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

[livndisney]

We have a doll here we call "Betty". She was a Disney Park doll I bought and put away for Kirsta. I gave it to her when she turned 2. Betty isn't as big as a AG doll. Maybe 14 inches. Her body was made muslin. A few years ago, the muslin around the arm areas started to fray pretty bad. And I thought she was going to lose some joints. Plus she no longer had nice braids. She went for the Jamaician look, sporting dreads. I wanted to send her to the doll hospital for a new bod and new a new do. But Kirsta wouldn't go for it. So one day when she was out playing, I took poor Betty apart and used the old body as a pattern. Scrubbed Betty up nice and pretty and left her body parts in the sink while I sewed. Kirsta would never look there. Well, wouldn't you know, she came in the house and headed right for the sink. After she calmed down from and I was able to finish her up in DOUBLE the time because Kirsta was under my arm pit the whole time. She doesn't sport a new do, but we did sew a little heart on her chest. I was pretty happy with her. I never did anything like that. Of course it's been 2 years and I still have to hear about Betty and sink incident.

Considering I am not yet brave enough to restring my doll, it goes without saying that all "repairs" are done when someone is in bed

 

[SallyfromDE]

Teresajoy and SallyfromDE thank you for your response about the MAW big gives and the copyright laws. After many, many emails back and forth with the BC/Yukon branch of Make a Wish it has been decided that it is ok to do Disney themed outfits and use Disney images and logos. It is also OK to use the BC/Yukon MAW logo but it is not ok to use both on the same item. Basically the two logos are not allowed to be together because of branding rules. I guess that clears that up for us up north here, I was worried they were going to say no Disney at all, whew!!

Can you use just the word WISH, with the Disney images inside?

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Thank you so much Teresa. You brought tears to my eyes. I have never done anything like this, so I am nervous.

Don't be nervous! You have a group of Disboutiquers backing you up!! I think that it is a good idea!

 

[teresajoy]

Teresa and Shannon,

I have done a couple of rewigs. They are not really hard just time consuming. Itis very important to get all the glue off before you apply the new glue. And make sure the wig is flat and centered before you set the glue.

I used an exacto to get the old wig and glue off. Sometimes heat helps depending on how old the doll is.

I have progressed to restringing LOL. I have restrung Kirsten and DD's Sam, but I still have to work up the courage to restring my AG from 15 years ago...........

Maybe I should just send her to you! You are brave restringing! I have some Just Pretend dolls that I need to restring. I have one I need to rewig too, but I can't find the right wig. (For the red headed Cassie, if anyone has any ideas.)

 

[SallyfromDE]

Considering I am not yet brave enough to restring my doll, it goes without saying that all "repairs" are done when someone is in bed

"Betty's" afraid of ghosts, so Kirsta sleeps with her so she won't be afraid. (can you believe this kid is almost 9!!)

This is Betty when she was "born":

And Betty after her "surgery". She's resting on the wall while we wait for Ariel:

 

[SallyfromDE]

Maybe I should just send her to you! You are brave restringing! I have some Just Pretend dolls that I need to restring. I have one I need to rewig too, but I can't find the right wig. (For the red headed Cassie, if anyone has any ideas.)

Build a Bear has some nice wigs. But you'd have to sew the whole up that's for ears!! Did you do a search for Doll repair or suppliers?

 

[livndisney]

Maybe I should just send her to you! You are brave restringing! I have some Just Pretend dolls that I need to restring. I have one I need to rewig too, but I can't find the right wig. (For the red headed Cassie, if anyone has any ideas.)

If you want to bring her in May I can rewig her for you. Restringing is easier (in my opinion) than rewigging. Wigs take longer.

When I restring, I wait until DD is asleep, slip Sam out, restring and return I do the same for new hairstyles and "baths" LOL

 

[aksunshine]

Thanks for the support girls! It is a HUGE task. I like a challenge! I sent this to another MAW crop event in Omaha (there aren't many MAW scrapping events) ;

" am very excited for this idea. You see, I have been waiting over 2 years trying to find a way to help. My son, Levi, who was 16 months, died in 2007. It was not terminal illness, however, it was a careless driver. Right before, we spent 10 magical days in Disney World. I know not all wishes are Disney- related, but many are. And it is my memories of Levi there that a treasure most, that time we had together. I want to help other children have that sparkle of something magical happening, be it a dream job for a day, a much loved animal, or a fabulous vacation. And I want other mommies to be able to look back and remember, either at a harder time made special, b/c their baby got well, or the magical memories that will have to last forever, as I do now."


