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

[disneymomof1]

Count me in the south jersey/philly club, I live in Woodstown !! I have not posted anything for ages, we have computer issues for ages (at work right now)but I hope to start posting more. I have made a few things recently, but getting ready to plan another trip for October, so I will have to get into full sewing/planning mode !! Probably a Mommy and Me trip, since Daddy doesn't want to go this year.

 

[shefrn1]

Count me in the south jersey/philly club, I live in Woodstown !! I have not posted anything for ages, we have computer issues for ages (at work right now)but I hope to start posting more. I have made a few things recently, but getting ready to plan another trip for October, so I will have to get into full sewing/planning mode !! Probably a Mommy and Me trip, since Daddy doesn't want to go this year.

OMG...that's so funny that there are so many from the area!!!

 

[SallyfromDE]

Hi All!
Lori in East Podunk

PS: Does anybody else have that Disney Rule that says you have to have Disney PJ-s at WDW?

Uh, yeah......... doesn't everyone?

OT: heard on the news tonight that American Girl might be coming to our local mall.....Megan is , keeping our fingers crossed it comes in!!

That reminds me, Barnes and Noble is doing something with AG. You get to meet her. The one in Christiana Mall is having her on Feb 18 (DE). And I'm taking Kirsta to the University of DE for a fashion show with AG. She is so excited. She wants to go to storage and get her AG doll out. Oh my..... not looking forward to that.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Uh, yeah......... doesn't everyone?



That reminds me, Barnes and Noble is doing something with AG. You get to meet her. The one in Christiana Mall is having her on Feb 18 (DE). And I'm taking Kirsta to the University of DE for a fashion show with AG. She is so excited. She wants to go to storage and get her AG doll out. Oh my..... not looking forward to that.

we went to a fashion show in CA a couple years ago, they are fun to see all the little girls dress up like their dolls!
we've been to the stores in LA and NYC, so if it come here I'm sure they will get a new group of girls buying!
when we lived in Modesto CA, our local historic museum had AG parties every 4-6 months, featuring one of the dolls with arts & crafts and snacks for the girls, bonus it was FREE, they asked for a donation of course to keep the museum going!
have fun at the fashion show!!

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Has anyone made the Aivilo Messanger bag from YCMT? I'm wondering if it might be a good bag for me to carry at WDW. Opinions?

I like the ruffled bag, and made it last week. I think the one you like would be good and I like the clean look.

If you really don't like to wear shorts, I've found that light weight, sleeveless dresses or skirts with sleeveless tops are comfortable and cool. I buy or make them so that they're just above my ankle or maybe a bit shorter and wide enough at the hem that I can walk and board the rides easily. I make my own slips from broadcloth so I don't have to wear the hot, sticky nylon tricot kind from the store. Those are easy to do. Just measure your hips, add enough for wiggle room, put in a casing for elastic and hem them. I make mine with a front and back panel so I can have side slits if I want them, but you can easily do one big piece and have the slit (you know, so you have extra walking room) in the back. You can make them as short or long as you like.

HTH!

Lori in East Podunk

Lori, now that I am in my mature years I like skirts better. I like your idea of the skirt with the slit on the sides to get in and out of rides.

gosh so much to do I am working on Gives all weekend. I need to finish them I have all of them half done but DH has been home all week since he had a minor traffic incident with a patrol car but it was bad enough for him to hurt his neck and shoulder so I am behind.

He is finally better but I am still not feeling 100% but am finally at about 90% so my plan tonite is to finish at least one of my gives.

I hope you husband is feeling better and will be ok soon. You really are so kind to do so much for the gives. I know the families really appreciate everything they get.

Here is the Valentine's shirt I made on the weekend. The little girl loved it, and won't take it off so ended up sleeping in it the day I gave it to her. Gotta love that.



IMG_6850 by tricialee22, on Flickr


And a shirt that I made for Tyler a couple of weeks ago. He loves it, and it is always the first thing he takes out of his drawer after the laundry has been done.


IMG_6837 by tricialee22, on Flickr

DS really loves that shirt! He wants me to make one. I don't think so. It is wonderful. What pattern, if any, did you use?

This is my first post here and my first disney outfits for my niece (and soon to be second niece). I have two teen DS's and they wouldn't wear anything I made without a cash bonus so I don't get to sew much anymore.

Welcome Great little dresses. I hate when the little ones grow up and won't wear customs.

so i never got to get back on the bike last night...DD never cooperated with her nap and by the time they were in bed i was too tired.....might night have time this weekend either but hopefully next week I'll be able to get them to nap together!!!

Sorry you weren't able to get on the bike last nite. Did you have any success today? Glad you are here and going to give it a try.

 

[PurpleEars]

Hi All!

