown up in it - quite the model!

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

There are lots more!

That pattern is so great - it looks awesome on your daughter, and I made it for my hubby's Grandma and it looks great on her, too. So good for so many ages!!!

Hubby has duty tonight, so I am going to work on a bowling shirt for Jack. Good times!

 

[revrob]

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!

If you have the gathering at 2x, then each of the FINISHED panels would be 7.5" - you would need to .5" to each panel (assuming you are using a .25" seam allowance common to Carla C's patterns). So each panel (at least the portion attaching to the bodice) would be 8" wide.

 

[NiniMorris]

Open letter to the wonderful Heather...


My husband was looking at your designs. He says, if she wants so little for them, it must not be hard to make them. I say...no way...I know they can't be easy.

Today, after watching my Pooh materialize in front of my eyes, I have to say...There is NO WAY I could EVER do what you do! I kept thinking, why is it skipping to here, and then to here? But in the end it was perfect! There is so much involved in what you do that I could never even begin to understand it!

Thank you so much for the wonderful designs you make, and keep it up. You have a loyal customer in me for ever!!!

Nini

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

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 made some Lanyards for teacher's gifts at Christmas

I used D-rings from JoAnn's and I found the badge clips at Michael's in the bead section. I also put a key ring on the end because the teachers keep keys to their classroom on their lanyards as well. I followed the directions at this blog http://sewsimplycreative.blogspot.com/2008/09/lanyard-tutorial.html

 

[mgmsmommy]

Love all the lanyard pics such a great idea I never would have thought of making them.

All the talk of quilts made me realize maybe you would like to see the Nightmare Before Christmas quilt i just finished for my newest niece (who I sadly have not met yet as they live across the country). Anyway it's not as intricate as a great quilter would do & halfway through I was doubting my fabric choices but in the end I think it all came together & I love it. I just hope my brother in law & his wife will too. It was BILs idea for a NBC theme.

I used Heathersue's great designs as the centerpiece.

But then found this swirly pumpkin too

I've got to reorganize my fabric stash before i start a new project since I have been slacking about putting it on boards for storage after prewashing it lately.

 

[Astro Orbiter]

I'm not snow-bound, but am enjoying all of the internet sales that seem to be playing off snow-megeddon.

Anyways, Hancocks of Paducah (yup, use the full name) has free shipping over $30 with SNOW FREE code. And I found this cute flag fabric:

http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ItemList--Robert-Kaufman-Quilting-Fabric-Sale--m-371 - it's even on sale!

There's also a line of Alexander Henry - Good Earth - that has some cute prints:

http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/ItemList--Alexander-Henry-Good-Earth-Quilting-Fabric--m-2026

ALSO - for the lanyards - I've picked up the ends at JoAnn's before, in with the kids camp crafts.

ALSO, AGAIN - my DD, who has never liked the cuties-type princesses, loved the Tink dress from the other day - I did, too. Such a great green print!

Deb

 

[desparatelydisney]

open letter to the wonderful heather...


My husband was looking at your designs. He says, if she wants so little for them, it must not be hard to make them. I say...no way...i know they can't be easy.

Today, after watching my pooh materialize in front of my eyes, i have to say...there is no way i could ever do what you do! I kept thinking, why is it skipping to here, and then to here? But in the end it was perfect! There is so much involved in what you do that i could never even begin to understand it!

Thank you so much for the wonderful designs you make, and keep it up. You have a loyal customer in me for ever!!!

Nini

ditto

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...

Thanks for letting me share!

Great work! Those fabrics are beautiful together. You made tink classic & preppy & refined & little girly all at once!

 

[teresajoy]

Open letter to the wonderful Heather...


My husband was looking at your designs. He says, if she wants so little for them, it must not be hard to make them. I say...no way...I know they can't be easy.

Today, after watching my Pooh materialize in front of my eyes, I have to say...There is NO WAY I could EVER do what you do! I kept thinking, why is it skipping to here, and then to here? But in the end it was perfect! There is so much involved in what you do that I could never even begin to understand it!

Thank you so much for the wonderful designs you make, and keep it up. You have a loyal customer in me for ever!!!

Nini

Oh my how sweet of you!! She will love reading this! I am with you, I have no clue how she does it! I tried digitizing once (it was something Heather didn't have, of course!) and it took just shy of forever to do it, and it still didn't turn out too good!

And, I found out something I didn't even know about her the other day. She has donated lots of her designs to people using them for the Big Gives! She just mentioned that to me the other day. She really is a wonderful person! I'm so proud to have her as my friend and sister!

Plus, she gives me great discounts on all of her designs!!

 

[billwendy]

Oh my how sweet of you!! She will love reading this! I am with you, I have no clue how she does it! I tried digitizing once (it was something Heather didn't have, of course!) and it took just shy of forever to do it, and it still didn't turn out too good!

