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

[froggy33]

Hey all. I have been super busy lately...I find out tomorrow if I am good to go to write my dissertation and then I will defend in May for my PhD!!!
I have also been working on some customs for my first customers too!

Luckily I have been able to squeeze in a few things for my daughter.
Valentines dress:

Paper doll dress: Iwas a little off on her chest measurement, so this should fit her for a couple years!! HA!

Thanks for looking!

Jessica

 

[*Toadstool*]

Embroidery scissors to trim around applique work - is this what I need to get?
I have a 40% off coupon - and i LOVE my regular Ginghers!


http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/productdetail.jsp?CATID=cat3504&PRODID=prd49719

Yes!! They are fab! I got mine for about 10 dollars on Black Friday.

OH! OH! I can't wait - I have an idea of what it MIGHT be! (Since I know where your MIL works now! Did she help you find your new surprise? How big?)

I sent you a pm on FB!!! Yes.. you have the right idea!!

Thank you to everyone for the kind support. It's been really stressful the last few weeks.
As of this evening, it looks like we are looking at the second to last week in March!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really dont want to go in April because when we return Hannah goes back to the eye doctor and we will most likely be planning for her surgery sometime during the month.
Sadly, Grampy will miss Megan's 4th birthday.
I desperately want to do Hannah's Easter dress before we leave- and I have to order the fabric and pattern!!
Since we wont be spending Easter with them I want the girls to look their best.
Mom says he is doing well, driving and getting about, but still wont be able to "play" with Megan the way he used to. I know comotion tires him and I will do my best to keep things from being crazy. I think DH is going to come after all.
Im so worried that the next time I see him he will be in hospice. Or worse. Please pray that we have a peaceful, happy visit with him.

With all of this going on I have a request to make.....

Is there a chance that someone would be willing to take over doing 4 embroidered t shirts for the adults for my Big Give family??? This totally stinks, but I dont know how I am going to have time to do them now. I REALLY wanted to do this. This Wendy's big give.
I can tell you what I had planned.

I replied to you on FB. Is that dress pattern too small for Hannah? The one with the box pleats? I think it is just darling. Glad you will be able to go and visit. I think that dress is very doable especially if you do some machine embroidery instead of the handwork.

Hey all. I have been super busy lately...I find out tomorrow if I am good to go to write my dissertation and then I will defend in May for my PhD!!!
I have also been working on some customs for my first customers too!

Luckily I have been able to squeeze in a few things for my daughter.
Valentines dress:

Paper doll dress: Iwas a little off on her chest measurement, so this should fit her for a couple years!! HA!

Thanks for looking!

Jessica

What a cutie! That is such a pretty design on the V day dress. Loving her boots in the second picture!!

 

[dancer_mom]

HELP NEEDED for a NEWBIE

I am doing the precious dress for the first time (only my third project ever) and I am totally stuck. So far all the directions have been clear especially with the pictures. So here is where I am at - in the middle of the placket

Flip the placket pieces over to the wrong side.

(I think I get this)

The next step will encase the raw edge.

Fold the skirt piece at the crease, right side facing inward. Align the folded edges of the placket pieces. Pin together to prevent
shifting during stitching.

(I just can't picture this and I can't understand the diagram - )

Stitch ¼ from the bottom placket edges. Start the stitching at the folded edges, and stop at the position of the stitching that joined the placket to the skirt (¼” from the edge). Pivot the needle and stitch ¼” from the zigzag stitched edge. Stitch just beyond the end of the stitching that joined the placket to the skirt. Pivot again, and stitch over to the folded edge.

I tried to look ahead at this step to get an idea of where it was heading but I am just confused. Could someone out there who has done this pattern maybe reword the directions a different way for me?? I would really appreciate it. Thank you, thank you

That said.... just wondering for all the mammas that make their little princesses dresses out there, do you ever make yourselves coordinating tops to go with? I was thinking of doing something to coordinate with my DD for our upcoming trip... why should she get to have all the fun?? Of course, I'm not thinking full-blown princess gown or anything, but maybe a peasent top in yellow, a Belle-inspired type thing... maybe a Minnie-dot accent on a top or something.... has anyone ever done this sort of thing? Any ideas? Trying to make it look a bit more adult/mature, but only for DH's sake - he said he's glad Disney has a rule about adults wearing costumes.... bah humbug!

TIA!

-laura

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Hey - I totally had this idea too!!!

I was planning on making the peasant top and seeing if I could add a minnie dot band around the bottom and maybe applique a small minnie head somewhere else to match my daughter. I'd love to hear other peoples ideas too.

 

[Haganfam5]

Thank you! I do the applique 'by hand' as in on my machine but not using a digitized design. I mostly get designs online - it feels like I'm always searching for new ideas. Once I find an image I like, I make a line drawing of it to use for the applique. I then crop and resize it as needed for the garment.