I also asked her how she goes about getting sponsors and donations, since that is the part I am scared of most.

 

[sheridee32]

Just letting off some steam here...so MAD at myself right now.

I know I've mentioned that we are taking Darren's (my DH) family to WDW in April. We are paying/using points really for the hotel at Embassy Suites in Downtown Disney and for 5 dinners in the parks for everyone. But his parents are having a hard time financially and we are paying for everything for them. Anyway, I was planning on booking their flights tomorrow to Orlando from St. Louis. I was purposely waiting since my credit card turns over tomorrow. We don't carry a balance ever on our credit card but since Christmas was last month I didn't want to overdue it and put an additional $338.00 for tickets on it so I didn't purchase the tickets. So I just went and was going to put the tickets on hold tonight for purchase tomorrow and the prices went WAY up. Instead of $338 for both tickets round trip (a FANTASTIC PRICE I know!) they are up to $660. SO MAD!!!!

I guess I am going to wait now and see if they go back down again.

Normally flights always go up on the weekend I have been told to wait till tuesdays that is when they start dropping the price

 

[NaeNae]

ENABLER ALERT!!!
I just came from a nearby WalMart and look what they had

I talked to the lady in the fabric/notion aisle. She said they were a test store and if it worked then it should go to all the stores. They had cottons in 2yd packs for $7, jelly roles, fat quarter bundles for $12 and fleece bundles and quilt kits. They also had added THREAD, ZIPPERS, BUTTONS AND PATTERNS. Mind you it's not the normal set up but at least they had a small sections for each. I should have taken a picture with my camera.(duh!) She said that WalMart got a lot of complaints about doing away with the fabric depts!

 

[revrob]

Thanks for the support girls! It is a HUGE task. I like a challenge! I sent this to another MAW crop event in Omaha (there aren't many MAW scrapping events) ;

" am very excited for this idea. You see, I have been waiting over 2 years trying to find a way to help. My son, Levi, who was 16 months, died in 2007. It was not terminal illness, however, it was a careless driver. Right before, we spent 10 magical days in Disney World. I know not all wishes are Disney- related, but many are. And it is my memories of Levi there that a treasure most, that time we had together. I want to help other children have that sparkle of something magical happening, be it a dream job for a day, a much loved animal, or a fabulous vacation. And I want other mommies to be able to look back and remember, either at a harder time made special, b/c their baby got well, or the magical memories that will have to last forever, as I do now."


I also asked her how she goes about getting sponsors and donations, since that is the part I am scared of most.

I saw your link earlier, so I'm sorry, but I don't think I completely understand. Forgive my brain freeze today - are you having a fundraising crop to benefit Make A Wish? I saw something about getting a star with Levi's name on it? I'm not sure what that is about? Can you help me understand?

ENABLER ALERT!!!
I just came from a nearby WalMart and look what they had

I talked to the lady in the fabric/notion aisle. She said they were a test store and if it worked then it should go to all the stores. They had cottons in 2yd packs for $7, jelly roles, fat quarter bundles for $12 and fleece bundles and quilt kits. They also had added THREAD, ZIPPERS, BUTTONS AND PATTERNS. Mind you it's not the normal set up but at least they had a small sections for each. I should have taken a picture with my camera.(duh!) She said that WalMart got a lot of complaints about doing away with the fabric depts!

WOW! I love this idea! I wonder if my Wal Mart has them?

 

[birdie757]

ENABLER ALERT!!!
I just came from a nearby WalMart and look what they had

I talked to the lady in the fabric/notion aisle. She said they were a test store and if it worked then it should go to all the stores. They had cottons in 2yd packs for $7, jelly roles, fat quarter bundles for $12 and fleece bundles and quilt kits. They also had added THREAD, ZIPPERS, BUTTONS AND PATTERNS. Mind you it's not the normal set up but at least they had a small sections for each. I should have taken a picture with my camera.(duh!) She said that WalMart got a lot of complaints about doing away with the fabric depts!

What is the fabric in the lower left corner...the light pink one. Is it Tianna? I would love to get a hold of some toy story fabric. DD is begging for a toy story dress. I am glad to hear walmart listened for once to the public's complaints. We are fortunate to have a fabric department in one of our walmarts still but they really never seem to restock anything but the bargain table.

