Disboutiquers Part 20 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[lovesdumbo]

So cute!!! You're DD looks like she's so happy she's going to burst!

What are your dates? I'll be at BWI 5/5 to 5/12.

 

[NiniMorris]

Quickly...Heather ...I am sooooo glad you didn't have that filmstrip when I was doing the Steamboat Willie dress....I already had more designs than I was able to use...it would have made my tough decisions even harder!!!!

And I will post a picture of that dress...once I decide what to do about the hem! It is about 3 inches too long for GD2...but we want her to grow 3 inches before we go....and I have to learn how to sew for ...gasp...c u r v e s if I want to finish the dress for dd9....They are both semi finished! LOL


Nini

 

[ellenbenny]

SOrry it took me so long to reply about stitchera. I have been trying to finish stuff up for our trip. The tutorials are basically not out there because the company that offers the program prevents that. The yahoo group is basically monitored by people at the software company so not "too" much gets out there. A few times nice people have emailed me off the list to help me. There basic answer lots of times is "buy the software and then you get support". I am still learning so these aren't as nice as Heather's by anymeans but this is what I have been working on this week. I digitized all these this past week with Stitchera.

Here is Chip...Dale is going to be put right next to him once we are home from swim lessons tonight. I got a weird reflection on the mouth...it really isn't that wonky.

Figaro...dd's current favorite character. She has been begging for a Figaro dress.

Minnie...nothing new here...just the same Minnie everyone has done before.

The only custom I have done for our trip next week

Here are it's butt ruffles!

If anyone has any questions you can message me and I can see if I can help with the software...I don't think I can really post a tutorial or anything because of the company not allowing them though.

I didn't get the greatest pictures of the outfits I made last week, but I thought I'd share anyway. I CASED Glorib's skirt (with her permission) and digitized a new film strip design for the shirt. This is for our Disneyland trip. I can't believe how fast it's coming up!

While I was taking pictures of Tessa, Sawyer put his shirt on and came out, too. I was planning on waiting until I had his shorts made (I'm just going to put some patches of fabric on some denim shorts) to take his picture, but he wanted to get in on the action.

Here's a closeup of the designs:

ETA: I was coerced by Tessa to add the 2 Spongebob panels to the skirt.

Amazing work, both of you. I wish I had more time on my hands, digitizing might be the next thing I would try, but in the mean time I will just have to keep coming back to Heather!

 

[birdie757]

So cute!!! You're DD looks like she's so happy she's going to burst!

What are your dates? I'll be at BWI 5/5 to 5/12.

We will be there the same time! We are going the 6th-9th. We were going to be back at the Beach Club since that is our fav but we randomly decided to try a pirate room at CBR. I haven't been their since the year they opened so I am curious to see how it has changed.

I think you did great!

I guess I should join the Yahoo group. It's annoying, though, to think they make a big deal about their 'free' software but make it so many people can't really use it without buying something extra. Now that you say they quash people from handing out too much free advice, it totally explains why I've been unable to find any blogs with hints, tips or tutorials. I don't know why they (the StitchEra company) don't let people use for free a stripped down version of the software they sell and include or allow people to share tutorials. I'd be more inclined to consider buying the upgrade if I had a chance to actually figure out the free version first... and without having to buy tutorials. It kind of smells of a scam to some extent but then I'm feeling cynical today.

The group isn't that bad. I subscribed to the digest so I don't get that many messages. The best part of the group is being able to search all past posts by key word. That is almost as helpful as the user manual. Those videos they show on the main page when you open are really helpful too. I watched those and replayed them many times. The one with the crest with the castle on it is the best.

Your designs and the dress are GREAT and your little girl is DARLING!!

I might give it a shot, I hate to waste precious sewing time digitizing though I'm about to start a quilt for my bed, and I'd love to digitize some line work of a print I really love. I'm going to use the print with some coordinating solid color fabrics, and I thought it would be neat to have the line work on the solid color blocks...

That's too bad the company doesn't want anyone to share tutorials.

I have thought about doing something similar for a crib set for the baby. Line work would probably be much easier to tackle than an applique design since there are so many steps and layers.

