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

[MinnieVanMom]

okay, here are the tshirts I embroidered. these were from digitalbydesign...I dont know why but the satin stitch doesn't seem to be thick enough to cover the edge of the fabric. I used ballpoint, fusible mesh on back and hooped tear away, even tried a topper.

This purple shirt is the 2nd dog I did, these are for my nieces. (on white shirts, I didnt get photos of those)


Here is my "test" shirt, I switched the outline thread to a neutral off white for the second time and preferred that over the black thread suggested in the design, I also switched the tail thread to a green and the bust thread to a purple. These are my very first Disney designs.

I needed to trim the edge of her arm more

Nicole, that is just too dang cute. I am sorry your had a few minor problems but it looks super.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I just received my first embroidery machine. I was looking for a used one and found one, just got it today. I haven't even tried it yet, probably can't until the kids are in bed tonight. I will probably have a million questions, but not yet.

Do tell us more, what kind did you get? You must post pictures, it is a tradition here.

 

[SallyfromDE]

Hi Everyone,

I have 2 unrelated questions for you.

. Long story short, I have my Grandmother's wedding dress. I was thinking of using a piece of it to make a veil for my daughter's 1st Communion. Maybe a piece for the back and then have the tulle lay over it. Does this sound weird? I do not know how else to use it. The dress is satin and has a SUPER long train, but I do have other cousins to share it with. I do not want to/ cannot make bears, bags or blankets with it because I do have to share it. Any ideas?

Thanks Everyone!

I think it's wonderful that you'd like to use something of your Gm dress into your daughters 1st communion. I don't know what the dress looks like, make a large bow for the back? We're not catholic, so we never had to go through that. Our neighbors little girl did, and the mother put her on a diet for a mont becuase she was afraid she wouldn't fit into the dress.

I got tired of looking at my dress I wore in my sisters wedding, I took it apart, saved the lace a a peice of the fabric. There isn't much there, maybe a yard? I've been 2 years trying to think of something to make my neice. She's 14 now, so it can't be a top of any kind. But I keep hoping to come up with an idea.

 

[glorib]

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boys flannel, 3-6month



I have some tshirts to post photos of later....gotta run to pick up Megan

cute!

Thanks, Everyone! Yes, this is the Aivilo Pocket tote,very easy to sew - just leave off the interior pockets the first time and it will go together really fast!! I did altere it some - it is 14 inches wide by 16 inches tall - kind of in between the medium and large sizes. I self lined the exterior pockets so I could add pelon interfacing, plus I added thick sew in interfacing to the strap - just to make it more durable. Because of the fringe (fringe tassle bought in the home dec section of Hancock's) I did put the lining and outside together a little different than the pattern said - but I love the fringe, too!

Also, I saw this while I was blog hopping - reminds me of the crayon roll ups, but is for matchbox cars!!! Sorry if it has been posted before! Car Cozy:

http://mygratitudeattitudes.blogspot.com/2009/09/car-cozie-tutorial-and-etsy-re.html

that car cozy is cute - what a fun take on the crayon roll up! Also, I love the bag you made - the fringe is fab!

okay, here are the tshirts I embroidered. these were from digitalbydesign...I dont know why but the satin stitch doesn't seem to be thick enough to cover the edge of the fabric. I used ballpoint, fusible mesh on back and hooped tear away, even tried a topper.

This purple shirt is the 2nd dog I did, these are for my nieces. (on white shirts, I didnt get photos of those)


Here is my "test" shirt, I switched the outline thread to a neutral off white for the second time and preferred that over the black thread suggested in the design, I also switched the tail thread to a green and the bust thread to a purple. These are my very first Disney designs.

I needed to trim the edge of her arm more

I think they turned out great - I'm new to machine embroidery, too, and have only done one t-shirt. It was somewhat tricky. I fused a woven interfacing on the inside of the t-shirt, then the iron-on tear away, then hooped. Then I also floated a piece of regular tear-away under. That sounds like a lot now that I've typed it all out! For the woven on the inside, I didn't fuse it all the way, so that when the applique was done, I could peel it back and cut away the excess. Basically, I kind of followed the advice of this person's blog http://www.secretsof.com/wp/?s=interfacing

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Scrappindisney- regarding this dress

Did you follow the pattern measurements or add width?
And is your applique (if it was by ME) did is it a 6x10 or 5x7...I'm thinking its the larger one.....

 

[revrob]

Scrappindisney- regarding this dress

Did you follow the pattern measurements or add width?
And is your applique (if it was by ME) did is it a 6x10 or 5x7...I'm thinking its the larger one.....

