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

[kelly1218]

I am so far behind in this thread.

We've been making so many paper beads for our fundraiser...I haven't had time to even think about sewing.... I am determined to get our project Linus quilts done though.

That Minnie dress is beautiful!!!

I love the baby projects and the rainbow skirt is so cheery.

My daughter is drooling over the Dumbo dresses....she said even at 12...she wants one. I told her to add it to my to do list

 

[vester]

OK HUGE HUGE QUESTION - NEED HELP!

I made my daughter a beautiful Cinderella dress last year and she can still fit into this year, but she is dying to have the plumes of white on the sides on the hips, if you know what I mean, and maybe the plumes on the shoulders (sorry I dont know what they are called in sewing terms haha!)

Can ANYONE help me figure out how to make these!?!?!! PLEASE! I'm a pretty novice sewer and proud of myself for everything I've done but its ALL BEEN THANKS TO YOU - seriously you all hav eno idea how much inspriation you are to me!

I'll appreciate any advice

Vester

 

[NiniMorris]

Beautiful work everyone.

And a big welcome to SingleDad!

April - Thank you for the bowling shirt tutorial. Maybe Teresa can bookmark it?

I have a question for the quilters amongst us...
I have finished a quilt top for my DD1's twin bed. It is not perfect by any means but not bad for a first try.

I still need to piece the back. It will be zebra flannel with some strips of the pink, green and blue fabric to brighten it up some.
My question is about the quilting part. i am very scared to even try quilting. I am thinking about sending it to someone to have it quilted on a long-arm quilter (is that the right name?). How much would this cost (approximately)? Any ideas? I am thinking I want a stipple ??? effect.


Also, my embroidery machine (Borther pe700ii bought ~20 months ago) has just about died. The bobbin case was not staying in place, it still worked but I would have to rotate the bobbin case back in place at the beginning of every project. Not really a big deal but Dh decided he would take a look at it and see if he could fix it. Normally he is very handy but not this time. He broke something off completely under the needle plate. I took it in to be looked at and was quoted $500 to fix it. YIKES!!!
So now we are trying to decide whether to fix it or to get a new one. If I got a new one, I would probably try to upgrade from the brother. Who here has a Babylock or a Janome embroidery machine? Any thoughts?

So funny!

I have almost given up quilting since I discovered this thread! I haven't quilted for hire in almost 2 years! LOL


Each area is different, but around here, they charge per square inch. It can range from one penny per square inch (psi) up to 4 or 5 cents psi. It can vary based on the difficulty of the quilting and the skill of the quilter. Then you can add the cost for thread, batting, and backing. Depending on what other services you ask for.

There are several websites that detail how to prepare a quilt for the long armer, as well as show the ability of the quilter and what type of quilting they do best.

It is nothing for someone to pay upwards of $500 for a nice quilt. I would start first by asking at the local quilt shop who they use to quilt their samples. If they don't have someone they can recommend, there are several publications (and online) that list various quilters. And, there are some people that mail their quilts great distances to have their quilts finished.

Oh...unless you pay extra for the service, when you get your quilt back, you will still have to put the binding on. This is something that quilters sometimes forget to tell new quilters!



Nini

 

[billwendy]

These are so adorable! I love the buttons! It adds just enough!

Very cute! I really like the lace bottom!


I would love to help. I don't know much about the gives but think they are wonderful! and my sewing isn't perfect, but I am willing to help however I can if you need it...maybe I could do tie dyes?

Ann - are you a member on the BG board? Tie Dyes would be awesome!!! Mom is working on the form right now!!!

Chiara - any ideas of what you'd like to make?

Mom and I are finishing up a few things - Hannah is going to have a special meet and greet with Mickey and Minnie - so a very special M and M outfit would be PERFECT for this trip!!!! Keep your eyes open tonight everyone!!! Also, it will be Abby's birthday celebration on this trip and she is doing BBB.

 

[cogero]

I will definately do wish shirts for them

I will then look at the list and see if I can do something else. I really want to do something for the parents and the other kids because I know sometimes as a mom of a special needs kid the others get used to the word no and parents don't take time for themselves.

I am finishing January's give by Friday so i have time. Also I know Target has girls cherokee tees for 4.99 so I am going to head there to get some.


I have to go catch up with some orders so I will check back later.

 

[Fruto76]

Ann - are you a member on the BG board? Tie Dyes would be awesome!!! Mom is working on the form right now!!!