Very cute! Isabelle really likes Figaro!

It is funny but I never really noticed Figaro but right now she is really into who has a pet and stuff...Minnie has Figaro and Donald has ****oo Chicken. She loves those classic disney cartoons and I guess Figaro shows up a lot in them.

I think these are great! If you ever type up any tips to pm to people about stitch era, I would love that too!

If you have something specific just let me know. I am not an expert but I have it figured out enough to get by...lol.

Thanks everyone for the compliments on the designs, dresses and most of all dd. The dress pattern is McCall's 5084 in case anyone was wondering. I keep catching dd touching the dress and holding it up to herself...lol. It is a good thing we go next week...I don't think she could wait much longer.

 

[PolyndianPrincessJes]

Stabilizer is a must. I often use 2 layers on T's. Ballpoint needles too. Also a thicker T is easier to work with. I like the ones at Target and some at Old Navy (some are too thin). I bet your DS loves it just like it is!

WOW! So very cool!!! Wish I had an embroidery machine!

I got stabilizer today!!! I couldn't find any ballpoint needles (they had a spot for them, but they were out). I actually have a TON of the Target Cherokee ts. I always buy them when they're on 75% off clearance to use for iron-ons. Yes, luckily my target audience (aka my kiddos) is easy to please.

 

[lovesdumbo]

We will be there the same time! We are going the 6th-9th. We were going to be back at the Beach Club since that is our fav but we randomly decided to try a pirate room at CBR. I haven't been their since the year they opened so I am curious to see how it has changed.

I keep catching dd touching the dress and holding it up to herself...lol. It is a good thing we go next week...I don't think she could wait much longer.

The pirate rooms look fun!!!

Can you blame her???

I didn't sew anything new for DS but he's got lots of applique T's and bowling shirts that still fit him from prior trips. If you see us stop us and I'll do the same.

We'll be at MK on the 6th for sure. MGM on the 7th at least in the am-we have a 11am ADR at Sci Fi. Probably Epcot Sat/Sun-my friend of 40+ years lives in Jacksonville and will drive down with her DD(10). My friends goes to see Davy Jones every year. We have a 4pm ADR at Coral Reef on Sat & 8am ADR at Cape May on Sunday.

I'm getting pretty excited!

 

[lovesdumbo]

I got stabilizer today!!! I couldn't find any ballpoint needles (they had a spot for them, but they were out). I actually have a TON of the Target Cherokee ts. I always buy them when they're on 75% off clearance to use for iron-ons. Yes, luckily my target audience (aka my kiddos) is easy to please.

Aren't kids great!

You'll be much happier with the stabilizer. You might just try a new needle-that sometimes help too.

 

[SallyfromDE]

Hi,

I was wanting some opinions. I am looking for a sewing machine. Right now I have a brother SE-270D sewing/embroidery machine. I would like to get a sewing machine so I can leave the brother just for embroidery. I actually sew more, but I haven't embroidered as much because I have to set it up each time. So here are the two machines I have been looking at.


This one I would buy from Amazon, I would still have tax since they have a shipping center in KY.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846

This one I would buy from a local shop that is a bernina dealer for $199, with 25% off anything in the store the day of purchase, and 15% off anything any time after that.
http://www.berninausa.com/product_detail-n2-i220-sUS.html


Which would you pick?

I had the Brother, but it broke big time, when it was only a few months old. It was under warranty, but it would still cost more to fix it, then to just go buy a new machine. The whole feed dog thingy fell down in the machine. But I truly loved the machine and some of it's options. I ended up buying a machine that someone had for less then a year, and used it as a trade up. It's a Janome, and I love it. Bernia, I have no experience.

My now former niece-in-law made a comment once about how I became a mom 'the easy way'. I tried to politely but clearly outline all that I had to do to even be considered as a potential parent: criminal background check, financial review to make sure I could support a child, home study visits to make sure I was emotionally ready as well as having a home that was suitable for a baby. I think she started to understand that just because I adopted didn't mean it was the easy route to parenthood by any means.