HEY! I recognize that dress!
Let's see - the applique was done in the 5x7 hoop.
(don't want to see too obvious or insulting, so just skip over the parts that were completely obvious to begin with!)
this is how I made the dress:
Simply Sweet bodice
The underskirt - I used a double width of fabric (two lengths of fabric x the total width of fabric). I used the length measurements from the simply sweet with the ruffled bottom
The overskirt - I used a double width of fabric (two lengths of fabric x the total width of fabric). I used the length measurements from the simply sweet with the ruffled bottom minus 2 inches
The ruffles - I cut 2.5 inches x 8 widths of fabric (4 for the underskirt, 4 for the overskirt)
I used the straps on the skirt from the peek a boo skirt from YCMT - stitched the straps and inserted one on top of the overskirt and one between the overskirt and underskirt

HTH!

 

[CastleCreations]

okay, here are the tshirts I embroidered. these were from digitalbydesign...I dont know why but the satin stitch doesn't seem to be thick enough to cover the edge of the fabric. I used ballpoint, fusible mesh on back and hooped tear away, even tried a topper.

This purple shirt is the 2nd dog I did, these are for my nieces. (on white shirts, I didnt get photos of those)


Here is my "test" shirt, I switched the outline thread to a neutral off white for the second time and preferred that over the black thread suggested in the design, I also switched the tail thread to a green and the bust thread to a purple. These are my very first Disney designs.

I'm so jealous...I've tried several times and ruined many t shirts, but my machine just will NOT applique on t shirts. I hate it... I might have to buy a new machine just to do t shirts..

 

[NiniMorris]

HEY! I recognize that dress!
Let's see - the applique was done in the 5x7 hoop.
(don't want to see too obvious or insulting, so just skip over the parts that were completely obvious to begin with!)
this is how I made the dress:
Simply Sweet bodice
The underskirt - I used a double width of fabric (two lengths of fabric x the total width of fabric). I used the length measurements from the simply sweet with the ruffled bottom
The overskirt - I used a double width of fabric (two lengths of fabric x the total width of fabric). I used the length measurements from the simply sweet with the ruffled bottom minus 2 inches
The ruffles - I cut 2.5 inches x 8 widths of fabric (4 for the underskirt, 4 for the overskirt)
I used the straps on the skirt from the peek a boo skirt from YCMT - stitched the straps and inserted one on top of the overskirt and one between the overskirt and underskirt

HTH!

I LOVE how you make it seem so easy even I could do it....but we all know better! One of these days I'm going to remember that I really am a creative person and come up with some original ideas of my own! Until then I will continue to CASE away..sort of. Mine never turn out anywhere near as good as the original!

Nini

 

[Diz-Mommy]

okay, here are the tshirts I embroidered. these were from digitalbydesign...I dont know why but the satin stitch doesn't seem to be thick enough to cover the edge of the fabric. I used ballpoint, fusible mesh on back and hooped tear away, even tried a topper.

This purple shirt is the 2nd dog I did, these are for my nieces. (on white shirts, I didnt get photos of those)


Here is my "test" shirt, I switched the outline thread to a neutral off white for the second time and preferred that over the black thread suggested in the design, I also switched the tail thread to a green and the bust thread to a purple. These are my very first Disney designs.

I needed to trim the edge of her arm more

I think they look great! Digital by Design's appliques do have a narrower satin stitch for some reason. I've battled with the very same issue. It's hard to trim close enough to get them picture perfect, but honestly I think we are the only ones that see the stray little pieces of fray. A thing I've done that helps a little is after all the trimming has been done I lightly spray a peice of solvy with some sulky applique spray and lay that over the entire design and then do the satin stitches. The solvy keeps the little frays tacked down so they will get stitched over.

 

[billwendy]

I am wanting to make a rag quilt, but I have a couple questions first?

Do you make all the layers flannel?
How many layers do you use?
Do you put any batting in it or is it all just material?

They will be for babies and toddlers so the softer the better is the reason I was leaning towards flannel. Thanks for the help!

Hi! I LOVE rag quilts!!! Flannel absolutely frays the best. I have done some with cotton on the top, and it frays okay but not nearly as fuzzy of a look. I have used 3 layers of flannel for a nice soft cozy feel. Once I put some batting stuff in for a friend who is always cold, but it kinda made the quilt too stiff for me - I like the flowy warmy cozy feel!! Have fun!!!!

So fabulous! i spy Sis Boom! Jennifer would love this!

I bought that same pink corduroy fabric with the intention of making pants or something for Megan....but alas. I have done nothing. But I love your creations!
I also love the lovey- I think it's perfect!
CUTE! CUTE! Love the "LOVE" designs. Where do you find your blanks?

Thanks Nicole!! I got the pink and orange blank at the "big lot" section of Target and the yellow was from the womens dept at Kmart. I have been having a lot of luck at kmart lately. I noticed in the little girls dept they have packs of 3 blanks in nice colors!!

Thanks to everyone for your comments!! Big gives are just so fun to do and I cant WAIT for Piper and family to get them!!!

