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

[MinnieVanMom]

Today I am working on another bowling shirt made with a commercial pattern. I am taking more pictures so you can see how I make them.

I also have a test applique for a new digitizer. It went all wrong on Friday when the stabilizer doubled back. Now the thread breaks every 10 stitches. I am just going to start all over again. Of course I picked the 6X10 size because my machine does 12X7. But it is worth it to encourage new digitizers.

Oh and 5 days till we leave again, two more swim lessons 3 hrs RT, one full waiver budget to allocate and sewing. Anyone want a mountain vaca and help me out?

 

[DMGeurts]

YEAH! I am so happy for you! Don't forget pictures of new machines are a must.

Totally! I am going to get the "old toy room" cleaned out tomorrow and turn it into a sewing room. I actually have our old butcher block kitchen table out in the shed (we were saving it for spring to sell on Craigslist)... not anymore... it will make the perfect table for my sewing machine and serger. I am also hoping there will be enough room on the end for a cutting area.

I am just so excited!

D~

 

[DMGeurts]

Today I am working on another bowling shirt made with a commercial pattern. I am taking more pictures so you can see how I make them.

I also have a test applique for a new digitizer. It went all wrong on Friday when the stabilizer doubled back. Now the thread breaks every 10 stitches. I am just going to start all over again. Of course I picked the 6X10 size because my machine does 12X7. But it is worth it to encourage new digitizers.

Oh and 5 days till we leave again, two more swim lessons 3 hrs RT, one full waiver budget to allocate and sewing. Anyone want a mountain vaca and help me out?

So excited for you!

I wish I could take a mountain vacation... we are headed to the Netherlands at the end of May - and I am a bit nervous.

D~

 

[T-rox]

I am just too excited for words!!!!! Grinch fabric is back on the market!!!!! For years I have been stalking ebay for Grinch fabric without any luck. Check out these awesome prints!!!

I saw this and am on "the list" for when this gets released in may. excited too!



Beautiful! The butterflies really add to the outfit, but an hour each, you must have the patience of a saint!

that is sooo funny. i have no patience at all. it is a virtue i was not blessed with. lol

Alison:

LOVE IT! best one i've seen. love st pats and your little irish princess. she is rocking it.

perfect and unique.

miprender- adore those AK tusker house bfast outfits.

everyone else: really? 11 pages since friday!

question- have had my brother pe 770 since dec 25 '10. in the last 2 weeks, it has eaten 2 t shirts. it eats the shirts, a horrible birds nest at the "eaten site" and I even have to take that plate off to get the t shirt out and the birds nest out. this has happend while the t shirt was tightly hooped with stablizer. why is it doing this? am I possibly using the wrong needle for t shirts or something?

here is the other thing that is happening. when the machine is not eating the t shirts, it is doing loose stitches, only every once is a while, but enough to mess up the perfection of the design. i know this has to do with tension, so i have adjusted it both ways, top and bottom. is there another reason for loose stiching on top?
i really hope my questions make sense to you so i can get some help from you

 

[cogero]

I posted pics a couple of weeks ago of little mermaid and tinker bell simply sweets, for for 3yo niece and daughter, but my 6yo thinks that she is too big for all the ruffles. So her is my big girl outfit for her to wear to Disney on Ice

And a close up of the front

I was so excited about the back of the skirt, since the rose is enchanted I decided to use metallic thread to give it some xtra sparkle (WHAT WAS I THINKING) I finally gave up with the silver for the dome over the rose, when on the 6th attempt I accidently unhoped the skirt I hope that by leaving that off the rose doesn't lose something

And last a closer look at the rose cause with all the trouble I still think it looks great

Thanks for looking. And if anyone has any advice I'd love to know how to make my 6yo think like a 6yo and not a 13 yo

This is lovely. My dd is 9 will not wear ruffles but does love handmades so I am lucky like that

 

[ColoradoK]

Hey girls, I have a question...seeing as how I want to make those Buzz and Woody bowling shirts, I see you guys talking about "CarlaC" a lot from youcanmakethis, right? Do they ever offer discounts, etc? I usually don't use a pattern to sew because I only make really simple things but I'm thinking I should get a pattern and don't see any bowling shirt patterns for kids in the popular brands (Simplicity, McCalls, Butterick...) I have a bunch of patterns but I only buy them when they're 99 cents or $1.99 so $10 for a pattern is kind of to me.

