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

[ncmomof2]

Hey guys! Here is what I sorta finished (need to adjust elastic around PP neck)

I really like how it turned out, she will wear it to Hoop De Doo Review. She has cowboy boots to wear with it.

Thanks for looking!

Adorable!!

 

[babynala]

So, here are 2 more outfits I made recently.

I haven't done any appliques yet, so I stole this princess from a pillowcase.

Here is the back...

And this isn't disney related, but it was fun to make.

The belle outfit is really cute. the monkey top is really sweet.

Just saw this quick little tute on how to machine embroider a onesie. Thought it may help as I have heard some frustration about this.

http://colescornerandcreations.blogspot.com/2011/02/tuesdays-tips-tackle-those-onesies.html

Thanks for the link. Question - when you hoop a t-shirt how do figure out where the middle of the t-shirt is? I can get a hoop in the right spot but I always have trouble finding the center of a t-shirt. Any suggestions?

Hey guys! Here is what I sorta finished (need to adjust elastic around PP neck)

I really like how it turned out, she will wear it to Hoop De Doo Review. She has cowboy boots to wear with it.

Thanks for looking!

It is perfect for HDDR. I love it.

So, after the adrenaline rush of making the 'Rella dress (did I really just say that I got an adrenaline rush from SEWING? I'm getting old...) I decided to attempt Aurora (DD's translation: 'Rora.) We went to Joann to buy some satin...What a mistake! I have discovered that satin is the most awful fabric to work with and that I HATE it. It doesn't cut evenly, it frays, it pulls, and it's static-y! I have had to cut pieces twice already because it doesn't lay flat and the measurements are way off. Bah!

I can relate. Good luck with the Rora dress.

Hi Everyone! I am new to this thread and have been reading it for about 2 weeks and still can not catch up! I am not a seamstress but learned tidbits from my great grandmother when she was alive and thought I would start trying to re-learn all that she taught me (Its been 10 years since she passed).

I told my DH that I wanted the Brother Machine. Well, I received an early Birthday Present, probably the best gift i have ever gotten for my bday! The door bell rang at 12:30 and it was UPS with my Brother Machine!
DH wanted to surprise me with it and boy did he ever! So, I just wanted to share with all of you what he got for me and to Thank you all who are so talented and have inspired me to learn your craft!

So now I am going back to page ONE and see what all I need to do. Oh and I haven't even taken it out of the box yet since DD7 needed to study for a Science test.

p.s. I hope you all do not mind if I have a ton of questions to ask as I'm learning

Welcome and Congrats on the new machine.

 

[billwendy]

here are the outfits for taylor and her family the green is Taylors and the pink is little sisters

mom and dads shirts

Woo HOO!!!!! I love them all - you did awesome and this was your first Big give!!! So glad you joined us!!!

was gone over the weekend....tried to get caught up a bit.....love all the new stuff....the paint job is cool!!! hope everyone is feeling good!!

I finished up my blankets tonight at Megan's dance class, so my 16 are done! just want to thank everyone again for helping us out....we have more than made our goal...you are a very special group of people and I will be enternally grateful to you all who are helping us with our "Hugs from Megan" haiti blanket project! I could not of done this without your help!!!

good for you!!! thats awesome!!

So, here are 2 more outfits I made recently.

I haven't done any appliques yet, so I stole this princess from a pillowcase.

Here is the back...

And this isn't disney related, but it was fun to make.

Awesome - what a great first outfit!!! We love using pillowcases around here!!!!!!

Hey guys! Here is what I sorta finished (need to adjust elastic around PP neck)

I really like how it turned out, she will wear it to Hoop De Doo Review. She has cowboy boots to wear with it.

Thanks for looking!

I am in LOVE with this!!! You have to make one for a big give sometime - the Jesse lover would just flip over it!!!! ADORABLE~!

Hi Everyone! I am new to this thread and have been reading it for about 2 weeks and still can not catch up! I am not a seamstress but learned tidbits from my great grandmother when she was alive and thought I would start trying to re-learn all that she taught me (Its been 10 years since she passed).

I told my DH that I wanted the Brother Machine. Well, I received an early Birthday Present, probably the best gift i have ever gotten for my bday! The door bell rang at 12:30 and it was UPS with my Brother Machine!
DH wanted to surprise me with it and boy did he ever! So, I just wanted to share with all of you what he got for me and to Thank you all who are so talented and have inspired me to learn your craft!