Chiara - any ideas of what you'd like to make?

No, I 'm not. Should I register over there? It's the board linked in your siggy, right?

 

[scouthawkk]

Ann - are you a member on the BG board? Tie Dyes would be awesome!!! Mom is working on the form right now!!!

Chiara - any ideas of what you'd like to make?

Mom and I are finishing up a few things - Hannah is going to have a special meet and greet with Mickey and Minnie - so a very special M and M outfit would be PERFECT for this trip!!!! Keep your eyes open tonight everyone!!! Also, it will be Abby's birthday celebration on this trip and she is doing BBB.

Wendy, I saw on their blog that Abby would really love matching dresses for her and Hannah (she mentioned MM, princesses and fairies). So I can do something Minnie for both of them instead of just Hannah. I'll try to get to the other board tonight to "formally" sign up there.
Jen

 

[miprender]

OMG I haven't been on for a few days and I can't believe all the beautiful creations. I feel like such a slacker after seeing how busy everyone has been. I really need to get going. 4 mths from today we should be in DISNEY

I finished a Dumbo dress today. I think it turned out pretty nice and the applique is super cute!

Just beautiful. I really love that applique

I have a really good excuse to why I have not been on the board in so long, We MOVED from Georgia to Alabama, my hubby took a position with Goodyear.
We are finally starting to get settled.

Madi chose to wear her M dress with Peti for the first day at her new school.

I really hope to be more involved with the board from now on.

Congrats on your beautiful house and your new sewing room. And your DD is a cutie.

Please!!!

JoAnn's doesn't love me enough to send me my own. I need to order tons of thread for my new serger, which btw is currenly in TN.

D~

I never received the email either but I did receive the 25% in the mail with one for a friend.

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Love it.

Love this Dumbo dress too!

Nice. I love the Tie.

Welcome and great job.

I hope you guys are chatty tonight! It is going to be a long night!

There was a shooting in Athens today. Two police officers were shot and one didn't make it. The gun man is still at large. While this is a good 20 miles from my house, it is the next county over. My husband is a police officer in our county. When you work out in the county, there isn't that much distance between the two counties.


Hubby just left for work and will be back at 7 am. So, I thought I'd do some sewing to keep my mind busy. I ate (or rather my machine ate) a shirt. Now I have to go tomorrow to buy a replacement shirt. This is the first time I have ever done that on a customer supplied shirt! RATS!

I tried to work on my Big Give stuff, and discovered I am a quarter yard too short on my Minnie Dots, so I am at a stand still on that one, and the two Simply Sweets got ruined because I mis measured on the appliques on the bodice...


So, sewing is out, and nothing on tv tonight. SO it looks like I will be online most of the night!

Hope you guys are chatty tonight!


Nini

How scary. Hopefully they have finally caught him.

I

Post away. We always love looking at pictures. Granny did a great job.

Love the dress but I really love the little Mickey heads.

I don't think I posted these from Kaleb's Big Give, I did pirate themed t's for the whole family plus skirt and shorts.

Ellen... beautiful as always.

Wow you have been busy. Everything came out great.

A Heat press is a fancy piece of equipment but you can do it with an iron and those were Jet Pro Super Stretch Transfers they were Light transfer paper. I found myself doing so many transfers that it was cheaper to spend $300 for the press. I did all the favors for my sisters bridal shower last year with it.

I will find the disign when I get home since I have them saved by disigner there LOL.

Great job on the rainbow skirt. I want to hear more about this heat press. Can you use any type of transfer paper and do you find the designs last longer? The few that I made for our trips they start wearing out after a few washes.

I would want to keep it too. Where do you find the time to do all these beautiful dress.

Love the colors in the quilt.

 

[Fruto76]

Ann - are you a member on the BG board? Tie Dyes would be awesome!!! Mom is working on the form right now!!!

Chiara - any ideas of what you'd like to make?

Mom and I are finishing up a few things - Hannah is going to have a special meet and greet with Mickey and Minnie - so a very special M and M outfit would be PERFECT for this trip!!!! Keep your eyes open tonight everyone!!! Also, it will be Abby's birthday celebration on this trip and she is doing BBB.

No, I 'm not. Should I register over there? It's the board linked in your siggy, right?

I went ahead and registered. Just waiting approval...same screen name

 

[billwendy]

No, I 'm not. Should I register over there? It's the board linked in your siggy, right?