 

[tricia]

I posted pics a couple of weeks ago of little mermaid and tinker bell simply sweets, for for 3yo niece and daughter, but my 6yo thinks that she is too big for all the ruffles. So her is my big girl outfit for her to wear to Disney on Ice

And a close up of the front

I was so excited about the back of the skirt, since the rose is enchanted I decided to use metallic thread to give it some xtra sparkle (WHAT WAS I THINKING) I finally gave up with the silver for the dome over the rose, when on the 6th attempt I accidently unhoped the skirt I hope that by leaving that off the rose doesn't lose something

And last a closer look at the rose cause with all the trouble I still think it looks great

Thanks for looking. And if anyone has any advice I'd love to know how to make my 6yo think like a 6yo and not a 13 yo

Looks great to me. I never would have known anything was missing.

And no advice about girls from me. I have 3 brothers and 2 sons, and like it that way

 

[NaeNae]

question- have had my brother pe 770 since dec 25 '10. in the last 2 weeks, it has eaten 2 t shirts. it eats the shirts, a horrible birds nest at the "eaten site" and I even have to take that plate off to get the t shirt out and the birds nest out. this has happend while the t shirt was tightly hooped with stablizer. why is it doing this? am I possibly using the wrong needle for t shirts or something?

You should use a ball point needle for t-shirts. The reason you are getting that birds nest and it's eating the shirt is the design is too dense at that point. It is trying to put too many stitches on top of each other. Been there done that! I finally bought a software program that takes care of the overly dense points in a design. Anytime I purchase a design, especially if I'm not familiar with the designer, I run it through the software to eliminate any unneccessary stitches.

 

[tricia]

Hey girls, I have a question...seeing as how I want to make those Buzz and Woody bowling shirts, I see you guys talking about "CarlaC" a lot from youcanmakethis, right? Do they ever offer discounts, etc? I usually don't use a pattern to sew because I only make really simple things but I'm thinking I should get a pattern and don't see any bowling shirt patterns for kids in the popular brands (Simplicity, McCalls, Butterick...) I have a bunch of patterns but I only buy them when they're 99 cents or $1.99 so $10 for a pattern is kind of to me.

Yes, $10 seems kinda steep until you have one of her patterns. For starters, you get many more sizes with a Carla C pattern, and also the step by step instructions are the best. You end up learning things that you can transfer over to other patterns, and just help you in sewing in general.

 

[billwendy]

I know, you all are probably sick of hearing me lament over which serger I should buy.

All this time, I've been stuck on getting a serger with a cover stitch, and lessons.

Well, last night, I discovered some very nice tutorials online... after watching these tutorials - I actually understood how to thread, what the parts of the serger were, and what all of the buttons and dials did. So much that I decided that I could probably learn how to use this serger with out lessons. The serger they were using was the Brother 1034d.
D~

Woo Hoo!! I just got the same one a few weeks ago - so far I love it!! Much easier to use than my singer was!!! Can you please point me to the tutorials? I'd love to really learn more. I typically use 3 threads to serge seams and do rolled hems - so thats 3 cones of thread at a time. have FUN with it!!!

Congrats on your serger. I am scared of mine. My serger is just sitting on my table I have yet to use it. I think my goal is to practice with it in the next 2 weeks

Chiara - its time!!! you are so talented Chi, you'd have no problem - get some scraps, thread it and play!!!!! you will be super excited to see nice finished egdes it can do!!!!

Today I am working on another bowling shirt made with a commercial pattern. I am taking more pictures so you can see how I make them.

I also have a test applique for a new digitizer. It went all wrong on Friday when the stabilizer doubled back. Now the thread breaks every 10 stitches. I am just going to start all over again. Of course I picked the 6X10 size because my machine does 12X7. But it is worth it to encourage new digitizers.

Oh and 5 days till we leave again, two more swim lessons 3 hrs RT, one full waiver budget to allocate and sewing. Anyone want a mountain vaca and help me out?

I WISH APRIL!!! you know Im dying to come out there sometime!!!!!!!! Have a great trip!!! lucky duck!! I have the Florida/Disney bug so BAD!!!!! We have a southwest credit......

