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

[ellenbenny]

I am loving all of the Dr. Seuss outfits lately!!

I got an e-mail today from fabric.com saying that all Dr. Seuss fabric is 15% off today, and then it also contained a coupon code for another 15% off, so guess who just ordered a whole bunch of Seuss fabrics for no particluar reason???

 

[snubie]

Off Topic-
It looks like I may be able to get a new vehicle. I think I want a minivan- something I know ZIP about.
My husband is looking at the hyundia elantra- and the dealership has multiple properties under one ownership, so we might get a better deal getting both at once.

The salesman said he felt the Kia Sonoma was the best minivan out there...
Do any of you have exeperience with this one?
I would like to try and find something used, with low mileage if possible.

THanks!
PS- I am almost done with my Cat In the Hat dress- I just need to sew 3 buttons on the front- I dislike sewing buttons- even decorative ones....so I keep putting it off!

I have a Honda Odyssey. As sad as this may be, I love my van. We have had no problems with it at all and it is 5 years old.

Congrats on the new machine. I was going to say bowsandclothes.com but someone beat me to it. I hope you found what you need.



No problem....copy away! The applique is Heathersue's if you don't already have it.



They are all beautiful...I especially love the toile outfit. It is so soft looking.

I took a few days off from sewing and my husband and I went to Mardi Gras in Galveston (his first ever, my first in 30 years). We had a great time and needed to get away so we didn't have an agenda. Took long walks on the beach, ate out a lot, looked through some souvenir shops, and made it to 2 parades (which were in front of our hotel...so no fighting the crowds). It was a great weekend.

I did manage to get a couple things made just before we left.
My oldest DD30 loves playing Scrabble. I found this fabric the other
day and just had to make her something with it. I decided to make the
Avilio Messenger bag. She loved it.

...I liked the pattern so much, I made one for myself too.

inside...

Cute bags. Great Scrabble fabric. I might have to make myself one of these bags someday.


I did make Lauren a dress for today but I forgot to take a picture before she left for school. I'll have to try to remember when she gets home.

 

[ellenbenny]

I took a few days off from sewing and my husband and I went to Mardi Gras in Galveston (his first ever, my first in 30 years). We had a great time and needed to get away so we didn't have an agenda. Took long walks on the beach, ate out a lot, looked through some souvenir shops, and made it to 2 parades (which were in front of our hotel...so no fighting the crowds). It was a great weekend.

I did manage to get a couple things made just before we left.
My oldest DD30 loves playing Scrabble. I found this fabric the other
day and just had to make her something with it. I decided to make the
Avilio Messenger bag. She loved it.

...I liked the pattern so much, I made one for myself too.

inside...

Sounds like you had a fun weekend!

I love the bags, that is a great pattern. Did you modify it at all, yours look wider (deeper) than mine, although maybe it is just the angle of the photos. They look great!!

 

[ellenbenny]

I LOVE that zebra fabric. I remembered seeing that line of fabric somewhere so went searching. There is a whole line shown here:

http://www.ethelbird.com/home.php?cat=710

They are so cute! Great for AK outfits!!

 

[Ericandjenng]

I took a few days off from sewing and my husband and I went to Mardi Gras in Galveston (his first ever, my first in 30 years). We had a great time and needed to get away so we didn't have an agenda. Took long walks on the beach, ate out a lot, looked through some souvenir shops, and made it to 2 parades (which were in front of our hotel...so no fighting the crowds). It was a great weekend.

I did manage to get a couple things made just before we left.
My oldest DD30 loves playing Scrabble. I found this fabric the other
day and just had to make her something with it. I decided to make the
Avilio Messenger bag. She loved it.

...I liked the pattern so much, I made one for myself too.

inside...

These bags are GREAT! Even though I don't need more bags of any kind, I may have to try this pattern. I think it's an addiction...

Hi Everyone,

( yes! I remembered the Banana rule-post 1 he is my fav)

I love all the work that is being displayed here. I am currently saving for my first sewing machine. I am going to go with a Brother, something reasonably priced but new. I had a hankering a few weeks ago to learn how to sew. I remember seeing DISBoutiquers in a few signatures. So here I am looking for a few new friends.

I have a little girl she's 6 and she would love some of the dresses I have seen on here. That's her absolute favorite thing to wear....dresses, dresses, dresses. Oh and Bags she loves bags....but I know I have to start small first.

I can barley sew on a button....should I learn to hand sew before using a machine?

