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

[100AcrePrincess]

I finally got pics of Christmas gifts uploaded. This isn't all of them, but the clothes need some size adjusting before I show them off. I made everything the girls got from up this year except for a book each & the pettis from Santa (that I bought before dh lost his job).

Felt birthday cake for dd6 who's always throwing parties for BAB animals or the baby dolls.

the candles

the slices of cake velcro apart

I try to keep their presents as similar as I can without making them identical so dd3 got donuts & lolipops.

DD3 has been wanting robe for a while now since big sister has one so she got one to match the one I made for her baby doll last year.
cheese face

They made each other mail out of fabric. Every scrap piece of paper or mickey paint ship in our house gets delivered until it's falling apart so I thought this might work better. They're felt on one side & white cotton on the other. I did the sewing for dd2, but dd6 did her own. They drew/wrote on the cotton side.

This is from NYE. We had friends from church over. The boys were in the living room playing rock band. Next thing I knew dd6 had her guitar out to join the fun. Her friends were playing dress up with they tutus so she wanted her petti on.

 

[Mom2SamandJames]

100 Acre Princess - I LOVE the felt food items for tea parties and such. I may have to try the doughnuts and lollipops. That is such a precious idea!

The robe is cute too!

Dawn

 

[Granna4679]

You just reminded me I need to get some of this fabric!! My plan is to make a pair of decopage jeans for DD. She'll wear them for the cookie booth and when we go camping in Feb. (Yes, that's right! Camping in Feb. in Michigan. Sounds like fun, right??) Here's a pair of deco jeans that I made, the Brownie jeans will be similar.

Thanks for posting. I refurbish a lot of overalls. I am going to have to try this on a pair for summer. Really cute fabric coordination with the animal prints.

I want to thank you all for your prayers and well wishes. Ed came home from the hospital yesterday but I am not happy with the way he is breathing. He is still in a lot of pain. He has an appointment tomorrow with his primary and I am looking forward to that because I don't think he is going to make it through the weekend without a change or tweaking with his meds.


Here is a jumper I made for my Granddaughter. She loves Pooh and when I found this Pooh Christmas fabric last October I had to make something for her. I should have taken a picture of it before I mailed it but my DIL sent pictures of her playing in her her dress so I thought I'd share.

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Mary

Hope your hubby bounces back to his old self soon.

The dress you made for DGD is adorable. My DGD2 is also a huge Winnie fan.
Her name is Wendy and we call her Wendy the Pooh.

I have made a few things lately, and I am attempting to post them. I don't have models for everything so please forgive me.

This is a photo of my boys this morning before preschool.

These are the Dopey shirts my boys requested.

This is the Bolt sweatsuit I did for my oldest son.

This is my oldest in his "cool dude" pose.

This is my youngest striking a pose.

Thanks for letting me post these ladies !

Dawn

All of the shirts are just so cute and so are your little ones. I love the posed pictures. So cute!!

I finally got pics of Christmas gifts uploaded. This isn't all of them, but the clothes need some size adjusting before I show them off. I made everything the girls got from up this year except for a book each & the pettis from Santa (that I bought before dh lost his job).

Felt birthday cake for dd6 who's always throwing parties for BAB animals or the baby dolls.


DD3 has been wanting robe for a while now since big sister has one so she got one to match the one I made for her baby doll last year.
cheese face

Cute idea with all of the felt food. I bet they are having so much fun. My DGDs love to play "kitchen". They would have fun with these. The robe is so cute and I love the cheesy smile. She looks like she loves it too.

Very cute petti (and daughters) too.

 

[desparatelydisney]

the slices of cake velcro apart

I try to keep their presents as similar as I can without making them identical so dd3 got donuts & lolipops.

They are sooo cute...I always wondered why there were all these felt food patterns. I just imagined people decorating with them in some strange way. But I know that Catie would LOVE having them to feed her stuffed animals! Sometimes I can be very dense

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This is a photo of my boys this morning before preschool.

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I love all the appliques but I had to stay how adorable this picture is. What a happy trio

 

[100AcrePrincess]

100 Acre Princess - I LOVE the felt food items for tea parties and such. I may have to try the doughnuts and lollipops. That is such a precious idea!

The robe is cute too!