I had a Sr. Exec at work that used to *** me off. We had an Asst. Mgr, that had custody of her niece. The sister was out of the picture. This exec used to make exceptions for the mothers at work becasue they had children, but not for this woman, and she'd say "I understand your situation, but you have to work". If she could make an exception for birth Mothers, why couldn't she make an exception for someone with Legal custody. I personally didn't see a difference.

Okay this is definitely OT, but I am having issues with my vision. Has been for about a year probably that I still see blurry with my glasses on. I went to an optometrist 6 months ago and he said I'd just not be able to see 20/20 anymore.
I went to another optometrist about 2 weeks ago, and he told me I have astigmatism. I've never been told that before.. well anyways he gave me contacts to try and I see even worse out of them. Going back on Wednesday. He told me when I went in a few days ago that I'd see better if I had lasik... Do alot of you have lasik? I'm really having a hard time with not seeing clearly. It is getting worse and I think eventually it won't be safe for me to drive. I'm having trouble reading road signs.
I'm having trouble sleeping, so I figured I'd hang out here a bit.
I feel more comfortable posting in our thread than throwing this out into the bigger forum...

I've had an astigmatizm for years. Isn't it a flat spot on the eye? I'd love to have Lasik, but I'm not covered for eye care. Besides, I need bifocals, and lasik wouldn't fix that. I'd need to use readers. My sister had it, and just loves it.

Yall - I made my plans for the week of Labor Day at Disneyworld then kind of forgot about them. Today - looking around the threads I noticed that they changed the dates of MNSSHP! The first party is not til the 14th of Sept. well after I leave!! I have the BEST family costumes planned. I already bought the material - a whole lotta white. We were going to be small world figurines in white. I was gonna be a can-can girl, my husband was going as the white cowboy, my son was going to be the german boy, my daughters - a polynesian girl and a dutch girl. Dang those were going to be great costumes!!! What am I going to do with all that white fabric?

Such a cute idea. Tom should post what to do white fabric. I've seen small world hats on

I didn't get the greatest pictures of the outfits I made last week, but I thought I'd share anyway. I CASED Glorib's skirt (with her permission) and digitized a new film strip design for the shirt. This is for our Disneyland trip. I can't believe how fast it's coming up!

While I was taking pictures of Tessa, Sawyer put his shirt on and came out, too. I was planning on waiting until I had his shorts made (I'm just going to put some patches of fabric on some denim shorts) to take his picture, but he wanted to get in on the action.

Here's a closeup of the designs:

ETA: I was coerced by Tessa to add the 2 Spongebob panels to the skirt.

I love the film strip. Ihave a patch skirt I made and attatched to an bib overal. But Kirsta can't fit into any more. I keep thinking I'd take it apart and make just a plain skirt. This top would look great with it.

Stabilizer is a must. I often use 2 layers on T's. Ballpoint needles too. Also a thicker T is easier to work with. I like the ones at Target and some at Old Navy (some are too thin). I bet your DS loves it just like it is!

WOW! So very cool!!! Wish I had an embroidery machine!

Sometimes I use a floater peice under my knits. I wonder if I could use freezer paper? It has to be cheaper then stabilizer. Freezer paper can be temp ironed on it need to.

 

[LisaZoe]

Sometimes I use a floater peice under my knits. I wonder if I could use freezer paper? It has to be cheaper then stabilizer. Freezer paper can be temp ironed on it need to.

I use freezer paper for things I'll line but the paper leaves more ragged little pieces than stabilizer does so I use stabilizer for most knits. The ragged pieces of freezer paper will wash out eventually or soften but I'm not sure how long that takes. When I first tried freezer paper, I used it on a couple tees for Zoe but she complained of the 'itchiness' of the applique. I fused knit interfacing to the back to make it softer (she stopped complaining so it must have worked LOL). The interfacing eventually came off in the wash but by then the paper had softened and/or washed away.

 

[birdie757]

The pirate rooms look fun!!!

Can you blame her???

I didn't sew anything new for DS but he's got lots of applique T's and bowling shirts that still fit him from prior trips. If you see us stop us and I'll do the same.

