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

[Diz-Mommy]

I want you all to know how much you have inspried me. Last year, I started making some things for my daughter, and it is ALL BECAUSE OF YOU GIRLS You will never know how much you inspried me.

So take a look at what you inspried last year.....and thank you.

Your little girl is so precious and looks so happy in all her special dresses! FABULOUS job Momma!

Here's the outfits from Savannah's birthday weekend. If it seems like I went overboard on Rebecca's dresses (but we don't really do that here, do we?) I plan on her wearing them again for our upcoming Dream cruise in June. All the embroidery came from HeatherSue's shop, and I will admit to CASE-ing a few things from the Photobucket account that I fell in love with but aren't creative enough to come up with on my own. If I did CASE something, I tried to give proper credit, just so nobody thinks I did this on my own.

Friday...MK day. Savannah(14) wanted to wear something Birthday-ish, this is the night we'd end up at Ohana for dinner to celebrate, so I made her Heather's Birthday Girl. Marissa(18) wanted a "My heart belongs to Prince Naveen" shirt and Heather was kind enough to add that to her big Valentine heart. On the lower back left of the shirt is a little frog prince I didn't get a pic of. Rebecca is wearing my version of Rapunzel. I couldn't get a pattern I liked, so I made my own. She loves it, and was happy the CM's called her Rapunzel all day. Other little girls told their moms they wanted "THAT" dress when we walked by. lol The second pic shows more of the dress...she wanted the doll in the pic so everyone cold see that they were twins.

Saturday was Epcot day. Savannah chose SE with the Minnie Bow. Rebecca's Minnie dot dress is a remake of an old fav, using CarlaC's Simply Sweet, halter mode. The last time I made the dress I didn't know how to use the embroidery unit on my machine, this time it was so much easier!

Saturday evening was our LaNouba night. If you've never seen the show, it's worth the price of the tickets. We've seen it before, but the big girls were very young and didn't remember it at all, Rebecca wasn't even around then. She enjoyed it so much she was sitting on the edge of her seat trying to catch it all! This dress is one I totally CASE'd from the Amazing Tom. It's my favorite of all she wore all weekend. I had to create the top because I couldnt find a pattern I liked. The recently posted Daisy Kingdom would have worked, but I couldn't find it anywhere near me during the sale. The broadcloth I chose to make it from ended up being a little sheer, so I made a peti out of more broadcloth, the double layer was enough to do the trick, and she liked the increased twirl factor it gave...so she wore it under all her dresses for the weekend. You can see a bit of it in the first pic. I realized when we got home I didn't have any good daylight pics of the dress, so I took the second.

Sunday, our last day...Marissa wore her favorite Alien shirt. She got stopped quite a few times with people asking where she got it. Savannah chose the colors and wording (and spelling) for her pirate Mickey...the words say "Dead mice tell no tails". Rebecca's dress is CASE'd from HeatherSue...there have been many other versions here over the years, but I just fell in love with the little bluebird. My only disappointment is that it doesn't show because it gets lost in the fullness of the skirt.

And at last, something for me! I made myself a Rosetta Bag. I had already decided on the colors, but once I saw Nini's bag with the Mickey trim, I knew it was perfect. I originally wasn't going to bother with the trim. I got stopped a dozen or so times over the weekend to be asked where it came from. This one is the large size, and though it's big, it worked for me.

When Marissa and I were at DHS yesterday for a girls lunch (we do that when the younger 2 are in school and I have a Friday off) I saw this bag. I like the "real" Rosetta better, don't you? I think CarlaC was CASE'd!

The outfits are wonderful!! I just love your Rapunzel dress! And Yes, I like the real Rosetta better too. I'd buy yours before I'd buy that other off the rack for sure!

Thank you so much! It really was alot of fun to do the outfits and two other mom's helped cut out the fabric. They looked so cute and had such a great time doing the show!
Here you go:

What a cute group of kiddos!! WOW!! That had to have been a lot of work!!

I am slowly figuring out how to use my new machine but had the first "eaten" shirt today.

1. Do you think I can save the shirt or will the machine just grab onto the same place where it made the little hole? (the hole is in the shirt and the stabilizer) Should i hand-sew the hole shut and try again? (the hole is smaller than a pencil eraser I'd say)

2. When you first put down the material for the applique (Before it embroiders the nice thick outlining stitches over the edges) do you match the thread to the material even though those stitches get covered up?