Hey girls, I have a question...seeing as how I want to make those Buzz and Woody bowling shirts, I see you guys talking about "CarlaC" a lot from youcanmakethis, right? Do they ever offer discounts, etc? I usually don't use a pattern to sew because I only make really simple things but I'm thinking I should get a pattern and don't see any bowling shirt patterns for kids in the popular brands (Simplicity, McCalls, Butterick...) I have a bunch of patterns but I only buy them when they're 99 cents or $1.99 so $10 for a pattern is kind of to me.

They do sometimes have codes for discounts on that website. I have found everyone of Carla's patterns to be so worth it - its like getting a cheap sewing lesson!! She teaches you SO MUCH!!!!! and you get multiple sizes!!! Try 1, see if you like it!!!

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I get to take the behind the scenes tour at Disney which includes a visit to the coveted costuming department at the Studios.

You have all seen what I have made but what would be best for the tour and especially the costume department?

 

[mommy2mrb]

Guess what was in my mail today????

Pixie Dust!!

thank you so much Andrea for our adorable luggage tags!

Megan's is Minnie and mine is Tink!

tell you DD she did an awesome job on them too!

we will proudly wear them on our backpacks!!

thank you again for your sweet gift!

 

[hsembrick]

Hello ALL!!

Can anyone point me in the direction of an EASY drawstring backpack pattern? Hoping to make some for my girls for our next trip!!!!

 

[babynala]

I'm far behind after the weekend but wanted to catch up before I continued on with the post:

Thanks for the feedback on my Buzz & Woody bowling shirt ideas, everyone...I really appreciate it! I was going to make one Buzz and one Woody...and my daughter would wear some sort of Jessie option dress/skirt. My 4 year old likes the Woody with the cow print option the best as Woody really does have a cow print vest and really only his hat, boots and belt/gun holder are brown.

Oh yeah, guess I should have looked at our Woody doll. The shirt with the cow print is a perfect "fit" to Woody's outfit. I can't wait to see your gang all dressed up.

Here are the bur cloth cupcakes we made for our friend's baby shower last month. I had the girls sew them up. They started to do the clipping, but then got tired, so I did most of that! We all rolled them up into cupcakes. These were a lot of fun, and were the HIT of the shower!

All closed up in the boxes

I also made them a teeny tiny little dress, but I didn't get a picture of that either. I made the Dad's niece a dress to match it too, but you guessed it, I didn't take a picture of that either! I was running late that day!

But, hey, did I ever post this dress?

Simply Sweet dress with a Heathersue Minnie Head.

The cupcakes are so cute - great idea. I love the Minnie dress too.

A friend of mine just adopted a baby so I made her this little gift my version of a taggy blanket.

Side 1

It looks so soft. You might want to save some fabric because if the baby LOVES it you might have to make more!

We took the kids to the local daffodil festival today. Here she is (and her brother) in the dress I made. (Okay, so I went a little photo happy!)

Amazing, the dress looks perfect. I love this picture of your DD and the pictures with mom and dad are great.

2 Beauty's and a BEAST!!!

Everyone looks great. Sounds like you had a fun night. Sorry - no help with the headbands, they always do the same thing on me.

I haven't posted in quite a while and haven't been checking either...I can't believe you are all past 100 pages! I sure have missed all of you! I have a few dresses that I am looking forward to posting when they are finished-hopefully this weekend. Love everything that I have had a chance to look at, everything is beautiful!!!!! My DD did turn 6 last weekend and I made her a cute cupcake Vida, so it is funny that so many cupcake outfits where posted not too far back. She got a dog which she really wanted!!!! We had so much fun at her Bluealicious Birthday Party.

Erika

Glad to "see" you again. I LOVE your party theme idea. Everything looks really neat. I like how you added the blue as an accent to the cupcake dress. And a puppy too, that is the best birthday ever.

Let me share our St Patrick's Day outfits. I apparently deleted the nice posed shots that I took, so all I have is the action shots from the parade.