Dawn

Cute idea with all of the felt food. I bet they are having so much fun. My DGDs love to play "kitchen". They would have fun with these. The robe is so cute and I love the cheesy smile. She looks like she loves it too.

Very cute petti (and daughters) too.

They are sooo cute...I always wondered why there were all these felt food patterns. I just imagined people decorating with them in some strange way. But I know that Catie would LOVE having them to feed her stuffed animals! Sometimes I can be very dense

Thanks! I made pizza & sandwiches & cookies & breakfast last year for Christmas. They play with them all the time. This year I cleaned out all the plastic food we had to take to Goodwill. They generally play with the felt more because they can make it up like they want it to be.

 

[McDuck]

I would say definitely one and if you can swing it, add the 3. I really think you're going to want pants- both for your trip and in general, and trust me, these are the absolute best thing to start with- I've taught two people to sew in the last couple months with this pattern. Plus, the stripwork is really fun w/ Christmassy coordinates; however, the simply sweet and aline look absolutely adorable shortened to hip length tops over the pants, and are super easy to layer.

As far as how much, it's a tough one; I probably buy too much most of the time, but I don't think you'd use over a yard for any one outfit at that size. What I would suggest is get a couple yards of maybe two fabrics you really like and then maybe a yard of a couple more- best if they all coordinate. That way you can mix and match your pieces; and you can always fill in with minnie dot- that's available year round.

I'm sure you'll get better advice than mine, but hopefully this can get you started on ideas.

Thank you. I may actually be able to get both...DH said I can spend $30 at Hancock and Hobby Lobby tomorrow. They've got McCall's patterns 5 / $5 so $5 is already spoken for. I should be able to get a few nice fabrics. And then next month he said I can order both pattern bundles. I have the best hubby!

I started with the A-Line. It thought it was super easy and customizable. She wears it over a long sleeve in the winter. Here is a picture of my my first couple

First try; ignore the one on the left, it's a pattern I will NEVER make again. This A-line is reversible - pink outside/green inside.

Try one went well enough for me to try mixing things up a bit for try 2

Good luck! Warning....it's addictive

Off topic, but have to post!! I am about the scream!!

Got PIN!!
Booked a trip in early December for May for DS's birthday.
Told DH we have plenty of time to decide for sure (final pmt due in April)
Got all the reservations I wanted, even Aqua Tour on his birthday!
Found out DD's recital was the first day of the trip.
Rescheduled.
Everything still good.
Week before Christmas, DH decides I was "rash" to book and that we shouldn't go to WDW in 2010.
Have a big, multi-day conversation; I reluctantly agree.
Cancel trip & all ressies.
Last night as I crawl into bed, DH says...."maybe we should go to Disney for Luke's birthday."
Can I scream now???????

Those are so cute. I tell you what, y'all are so inspiring!

Your DH makes me laugh. I guess you have to or go nuts.

Everything I was going to say, the previous poster mentioned already, I guess great minds think alike! I would go with set 1- and 3 if you could. You definitly want the Peasant top, and the easy fit pants. Stripwork is a great one but you are eventually going to want the options that come along with Simply Sweet. I agreee with the previous post about the amount of fabric too.

Definitely #1. The potrait peasant is not only a cute dress, it makes a great shirt and nightgown. Love the stripwork jumper, use it too much! And the pants I can't live without. DD has quite a few pairs as does her AG doll! Now, I like #3 also because of the simply sweet. Haven't tried the aline or scalopini although I do have them too!

OK... I have both # 1 and #3. My 8 year old daughter made the A line in one afternoon. It was her first dress and she made it for her niece's birthday present. I have used that pattern to teach my DIL how to sew...she mad about 10 before she decided to branch out into other items.

In my opinion it is easy-peasy to use as a first project. One, it is easy to understand and construct, and two, you get great results fast...but it doesn't look like it was easy or fast. KWIM?

My DIL normally shops at a well known boutiquey store...their best seller is an A line shift with monograms...

I am a quilter, so I always get at least a yard more than I need...it came in handy when I made the girls the autograph quilt. I got to use fabrics from all their dresses. (of course I need more storage for my stash now!)

Nini

Thanks, y'all! I'm looking forward to fabric shopping and then next month getting the patterns so I can get started!!!