So now I am going back to page ONE and see what all I need to do. Oh and I haven't even taken it out of the box yet since DD7 needed to study for a Science test.

p.s. I hope you all do not mind if I have a ton of questions to ask as I'm learning

WELCOME~! so what kind of Brother did you get?

Im so happy we are doing a give for Glo -isnt she just adorable!!!

And here is the gang at the Air and Space Museum - we had a great time! It was pretty empty with it being a monday and the threat of bad weather coming - I think that added to the fun of it!! The kids were so much fun - One of the museum people asked me if I was their mom because they followed me everywhere - lol.

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

My embroidery machine is sick The monitor is all flickery and funny colors, it sewed ok, but I didn't want to risk it, so it went to the machine Dr. Initial diagnosis is a bad screen, but fixing it is possible, though expensive. No estimates yet, but I know to replace the entire machine is probably close to 4K, I looked at the new ones while waiting in the store, I think I can deal with a couple hundred in repairs after seeing that! I still have a machine to use, so I'm able to sew, just no embroidery for now. I feel bad about that with the new quickie Big Give, I would have made t-shirts for big boys willing to wear them!

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

Thanks for the link. Question - when you hoop a t-shirt how do figure out where the middle of the t-shirt is? I can get a hoop in the right spot but I always have trouble finding the center of a t-shirt. Any suggestions?

I do the iron line on all my t-shirts like the tute did for the onesie. If the shirt has side seams, I match those all the way to the underarm, then match shoulder seams on top, then press the line. It's pretty easy to tell if you have it straight because the iron line will follow the knit lines for the most part. If there aren't any side seams I'll smooth out the shirt, making sure the underarm seam is nice and flat and the bottom edges even, and then press it to make a side line to follow, then fold it the same way as if it had side seams. My hoop has little nubs marking the midline in both directions, I just line those up on the ironed fold...my stabilizer is hooped and sprayed with adhesive, I never hoop my shirts. This is the way I figured out on my own to do shirts, after reading a few tutorials I found on the web. I've always had good luck, and it wasn't until I had done several shirts that someone told me it was hard.

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

here are the outfits for taylor and her family the green is Taylors and the pink is little sisters

These are wonderful! Are the little outfits for their dolls? Where did you find the white little doll shirts?

It's a good thing I'm going to be snowed in (most likely) so I am not tempted to run out and buy some!!

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The weather is crazy, isn't it Teresa? The wind here sounds awful! I wish my DH didn't have to go out on the roads tomorrow to "protect and serve". No snow days for him! When is Heather supposed to fly home? Will she be able to get home?

Wendy, how did you do all of the lettering on the air and space museum shirts? Did you digitize it yourself? I need to figure out a cheap way to digitize words and names myself? What program are you using?

 

[PurpleEars]

here are the outfits for taylor and her family the green is Taylors and the pink is little sisters

Wow wow wow! I am sure they will LOVE those outfits!

Thanks for the love everyone. I am quite tired, and you don;t realize just how much the stress takes out of you when you are in the middle of it. You just do what ya gotta do. Now, he has been home for 2 nights, and I am still exhausted. Hopefully it only takes another day to recover.

Yes, it is Deep Brain stimulation. The guy in the next hospital bed had it done for Parkinsons too. He's got some kick butt scars on his head, and not enough hair to ever hope to cover them, so DS is calling him Frankendad.

My mom is the creativity behind all the painting in the house. And I also love my kitchen. It is wide open with lots of space. Mom keeps bugging that I should put an island in there, but I still love the open space.

I don't have to travel much on the 401, cause I am pretty much straight north of Toronto, and that is where the surgery was. But I did have to drive downtown Toronto, and since we live in a pretty small city my DS was a little freaked out at my driving skills, since there is like 1 1/2 lanes going down Yonge st., and taxis keep just stopping for no reason etc. (I was a race driver in a previous life, so I am fine with that)

Please make sure you take time for yourself this week. I had to lol about you and your DS's adventures in downtown Toronto. The 401 scares me, but downtown Toronto scares me even more! Glad to hear that you don't have problems with that.

So, here are 2 more outfits I made recently.

I haven't done any appliques yet, so I stole this princess from a pillowcase.

Here is the back...

And this isn't disney related, but it was fun to make.

Beautiful outfits! Thanks for sharing!

OK everyone...
DH and I were out and about today...
He talked me into going to the sewing machine store...
We checked out sergers...
I've been interested in getting one (but absolutely no reason to justify it)...