Thanks for any help; I guess I should be happy I got through my first 6 shirts or so without incidents!

1. Yes, I often try to salvage the shirt because I hate throwing things away. Sometimes if my machine gets hung up and tries to eat something I'll even un-screw the presser foot to remove it along with the hooped half eaten shirt and try to gently free it. Sometimes (although) not always, I've gotten away without a hole! But if your hole is going to get covered up by applique material, I'd say there's no harm in trying to salvage the shirt. Once I was doing a last minute shirt for myself before a trip and I cut a hole in it when I was trimming too close on the cut away stabilizer. I didn't want to pitch the shirt though, so I found a small applique heart and stitched that over the hole.

2. I try to use the same color thread for both the tack down stitch and the satin stitch. Some say it doesn't matter, but it bugs me if I see a color peeking through so that's why I try to match.

Hope that helps!

 

[vester]

There are some out there! And actually I think they are CarlaC's many of them are just under SiSBoom....

https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/womens/jamiedressforwomenmisses0-181x-3xwomens.htm
https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/womens/Dana-Top.htm
https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/womens/Marlo-Top-Women-sizes.htm
https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/womens/Amelia-Tunic-Shirt-Women-and-Junior-Sizes-6-Sizes-in-all.htm
https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/womens/Shana-Bell-Sleeved-Tunic-Pattern-Sizes-XS-0-2-3X-24W-26W.htm
https://www.youcanmakethis.com/info/womens/Meghan-Peasant-Dress-Tops-for-Women-Sizes-Misses-0-18-Womens-1x-3x.htm

That's enough for now! Good luck!

Thanks!!!! I appreciate it Anyone else have any more links???? The more the merrier! I"m looking for something perfect for my little bit larger top that I would feel comfortable in.....I may do that first one though!

Vester

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

I am slowly figuring out how to use my new machine but had the first "eaten" shirt today.

1. Do you think I can save the shirt or will the machine just grab onto the same place where it made the little hole? (the hole is in the shirt and the stabilizer) Should i hand-sew the hole shut and try again? (the hole is smaller than a pencil eraser I'd say)

2. When you first put down the material for the applique (Before it embroiders the nice thick outlining stitches over the edges) do you match the thread to the material even though those stitches get covered up?

Thanks for any help; I guess I should be happy I got through my first 6 shirts or so without incidents!

Sorry your shirt got eaten, it happens to all of us at one time or another. I swear I just sneezed once and my machine had lunch when my eyes were closed. Ive sucessfully repaired a small hole before, and it was covered up by the design so it wasn't noticable. As for thread, I usually just pick a light shade, there's a beige that works well for me, and use that for my tackdown stitches. I only change the thread when it
gets to the decoratve and satin stitches.

 

[vester]

Me again with a question I"m sure thats been asked a thousand times. Where is a good place to get t-shirts that are good quality (not thin) for putting applique designs on? I thought you girls would know better than anyone!!!!!!

 

[NiniMorris]

Me again with a question I"m sure thats been asked a thousand times. Where is a good place to get t-shirts that are good quality (not thin) for putting applique designs on? I thought you girls would know better than anyone!!!!!!

I get mine from Jiffy Shirts....in fact I just got my first shipment for our next Disney trip! Time to get busy!



Nini

 

[Jaylin]

Hey girls, I need your opinion....Along with alot of you, I'm on the never-ending fence about getting a serger! I had pretty much made up my mind that I was going to get the Brother 1034d from Wallyword ($229)

I finally saw one listed on craigslist. It's a Babylock Eclipse SX (not the jet air kind) says barely used, like new....asking $300.....just the name babylock makes me think it's going to be better than the wallyworld one....anyone have any opinions on it? What about the price?

THANKS!!!

 

[dianemom2]

Me again with a question I"m sure thats been asked a thousand times. Where is a good place to get t-shirts that are good quality (not thin) for putting applique designs on? I thought you girls would know better than anyone!!!!!!

I like to order from Jiffy too. I also order a lot of shirts from Walmart.com. They have nice, soft cotton shirts. I love the inexpensive shipping!

 

[dianemom2]

I am slowly figuring out how to use my new machine but had the first "eaten" shirt today.