Welcome. I just joined recently and these are a FANTASTIC group of ladies (and a gentleman!). I would suggest that if you can save the little extra, go for an electronic or computerized sewing machine rather than the really cheap mechanical ones. I went back to a mechanical one after using an electronic for quite a few years and it works but I really miss the smoothness of the other one. They are both Brothers and I got both of them at Wal-mart.

There are a few times that you will not be able to avoid hand-sewing, but like a PP said, machine and hand-sewing are two different crafts. But once you get the hang of machine sewing, you won't think twice about grabbing the needle and thread and finishing off the required hand-stitching like buttons.

I stayed up really late last night finishing these for "Read Across America" day. It was really hard for me to cut into this Dr. Seuss fabric! I've been hoarding it for months!

Connor was full of attitude this morning.

Close up of his jeans. I am sure in another year or two he will refuse to wear anything like this, so I'm taking advantage while he still will!

Back of Alexa's dress. I think I need to shorten the straps. She was in bed when I finished it so I couldn't try it on her until this morning.

I love these outfits!! They are so! cute. Even if I had thought to do this for Dr. Suess week, my DS would never agree to wear it...BUT DD, I will probably be able to convince as she gets older....I will have to remember these.

 

[froggy33]

I am loving all of the Dr. Seuss outfits lately!!

I got an e-mail today from fabric.com saying that all Dr. Seuss fabric is 15% off today, and then it also contained a coupon code for another 15% off, so guess who just ordered a whole bunch of Seuss fabrics for no particluar reason???

Enabler!!!....

 

[VBAndrea]

Hi Everyone,

( yes! I remembered the Banana rule-post 1 he is my fav)

I love all the work that is being displayed here. I am currently saving for my first sewing machine. I am going to go with a Brother, something reasonably priced but new. I had a hankering a few weeks ago to learn how to sew. I remember seeing DISBoutiquers in a few signatures. So here I am looking for a few new friends.

I have a little girl she's 6 and she would love some of the dresses I have seen on here. That's her absolute favorite thing to wear....dresses, dresses, dresses. Oh and Bags she loves bags....but I know I have to start small first.

I can barley sew on a button....should I learn to hand sew before using a machine?

Welcome! I would not bother with hand sewing -- I would just dive into the machine which is quicker and easier (IMO). Have you looked on YCMT for patterns? Easy Fit pants are great to start with. Certainly not a dress, but pj's are a good first project b/c no one will see them if they don't turn out so hot. For dresses Portrait Peasant is a great starter dress -- or just look for an on line tutorial for a pillowcase dress.

I did manage to get a couple things made just before we left.
My oldest DD30 loves playing Scrabble. I found this fabric the other
day and just had to make her something with it. I decided to make the
Avilio Messenger bag. She loved it.

...I liked the pattern so much, I made one for myself too.

inside...

Awesome bags and love all the pockets! I added extra to my Aivilo tote -- I'm a pocket girl!

Off Topic-
It looks like I may be able to get a new vehicle. I think I want a minivan- something I know ZIP about.
My husband is looking at the hyundia elantra- and the dealership has multiple properties under one ownership, so we might get a better deal getting both at once.

The salesman said he felt the Kia Sonoma was the best minivan out there...
Do any of you have exeperience with this one?
I would like to try and find something used, with low mileage if possible.

THanks!
PS- I am almost done with my Cat In the Hat dress- I just need to sew 3 buttons on the front- I dislike sewing buttons- even decorative ones....so I keep putting it off!

Just an FYI, we bought our cars about 18 months apart but used the same dealership and just let them know we were repeat customers. They priced matched a few perks for us. I am a Honda fan and never looked at their vans, though my neighbors in RI had an Odyssey that they loved.

so i see loads of you loving your sergers. so i dig out my moms ( which was her moms) that she doesnt use. it is a simplicity serger from 1987. it took about 45 mintues to thread it last night, and then, the very last hole of the very last spool on the very last needle, i simply could not get the thread in the hole, with or without the tweezers that came with the machine. then i figured, i am not the type to spend 45 mintues threading something when i need it. so are newer sergers much better and do you all have infinite patience? tia

I have the Singer from WallyWorld and it took me 30 minutes to rethread the dang thing the other night. I kept making one little mistakes and apparently mistakes are not allowed! Normally it's not that bad, but when it's problematic it's a headache

I stayed up really late last night finishing these for "Read Across America" day. It was really hard for me to cut into this Dr. Seuss fabric! I've been hoarding it for months!

