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

[dogodisney]

But, Valentine's Day comes first so I'm getting those ready. We are going to the circus on VDay so I decided to go with the VDay theme even though a circus theme would be SO cute. Has anyone ever done a special circusy outfit?

We are going too, but on opening night on the 12th! I thought of making an outfit for DGD(6) but I'm not sure of what to do either. I don't want it to be too boyish or babyish.

 

[dogodisney]

I wanted to say thank you to Doreen from Douglassville for the card she sent to my Dad. Pop and the boys loved it! They really enjoyed finding Douglassville on the map and remembering we drove through on our way to Atlanta and then to Disney World. Thanks for taking time out of your day to share some happiness

Dawn

You are so welcome! It was my pleasure and I'm thrilled that your dad and the boys enjoyed getting it.

Please keep me/us posted with how he is doing.


BTW..... The twirl skirt came out really nice. I love the fabrics you used. Yeah for DH fixing your machine!

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Someone asked earlier where I get the paisley white on white fabric used in the Tink top.
I just get mine at Walmart. I think they may have something like it at JoAnns as well. I try to buy a few yards every once in a while. It goes a long way and I always use some white. There is also another white on white with a little different (not paisley) pattern that I use a lot too.

I would really like some white on white polka dot. Does anyone know where you can get that?? Thanks!!

Jessica

That was me who asked- my Wal Mart no longer carries fabric...But I will check out our rinky dink Jo Anns.
I am pretty much limited to quilt shops with expensive fabric in my area. My Jo Anns is TINY and all the other shops have relocated and the parking lot has pot holes bigger than Rhode Island.....it's really pretty funny since its in a very nice town.

I just used white polka dots on white (did you see my 101 Dalmation embroidery?) It was from my local quilt shop- has a nice hand to it- do you want me to find out who the maker is?

Anyone going in late September???? I am contemplating a trip if we can budget and save for it. Wont make a decision til Spring, who has experience with weather then...I went the first week of Oct in 2007 and it was a monsoon with really high temps...
I would try Oct again, but I want to avoid the Food & Wine Fest.
I would love to meet up with others if any one is going

 

[squirrel]

Anyone going in late September???? I am contemplating a trip if we can budget and save for it. Wont make a decision til Spring, who has experience with weather then...I went the first week of Oct in 2007 and it was a monsoon with really high temps...
I would try Oct again, but I want to avoid the Food & Wine Fest.
I would love to meet up with others if any one is going

I'm going Sept 30-Oct 14th

 

[NiniMorris]

Anyone going in late September???? I am contemplating a trip if we can budget and save for it. Wont make a decision til Spring, who has experience with weather then...I went the first week of Oct in 2007 and it was a monsoon with really high temps...
I would try Oct again, but I want to avoid the Food & Wine Fest.
I would love to meet up with others if any one is going

I went last year from Sept 19 thru the 26th. Weather was H O T !!!!! We had a couple of sprinkles the whole week. On our last day my DD8 suffered from heat exhaustion. We live in GA, so we are used to the heat and humidity. (of course the weather there sure beat the storms and flooding they had back here at home!)

Nini

 

[RMAMom]

Daniel actually got dc'd from the hospital this weekend from his infection in his lines and they had him come back in today for...................HIS LAST CHEMO TREATMENT ( : WOO HOO!!!!!

Yeah!!!!! So happy for Daniel!

Hi guys; I have to ask for more prayers for my Dad. He had seemed to stabilize, and they were supposed to do a revision surgery today. Just found out tonight that things didn't go as planned, the damage was much more extensive, and they are going to have to amputate the leg above the knee later this week. They're just trying to get some of the anticoagulants out of his system first. This has been a real shock for all of us. A lot of decisions are being made, and it's hard to focus and have wisdom. Please pray for him, for my family, and for me as I am now rethinking when will be best to go to him. I can really only take the time away from work and my family here once. (although my brothers and their families are doing a great job there with him).


Keep the kids from seeing this next part- a bit graphic
Of course, my Dad was joking about how at least there's one place he'll always get a job now- I HOP. (insert groan.) I told him that I'd much rather have him with us with 1 leg than in a casket with two. And I meant it, and I know that in the grand scheme of things it really isn't the end of the world; big adjustment- yes; but not insurmountable. But I'm still afraid for him.

