Disboutiquers Part 23 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[sahm1000]

Hey All!

It has been SO LONG since I've been on here. I just read through the last few pages of the thread and realized I don't know a lot of you! Shameful on my part! I swear it's my New Year's resolution to do better!

The holidays were so busy I haven't been on. But on the positive side...I have been sewing! I had three little neighbor girls who went to WDW for Christmas and I couldn't resist making dresses for all three of them. Of course, I procrastinated as always, and had to work on them for about 10 days straight. I know some of you can just whip things up so quickly, but I am so slow! Then we had the holidays which were busy and wonderful! My kiddos went back to school and then we had a snow day! Snow days here in Dallas are far and few between so we enjoyed it. Then the dreaded stomach flu hit us...hard! It knocked me and my three girls out for about 5 days from the start to the finish. Just yucky! Nothing more pathetic than a two year old trying hard not to puke and when she finally gave in she would just hang her head in the pan and hug it while she did. Pathetic!

Finally we were all well again and I had two more dresses to work on quick like! I had promised Amber G. (a mother of a wish tripper/Big Give recipient) that I would make the dresses I made for her two girls again for her for them to wear to 1900 Park Fare. It was the simply sweet (which I love) but I had hand appliqued the bodice on them. Since I got my embroidery machine 18 months ago or so I haven't done any hand embroidery so that took some time to refamiliarize myself. But I got them done in the knick of time and mailed them off last week. And of course, would you think I would take pictures of anything I've made???? Of course not! I did get to see pictures of Amber's girls wearing them and it makes me so happy!

So our next trip is coming up the end of April and I need to get sewing. I've got my three girls to sew for along with my niece and nephew. Better get sewing but I promise to be around more!

 

[Granna4679]

What the trick for lining the characters up? I did Heathers 3 Ghosts, and they came out pretty bad. I had marked the bottom line, and tried to adjust the hoop. But I was still off. BTW.. this came out beautiful.

I did "Bullseye" in the middle first and then marked a center point with disappearing ink where I wanted the other 2 to go. Since Woody and Jessie were almost the same size, I lucked out. The spacing between them was the tricky part. But I just made another ink mark where I wanted it to be and it did okay.

Thanks to everyone for all of the sweet comments on the dresses and also for my SIL. He and my daughter have been married 18 months and he was @ Basic for 12 weeks. He went directly to Virginia after that and will be there 14 weeks. She can't go with him for any of it. So roughly 1/2 year they will be apart. They are both hating being apart but this is what he has always wanted, so we are very proud of him for the accomplishments and for serving our country. To whomever said they had been to Navy Boot Camp....(sorry lost the quote)...yes, this graduation was super impressive. Makes you proud!! And on top of everything else, my daughter is a sign language interpreter and she was asked to Interpret for the deaf at the graduation (in front of approx 4000 people). She was so honored!!

 

[livndisney]

If I'm not mistaken, didn't Our Big Give group help raise funds to send a little girl a second time before she passed away. I want to say her name was Maya, but I could totally be wrong, it was around the time I was in the hospital a lot. Anyhow, couldn't that be something we could help with?

Yes, our group was able to put together a 2nd trip for Mya before she passed away last year. I am hoping her Mom will be at the meet on Sunday.

 

[visitingapril09]

Who all is going to be at WDW between March 22 and April 5th. Would love to meet up with a few. If not, Look for a blonde family with three teens, one 6'6" and a 12 year old in a wheelchair with lots of medical attachments!

 

[ncmomof2]

For those of you in the know about Wish Trips....does anyone know of an organization that gives second chance Wish trips?

I have a little friend with Mito. She took a MAW trip when she was two, because they thought she was terminal...instead she spent most of the trip in the hospital in Orlando. She is 9 now, and has had a lot of problems recently. She is a fighter...and she loves Disney. If I had the money I would send her myself. (truthfully, if I thought I could deal with all her medical issues, I'd take her with me on my next trip! But I KNOW my limitations...)

