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

[NaeNae]

If you were my sewing scissors where would you be hiding?

 

[ireland_nicole]

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And, just in case you haven't got totally tired of reading my post yet, here is what I have been working on - my daughter's Snoopy Valentine's dress! It is a criss-cross top with a peek-a-boo skirt hybrid. I love how it came out! I had a ton of problems with sizing the criss-cross, but it was easy to sew once I figured out the measurements.

I wanted to get some good pics of her in it before it got dirty - Didn't plan on her hopping in the ocean in it! Oh well - it washed fairly well!

I totally love the dress, but man, I am sincerely jealous of that beach- I'd sooooooo love to be on it right now.

If you were my sewing scissors where would you be hiding?

probably with mine LOL.

Sorry I haven't kept up the last couple of days- I love everything, really, I just can't bring myself to go back right now. For those who are continuing to pray for my Dad- Thank you so much, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. He's holding his own, has had a couple more small surgeries, they still aren't sure whether he'll keep his leg, and he's in a lot of pain- but he's holding his own. The hardest part for me is that I can't talk to him while he's in ICU, but I keep leaving messages and getting info from my brothers. We're super short handed at work, and I don't feel like I can just leave my patients if it's not critical I"m up there right now, so the current plan is if he stays stable to go up for a long weekend around the time he's hoping to be released in a month or two. I figure when he'll really need my help is when he goes home, getting settled, etc. But I sure hope and pray I'm doing the right thing.

I was about to post a couple of pics of Caitie in her Birthday dress when life got in the way, but I still have them if you want to see them:

in slightly better lighting:

and last, a pic of her cake: we went to Buca di beppo, and got the table in the kitchen- she loved it!

 

[itsheresomewhere]

If you were my sewing scissors where would you be hiding?

This is an easy one- They ran away with my comfort grip rotary cutter.

Have you checked your back pocket as mine like to hide there or on top of the sewing machine where you have looked and looked?

 

[mom2rtk]

If you were my sewing scissors where would you be hiding?

Easy.... I would be hiding near my daughter's latest "project"!

You mean you don't have 5 pair in differing states of dullness????

 

[NaeNae]

Easy.... I would be hiding near my daughter's latest "project"!

You mean you don't have 5 pair in differing states of dullness????

Nope! I keep my scissors in my sewing room and I have child safety door knob covers on the door knobs so the grandkids can't get in there. If I take my scissors out of my sewing room, which I seldom do, I NEVER leave them down where the kids can get them. My sewing scissors are only used on fabric!! I have other scissors in various places around the house to be used on other things.

 

[mom2rtk]

Nope! I keep my scissors in my sewing room and I have child safety door knob covers on the door knobs so the grandkids can't get in there. If I take my scissors out of my sewing room, which I seldom do, I NEVER leave them down where the kids can get them. My sewing scissors are only used on fabric!! I have other scissors in various places around the house to be used on other things.

Clearly my sewing room needs DOORS!!!!

If it was here, I'd be grilling my husband next......

 

[Jennia]

Good grief, I've been posting again for two days and I'm already super behind! Love the SNOOPY Valentine's day dress, so adorable and love the fabric! Got the stuff to make some burp cloths for part of my friend's baby shower present, so will start on those soon. I know a few of you are my friends on Facebook, but just so I can prove I've been sewing semi-recently, here's a photo of my daughter in her Simply Sweet dress that she wore to the Spirit of Aloha dinner show last month:

 

[Astro Orbiter]

Easy.... I would be hiding near my daughter's latest "project"!

You mean you don't have 5 pair in differing states of dullness????

That's where I think mine are! Or, at least the gingher embroidery scissors. The gingher pocket scissors I just found by the yarn tied across the upstairs hallway confused3). The fiskers paper scissors were in her bedroom. She hasn't yet liberated my thread snips, gingher shears, or fiskars shears.

Why can't she use her own scissors? She has at least 5 pairs at home, including the ones in her very own sewing box that's in the room with all my sewing scissors.

