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

[PurpleEars]

I leave in 16 days and I still have soooo much to do!

Here is what I have come up with so far:


For my 16 month old daughter

I let my boys pick their ice cream colors and sprinkle colors, lol:

I asked my DS4 if he wanted Phineas or Ferb, his reply was that he wanted all of them together... Phinease, Ferb, Candice, and Perry the Platypus.... SO glad I bought the set

This is the quilt I made DS4 for Christmas, just gotta put the binding on!

I have more stuff just haven't taken pictures. I think I have 3-4 more shirts for each of my boys, I am making my DH two shirts, I want to make me a bag, and another shirt or two. And for my DD I have 3 dresses and maybe a skirt. We'll see how much of this actually gets done!

Cute outfits and a beautiful quilt.

That picture is absolutely precious!

Well, I have been lazy about my pictures lately but here is a pic from Christmas Eve with the girls outfits which the pants fit but the shirts were a little big with sleeves that were too long. They were suppose to be 3/4 sleeves with ruffles. So I figured the ruffles would come to an inch or so before their wrists. Whoops! I guessed wrong. Good news is that they should fit fine for our trip next November for MVMCP!

They still look very cute in the picture dispite having sleeves a little bit longer than intended!

My aunt always waited until she had three projects before she would call the handyman, so here are my three things. . . buttons, submarines, and my American Grrrrrrrrrr Doll.

Many of you have shared your fabric organization ideas, and I've "borrowed" the fold-your-fabric-around-comic-book-boards. That's a good one. Let me return the favor by showing how I store my buttons. . . in plain sight . . . in the living room, no less!

(There's many more where they came from, but it's a start .)

My son's a submariner in the US Navy (bet you already figured that out.) Last year when he came back from deployment he wanted to get a personalized license plate for his car. I suggested 'aboveH20' because when he's on the submarine he's below water, when he's driving his car he's above. He didn't like the idea , but I decided that since I thought it was such a good name, I should use it.

I had this mini-blanket on his bed last time he came home. Missy likes it.

Okay, by popular demand My American Grrrrrrrr Doll modeling my patchwork twirl prototype.

I've been wanting to learn how to make patchwork twirls for the Big Gives. I started a prototype with old Halloween fabric, and I think I've gone far enough to know what questions to ask. I've read a number of tutorials on the web, but am open to any helpful hints.

I think if I ask specific questions it will be easier to answer. Please bear with me.

I'm primarily concerned about getting the size right for Big Gives, because the child can't try it on before I send it, and I don't have young kids to sew for so I don't even have a feel for what a 5 year old or 8 year old size would be.

That's a neat button stashing idea. I like your idea of "above H2O" - at least you are putting your good idea to good use. Good job on the patchwork twirl on your American Grrrrrrr Doll. I haven't done one before so I can't help you with the specifics of how to do it. It is on my "must try to do this" list though (along with a multitude of other ideas). In terms of fit for the Big Gives, they usually have the measurements and preferred skirt lengths listed, so I just go with what the parents gave us. Also, something with elastic waist is a little bit more forgiving if the measurements are a little bit "off."

Just saw this on Bryce's Caring Bridge. Prayers..


(Jan 6) ^^Bryce^^ peacefully earned his Angel Wings this morning. Thank you SO much for your prayers, thoughts and comfort! I will post a full entry later tonight! Hugs and Love to everyone

Nini - thanks for letting us know. I will continue to pray for his family.

Just want to share. This is the skirt I made for Wendy for her Give. I love this skirt. I don't want to give it up. I miscalculated on the green fabric I didn't have enough for a hem band so I added it to the skirt to contrast the extra Heather Bailey Fabric I had.

Considering this is only about the 5th skirt I have made I am proud of myself for figuring out a solution to my problem.

That's a beautiful skirt. I am sure Wendy would love it.

I posted some pics of some "Small world Guys" I made a while back.. it was my first attempt at hand applique. Heres the shirt...

Heres my second attempt by request of my 2 (almost 3) year old DS

Hes having a Phineas and Ferb birthday the end of this month, and I thought this would be great in Hollywood Studios!