So the lady was trying to sell me a Babylock Imagine: http://www.babylock.com/sergers/imagine/

We are talking sticker shock of $1500! Ouch... we don't do payment plans... we don't finance... we pay cash... that's a lot of money! BUT... (and that's a big but) I'd consider saving for it, if it really is as great as she said it was.

The shop has been open for years... I'd get free lessons on it forever (which I really need)...

Does anyone recommend this one? Is there another one that's simple to use that would be less expensive?

Educate me on sergers pretty please....

Wow. That's expensive but it has very good reviews by the sounds of things. I am not sure how much one would get out of lessons. I never took any lessons on my sewing machine, embroidery machine, or serger. I just read the manual and start playing with them.

Hey guys! Here is what I sorta finished (need to adjust elastic around PP neck)

I really like how it turned out, she will wear it to Hoop De Doo Review. She has cowboy boots to wear with it.

Thanks for looking!

Wow. That's a perfect outfit for Hoop De Doo.

So, after the adrenaline rush of making the 'Rella dress (did I really just say that I got an adrenaline rush from SEWING? I'm getting old...) I decided to attempt Aurora (DD's translation: 'Rora.) We went to Joann to buy some satin...What a mistake! I have discovered that satin is the most awful fabric to work with and that I HATE it. It doesn't cut evenly, it frays, it pulls, and it's static-y! I have had to cut pieces twice already because it doesn't lay flat and the measurements are way off. Bah!

Sorry to hear about your troubles with the Rora dress. I will send you some sewing pixie dust!

Hi Everyone! I am new to this thread and have been reading it for about 2 weeks and still can not catch up! I am not a seamstress but learned tidbits from my great grandmother when she was alive and thought I would start trying to re-learn all that she taught me (Its been 10 years since she passed).

I told my DH that I wanted the Brother Machine. Well, I received an early Birthday Present, probably the best gift i have ever gotten for my bday! The door bell rang at 12:30 and it was UPS with my Brother Machine!
DH wanted to surprise me with it and boy did he ever! So, I just wanted to share with all of you what he got for me and to Thank you all who are so talented and have inspired me to learn your craft!

So now I am going back to page ONE and see what all I need to do. Oh and I haven't even taken it out of the box yet since DD7 needed to study for a Science test.

p.s. I hope you all do not mind if I have a ton of questions to ask as I'm learning

Brother machines are very user friendly. I am sure your great grandmother will be smiling from above as you use the machine. Feel free to ask questions...that's how we learn from each other.

And here is the gang at the Air and Space Museum - we had a great time! It was pretty empty with it being a monday and the threat of bad weather coming - I think that added to the fun of it!! The kids were so much fun - One of the museum people asked me if I was their mom because they followed me everywhere - lol.

Glad to hear you guys had a great time!

 

[dizneychik]

Thanks! I got the CS6000i. And I finally took it out of the box but will put it together tomorrow!

p.s. Glo is adorable! I Hope that one day I can participate in the give!

Woo HOO!!!!! I love them all - you did awesome and this was your first Big give!!! So glad you joined us!!!



good for you!!! thats awesome!!



Awesome - what a great first outfit!!! We love using pillowcases around here!!!!!!



I am in LOVE with this!!! You have to make one for a big give sometime - the Jesse lover would just flip over it!!!! ADORABLE~!



WELCOME~! so what kind of Brother did you get?

Im so happy we are doing a give for Glo -isnt she just adorable!!!

And here is the gang at the Air and Space Museum - we had a great time! It was pretty empty with it being a monday and the threat of bad weather coming - I think that added to the fun of it!! The kids were so much fun - One of the museum people asked me if I was their mom because they followed me everywhere - lol.

 

[billwendy]

Wendy, how did you do all of the lettering on the air and space museum shirts? Did you digitize it yourself? I need to figure out a cheap way to digitize words and names myself? What program are you using?

I just used the free version of stitch era. I just clicked the little letter button, picked my font and typed it all in - 1 line at a time so I could line it up the way I liked!! Easy peasy!!! But, thats about all I can do = haha!!!

 

[mommy2mrb]

LOVE the Jessie outfit too dang cute!!!

the space shirts are cute too, looks like they had a blast!!!

went to look at Glo's BG.....what a little doll baby, her smile lights up the place!!!

 

[ms_mckenna]

I completely need to quit spending all my day listing on Ebay so I can keep up with this thread! I had a multiquote but EE lost it for me woot.
I lvoe the CM sets! What a cool idea! Thge Jessie set is adorable! Ya for monkies! We love monkies here Wendy they look like they had a blast! You are the coolest aunt!

I am hoping to be back to sewing by the weekend. I have a cut jessie top waiting on me!