1. Do you think I can save the shirt or will the machine just grab onto the same place where it made the little hole? (the hole is in the shirt and the stabilizer) Should i hand-sew the hole shut and try again? (the hole is smaller than a pencil eraser I'd say)

2. When you first put down the material for the applique (Before it embroiders the nice thick outlining stitches over the edges) do you match the thread to the material even though those stitches get covered up?

Thanks for any help; I guess I should be happy I got through my first 6 shirts or so without incidents!

I have had lots of success hand sewing a small hole closed and then covering it with my design. When I do the applique I usually cheat and use the whatever color thread is the first satin stitch color. It saves a lot of thread changing. I have found with the character appliques a lot of times the first satin stitch color is skin tone or peach so it covers up very nicely.

Hey girls, I need your opinion....Along with alot of you, I'm on the never-ending fence about getting a serger! I had pretty much made up my mind that I was going to get the Brother 1034d from Wallyword ($229)

I finally saw one listed on craigslist. It's a Babylock Eclipse SX (not the jet air kind) says barely used, like new....asking $300.....just the name babylock makes me think it's going to be better than the wallyworld one....anyone have any opinions on it? What about the price?

THANKS!!!

I don't know anything about the Babylock Eclipse but I know that I LOVE my Babylock Ellageo 3. The quality of the machine is wonderful and believe me, I give it a good workout! That price sounds very good on the Eclipse SX. I looked on ebay and they had a couple that sold in the last couple of weeks for $439 and for $535.

 

[vester]

I get mine from Jiffy Shirts....in fact I just got my first shipment for our next Disney trip! Time to get busy!



Nini

Awesome site - which ones did you end up buying!?

Vester

 

[Granna4679]

Behind again. I am having a lingerie shower this coming weekend at my house (and yes, I made an embroidered gift...I will post later). So....I had to clean house and gather things for that. I have a couple things to post probably tomorrow that I was working on this past week.

Thanks to everyone for the compliments and comments on the Epcot dress and the Butterfly dress.

Aimee - I think I lost the quote but your cruise outfits are just out of this world...I love them. I sewwwwww wish I had a cruise coming up to make them for.

I have a special folder on my computer for organizing my designs (and yes, I really need to back them up...thanks for reminding me). I keep them in alphabetical order but I put a D in front of all of the Disney designs so they are easy to find (i.e. D-Mickey head).

This is my first Vida. I got the pattern last week and I tried it out. It was pretty easy to make. Although I have to say that I did not enjoy tracing the pattern. I am not crazy about the yellow Pinkalicious wording on the top. I should have changed the color of the wording even though it is yellow on the front of the book. It doesn't stand out enough. I certainly have plenty of other fabrics that I could have used! I forgot to take pictures of the back but I did ruffles across the back. They turned out a little crooked but not too bad. I think my next try at the ruffles will go more smoothly.

Also, since the family has received these I can post pictures of what I made for one of the big gives.

Wow...thats your first Vida? I wouldn't have known. You did a great job. I really like the fabric you used on the sides and bottom too. That is so cute.

I have a new baby

My first project with it....I figured a nightgown was a good place to check out the serger...my DD loves it.

Before the serger arrived I did these last week:

And last but not least, my daughter had her Spring Concert last night at school. I made the costumes for her class...nothing special, but I thought they came out really cute. They did a great job singing a Beattles song

Now to get another project out of that serger

Wow...I am in awe...you made all of those outfits for your DD's class. What a great mom you are!!!!!!

Congrats on the serger. I really adore the outfit with the Kyoto pattern. It is so unique.

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Only because I know you will understand...

I went shopping today for some dishes to use when we dine outside. I knew what I wanted and that I didn't want to spend vcery much money. We were at Target...and they had 2 Mickey Mouse plates...kind of white with a comic book scene with a large Mickey in the middle (remind you of any fabric you've seen lately?) marked for only 26 CENTS! So, my plans quickly changed...I am now the proud owner of 2 square Mickey plates, 2 square white plates, 2 square red plates, 2 square black plates, and 2 square red and white dots plates! Along with a few red and black square bowls... Since the Mickey plates have a great deal of yellow in them, I bought some fabric to make some yellow napkins.

I think we might eat out side tonight...I'm sure burgers and hot dogs will taste great on Mickey plates!


Nini

What a cute idea! Can you take a picture of the table after you set it so we can see?????