There used to be an organization here in metro Atlanta that granted second chance wishes, but they have gone out of business. I know there HAS to be something , somewhere that can help her. (kids with mito rarely live past 10, especially if they were diagnosed early in their life.)


Thanks....



Nini

A friend of mine has a son with mito. I had no idea that he probably would not live past 10. I have been afraid to ask. That breaks my heart! I knew he was sick and I knew deep down he could die at any time but wow. He was just granted a wish trip to the San Diego zoo.

 

[Adi12982]

Yes, our group was able to put together a 2nd trip for Mya before she passed away last year. I am hoping her Mom will be at the meet on Sunday.

That would be awesome.

I wish we could help this little girl go before she passes - especially since she spent most of her first trip in the hospital! How special it would be to help make that happen!

 

[teresajoy]

So pretty...those are so springy! I'm definitely in need of spring right about now. We just got 4" today and are expecting 12+" on Wednesday night (this is on top of the 30+" we had on the ground!) I'm afraid to let DS go out and play in the snow after he gets home from school...we might never find him!

LOL! Too funny! I'm so tired of winter, I just want it to be done!!! Like I told Heather the other day, it's getting harder and harder for me to pretend winter isn't here yet!

I would love some opinions I am kind of stuck for lack of a better word.
I made this top for DD

I am trying to decide what to put with it. Originally I was just going to put it with a petti and call it done which I may still do. I am looking at other options though so here are my thoughts ....
Leslies ribbon trimmed twirl skirt
strip work twirl skirt
story book twirl skirt (have a pooh storybook)
easy fit short shorts with a ruffle.
What would you ladies do?

I say go with the petti! What color do you have?

Oh! I know exactly where that is...my DH is from Ridgefield! We live in a very small rural town south of Middletown.

Finished my 2nd Simply Sweet last night...I think I have got the hang of this!

Here it is on my constantly-in-motion DD (she was busy watching Dora and holding her 'Rella cup and too distracted to look at the camera!)

Your daughter is so cute!!! And, yep I'd say you've got the hand of the SS!!! Adorable dress!!!

For those of you in the know about Wish Trips....does anyone know of an organization that gives second chance Wish trips?

I have a little friend with Mito. She took a MAW trip when she was two, because they thought she was terminal...instead she spent most of the trip in the hospital in Orlando. She is 9 now, and has had a lot of problems recently. She is a fighter...and she loves Disney. If I had the money I would send her myself. (truthfully, if I thought I could deal with all her medical issues, I'd take her with me on my next trip! But I KNOW my limitations...)

There used to be an organization here in metro Atlanta that granted second chance wishes, but they have gone out of business. I know there HAS to be something , somewhere that can help her. (kids with mito rarely live past 10, especially if they were diagnosed early in their life.)


Thanks....



Nini

It has happened before that a Wish organization will grant a second Wish trip. Have they contacted the one they went with to begin with and explained the situation to them? Beg them?? It's so sad what these kids and their families go through .

I hope you all have a great time who are going to the meet in FL. Wish I could be there! I still need to meet up with Heather and Teresa sometime since we don't live that far from each other. I keep thinking we will run into each other sometime.

I keep hoping to run into you too! I'll be at OCB on the 19th for a baby shower, you should go out to eat that afternoon around 2ish...

Haven't done any clothing sewing recently but I did make 3 wallets. Mickey for Andrew, Princess and the Frog for Melissa and Minnie for me! Talked my two biggest boys into letting me make them 'man wallets' out of Disney fabrics for our trip too. Got those cut out today.

I love the wallets!!!!
And, yep that looks like a ruffling foot to me too.

Hey All!

It has been SO LONG since I've been on here. I just read through the last few pages of the thread and realized I don't know a lot of you! Shameful on my part! I swear it's my New Year's resolution to do better!