You just reminded me I need to get some of this fabric!! My plan is to make a pair of decopage jeans for DD. She'll wear them for the cookie booth and when we go camping in Feb. (Yes, that's right! Camping in Feb. in Michigan. Sounds like fun, right??) Here's a pair of deco jeans that I made, the Brownie jeans will be similar.

Yes, you have to rip open a seam. For these I have to go pretty far up the seam, so it's easiest if you open a side seam (instead of the inside seam) These don't have the frayed edges, but you could do it that way too.

I don't use a fusible, but you could. I cut my squares a little bigger than I want them, and fold under one of the long edges (this edge will be layered on top.) and the edge that is not going to be buried in the seam. I start from the bottom and work my way up. So the bottom edge of my first square/strip is folded under (like a hem) and the inside edge is too. Line the folded edges up to the inside seam, and the hem, pin and sew around all edges. You can use a straight, zig-zag, or decoraive stitch. Repeat with as many layers as you like. For the top layer, both the top and bottom edges need to be folded under. You can either hem them, use bias tape, or keep the original hem. Make sense?? Here's another pair I did..

Those are all so cute and great tips.

I want to thank you all for your prayers and well wishes. Ed came home from the hospital yesterday but I am not happy with the way he is breathing. He is still in a lot of pain. He has an appointment tomorrow with his primary and I am looking forward to that because I don't think he is going to make it through the weekend without a change or tweaking with his meds.




Thanks for this post, I could have written it myself. I have only ever sewn with a pattern from Joann's and I really want to branch out and sew some cute things for my DGD. I will be reading the answers with great interest.

Here is a jumper I made for my Granddaughter. She loves Pooh and when I found this Pooh Christmas fabric last October I had to make something for her. I should have taken a picture of it before I mailed it but my DIL sent pictures of her playing in her her dress so I thought I'd share.

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Mary

Cute dress!!!!! Hope your DH gets well soon.

Hey there! I agree with the others, definitely #1. The easy fits rock! I made 2 pair last night in less than 3 hours! All of Carla's patterns are great, but the ones I would definitely get, and that would be the most useful and versatile are the portrait peasant, the easy fit pants, and the Simply Sweet. I was able to make almost all my customs using these. The a-line is nice as well, and reversible!

We took our daughter for the first time this past December when she was just shy of 17 months. I made Carla's patterns in a size 1 (I think that is about a 12-18mth). These fit nice and can still be layered over a shirt. A nice way to do the simply sweet jumper bodice is with straps that knot through a button hole (adjustable) and with a little elastic under the arms. We can explain that if you get the pattern.

For fabric-I am a cheap skate. I usually only get 1 yard and only buy on sale. 1 yard is definitely enough to make one of these patterns for a 1 year old, but it is nice to have 2 yards of you favorite fabrics. I do buy a lot of white, because I use it the most!

Good luck!

Thanks for the tips! I will keep that in mind as I fabric shop. Appreciate it!

I have made a few things lately, and I am attempting to post them. I don't have models for everything so please forgive me.

This is a photo of my boys this morning before preschool.

These are the Dopey shirts my boys requested.

This is the Bolt sweatsuit I did for my oldest son.

This is my oldest in his "cool dude" pose.

This is my youngest striking a pose.

Thanks for letting me post these ladies !

Dawn

Those are so cute!!!!

I finally got pics of Christmas gifts uploaded. This isn't all of them, but the clothes need some size adjusting before I show them off. I made everything the girls got from up this year except for a book each & the pettis from Santa (that I bought before dh lost his job).

Felt birthday cake for dd6 who's always throwing parties for BAB animals or the baby dolls.

the candles

the slices of cake velcro apart

I try to keep their presents as similar as I can without making them identical so dd3 got donuts & lolipops.

DD3 has been wanting robe for a while now since big sister has one so she got one to match the one I made for her baby doll last year.
cheese face

They made each other mail out of fabric. Every scrap piece of paper or mickey paint ship in our house gets delivered until it's falling apart so I thought this might work better. They're felt on one side & white cotton on the other. I did the sewing for dd2, but dd6 did her own. They drew/wrote on the cotton side.

This is from NYE. We had friends from church over. The boys were in the living room playing rock band. Next thing I knew dd6 had her guitar out to join the fun. Her friends were playing dress up with they tutus so she wanted her petti on.