However, on Monday she realized that she hadn't made any household linens and wanted to contribute to the family. So, while I'm out, she fires up the Pfaff (yup, a 7yo with complete command of a $2500 sewing machine), gets 4 3x4 scraps out of the scrap bin, edge stitches them, puts her company initials on them , then puts her handmade 'napkins' on the table for us to use. She had to stop sewing because the bobbin ran out and she couldn't get it replaced. (She put the replacement bobbin backwards in the bobbin case; everything else was right.)

I'm stuck. I have 1 yd of girl scout fabric and no ideas for it. I had wanted to make something for her to wear during cookie sales, but nothing's come to me. I got a few ideas from here last week but (sorry!) nothing spoke to me. Tomorrow's the cookie-kickoff / marketing ideas / tasting session, and all she has is a nasty poly/cotton vest to wear! The shame!

Back to sewing! Not clothes, though. I'm making my 4th quilt top out of the fabric I used to make my DD's first bed-sized quilt. Do you think I overbought?

Deb

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Thanks for pointing this out Crystal! I might have to get this!

I really like Shannon's!

Sorry I have been MIA for a while! I do try to get on and scan all of your wonderful creations! Lots of great stuff!!!!

I know I love Shannon's dress alot and was pouty that the pattern didn't go up to Jenna's size. I think this will make a cute summer dress.

 

[revrob]

Sorry I haven't kept up the last couple of days- I love everything, really, I just can't bring myself to go back right now. For those who are continuing to pray for my Dad- Thank you so much, I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. He's holding his own, has had a couple more small surgeries, they still aren't sure whether he'll keep his leg, and he's in a lot of pain- but he's holding his own. The hardest part for me is that I can't talk to him while he's in ICU, but I keep leaving messages and getting info from my brothers. We're super short handed at work, and I don't feel like I can just leave my patients if it's not critical I"m up there right now, so the current plan is if he stays stable to go up for a long weekend around the time he's hoping to be released in a month or two. I figure when he'll really need my help is when he goes home, getting settled, etc. But I sure hope and pray I'm doing the right thing.

I was about to post a couple of pics of Caitie in her Birthday dress when life got in the way, but I still have them if you want to see them:

in slightly better lighting:

and last, a pic of her cake: we went to Buca di beppo, and got the table in the kitchen- she loved it!

I'm sorry, Nicole! I know your heart aches to be with your dad. Life decisions are so tough sometimes. You ARE doing the right thing. Your dad knows that you love him and are concerned for about him right now. He is being cared for. He WILL need your help when it is time for him to go home. Don't beat yourself up.

AND - I LOVE your DD's birthday outfit! You did a great job - she seems to be very happy with it!

Easy.... I would be hiding near my daughter's latest "project"!

You mean you don't have 5 pair in differing states of dullness????

OH. GOODNESS! That's funny! That so sounds like me (at least before I bought my ginghers and threatened my family with not so nice things if they ever touched them!)

Good grief, I've been posting again for two days and I'm already super behind! Love the SNOOPY Valentine's day dress, so adorable and love the fabric! Got the stuff to make some burp cloths for part of my friend's baby shower present, so will start on those soon. I know a few of you are my friends on Facebook, but just so I can prove I've been sewing semi-recently, here's a photo of my daughter in her Simply Sweet dress that she wore to the Spirit of Aloha dinner show last month:

That is very sweet! I really love the contrast of the fabrics together.

That's where I think mine are! Or, at least the gingher embroidery scissors. The gingher pocket scissors I just found by the yarn tied across the upstairs hallway confused3). The fiskers paper scissors were in her bedroom. She hasn't yet liberated my thread snips, gingher shears, or fiskars shears.

Why can't she use her own scissors? She has at least 5 pairs at home, including the ones in her very own sewing box that's in the room with all my sewing scissors.

However, on Monday she realized that she hadn't made any household linens and wanted to contribute to the family. So, while I'm out, she fires up the Pfaff (yup, a 7yo with complete command of a $2500 sewing machine), gets 4 3x4 scraps out of the scrap bin, edge stitches them, puts her company initials on them , then puts her handmade 'napkins' on the table for us to use. She had to stop sewing because the bobbin ran out and she couldn't get it replaced. (She put the replacement bobbin backwards in the bobbin case; everything else was right.)