I'm sorry your Dad didn't get a better outcome. Prayers for you all.

Got my stuff done for the big give!
The Tink top was done following a tutorial from Lil Blue Boo - so fun! I can't wait to use this technique again.

Thanks for looking! Now I had better finish the presentation I have to give on Wednesday.

Jessica

I love all of these, I especially love the toy story. I have a nephew who will be 7 in a few weeks and he would love it but my skills aren't ready for that!

Do you think Minnie is a Disboutiquer? She has opened a Bow-tique!

Nini

I wanted to share the first twirl skirt that I have ever attempted. I know it isn't perfect, but I am proud of it. I made it for a friend's little girl for her birthday. What kind of shirt do you ladies suggest I get to go with it? Thanks for the advice in advance.

Dawn

Beautiful!! I would just go to Wal-Mart and take the skirt with you. It will be easier to decide which color T-shirt you like best.

 

[mom2rtk]

Anyone going in late September???? I am contemplating a trip if we can budget and save for it. Wont make a decision til Spring, who has experience with weather then...I went the first week of Oct in 2007 and it was a monsoon with really high temps...
I would try Oct again, but I want to avoid the Food & Wine Fest.
I would love to meet up with others if any one is going[/COLOR][/COLOR]

We were there 9/26 to 10/3 last year. They had record breaking heat. It was like being there in the summer. We won't do it again, but in my book that means they're due for a mild fall this year!

We're changing back to December and will probably end up freezing this time!

 

[disneymomof1]

I'm going Sept 30-Oct 14th

We are thinking of going the first week of October. Last year we were there 9/15-9/21, and it was very hot, but very low crowds. So I would rather have heat then crowds. So I think I am booking this weekend, I'm going to price it out but either WL or POFQ. I am excited to get it booked, so I can plan outfits and ADR's (the obsessive planner in me is dying to emerge again !!!)

 

[angel23321]

We are booked Sept 24-October 1st. I say "we" but DH doesn't know yet.

 

[disneymomof1]

Have any of you rented DVC points? I am thinking about this for our next vacation. What were your experiences, costs, positives, negatives, etc. Please feel free to PM if you would like. I just priced out WL for 8 days with dining plan, pool view room and it was $4300for the three of us. So I am thinking renting points may be more economical. Thanks everyone !!

 

[desparatelydisney]

Thanks for looking Lots of sewing to do for our upcoming trip with 3 girls!!!!

They are all FABULOUS! But this one was my favorite. She is hoot (and beautiful too). You are truly blessed. Was this the Simply Sweet, the Emma or something else?

I wanted to share the first twirl skirt that I have ever attempted. I know it isn't perfect, but I am proud of it. I made it for a friend's little girl for her birthday. What kind of shirt do you ladies suggest I get to go with it? Thanks for the advice in advance.

Dawn

Great job & I love the color combinations.

 

[h518may]

I don't remember who made the wrap dress with the Beatrice potter material, but that helped me decide what to do with the Easter material I had. And everyone that said how easy the pattern was is right, but the way Carla writes her patterns makes hers easier to follow.

Funny thing, I decided with the way Ash is that a button would be better than a bow on the side. So I haven't done buttonholes on my new machine. I start trying to figure out the buttonholes and realize I received all the presser feet for the machine except the buttonhole foot. I will be buying one soon, for now I am very good at buttonholes on my old machine so I have to get it back out.

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Have any of you rented DVC points? I am thinking about this for our next vacation. What were your experiences, costs, positives, negatives, etc. Please feel free to PM if you would like. I just priced out WL for 8 days with dining plan, pool view room and it was $4300for the three of us. So I am thinking renting points may be more economical. Thanks everyone !!

You might check out the DVC section of the boards for info. I just rented my points from a vacation I had to cancel. I have done it 3 times so far and it seems to be economical for the people who rent. The average price on these boards is $10 per point. If you google "dvc points calculator" you will find out how many points your vacation will cost.
Check out the rent/trade board and read the sticky at the top, and I see there is a sponsor now with a banner at the top of some pages who seems to be a middle man for renting- his prices are $13 per point. But his website does a nice job of explaining all about DVC.
You wont get daily maid service, or free dining options
But you will get nice roomy accomdations at some fab resorts.
The Owner will book your vacation and they can copy and paste the confirmation from the DVCmember website and mail a copy of the printed one when it arrives (2 weeks later).