The holidays were so busy I haven't been on. But on the positive side...I have been sewing! I had three little neighbor girls who went to WDW for Christmas and I couldn't resist making dresses for all three of them. Of course, I procrastinated as always, and had to work on them for about 10 days straight. I know some of you can just whip things up so quickly, but I am so slow! Then we had the holidays which were busy and wonderful! My kiddos went back to school and then we had a snow day! Snow days here in Dallas are far and few between so we enjoyed it. Then the dreaded stomach flu hit us...hard! It knocked me and my three girls out for about 5 days from the start to the finish. Just yucky! Nothing more pathetic than a two year old trying hard not to puke and when she finally gave in she would just hang her head in the pan and hug it while she did. Pathetic!

Finally we were all well again and I had two more dresses to work on quick like! I had promised Amber G. (a mother of a wish tripper/Big Give recipient) that I would make the dresses I made for her two girls again for her for them to wear to 1900 Park Fare. It was the simply sweet (which I love) but I had hand appliqued the bodice on them. Since I got my embroidery machine 18 months ago or so I haven't done any hand embroidery so that took some time to refamiliarize myself. But I got them done in the knick of time and mailed them off last week. And of course, would you think I would take pictures of anything I've made???? Of course not! I did get to see pictures of Amber's girls wearing them and it makes me so happy!

So our next trip is coming up the end of April and I need to get sewing. I've got my three girls to sew for along with my niece and nephew. Better get sewing but I promise to be around more!

Hey Benita!! Funny, I was just thinking about you yesterday!
I'm sorry you were all so sick! That is just not fun at all.
That was so nice of you to make outfits for Amber! I have seen some of the pictures on her Facebook wall, I'll have to go check for some more!

 

[teresajoy]

Did you all see that Carla has a new pattern out?? It's a cute little Jon Jon romper! She has a girly option for it too. It's adorable!
https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info...rsiblerompersboysandgirlssizesnewbornto5t.htm

 

[VBAndrea]

I would love some opinions I am kind of stuck for lack of a better word.
I made this top for DD

I am trying to decide what to put with it. Originally I was just going to put it with a petti and call it done which I may still do. I am looking at other options though so here are my thoughts ....
Leslies ribbon trimmed twirl skirt
strip work twirl skirt
story book twirl skirt (have a pooh storybook)
easy fit short shorts with a ruffle.
What would you ladies do?

I think a petti would look gorgeous with that adorable top! My second choice would be Leslie's ribbon trimmed twirl. I think a stripwork or story book might be too busy and take away from the cuteness of the top.

Oh! I know exactly where that is...my DH is from Ridgefield! We live in a very small rural town south of Middletown.

Finished my 2nd Simply Sweet last night...I think I have got the hang of this!

Here it is on my constantly-in-motion DD (she was busy watching Dora and holding her 'Rella cup and too distracted to look at the camera!)

I'm planning on adding a black bow to the Minnie head on the bodice...I'm still learning how to perfect the boutique bow!

Great job! It looks lovely on your dd. I always make the tie straps like you did. I feel I get more life out of the dress that way as I can adjust the straps to my growing dd.

Haven't done any clothing sewing recently but I did make 3 wallets. Mickey for Andrew, Princess and the Frog for Melissa and Minnie for me! Talked my two biggest boys into letting me make them 'man wallets' out of Disney fabrics for our trip too. Got those cut out today.

Now.........please solve my mystery......what is this foot for???!!!

Fantastic job on the wallets! I bookmarked the tute to add to the neverending list of things I'd love to do but proabbaly never ever will. I've been working on a simple stripwork skirt for about two weeks now. I thought I'd finish it in two days but some days I don't have time to sew at all and some days I eek in less than five minutes at the machine. I should have two days free this week to try to catch up on life and get that dang skirt finished.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

My sister and her family are going to Disney next week so I did some shirts for the kids.

For Anna

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Love those shirts! The placemat is really pretty!

Showing off a bit...this is what I made today...not clothes for me or the kids, clothes for my new toy! Now I can read Disboards in the living room while DH is watching a football game I don't care about, and he won't call me antisocial for hiding out on the computer.

And the surprise inside, my new toy!!!

How cool! Love your thread collection in the background!