Connor was full of attitude this morning.

Close up of his jeans. I am sure in another year or two he will refuse to wear anything like this, so I'm taking advantage while he still will!

Back of Alexa's dress. I think I need to shorten the straps. She was in bed when I finished it so I couldn't try it on her until this morning.

LOVE both outfits! It was worth hoarding the fabric

I am loving all of the Dr. Seuss outfits lately!!

I got an e-mail today from fabric.com saying that all Dr. Seuss fabric is 15% off today, and then it also contained a coupon code for another 15% off, so guess who just ordered a whole bunch of Seuss fabrics for no particluar reason???

I didn't get that e-mail!!!! I get loads of e-mails from fabric.com but they left me out. I want to make something for dd for next year as yesterday she informed she wanted something. She got sent to school today with a Vida with a green cat. It's a Cat after all.

 

[ellenbenny]

I didn't get that e-mail!!!! I get loads of e-mails from fabric.com but they left me out. I want to make something for dd for next year as yesterday she informed she wanted something. She got sent to school today with a Vida with a green cat. It's a Cat after all.

Well just check out fabric.com and you should see the sale prices. Hope it is not illegal to post here, but Code DOD211 is what they sent me, so give it a try for the extra 15%.

And yes I guess I am an enabler today!

 

[clairemolly]

Hi Everyone,

( yes! I remembered the Banana rule-post 1 he is my fav)

I love all the work that is being displayed here. I am currently saving for my first sewing machine. I am going to go with a Brother, something reasonably priced but new. I had a hankering a few weeks ago to learn how to sew. I remember seeing DISBoutiquers in a few signatures. So here I am looking for a few new friends.

I have a little girl she's 6 and she would love some of the dresses I have seen on here. That's her absolute favorite thing to wear....dresses, dresses, dresses. Oh and Bags she loves bags....but I know I have to start small first.

I can barley sew on a button....should I learn to hand sew before using a machine?

Welcome! I have a Brother machine also...the Project Runway one, but lots of people on here have the 6000i (?). My oldest daughter would live in only dresses if I let her, and I too am horrible at buttons. I make a lot of dresses, but most don't have buttons. I got all of my patterns from youcanmakethis and love them all...I think I only have 2 patterns with buttons...one that I haven't made yet and one that I used snaps instead. ANd for the record, I can't sew anything by hand...that's why I have a machine!

 

[Dustykins]

so i see loads of you loving your sergers. so i dig out my moms ( which was her moms) that she doesnt use. it is a simplicity serger from 1987. it took about 45 mintues to thread it last night, and then, the very last hole of the very last spool on the very last needle, i simply could not get the thread in the hole, with or without the tweezers that came with the machine. then i figured, i am not the type to spend 45 mintues threading something when i need it. so are newer sergers much better and do you all have infinite patience? tia

My Brother 1034D takes me about 5 minutes to thread, tops. It would be even faster if I could manage the "tie to the old thread and pull through" trick, but I can never seem to get that to work, so I just start from scratch every time.

 

[cogero]

Hi Everyone,

( yes! I remembered the Banana rule-post 1 he is my fav)

I love all the work that is being displayed here. I am currently saving for my first sewing machine. I am going to go with a Brother, something reasonably priced but new. I had a hankering a few weeks ago to learn how to sew. I remember seeing DISBoutiquers in a few signatures. So here I am looking for a few new friends.

I have a little girl she's 6 and she would love some of the dresses I have seen on here. That's her absolute favorite thing to wear....dresses, dresses, dresses. Oh and Bags she loves bags....but I know I have to start small first.

I can barley sew on a button....should I learn to hand sew before using a machine?

I have been teaching myself to sew since October/November 2010 and I am loving it. Easy Fits are an awesome first pattern. My daughter is a bit older at 9 but she loves skirts and she loves picking out the fabrics.

...I liked the pattern so much, I made one for myself too.

inside...

Those bags are just fabulous

so i see loads of you loving your sergers. so i dig out my moms ( which was her moms) that she doesnt use. it is a simplicity serger from 1987. it took about 45 mintues to thread it last night, and then, the very last hole of the very last spool on the very last needle, i simply could not get the thread in the hole, with or without the tweezers that came with the machine. then i figured, i am not the type to spend 45 mintues threading something when i need it. so are newer sergers much better and do you all have infinite patience? tia

Ha ha ha I have the 1034 sitting on my table and have yet to use it since it is intimidating me. I also need to finish watching the video. May see if there is something more lively on You Tube.