 

[aksunshine]

Hey Shannon! I had already planned to get a stone from GKtW (not star) in honor of Levi. We met this little girl on a wish trip on our flight home from WDW and I knew I wanted to help. When I got home and researched it, I thought the stone was a cute idea.

Last year I started going to our local Crop for the Cure (Breast Cancer benefit). It was an all day scrapbooking event with all food and drinks, goodie bags, door prizes, you get the idea. It was so much fun and maybe the first thing I really did for ME after our accident. I started Levi's book there, got several pages done and visited with my friend who invited me. Well, it is coming up again and I am excited! It was so much fun last year. And they made $18000 to donate to Komen.

At 5AM, when I couldn't sleep I started thinking about going and what I needed to prepare, then my mind trailed to the stone and Levi. It wasn't long before my tired brain collided the two together and I got the idea for a MAW crop.

I plan to call it "Scrapping for Wishes" and hoping it will be an annual event. Of course, I have to wait until MAW emails me back, but I am super excited! The average wish trip costs $6000. If I can pay for one child's wish with the proceeds it would be awesome!

Sorry it was so long, but I didn't want you to be confused. I am often not very clear about things!

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

Thanks everyone for the comments! This is the 4th petti I have made and it gets easier and better each time. I loosely follow the pattern on Martha Stewarts site. I do now use the rolls from afc-express and it makes a TON of difference. It saves all that cutting and sewing the ruffle together. I bought the 90 yard rolls and used almost the whole roll for this petti.I think it saves at least an hour, if not more. I put this together over 3 nights working about 1-2 hours a night, so not bad.
I have found a few ways to make it easier to handle/ruffle the chiffon. First I used some scrap pieces of chiffon to determine what tension and stitch length I would need for my machine to ruffle it. I DO NOT use a ruffler, nor do I ruffle by hand. It's usualy a mid-high tension number and a 4.5/5 stitch length. I have a chair with handles, and put the roll on a long measuring stick (a dowel would work), taped the stick to my chair handles and started ruffling down teh middle of the chiffon. I pretty much just had to sit and watch and guide it just a bit - piece of cake! As I ruffled I would measure the length of the ruffle against my 2nd tier and when they matched I cut and started on the second ruffle for the bottom layer (my pettis are 2 layers). The most tedious part is putting the ruffle on the bottom of the 2nd tier - you have to pay attention obviously and the ruffle twists wome so you have to untwist.

The other layers are easy and I just ruffle them (the tension and stitch length can be different than the ruffle) and then put them together using the roll hem on my serger.

All told, not couting time the petti's cost me about $10-12 a piece to make.

I love the pattern satin I found! I think I got it on clearance from fabric.com and bought like 2 yards of it. I don't know what else I would use it for besides pettis, but I have other petti ideas for it! My daughter needs one of course!

Thanks again all!! I hope Piper loves it! Even if she isn't girlie girlie this should push her in that direction!

Jessica

So now you have inspired me! I really want to make one now! I had looked at the rolls before and wondered if anybody had used them...glad to know you did and now...I will buy!

Thanks for your instructions...




Very jealous of the Wal-mart fabric...I pray mine gets some fabric...I have been complaining everytime I walk in the doors of ours since the re-merch anyway.

 

[GoofyG]

What is the fabric in the lower left corner...the light pink one. Is it Tianna? I would love to get a hold of some toy story fabric. DD is begging for a toy story dress. I am glad to hear walmart listened for once to the public's complaints. We are fortunate to have a fabric department in one of our walmarts still but they really never seem to restock anything but the bargain table.

The 2 lower left fabrics are Tianna! My 3yr old loves her, or more the alligator! lol I was excited to see fabric for boys! We have alot for the girls, not much for little man.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Ok, opinions please! I am working on an outfit for next weeks trip. I am doing a three tier patchwork twirl skirt and a portrait peasant top. Nothing is quite finished yet so this is a picture of the pieces yet to be sewn together.

The top of the ironing board has the peasant top, the main bodice is the red "minnie" dot fabric and it has solid black long sleeves. The top tier of the skirt is on the lower half of the ironing board. The peasant top has a solid black mickey head on it. What I can't decide is if I should embroider dd's name in red in the "disney" font of if that will be too much.