 

[revrob]

I think they look great! Digital by Design's appliques do have a narrower satin stitch for some reason. I've battled with the very same issue. It's hard to trim close enough to get them picture perfect, but honestly I think we are the only ones that see the stray little pieces of fray. A thing I've done that helps a little is after all the trimming has been done I lightly spray a peice of solvy with some sulky applique spray and lay that over the entire design and then do the satin stitches. The solvy keeps the little frays tacked down so they will get stitched over.

I've never thought to do that, but it makes sense! I think I'll try that from now on (it's not like I don't have an entire bolt of solvy sitting rotting away cause I don't use it!)
And here's another tip - if you just lightly dampen the corners of the corner, it will stick down on the fabric (because it is water soluable and slightly tacky). AND, after you stitch, pull off what you can of the solvy, and then hit it with a burst of steam from your iron and the remaining bits will dissolve right away. No need to soak the thing!

 

[Leleluvsdis]

Thanks billwendy... I was thinking either 3 or 4 layers of flannel, but I wants to see what someone else said about it. Thanks again!!!

 

[glorib]

Thanks everyone for the comments on the weight loss and the outfits! I'm having fun sewing again and also hanging out here again! I'm planning the next creation tonight - finally one for Caleb!

I just printed a Carla C bowling shirt pattern because I needed a bigger size than I made last time. Well, I got it all printed and realized that my Caleb is now in the biggest size! Why do kids have to grow up? Everyone's also been commenting on how grown up Ella is now, too. Which I knew, but was trying to ignore!

 

[Tweevil]

I have confused myself....
For a chunky 3 year old boy would I do the small easy fits and 3/4 bowling shirt or do you guys think a size down would be good? What would you do? I am making this for a little one that I having seen in ages... to be safe what do you think?

He is a cute little squirt.....

 

[waltfans5]

I am sooo excited. My girls just told me they have decided to go as Mary, Perla and Suzy for Halloween next year! They like to go as a trio and they decided on the girl mice after seeing the Disboutiquers Big Give "thingie" on someones post. Last year they went as Winifred, Mary and Sarah Sanderson from the movie "Hocus Pocus". I had a lot of fun doing those costumes.

 

[h518may]

Do tell us more, what kind did you get? You must post pictures, it is a tradition here.

I got a brother se-270. The one everyone doesn't like, but I had a very limited budget and this is the one I found for my budget. I am on a high learning curve, my old machine is 15 years old and badly in need of service. I was pleasantly surprised, in the pictures there were no extra presser feet, but there was a little bag in the box with all kinds of little things. Bad news is there was no manual, luckily there is a manual online.

Now I just need to figure out how to embroider, I'm not even sure what to ask yet.

April

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

I JUST BOUGHT TICKETS TO FINDING NEMO ON ICE!!!Yay! Now I can get some more use out of my finding nemo dresses I made for Disney! Hmmm....maybe I should applique some jeans though!

Oh! And my thread for my new embroidery machine came in today! Woo-hoo! Now I need to figure out how to use it! The only bad news is that i am not sure my pre-wound bobbins are the right size.

 

[karamat]

So here's the Valentine outfit I made for Ella . . . That's my first machine-embroidered t-shirt! It was a bit of a challenge, but it turned out ok! It doesn't show up really well, but there's some big rick-rack on the bottom contrast. I still have one more fairy friend to stitch out, then assemble the skirt, so hopefully soon I'll be able to post those.

So CUTE!! I've picked up that fabric every time I've been to Hobby Lobby recently, but haven't actually purchased any yet (I did buy two Valentine's prints at JoAnns last month) And I love that embroidery file! I have the Merry Christmas version and would like to get the rest of them someday.

Has anyone finished their Project Linus Blankets yet?

I am feeling indecisive about what to make. I was originally planning on making two Baby Blankets and two fleece blankets.

Anyone care to share photos of their completed blankets?

I've been indecisive on my blankets too... for the group I'm working with I can make 1 blanket (per person) if it is a quilt or crochet and 2 if no-sew/low-sew fleece. I have some cute fabrics to make whole-cloth quilts, but don't know if I can get on my mom's long-arm quilt machine before the deadline. I have some flannel that I could use to make rag quilts, but not sure I have enough (originally purchased for baby blankets, but these will need to be bigger). Or I could just purchase fleece and be done with it. I'm really trying to use my stash this year, so I need to pull out all my flannels and see what I can do with them!

That turned out so cute! I have that ruffle bloomer pattern on my wish list. I don't even have a baby but I want it to make baby gifts.

I wasn't sure this would fit DD (or at least fit for very long), so once I had enough bonus points I bought it

Here is Lily's Valentine's dress and raggie bows. I decided at the last minute that she needed the blueish shirt. I'm glad I did. I like it. She didn't so much at first. I put it on her and she pushed the sleeves up and said she wanted them short because she didn't want to look like a lunch lady. I have no idea what she is talking about and I'm pretty sure she has never seen a lunch lady????