I'm in the very earliest stage of planning a summer trip for DD18 and myself as a last Mother/Daughter fling before she goes to college. Right now it's just a great big "what if". Guess what she wants if it actually comes together!

Prepare to be amazed!

Are you ready?

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Matching/coordinating customs for both of us!

She'd like bowling shirts with Mickey pockets, easy fit shorts with a Mickey seat pocket for her and a skirt for me (Mom doesn't do shorts).

Patchwork twirl skirts in Mickey colors with applique tank tops were another idea.

She's a movie buff, so I'm thinking of surprising her with tees or tanks appliqued with Minnie heads made out of movie film reels with denim shorts for her and a chambray skirt for me. The bow on Minnie will be made to look like a piece of film.

I might do one more set depending on how many days we wind up with. It will have to be a shorter trip on the cheap, but our hopes are high!

Thanks for listening to my absurd level of excitement over this!

Lori in East Podunk

PS: Does anybody else have that Disney Rule that says you have to have Disney PJ-s at WDW?

That sounds like fun. I would like to see your work when you are done since I have been toying with the idea of making more customs for my next trip. This weight lost thing is good for my health but not so good for fitting into clothes that I own! Now that I am at my target, I am thinking some customs may just be the right incentive to maintain my weight.

DD also wants to go to the BBB together. She says she's finally old enough that she doesn't care if anybody else thinks it's silly. It's kind of spendy especially if we both do it, but I am a cast member (Disney Store) and I'd get a discount, so we'll see. This could be us in June:

I'm excited to pieces and I don't even know if we're really going yet! Daddy might feel really left out and that wouldn't do. I'm hopeful, though!

Lori in East Podunk

Oh that sounds fun. Hopefully you will get a chance to do that.

gosh so much to do I am working on Gives all weekend. I need to finish them I have all of them half done but DH has been home all week since he had a minor traffic incident with a patrol car but it was bad enough for him to hurt his neck and shoulder so I am behind.

He is finally better but I am still not feeling 100% but am finally at about 90% so my plan tonite is to finish at least one of my gives.

I am sorry to hear about your DH's accident . You do so much for the gives and I know the families really appreciate your hard work!

Here is the Valentine's shirt I made on the weekend. The little girl loved it, and won't take it off so ended up sleeping in it the day I gave it to her. Gotta love that.



IMG_6850 by tricialee22, on Flickr


And a shirt that I made for Tyler a couple of weeks ago. He loves it, and it is always the first thing he takes out of his drawer after the laundry has been done.


IMG_6837 by tricialee22, on Flickr

Gotta love it when the recepients wear your handiwork as much as possible!

This is my first post here and my first disney outfits for my niece (and soon to be second niece). I have two teen DS's and they wouldn't wear anything I made without a cash bonus so I don't get to sew much anymore.

Welcome! Good job on those dresses (and thanks Tricia for blowing them up for those of us who don't have perfect eyesight).

Thanks for the compliments on the bowling shirt. It was frankenpatterned and fabric. As you can see the collar is a different type of pirate fabric.

I cut the strips and added in the fabric, then cut the commercial pattern. I used Carla's collar method to attach the collar.

Because I have boys, I am always working on the bowling shirt with commercial patterns.

I guess I will have to try a frankenpattern shirt at some point. Hopefully it will turn out as nicely as yours.

so i never got to get back on the bike last night...DD never cooperated with her nap and by the time they were in bed i was too tired.....might night have time this weekend either but hopefully next week I'll be able to get them to nap together!!!

Hopefully you will get a chance to get back on the bike soon!

 

[ms_mckenna]

I am not going to even try and catch up. Have been doing Ebay and some other things this week so I have had no time. I have been working on a few things but gotten nothing accomplished.
Have to say the triplets are flipping adorable ! <3

 

[heatherskiba]

I used to be a NJ/PA girl!!!

we lived in Shawnee of the Delaware PA in 11/95 - 6/97
Flemington NJ 10/2000 - 12/2001
Plymouth Meeting PA 1/2002 - 6/2002

my DH built golf courses in those towns!

I'm a New Orleans girls myself, but my husband grew up in Toms River and his sister and dad live in Macungie, PA. He says I'm an honorary Yankee!

 

[clhemsath]

In the spirit of my New Year's Resolution, I have been keeping up with this thread! I cleaned out my craft area in our unfinished basement and did about 30 loads of laundry getting all of my fabric rewashed so it is ready for when the inspiration hits! I don't sew down here, just store my supplies and carry them upstairs to work. I like to sit at the kitchen table, making my mess right in the middle of everything! Here are some pictures.

