Disboutiquers Part 24 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[tmh0206]

2 things i did this weekend.
1) fought the embroidery machine and lost

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i mean, it did not even have the decency to eat the shirt on the first stitches! it waitied until the last leg of the last letter.

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2) at least my sewing machine was working

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1) been there done that! very frustrating for sure

2) super cute tink outfit...love the top, what pattern did you use or did you design it yourself?

 

[Diz-Mommy]

That will be an awesome sewing room! A totally seperate space, yet you are not cut off from the rest of the house! I love it!

Thanks!! I'm so super excited. I'm excited about the rest of the house to (I promise ) but there's just something about having my own room to craft in that's really making me giddy!

First...I'm soooo jealous of that room!!!! I would be already planning curtains....so I could 'hide' if I wanted to, but the open/separate space is lovely!!!


As for the door panels.... he says it's very easy(for him of course) He unscrewed the whole door panel, and then once that was apart, he unscrewed the middle part that is covered in fabric. He removed the old fabric...since it was old...it came off pretty easy.
He used spray glue to hold down the new fabric....if you apply it pretty liberally...but not soak it, you can adjust it as you need( I think he means a nice thin coat that fully covers the piece). . make sure you pull it snugly...but not tight as you smooth it out.
And then put it all back together.
He said you want a thicker fabric...the thin cotton will probably absorb the glue and leave spots through it. And it's easier if it has some stretch to it. That is fleece....and I am looking at flannel for the headliner (which he said he'll do as soon as I pick my fabric )

I hope that makes some sense to you.

He said if you need more step by step directions...he'll try to relay them to me better after he gets home from work . (this was via facebook chat LOL)

Thank you!! I think the cut out window areas are going to be solid walls instead. I'm still torn on whether I want them filled in, but I need the wall space so I think it's probably a better option. And we're going to have french doors added, so it can be nice and open when I want it to be and closed when its creatively messy. Its a custom home builder, so we get to tweak things here and there which is nice. Its suppose to be a formal dinning room, but we're not really "formal" people, so a kitchen table in the dinette straight off the kitchen is really all we need.

that is so perfect an area for a sewing room. Only problem I would have is keeping it clean. Mine is tucked away in the basement so no one has to see it when I am on a roll and don't want to clean up.

My hubby and I have had several discussions about "creative messes". We went back and forth on whether I should have this room or a spot in the basement, but I hate being all alone when I sew. I feel like I'm missing out on family time. We're going to probably fill in the windows and have french doors to conceal messes. But here's my current work space, in the corner of our dinning room/kitchen over looking the family room... So when I make messes now, they are right in the middle of everything. I can't wait till I have a real table to put a cutting mat on. Right now that table is our dinning table- UG!

Oh and yes, that would be my serger on a storage tote, as you can see my desk is too small to have both set up at the same time.

2 things i did this weekend.
1) fought the embroidery machine and lost

2) at least my sewing machine was working

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I hate when my embroidery machine decides to snack on a shirt! Your sewing creation is beautiful though!! I just LOVE the colors and your daughter is PRECIOUS!

LOVE your new sewing room! Mine would be too messy to have out in the open. Of course, if I had space I might be able to be neater!

Thanks! I'm so excited!! I'm mentally filling it with shelving and a wall length peg board to organize.

 

[T-rox]

2) super cute tink outfit...love the top, what pattern did you use or did you design it yourself?[/QUOTE]

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[squirrel]

I have this exact machine and have NEVER used the embroidery part. I got the machine handed down to me from my stepmom who used it maybe one time. The one memory card I wanted ,#1 w/ the letters is missing.

This is a very old machine (20 years) so it will not hook up to the computer to download files. I'm pretty sure you can only use the images that are on the memory cards and they aren't that great. If you can hook it up and/or use other images let me know b/c then I might learn how to use that part.

As far as just sewing - it sews awesome - I LOVE IT.