OMG - that is beautiful!! One of these days DD will have enough hair for cute bows like those!

How hard is the wrap dress to do? Im skeered to get the pattern - can someone compare it to one of Carla's patterns?????

You know no one does patterns like Carla, but really the wrap dress pattern is not hard. It would have been easier for me if she used the same example dress through out all the directions, but that was my only real complaint. Oh, I did rip out the seam attaching the skirt to the contrast band of the bodice - the way I read the directions the seam allowance was 5/8" and that looked too big to me, so I used about a 1/2" (amazing what a difference 1/8" can appear to make )

2. Long story short, I have my Grandmother's wedding dress. I was thinking of using a piece of it to make a veil for my daughter's 1st Communion. Maybe a piece for the back and then have the tulle lay over it. Does this sound weird? I do not know how else to use it. The dress is satin and has a SUPER long train, but I do have other cousins to share it with. I do not want to/ cannot make bears, bags or blankets with it because I do have to share it. Any ideas?

Thanks Everyone!

That's so sweet to repurpose your Grandmother's dress!! My grandmother passed away not long before both my cousin and I got married. Grandmother's dress wasn't in shape to be worn so my mother used what she could of the dress to make ring pillows for us. Some day I'll pass this down to my daughter.

 

[ireland_nicole]

This is just adorable! Great job!! She looks like a little pixie!!! Love the smile!

I finally found that yellow tshirt and finished the outfit for Piper with matching shirts for Mom and Grandma!

These are some Alines I made for the girls and pants for Tim - they are a really soft corduroy that was on clearance at Joann's. The girls fabric has snowflakes embroidered on it, and the pants have footballs on them. The buttons on the Alines are pretty snoflakes!!

My friend at works little boy lost his blankie (that I made him when he was born) at daycare. We quickly got replacement fabric (he wouldnt go to sleep happy) and I made him a new blankie - with his name on it - lol. At daycare they said they dont want him walking around with the blankie all day anyway (he is only 1 for goodness sake). So, I tried to make him a "lovey" which the other kids have that they walk are allowed to walk around with. Im hoping it will pass for him and make him happy!!!

Im also having a lot of fun with HeatherSue's LOVE design. We are right near Philly, and this is just like the sign at "Love Park" in Philly - so Im making a bunch for my friends!

Next up - finishing some valentines pants for the girls and some more raggie quilts!!

love everything LOL- the mickey fabric is awesome and the t-shirts are great
- especially the bright colors; fab!

Here is the Aivilo tote that I made for Gavin's Big Give. (for mom, not Gavin! )

Super cute! I might have to get that pattern- I think it's the only aivilo I don't have, I've got the messenger bag and hipster

Oh, love seeing other christening gowns! (y'all know my obsession with them)
I do want to make one for megan some day, or at least for Megan's children anyway)
I wonder about using my wedding gown....for those on FB you have seen my gown....Still seems so "new" to cut it up...but it might be fitting to have my first have the one from my gown....Perhaps when Hannah is in preschool I will have time to take on that task and the fabric wont be too old to work with.


I made these from the YCMT and if you are on FB you saw it already..
reversible boy bonnet 0-3mon



boys flannel, 3-6month




I have some tshirts to post photos of later....gotta run to pick up Megan

Love the bonnets!

okay, here are the tshirts I embroidered. these were from digitalbydesign...I dont know why but the satin stitch doesn't seem to be thick enough to cover the edge of the fabric. I used ballpoint, fusible mesh on back and hooped tear away, even tried a topper.

This purple shirt is the 2nd dog I did, these are for my nieces. (on white shirts, I didnt get photos of those)


Here is my "test" shirt, I switched the outline thread to a neutral off white for the second time and preferred that over the black thread suggested in the design, I also switched the tail thread to a green and the bust thread to a purple. These are my very first Disney designs.

I needed to trim the edge of her arm more

Don't be so hard on yourself- they look great!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Slightly dumb question?

When y'all are making pattern pieces from the european patterns, how do you get an even seam allowance? I have looked and looked for something that would allow me to trace 1/4 in bigger, but I can't find anything- except rulers, but they won't help on the curves. I know y'all must have figured this out, and I'm probably missing the obvious here- wouldn't be the first time LOL.

Oh, I made Caitie a Valentine's day shirt today; I'm kinda sad she's getting so big- she still wants "girly" stuff, but I know the kids will tease her even more if she wears it to school, so I tried to keep it pretty simple and tween appropriate: I wanted to do ruffled jeans, but thought it might be OTT for 4th grade:

I know it doesn't look like it; but the sleeves actually are the same size, and it's not wonky, it just looks that way on the floor