We'll be at MK on the 6th for sure. MGM on the 7th at least in the am-we have a 11am ADR at Sci Fi. Probably Epcot Sat/Sun-my friend of 40+ years lives in Jacksonville and will drive down with her DD(10). My friends goes to see Davy Jones every year. We have a 4pm ADR at Coral Reef on Sat & 8am ADR at Cape May on Sunday.

I'm getting pretty excited!

I usually don't set a schedule for us so the only day I know for sure we will be somewhere is Sunday...we never miss rope drop at MK on Sundays. We have ressies Thurs at Les Chefs de Paris, Friday at the castle, and Saturday at Garden Grill. We are big Epcot fans so we usually spend our evenings there. We have a red stroller and dh is 6'7" so we might be able to be spotted in a crowd. Dd will probably be the most recognizable since I will post her in her outfits on here before we leave.

 

[Astro Orbiter]

Heather - (or anyone else that knows)....Is the picture of Walt and Mickey a Heathersue exclusive? I wouldn't want to copy it if it is but I would like to hand applique it if it is okay.

I'm not HeatherSue, by any means. By my understanding of copyright law, only Disney owns the rights to use, sell, and/or license images or reproductions of the statue. I'm not sure that anyone can claim first rights on doing silhouettes, either; the concept's been around for centuries.

If you love it, which I do too, then I'd suggest finding your own picture of the statue (because then you're not using anyone's work on top of Disney's), printing it out in the size you want, and hand-appliqueing to your heart's content. Then think of me in awe of you, since my applique skills are definitely sub-par!

We've come a long way since the urban legends of Disney turning away people with polos embroidered with the original Disney/Brother embroidery machine!

 

[SallyfromDE]

We've come a long way since the urban legends of Disney turning away people with polos embroidered with the original Disney/Brother embroidery machine!

Did you hear about the woman in England that went to Disney Paris? She was celebrating her Bday and work an old wedding gown that she picke up in a second hand shop. She wore mouse ears and a HUGE Bday button. She claims she called Disney to see if she could dress up for her Bday and Disney told her that Lots of people get dressed up, so go ahead. I've always thought Disney to be pretty upfront about this policy. Not wanting to confuse th Children over characters and the Princesses. What surprised me was that no one over the age of 12, can dress up. But usually by that age, they aren't interested anyway. Anyway, Disney turned her away.

 

[mom2rtk]

Did you hear about the woman in England that went to Disney Paris? She was celebrating her Bday and work an old wedding gown that she picke up in a second hand shop. She wore mouse ears and a HUGE Bday button. She claims she called Disney to see if she could dress up for her Bday and Disney told her that Lots of people get dressed up, so go ahead. I've always thought Disney to be pretty upfront about this policy. Not wanting to confuse th Children over characters and the Princesses. What surprised me was that no one over the age of 12, can dress up. But usually by that age, they aren't interested anyway. Anyway, Disney turned her away.

The age is technically 9, except for hard ticketed events. Not only do they have a policy about adults wearing costumes, but they are supposedly very particular when it comes to wedding attire. I can't imagine who would have told her she could, unless they just thought she was going to wear a birthday custom!

 

[PolyndianPrincessJes]

The age is technically 9, except for hard ticketed events. Not only do they have a policy about adults wearing costumes, but they are supposedly very particular when it comes to wedding attire. I can't imagine who would have told her she could, unless they just thought she was going to wear a birthday custom!

Did you see the couple at the September 29 MNSSHP? They had just gotten married the day before, and they were there getting GREAT shots in their wedding clothes.

 

[mom2rtk]

Did you see the couple at the September 29 MNSSHP? They had just gotten married the day before, and they were there getting GREAT shots in their wedding clothes.

Can you believe I completely missed them????? Too bad! I had read a few reports of people wanting to go to the party in wedding attire. I'm glad it worked out for them! I hope they had a good cleaner though... It was NASTY HOT that night!

 

[PolyndianPrincessJes]

Can you believe I completely missed them????? Too bad! I had read a few reports of people wanting to go to the party in wedding attire. I'm glad it worked out for them! I hope they had a good cleaner though... It was NASTY HOT that night!

We ran into them in the princess/prince line. They were so cute getting their pics taken with Cinderella and Prince Charming. I didn't think the evenings were bad at all!! Of course, this is coming from Oklahoma weather, so nothing bothers me weather wise.

