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

[rtruba]

Need Serger Advice, Please!!

My old serger died, and I get to buy a new one with income tax refund! But I still have a budget of about $250-$300. I had planned to get the Brother 1034d from Amazon ($220) but stopped by the Sewing store and they have a Janome 7034d Magnolia for $299. I know the Brother would be super easy to use, but would have no support if there is a problem, other than returning it. It does have a free arm, where the Janome does not. I would get a free "how to" class with the Janome, plus could take it in to be serviced if it needed it. Opinions????

I have the basic Singer Pro Finish - around $200 - and I haven't had any problems. It does have a free arm and I just youtubed videos for things I needed help with.

 

[Dustykins]

You girls are dangerous! I never thought much about an embroidery machine until I saw all the adorable things your girls make. I'm saving for Disney, I'm saving for Disney, I'm saving for Disney.....

 

[dianemom2]

I keep drooling over the Brother PE770 and the Singer Futura CE-250.... I have no idea which one I want.

And NOW....


The Singer is on sale for $549 with 4 payments and free shipping....

DH would strangle me......


So.... has anyone ever used both those machines??? Can anyone tell me the pros/cons of them? Before I just leap in and buy it.... if I'm getting strangled....I want it for the right machine

I haven't used either of those. I have a Babylock Ellageo 3, which I picked up used for a bargain price! I absolutely love my Ellageo. It works like a dream. I do wish it had a few of the newer features like cutting the jump threads and the self threading.

But one of my friends has the Singer and she is very happy with it. She doesn't use it very much though since she has no place to leave it set up all the time.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

I absolutely love the princess dress, and the v-day portrait is just precious!!

Would you mind sharing where you got the fabrics for the princess dress? I am planning to make coordinating dresses for 3 little girls for Lhea's big give, and those fabrics would be perfect for what I have in mind.

The small floral print I found at Hobby Lobby. If you don't have one near you, I'm happy to pick some up for you since Hobby Lobby is just across the street from my house.

Some of you have already seen these on the big give board or on facebook, so sorry for the repeat for those that have already seen these.

For another big give: this was an add on after I had read Korissa's pre-trip thread and saw that Mom was looking for a cute girly backpack for little sister Kylee that would suit her needs for her feeding pump and allow for the tube on her right side. I decided to try my hand at making something for her, and then I decided that she needed more than one to coordinate with the outfits she got/is getting for their trip.

I found this pattern online, and I am pretty happy with it. Not sure if the straps will be comfortable for all day wear for her, but they look really cute anyway!

Thanks for looking!

You did an amazing job on those!! I've always wanted to make a backpack, but I'm a bit intimidated

Oh my....that dress is adoroable! Where did you find those appliques? Were they already in the oval frames or did you overlap appliques?

Annabella is just absolutely the cutest thing ever! I love this picture! How sweet!

Thank you!! She's such a good baby and such a lover girl, still trying to figure out a way to keep her small forever. I purchased the Princess Appliques from someone on that site that rhymes with "Betsy" and the seller name is KiraLynB They all stitched out amazingly well, I'm very happy with the end result and only wish I coulda found a way to use more of her princess designs...it's only a size 1 dress though, DH already thinks it looks a bit crowded

SOOOO cute. LOVE both the dresses. And I second what someone said about the appliques, those are really nice!!

Thank you!!

Love the princess dress.

Thanks!

I third about the princess appliques!!! I LOVE them!!!! Haven't seen them anywhere, and I swear I have looked at every site!

Thank you! I listed where I bought them above

This is AMAZING - did you do those by hand? or did you digitize them? Or buy them? I WANT those applique's!

The Valentine's outfit is incredibly beautiful as well!

Thank you! The designs were purchased, I listed the seller above

that dress is just gorgeous. So very pretty

Thanks! It took a long time stitching out all those appliques, but I'm happy with the end result. I think I'll take the dress apart when she's done with it and use the skirt panel to make a quilt.

Beautiful princess dress and a cute Valentine's picture!

Thank you!

That dress is to die for! Fabulous!!! I have a feeling that when the dress is on the sash will not cover everything. My dd's least favorite princess is Cinderella since she doesn't like her hair in the bun, so hopefully your dd has the same attitude toward Cindy in case she does get covered up

It's funny, as I was deciding which to put on the front and which to put on the back I was thinking "Gosh, I hope I don't hurt any of the Princesses feelings!" Someone mentioned a petti could help keep the sash up higher, but I'm wondering if a petti would totally torture a one year old? I'm wishing I would have made the sash free standing, but I built it in to the dress, so it's either rip out the side to get it out, or live with it. I think I'll make the final choice when I finish the hem, because then I'll be able to try it on her.

 

[lynnanddbyz]

Some of you have already seen these on the big give board or on facebook, so sorry for the repeat for those that have already seen these.

For another big give: this was an add on after I had read Korissa's pre-trip thread and saw that Mom was looking for a cute girly backpack for little sister Kylee that would suit her needs for her feeding pump and allow for the tube on her right side. I decided to try my hand at making something for her, and then I decided that she needed more than one to coordinate with the outfits she got/is getting for their trip.

I found this pattern online, and I am pretty happy with it. Not sure if the straps will be comfortable for all day wear for her, but they look really cute anyway!

Thanks for looking!

These are absolutely gorgeous!!!!!! I want one for myself. Can you share where you found the pattern?

 

[lynnanddbyz]

I had a lot of fun making this skirt for DD. It went together really well and she really likes the styling. I may see if I can find a flower applique similar to the flowers on the skirt.

I love this skirt. The colors are awesome. I wish they had the pattern in my size. Great job.