Then I guess it's not the right machine for me. I want to be able to get some of HeatherSue's images for embroidery.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

I gotta have this pattern!! I thought all Daisy Kingdom stuff was no longer available though

 

[SallyfromDE]

I LOVE those jumpers!!!!!


I haven't sewn anything in weeks now.....But DH decided he wanted to play with fabric....

Yes...that is my car.....

I have to say I love this! But I'd do Mickey fabric. When I was in HS, I had this cute little Olds, that was a 2 seater with a auto stick shift. But the vinyl roof was all dry rotted or something. So my Mother read about this idea somewhere and we tore the top off, and used gift wrap paper to make quilted square type look and then varnished it. I used to have people come out of stores to come look at the car. It was great fun.

I'm asking here because I think someone may know the answer...how does payment between two PayPal people work if one of them is in Scotland? The reason I'm asking is for my cruise group, every year we have a group donation of some sort, last year it was collecting school supplies for the new school in Haiti that Royal Caribbean built. This year we want to collect musical instruments, but since many of the members don't have an actual instrument to donate, many said they'd rather make a monetary donation. Our group leader is in Scotland, and many of the group are also from across the pond, as well as Canada. The group leader has a PayPal account already, we just weren't sure how that worked with international payments. Any info is appreciated.


To the mods...I'm not soliciting funds here, just info, thanks!

I haven't done this in a really long time. But I think there is a drop down menu where you can send the money in different currency.

You all do such beautiful work! While I do not sew much, mostly scrapbooking I can see th great quality in your work. Can't wait to see what you come up with next.

I'd love to see some of your pages.

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

What kind of stabilizer do you use for t's? Are you the one that uses cut away but only cuts around the border and leaves the stabilizer in place on the interior of the design? I use two sheets as well when using the tear away but I still feel like I need something sturdier.


Question re: shirring b/c I want to give it a try. When you say you leave a tail do you still backstitch? The tut I read said to backstitch so I'm not sure I understand your tail comment.


PATTERN QUESTION
Can anyone tell me how hard Pink Fig patterns are? Some are soooo cute but I can't do anything with great difficulty. I also see the ones I like involve shirring so I'm about to practice that after I go buy some elastic thread.

Also, is anyone having trouble with the bookmarks? I can't get files to open.

I'm probably not the one the stabilizer question is aimed at, but I'll tell you what I do, and have really good luck with. On t-shirts I use the heaviest cutaway I can find, its something I get at my sewing machine store, and there isn't a name brand on it, just a store name. I'm sure its something they have packaged especially for themselves. I think it's similar to the Floriani (sp?) brand I bought at another higher end sewing store. The stuff from JoAnn's just doesn't seem to work well for me, its not as stiff as this stuff, and the designs got a little wonky. I don't like tear away on t-shirts, the design doesnt seem to look as nice for some reason, especially after washing, and the kids complained it was itchy. Though that was before I found the smooth cover iron on stuff, which I now use on everything anyway. I hoop my stabilizer and float my shirts with spray adhesive, and always use a basting stitch...a freebie on SWAK. I'm so used to floating my embroidery that today I actually hooped something for the first time in quite a while and struggled with it long enough I wish I had just floated it. On items that aren't embroidered on knit I will use tearaway, but only if its something that will show and won't be lined, like a skirt. If its going to be a lined bodice, like a Simply Sweet, I'll use lightweight cutaway. I really don't like tearaway if I can avoid it, I always seem to struggle getting it just right when its something that matters the position of the embroidery.