 

[mom2rtk]

We ran into them in the princess/prince line. They were so cute getting their pics taken with Cinderella and Prince Charming. I didn't think the evenings were bad at all!! Of course, this is coming from Oklahoma weather, so nothing bothers me weather wise.

Well, I come from Missouri weather, so I should be used to it too. But I'm the first to admit I'm a huge WHIMP in the heat!

 

[jeniamt]

No problem - got my vote.

I have been MIA the last two weeks and I haven't posted my big give outfits for Ashley. I did the cruise outfits. They both looked the same.

I heard they liked it. I had lots of fun making them.

Here is another outfit that I made. It is a Carly bubble romper. LOVE that pattern!!!

side one

side two

Love the Mine outfit. I was going to do a seagull outfit for out trip in 2008 but never got around to it. Yours is so cute. Much better than my idea.

Love to see the DCL outfits! Awesome! When I started posting here about 1 1/2 years ago as I was getting for our cruise there was very little being posted for "cruise wear."

I didn't get the greatest pictures of the outfits I made last week, but I thought I'd share anyway. I CASED Glorib's skirt (with her permission) and digitized a new film strip design for the shirt. This is for our Disneyland trip. I can't believe how fast it's coming up!

While I was taking pictures of Tessa, Sawyer put his shirt on and came out, too. I was planning on waiting until I had his shorts made (I'm just going to put some patches of fabric on some denim shorts) to take his picture, but he wanted to get in on the action.

Here's a closeup of the designs:

ETA: I was coerced by Tessa to add the 2 Spongebob panels to the skirt.

Love these! Don't you love that black swirl... its one of my most used fabrics!

The age is technically 9, except for hard ticketed events. Not only do they have a policy about adults wearing costumes, but they are supposedly very particular when it comes to wedding attire. I can't imagine who would have told her she could, unless they just thought she was going to wear a birthday custom!

SHUT UP! 9? I know some 10 year olds (of course not my daughter, she won't wear anything that even suggests princess... let alone full on princess dress) who would still wear princess dresses. To them, its all about being dis-crazy and being in the moment at the parks. I guess I could see some adults wanting to wear the princess dresses and that would get a little creepy. So they need to make the cut-off somewhere so I guess 9 makes sense.

 

[billwendy]

SOrry it took me so long to reply about stitchera. I have been trying to finish stuff up for our trip. The tutorials are basically not out there because the company that offers the program prevents that. The yahoo group is basically monitored by people at the software company so not "too" much gets out there. A few times nice people have emailed me off the list to help me. There basic answer lots of times is "buy the software and then you get support". I am still learning so these aren't as nice as Heather's by anymeans but this is what I have been working on this week. I digitized all these this past week with Stitchera.

Here is Chip...Dale is going to be put right next to him once we are home from swim lessons tonight. I got a weird reflection on the mouth...it really isn't that wonky.

Figaro...dd's current favorite character. She has been begging for a Figaro dress.

Minnie...nothing new here...just the same Minnie everyone has done before.

The only custom I have done for our trip next week

Here are it's butt ruffles!

If anyone has any questions you can message me and I can see if I can help with the software...I don't think I can really post a tutorial or anything because of the company not allowing them though.

Wonderful Job!!! Can you open a jpeg or bmp file in the program?

Updated my trip report = http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=36439520&posted=1#post36439520

Heather - those outfits are ADORABLE and, when did Sawyer get so tall?

God Bless all you Mommies (no matter how you became a Mommie) out there!!

 

[Daisy'sMama]

That is not it at all. I'm not very good at asking for help so I didn't want to impose on the same group who tested the first pattern. I'm still trying to work out the best approach for this. If you're interested in testing, I'd be happy to have another person giving feedback!

Hi Lisa
I will have some time to sew in May. I would be happy to test run a pattern if you want. I sew a lot for my self and my DD8.

Also, DD's school is performing "The King and I" in November and somehow I ended up as assistant costumer. Does anyone have ideas for the pants and vests most of the Siamese people wear? We will be making almost all the costumes - 10 wives, 16 children, the king, Anna, all of it!