Yes, please - we'd absolutely love to have you!!!!!!

what Im going to do is as soon as I post, is have people sign up for what they can do - lol - Im afraid someone will be signing up for something that someone else said they'd do....

Just to be on call....
Hannah could really use some big kid sized bibs...she has secretions from her trach that get goopy. She could also really use a floppy bucket hat - I've asked mom for a head measurement - but mom said its hard because her head is kinda big, and she doesnt like anthing tight at all!!! She will need gtube button hole on the left (we are getting to be pro's at this)!!!!

Do you guys want me to go ahead and post it even though we dont have all the measurements yet?

 

[billwendy]

I went ahead and registered. Just waiting approval...same screen name

Got ya!!!

 

[tmh0206]

for those of you who pray, if you wouldnt mind to say a little prayer for peace for my youngest son. He is 18 and at Panama City Beach for spring break. He called me on my way home from work and was crying hysterically, so bad i couldnt understand what he was trying to say, but finally got out of him that a man (about 30 and not someone he knew) was caught in an undertow and was yelling for help, so he swam out and tried to drag him back to shore, while another friend went to the lifeguards who thought it was a joke. so my son got the man out of the current but the guy let go of him (i think he passed out) and my son was too tired to drag him all the way in, so he swam into the shore, grabbed a strangers phone from him and called 911. The ambulance came and was doing CPR but my son thinks he was dead and that he let the man down. We have told him they wouldnt have shocked him if he didnt have a heart beat and that what he did probably saved the man's life, but he is so upset and stressed and I am stressed because he is 900 miles away and there is nothing I can do to fix it.

sorry for the long rant, but sometimes you just need to tell somebody.thx

 

[billwendy]

for those of you who pray, if you wouldnt mind to say a little prayer for peace for my youngest son. He is 18 and at Panama City Beach for spring break. He called me on my way home from work and was crying hysterically, so bad i couldnt understand what he was trying to say, but finally got out of him that a man (about 30 and not someone he knew) was caught in an undertow and was yelling for help, so he swam out and tried to drag him back to shore, while another friend went to the lifeguards who thought it was a joke. so my son got the man out of the current but the guy let go of him (i think he passed out) and my son was too tired to drag him all the way in, so he swam into the shore, grabbed a strangers phone from him and called 911. The ambulance came and was doing CPR but my son thinks he was dead and that he let the man down. We have told him they wouldnt have shocked him if he didnt have a heart beat and that what he did probably saved the man's life, but he is so upset and stressed and I am stressed because he is 900 miles away and there is nothing I can do to fix it.

sorry for the long rant, but sometimes you just need to tell somebody.thx

Oh my gosh!!! Im a believer in the power of prayer and will be praying for him - so scarey!!!!!!!

 

[cogero]

for those of you who pray, if you wouldnt mind to say a little prayer for peace for my youngest son. He is 18 and at Panama City Beach for spring break. He called me on my way home from work and was crying hysterically, so bad i couldnt understand what he was trying to say, but finally got out of him that a man (about 30 and not someone he knew) was caught in an undertow and was yelling for help, so he swam out and tried to drag him back to shore, while another friend went to the lifeguards who thought it was a joke. so my son got the man out of the current but the guy let go of him (i think he passed out) and my son was too tired to drag him all the way in, so he swam into the shore, grabbed a strangers phone from him and called 911. The ambulance came and was doing CPR but my son thinks he was dead and that he let the man down. We have told him they wouldnt have shocked him if he didnt have a heart beat and that what he did probably saved the man's life, but he is so upset and stressed and I am stressed because he is 900 miles away and there is nothing I can do to fix it.

sorry for the long rant, but sometimes you just need to tell somebody.thx

Sending a prayer right now.