What a clever idea and love the petti!

 

[pitterpat]

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DD3 has been wanting robe for a while now since big sister has one so she got one to match the one I made for her baby doll last year.
cheese face

That food is super cute -- my girls would have loved it and the mail. Did you use a pattern to make the robe? It is sweet and my girls have been asking for robes, too.

Thanks!

 

[angel23321]

SSSSHHHHH I just booked a September trip.

DH doesn't know. He knows I wanted to take a bigger trip this year as last year was our "preview" trip to Disney. I saw the military discount got extended and couldn't pass it up.

I won't tell him for a while and just bring up going maybe closer to the summer. I'm hoping he doesn't get too busy at work. He said last night they won't be ready to go out to sea until next year so that sealed the deal for me.

The girls had so much fun and I get asked every day when we can go back. I'm so excited.

 

[ireland_nicole]

Here is a jumper I made for my Granddaughter. She loves Pooh and when I found this Pooh Christmas fabric last October I had to make something for her. I should have taken a picture of it before I mailed it but my DIL sent pictures of her playing in her her dress so I thought I'd share.

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Mary

That is just adorably precious!

I have made a few things lately, and I am attempting to post them. I don't have models for everything so please forgive me.

This is a photo of my boys this morning before preschool.

These are the Dopey shirts my boys requested.

This is the Bolt sweatsuit I did for my oldest son.

This is my oldest in his "cool dude" pose.

This is my youngest striking a pose.

Thanks for letting me post these ladies !

Dawn

All very cool- love em!

I finally got pics of Christmas gifts uploaded. This isn't all of them, but the clothes need some size adjusting before I show them off. I made everything the girls got from up this year except for a book each & the pettis from Santa (that I bought before dh lost his job).

Felt birthday cake for dd6 who's always throwing parties for BAB animals or the baby dolls.

the candles

the slices of cake velcro apart

I try to keep their presents as similar as I can without making them identical so dd3 got donuts & lolipops.

DD3 has been wanting robe for a while now since big sister has one so she got one to match the one I made for her baby doll last year.
cheese face

They made each other mail out of fabric. Every scrap piece of paper or mickey paint ship in our house gets delivered until it's falling apart so I thought this might work better. They're felt on one side & white cotton on the other. I did the sewing for dd2, but dd6 did her own. They drew/wrote on the cotton side.

This is from NYE. We had friends from church over. The boys were in the living room playing rock band. Next thing I knew dd6 had her guitar out to join the fun. Her friends were playing dress up with they tutus so she wanted her petti on.

Love everything, especially the food- great job!

 

[tvgirlmin]

I finally got pics of Christmas gifts uploaded. This isn't all of them, but the clothes need some size adjusting before I show them off. I made everything the girls got from up this year except for a book each & the pettis from Santa (that I bought before dh lost his job).

Felt birthday cake for dd6 who's always throwing parties for BAB animals or the baby dolls.

the candles

the slices of cake velcro apart

I try to keep their presents as similar as I can without making them identical so dd3 got donuts & lolipops.

DD3 has been wanting robe for a while now since big sister has one so she got one to match the one I made for her baby doll last year.
cheese face

They made each other mail out of fabric. Every scrap piece of paper or mickey paint ship in our house gets delivered until it's falling apart so I thought this might work better. They're felt on one side & white cotton on the other. I did the sewing for dd2, but dd6 did her own. They drew/wrote on the cotton side.

This is from NYE. We had friends from church over. The boys were in the living room playing rock band. Next thing I knew dd6 had her guitar out to join the fun. Her friends were playing dress up with they tutus so she wanted her petti on.

Love it all, but the cake is just too cute!!!! I may have to attempt that one - my daughter would LOVE it!

SSSSHHHHH I just booked a September trip.

DH doesn't know. He knows I wanted to take a bigger trip this year as last year was our "preview" trip to Disney. I saw the military discount got extended and couldn't pass it up.

I won't tell him for a while and just bring up going maybe closer to the summer. I'm hoping he doesn't get too busy at work. He said last night they won't be ready to go out to sea until next year so that sealed the deal for me.

The girls had so much fun and I get asked every day when we can go back. I'm so excited.