I'm stuck. I have 1 yd of girl scout fabric and no ideas for it. I had wanted to make something for her to wear during cookie sales, but nothing's come to me. I got a few ideas from here last week but (sorry!) nothing spoke to me. Tomorrow's the cookie-kickoff / marketing ideas / tasting session, and all she has is a nasty poly/cotton vest to wear! The shame!

Back to sewing! Not clothes, though. I'm making my 4th quilt top out of the fabric I used to make my DD's first bed-sized quilt. Do you think I overbought?

Deb

Your daughter sounds like a budding artist! That is so cute! (though I can see how her using your machine unattended would be a little nerve wracking!)

I know I love Shannon's dress alot and was pouty that the pattern didn't go up to Jenna's size. I think this will make a cute summer dress.

I never knew that pattern at YCMT existed. I missed it somehow! I may have to end up buying it when AbbyGrace grows out of this pattern. It looks like a fairly close substitute. Thanks for letting me know it exists!

 

[Stephres]

Nope! I keep my scissors in my sewing room and I have child safety door knob covers on the door knobs so the grandkids can't get in there. If I take my scissors out of my sewing room, which I seldom do, I NEVER leave them down where the kids can get them. My sewing scissors are only used on fabric!! I have other scissors in various places around the house to be used on other things.

Mom?

My mom is always reminding me sewing scissors are for fabric ONLY, lol!

My seven year old takes my scissors too. And scotch tape, among other things. I just found the missing squares from the charm pack I used for her patchwork skirt in another project, tucked inside. Would have like to find them BEFORE I added replacement fabric to finish...

 

[jessica52877]

Am I the only one who literally has four pair of SEWING only scissors? Those are normal size of course, not my little ones! I got tired of searching and each time after searching for them I bought a new pair! Now, I will say I cut in my living room and kitchen and serger is in my bedroom then of course have scissors in my sewing room. So really, just one pair for each room.

I have quite a collection of regular scissors now too!

 

[NiniMorris]

Uhhh. I will not tell you how many pair of scissors I own that is just for fabric.. I really doubt anyone can top it, but let's just say I have one for each machine (don't forget I have a long arm machine, and it has its own SET of scissors!), one for EACH of my cutting tables, one for hand work, one I have in a take with me kit, then my nine year old has her own fabric scissors, and I have a couple of pair for when my DIL forgets hers. That does not even begin to add in the number of rotary cutters I have!

Nini

PS...and yes, I frequently have problems finding the ONE I am looking for!

 

[birdie757]

We used to always take my mom's sewing scissors when we were kids so she started tying a ribbon on the handle and if you were ever caught using those things....

I have mine put in a drawer. I have caught dh grabbing them off the table to open boxes or plastic packaging before and freaked out! My new fabric scissors are pink...not orange so he knows now he can use the orange ones he has ruined but don't touch my pink ones! Or Else!

 

[mom2rtk]

OH. GOODNESS! That's funny! That so sounds like me (at least before I bought my ginghers and threatened my family with not so nice things if they ever touched them!)

Well, the sad truth is that my scissors are ALL Ginghers! Most of them have been sharpened many times, but eventually get ruined by a bad job of sharpening..... out or alignment or some such thing. They WORK.... just not as well as I prefer. So when they get to that point.... I just buy new ones. That way I can keep one at the machine, one at the ironing board, one at the cutting.... and a couple are allowed to be "lost" from time to time!

I tried that "threat" thing with my family too... But the truth is that my scissors are always in the same place "so to speak", and everyone knows it... so it's hard to keep everyone on the straight and narrow!

 

[mom2rtk]

Am I the only one who literally has four pair of SEWING only scissors? Those are normal size of course, not my little ones! I got tired of searching and each time after searching for them I bought a new pair! Now, I will say I cut in my living room and kitchen and serger is in my bedroom then of course have scissors in my sewing room. So really, just one pair for each room.