Alison:

Jason - I didn't get one of him standing that is any clearer than this shot:

My oldest, Hunter, is in Civil Air Patrol and they marched in the parade. The parade is a huge deal around here, and one of the traditions is for the girls watching to wear brightly colored lipstick and run out to kiss boys that are marching. Watchers also put beads on the marchers like a reverse Mardi Gras. When I dropped Hunter off, he was in his uniform looking clean and sharp. When I picked him up, this is what I got:

He said he got 22 kisses (and obviously a ridiculous amount of beads) and he can't wait to march again next year.

I've got one more give finished, one in progress, and one waiting in the wings. At some point I'll get to my kids' summer clothes!
I promise not to be so pic heavy in my next share!

The St. Patrick's day stuff is really cute. Hello Kitty is my favorite but I do love your son's shorts and shirt too. I think it is so funny that your son, Hunter, knew exactly how many kisses he got. Sounds like a fun parade.

Thanks for sharing your Big Give pictures - you made so many cute things. How very nice of you to make all of these things for the give families.

Does your fabric ever "speak" to you? Like, when you see it, it says "I am destined to be _______, please make me that way." LOL
Thanks everyone! D~

I haven't made this bag yet so I'm not sure but I'm really getting the itch after seeing all the pictures of them.
I'm not sure if the fabric is "speaking" to me but I sometimes have a "NEED" to go to the fabric store. Of course I can't leave with out spending way too much on fabric.

Just wanted to share my 2 little ones in their St Patricks Day attire.

Also, I made some outfits for a babyshower for twin girls. They are matching and reversible.

I love the bowling shirt and matching skirt. The matching outfits for the twins are really cute, the fabric is great.

Well, yes, fabric speaks to me, too. It says, "You know I'm just going to sit in a dark drawer, smashed in with other "gotta have" fabrics, but please buy me anyway. Who knows, it's possible some day you might be tempted to sew, and there I'll be. Wrinkled and waiting."

I know enough not to count my chickens before they are hatched...however, a big opportunity has just landed in my lap that MIGHT mean a profit of around 500 for me. IF it comes true...I think that serger at HSN might become mine.

Of course, I haven't gotten the contract yet, and it will mean a large amount of work to get it finished in time, but it is definitely doable!

I just need to rework my numbers to make sure my profit is what I think it is and no hidden expenses...wish me luck!

Nini

Good luck!

I finally have one day's worth done I finished our Animal Kingdom outfits for our breakfast at Tusker House

Shorts/Shirts for DS5 & DS3: (DS3 was the only one that would try it on)

Front:

DH & My shirts:

And I purchased these just because they were so darn cute:

Your DS looks so cute in his AK outfit. I really like the fabrics you chose and the color combinations. Those shoes are so darn cute.

On a rainy Saturday I was able to complete CarlaC's Sleeping Beauty. Somehow I miscut the sleeves but I think I was able to make it work. It's a little big but she'll only wear it for dinner at Akershus, maybe it will still fit for Halloween.

Sleeping Beauty herself:

She looks so cute it that dress. The picture in your signature of the whole gang is a nice shot.

 

[aboveH20]

I posted pics a couple of weeks ago of little mermaid and tinker bell simply sweets, for for 3yo niece and daughter, but my 6yo thinks that she is too big for all the ruffles. So her is my big girl outfit for her to wear to Disney on Ice

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Looks great.

I wish I could take a mountain vacation... we are headed to the Netherlands at the end of May - and I am a bit nervous.

D~

Enjoy. It's a beautiful, serene country. The only reason to be nervou$ is if you'll have to $ell your $erger when you get back. (Get the hint? Don't take up your suitcase room with clothes, have it packed with money.)

You should use a ball point needle for t-shirts. The reason you are getting that birds nest and it's eating the shirt is the design is too dense at that point. It is trying to put too many stitches on top of each other. Been there done that! I finally bought a software program that takes care of the overly dense points in a design. Anytime I purchase a design, especially if I'm not familiar with the designer, I run it through the software to eliminate any unneccessary stitches.

Thanks for the explanation. I'm slowly learning, too.

 

[ellenbenny]

Thanks for the explanation. I'm slowly learning, too.

Hey Cheryl, I just wanted to say that your outfits for Peanut and Monkey came out great and they really loved them!!

And they fit PERFECTLY!!!!!

Great job!