Any opinions would be greatly appreciated.

I think the name in the mouse ears would look great!

ENABLER ALERT!!!
I just came from a nearby WalMart and look what they had

I talked to the lady in the fabric/notion aisle. She said they were a test store and if it worked then it should go to all the stores. They had cottons in 2yd packs for $7, jelly roles, fat quarter bundles for $12 and fleece bundles and quilt kits. They also had added THREAD, ZIPPERS, BUTTONS AND PATTERNS. Mind you it's not the normal set up but at least they had a small sections for each. I should have taken a picture with my camera.(duh!) She said that WalMart got a lot of complaints about doing away with the fabric depts!

Now I just wanna cry; all of our walmarts have gone to the new format without the fabric, so none of this gorgeous stuff for me... and that toy story fabric esp. was AWESOME!

 

[NaeNae]

What is the fabric in the lower left corner...the light pink one. Is it Tianna? I would love to get a hold of some toy story fabric. DD is begging for a toy story dress. I am glad to hear walmart listened for once to the public's complaints. We are fortunate to have a fabric department in one of our walmarts still but they really never seem to restock anything but the bargain table.

Yes, there were 2 Tianna's, 2 Mickeys, 2 Toy Story, Handy Manny. I don't think my local store has the fabric but this store is only 15 mins away. I had found out about it at a sewing club meeting on Thurs. Someone had gone into WM for something else and saw it and she told us about it at club meeting. I'm really excited and hope it takes off and goes into all of the stores!

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Hey Shannon! I had already planned to get a stone from GKtW (not star) in honor of Levi. We met this little girl on a wish trip on our flight home from WDW and I knew I wanted to help. When I got home and researched it, I thought the stone was a cute idea.

Last year I started going to our local Crop for the Cure (Breast Cancer benefit). It was an all day scrapbooking event with all food and drinks, goodie bags, door prizes, you get the idea. It was so much fun and maybe the first thing I really did for ME after our accident. I started Levi's book there, got several pages done and visited with my friend who invited me. Well, it is coming up again and I am excited! It was so much fun last year. And they made $18000 to donate to Komen.

At 5AM, when I couldn't sleep I started thinking about going and what I needed to prepare, then my mind trailed to the stone and Levi. It wasn't long before my tired brain collided the two together and I got the idea for a MAW crop.

I plan to call it "Scrapping for Wishes" and hoping it will be an annual event. Of course, I have to wait until MAW emails me back, but I am super excited! The average wish trip costs $6000. If I can pay for one child's wish with the proceeds it would be awesome!

Sorry it was so long, but I didn't want you to be confused. I am often not very clear about things!

I would love to come to something like this. I hope you can organize it. The Crop for the Cure sounds like fun too! Where will that be?

 

[DisneyKings]

Another moron report...I realized this morning that I cut out the portrait peasant top, but followed the directions on sizing for the skirt from the simply sweet! At least it's just for nightgowns, so if it comes out funky it's not that big a deal. I really think I'm losing my mind!

 

[revrob]

Hey Shannon! I had already planned to get a stone from GKtW (not star) in honor of Levi. We met this little girl on a wish trip on our flight home from WDW and I knew I wanted to help. When I got home and researched it, I thought the stone was a cute idea.

Last year I started going to our local Crop for the Cure (Breast Cancer benefit). It was an all day scrapbooking event with all food and drinks, goodie bags, door prizes, you get the idea. It was so much fun and maybe the first thing I really did for ME after our accident. I started Levi's book there, got several pages done and visited with my friend who invited me. Well, it is coming up again and I am excited! It was so much fun last year. And they made $18000 to donate to Komen.

At 5AM, when I couldn't sleep I started thinking about going and what I needed to prepare, then my mind trailed to the stone and Levi. It wasn't long before my tired brain collided the two together and I got the idea for a MAW crop.

I plan to call it "Scrapping for Wishes" and hoping it will be an annual event. Of course, I have to wait until MAW emails me back, but I am super excited! The average wish trip costs $6000. If I can pay for one child's wish with the proceeds it would be awesome!

Sorry it was so long, but I didn't want you to be confused. I am often not very clear about things!

I LOVE THIS IDEA! This makes perfect sense to me now! I've not organized a day crop, but I have organized a scrapbook retreat. It's a lot of work, but SO MUCH FUN! I hope this goes well for you - let us know how things go!