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

[kelly1218]

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.

Cancer sucks I really hope she has some good results.

 

[T-rox]

and here is the DD6 going to school on Friday. They celebrate the 101st day of school, so they all dressed as dalmations.
I love this too. and now realize my vocabulary is limited. seriously, you must be the #1 mom of the class. lucky daughter. i saw your boy's baby blues. gorgeous. woo hoo a different word

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

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd168/sheridee47/DSCN1071.jpg

i am a fan of girly but a little edgy, and
that green and black in right up our alley. great job. wish i possesed the skills to put together fabric choices like that.

and to people scared to rip jeans apart and embellish them. its quite easy and not a big deal. I realzie it may depend on the brand you buy to rip apart but Ive never had a problem and I love doing embellished jeans ( in all my 1 and a half months as an embroidery machine owner:rotfl2:)
and im totally gonna CASE heatherskiba's mickey parts jeans and do me some capris.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I have a question about our patchwork twirl skirts. Because they are for adults they have required a lot of charm squares. The skirts are very weighted and I wanted them to poof just a little bit.

Would it be ok to put a layer of Tulle under the patchwork and then line the skirts? Would it give them just a little bit of poof without being outrageous?

 

[MinnieVanMom]

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 sure do know how much the pain of cancer infects everyone around along with the person. I am sorry you are going through this. It really sucks.

 

[scouthawkk]

Great photo. Those shirts are so cute! Hope you had fun. Monday was a bad day for me at work, so I wish I was at the Air & Space Museum. That's one of my son's favorites, so we go several times a year. But living a short Metro ride away makes that easier to do so often.

Jen

 

[Granna4679]

I went to my store....and none of the fleece was on sale....the associates had no idea what I was talking about

I can email the ad to you if you would like? you can PM me your email address. I went again yesterday and STILL on sale. It is only the Blizzard Fleece (does not include the Anti-Pill fleece).

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!

This is really cute. Great job!

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. What a sweet DH to surprise you with that. You will be sewing in no time. Like PP said...try the patterns from Youcanmakethis.com (especially CarlaC patterns). You will have no problem following those. And ask any questions here that you may want to ask!

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.

Love the picture Wendy! They are all so cute!

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.

So sorry about your mom. I will keep you in my prayers.

 

[Piper]

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'm praying for your family.

 

[cogero]

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.

Just wanted to say I am thinking or you and will keep your mom in my prayers.

 

[VBAndrea]

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.

WELCOME!!!! I would love to see pics of your first creations (instructions are on the first page for getting photos on here). And as for the Big Give -- even if you aren't comfortable sewing for that yet there are other things you can do for it. I sew for it but now find myself picking up little trinkets to toss in pacakages when I see them. It's addicting!



And lost my other quote, but I have to second that BLIZZARD FLEECE IS INDEED ON SALE AT JOANNE'S FOR $3 A YARD UNTIL FEB 5 -- and yes, it's Blizzard Fleece only, not antipill.


And why was I at Joanne's you might ask (or you might not) -- my dd informed me this morning that she wanted me to sew her a dress for the Chinese New Year celebration at school tomorrow. She requested a dress with an appliqued dragon. No such luck -- I do not applique dragons with less than 24 hours notice! I found black fabric with red Chinese lettering and she'll get that in a wrap dress with a red tie. And she had dare not complain about it the lack of a dragon. Washer's beeping -- must get that fabric dried and cut b/f I have to get the kids from school.

 

[jas0202]

*Toadstool* - My prayers are with you. Cancer is such an ugly disease.

I can't even say how many adorably wonderful things that have been posted lately. I have been lurking since we got home from the trip and am finally coming out of my trance and getting back to sewing!