Now for the shirring, what I'm talking about may be just something with the bobbin on my machine...when I load that there's a channel the thread runs in, and a thread cutter that makes the entire thread disappear into the channel before putting the cover on. With the elastic thread I don't do this, I hold the needle thread in my left hand, turn the flywheel with my right until it catches the elastic bobbin thread, which I then pull to the top. My machine has a locking stop stitch, so I use that to keep everything from pulling out, I never thought about backstitching because I have this option, which essentially does the same thing, and I forgot to mention that I do it. Sorry about that, bad tute teacher here. One tute I did read said to tie the tails together if you need to reload your bobbin again during shirring, like when working on an entirely shirred bodice, you may need to reload a few times. Tying the tails in a square knot will hopefully keep everything from coming undone. As for the Pink Fig patterns, I've only done one, I think it's called the Lydia...Teresa posted a pic of it recently. That one was easy, if you don't mind shirring, there was alot of that. The rest of the sewing was straight stitching. The sleeve measurements are way off...I think Teresa mentioned that too, so it wasnt just me!

 

[lovesdumbo]

What kind of stabilizer do you use for t's? Are you the one that uses cut away but only cuts around the border and leaves the stabilizer in place on the interior of the design? I use two sheets as well when using the tear away but I still feel like I need something sturdier..

I use the tear away. I prefer when I can use a heavier/nicer T. I've never tried the cut away.

 

[dianemom2]

I always use cut away on the t-shirts. I think the design lasts longer and looks nicer. I hardly ever use tear away on any type of fabric. I don't think it looks nice after the item has been washed. I mostly do t-shirts. The stuff they sell on the bolt at Joanns seems to work great for me. I buy two or three yards at a time. I get the heavy weight for t-shirts. It has been a long time since I've had any problems embroidering anything.

 

[aboveH20]

I finished a few dresses (customer orders) that I can post now.

A dress with Castle print....I love this fabric

and the back (my favorite part)

A dress for Hollywood Studios...I tried to match up a strip of fabric with each applique (Toy story fabric with Woody, Einsteins fabric with June, etc)

and back

and my favorite...Pooh...for Crystal Palace

and back

I LOVE all of these and I'm sure you won't make me choose my favorite. Winter has been so long and cold up here in the northeast that looking at your cheerful creations gives me hope that warm weather will eventually come. They are all amazing and such delightful fabric choices.

2) at least my sewing machine was working

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How wispy an wonderful. Your daughter and the outfit are terrific.

Thanks! I knew someone here would have the answer. How bad is shipping to those countries? Canada for a Big Give was pretty expensive.

You can go to usps.com and find shipping rates. Usually I'm amazed at how cheap it is to mail overseas. I agree about Canada. (My last BG cost $21.95 and was less than 2 pounds.)

Thanks!! I'm so super excited. I'm excited about the rest of the house to (I promise ) but there's just something about having my own room to craft in that's really making me giddy!

Oh and yes, that would be my serger on a storage tote, as you can see my desk is too small to have both set up at the same time.

Thanks! I'm so excited!! I'm mentally filling it with shelving and a wall length peg board to organize.

I like you thread racks. I think that's next on my list. I have a sewing "quadrant" in our unfinished basement. It has a full size window which is nice but it's not heated. It's been 57 degrees down there and I'm too cheap to use a space heater.

 

[squirrel]

I have now finished my taxes and have time to sew again!

I would like to start on a Nemo Vida dress for my niece. Here are the fabrics that I have collected, I also have black and white to make the stripes on Nemo.

I was thinking of appliquing Nemo on the fabic with the orange material. Is it going to be too much blue? Should I get some white or a solid light blue fabric? When doing Nemo should I start with the orange fabric and add the stripes and then applique Nemo to the fabric for the dress (more like a patch) as I don't want to line the dress. The white will probably show the orange underneath, is there anything I can do to make it look more white?


I was thinking of using the large print with fish as the main panel in the back with the blue bubble print as the side panels. The shell print as the bodice pieces and the bottom piece. Unless anyone thinks yellow or orange broadcloth might look better.

 

[DMGeurts]

2 things i did this weekend.
1) fought the embroidery machine and lost

i mean, it did not even have the decency to eat the shirt on the first stitches! it waitied until the last leg of the last letter.