I stayed up really late last night finishing these for "Read Across America" day. It was really hard for me to cut into this Dr. Seuss fabric! I've been hoarding it for months!

Connor was full of attitude this morning.

Close up of his jeans. I am sure in another year or two he will refuse to wear anything like this, so I'm taking advantage while he still will!

Back of Alexa's dress. I think I need to shorten the straps. She was in bed when I finished it so I couldn't try it on her until this morning.

The Dr Seuss outfits are fabulous.


Okay today was Crazy hat Day at my son's school so I sent him in with an extra pair of mickey ears from a Doorway to Dreams Event we went too. He wasn't going to wear it anyway.

Oh and the teachers loved the piggy shirt.

 

[Adi12982]

Hi Everyone,

( yes! I remembered the Banana rule-post 1 he is my fav)

I love all the work that is being displayed here. I am currently saving for my first sewing machine. I am going to go with a Brother, something reasonably priced but new. I had a hankering a few weeks ago to learn how to sew. I remember seeing DISBoutiquers in a few signatures. So here I am looking for a few new friends.

I have a little girl she's 6 and she would love some of the dresses I have seen on here. That's her absolute favorite thing to wear....dresses, dresses, dresses. Oh and Bags she loves bags....but I know I have to start small first.

I can barley sew on a button....should I learn to hand sew before using a machine?

Hello there - I joined this thread 3 years ago and didn't know how to sew. I self taught with the help of these lovely ladies and CarlaC patterns from youcanmakethis.com. WELCOME!

 

[tinkerbell3747]

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome.

I have been saving all the book marks and accumultaling all the wonderful info on this thread. I am going to start getting patterns for a few small projects. I will look into PJ's and simple dress patterns for later. I am planning on buying the Brother CS-6000i, based on reviews and the price is right. I should have it in about 3 weeks!

I am going to a few fabric stores on Saturday (well we only have 3 on the island anyway ) to see what is really available locally. I never really gave it much thought until recently.

Granna4679 - I love those Bags!
WyomingMomof6 - Love both of your Dr. Suess outfits ..surely my Kaya would love that dress.
SallyfromDE - I love that Jasmin costume & the BAG is sooo Original I <3 sewing and I haven't even started

 

[billwendy]

Hi Everyone,

( yes! I remembered the Banana rule-post 1 he is my fav)

I love all the work that is being displayed here. I am currently saving for my first sewing machine. I am going to go with a Brother, something reasonably priced but new. I had a hankering a few weeks ago to learn how to sew. I remember seeing DISBoutiquers in a few signatures. So here I am looking for a few new friends.

I have a little girl she's 6 and she would love some of the dresses I have seen on here. That's her absolute favorite thing to wear....dresses, dresses, dresses. Oh and Bags she loves bags....but I know I have to start small first.

I can barley sew on a button....should I learn to hand sew before using a machine?

So Glad he was sent home and is healing fast. I was there in 89. I had my surgery Jan 9, 1989 at Christiana and was sent to AI 10 days later. was Discharged the beginning of April. I went back for out patient PT for a while and I would go back and volunteer in my old wing. I made so many friends while there.

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome.

I have been saving all the book marks and accumultaling all the wonderful info on this thread. I am going to start getting patterns for a few small projects. I will look into PJ's and simple dress patterns for later. I am planning on buying the Brother CS-6000i, based on reviews and the price is right. I should have it in about 3 weeks!

I am going to a few fabric stores on Saturday (well we only have 3 on the island anyway ) to see what is really available locally. I never really gave it much thought until recently.

Granna4679 - I love those Bags!
WyomingMomof6 - Love both of your Dr. Suess outfits ..surely my Kaya would love that dress.
SallyfromDE - I love that Jasmin costume & the BAG is sooo Original I <3 sewing and I haven't even started

Welcome!! you will have fun here!! Seriously, I wouldnt buy just any patterns, even though its tempting to go for the 99cent sale at the hobby store. The patterns that people mentioned from youcanmakethis.com by Carla C are really easy to follow and although they cost more, they come with sizes to last ya!!! you just print out the pattern on your printer, so no fussing with that crazy tissue paper stuff from the store bough patterns. I also feel that Carla's patterns have taught me how to sew better and learn!
Have FUN!!

 

[poohnpigletCA]

My love (oh Okay obsession) with ric rak can only be matched by my new love Michael Miller ironwork.