Good job on your appliqued shirts!

Thanks! I think I got it. I've made lots of I Spy bags and toiletry bags for Big Gives, but I'd love to expand my repertoire. I'm hoping if I get the rhythm of the patchwork skirts, that'll be my new thing.

Yay! I am glad that you will be trying something new for the Big Gives!

this is the skirt I made with charm squares quite a while ago

That skirt looks beautiful.

Aside from fixing the binding in a few spots on the back my quilt is done, so I thought I would go ahead and post a picture:

Other than sewing on the binding it wasn't too bad to do, but I won't be starting another one right away either

Good job on the quilt!

 

[PurpleEars]

Can those of you have made autograph quilts post a picture of it for me? i have seen Nini's beautiful minnie dot one and someone else made another really cool minnie dot one. I am not a quilter and my daughter wants one with some tink fabric, princess fabric, as well, as some lavendar, and purple squares. I have the squares cut, but cannot figure out how to lay it out and make it look nice. I can't find a pattern that I like while laying them out. Advice?

I'm not sure if these are the pictures of the quilt you are looking for (not that I would qualify as "really cool")...

 

[cogero]

Having major user errors with the embroidery portion of my machine so I am going to crawl into bed and sulk as I ruined a shirt. And then couldn't get the tension when hooping the replacement shirt right.

SO tink and Aurora will have to wait.

 

[MyDisneyTrio]

My luggage tags arrived today Yaaaay!

So much to get done and not enough time... totally stressing out when I should be excited and happy. I have a ton of orders to get done for customers, my DS2 is turning 3 on Monday, so I have a party to finish planning, my house is wreck, and I have a billion things I still wanted to make my kiddos. Ack! I need some of Cinderella's little mice friends to help me get everything done!

 

[weluvdizne]

My luggage tags arrived today Yaaaay!

So much to get done and not enough time... totally stressing out when I should be excited and happy. I have a ton of orders to get done for customers, my DS2 is turning 3 on Monday, so I have a party to finish planning, my house is wreck, and I have a billion things I still wanted to make my kiddos. Ack! I need some of Cinderella's little mice friends to help me get everything done!

Good luck getting all of the things on your list accomplished. Sounds like me right before Christmas. There is hope, I finished everything on my list on time, so just keep chugging along, you can do it. Just think, when you are done, you have a lovely vacation to go on.

By the way, if you find Cinderella's mice, send them this way, I could use a little help, too!

 

[teresajoy]

I think we all wondered the same thing the first time. Nope, not at all. I felt like I knew everyone and we were long time friends! It was nicer to meet in little batches, so you had a chance to talk with a couple and know them then meet a few more. The ones I met in the big group vs 1 on 1 somewhere I feel like I didn't get to talk much with most of them or get to know them as well.

Sitting with Teresa one night by the pool it was like I had known her my entire life! It is almost odd how not weird it is!

When I first saw you at DTD, it was so funny, it was like, "Oh, there's Jessica" like you were an old friend I'd known forever! Yep, it's odd how not odd it is! I'm so sad I'm not going to be seeing everyone this month!

This is my first sewing share. I am not a regular sew-er, but we're head to WDW in a month and I needed to get this done.

My mom "translates" the pattern instructions to me and I did the sewing.

I spent over a month trying to find a "raspberry purple" like the dress that Rapunzel wears at WDW, but I just couldn't. So I gave up and finally went to the lilac that she wears in the film.

Lyddie was standing behind me when I saw this picture and she said, "STOP!!!! Take a GOOD look at that dress, because that is exactly what I want you to make me!"

And, can I say that it really annoys me that the dress in the movie is purple and the one at the park isn't!

I leave in 16 days and I still have soooo much to do!

Here is what I have come up with so far:


For my 16 month old daughter

I let my boys pick their ice cream colors and sprinkle colors, lol:

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SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!

[quote="cogero, post: 39437156"]Just want to share. This is the skirt I made for Wendy for her Give. I love this skirt. I don't want to give it up. I miscalculated on the green fabric I didn't have enough for a hem band so I added it to the skirt to contrast the extra Heather Bailey Fabric I had.