2) at least my sewing machine was working

That is such a bummer about your AK shirt - it would have been awesome. Are you going to try to make another?

I love the Tink outfit - it's so cute!

this pattern. surprisingly easy. the matching purse is her favorite part

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I would love to get that pattern!

Oh and yes, that would be my serger on a storage tote, as you can see my desk is too small to have both set up at the same time.

I think my space could possibly rival yours... I am currently using my new serger on a bar stool!

D~

 

[sheridee32]

I'm probably not the one the stabilizer question is aimed at, but I'll tell you what I do, and have really good luck with. On t-shirts I use the heaviest cutaway I can find, its something I get at my sewing machine store, and there isn't a name brand on it, just a store name. I'm sure its something they have packaged especially for themselves. I think it's similar to the Floriani (sp?) brand I bought at another higher end sewing store. The stuff from JoAnn's just doesn't seem to work well for me, its not as stiff as this stuff, and the designs got a little wonky. I don't like tear away on t-shirts, the design doesnt seem to look as nice for some reason, especially after washing, and the kids complained it was itchy. Though that was before I found the smooth cover iron on stuff, which I now use on everything anyway. I hoop my stabilizer and float my shirts with spray adhesive, and always use a basting stitch...a freebie on SWAK. I'm so used to floating my embroidery that today I actually hooped something for the first time in quite a while and struggled with it long enough I wish I had just floated it. On items that aren't embroidered on knit I will use tearaway, but only if its something that will show and won't be lined, like a skirt. If its going to be a lined bodice, like a Simply Sweet, I'll use lightweight cutaway. I really don't like tearaway if I can avoid it, I always seem to struggle getting it just right when its something that matters the position of the embroidery.

Now for the shirring, what I'm talking about may be just something with the bobbin on my machine...when I load that there's a channel the thread runs in, and a thread cutter that makes the entire thread disappear into the channel before putting the cover on. With the elastic thread I don't do this, I hold the needle thread in my left hand, turn the flywheel with my right until it catches the elastic bobbin thread, which I then pull to the top. My machine has a locking stop stitch, so I use that to keep everything from pulling out, I never thought about backstitching because I have this option, which essentially does the same thing, and I forgot to mention that I do it. Sorry about that, bad tute teacher here. One tute I did read said to tie the tails together if you need to reload your bobbin again during shirring, like when working on an entirely shirred bodice, you may need to reload a few times. Tying the tails in a square knot will hopefully keep everything from coming undone. As for the Pink Fig patterns, I've only done one, I think it's called the Lydia...Teresa posted a pic of it recently. That one was easy, if you don't mind shirring, there was alot of that. The rest of the sewing was straight stitching. The sleeve measurements are way off...I think Teresa mentioned that too, so it wasnt just me!

I do my embroidery the same way you do and it comes out great i think i use the same stablizer you do or something like it i got it from all brands

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Im so bummed - my store didnt have the calico's on sale at all!!!! Grrrrrrr....are the disney prints not on sale anymore either?

My store didn't have the calicos on sale either. BOOOOO!!!!

when you have the program openned and have the stitch selected before you make any actual stitches on the fabric - the top bar where you choose your options for stitch length, type, denisty, etc - towards the right should be a place that you can choose to cut jump stitches, have a lock stith for the start, and then the lock at the end.

For those asking about adding Words/names using SEU -- this is the bar you should have across the top of the screen-

make sure you have true type font selected on the left, pick your font,Type what words you want in the box, move to the right and pick your stitch type, this is where you can change it from outline to solid, etc. you can also add the locking stitche and select to cut jump stitches. Granted if your machine doesn't cut them, you can select it but it won't happen.
HTH someone.

Thanks! This helps me a lot. How do I get the lettering I typed out transferred to my machine? Like how do I save it to PES format so I can put it on my USB and put it on my machine?