Look what Auntie Darla did:

When we went to Aunties house for Olivia to try on the dress Sierra asks Darla if her dress is also a vida.

Darla and I quickly had had this non-verbal conversation.
Darla looks at me as if to say "oh no you did not ask me to sew her anything."
I looked at Darla with an expression on my face of "what the heck she is 9 I did not think she would want a Dr.Seuss outfit."

Darla eyed the fabric scraps and I could hear her whispering "22 plus 12 with elastic."

Without missing a beat she looked at Sierra and said "No honey yours is a skirt."

Here is the last minute I did not realize I was making it skirt:

Happy Dr.Seuss Birthday to you!

 

[tricia]

My love (oh Okay obsession) with ric rak can only be matched by my new love Michael Miller ironwork.

Look what Auntie Darla did:

When we went to Aunties house for Olivia to try on the dress Sierra asks Darla if her dress is also a vida.

Darla and I quickly had had this non-verbal conversation.
Darla looks at me as if to say "oh no you did not ask me to sew her anything."
I looked at Darla with an expression on my face of "what the heck she is 9 I did not think she would want a Dr.Seuss outfit."

Darla eyed the fabric scraps and I could hear her whispering "22 plus 12 with elastic."

Without missing a beat she looked at Sierra and said "No honey yours is a skirt."

Here is the last minute I did not realize I was making it skirt:

Happy Dr.Seuss Birthday to you!

LOL, gotta love Auntie Darla. They are both cute.

And I love all the other Dr. Seuss stuff, and the Messenger bags posted the last couple of days too.

 

[lynnanddbyz]

Has anyone ever tried to embroider on hats or caps? I found a hoop for my machine, but I am not sure how well it will work...anyone?

Nini

I used to do hats with a hat hoop on my home machine a few years ago. It is VERY hard on the machine motor. Since hats are so thick. I always had issues with the timing on my machine and would have to have it fixed. I thought it was because it was a small 4X4 machine. Come to find out it was the hats straining my machine and causing the timing issues and straining the motor. It was not long after that I upgraded to a big boy machine and doing hats is SOOOOOOOOO much easier. Please be careful doing hats on a home machine and only do them everyonce in a while. Hope that helps.

 

[tinkerbell3747]

Welcome!! you will have fun here!! Seriously, I wouldnt buy just any patterns, even though its tempting to go for the 99cent sale at the hobby store. The patterns that people mentioned from youcanmakethis.com by Carla C are really easy to follow and although they cost more, they come with sizes to last ya!!! you just print out the pattern on your printer, so no fussing with that crazy tissue paper stuff from the store bough patterns. I also feel that Carla's patterns have taught me how to sew better and learn!
Have FUN!!

Carla's patterns are exactly what I am going for....I will only be looking at fabrics locally. I want to see if I can do a small bag or eye pillow first then try my hand at some PJ's

 

[tinkerbell3747]

My love (oh Okay obsession) with ric rak can only be matched by my new love Michael Miller ironwork.

Look what Auntie Darla did:

When we went to Aunties house for Olivia to try on the dress Sierra asks Darla if her dress is also a vida.

Darla and I quickly had had this non-verbal conversation.
Darla looks at me as if to say "oh no you did not ask me to sew her anything."
I looked at Darla with an expression on my face of "what the heck she is 9 I did not think she would want a Dr.Seuss outfit."

Darla eyed the fabric scraps and I could hear her whispering "22 plus 12 with elastic."

Without missing a beat she looked at Sierra and said "No honey yours is a skirt."

Here is the last minute I did not realize I was making it skirt:

Happy Dr.Seuss Birthday to you!

So cute!

Loved the quick thinking here too!

 

[Ericandjenng]

My love (oh Okay obsession) with ric rak can only be matched by my new love Michael Miller ironwork.

Look what Auntie Darla did:

When we went to Aunties house for Olivia to try on the dress Sierra asks Darla if her dress is also a vida.

Darla and I quickly had had this non-verbal conversation.
Darla looks at me as if to say "oh no you did not ask me to sew her anything."
I looked at Darla with an expression on my face of "what the heck she is 9 I did not think she would want a Dr.Seuss outfit."

Darla eyed the fabric scraps and I could hear her whispering "22 plus 12 with elastic."

Without missing a beat she looked at Sierra and said "No honey yours is a skirt."

Here is the last minute I did not realize I was making it skirt:

Happy Dr.Seuss Birthday to you!

These are so cute! And I love how inventive Auntie Darla was!!!! Every kid needs an Auntie Darla!