Are we the only family with the "Disney Rule" when it comes to clothing? My kids will wear all kinds of crazy things on vacation because they know it's our "family thing" to go wild- where else in the world can you get away with being crazy and indulging your inner child?

We have the same rule and it applies to husbands also!

okay here is what I did today

This is the onsie that gave me fits. DH and DD say it is fine.

Tomorrow I want to finish the dump truck shirt and I will be done and can mail it out.

I think the rocket ship came out great too! My mom hates working with onsies also. She made one for Sara Beth when she was born and had to do it 3 times before she was happy with it! The birthday shirt is cute!

I finally finished the 2nd autograph quilt top--I've been too scared to quilt on the first one, but plan to get some done this week!

WOW! I love it! I am really loving all these quilts! Wish I had time to make one!

I posted my older DD felix I made for Christmas but nerve got around to the little one, so here she is at the Great Wolf Lodge. What a fun place!

I am glad I finally got the never to try the feliz! It was not too bad but I have to get the bodice to fit better when I make one for our fall trip. I got the Vida pattern in the mail yesterday and I can't with to try it!

Love your Feliz! I just made my first 2 weeks ago and it was really easy! I decided to make a second! We didn't do butt ruffles this time...sara beth thinks she is getting too old. That purse is great too!

Thanks...I just finished my first Simply Sweet and I'm thrilled with the results! It was so much easier than I thought.

It was so frustrating because I ran out of fabric at 9-ish last night and had to obsess over it until 10 this morning. I was so afraid that they would run out of the Minnie dot fabric (which is very likely...the lady said it has happened many times) but luckily it was in stock! I ran home and finished it. Yay! I was so thrilled with the outcome that I went back and bought additional fabric so I could do a longer version (knee-length) for our AK day. YAY!

It came out great! Don't you love that simply sweet pattern! I made 3 for this trip!

Okay I finally have a few to share!

The first is Chelsea's Big Give:

Princess Aurora dress and crown

tshirts for mom and dad:

tshirts for mom, dad, and big brother:

And finally, Dumbo. DD loves the Dumbo ride and always wants to ride in one of the pink Dumbos. So for this trip she requested a pink Dimbo outfit. Excuse the quality of the pics, I was using my phone.

Flying like Dimbo:

TFL!

Wow! You have been busy! I love it all! The snow white dress and dimbo are my favorite!

 

[1308Miles]

Aw, DD used to call her Lella, now she's got it up to Cinlella....lol. Both of the dresses and the Dumbo top are SS. This is CarlaC's blog postings for both the Aurora and the Cinderella alterations for the SS.

YES! This is exactly what I was looking for! THANK YOU! I'm going to run out to JoAnn's to get stuff for a 'Rella dress before we get clobbered with more snow this afternoon. Cinlella is so cute! DD is starting to say 'Rora for Aurora. DH asked me last night (as I was finishing another custom shirt) "Are you almost done making all your Disney crafts?" Ummm...no! I'll NEVER be done with my Disney crafts! This thread is just getting me warmed up for more!

LOVE those. We started giving out 'Disney Dollars' to DS for completed chores around the house. He is OBSESSED with Disney Dollars (I have a pic of them in my PTR in my signature) and will do anything to get them. We've been using an old wallet to keep them in but the wallets you posted would be PERFECT! I'm bookmarking that tutorial for next year's trip! TFS!

My wonderful DH has been washing fabric for me for the past 2 days. I had a bunch of fat quarters laying around forever so I brought it up to wash so it is ready to use. The wonderful guy that he is he even folded them for me.

Then today I received my shirts from Jiffy Shirts for Khelsey's give and he washed those for me and then I received an order from Fabric.com for Khelsey's give and he started washing that for me. He is just such a sweetie.

Wow...what a sweet DH! Do you rent him out? I have a mountain of clothes in my laundry room that could use washing (and folding!)

Did you all see that Carla has a new pattern out?? It's a cute little Jon Jon romper! She has a girly option for it too. It's adorable!
https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info...rsiblerompersboysandgirlssizesnewbornto5t.htm

Definitely headed there to check that out. After conquering 2 Simply Sweets, I am a CarlaC fan! I think I'm ready to branch out from the Simply Sweet...what would be next? Tell me about the Portrait Peasant...is it as easy as the SS?

