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

[Mom2SamandJames]

I've been busy sewing lately... Almost finished with a Disney cruise outfit. Made a little dress with bloomers for Ireland's music teachers daugher and a Fancy Nancy outfit with necklace. I really wish my machine will embroider on t shirts but no matter what I do, it just won't . I've ruined several shirts trying to do it, and no luck. The bobbin on the machine is wonky and I'm lucky it embroiders normally on cotton. I guess I'll just have to be happy with that.

Both of your outfits are just precious! I love them both. Thanks for sharing them

 

[Mom2SamandJames]

So I just got off the phone with my 8 year old niece who tells me she wants me to make her a new outfit. When I asked her what she wanted, she said something cool. As a mom to boys, I don't know what is cool for an 8 year old. She said it could be for church or school. She doesn't care about that. What do you ladies suggest? I know many of you sew for your girls so you can tell me what 8 year old girls are wearing. If this helps, she lives in Delaware so if I could make her something that she can wear a shirt under for the winter and either a t-shirt of nothing under for the summer, that would be terrific.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Dawn

 

[lynnanddbyz]

I was a bad girl. I have resisted CarlaC's sale all week. I could not take it any longer. I bought the bundle pack with the scallpeni(sp), A Line, and the simply sweet and I had to add the kids easy fit pants. I have the adult version(sooooo easy). They were almost free with the discount. And I received the wrap skirt pattern for FREE!!!! I can't wait to get started. Since we are snowed in I may get started on an Easter dress for my niece. The scallpeni with Easter designs in the scallopes and an embroidered top sound nice. Just had to admit my guilt to my support group.

 

[SallyfromDE]

Hi all! I am new here, been reading and learning and becoming greatly inspired by seeing all of your beautiful creations. I cant wait to be able to share some of my own creations shortly.

i was wondering if anyone would be share with me what kind of embroidery machines you are using. I want to by one, but don't know if I should save up my money to buy a more expensive one or will I be ok with a less expensive one to begin with. I have never embroidered before but I have been looking at the Brother machines, so do I start off with a 270D or hold out for a more expensive model? and can the 270D use the software to get designs off the internet with?

thank you in advance for any information you can give.you all are GREAT!!!

I have a Brother 280D. So far I love it. It has a 5X7 frame. I wanted an embroidery only machine. I just have a thing about sewing on the same machine. If you need to take it in for repairs or service, then you have nothing. And you get twice the wear on the machine. I started out with a 180D, it had a 4X4, and it was great as a starter machine. It was my mothers machine, and just never took to it. But I did, I loved it. Someday, when I can afford more, I will upgrade. But I'm quite happy with what I have.

So I just got off the phone with my 8 year old niece who tells me she wants me to make her a new outfit. When I asked her what she wanted, she said something cool. As a mom to boys, I don't know what is cool for an 8 year old. She said it could be for church or school. She doesn't care about that. What do you ladies suggest? I know many of you sew for your girls so you can tell me what 8 year old girls are wearing. If this helps, she lives in Delaware so if I could make her something that she can wear a shirt under for the winter and either a t-shirt of nothing under for the summer, that would be terrific.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Dawn

I'm from Delaware. Kirsta just turned 9, she's in the 3rd grade. She wears a uniform to school. She and her friends like to wear jeans. Even to church. They like Hannah Montana, I Carly, The Wizards of Wavery are Kirsta's favorite. She loves twirl skirts for special occassions. But Disneyized is ONLY for Disney.

The last few years, there has pretty much only been winter and summer. Spring and fall is short and fast.

What size does she wear? Why don't you have her look at YCMT.com and see what she likes. I"m guessing she has computer access.

 

[HeatherSue]

I thought I'd check out the boards while my machine is stitching up 12 in the hoop Valentine's kitties at once! This is the first time that I've ever used my Mega hoop and I'm loving it! I'm making one for each kid in Tessa's class and embroidering their names on them. I'm making the boys some Valentine's dogs. When Sawyer saw them, he wanted me to make some for his class, too. So, I think I'll have about 3 more hoops to go!

To those that have embroidery machines...what is the difference between pes and dst? Is one better than the other? When ordering designs, which one should I order?

Just when I thought I had it all figured out!