I think maybe it was answered, but when you do letters in SEU, on the top bar there is a pic of little siscors and then a little pin under that. I try to have the machine lock stitch (the pin) at least at the letters. You can also click on the word, and then click on a specific letter and then click the pin to choose to have it lock at the beginning and ending ofeach letter. Hope that helps!
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Thanks for the info! Any more tips?

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

I do my embroidery the same way you do and it comes out great i think i use the same stablizer you do or something like it i got it from all brands

I just looked at prices there...wow, way less than I'm paying now. I'm just not sure of the one I'd want. The one I've got is 12" x 12 yd roll, labeled only as heavyweight cut away. I have no clue what to compare it to...which one are you using?

 

[sheridee32]

Here are the dresses that I made for January and her sister they got their package today

 

[sheridee32]

I just looked at prices there...wow, way less than I'm paying now. I'm just not sure of the one I'd want. The one I've got is 12" x 12 yd roll, labeled only as heavyweight cut away. I have no clue what to compare it to...which one are you using?

I use the hv9920 cut away I love it about to order some more

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

I use the hv9920 cut away I love it about to order some more

Thanks! I'm going to bookmark that so I don't forget. I just bought a new roll, so unfortunately I'm good for a while.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

I think my space could possibly rival yours... I am currently using my new serger on a bar stool!

D~

YIKES!! Be careful you don't topple it over!...having mine stored on the tote makes me nervous enough when the boys get to running around here

Here are the dresses that I made for January and her sister they got their package today

Those are too cute!!

 

[PurpleEars]

I've been MIA. But I have a good reason! Here is a pic of my new beauty, next to her two old friends. My PE770 is here!!!

Congrats on your new toy! Can't wait to see what you create with it.

HELP PLEASE!

I am having some troubles with my machine. Was doing outfits for a BG and had some tension issues where my fabric gathered itself where it wasn't supposed to and the stitching looked a little wonky in parts. I muddled through.

I cleaned my bobbin area very well, lubed it and did my next BG project. I had no issues whatsover with this project.

Then started sewing some straps for luggage tags and had issues with top stitching looking awful. Cleaned everything super well again and the result is MUCK!

Any ideas other than throwing my machine out the window? I want to do a stripwork next and there is no way I can do topstitching that looks like this.

I am sorry to hear about your problem. Sounds like you have solved it though!

I haven't been on here in days and so much cute stuff posted! I did get one big give finished and the family has received it so I'll post pics.

Stripwork jumpers for AK.

I didn't think to get a picture of the back but they all have an elephant, rhino and giraffe.

AK t-shirts for the older siblings.

The jungle animals are Heather's designs and the AK logo is Froggy's. They all stitched out beautifully.

Amazing job on those outfits. I am sure the family will really like them. Thanks so much for making them for the Give. It's kind of funny for me to see the pictures because I made dresses for AK very recently using a very similar design!

I LOVE those jumpers!!!!!


I haven't sewn anything in weeks now.....But DH decided he wanted to play with fabric....

Yes...that is my car.....

That's actually kind of cool!

when you have the program openned and have the stitch selected before you make any actual stitches on the fabric - the top bar where you choose your options for stitch length, type, denisty, etc - towards the right should be a place that you can choose to cut jump stitches, have a lock stith for the start, and then the lock at the end.

For those asking about adding Words/names using SEU -- this is the bar you should have across the top of the screen-

make sure you have true type font selected on the left, pick your font,Type what words you want in the box, move to the right and pick your stitch type, this is where you can change it from outline to solid, etc. you can also add the locking stitche and select to cut jump stitches. Granted if your machine doesn't cut them, you can select it but it won't happen.
HTH someone.

Thanks for the tut. It's good to see how others do it to make sure I was doing it correctly.

I finally have made a few things. And boy, being new to sewing have I learned a lot from such simple projects!

Two pillowcase dresses are for DD and the Apron is for my cousin's wedding shower (she had a recipe shower):

Good job on the dresses and apron. Can't wait to see what you make next!