 

[ms_mckenna]

I would do the petti or a strip work, but I pink sparkly heart strip works so I'm sure that's coloring my choice!

Callie - what about Lisa's Audrey ruffle? you could make a ruffle out of each of the piglet fabrics - would be fab!!!!!!

Haven't done any clothing sewing recently but I did make 3 wallets. Mickey for Andrew, Princess and the Frog for Melissa and Minnie for me! Talked my two biggest boys into letting me make them 'man wallets' out of Disney fabrics for our trip too. Got those cut out today.

I thought easy fits with matching ruffles would be cute.
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I say go with the petti! What color do you have?

I think a petti would look gorgeous with that adorable top! My second choice would be Leslie's ribbon trimmed twirl. I think a stripwork or story book might be too busy and take away from the cuteness of the top.

Thanks guys! I think I am going with the petti it is at least easier right lol. Wendy I think I am doing the Zoe skirt for her AK outfit.
Teresa I need some new pettis for this trip! I know I want to buy a white one but I think that would be to much white. She has a light pink one and a hot pink one I bought from Angel coming. I am actually kind of hopeful the hot pink matches because she is wearing it to 1900 as long as it fits her little butt! It is a 2 so I am a little scared it won't.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

I have come to the conclusion...i really do not like to make the same dress more than once. If DD (Megan) had not asked so sweetly AND this pattern goes together pretty quickly, I would have said no.
The one without a Pooh Character is a gift for a cousin who is the same age as Hannah, I like the ties at the shoulder.
They are cheerful to look at with all these grey days and SNOW

I'm off to do a red Hello Kitty for V-Day

I love these dresses! They are so pretty!

5 days until Disney!!!!
It will only be a 3 night trip but it will be great.

An up-cycled dress - to wear at EPCOT on Sunday and to the meet Sunday evening

I love all these outfits! That minnie dress is so pretty! Now I know to just look for these outfits while we are in the parks!

Can I join back in this thread?

I was gone for awhile b/c my girls got older and didn't want cutesy customs. But we had a little surprise so now I have a little girl to dress all cutesy and fun again. Her first trip will be in May and she'll be almost 8 mths old. I need to start stalking this thread again to get ideas.

Here is our new little one:

And her first custom for WDW:

What a cutie! All your little ones are precious. The outfit is really cute!

Folded up:

Now I have to get back to sewing before I can share more pictures!

That is really neat! I could use something like that for all the junk Ashley brings with her.

I couldnt resist sending something to CHelsea and Fuller - they are just so stinkin cute!!!!

Anyone want to do the Scrapbook for Taylor's big give?????

Such cute outfits! I love that skirt with the piglet top!

This is a Raggedy Ann modified Simply Sweet. I made a twirl skirt out of Fat Quarters and attached to a SS top.

The Toy Story dress was a customer request and I think it turned out so cute.

This one is also for a customer. I Love this Winnie the Pooh fabric.

Sorry for such a long post. I still have 10 pages to catch up on but wanted to get some of it on here before I continued.

Everything is great, but I love the Toy story feliz! WOW! You are soooo talented!

It is crazy - I am pretty sure I started posting on here February of 2008 - so I'm coming up on my 3 year anniversary, too. I've been on a bit of a hiatus since the baby - but mostly since I'm friends with so many of you on FB anyhow. I am excited to see everyone this weekend! (and a little nervous too - I tend to be a bit shy).

I just looked it up last night and I started posting in August of 2007! I can't wait to meet everyone this weekend either!

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love them all but this is my fave

These are so cute! Love the little dress!

I made this top for DD

I am trying to decide what to put with it. Originally I was just going to put it with a petti and call it done which I may still do. I am looking at other options though so here are my thoughts ....
Leslies ribbon trimmed twirl skirt
strip work twirl skirt
story book twirl skirt (have a pooh storybook)
easy fit short shorts with a ruffle.
What would you ladies do?