I think renting is a great way to go!


Well, with the weather reports I have read, I dont know what to do- I can NOT function in high temps and high humidity....
But I don't want to go during the Food and Wine Fest (I want to stay at BCV or BWV and I like Epcot better without all the extra "stuff")
We can't go in the Spring (our preferred time to travel)
The Food and Wine 2010 thing goes from Oct 1st until Nov 14th! UGH! (Just looked it up) DH and my birthday are Nov 5&9th.....but that seems soooooooooo far away....


Anyone know when the new Fairy area at MK will be completed? And Ariel's Grotto expansion? I think I read 2013 for that...
I read that all of Toontown, save Goofy's Barnstormer will be demolished - so more Minnie's sewing machine for photo ops....they are going with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme.....

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Have any of you rented DVC points? I am thinking about this for our next vacation. What were your experiences, costs, positives, negatives, etc. Please feel free to PM if you would like. I just priced out WL for 8 days with dining plan, pool view room and it was $4300for the three of us. So I am thinking renting points may be more economical. Thanks everyone !!

I don't remember who made the wrap dress with the Beatrice potter material, but that helped me decide what to do with the Easter material I had. And everyone that said how easy the pattern was is right, but the way Carla writes her patterns makes hers easier to follow.

Funny thing, I decided with the way Ash is that a button would be better than a bow on the side. So I haven't done buttonholes on my new machine. I start trying to figure out the buttonholes and realize I received all the presser feet for the machine except the buttonhole foot. I will be buying one soon, for now I am very good at buttonholes on my old machine so I have to get it back out.

I have this pattern, but have yet to try it- I think this came out so cute!!

 

[teresajoy]

Happy Tuesday all! Just wanted to share some pics from our trip last October... I was new to sewing when I stumbled across this thread and you all know what happens then... a new obsession with customs for our trip. We are going back in March with our DD and our 6 month old twin girls for me to run the Princess Half Marathon!
Since I am new to posting I am going to start with one and see how it goes

Getting her special gift from Mickey the morning we left!

I love all the outfits!!! Your daughter is so adorable!!!! When were you there in October?

They used this program when Tessa was in kindergarten. But, apparently, there are tears when the teacher yells "STOP!" puts a big red "X" over the work the child is doing and reprimands them for writing the letter wrong (supposed to start at the top, not the bottom)- all in the 2nd week of kindergarten. I really don't want to send Sawyer to that teacher in a few years. But, she's the only kindergarten teacher we have. UGH!

That still makes me mad to hear!!!
Isn't she almost retirement age?? Maybe she will be gone before Sawyer gets there.

Thanks everyone!! These outfits were really different for me!! I only have a little girl and the two shirts were for little boys and the Tink outfit is for a 12 year old girl - obviously bigger and more fabric! I did do the Toy Story by hand, love the way they turned out. I thought they would be tough and take forever, but not bad. I do little details, like the face and the checkered shirt with paint - it really helps!!

For the Tink outfit, I wanted something that was a little older looking, since she is 12. She likes Tink and purple, so I went with it. Someone on here had posted about the snowglobe applique - that is Lil Blue Boo. She has a blog and sells some stuff on ymct and etsy I think (I just bought her paper doll dress- excited to use it!) Her blog is: http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/ The Tink is: http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/2009/07/tutorial-mixing-techniques-tinkerbell.html She seems so cool and has great stuff!! I didn't 100% CASE the Tink, but very close!! Now I want to do the snowglobe!

Now I need to finish my daughters Valentines dress, after I finish this stupid presentation tomorrow!! Only 3 months and I am done with my PhD!!!! Then hopefully I can get to working on boutique stuff!!

Thanks for the link!! I love all the neat stuff she has on there!

I wanted to share the first twirl skirt that I have ever attempted. I know it isn't perfect, but I am proud of it. I made it for a friend's little girl for her birthday. What kind of shirt do you ladies suggest I get to go with it? Thanks for the advice in advance.

Dawn

That turned out gorgeous!!! I like Carla's Portrait Peasant top with the twirl skirts.

I just wanted to post that my AWESOME husband took a look at my machine last night and fixed it for me! I have such a great husband!! So hopefully tonight I can get one a Carla's reversible wrap around skirts cut out and ready to sew for my youngest son's preschool teacher.