I'm working on a stripwork right now and AFTER starting to cut I realized I wanted wider strips -- they are way to narrow and there is no going back as I bought the last of the bolt I cut into. I don't know how I could be so dumb -- it wasn't the look I was going for at all.

Maybe you can save it for a different project that calls for narrower strips?

I have to make another wallet... first things first... since I had really never done that many zippers - I sewed my fabric too close to the zipper - so it kept getting stuck, so then I hand stitched it so it stayed back further (so I thought), but that didn't work - so then I had to squish it under my presser foot (a 4" zipper opening) - finally got it to work. Then I started assembling the Rosetta purse and realized that the colors of my wallet would have looked better if I had used some black in it... so I decided to keep the first wallet for myself and make another one to go with the purse.

D~

Good luck with the zipper. We are always happy to help if you have questions. Now, you have me curious about this wallet thing, because I may want to make one just to match with my park bag!

Okay, so I'm kind of bummed. I finished the three cupcake skirts for the girls' birthday. I knew that they were on the big side but I figured with leggings, they would fit fine. Allie tried one on tonight w/ leggings and no shirt and it was huge. I would have to rip through 4 layers of seams to shorten the elastic and I am almost out of the yellow thread.

And then I tried to applique on an old t-shirt. It looks horrendous. I am using a ball point needle but it has made holes in the shirt in some spots. Going around curves looks awful. And then if I stop and start up again, the stitching isn't moving and keeps piling up - making a bump.

This applique stuff is all new to me so I don't know if it is my inexperience or what. I should have just made dresses for the girls - too late now.

Can you open up a hole in the inside of the waist band and shortern the elastic?

I'm so EXCITED ya'll!! We signed a lock in contract with a builder today...guess what this room is gonna be!!??

Congrats on your new space!

It was a pretty busy weekend for us. I did manage to finish two tops. I had a request for a blond mermaid. I love her because she has my hair. I also did an Easter tee which I adore. It is one of my favorites!!!

Beautiful work like usual!

I found this on Craigslist and I have been wanting an embroidery machine for a while. Is it a good machine? Anything it might be missing, that I would need?

Janome Memory craft 8000 sewing/embroidery machine in good working condition. Complete with workbooks and memory card 1,2,3 and 4 and 2 embroidery hoops. She wants $300.

I saw the discussion about using Heather's designs. You may be able to use her designs (or anyone else's for that matter) by getting a Magic Box. It's a design card converter that supprts Janome machines. I think it cost me about $100 at the time I bought the Brother 270D. I chose that one over the Brother card reader because it could support other brands of embroidery machine if I decide to purchase a different brand in the future.

2 things i did this weekend.
1) fought the embroidery machine and lost

2) at least my sewing machine was working

Sorry to hear about your problems with the embroidery machine. It's annoying when they get hungry! The outfit turned out beautifully though!

I have now finished my taxes and have time to sew again!

I would like to start on a Nemo Vida dress for my niece. Here are the fabrics that I have collected, I also have black and white to make the stripes on Nemo.

I was thinking of appliquing Nemo on the fabic with the orange material. Is it going to be too much blue? Should I get some white or a solid light blue fabric? When doing Nemo should I start with the orange fabric and add the stripes and then applique Nemo to the fabric for the dress (more like a patch) as I don't want to line the dress. The white will probably show the orange underneath, is there anything I can do to make it look more white?

I was thinking of using the large print with fish as the main panel in the back with the blue bubble print as the side panels. The shell print as the bodice pieces and the bottom piece. Unless anyone thinks yellow or orange broadcloth might look better.

Just want to say welcome back! I think what you have isn't too much blue. I don't know if you can fuse two layers of white fabric together before adding them as stripes to make less yellow show through?

Here are the dresses that I made for January and her sister they got their package today

Super cute outfits!