 

[*Toadstool*]

She's so adorable. Love her outfit!

EEEeeeps! Sooo cute!

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

These are adorable!!

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

LOOOOVE this!! perfect TS outfit!

She's so cute! When I make the simply sweet I put elastic under the underarms. I just sew a straight stitch and pass elastic through.. it makes it fit alot better imo. Might be too hard to do that now, but it would make it fit a little snugger in the front. Hannah is small on the front of her chest so she is usually a smaller size on the top than the bottom. Outfit is adorable!

Aww! She is getting so big! Beautiful!!

Little at the parade

this face made it all worth it. Vi laughed and waved through the WHOLE parade! It was FANTASTIC to see her reaction.

They are adorable! Omgosh.. vi is so cute!!! I'm soo getting baby fever thanks to you gals. I blame you all if I get preggers!
Her face is priceless!!

This is soo cute!

Stunning! I love this!

T

These are beautiful!!!

Adorable stuff! She is so cute!

Here's the almost finished product:

Wow! This all looks great. Wish I had the energy to do all that. Totally awesome!

OK everyone...
DH and I were out and about today...
He talked me into going to the sewing machine store...
We checked out sergers...
I've been interested in getting one (but absolutely no reason to justify it)...


So the lady was trying to sell me a Babylock Imagine: http://www.babylock.com/sergers/imagine/

We are talking sticker shock of $1500! Ouch... we don't do payment plans... we don't finance... we pay cash... that's a lot of money! BUT... (and that's a big but) I'd consider saving for it, if it really is as great as she said it was.

The shop has been open for years... I'd get free lessons on it forever (which I really need)...

Does anyone recommend this one? Is there another one that's simple to use that would be less expensive?

Educate me on sergers pretty please....

Totally worth the price. You will prob never need another one. These are built to last and sooo easy to use! If you go to the different serger stores and try them out you will probably be sold! I have the Evolve which is now the Evolution. it is the same as yours, but it does coverstitch and the safety stitch. I'd love to have an imagine just to have one though. I'm a huge babylock fan! I made my mind up I was getting a Babylock and just waited a few years until we could afford it. I knew if I bought another one as a temporary machine I'd probably never get the one I really wanted so I just waited. Yep totally worth it! If it helps I think that is a great price.

Love this!!! I am a sucker for Jessie dresses. I really like how you made this one.

 

[*Toadstool*]

Hey everyone! I just caught up on the thread. I was sooo behind. Anxiously awaiting my hubby to come home. I miss him so much for those 2 weeks he is gone. I've noticed I miss him so much more lately. I think it is because my mom is sick and I am so emotional. Please pray for my mom. She has colon cancer that has spread to her lungs, kidneys, and liver. She just finished her 4th round of chemo and is getting really sick. We find out on Monday if the chemo is working. She is going to MD Anderson on Sunday for scans and will have results on Monday. This feels like a dream I am waiting to wake up from. I know I posted about this before.. but really this feels like it is consuming my whole life. Sometimes it is all I can think about.

 

[VBAndrea]

Hi Everyone! I am new to this thread and have been reading it for about 2 weeks and still can not catch up! I am not a seamstress but learned tidbits from my great grandmother when she was alive and thought I would start trying to re-learn all that she taught me (Its been 10 years since she passed).

I told my DH that I wanted the Brother Machine. Well, I received an early Birthday Present, probably the best gift i have ever gotten for my bday! The door bell rang at 12:30 and it was UPS with my Brother Machine!
DH wanted to surprise me with it and boy did he ever! So, I just wanted to share with all of you what he got for me and to Thank you all who are so talented and have inspired me to learn your craft!

So now I am going back to page ONE and see what all I need to do. Oh and I haven't even taken it out of the box yet since DD7 needed to study for a Science test.

p.s. I hope you all do not mind if I have a ton of questions to ask as I'm learning

WELCOME! I'm sure you will love your new machine. I highly recommend starting with patterns from YouCanMakeThis.com The Easy Fit Pants are a great start and you can make pj bottoms first to get the hang of it (that way if you make any oops they won't be worn in public). Portrait Peasant is another really easy style that would work great for your dd. I learned more from this forum than anywhere else -- so ask questions and even peruse old threads for tips.

And here is the gang at the Air and Space Museum - we had a great time! It was pretty empty with it being a monday and the threat of bad weather coming - I think that added to the fun of it!! The kids were so much fun - One of the museum people asked me if I was their mom because they followed me everywhere - lol.