And, I found out something I didn't even know about her the other day. She has donated lots of her designs to people using them for the Big Gives! She just mentioned that to me the other day. She really is a wonderful person! I'm so proud to have her as my friend and sister!

Plus, she gives me great discounts on all of her designs!!

I agree!! She is soooo talented - her designs come out sooooo nice!! She spoils us!! I have tried too - took me forever, I didnt really understand what I was doing and was sooo frustrated!! I did a few simple ones, but they werent anything even in the same league as hers!!!! She is AMAZING!!

 

[lynnanddbyz]

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Okay I have been through 2009 and 2008 records and have not found this yet. I will pull out my older stuff later and see what I can come up with. Sorry I have several vendors I bought stuff from. I am trying to find the right one for you. And a part name would be good for future reference.

I really need to clean out this stuff more often. I have tons of purse making stuff handles, D-rings, etc, etc that I probably should put on . But I just have not. That is the problem with a horder. I can not let go of craft stuff or FABRIC. That is crazy talk. Unless a fellow Diser is in need. Oh well what is a girl to do.

 

[Tweevil]

For the lanyards - here is a website that sells the parts. Pricing is 1 pc to bulk quanities. The site itself is enough to give you a headache but the link to the EZ clips is below.
I think they started at 1.20 for single and .90 for over 10 pcs.

Hope this helps,

http://www.lanyardsupply.com/p/f/printed-lanyards-pricing.htm#EzAdjustableConnector

 

[HeatherSue]

I embroidered Tessa a shirt for Valentine's day a few weeks ago and had always planned on making a skirt to go with it. But, I never really got around to doing it. Then, this morning I was getting her clothes around for her and realized she had nothing to wear with her Valentine's shirt. So, with 25 minutes before the bus would come, I made her a skirt!!! We even had 5 minutes to spare! I'm so darn proud of myself! I even machine embroidered a little heart onto it! Here is the finished product!

She was positively giddy that I whipped it up for her! I never sew that fast!

I've spent most of the last week making 51 of these little things:

I made some for Tessa's class and then Sawyer wanted some for his. Then, they both wanted some for their teaches, student teachers, bus driver, cousins, etc... They're in the hoop designs, so they were pretty easy, but it still took a while to digitize the names of each classmate on them and then to stitch them all out. I have decided that I love my mega hoop!!

I also made a little dress for a friend of ours. It matches the little bubble romper I made for their new baby (who is due to arrive on March 10). I used CarlaC and Jennifer Paganelli's new "Cathy" pattern. This was SOOO easy to make! It only took me 45 minutes, even with printing out the pattern and cutting out the pieces. There are only 2 pieces to cut and then the strips for the ruffles- super easy!

I just realized that I haven't posted pictures of the camera bag that I made for my mom a few weeks ago! I used CarlaC's Boxy Bag pattern. It was a lot of fun to make! I embroidered my mom's name on the top, but it's hard to see because I should have used a more contrasting thread. My mom really loved it! I was so pleased by her reaction when I gave it to her!

Now I need to go back and catch up a bit on the thread!!

 

[HeatherSue]

Open letter to the wonderful Heather...


My husband was looking at your designs. He says, if she wants so little for them, it must not be hard to make them. I say...no way...I know they can't be easy.

Today, after watching my Pooh materialize in front of my eyes, I have to say...There is NO WAY I could EVER do what you do! I kept thinking, why is it skipping to here, and then to here? But in the end it was perfect! There is so much involved in what you do that I could never even begin to understand it!

Thank you so much for the wonderful designs you make, and keep it up. You have a loyal customer in me for ever!!!

Nini

Oh my goodness...thank you so much, Jeanne!! I've had a pretty bad week and this absolutely made my day. You made me cry, but in a good way!

I made some Lanyards for teacher's gifts at Christmas

I used D-rings from JoAnn's and I found the badge clips at Michael's in the bead section. I also put a key ring on the end because the teachers keep keys to their classroom on their lanyards as well. I followed the directions at this blog http://sewsimplycreative.blogspot.com/2008/09/lanyard-tutorial.html

Those are so cool, Steph!

I've got to reorganize my fabric stash before i start a new project since I have been slacking about putting it on boards for storage after prewashing it lately.

Oooh!! Such a cool baby blanket! I'm sorry you haven't been able to meet your new niece yet. That's gotta be hard! I love that swirly pumpkin!

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.

I concur!! Craigslist is great!!

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!

Just reading your post has my head spinning!

She really is a wonderful person! I'm so proud to have her as my friend and sister!

Thank you, Teresa! I love you so much!

I agree!! She is soooo talented - her designs come out sooooo nice!! She spoils us!! I have tried too - took me forever, I didnt really understand what I was doing and was sooo frustrated!! I did a few simple ones, but they werent anything even in the same league as hers!!!! She is AMAZING!!