Nini

I think you already figured this out. Brother's usually take PES, from what I understand.

Ok, can you say scared to death!
Here it is, I had it sitting on my kitchen island when my DH came home. He couldn't even see me sitting behind it. Oh where to start!

I bought the ginormus box of threads too, it was $150, all the ladies at the store were telling me that it was such an awesome deal, and I just had to get it. I have no clue what thread costs.....is that an ok price?

I ended up not getting a serger. The nice lady who was helping me actually talked me out of it. Instead of getting the cheapest model they had she said it would be worth it to wait until I can afford the better model. It had the swoosh feel instead of manual. Plus I figured I'm going to be busy enough trying to figure the sewing machine out. So I guess I'll wait a few months for the serger.....

Plus they sent me home with stabilizer, some sticky spray stuff and scissors.....

YAY!!!!! How exciting!!!! What a beautiful machine! Plus, it has a Mickey head on it! Do you have the curved embroidery scissors? Those are very important for cutting around appliques.

I hate to tell you this, but the Marathon thread us only $75 (plus $9.45 shipping= $84.50) for fifty 1100 yard spools of polyester thread at marathon thread. Plus, you get 20 free needles. I use their rayon thread and I absolutely love it! Keep it in mind for when you need more!
http://marathonthread.com/collection.shtml

Very cute! Both the outfit and your daughter!! I love the ducky socks, too. The girl has style!

Well because you asked it it's because I'm a very bad mama. When we signed him up they said the only equipment we needed were skates and a stick. They gave him a free pair of skates because it was his first year so all I bought was a stick. They did not put a limit on how many kids could sign up so they had over 100 kids show up with only 3 instuctors. Not very thrilled about that by the way. Anyway, I showed up 25 minutes before practice started and there was already so many kids in there that they ran out of helmets and gloves. So I think mama's gonna have to go ahead and buy stuff so I know he'll have it every week.

You're not a bad mama at all! I thought it was probably something like that. But, I also thought he had really cool hair!

We call them "light-up" tutu's, but the name is a little deceiving - they are really just tutu's with lights. You just make a regular "knot" tutu, but make sure to make it at least double thick (I like four layers of tulle - two on each piece of the knot cross, if that makes sense). I get the light strand necklaces at Pricebusters or some of our local craft stores - they are tiny strands of led lights in holiday designs (tiny pumpkins, shamrocks, etc) so they still look pretty (and not like lights) when they are turned off. Then I stitch the necklaces onto the tutu, a couple inches down from the waistband - if you are going to wrap the waist with ribbon, make sure you do that first or it will get all tangled up. Actually, I always do the sewing on last after all the other decorating is done. I baste every few inches and voila! Light up tutus that you can turn on and off.

Just make sure to NEVER leave a child unattended in one of the light up tutu's! The battery compartment is pretty well sealed, but it contains those little button batteries that could really burn a child's throat if they swallowed it.

Here is one I made for a Halloween birthday. I don't have any pics of it lit up, though - as soon as I finish it, I will post my daughter in her shamrock one all lit up!

The little pumpkins are the lights! They glowed a really cool orange and just gave the whole tutu a cool look!

And thanks for the comments on my cutie Jack! He was so serious fighting vader! He is going to have a cow when Darth Vader brings in his birthday cake (my hubby is a total star wars nerd and has wanted a vader costume for years - he already has an authentic storm trooper one - so I finally broke over and told him he could get it if he would be willing to serve as birthday party entertainment). We aren't telling him, so it will be a total surprise for the little guy! My hubby has had to miss so many of Jack's birthdays, we are really making 5 a special party!

That is so cool!

I've been busy sewing lately... Almost finished with a Disney cruise outfit. Made a little dress with bloomers for Ireland's music teachers daugher and a Fancy Nancy outfit with necklace. I really wish my machine will embroider on t shirts but no matter what I do, it just won't . I've ruined several shirts trying to do it, and no luck. The bobbin on the machine is wonky and I'm lucky it embroiders normally on cotton. I guess I'll just have to be happy with that.

You made Fancy pants! I love them!!! I also love the music outfit. That is perfect for a music teacher's child! I'm sorry about your fussy machine, but it looks great embroidered onto cotton and then appliqued onto the shirt!