 

[Darragh]

[question- have had my brother pe 770 since dec 25 '10. in the last 2 weeks, it has eaten 2 t shirts. it eats the shirts, a horrible birds nest at the "eaten site" and I even have to take that plate off to get the t shirt out and the birds nest out. this has happend while the t shirt was tightly hooped with stablizer. why is it doing this? am I possibly using the wrong needle for t shirts or something?

here is the other thing that is happening. when the machine is not eating the t shirts, it is doing loose stitches, only every once is a while, but enough to mess up the perfection of the design. i know this has to do with tension, so i have adjusted it both ways, top and bottom. is there another reason for loose stiching on top?
i really hope my questions make sense to you so i can get some help from you[/QUOTE]

I have the same machine and it was doing the same thing. Called the machine repairman to see if there was anything he could tell me over the phone before I made an hour and a half drive to the repair shop. He said the upper tension should be set at 4, the lower tension should never be messed with and to make sure the bobbin is being wound to the left when it's in the bobbin case. Those steps mostly fixed the problem then I remembered here that I should always use a ball point needle when sewing knit shirts (like pp said). Doing all that solved my problem!

 

[DMGeurts]

Woo Hoo!! I just got the same one a few weeks ago - so far I love it!! Much easier to use than my singer was!!! Can you please point me to the tutorials? I'd love to really learn more. I typically use 3 threads to serge seams and do rolled hems - so thats 3 cones of thread at a time. have FUN with it!!!

I am still so excited! I've been reading reviews on this gal all day... other than a few misc bad reviews... there are thousands of spectacular reviews! I am so stoked!

Here's the few links that I have:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N76frq1lEbM&feature=related

http://stitchesandseams.blogspot.com/

This guy is very informative - the machine he is using is not ours (I don't think) but great info there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svBmI7bpw1s

Enjoy. It's a beautiful, serene country. The only reason to be nervou$ is if you'll have to $ell your $erger when you get back. (Get the hint? Don't take up your suitcase room with clothes, have it packed with money.)

LOL... I know... it's sad that we are going there - and I just want the plane to drop me at Disney.

D~

 

[aimeeg]

Hey girls, I have a question...seeing as how I want to make those Buzz and Woody bowling shirts, I see you guys talking about "CarlaC" a lot from youcanmakethis, right? Do they ever offer discounts, etc? I usually don't use a pattern to sew because I only make really simple things but I'm thinking I should get a pattern and don't see any bowling shirt patterns for kids in the popular brands (Simplicity, McCalls, Butterick...) I have a bunch of patterns but I only buy them when they're 99 cents or $1.99 so $10 for a pattern is kind of to me.

It really will be $10 well spent. Her patterns are extremely detailed and written well. You can learn so much from reading her patterns. It's like taking a sewing lesson. The photographs are fantastic. You can print the instructions or just read them on the screen. Also you can print just the size you need. I love not having to deal with that horrible brown tissue paper! I would be shocked if you regretted buying the pattern.

 

[babynala]

Just heard on FB that little Kade's family came back from EPCOT to find that their hot water heater in their villa had broken open!!! They had to switch to another villa!!!! I have seen some CUTE pictures of the family in their outfits!!!

Can't help with the rash guards but maybe you could post on their website - they have lots of reviews for each product.
Oh man, that stinks - hope they are all settled in their new villa.

Can I just say that I am in LOVE with the new Marissa dress pattern? Oh my goodness. So cute and so EASY! I HATE zippers and this one was so easy to install I couldn't believe it! My models are at the circus with their daddy, so just pics on the hanger this time!

Here are the fronts:

And here are the backs. I added the ties to the back because with the contrasting sash in the front, I thought that it needed some of that color to carry around to the back too.

We're taking the girlies to a local park on Monday for their 3 year and 6 year old pictures...it's supposed to be 70 degrees here in Nebraska!

So pretty for spring.

Wish I could contribute to the new Big Give. I'm just not able to right now. I'm having an MRI on Monday and will see the spine specialist on the 29th to talk about where to go from here. I'm doing everything I can to avoid surgery! Been there--done that on 4 levels of cervical spine---don't want a repeat on the lumbar!

I hope everything works out and you don't need to have surgery.