Here's the outfits from Savannah's birthday weekend. If it seems like I went overboard on Rebecca's dresses (but we don't really do that here, do we?) I plan on her wearing them again for our upcoming Dream cruise in June. All the embroidery came from HeatherSue's shop, and I will admit to CASE-ing a few things from the Photobucket account that I fell in love with but aren't creative enough to come up with on my own. If I did CASE something, I tried to give proper credit, just so nobody thinks I did this on my own.

Friday...MK day. Savannah(14) wanted to wear something Birthday-ish, this is the night we'd end up at Ohana for dinner to celebrate, so I made her Heather's Birthday Girl. Marissa(18) wanted a "My heart belongs to Prince Naveen" shirt and Heather was kind enough to add that to her big Valentine heart. On the lower back left of the shirt is a little frog prince I didn't get a pic of. Rebecca is wearing my version of Rapunzel. I couldn't get a pattern I liked, so I made my own. She loves it, and was happy the CM's called her Rapunzel all day. Other little girls told their moms they wanted "THAT" dress when we walked by. lol The second pic shows more of the dress...she wanted the doll in the pic so everyone cold see that they were twins.

Saturday was Epcot day. Savannah chose SE with the Minnie Bow. Rebecca's Minnie dot dress is a remake of an old fav, using CarlaC's Simply Sweet, halter mode. The last time I made the dress I didn't know how to use the embroidery unit on my machine, this time it was so much easier!

Saturday evening was our LaNouba night. If you've never seen the show, it's worth the price of the tickets. We've seen it before, but the big girls were very young and didn't remember it at all, Rebecca wasn't even around then. She enjoyed it so much she was sitting on the edge of her seat trying to catch it all! This dress is one I totally CASE'd from the Amazing Tom. It's my favorite of all she wore all weekend. I had to create the top because I couldnt find a pattern I liked. The recently posted Daisy Kingdom would have worked, but I couldn't find it anywhere near me during the sale. The broadcloth I chose to make it from ended up being a little sheer, so I made a peti out of more broadcloth, the double layer was enough to do the trick, and she liked the increased twirl factor it gave...so she wore it under all her dresses for the weekend. You can see a bit of it in the first pic. I realized when we got home I didn't have any good daylight pics of the dress, so I took the second.

Sunday, our last day...Marissa wore her favorite Alien shirt. She got stopped quite a few times with people asking where she got it. Savannah chose the colors and wording (and spelling) for her pirate Mickey...the words say "Dead mice tell no tails". Rebecca's dress is CASE'd from HeatherSue...there have been many other versions here over the years, but I just fell in love with the little bluebird. My only disappointment is that it doesn't show because it gets lost in the fullness of the skirt.

And at last, something for me! I made myself a Rosetta Bag. I had already decided on the colors, but once I saw Nini's bag with the Mickey trim, I knew it was perfect. I originally wasn't going to bother with the trim. I got stopped a dozen or so times over the weekend to be asked where it came from. This one is the large size, and though it's big, it worked for me.

When Marissa and I were at DHS yesterday for a girls lunch (we do that when the younger 2 are in school and I have a Friday off) I saw this bag. I like the "real" Rosetta better, don't you? I think CarlaC was CASE'd!

Oh My!! What a bunch of cuteness! Your little ones dresses are just gorgeous. I love it that so many people stopped you and asked about them and your purse. Doesn't it make you so proud that you did it all yourself?
Your older DDs shirts are very cute too....expecially the "My heart belongs to Prince Naveen." What a cute idea.

Does anyone know of a seller that has the phrase "I solemnly swear I am up to no good"? I know I saw it somewhere on here but it's been quite a while. My two older sons are both huge HP fans and I thought I would make them some t-shirts since I haven't done anything for them on my embroidery machine yet.

TIA!

I am behind and someone may have already answered this in the pages I have yet to see but I know that Carol from Rubber Ducky Ranch was the one that wore that shirt to Disney. She may have made it herself. You might want to PM her and ask.

Now back to catching up!

 

[2girlsmommy]

My daughter designed this set. I think she did a pretty good job.

I love this!! I have the same fabric and haven't figured out what to do with it! What pattern is the skirt. Thanks!
Erica

 

[lovesdumbo]

So many beautiful things posted!