 

[VBAndrea]

for those of you who pray, if you wouldnt mind to say a little prayer for peace for my youngest son. He is 18 and at Panama City Beach for spring break. He called me on my way home from work and was crying hysterically, so bad i couldnt understand what he was trying to say, but finally got out of him that a man (about 30 and not someone he knew) was caught in an undertow and was yelling for help, so he swam out and tried to drag him back to shore, while another friend went to the lifeguards who thought it was a joke. so my son got the man out of the current but the guy let go of him (i think he passed out) and my son was too tired to drag him all the way in, so he swam into the shore, grabbed a strangers phone from him and called 911. The ambulance came and was doing CPR but my son thinks he was dead and that he let the man down. We have told him they wouldnt have shocked him if he didnt have a heart beat and that what he did probably saved the man's life, but he is so upset and stressed and I am stressed because he is 900 miles away and there is nothing I can do to fix it.

sorry for the long rant, but sometimes you just need to tell somebody.thx

OMG! Bless your son's heart for being so heroic. I so feel for him though. I'm sure this will weigh heavily on him but keep reminding he did the right thing and did the best he possibly could. If it were my spouse or child who was in danger and anyone attempted to rescue him/them, albeit it unsuccessful, would still hold a very special place in my heart. your ds is a loving, caring, giving individual. He really deserves praise for his efforts. I will definitely keep him in my thoughts. I can't imagine how traumatic this must be for him.

 

[tmh0206]

thanks girls! I really appreciate it.

 

[billwendy]

I've gotten several PM's asking for me to post Hannah's Mini Give - soooooooooooo - Ready Set GO!!!! just remember, the measurements will be posted later!!! GO!!!!!

 

[PurpleEars]

Tonight I finished a little Cinderella top/dress.

This is beautiful!

thanks for the welcome, and I assume back stitching is going back over the same spot? I tried, but the machine made a funny noise, so I didn't do it over all the 'ends' maybe I can do it again? run through the machine again? or maybe I should 'dadafy' it by trying to hand stitch over it to reinforce the end parts? it is called that because I seriously have no real fine motor skills, so to hand stitch... well, lets say I stab myself more than the fabric and nothing is 'regular' to it. it works though. This is why i am dreading trying to put patches on her daisy tunic! (they are iron on, but after a while those fall off without being sewn, or so I've been told.)


I will need to read over all the past pages (lets see.. I guess a month long project) and try to learn what some of this stuff means. be nice to use that old machine more, and use up all this extra fabric.


whereas I never even walk in that section unless there is something specific I am thinking of making, and even then, I tend to get so lost and flustered I walk right back out. How much do I need, what type (silky kind, terry cloth kind, cotten looking) will I need... etc etc. I wish I had one of yall in there with me!

thanks to all who replied to me, and everything I've seen on here looks awesome!


p.s. I hope the police officer husband is fine. My thoughts have been with you tonight, even if I didn't post until now.

Backstitching is when you use the machine to stitch over the first 5 stitches or so (using the backstitch button or switch or lever). Sometimes my fabric gets pulled down into the hole and causes the machine to groan loudly. Is that what you experienced? If that is the case I just do a few stitches out before backstitching. I hope it makes sense to you. If not I can take a pic of whatever I am making next to demostrate. In terms of hand stitching - well I avoid that one at all costs (yes I even sew buttons using my machine). I would try stitching the original line using the machine first before hand stitching.

I am not the one to speak about fabric buying after walking out of the fabric store with over 30 metres of fabric one day.

I don't think I posted these from Kaleb's Big Give, I did pirate themed t's for the whole family plus skirt and shorts.

Good job like usual. Thank you so much for sharing your sewing talents with this family!

Here are my projects that I worked in the last 10 days or so.

Bowling shirts and matching tees for my nephews:

I also helped DD make some of these after seeing them on here. DD's teacher is expecting her first baby just after school ends. So my girl was so excited to have a project she could help make! Thanks for the great project ideas!

Then I made these for my sister, her husband and son. Her son is extremely autistic and they have done a couple of autism walks. I thought they'd like these.

It was funny that there were a couple of Dumbo dresses posted yesterday because I was working on completing this one last night:

Sorry that this post is so long. I have done a lot of sewing this week!

Wow you have been busy. Everything is great. I really like the bowling shirt sets.

Yep He just celebrated his 17th year on the job less than 3 years until retirement from that job. LOL.

Here is the rainbow star skirt I made for DD on Monday night. I think this is one of my favorites. It just makes me happy.

Great colours and patterns in the skirt. So bright and happy!

This is what I did today. I really really really want to keep it for my daughter. I need to convince myself that I can make another one! LOL

This is beautiful! I can see why it is difficult to part with it.

I have a question for the quilters amongst us...
I have finished a quilt top for my DD1's twin bed. It is not perfect by any means but not bad for a first try.