Great photo -- love seeing the shirts modeled!

Hey guys! Here is what I sorta finished (need to adjust elastic around PP neck)

I really like how it turned out, she will wear it to Hoop De Doo Review. She has cowboy boots to wear with it.

Thanks for looking!

Just adorable! Cowboy boots??? I kind of like the look of the striped socks

Hey everyone! I just caught up on the thread. I was sooo behind. Anxiously awaiting my hubby to come home. I miss him so much for those 2 weeks he is gone. I've noticed I miss him so much more lately. I think it is because my mom is sick and I am so emotional. Please pray for my mom. She has colon cancer that has spread to her lungs, kidneys, and liver. She just finished her 4th round of chemo and is getting really sick. We find out on Monday if the chemo is working. She is going to MD Anderson on Sunday for scans and will have results on Monday. This feels like a dream I am waiting to wake up from. I know I posted about this before.. but really this feels like it is consuming my whole life. Sometimes it is all I can think about.

I am so sorry to hear about your mother. I do hope the chemo is working. It sounds like her cancer has really spread to some vital organs though. I went through this three years ago with my father -- it's not fun. And I'm so sorry that this is so hard for you as well -- it's always hard to see a loved one suffer. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

 

[*Toadstool*]

I am so sorry to hear about your mother. I do hope the chemo is working. It sounds like her cancer has really spread to some vital organs though. I went through this three years ago with my father -- it's not fun. And I'm so sorry that this is so hard for you as well -- it's always hard to see a loved one suffer. I will keep you and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

Thank you. They say she's had it for 5 or 6 years and we just found out in October. Found out she had colon cancer and then a week later found out it was in all the other organs too. I think they are most worried about her liver. It is very hard. We are very close.

 

[Twice_as_Nice]

Well after being a lurker for a long long while and being AMAZED and totally inspired by all of your creations I'm jumping in.

I've been wanting to learn to sew for the longest time, a life long aspiration if you will, so I finally decided to sit down and just do it already. My parents got me a GC for my birthday and my mom told me I MUST use it on something I've really really wanted, something for me for once, so I went out and got the Brother CE5500.

My first project ever was a skirt & embellished shirt for our DD and I can't believe I pulled it off.

So thanks for inspiring me. I'm also a member of the Big Give board and hope to be able to participate in one sometime soon.

 

[T-rox]

havent checked in since last thurs and i have to read from p 186 up

 

[T-rox]

Ok, machine is working and I finally decided to try to rip apart some jeans to decorate. I can't believe I was actually able to put them back together!!!

I almost want some myself!!

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LOVE it

 

[Diz-Mommy]

Hey guys! Here is what I sorta finished (need to adjust elastic around PP neck)

I really like how it turned out, she will wear it to Hoop De Doo Review. She has cowboy boots to wear with it.

Thanks for looking!

I LOVE IT!!

 

[aboveH20]

Hey guys! Here is what I sorta finished (need to adjust elastic around PP neck)

I love how this turned out. It will be perfect for Hoop De Doo.

I hope i have gotten the pictures bigger i am not very good at this yet

the green is Taylors, the pink is Sami's

Wow. You've spent a lot of time at your sewing machine! Everything looks wonderful.

So, after the adrenaline rush of making the 'Rella dress (did I really just say that I got an adrenaline rush from SEWING? I'm getting old...) I decided to attempt Aurora (DD's translation: 'Rora.) We went to Joann to buy some satin...What a mistake! I have discovered that satin is the most awful fabric to work with and that I HATE it. It doesn't cut evenly, it frays, it pulls, and it's static-y! I have had to cut pieces twice already because it doesn't lay flat and the measurements are way off. Bah!

I feel your pain. You're right that it's sooooo frustrating when fabric is uncooperative, especially if you didn't realize it before purchasing the material.

Hey everyone! I just caught up on the thread. I was sooo behind. Anxiously awaiting my hubby to come home. I miss him so much for those 2 weeks he is gone. I've noticed I miss him so much more lately. I think it is because my mom is sick and I am so emotional. Please pray for my mom. She has colon cancer that has spread to her lungs, kidneys, and liver. She just finished her 4th round of chemo and is getting really sick. We find out on Monday if the chemo is working. She is going to MD Anderson on Sunday for scans and will have results on Monday. This feels like a dream I am waiting to wake up from. I know I posted about this before.. but really this feels like it is consuming my whole life. Sometimes it is all I can think about.

Your mother and family are in my thoughts and prayers. There are way too many of us on this board that agree cancer is a horrible, horrible disease.