YAY for your hubby!

 

[bclydia]

Hello ladies and Tom
Well, I'm afraid I haven't been around in quite a while. Sorry about that. I had a rough fall and just haven't felt up to getting involved in much let alone planning our trip to Disneyland the last week of April. But, April will come whether I'm ready or not, so it's time to get to work on pretty things for the children to wear.
I am going to take a page from Flylady's book and just jump in here. There is no way I could catch up on all I've missed so I'll work on staying up to date from here. I've seen some of the lovely things on Facebook.
We're going to spend a week in Disneyland with another family with children of similar ages. This will be that family's first trip so I'm excited to see them experience all of it. Between us, we have 4 girls and 2 boys and I'm going to see if I can make up coordinating vidas for the girls with different princesses on each. For the boys, I'll make bowling shirts. Probably Star Wars, I think.
Matthew turns 5 in March and wants a Star Wars party, so maybe I can get double duty out of his shirt.
Anyway, I have missed you all and you have been in my thoughts. I'm sorry I kind of dropped off the face of the Dis for a while.
Can't wait to see all the new things you all are working on!

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

I am not in love with my new singer embroidery machine. There are like NO directions in the manual and it is such a pain in the rump to thread the thing! I think I have been spoiled with my Brother sewing machine that is SO easy to thread! I wish I had the money to get a brother machine instead!!!

I'll tell you what I do love though....Heather's designs! I bought my first one today and it was easy to use. I want to buy them all now!!!

 

[teresajoy]

Hello ladies and Tom
Well, I'm afraid I haven't been around in quite a while. Sorry about that. I had a rough fall and just haven't felt up to getting involved in much let alone planning our trip to Disneyland the last week of April. But, April will come whether I'm ready or not, so it's time to get to work on pretty things for the children to wear.
I am going to take a page from Flylady's book and just jump in here. There is no way I could catch up on all I've missed so I'll work on staying up to date from here. I've seen some of the lovely things on Facebook.
We're going to spend a week in Disneyland with another family with children of similar ages. This will be that family's first trip so I'm excited to see them experience all of it. Between us, we have 4 girls and 2 boys and I'm going to see if I can make up coordinating vidas for the girls with different princesses on each. For the boys, I'll make bowling shirts. Probably Star Wars, I think.
Matthew turns 5 in March and wants a Star Wars party, so maybe I can get double duty out of his shirt.
Anyway, I have missed you all and you have been in my thoughts. I'm sorry I kind of dropped off the face of the Dis for a while.
Can't wait to see all the new things you all are working on!

Hey Lydia, it's so nice to see you over here again. I'm so sorry for what you've been going through. I'm glad you are back! Yes, just jump right in!

 

[froggy33]

That was me who asked- my Wal Mart no longer carries fabric...But I will check out our rinky dink Jo Anns.
I am pretty much limited to quilt shops with expensive fabric in my area. My Jo Anns is TINY and all the other shops have relocated and the parking lot has pot holes bigger than Rhode Island.....it's really pretty funny since its in a very nice town.

I just used white polka dots on white (did you see my 101 Dalmation embroidery?) It was from my local quilt shop- has a nice hand to it- do you want me to find out who the maker is?

That would be great! I do have a quilt shop nearby, so maybe they have some there.

If you would like I could pick you up some of that fabric from my Walmart if you can't find any. Tomorrow I could get a pic of the other kind I have too. I think it is only like $2.44 a yard!!

 

[Granna4679]

I don't remember who made the wrap dress with the Beatrice potter material, but that helped me decide what to do with the Easter material I had. And everyone that said how easy the pattern was is right, but the way Carla writes her patterns makes hers easier to follow.

Funny thing, I decided with the way Ash is that a button would be better than a bow on the side. So I haven't done buttonholes on my new machine. I start trying to figure out the buttonholes and realize I received all the presser feet for the machine except the buttonhole foot. I will be buying one soon, for now I am very good at buttonholes on my old machine so I have to get it back out.

This is beautiful. I actually have that fabric and have never used it. Can't make myself spend so much time on something they will wear maybe only one day. But yours is gorgeous and I love the purple/bluish color (what do you call that...maybe periwinkle?) you put with it.