I had no idea I was going to find all this kindness on the board when I decided to check in this morning. You guys have really overwhelmed me with your love. Thank you so much!

 

[tricia]

Love it! I was eyeing that cool pumpkin.

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She was positively giddy that I whipped it up for her! I never sew that fast!

I've spent most of the last week making 51 of these little things:

for getting a skirt done that quickly. I tried to do something quickly this week and broke my serger

Great little valentines, Cathy and Camera Bag.

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

!!

Wow! What an awesome mommy you are! i can't believe you made that skirt that fast. I could've never done that. I am a slow sewer! It looks great and her Valentines are awesome too!

 

[Granna4679]

I embroidered Tessa a shirt for Valentine's day a few weeks ago and had always planned on making a skirt to go with it. But, I never really got around to doing it. Then, this morning I was getting her clothes around for her and realized she had nothing to wear with her Valentine's shirt. So, with 25 minutes before the bus would come, I made her a skirt!!! We even had 5 minutes to spare! I'm so darn proud of myself! I even machine embroidered a little heart onto it! Here is the finished product!

She was positively giddy that I whipped it up for her! I never sew that fast!

I've spent most of the last week making 51 of these little things:

I made some for Tessa's class and then Sawyer wanted some for his. Then, they both wanted some for their teaches, student teachers, bus driver, cousins, etc... They're in the hoop designs, so they were pretty easy, but it still took a while to digitize the names of each classmate on them and then to stitch them all out. I have decided that I love my mega hoop!!

I also made a little dress for a friend of ours. It matches the little bubble romper I made for their new baby (who is due to arrive on March 10). I used CarlaC and Jennifer Paganelli's new "Cathy" pattern. This was SOOO easy to make! It only took me 45 minutes, even with printing out the pattern and cutting out the pieces. There are only 2 pieces to cut and then the strips for the ruffles- super easy!

I just realized that I haven't posted pictures of the camera bag that I made for my mom a few weeks ago! I used CarlaC's Boxy Bag pattern. It was a lot of fun to make! I embroidered my mom's name on the top, but it's hard to see because I should have used a more contrasting thread. My mom really loved it! I was so pleased by her reaction when I gave it to her!

Now I need to go back and catch up a bit on the thread!!

OMG...you are MEGA-MOM!! What a sweet thing to do so that Tessa would have a skirt! I barely drag myself out of bed to go to work in the morning (of course, that may have something to do with working a 40-hour week and then sewing until the wee hours of the morning), and I don't even have children at home. I love the skirt/shirt outfit. And Tessa looks so cute in that picture too! The Cathy dress is really cute. I am going to have to get that pattern for my DGDs. It looks like a great summer dress. The camera bag is great too. Love the fabric choice for that.

 

[Mom2SamandJames]

I embroidered Tessa a shirt for Valentine's day a few weeks ago and had always planned on making a skirt to go with it. But, I never really got around to doing it. Then, this morning I was getting her clothes around for her and realized she had nothing to wear with her Valentine's shirt. So, with 25 minutes before the bus would come, I made her a skirt!!! We even had 5 minutes to spare! I'm so darn proud of myself! I even machine embroidered a little heart onto it! Here is the finished product!

She was positively giddy that I whipped it up for her! I never sew that fast!

I've spent most of the last week making 51 of these little things:

I made some for Tessa's class and then Sawyer wanted some for his. Then, they both wanted some for their teaches, student teachers, bus driver, cousins, etc... They're in the hoop designs, so they were pretty easy, but it still took a while to digitize the names of each classmate on them and then to stitch them all out. I have decided that I love my mega hoop!!

I also made a little dress for a friend of ours. It matches the little bubble romper I made for their new baby (who is due to arrive on March 10). I used CarlaC and Jennifer Paganelli's new "Cathy" pattern. This was SOOO easy to make! It only took me 45 minutes, even with printing out the pattern and cutting out the pieces. There are only 2 pieces to cut and then the strips for the ruffles- super easy!

I just realized that I haven't posted pictures of the camera bag that I made for my mom a few weeks ago! I used CarlaC's Boxy Bag pattern. It was a lot of fun to make! I embroidered my mom's name on the top, but it's hard to see because I should have used a more contrasting thread. My mom really loved it! I was so pleased by her reaction when I gave it to her!

Now I need to go back and catch up a bit on the thread!!

You really are an amazing Mom and woman HeatherSue! Your daughter and her Valentine outfit are just adorable The camera bag is awesome. I can see why your Mom liked it!

Dawn

 

[HeatherSue]

last week when the snow was melting too much to have fun in but the kids still had off of school one of my sweet girls handed me a hand written invitation asking me to come to their fashion show. they totally trashed the playroom coming up with their outfits from the dressup box but since it saved me from hearing "I'm bored" for the zillionth time I didn't care. Their only request of me was that I sit in the chair & be the photographer.