Hi all! I am new here, been reading and learning and becoming greatly inspired by seeing all of your beautiful creations. I cant wait to be able to share some of my own creations shortly.

i was wondering if anyone would be share with me what kind of embroidery machines you are using. I want to by one, but don't know if I should save up my money to buy a more expensive one or will I be ok with a less expensive one to begin with. I have never embroidered before but I have been looking at the Brother machines, so do I start off with a 270D or hold out for a more expensive model? and can the 270D use the software to get designs off the internet with?

thank you in advance for any information you can give.you all are GREAT!!!

!!!! I have an older machine, a Viking Designer 1 with a floppy disk drive. It works GREAT! I love my machine! Most people really like their Brother embroidery machines. Just make sure you don't get the one that only comes with a 4x4 hoop!

So I just got off the phone with my 8 year old niece who tells me she wants me to make her a new outfit. When I asked her what she wanted, she said something cool. As a mom to boys, I don't know what is cool for an 8 year old. She said it could be for church or school. She doesn't care about that. What do you ladies suggest? I know many of you sew for your girls so you can tell me what 8 year old girls are wearing. If this helps, she lives in Delaware so if I could make her something that she can wear a shirt under for the winter and either a t-shirt of nothing under for the summer, that would be terrific.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Dawn

You should ask her what she considers "cool"! I would think some sort of twirl skirt and a t-shirt would pass the cool test. But, I'm not 100% sure!

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Hi all! I am new here, been reading and learning and becoming greatly inspired by seeing all of your beautiful creations. I cant wait to be able to share some of my own creations shortly.

i was wondering if anyone would be share with me what kind of embroidery machines you are using. I want to by one, but don't know if I should save up my money to buy a more expensive one or will I be ok with a less expensive one to begin with. I have never embroidered before but I have been looking at the Brother machines, so do I start off with a 270D or hold out for a more expensive model? and can the 270D use the software to get designs off the internet with?

thank you in advance for any information you can give.you all are GREAT!!!

I had the opportunity to try several at a sewing studio where I did Hannah's gown. We used 2 different Vikings (Diamond and SE) and a Pfaff (dont know what one) My first experience was with a Designer I about 4 years ago, I had only owned a mechanical Jem Janome (travel size for quilters) and was inspired by the smooth computerized sewing of her machine. I was brand new to sewing clothes, so I purchased a Kenmore (non-embroidery) after reading lots of reviews on patternreview.com.

I purchased a used SE in the Fall and I'm still learning (what I dont get is the lady who traded it in, went for a Diamond and she didn't seem like a big embroidery person (based on what was on her memory stick!)). But I really love that I bought this from a dealer (versus Sears) because I can harass (I mean call and ask many questions) and I can even walk in if I need assistance with anything. I feel I got a great price and she included an extra kit with more feet, as well as a CD of Anita Goodesigns and needles. But it's the ability to have free owner's classes whenever I need them that really helped me.
I did see some good deals online, but as a first time embroidery machine person, I am sooo glad I have the help.

I would prefer to be able to sew on a sample of the machine I want to buy first.
ask if they include a servicing with it, or what kind of warranty it has
what kind of support with they offer?

Do you have any sewing studios, or friends near enough that you could try it out?
and dont forget to ask what machines they have as trade ins....

I know no one on here lives near me, but the shop I bought mine at as a Emerald for $900 and an SE, I dont know what the price is on that one.

 

[fairygoodmother]

Is anyone else having a problem with YouCanMakeThis.com? It's not allowing me to put more than one item into my shopping cart! I need to get this patten ASAP to start a project that needs to be finished tomorrow. Grrrr!

 

[froggy33]

Hey all. I am looking for some material. It may not be made anymore, but hopefully I can find it on ebay or something. I'd like some of the blue or white flag/faces fabric that people use a lot for EPCOT clothing. I have the stuff with the faces and the little writing, but would like it with the flags. I think it was sold at JoAnns. Any ideas?? Does anyone at least have the name of the fabric?

Thanks!!!

Jessica

 

[fairygoodmother]

Does anyone at least have the name of the fabric?

Thanks!!!