Peanut and Monkey received their Big Give outfits. For Peanut I made a Portrait Peasant Daisy Dress (sadly her bill is messed up and I already had to undo it once because my bobbin thread was acting up so was afraid to undo it again and really mess up the fabric). For Monkey I made a coordinating Donald T-

Here is the back of the dress only to show the skirt fabric:

Here is a close up of Donald because I did this on a knit t-shirt -- woo hoo!!!
(OK, I did most of it on cotton first but the entire border was done on the knit):

And I made bracelets for Mom and Peanut -- I made some to coordinate with the outfits I made and then standard Mickey ones:

Poor Peanut is still in the hospital and not doing well. I'm sure her mom would love some support and well wishes on the PTR:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2644384&page=25

You are WAY too hard on yourself! Daisy looks AWESOME! Noone will be getting so close to Peanut that they will be looking at every stitch. When viewed from an appropriate distance Daisy is perfect! LOVE the jewlery too. Where do you get your Mickey Head beads? I'm sure they will all be well loved.

Tim's Mickey crocs are BALD on the bottom!!!!! lol..he loves them so much - has the red ones....Hey if Dallas is done with that outfit, he can adopt Tim as his little brother -he'd LOVE Wally shorts. Tim loves his easy fit shorts - he is 6, just lost his first front tooth!! Im so not ready for him to be a big boy!!!!!

Worn crocs can be very dangerous! My DS took a bad fall on the monorail ramp in worn crocs. He wasn't running down or anything just slipped. He banged up his knee but he could have hit his head. I bought him new crocs when we got home. About a month or so after the trip he was all sad that the scar on his knee was healing because it reminded him of Disney.

Katie's birthday is this weekend and she is getting an iPod touch and a Kindle...does anybody have a good cover that they have made and would like to share...I think I could knock out those by Friday!

My SIL gave me a touch for Christmas. I read that they are rather fragile due to be so thin. My SIL gave me a leather slip case but I bought one of these as I was afraid I would drop it when it wasn't in the case (I got it on sale or $20 a while ago):http://www.target.com/Incase-Metallic-Slider-Case-touch/dp/B004EQ81XO/ref=sc_qi_detailbutton


She gave my DH a Kindle for Christmas that only I have used. She gave him a case for that too-like a book but I think I would have preferred a slip case as I think that would be more comforatable to hold.

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

Here's my fabric petti picture. The waistband looks funny because I had to stretch it out to make it fit the hanger, Rebecca is a skinny chick. All the tiers are 6" wide, and the waistband tier is 30" long, I turned over 1.25" for the elastic casing, only pressing the fold at this time. All seams are 1/4" wide. I didn't make a side seam until all the tiers were sewn on, and stitched the elastic casing last. I used my ruffle attachment to gather, which I've got preset at just a bit over 2x the length for gathers, I always allow for extra length when gathering something that isn't a specific measurement, for this I did all the ruffling at once, and started stitching from the top down, just cutting off the excess ruffle at the end, and then moved on to the next row. The bottom edge is just a serged seam folded over and stitched. Because I like the look, all the tier seams are topstitched, but its not really necessary. The ruffling part took the longest, and the whole thing probably took less than 2 hours from cutting to finished project. If you want more fullness, that's easy enough by either increasing your ruffle gathers to a higher setting, or making your tiers narrower and making more of them. I've also seen similar pettis with layers of tulle ruffles on the outside of the fabric, but this was full enough for what I needed.

 

[Amyhoff]

Here's the outfits from Savannah's birthday weekend. If it seems like I went overboard on Rebecca's dresses (but we don't really do that here, do we?) I plan on her wearing them again for our upcoming Dream cruise in June. All the embroidery came from HeatherSue's shop, and I will admit to CASE-ing a few things from the Photobucket account that I fell in love with but aren't creative enough to come up with on my own. If I did CASE something, I tried to give proper credit, just so nobody thinks I did this on my own.

Friday...MK day. Savannah(14) wanted to wear something Birthday-ish, this is the night we'd end up at Ohana for dinner to celebrate, so I made her Heather's Birthday Girl. Marissa(18) wanted a "My heart belongs to Prince Naveen" shirt and Heather was kind enough to add that to her big Valentine heart. On the lower back left of the shirt is a little frog prince I didn't get a pic of. Rebecca is wearing my version of Rapunzel. I couldn't get a pattern I liked, so I made my own. She loves it, and was happy the CM's called her Rapunzel all day. Other little girls told their moms they wanted "THAT" dress when we walked by. lol The second pic shows more of the dress...she wanted the doll in the pic so everyone cold see that they were twins.