Anyway here are just a few glimpses of their show:
Sierra in her valentine set

The fashion show story is SO cute!!! What a great memory you all made! Those Valentine's outfits are great, too!

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!
Nini

I bought the quilting spray instead of the Sulky spray on a recommendation from someone at JoAnn. She said they were exactly the same thing, but the Sulky was way more expensive. She was WRONG!! The quilting spray doesn't work for machine applique! It was way too sticky. You don't necessarily need the spray and I rarely use it. I just hold the fabric down with my fingers.

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!!!

How exciting!!!! You can say ebay, but you can't post links to it or what to search for.

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...

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!

Oooh!!! I love the Vida! You used such pretty fabrics! It's so "Tink"! Love it! Thank YOU, BTW!

The Cathys turned out great!! I love that fabric, too!

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!

What kind of scissors are you using? You need to have some curved embroidery scissors in order to cut close enough. With my designs, you need to cut as close to the zig-zag stitches as possible without cutting them. I know each designer does it differently and some you need to leave a little extra outside the zig zag or else the stitches won't cover the fabric. You'll get it! I'm so glad you got it right out and started practicing!

I hate having to upload pictures

I love the monkey nightgown! It looks so snuggly and warm! Tell your DD she did an awesome job on the hat!! Isn't it cool when your kids take an interest in sewing? I love the cupcake outfit. That is so precious! I will 3rd of 4th the others that said to put an extra ruffle on it!

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'm loving the lanyards! That pillowcase is so cool! I bet he loved it!

No, you don't need to upload things to Photobucket. I usually just upload to Facebook and post the link here.
Right click on your Facebook picture,
If you are using Firefox: click, on the option that says "copy picture location"
If you are using Inernet Explorer click: Properties, then copy the image location information
Then, for either one, paste that into the little picture linkie thing up there at the top of your reply box.
You should also be able to do the same thing from your family website too.

I didn't know that!! You are such a computer genius!

A few days or weeks ago I was skimming through here and I remember I saw a picture of Cinderella's pink dress and it had the little bird with a ribbon on the bottom.
Can someone post it again or link me to it? x3 That was the cutest dress I've seen and a friend is making it and I really want to show her it!

Here is the first one that I made for Tessa. I think I used a Simplicity pattern. It was supposed to be Belle, but I modified it into a Cinderella dress:

I did the little bird by hand:

I made this one for a Big Give. I used CarlaC's simply sweet and it was MUCH easier than the first dress. The little bird is Claire's design from Stitch on Time (she was very sweet and made it especially for me before I started digitizing).

Sorry, I couldn't resist reposting these pictures!

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

That is an adorable cake!

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

There are lots more!

I still love that shirt! She looks so pretty in it!

 

[NiniMorris]

Enabler Alert!



Joann's has all thread on sale half off!


Nini

 

[100AcrePrincess]

I embroidered Tessa a shirt for Valentine's day a few weeks ago and had always planned on making a skirt to go with it. But, I never really got around to doing it. Then, this morning I was getting her clothes around for her and realized she had nothing to wear with her Valentine's shirt. So, with 25 minutes before the bus would come, I made her a skirt!!! We even had 5 minutes to spare! I'm so darn proud of myself! I even machine embroidered a little heart onto it! Here is the finished product!

She was positively giddy that I whipped it up for her! I never sew that fast!

I've spent most of the last week making 51 of these little things:

I made some for Tessa's class and then Sawyer wanted some for his. Then, they both wanted some for their teaches, student teachers, bus driver, cousins, etc... They're in the hoop designs, so they were pretty easy, but it still took a while to digitize the names of each classmate on them and then to stitch them all out. I have decided that I love my mega hoop!!

I also made a little dress for a friend of ours. It matches the little bubble romper I made for their new baby (who is due to arrive on March 10). I used CarlaC and Jennifer Paganelli's new "Cathy" pattern. This was SOOO easy to make! It only took me 45 minutes, even with printing out the pattern and cutting out the pieces. There are only 2 pieces to cut and then the strips for the ruffles- super easy!

I just realized that I haven't posted pictures of the camera bag that I made for my mom a few weeks ago! I used CarlaC's Boxy Bag pattern. It was a lot of fun to make! I embroidered my mom's name on the top, but it's hard to see because I should have used a more contrasting thread. My mom really loved it! I was so pleased by her reaction when I gave it to her!

Now I need to go back and catch up a bit on the thread!!

Cute, cute, & cute! Good job on the skirt. That so sounds like something I would try to do. Or quite possible have done. I had a bit more time the day I decided dd3 HAD to have a birthday outfit. On her birthday.

Love the bag. I could use me one of those too. hhmmmm....


Oh & I missed some stuff (lots of it actually), but that Tink Vida is just gorgeous!