Good News! I've gotten enough saved to get my PE770!
Here's where I need your help. Can you make recommendations on the "other stuff" I should save for before purchasing? I hate to buy the machine and then not have enough money to buy the extras and not be able to start sewing!!!
**I know that people recommend marathon thread...are the mini cones going to last me for a while, or should I buy the king size? I see they have the value bundles.
**What about bobbins. I know people recommend prewounds...do you get those off the marathon site too? There are so many different kinds! What about Polystar? I saw those on amazon for a decent price.
**Stabilizers? Cut away - Tear away? On the roll or in precut sheets?
**What am I forgetting?

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Why I love having a machine dedicated to a ruffler? Because I took it out for the first use in many months and it ruffled perfect the first time! Benita gave me her ruffler foot to put on a machine I no longer used. Now it is set up and calibrated to ruffle. That is all the machine is expected to do and it works perfect.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

*Toadstool* - My prayers are with you. Cancer is such an ugly disease.

I can't even say how many adorably wonderful things that have been posted lately. I have been lurking since we got home from the trip and am finally coming out of my trance and getting back to sewing!

Good News! I've gotten enough saved to get my PE770!
Here's where I need your help. Can you make recommendations on the "other stuff" I should save for before purchasing? I hate to buy the machine and then not have enough money to buy the extras and not be able to start sewing!!!
**I know that people recommend marathon thread...are the mini cones going to last me for a while, or should I buy the king size? I see they have the value bundles.
**What about bobbins. I know people recommend prewounds...do you get those off the marathon site too? There are so many different kinds! What about Polystar? I saw those on amazon for a decent price.
**Stabilizers? Cut away - Tear away? On the roll or in precut sheets?
**What am I forgetting?

Congrats on the new machine. Did you know that you are suppose to post a picture of the machine so we can all see?

I think threads and stabilizers are all a personal choice. I use prewound plastic bobbins. I use tear away stabilizer and also sulky sticky and sulky water soly. As you can see, I use different types of threads. I do like the cones better.

 

[2girlsmommy]

Wendy, your adorable jeans inspired me to rip apart a pair of my daughter's to make a Vday outfit...What kind of stitch did you use to put them back together...I'm concerned about making it strong enough...also should I use a diff type needle? I can't wait to put them back together so I can share!

 

[Granna4679]

*Toadstool* - My prayers are with you. Cancer is such an ugly disease.

I can't even say how many adorably wonderful things that have been posted lately. I have been lurking since we got home from the trip and am finally coming out of my trance and getting back to sewing!

Good News! I've gotten enough saved to get my PE770!
Here's where I need your help. Can you make recommendations on the "other stuff" I should save for before purchasing? I hate to buy the machine and then not have enough money to buy the extras and not be able to start sewing!!!
**I know that people recommend marathon thread...are the mini cones going to last me for a while, or should I buy the king size? I see they have the value bundles.
**What about bobbins. I know people recommend prewounds...do you get those off the marathon site too? There are so many different kinds! What about Polystar? I saw those on amazon for a decent price.
**Stabilizers? Cut away - Tear away? On the roll or in precut sheets?
**What am I forgetting?

The things you will need are GOOD embroidery scissors (the kind that is curved on the end is my favorite). I use Sulky tear away and the iron-on tear away. I think it works best for me. I buy it in the roll. It is usally about $15 for the bigger roll @ JoAnn's but I always wait and use the 1/2 off coupons when I buy it. I purchased the value bundle of thread from Marathon when I started last year. I embroider A LOT and the only colors I have had to replace was white, black and red. The mini cones last a very long time. I think I got the value bundle of 50. As for the bobbins, I also bought the plastic sided prewounds from Marathon. I bought the whole LOT of them (I want to say there were 80 bobbins in the box...I may be wrong, it could be more). I have had my machine a year and use it almost daily and still haven't used half of those. And then, of course, you will have to buy whatever designs you want.

Hope this helps. If I think of anything else, I will let you know.

Happy sewing!!

 

[jas0202]

Congrats on the new machine. Did you know that you are suppose to post a picture of the machine so we can all see?