Thank you for the compliment on my Tiana dress. I wanted to make sure I got in here to compliment you on your latest stunning dresses and skirt. I want them in my size! They are just too beautiful!!! Love them. Your fabric matching idea is a great idea too. I like to think I love to do it too but it is time consuming and some people would probably like to have that work done already. You should look into that.

Hey all. I have been super busy lately...I find out tomorrow if I am good to go to write my dissertation and then I will defend in May for my PhD!!!
I have also been working on some customs for my first customers too!

Luckily I have been able to squeeze in a few things for my daughter.
Valentines dress:

Paper doll dress: Iwas a little off on her chest measurement, so this should fit her for a couple years!! HA!

Thanks for looking!

Jessica

Congratulations on the coming PhD! You go girl! That is a whole lot of work along with family and time to squeeze in a couple of dresses, you are amazing. The dresses are just adorable as you little girl!

I know I missed the post with all of the princess dresses. They are just adorable! I love the Snow White idea and the Cinderella is just darling. LOVE them!

 

[tricia]

Hey all. I have been super busy lately...I find out tomorrow if I am good to go to write my dissertation and then I will defend in May for my PhD!!!
I have also been working on some customs for my first customers too!

Luckily I have been able to squeeze in a few things for my daughter.
Valentines dress:

Paper doll dress: Iwas a little off on her chest measurement, so this should fit her for a couple years!! HA!

Thanks for looking!

Jessica

Love the valentines dress. And what cute little boots in the second pic.

I got through with a couple of the Carly Baby Bubbles this weekend. First ones I have done. They go together really well and I like the result. I will post pics in a few minutes.

 

[tricia]

Wish I had a little baby around to put these on, cause I just don't think the hangers do them justice.

These are for twin baby girls that are due in April.

Romper #1, Side #1



Side #2



Romper #2 Side #1



Side #2

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Wish I had a little baby around to put these on, cause I just don't think the hangers do them justice.

These are for twin baby girls that are due in April.

Romper #1, Side #1



Side #2



Romper #2 Side #1



Side #2

These are just too cute! Super job.

 

[Granna4679]

Hey all. I have been super busy lately...I find out tomorrow if I am good to go to write my dissertation and then I will defend in May for my PhD!!!
I have also been working on some customs for my first customers too!

Luckily I have been able to squeeze in a few things for my daughter.
Valentines dress:

Paper doll dress: Iwas a little off on her chest measurement, so this should fit her for a couple years!! HA!

Thanks for looking!

Jessica

Oh how cute! Your DD is precious! And SUPER Congrats on the PhD. My daughter has been working on hers and had to stop for a time (family issues)...but I know how much work that is (and with little ones too). Wow!

Wish I had a little baby around to put these on, cause I just don't think the hangers do them justice.

These are for twin baby girls that are due in April.

Romper #1, Side #1



Side #2



Romper #2 Side #1



Side #2

Really cute! The 1st one is my favorite but I love anything with that damask print!

 

[LisaZoe]

Hey all. I have been super busy lately...I find out tomorrow if I am good to go to write my dissertation and then I will defend in May for my PhD!!!

Wow, congratulations on getting so far on your PhD!!!

Paper doll dress: I was a little off on her chest measurement, so this should fit her for a couple years!! HA!

She is such a doll! I especially love her expression in this photo.



So, in addition to making things for kids, I made a few new things for Zoe's furry friends. This is a modified Vida - basically a twirl skirt on the Vida bodice.

I also attempted to make bows for the first time. I think they came out pretty cute but I decided it would have been better to do them at the same time if I wanted them to be about the same size. They're fine now but I had to keep tweaking the second as I made it.

The boys were feeling left out so I put some knit scraps to good use for a fun little hoody.

Lastly I did a version of my Zoe skirt for Miss Kitty. I still need to make a top to match but that's on hold for now as I focus on sewing for kids again.

 

[NiniMorris]

Lisa...

Every time my grand daughter sees me making a dress, she brings me one of the resident baby dolls and tells me they need a dress too!



Here in the Atlanta area, we are having snow...AGAIN! This is ridiculous! Of course my 2 year old GD wants to know where Santa and his reindeer are... she is going to be sooo disappointed! And she wants to go out and build a snow man! I'm afraid she is in for another disappointment!


Nini

 

[Mom2SamandJames]

I am enjoying all the awesome outfits for kids and dolls! Keep the gorgeous things coming Today my son's school is celebrating Read Across America. My son insisited on wearing a Cat in the Hat shirt and a Yertle the Turtle hat. Here are some photos of him before leaving for school.

He was still wearing the hat when I visited his class to read them Yertle the Turtle. I guess that means he really likes it.

Dawn

 

[froggy33]

What a cutie! That is such a pretty design on the V day dress. Loving her boots in the second picture!!

Congratulations on the coming PhD! You go girl! That is a whole lot of work along with family and time to squeeze in a couple of dresses, you are amazing. The dresses are just adorable as you little girl!

Love the valentines dress. And what cute little boots in the second pic.