I like the story book twirl or the ribbon trimmed twirl! That top is so pretty!

Oh! I know exactly where that is...my DH is from Ridgefield! We live in a very small rural town south of Middletown.

Finished my 2nd Simply Sweet last night...I think I have got the hang of this!

Here it is on my constantly-in-motion DD (she was busy watching Dora and holding her 'Rella cup and too distracted to look at the camera!)

So pretty! She is sooo cute!

Haven't done any clothing sewing recently but I did make 3 wallets. Mickey for Andrew, Princess and the Frog for Melissa and Minnie for me! Talked my two biggest boys into letting me make them 'man wallets' out of Disney fabrics for our trip too. Got those cut out today.

Those wallets are awesome! Wish I had time to make some for our trip!

WOOH! 'It took me so long to catch up on the last 3 days that I just burned up a pot of hard boiled eggs! WOOPS!

 

[T-rox]

nini- i will pm you

to all- what is a leslies ribbon twirl? it sounds delicious

 

[mommy2mrb]

Who all is going to be at WDW between March 22 and April 5th. Would love to meet up with a few. If not, Look for a blonde family with three teens, one 6'6" and a 12 year old in a wheelchair with lots of medical attachments!

we will be there March 29 - April 9, would love to meet you!

loving all the cute outfits, you are a bunch of talented ladies!!

I am willing to help out Nini's little friend too, she deserves to get her "wish"!!!

 

[princesssfws]

Haven't done any clothing sewing recently but I did make 3 wallets. Mickey for Andrew, Princess and the Frog for Melissa and Minnie for me! Talked my two biggest boys into letting me make them 'man wallets' out of Disney fabrics for our trip too. Got those cut out today.

Now.........please solve my mystery......what is this foot for???!!!

These wallets are super cute and a great idea. Wish I could do zippers.

That is definitely a ruffler foot. Hope I can remember how to use mine.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Are you ready to be bombarded with pics!

First the tink feliz...she requested no ruffles. I made an elongated peasant top to match.

Next up is Snow White. Also, an elongated peasant top to match. She had fun twirling!

Mickey simply sweet top with pants that I added some fabric to.

Lion King Vida...I don't know about the shirt...SHould I do the dark blue or light blue?

Patchwork twirl. This is an old dress that I repurposed. I replaced the bodice and added the hem on the bottom...210 inches of hem!:scared1:

Here is the original patchwork twirl from august 2008!

And last but not least...the bambi simply sweet...made a peasant top again! Love that easy pattern!

 

[jessica52877]

Wow! She has SB has grown SO much!! Love all the outfits! I feel like i need to step up our outfits suddenly! LOL! I like the light shirt, brings out the dark in the dress, of course the dark brings out the light.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Wow! She has SB has grown SO much!! Love all the outfits! I feel like i need to step up our outfits suddenly! LOL! I like the light shirt, brings out the dark in the dress, of course the dark brings out the light.

Thanks Jessica! We are having the same problem...both shirts seem to go well!

 

[ellenbenny]

Are you ready to be bombarded with pics!

First the tink feliz...she requested no ruffles. I made an elongated peasant top to match.

Next up is Snow White. Also, an elongated peasant top to match. She had fun twirling!

Mickey simply sweet top with pants that I added some fabric to.

Lion King Vida...I don't know about the shirt...SHould I do the dark blue or light blue?

Patchwork twirl. This is an old dress that I repurposed. I replaced the bodice and added the hem on the bottom...210 inches of hem!:scared1:

Here is the original patchwork twirl from august 2008!

And last but not least...the bambi simply sweet...made a peasant top again! Love that easy pattern!

WOW, almost TMTQ in one post, LOL! But they are all so awesome that I just had to quote them. I can't even say which one is my favorite. I bought those 2 lion king fabrics, great to see a good use for them, may have to CASE that some day. Also love the patchwork twirl repurposed, I will have to remember that for when DGD outgrows the one I made for our last trip, because I hate to let that go to waste!

I really do love all of them!!