I think threads and stabilizers are all a personal choice. I use prewound plastic bobbins. I use tear away stabilizer and also sulky sticky and sulky water soly. As you can see, I use different types of threads. I do like the cones better.

Ha Ha! I'll post it when she arrives. I'm waiting to buy it until I can save enough money to purchase all the other stuff too. I know once she's here I'll want to start sewing NOW so I'm pricing all of the other "stuff" to see how much longer I'll have to wait. Hopefully not much longer!

 

[weluvdizne]

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.

Praying for your family. So sorry you are having to go through this.

 

[jas0202]

The things you will need are GOOD embroidery scissors (the kind that is curved on the end is my favorite). I use Sulky tear away and the iron-on tear away. I think it works best for me. I buy it in the roll. It is usally about $15 for the bigger roll @ JoAnn's but I always wait and use the 1/2 off coupons when I buy it. I purchased the value bundle of thread from Marathon when I started last year. I embroider A LOT and the only colors I have had to replace was white, black and red. The mini cones last a very long time. I think I got the value bundle of 50. As for the bobbins, I also bought the plastic sided prewounds from Marathon. I bought the whole LOT of them (I want to say there were 80 bobbins in the box...I may be wrong, it could be more). I have had my machine a year and use it almost daily and still haven't used half of those. And then, of course, you will have to buy whatever designs you want.

Hope this helps. If I think of anything else, I will let you know.

Happy sewing!!

That's great info...Thanks, Anita!
I was looking at the value bundle of thread too with the 50 most popular colors. Do you find that most of your "disney girly" projects fall within those colors?
I saw that the prewounds from Marathon were type L...and on Amazon, I am almost sure that they were selling type M and saying it was compatible with the pe770...does anyone know for sure what type of bobbin it takes?
Editing to add one more question...I watched a tutorial online where the lady doing the applique used heat n bond lite on the back of her applique fabrics, then ironed in on the back side when done and out of the hoop to "set" the heat n bond and stick the fabrics all together. I didn't think I remembered hearing about that step over here...do you all do that too?

 

[cogero]

Why I love having a machine dedicated to a ruffler? Because I took it out for the first use in many months and it ruffled perfect the first time! Benita gave me her ruffler foot to put on a machine I no longer used. Now it is set up and calibrated to ruffle. That is all the machine is expected to do and it works perfect.

ooh I love your little set up there. I love your sewing machine too serious envy here.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

ooh I love your little set up there. I love your sewing machine too serious envy here.

You are so sweet! I just realized it is a complete disaster but that is what happens when I sew. I am nearly finished with the first twirl patchwork skirt. Two more after that and a few shirts. Nothing like waiting till the last minute

The machines are Brother 4000D sewing/embroidery, then the singer with a ruffler and then my workhorse Simplicity serger.

 

[Granna4679]

That's great info...Thanks, Anita!
I was looking at the value bundle of thread too with the 50 most popular colors. Do you find that most of your "disney girly" projects fall within those colors?
I saw that the prewounds from Marathon were type L...and on Amazon, I am almost sure that they were selling type M and saying it was compatible with the pe770...does anyone know for sure what type of bobbin it takes?
Editing to add one more question...I watched a tutorial online where the lady doing the applique used heat n bond lite on the back of her applique fabrics, then ironed in on the back side when done and out of the hoop to "set" the heat n bond and stick the fabrics all together. I didn't think I remembered hearing about that step over here...do you all do that too?

You are welcome. Yes, I can do ALL of the disney girly projects (and then some) with the 50 most popular. The only color I have bought other than what came in that set was magenta (purply pink), hot pink, and a deeper shade of red. Then I bought extra of the black, white, and red.

I use heat and bond ONLY when I am hand appliqueing on my regular machine. I have never used it for anything I did on the embroidery machine. You might want to buy some spray adhesive to use for the fabric but I don't even use that. I just hold or pin the fabric in place until the tack down stitch is done. I would think the heat and bond would be too gummy and would mess us your machine. Just my 2 cents!~