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Considering this is only about the 5th skirt I have made I am proud of myself for figuring out a solution to my problem.

It looks wonderful!

I posted some pics of some "Small world Guys" I made a while back.. it was my first attempt at hand applique. Heres the shirt...

I love these!

I also made one with a charm pack. (well the Tink fabric came in pre-cut squares as a bonus with some other fabric I ordered) I just uploaded it to photobucket, and I see that there are both a patchwork and a twirl skirt section for you to look at also.

This turned out so pretty.

 

[RMAMom]

I think I am finally caught up! Everyone sure has been busy, there are a lot of beautiful things posted. I think I have only posted here once since we got back from our trip in November. Things have been hectic here. December started out very rough. We had to put our pug to sleep in early Dec. She was 13 and everything started failing at once for her. I really miss her and find myself still looking for her. Yesterday I was on my way out and had a brief thought that I should let the dog out before I go It will take a while but we're getting there.
DS,DDIL and the babies were home for Christmas. I did sew a little, I made an audrey skirt for Christmas and I managed to make my first Feliz! Thanks to Teresa I had a petti for Emily to wear under it. She loves that petti! She was only here for a week but she would say to me Ganma, I nee a pin (I need to spin) so she would put it on and twirl her little heart out! Sadly, they were only here for the week. I don't know why the
Air Force needed to send them 1600 miles away when I am 20 min from McGuire AFB and about an hour from a few others.

Anyway, here are a few pictures. I am sorry they aren't better but I was so busy playing with the babies that I didn't think about taking pictures that were post worthy

Emily Rose (2 yrs) The over dress is the 12 days of Christmas.

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Edward Thomas (6 months) matching his sister.

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Just because I love the way he looks at her!

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Emily loving that Petti!

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[jessica52877]

Thank you for the kind comment on the dress. I'm sorry you didn't get to see Belle too!

In my opinion they make it WAY too hard to find specific characters, especially at the hard ticketed parties where you pay extra just to be there to see them!

We did the party twice. The first time we were looking for Snow White and got a huge runaround. The second night we were looking for Belle and almost didn't find her. They were nice and let us wait in the hallway until they swapped out and she subbed in. But I think they were hesitant to do that even.

I hope you had a great time at the rest of the party! We were there the 14th and 16th.

I agree. Star Wars Weekends it drives me nuts how they swap out characters. You can stand in line for over an hour, only to get to the front and see the same person you stood in line for the first time!

 

[aboveH20]

Aside from fixing the binding in a few spots on the back my quilt is done, so I thought I would go ahead and post a picture:

Other than sewing on the binding it wasn't too bad to do, but I won't be starting another one right away either

Very nice. I've just made a couple quilts (not in any hurry to do more, either) and always find squaring the corners a challenge.

That's a neat button stashing idea. I like your idea of "above H2O" - at least you are putting your good idea to good use. Good job on the patchwork twirl on your American Grrrrrrr Doll. I haven't done one before so I can't help you with the specifics of how to do it. It is on my "must try to do this" list though (along with a multitude of other ideas). In terms of fit for the Big Gives, they usually have the measurements and preferred skirt lengths listed, so I just go with what the parents gave us. Also, something with elastic waist is a little bit more forgiving if the measurements are a little bit "off."


Yay! I am glad that you will be trying something new for the Big Gives!

Always glad to hear an encouraging word. (I hear enough discouraging words coming out of my own mouth.)

I'm not sure if these are the pictures of the quilt you are looking for (not that I would qualify as "really cool")...

It looks "really cool" to me!

DS,DDIL and the babies were home for Christmas. I did sew a little, I made an audrey skirt for Christmas and I managed to make my first Feliz! Thanks to Teresa I had a petti for Emily to wear under it. She loves that petti! She was only here for a week but she would say to me Ganma, I nee a pin (I need to spin) so she would put it on and twirl her little heart out! Sadly, they were only here for the week. I don't know why the Air Force needed to send them 1600 miles away when I am 20 min from McGuire AFB and about an hour from a few others.