Other side:

My Fabric in the first two cabinets:

Once I got all of that cleaned up, I found quite a few unfinished projects that I needed to tackle! I made a Tinkerbell Vida of a birthday gift and forgot to take a picture

I also made this baby quilt from autographed blocks I got at her baby shower that was in the stack:

I have also recently made some Big Give outfits and such for Taylor's Wish Trip, so once she gets the package, I will post those pictures

Today I am going to fix a couple of pairs of Easy Fit PJ pants, one has the elastic too big, one to small (Can you say Picky, picky girls) and a Valentines day dress. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.

Thanks for looking and being such an inspiration!

 

[MinnieVanMom]

In the spirit of my New Year's Resolution, I have been keeping up with this thread! I cleaned out my craft area in our unfinished basement and did about 30 loads of laundry getting all of my fabric rewashed so it is ready for when the inspiration hits! I don't sew down here, just store my supplies and carry them upstairs to work. I like to sit at the kitchen table, making my mess right in the middle of everything! Here are some pictures.

Other side:

My Fabric in the first two cabinets:

Once I got all of that cleaned up, I found quite a few unfinished projects that I needed to tackle! I made a Tinkerbell Vida of a birthday gift and forgot to take a picture

I also made this baby quilt from autographed blocks I got at her baby shower that was in the stack:

I have also recently made some Big Give outfits and such for Taylor's Wish Trip, so once she gets the package, I will post those pictures

Today I am going to fix a couple of pairs of Easy Fit PJ pants, one has the elastic too big, one to small (Can you say Picky, picky girls) and a Valentines day dress. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.

Thanks for looking and being such an inspiration!

Having an area to call you own is important. Your shelves are perfect and the work area is very nice.

The quilt is so nice and thank you for doing the big gives. The families really appreciate all you do for the them.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

In the spirit of my New Year's Resolution, I have been keeping up with this thread! I cleaned out my craft area in our unfinished basement and did about 30 loads of laundry getting all of my fabric rewashed so it is ready for when the inspiration hits! I don't sew down here, just store my supplies and carry them upstairs to work. I like to sit at the kitchen table, making my mess right in the middle of everything! Here are some pictures.

Other side:

My Fabric in the first two cabinets:

Once I got all of that cleaned up, I found quite a few unfinished projects that I needed to tackle! I made a Tinkerbell Vida of a birthday gift and forgot to take a picture

I also made this baby quilt from autographed blocks I got at her baby shower that was in the stack:

I have also recently made some Big Give outfits and such for Taylor's Wish Trip, so once she gets the package, I will post those pictures

Today I am going to fix a couple of pairs of Easy Fit PJ pants, one has the elastic too big, one to small (Can you say Picky, picky girls) and a Valentines day dress. Nothing like waiting until the last minute.

Thanks for looking and being such an inspiration!

WOW!! For a minute there, I thought you lived at my house!! I thought I was the only one to have that lovely thermax silver insulation stuff Funny you mention re-oragnizing your fabric too, because I just did that yesterday! Our basement had a water issue from melting snow from last spring, so we had basement people come and "fix" the issue this week. So we lugged every single thing upstairs so the basement people could do their thing, then DH installed new shelving and yesterday we took everything back downstairs to organize...I feel sorta bad, my fabric stashes pretty much take up the new shelving. I think DH had plans to bring home some stuff from storage

Everything on the first two sections is either fabric or sewing related.

A blank thermax wall...ooooo lala, NOT!

I don't sew in my basement either, just store and carry up things when I need em. I sew in my dinning room, which is another area of the house I've completely monopolized. Crossing my fingers for a sewing room when we build our new house!!

I love your baby quilt with all the advice on it too, very clever idea!!

 

[vester]

OK I"m considering making a (deep breath) Rapunzel dress for my daughter. Any suggestions on what pattern I could use? I LOVE the ycmt.com website so anything from there would be crazy awesome. HELP?

Vester

 

[mommy2mrb]

I'm a New Orleans girls myself, but my husband grew up in Toms River and his sister and dad live in Macungie, PA. He says I'm an honorary Yankee!

Hi, we lived in New Orleans too! July 1994 for a month, Jim did some renovation work at English Turn...we stayed in an old B & B in Algers, sat on the levie for 4th of July! loved it, except for the heat and humidity!

yes, we moved around A LOT!!! from 1994 - 2005 we moved 38 times!!!

 

[Tonyslady]

Hi all,

Ok i know i don't post here very often...i'm mostly a lurker but i just had to share this with ya'll cause i know you will understand. Sooo we are heading to the world at the end of may and of course i've been lurking here and getting everything i need in order to make a ton of stuff for the kiddos to wear. Well last night i had a dream that we got to wdw and I had NO custom outfits I was panicking running around trying to find a sewing machine and fabric so that i could sew everything all at once...the plan was to sew all night long then go to the parks the next day. I was sooooo happy when i woke up and realized that i still have 3 months to get it all done.