I have quite a collection of regular scissors now too!

Nah.... I have at least 5! I found a pair the other day at the bottom of a sewing basket I hadn't been into in a while. Life is too short to keep searching...... You know... it's kind of like when they're babies and you buy 20 binkies then say "man, why didn't I think of that before!!"

 

[lynnanddbyz]

If you were my sewing scissors where would you be hiding?

Okay if youare sure the kiddos did not get them. Look in the Fridge. Yes I said the fridge things here just magically appear there. Next check your trash can, Mine are always falling in there. I think the cat does that. Alsotry laying on the floor and looking under everything. I think mine roll sometimes to the strangest places. Maybe that will be some help.

 

[lynnanddbyz]

Just wanted to say I got an email from Disney with free dining for a moderate or Deluxe stay and free Counter service meal plan with a value stay

Stay has to be 8/15 through 10/2

I just went to the site to look it up and it wasnt there. My email said that you had to call the Disney Travel agency so I thought i would share the info here incase someone didnt get it!

Hope to have helped someone and debating if I should move my date back for this. Just wondering if anyone has been during this promotion and how crowded it is!

We have not gotten a pin EVER!!!!!!! But last year we went during that time frame for the free dining. We went the first week it was available (before our schools started back)Aug 16- 21?. It was HOOOOOT and very crowded. Later in the week it was better. The first few days were the busiest.

If you notice my ticker, We called to check on a bounce back and they had the same offer again for this year. So we booked it. We choose a later date but may change our minds. We had hoped they would have it around the end of May or first of June. Anyway I don't see why they would not do the free dining special again this year for the same time frame.

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

TAKE A LOOK AT MY TICKER!!!!
For those of you that didn't see on facebook, I'm going to Disneyland. Guess what else?? Henry is going, too!! We're going with his brother, our SIL, 7 year old niece and 11 year old nephew. My niece and nephew live a couple of hours away from Disneyland and they've NEVER been there! Can you imagine?? All it took was his brother asking and Henry agreed to go (that and me agreeing to pay for it all ). Anyway, I'M SO ESITED!!!! Henry and I went to Disneyland once, when we were 17. So, it's changed a bit since we were there!

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Congrats!!!!! I would love to see DL some day.

I have 2 Disney Brothers 270D's.... I also have a Viking and a Singer Futura that I just got. Out of all of them, I ALWAYS sew using the Brother. I HATE sewing using the futura...HATE IT!!! I keep it only for the embroidery, which is not the greatest either. If something happens to my brother, I will be getting another. It's really the only one I use.

Uh-oh! I just got a singer futura. May I ask why you hate it? I haven't used mine yet. I am waiting for my thread to arrive. I just ordered 56 colors!!!!

We have not gotten a pin EVER!!!!!!! But last year we went during that time frame for the free dining. We went the first week it was available (before our schools started back)Aug 16- 21?. It was HOOOOOT and very crowded. Later in the week it was better. The first few days were the busiest.

If you notice my ticker, We called to check on a bounce back and they had the same offer again for this year. So we booked it. We choose a later date but may change our minds. We had hoped they would have it around the end of May or first of June. Anyway I don't see why they would not do the free dining special again this year for the same time frame.

We booked a bounce back trip too for the free dining. I am really hoping we can go but first we need to find the money for the trip!

 

[NiniMorris]

Congrats!!!!!






We booked a bounce back trip too for the free dining. I am really hoping we can go but first we need to find the money for the trip!

I have never gotten a pin code, and the bounce back offers were never what we were looking for... I got a pin code last night! I was so excited! It is for free dining...yup from Aug 15 to Oct 2...we are going Nov 27 through Dec 6.

Trying to convince hubby to change the dates, but I know he won't. That is exactly what the bounce back was last September and he said no way. It was too hot! I tried using Mickey math to show him how much we would save...and he basically said if we needed that pin code to be able to afford Disney then we shouldn't be going...I know he is right...it is just the super shopper in me that HATES leaving a good sale on the table! LOL

Nini