One more down! We're going to Akershus for lunch and it happens to be Flower and Garden as well, so I designed this to have a botanical look. It's a total frankenpattern and I love the way it turned out!

Thanks for looking! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Beautiful appliques and dress. The fabrics look really nice together. You did a great job on the designs too.

Hi Everyone!!

I heard from Val (Tweevil) today. She is home, but in a lot of discomfort and pain!!! Pray for relief for her so she can rest!!!

Thanks for the update, hope she is feeling better soon.

Today was my last day of snowboarding at JHMR It was a great season with a super teacher. Today was all about the black diamonds! And we all rocked it!!! I had only one serious injury and that was a hit to head. So I am calling this a great season.
Top of JHMR

What a great picture. Sounds like you had a great season, minus the head injury. Black Diamonds - very impressive!!

You've got me beat. I think I've had the bowling shirt pattern for about a year without making one. Within the past week I did FINALLY print the pattern for CarlaC's striped jumper. As you can see, I like to pace myself.

That sounds a little like me too

I have been making key chains for little gifts this week. Super easy to make and very inexpensive to make!

Here are some of the ones I have done:

These came out really cute. Did you embroider on ribbon or onto fabric?

I know, you all are probably sick of hearing me lament over which serger I should buy.

All this time, I've been stuck on getting a serger with a cover stitch, and lessons.

Well, last night, I discovered some very nice tutorials online... after watching these tutorials - I actually understood how to thread, what the parts of the serger were, and what all of the buttons and dials did. So much that I decided that I could probably learn how to use this serger with out lessons. The serger they were using was the Brother 1034d.

Another issue I've had, is that it looks so complicated to switch from overlock to coverstitch on the machines - so eventually, I wanted to get two machines - one for overlock, one for coverstitch. If I plan to do that anyway, why spend more money on a machine that does both... why not just get two machines? So, I slept on it. When I woke this morning, I still agreed with myself... so I ordered it. I purchased it on Amazon, but I paid the extra to have it shipped from Ken's... I've heard great things about his store on various sewing forums.

So, I know I am getting one of the cheapest machines out there - but if it lasts me a year or two, I'd really be thrilled. That will give me time to learn how to really use a serger and decide if I need a machine that does more.

So, anyways, I am excited! And I paid cash for it... with $$ I earned myself, selling my AG outfits. I am a happy girl.
D~

Congrats! You should be proud of all your hard work on the AG outfits and that you were able to reinvest in your business.

I posted pics a couple of weeks ago of little mermaid and tinker bell simply sweets, for for 3yo niece and daughter, but my 6yo thinks that she is too big for all the ruffles. So her is my big girl outfit for her to wear to Disney on Ice

Thanks for looking. And if anyone has any advice I'd love to know how to make my 6yo think like a 6yo and not a 13 yo

This is really pretty and I think the rose on the back with the cover looks nice. Can't help you with the 6 year old that thinks she is 13 - and 13 today seems so much more mature then when we were kids.

Hey girls, I have a question...seeing as how I want to make those Buzz and Woody bowling shirts, I see you guys talking about "CarlaC" a lot from youcanmakethis, right? Do they ever offer discounts, etc? I usually don't use a pattern to sew because I only make really simple things but I'm thinking I should get a pattern and don't see any bowling shirt patterns for kids in the popular brands (Simplicity, McCalls, Butterick...) I have a bunch of patterns but I only buy them when they're 99 cents or $1.99 so $10 for a pattern is kind of to me.

They are worth every penny! Lots of easy to follow directions for creating the pattern and making the items in lots of different sizes. Sign up for the newletter at YCMT.com as they sometimes send out discount codes for their site.

You should use a ball point needle for t-shirts. The reason you are getting that birds nest and it's eating the shirt is the design is too dense at that point. It is trying to put too many stitches on top of each other. Been there done that! I finally bought a software program that takes care of the overly dense points in a design. Anytime I purchase a design, especially if I'm not familiar with the designer, I run it through the software to eliminate any unneccessary stitches.

Which software did you get?

I get to take the behind the scenes tour at Disney which includes a visit to the coveted costuming department at the Studios.

You have all seen what I have made but what would be best for the tour and especially the costume department?

That tour sounds like lots of fun. As far as outfits for the tour, maybe one of your bowling shirts???