Saturday was Epcot day. Savannah chose SE with the Minnie Bow. Rebecca's Minnie dot dress is a remake of an old fav, using CarlaC's Simply Sweet, halter mode. The last time I made the dress I didn't know how to use the embroidery unit on my machine, this time it was so much easier!

Saturday evening was our LaNouba night. If you've never seen the show, it's worth the price of the tickets. We've seen it before, but the big girls were very young and didn't remember it at all, Rebecca wasn't even around then. She enjoyed it so much she was sitting on the edge of her seat trying to catch it all! This dress is one I totally CASE'd from the Amazing Tom. It's my favorite of all she wore all weekend. I had to create the top because I couldnt find a pattern I liked. The recently posted Daisy Kingdom would have worked, but I couldn't find it anywhere near me during the sale. The broadcloth I chose to make it from ended up being a little sheer, so I made a peti out of more broadcloth, the double layer was enough to do the trick, and she liked the increased twirl factor it gave...so she wore it under all her dresses for the weekend. You can see a bit of it in the first pic. I realized when we got home I didn't have any good daylight pics of the dress, so I took the second.

Sunday, our last day...Marissa wore her favorite Alien shirt. She got stopped quite a few times with people asking where she got it. Savannah chose the colors and wording (and spelling) for her pirate Mickey...the words say "Dead mice tell no tails". Rebecca's dress is CASE'd from HeatherSue...there have been many other versions here over the years, but I just fell in love with the little bluebird. My only disappointment is that it doesn't show because it gets lost in the fullness of the skirt.

And at last, something for me! I made myself a Rosetta Bag. I had already decided on the colors, but once I saw Nini's bag with the Mickey trim, I knew it was perfect. I originally wasn't going to bother with the trim. I got stopped a dozen or so times over the weekend to be asked where it came from. This one is the large size, and though it's big, it worked for me.

When Marissa and I were at DHS yesterday for a girls lunch (we do that when the younger 2 are in school and I have a Friday off) I saw this bag. I like the "real" Rosetta better, don't you? I think CarlaC was CASE'd!

Wow!! LOVE all of your creations! After seeing Tangled, my daughter would love a Rapunzel dress like this. It looks very similar to the Simplicity Snow White pattern, did you use that as a base for this dress? The structure for snow White could work with some modifications. Also, how did you attach the ribbon in the bodice? It looks great! I'd love to CASE you!!

 

[Loodlow]

So much to catch up on and I have missed yall so much! Had a great wish trip at GKTW, want to share a couple of pics ...more to come!

 

[GoofItUp]

These is ADORABLE! Is this picture really early in the day? Those shirts are still white...impressive!

 

[vester]

I love this!! I have the same fabric and haven't figured out what to do with it! What pattern is the skirt. Thanks!
Erica

Funny! I have the same fabric too and I'm trying to figure out what to do with it haha!!! Great minds think alike

Vester

 

[SallyfromDE]

[SIZE="6"[COLOR="Red"]]Question[[/COLOR]/SIZE]
Where is the best place to sell fabric that I decided I can part with? None of it is Disney. Mostly odds and ends, some kids prints, some holidays, some back to school. I don't know if I should use ebay or etsy. I have only listed a princess pattern on etsy and it never sold. I do regularly sell on ebay, just never sold any fabric. Any other suggestions?
Thanks for the advice.

I buy fabric from both. But if you've done well with Ebay, I'd go there first. I think fabric can be hard to buy, unless your looking for something specific, so if you can co-ordinate and make "lots" or "bundles", people seem to look for those key words.

Beautiful! I have been looking all over for Tangled fabric, I can't even find it online!

My JoAnnes has it, PM if you would like me to stop and get you some.

I have not been on this board for ages, kind of got out of sewing. HOWEVER I am back. We are going to wdw in August so I want to do up a few of the tank top dresses for DDs and DN. For a ribbed tank top what fabric do you suggest to use for the skirting? Would you use a stiff cotton or a poly blend ?

You're using an existing shirt? And by cotton or blend, do you mean knit, or cotton like quilting fabric? I'd look at the % of the poly. A little is good because it will keep the wrinkles at bay. But too much can be warm. But it may not be a big deal, as the tshirt dresses tend to be billowy, kwim?

i have a question...... for anyone who does applique of characters or their faces, do you use coloring books for patterns or do you use other things??????
flower1:

In the past, I had used coloring book pages. I enlarge to the size I want. If you have trouble with the back side of the page bleeding through, and make it hard to see the lines, use a black peice of construction paper behind it when you make your copy. You can also do an online search for coloring pages.