 

[tricia]

DS really loves that shirt! He wants me to make one. I don't think so. It is wonderful. What pattern, if any, did you use?

Thanks. It is the Imke pattern from Farbenmix. It is in the Sewing Clothes Kids love book. It goes together really easy.

Gotta love it when the recepients wear your handiwork as much as possible!



Welcome! Good job on those dresses (and thanks Tricia for blowing them up for those of us who don't have perfect eyesight).

Yes, wearing things often is the best compliment from a child.

And you're welcome, I am one of those with older eyes.

 

[bigmochick]

Wow! Such a neat thread with GREAT idea but what in the world does it take to get your own sub-forum, LOL! I can't wait to share the projects I have planned for our trip in June!!

 

[SarahJN]

Here is the Valentine's shirt I made on the weekend. The little girl loved it, and won't take it off so ended up sleeping in it the day I gave it to her. Gotta love that.



IMG_6850 by tricialee22, on Flickr

So adorable! My girls just saw this picture and yelled out, "We want that outfit!"

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

Hi Girls,
I wanted to share this tip with you that was in my Martha Pullen Newsletter (which you can subscribe to for free)

Tip of the Week

Use Couture Tip from Donna H for Gorgeously Full Skirts

There's a couture technique I learned years ago for when the gathered skirt is super-full, but you don’t want such a huge amount of fullness right at the waistline or the high bodice on a christening gown. Before gathering, take in a few darts in regularly spaced intervals around the upper edge; trim the darts (or you’ll still have the bulk); then do the gathering. Those darts will not show, because the gathers will hide them. The bulk right at the gathering line will be decreased and much more manageable, but the skirt will still be gorgeously full! Also, one very important thing (guess how I know this!), don’t get too ambitious with the darts or you’ll remove too much fullness – LOL.

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

Hi Girls,
I wanted to share this tip with you that was in my Martha Pullen Newsletter (which you can subscribe to for free)

Tip of the Week

Use Couture Tip from Donna H for Gorgeously Full Skirts

There's a couture technique I learned years ago for when the gathered skirt is super-full, but you don’t want such a huge amount of fullness right at the waistline or the high bodice on a christening gown. Before gathering, take in a few darts in regularly spaced intervals around the upper edge; trim the darts (or you’ll still have the bulk); then do the gathering. Those darts will not show, because the gathers will hide them. The bulk right at the gathering line will be decreased and much more manageable, but the skirt will still be gorgeously full! Also, one very important thing (guess how I know this!), don’t get too ambitious with the darts or you’ll remove too much fullness – LOL.

Great tip! I'm going to try this really soon, I've got something that needs gathers, and its a "Just for Fun" kind of dress, so if I mess it up a bit at first, it won't matter. I'll take pics, this sounds like something Teresa might want to add to the bookmarks.

 

[RubberDuckyRanch]

Yup! It was my first walk. I was in wdw With my mom right after the Tampa walk. I ended up talking to a guy in toontown from around here who also had just walked in Tampa ( he was wearin the shirt)

We ended up camping indoors which was nice. Only the mornings were cold, it warmed up pretty quick. But I'm told it can get pretty frigid.

I already registered to crew this year. I'm hoping for motorcycle safety
My oldest daughter plans to walk with me next year when she is 16. We are already working on fundraising ideas. $4600 is a lot to raise!!!!

I know what you mean about the money. We arrived in Disney the night after the walk. It was quite funny walking and at night sleeping because everyone was complaining about how cold it was but it was great to us! We had a pink pancake breakfast and raised $1600. We are going to have it again this summer. Not sure what I am doing yet though.

I live a little south of Philly in Essington (right near the airport)! Wow - there are a lot of us around here!! I also work in the medical field - Im an OT at duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE.

Just a reminder that the ship date for Khelsey's big give is 2/12/11!!!!I'll be away from the computer for alot of the weekend, but Teresa is going to keep an eye on her link for me so people can get her address!!! Thanks so much everyone!!

A new give will be posted SUnday night or Monday!!!! See if you can figure out who Kade is!!!!

Add me to the Jersey/Philly club. I'm in Burlington County also in the medical field in a round about way. I'm an office manager for a psychiatric practice.

Thanks for the reminder about Khelsey's give, I don't know why but I thought the ship date was 2/20. It's finished but I need to get it in the mail.

OK I"m considering making a (deep breath) Rapunzel dress for my daughter. Any suggestions on what pattern I could use? I LOVE the ycmt.com website so anything from there would be crazy awesome. HELP?

Vester