Anyway, here are a few pictures. I am sorry they aren't better but I was so busy playing with the babies that I didn't think about taking pictures that were post worthy

Emily Rose (2 yrs) The over dress is the 12 days of Christmas.

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Edward Thomas (6 months) matching his sister.

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Just because I love the way he looks at her!

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Emily loving that Petti!

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Precious.

 

[cogero]

Fixed my embroidery machine problem another total user error problem LOL.

Now stitching out aurora for the second time.

Need to check and see if my son is up when I get to this next color change.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

The next day I told DD that I don't see her putting any effort into the trip at all. I didn't want to drag her to the beaches of Mexico for a week if she really has no interest.

So within hours she has both sites reviewed, the airlines flights with times she likes, and a general idea of what she wants to do.

Yesterday, right before making the hotel reservation, I called the ex to make sure of the return. He asked reviewed our plans and refused her to allow to go because my last connection leave before her flight. Period, end of story, no other options. He said no, she may not go to Mexico.

I have put so much work, time and effort into this and finally get DD to have an interest, only to be told that she can't go.

I really don't like my EX.

Good news, DD is coming out here for spring break. DS is still going to be in school so we can't do a lot of things but time together is better than no time at all. The ex also made this trip with a early return and more $ for me. He just can't leave it alone.

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

I'm not sure if these are the pictures of the quilt you are looking for (not that I would qualify as "really cool")...

This is one of the ones i remember seeing that I really liked. I finally layed my quilt squares out in a way I liked, but need a little help/advice from all of you. When sewing the squares together, can I just use the straight stitch on my machine? I don't have to serge them since they will be inside the blanket, right? Do I need to press the seams open with an iron so it will lay more flat?

 

[heatherskiba]

WOW, I just stumbled upon this thread, and I am in awe of eveyone's work. My family and I are going to WDW in March for Mardi Gras, and I have spent the last few weeks/months creating outfits for my son and daughter as well as sweatshirts for the whole family (Mickey with a jester hat). As soon as my husband finishes taking down the Christmas lights, I am going to have him load the pictures I have taken and hopefully figure out how to load them on here.
So excited to have found a group of people that have the same interests (I swear my husband thinks I am the only one!)
-Heather

 

[SallyfromDE]

WOW, I just stumbled upon this thread, and I am in awe of eveyone's work. My family and I are going to WDW in March for Mardi Gras, and I have spent the last few weeks/months creating outfits for my son and daughter as well as sweatshirts for the whole family (Mickey with a jester hat). As soon as my husband finishes taking down the Christmas lights, I am going to have him load the pictures I have taken and hopefully figure out how to load them on here.
So excited to have found a group of people that have the same interests (I swear my husband thinks I am the only one!)
-Heather

Welcome Heather, I can't wait to see your pictures. Do you sew, emb, quilt? Give us your talents.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

My luggage tags arrived today Yaaaay!

So much to get done and not enough time... totally stressing out when I should be excited and happy. I have a ton of orders to get done for customers, my DS2 is turning 3 on Monday, so I have a party to finish planning, my house is wreck, and I have a billion things I still wanted to make my kiddos. Ack! I need some of Cinderella's little mice friends to help me get everything done!

I can totally relate, this sounds just like me before every single trip!

I think I am finally caught up! Everyone sure has been busy, there are a lot of beautiful things posted. I think I have only posted here once since we got back from our trip in November. Things have been hectic here. December started out very rough. We had to put our pug to sleep in early Dec. She was 13 and everything started failing at once for her. I really miss her and find myself still looking for her. Yesterday I was on my way out and had a brief thought that I should let the dog out before I go It will take a while but we're getting there.
DS,DDIL and the babies were home for Christmas. I did sew a little, I made an audrey skirt for Christmas and I managed to make my first Feliz! Thanks to Teresa I had a petti for Emily to wear under it. She loves that petti! She was only here for a week but she would say to me Ganma, I nee a pin (I need to spin) so she would put it on and twirl her little heart out! Sadly, they were only here for the week. I don't know why the
Air Force needed to send them 1600 miles away when I am 20 min from McGuire AFB and about an hour from a few others.