Muslin is usually 100% cotton, and other than the wrinkle factor after washing, I can't see that it would matter, though you might want to see how it looks under something white, since the cream color might show through a bit.

You can get bleached muslin that is white.

I want you all to know how much you have inspried me. Last year, I started making some things for my daughter, and it is ALL BECAUSE OF YOU GIRLS You will never know how much you inspried me.

So take a look at what you inspried last year.....and thank you.

Everything is adorable. Including DD!!

I don't sew, but I've seen some amazing work here!

You ladies are awesome!!

Is there a list of etsy stores that you all have so I can buy stuff??

check some of the signatures on the posts, they will have the id's.

Just wanted to update....

FIL is out of the hospital completely and has been moved to a rehab facility. His place on the UNOS list has not been affected by the MRSA, so now we just wait. His wife is doing good, I think I already posted that they think it was her gall bladder. But then, I also just found out her mother has been in the hospital too and has now been moved to the same rehab center as my FIL. I feel so sorry for all the running around she has been doing. My FIL still insist on us not coming until our vacation in June unless he gets the transplant, then we will go up.

So, in other news, as some of you know me and DH have been trying for 3 years to take a trip just the two of us, he always was trying for Vegas. So, unless something happens, this is the year! We aren't going to Vegas...we are going to NYC!!!! I am so excited! This will be my first trip on a plane and my first trip to NYC. I have everything booked; hotel, 2 day bus tour, and today I am buying the plane tickets. We are going in July, so now, I think I will make the new Sis Boom sundress for me. I want something cool and comfortable to wear and that looks great!

Glad the family is doing better.

NYC in the summer can be brutal!! PM, I think I have some maps if you'd liked me send them to you as a head start on planning. My BFF, was just there with her DD, and was telling me about an amazing resturant they went to, I can find out where that is, if you'd like.

I am slowly figuring out how to use my new machine but had the first "eaten" shirt today.

1. Do you think I can save the shirt or will the machine just grab onto the same place where it made the little hole? (the hole is in the shirt and the stabilizer) Should i hand-sew the hole shut and try again? (the hole is smaller than a pencil eraser I'd say)

2. When you first put down the material for the applique (Before it embroiders the nice thick outlining stitches over the edges) do you match the thread to the material even though those stitches get covered up?

Thanks for any help; I guess I should be happy I got through my first 6 shirts or so without incidents!

You might want to try and use some fraycheck on the hole, so it won't run in the wash. I had this happen to me, and I put a peice of tear away on the top of the stitching where the where the hole was, so the needle wouln't push the fabric back down into the machine again. And it worked. You might want to give that a shot.

The tack down stitch? I usually just use white or whatever is in my machine.

 

[aimeeg]

I love this!! I have the same fabric and haven't figured out what to do with it! What pattern is the skirt. Thanks!
Erica

Thanks! No pattern! It's just a gathered skirt.

VESTER- I love the outfits you posted but . . . I think Jessie is my fav!

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

Wow!! LOVE all of your creations! After seeing Tangled, my daughter would love a Rapunzel dress like this. It looks very similar to the Simplicity Snow White pattern, did you use that as a base for this dress? The structure for snow White could work with some modifications. Also, how did you attach the ribbon in the bodice? It looks great! I'd love to CASE you!!

I'm not familiar with that pattern, but probably anything would work if you tweak it to make it more Rapunzel-like. A few years ago I made a shirred back corset top, I can't even remember where I found the pattern, but remembered the basic directions for it, only I added an armhole curve to set in the sleeves, which have elastic on the top instead of a real, set in sleeve. I wanted the shirred back for a close yet comfy fit, and to avoid a zipper. The front is like a corset, the pink ribbon really laces up through ribbon loops, they're set in the seams...officially I think this style is called princess seams, lol. I decided on a bodice front measurement after measuring Rebecca wearing a tight fitting t-shirt, going from each side seam across the front, decided how long I wanted the front to be and then then hand drew the sweetheart neckline. Then I cut that into 3 pieces, added seam allowances, and that was my bodice front. Confused yet? I had this running through my brain for weeks before I finally took the plunge, and then first made a trial run out of muslin.