September is a great time to go! We just went this past September during my husband's after deployment stand-down. We definitely know how it goes with Navy life! Have fun!!!!

 

[*Seanaci*]

Hey ladies...I thought I'd hop in and see what this is all about. Looks like fun. I'm not a sewer...yet. Maybe once I get my mom's scrapbook done from our Dec 08 trip, I'll pull out her sewing machine and figure out how to thread it and get into sewing. All the clothes and things you ladies make are amazing!

 

[Tweevil]

I'll PM y'all. I work for a great agency (Off to Neverland Travel) part-time from home but I don't think I should put a lot of info on here about it. I was a CM in college and got the bug. DH & I run our own business so I don't do the TA thing full-time but it pays for us to go once or twice a year without having to pull from our regular funds Plus, as I have been quoted more than once as saying, "it's kinda like being an alcoholic bartender" (no offense intended to those who live with that horrible disease ).

Hi, as you can tell by my "plan" below I love going!! Would you mind PM'ing me too?

Thanks so much!!

 

[NiniMorris]

Just finished my DIL and SIL's birthday presents. SIL wants money (he is getting a new grill) and DIL is getting a new Bible and wanted a Bible cover (well, she will want one once she knows she is getting a Bible!)

I made an envelope out of 'Bama fabric for SIL and a Bible cover for DIL out of some purple and lavender scraps I had around. They both turned out cute...not as good as I had wanted them to, but good none the less. Their party is Tuesday, so now I'm ready.

It really is nice to have my kids all marry someone whose birthdays are only 2 days apart! I can always be the good MIL and remember their birthdays!!

Now I get to get back to working on the Minnie Mouse Dresses (Precious Dress pattern)and more Disney planning!!!!


Nini

PS...I'll post pictures tomorrow...going to plop myslef down in front of TV and wait for Hubby to get back from the doctor's....

 

[RMAMom]

SSSSHHHHH I just booked a September trip.

DH doesn't know. He knows I wanted to take a bigger trip this year as last year was our "preview" trip to Disney. I saw the military discount got extended and couldn't pass it up.

I won't tell him for a while and just bring up going maybe closer to the summer. I'm hoping he doesn't get too busy at work. He said last night they won't be ready to go out to sea until next year so that sealed the deal for me.

The girls had so much fun and I get asked every day when we can go back. I'm so excited.

I could never keep my mouth shut, I would just explode! Ya know, KABOOM and then there, where I used to be, would be mickey head confetti! Have a great time planning your trip.

McDUCK Your profile says you are in Gulfport. My DH was stationed in Gulfport for a few years attached to NMCB7400. We lived on Ladd Circle. It was one of our best duty stations. He retired in 2000 but I will always remember Gulfport fondly.

 

[McDuck]

McDUCK Your profile says you are in Gulfport. My DH was stationed in Gulfport for a few years attached to NMCB7400. We lived on Ladd Circle. It was one of our best duty stations. He retired in 2000 but I will always remember Gulfport fondly.

Small world! My DH is on shore duty currently. He was in NMCB 133 for several years. We live on base, but not in Ladd Circle. They just opened that up for single sailors to share. It is a great base!

 

[Granna4679]

Finally finished my Big Give outfit for Piper tonight. I hope she likes it. I also made a matching headband that is reversible (in second picture).

 

[glorib]

Finally finished my Big Give outfit for Piper tonight. I hope she likes it. I also made a matching headband that is reversible (in second picture).

Oh, that is so cute! I love the combination of fabrics! And I happen to have both of those fabric choices in my stash! Hmmmmmm - you're inspiring me!

 

[billwendy]

Finally finished my Big Give outfit for Piper tonight. I hope she likes it. I also made a matching headband that is reversible (in second picture).

Sooo Pretty!!!

All of the outfits are GREAT!!

 

[McDuck]

Finally finished my Big Give outfit for Piper tonight. I hope she likes it. I also made a matching headband that is reversible (in second picture).

Awww, that's precious!

 

[RMAMom]

Finally finished my Big Give outfit for Piper tonight. I hope she likes it. I also made a matching headband that is reversible (in second picture).

I love it! I really like the fabrics and the headband will just round out the outfit perfectly! I wish we could be there when Piper opens all of the wonderful gifts that she is receiving. I would love to see her adorable little face with every package!

Mary