Jessica

If it's the fabric I'm thinking of, it's "Friends Around the World" by Trena Hegdal. It's becoming increasingly harder to find; it's discontinued. There were, I believe, 3 coordinating fabrics, with either blue or white background.
Good luck finding it!

 

[froggy33]

Thanks so much! I haven't had any luck online yet. Does anyone have any they are willing to part with (for a price)? I would only need...about 3/4 yard.

Also, when I was searching on the site that must not be named I found some of that GREAT Alexander Henry "Smiles around the world" for a great price.
A.H. also has a new line that is great too! Called "you and me".

Thanks!! Jessica

 

[NaeNae]

Hey all. I am looking for some material. It may not be made anymore, but hopefully I can find it on ebay or something. I'd like some of the blue or white flag/faces fabric that people use a lot for EPCOT clothing. I have the stuff with the faces and the little writing, but would like it with the flags. I think it was sold at JoAnns. Any ideas?? Does anyone at least have the name of the fabric?

Thanks!!!

Jessica

Friends around the World by Trena Hegdahl Design Co. for Fabrics by Spectrix.

This is the blue fabric with the flags.

 

[froggy33]

Thanks! I'm still looking. Don't you hate when you want something that is discontinued. I bought the coordinating fabric with the writing, but not the flag stuff!!

 

[RMAMom]

I've been busy sewing lately... Almost finished with a Disney cruise outfit. Made a little dress with bloomers for Ireland's music teachers daugher and a Fancy Nancy outfit with necklace. I really wish my machine will embroider on t shirts but no matter what I do, it just won't . I've ruined several shirts trying to do it, and no luck. The bobbin on the machine is wonky and I'm lucky it embroiders normally on cotton. I guess I'll just have to be happy with that.

I love it!!! We have been calling my sister Fancy Nancy since she was in High School she is now 45 and I am going to have to make her someting using some Fancy Material! The music dress is adorable, I love the matching bloomers.

Thanks so much! I haven't had any luck online yet. Does anyone have any they are willing to part with (for a price)? I would only need...about 3/4 yard.

Also, when I was searching on the site that must not be named I found some of that GREAT Alexander Henry "Smiles around the world" for a great price.
A.H. also has a new line that is great too! Called "you and me".

Thanks!! Jessica

We can add wonder under washable tape to the hard to find list. I have been searching for it for a couple of weeks now and it is suspiciously out of stock every where. I am thinking its been discontinued.

 

[emcreative]

I have no sewing to share...been working on my photography, graphic design and ad business. But I just had to pop in here to say

I MISS YOU ALL TERRIBLY!

 

[Jaylin]

YCMT is seriously wonky today. I bought a bunch of stuff earlier today and things were just jumping out of my cart.....checkout was all messed up too. Everything finally went thru and just now I realized that my Simply Sweet was missing. Ugh, the one that I really wanted, so I'm trying or order it now and it won't let me check out......

 

[livndisney]

I know we have a few ladies here with Sock monkey aversions. Kia just showed a bit of a new commercial with a LIFE sized, walking Sock Monkey. I think the whole commercial will be shown during the super bowl.

http://www.kia.com/#/sorento/learn-more/?cid=sem&ppc=y

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

Hey ladies - I am still waiting for my machine to be fixed. I need a little help. I have a top of DD's that I didn't make that I really like the style. It is a 3T. I want to trace it & make a pattern for it. I would also like to make it in a 2 and a 5. Is there a way for me to do that? I have a copier/scanner here too.
Thanks,
Carol

 

[Cherlynn25]

I am way behind, but i found an awesome coupon binder today, thought my disboutique friends would like it. im thinking about getting the pattern.
http://www.couponclutch.com/index.php

 

[livndisney]

Hey ladies - I am still waiting for my machine to be fixed. I need a little help. I have a top of DD's that I didn't make that I really like the style. It is a 3T. I want to trace it & make a pattern for it. I would also like to make it in a 2 and a 5. Is there a way for me to do that? I have a copier/scanner here too.
Thanks,
Carol

I am not much help. I am working on a 3t top (without a pattern),and need help. Could you measure the length of the 3t top you have? Please please please.

 

[Mommy2JulietJocelyn]

the top I am making is 15 1/4 inches from top of the shoulder straps to the bottom of the rufle - it is meant for waist length i think. I am planning on making it hip length.