Oh how cute! Your DD is precious! And SUPER Congrats on the PhD. My daughter has been working on hers and had to stop for a time (family issues)...but I know how much work that is (and with little ones too). Wow!

Thank you! I had planned on going much more elaborate on the V-day dress, but time ran out and I got tired of doing ruffles. It turned out cute though!
My little ham! She totally poses for pics (and she's only 19mths). She really like those boots. They make them in green for little boys - so cute!

I can't wait to finish this PhD!! It's been 5.5 years already! Now, I have no idea what I am going to do with it, but I'll have it!

 

[dogodisney]

Lisa...

Every time my grand daughter sees me making a dress, she brings me one of the resident baby dolls and tells me they need a dress too!



Here in the Atlanta area, we are having snow...AGAIN! This is ridiculous! Of course my 2 year old GD wants to know where Santa and his reindeer are... she is going to be sooo disappointed! And she wants to go out and build a snow man! I'm afraid she is in for another disappointment!


Nini

It's been snowing here (Paulding County) since about 7:45. The county deceided to send the kids home early. DGD (6) got out at 10:30 and my highschoolers got out at 11:30.

I am soooooo over this weather! I want Spring to get here!

 

[asktriplets]

Hi All.

Frequent lurker here.

I am hoping someone can help with this trivial question. I am trying to make an I Spy bag to donate to the school auction. I have everything done (including the button hole to thread a ribbon through to tie on the list of things to find), but I cannot sew those last few inches of topstitching to completely close the bag, now that I have added the rice. The bag is too big to pass all the way under and through the presser foot (there is a little screw that sticks out to the left of the presser foot that catches on the bag and there is no way to adjust it so I can keep sewing). Do you all hand stitch it closed? I'm worried that my stitches won't be tight enough, never mind the fact that I am just not a very neat sewer. I'm thinking I should have used fusible tape to close it, then hope the hand stitching holds, but now the machine-sewn part's seam is so tight, I am not able to use a seam ripper to get them out.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

 

[GrammaBelle]

I just finished two princess Simply Sweets for my DD4 and Dneice3 for our trip. They were pretty quick and easy!

better view of the "sleeve ruffles":

I also made the pink Cinderella Simply Sweet. Not so quick and easy!

Not technically a princess dress, but a Tiana themed Simply Sweet:

These are fabulous! I have to come up with 4 princess dresses myself by November--the problem is, my DGD's have to have sleeves, and I don't like the look of the simply sweet princess over t-shirts or turtlenecks as well. I may try to do these modifications with a Precious bodice, but I'm not loving the idea of 4 of those with the lining/placket--for some reason that didn't go as easily for me as it seemed to for most of you!

 

[livndisney]

These are fabulous! I have to come up with 4 princess dresses myself by November--the problem is, my DGD's have to have sleeves, and I don't like the look of the simply sweet princess over t-shirts or turtlenecks as well. I may try to do these modifications with a Precious bodice, but I'm not loving the idea of 4 of those with the lining/placket--for some reason that didn't go as easily for me as it seemed to for most of you!

What about a simply sweet over a peasant top?

 

[froggy33]

Here are a few of the things I have been making for customers recently. It's been really fun and challanging to work with other people!! The whole sizing issue is tough though!!
A Vida with butt ruffles!

This is the kyoko pattern. It goes together really easily. I adjusted the sleeves following CarlaC's guidance of course!

Thanks for looking! I had better stop procrastinating and get back to work on my presentation!

Jessica

 

[tricia]

Here are a few of the things I have been making for customers recently. It's been really fun and challanging to work with other people!! The whole sizing issue is tough though!!
A Vida with butt ruffles!

This is the kyoko pattern. It goes together really easily. I adjusted the sleeves following CarlaC's guidance of course!

Thanks for looking! I had better stop procrastinating and get back to work on my presentation!

Jessica

Awesome stuff. And how cool that you would post a Minnie Vida today, as my little cousin just asked me for one with 'Minnie on the front and Mickey on the back'. I have some red polka dot, and some black polka dot, and I had planned on trying to find some white on white for the front panel. I was just wondering if maybe I needed another colour, but yours looks great, so I think I will just go with what I have.

Of course, since she wants Mickey on the back there will be no butt ruffles, and my appliques will probably be just plain old Mickey heads, with a bow for Minnie, so it won't be as cool as yours. (I just won't let her see this pic and I will be fine )

 

[froggy33]

Ha! Glad I could help! This is probably one of my favorite appliques I have done! I used a suede-ish fabric for the gray and it just turned out awesome!

 

[ellenbenny]

Here are a few of the things I have been making for customers recently. It's been really fun and challanging to work with other people!! The whole sizing issue is tough though!!
A Vida with butt ruffles!

This is the kyoko pattern. It goes together really easily. I adjusted the sleeves following CarlaC's guidance of course!

Thanks for looking! I had better stop procrastinating and get back to work on my presentation!

Jessica

Those are both really really adorable!!