I still need to piece the back. It will be zebra flannel with some strips of the pink, green and blue fabric to brighten it up some.
My question is about the quilting part. i am very scared to even try quilting. I am thinking about sending it to someone to have it quilted on a long-arm quilter (is that the right name?). How much would this cost (approximately)? Any ideas? I am thinking I want a stipple ??? effect.

Also, my embroidery machine (Borther pe700ii bought ~20 months ago) has just about died. The bobbin case was not staying in place, it still worked but I would have to rotate the bobbin case back in place at the beginning of every project. Not really a big deal but Dh decided he would take a look at it and see if he could fix it. Normally he is very handy but not this time. He broke something off completely under the needle plate. I took it in to be looked at and was quoted $500 to fix it. YIKES!!!
So now we are trying to decide whether to fix it or to get a new one. If I got a new one, I would probably try to upgrade from the brother. Who here has a Babylock or a Janome embroidery machine? Any thoughts?

Beautiful quilt top. I can't wait to see the finished product! I don't have any suggestions for long arm quilting since I only limit myself to what I can quilt on my boring sewing machine. I am sorry to hear about your embroidery machine!

This is so nice. I absolutely LOVE the embroidery on the bottom. Nice job.

I like it! I think I'm going to aim for more dresses for me at the park this summer, so much more comfortable!

I forgot to share this pic along with my other St Pat's pics - this is my crazy friend Bill, who requested that I make him green sparkly shorts for the St Pat's festivities. You can't see the shimmer too well in this pic, but he was very shiny when the sun hit! This is also the first adult clothing I've made in a long time.

I love this - I love the embroidery you designed! Great job!
D~

I love this dress. It is fabulous

PURPLEEARS: I really like your dress and LOVE the Mickey head flowers. I may steal that idea if ever do another patchwork skirt for a BG if it would be OK with you (I would have to paint them -- I could never hand applique something like that). The dress looks beyond AWESOME!

What a pretty dress, I really like the embroidery you did at the bottom.

Great job, love the little Mickey designs.

I love wearing dresses in the park, but have always been too scared to make one for myself. I love this and especially love the embroidery...it's great!

Love the dress but I really love the little Mickey heads.

Thanks everyone on the positive comments on my dress. I think it is not so "over the top Mickey" that I can even wear it outside of Disney parks.
Andrea - please feel free to use this idea for future BG. I can't remember now - do you have an embroidery machine? I am happy to send the file to you if you do (though it needs some work still, there is a weird part in the stitching). I think the flower design was another one of those ideas that I came up with during my commute.

effervescent - it looks like your friend had a great time wearing the sparkly shorts!

I totally agree. I get such a good feeling knowing I helped make somebody's trip a little more special, and I will continue to participate. I am very thankful to those who help organize this. Without them, we couldn't do it. So, Thank you very much to all the BG administrators!

I couldn't agree more on thanking the BG admins!

I think I lost Wendy's quote in there somewhere - I know I can whip up A-line dresses/tops pretty quickly, perhaps I can do something for the girls using princess prints?

 

[mommy2mrb]

for those of you who pray, if you wouldnt mind to say a little prayer for peace for my youngest son. He is 18 and at Panama City Beach for spring break. He called me on my way home from work and was crying hysterically, so bad i couldnt understand what he was trying to say, but finally got out of him that a man (about 30 and not someone he knew) was caught in an undertow and was yelling for help, so he swam out and tried to drag him back to shore, while another friend went to the lifeguards who thought it was a joke. so my son got the man out of the current but the guy let go of him (i think he passed out) and my son was too tired to drag him all the way in, so he swam into the shore, grabbed a strangers phone from him and called 911. The ambulance came and was doing CPR but my son thinks he was dead and that he let the man down. We have told him they wouldnt have shocked him if he didnt have a heart beat and that what he did probably saved the man's life, but he is so upset and stressed and I am stressed because he is 900 miles away and there is nothing I can do to fix it.

sorry for the long rant, but sometimes you just need to tell somebody.thx

what a very heroic act your son did! will pray that the man is okay and that you son will have peace with his decision to help and he did the best he could, no matter what the outcome is with the man.

 

[billwendy]

Wow - you guys are QUICK!!!

Who said they could do autograph books last night? Tie dye shirts?

Could really use some disney bibs, bucket hat and taggie blanket for Hannah!!!!!!!! Woo Hoo!! this is so fun!!! I can hardly keep up!!!