Anyway, here are a few pictures. I am sorry they aren't better but I was so busy playing with the babies that I didn't think about taking pictures that were post worthy

Emily Rose (2 yrs) The over dress is the 12 days of Christmas.

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Edward Thomas (6 months) matching his sister.

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Just because I love the way he looks at her!

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Emily loving that Petti!

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The outfits and grandchildren are adorable, I'm so glad you had a nice visit. It's always so heartwarming for me to see Grandparents that cherish their time together with their grandchildren, because neither of my parents make an effort what so ever.

Fixed my embroidery machine problem another total user error problem LOL.

Now stitching out aurora for the second time.

Need to check and see if my son is up when I get to this next color change.

I can totally relate to this too, that would be 99.9% of the issues I have with any sewing/embroidery project. That sounds like a prime case of PEBUAM...Problem Exists Between User And Machine.

 

[heatherskiba]

Ok, I hope I am doing this right!
As far as crafting, I enjoy cross stitch the most, but I also sew. I have an old embroidery maching that I use mostly now for hand applique. Currently it is being serviced because the bobbin wasn't working properly.
Here are the pics of what I have already created. I have more for my daughter than infant son, so any suggestions for boys is appreciated!

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[visitingapril09]

Ok, I hope I am doing this right!
As far as crafting, I enjoy cross stitch the most, but I also sew. I have an old embroidery maching that I use mostly now for hand applique. Currently it is being serviced because the bobbin wasn't working properly.
Here are the pics of what I have already created. I have more for my daughter than infant son, so any suggestions for boys is appreciated!

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Please please share with me how you did those awesome shoes!!??

 

[tnmom25]

I'm not sure if these are the pictures of the quilt you are looking for (not that I would qualify as "really cool")...

This is a SUPER cool idea!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!

 

[PurpleEars]

That is such a cute picture of the two of them together!

The next day I told DD that I don't see her putting any effort into the trip at all. I didn't want to drag her to the beaches of Mexico for a week if she really has no interest.

So within hours she has both sites reviewed, the airlines flights with times she likes, and a general idea of what she wants to do.

Yesterday, right before making the hotel reservation, I called the ex to make sure of the return. He asked reviewed our plans and refused her to allow to go because my last connection leave before her flight. Period, end of story, no other options. He said no, she may not go to Mexico.

I have put so much work, time and effort into this and finally get DD to have an interest, only to be told that she can't go.

I really don't like my EX.

Good news, DD is coming out here for spring break. DS is still going to be in school so we can't do a lot of things but time together is better than no time at all. The ex also made this trip with a early return and more $ for me. He just can't leave it alone.

Sorry to hear about your troubles with your spring break trip.

This is one of the ones i remember seeing that I really liked. I finally layed my quilt squares out in a way I liked, but need a little help/advice from all of you. When sewing the squares together, can I just use the straight stitch on my machine? I don't have to serge them since they will be inside the blanket, right? Do I need to press the seams open with an iron so it will lay more flat?

Thanks. I just use a straight stitch at 1/4" seam. You are correct, no serging is needed since the quilting will "lock" the seams. In terms of pressing the seams, you are going to get answers from two different schools of thought here. One side said you should press the seams to the side with the darker fabric, whereas the other said you should press the seams open. I have done both, but I found pressing the seams open makes it easier to quilt (less bulky). For that quilt, I just got lazy and decided to quilt between the blocks with twin needles. I pressed the seams open so each stitch line on from the twin needle would catch the seams from the blocks. I am sure someone experienced like Nini can answer your question better though!

Ok, I hope I am doing this right!
As far as crafting, I enjoy cross stitch the most, but I also sew. I have an old embroidery maching that I use mostly now for hand applique. Currently it is being serviced because the bobbin wasn't working properly.
Here are the pics of what I have already created. I have more for my daughter than infant son, so any suggestions for boys is appreciated!

Thanks for sharing your creations. I really like those shoes!

 

[ms_mckenna]

I have been offline for a few days with computer issues so I am insanely far behind. No reason to even try to catch up and multiquote. There have been some amazing things done!

The cons are AWESOME! I would love to know hwat kind of paint you used etc.