 

[Marianne0310]

Hi Everyone,

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Take care,
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[kstgelais4]

I have a couple of sewing projects to share now that more Big Give packages have arrived at their destinations.

First, we have Minnie skirts and aprons. The aprons are intended for baking at home since they like baking! I put the initial on the Mickey head pockets so the girls can tell which one belongs to whom.

The second project was jewellery pouches plus one pillowcase (I didn't realize the Canadian spelling for "jewellery" is different until I started making them for Gives)

Inside of the pouches:

Thanks for looking!

Everything is so cute! I really like the aprons!

Sorry to double post for those of you that have already seen this on FB, but I'm pretty happy with how Annabella's princess dress came out and I want to show it off...

The front (btw, it's so hard deciding which princesses to put on the front and which should go on the back!)

The back, I'm thinking a sash wasn't a good idea since it takes away from the princesses on the back.

See, poor Cindy gets completely covered up!

I didn't do the hem yet, since our trip is a ways off yet...I'm thinking of doing a cuffed hem with more of the teal floral fabric.

And here's a screen shot of Annabella's portrait session at JCP in her Valentine's dress, I can't wait to get these back! She was so good, it was hard to not buy every single picture!

OK, so the dress and the appliques are fab, but your dd is really stinkin' adorable!

Hi Everyone!

My name is Jennifer but most of the time I go by Jenn although I actually answer to almost anything...just ask some of my co-workers--one calls me Julie and one used to call me Cheryl.. Someone (I won't mention any names, Wendy) encouraged me to come join your group. And now that I have more time to sew and create things, I can't wait to see what everyone is working on. I will post pictures soon of some more recent things but here is a pic of the quilted autograph hanging I did for my BFF who is also a fellow DISer.

This is an upclose of the stitching. I machine crazy-quilted mickey heads into the stitching.

Hope Everyone has a GREAT rest of the week!

I love this! I think I want to do this with our autographs for our next trip. Did you have the characters sign right on the fabric?

This is what I have worked on this week. I made reversible super hero/princess capes. I did 2 of the Superman/Batman capes and 2 of the princess/Super Girl capes. One set is for my little niece and nephew for their birthdays next month. The other set is for a cousins 2 little ones who are coming in from out of town to visit tomorrow. After I was all done with both sets, my younger daughter informed me that I did the Superman design wrong and that it shouldn't be black. It should be blue. Oh well!!!!

I hope they all like them. In addition to these capes, I also sewed a ton of badges on my older daughter's Girl Scout vest, a chore which I hate! And I did 2 couple of appliqued t-shirts.

SUPER (hehehe) cute! A few years back my sister had some capes made for my kids (she is not crafty at all!) and they still play with them very often! I'm sure the kids will love them!

 

[ellenbenny]

The small floral print I found at Hobby Lobby. If you don't have one near you, I'm happy to pick some up for you since Hobby Lobby is just across the street from my house.



You did an amazing job on those!! I've always wanted to make a backpack, but I'm a bit intimidated


It's funny, as I was deciding which to put on the front and which to put on the back I was thinking "Gosh, I hope I don't hurt any of the Princesses feelings!" Someone mentioned a petti could help keep the sash up higher, but I'm wondering if a petti would totally torture a one year old? I'm wishing I would have made the sash free standing, but I built it in to the dress, so it's either rip out the side to get it out, or live with it. I think I'll make the final choice when I finish the hem, because then I'll be able to try it on her.

Thanks for the compliments on the backpacks. As far as the fabric, I will go take a look at Joanns for some coordinating prints in those colors. Now that I think of it I believe there is a Hobby Lobby here across town that I have never been to, maybe now is the time to check it out!

As far as the princess dress, I made a dress for a big give with appliques all around and to be honest all the pictures are from the front and you never see the appliques in the back anyway. And I am thinking a 1 year old will be in a stroller a lot. So if it were me I would not rip out the sash. When she is up and walking the sash will move around some and people will be able to see the appliques in the back some, but the front will get all the attention I have found! It looks so cute with the big bow on the back.

 

[tricia]

Sorry to double post for those of you that have already seen this on FB, but I'm pretty happy with how Annabella's princess dress came out and I want to show it off...

The front (btw, it's so hard deciding which princesses to put on the front and which should go on the back!)

The back, I'm thinking a sash wasn't a good idea since it takes away from the princesses on the back.

the princess dress is great, and I wouldn't worry about the sash. The others are right, all the pics will be from the front, and she will be in stroller most of the time anyway I expect.

Love the Valentine's Pic and the dress.

Hi Everyone!

This is an upclose of the stitching. I machine crazy-quilted mickey heads into the stitching.

Hope Everyone has a GREAT rest of the week!

Welcome Jenn. Great quilt. Love the stitching.

Great capes. The kids will love them.

The second project was jewellery pouches plus one pillowcase (I didn't realize the Canadian spelling for "jewellery" is different until I started making them for Gives)

Inside of the pouches:

Thanks for looking!

Love all the Minnie dot. Great idea to put initials on the aprons.

 

[kstgelais4]

Hey ladies (and Tom)! I'm still trying to catch up on sharing all the stuff I have done in the past few months. And then I realized that I don't think I posted most of the stuff from our last trip, so I will get to that too

All of these were Christmas gifts:

Kimberbell dolly and dolly carrier:

PJ's made with none other than Carla's patterns:

and matching bity twins sets

that's it for now! I will get to more later...

 

[clairemolly]

I keep drooling over the Brother PE770 and the Singer Futura CE-250.... I have no idea which one I want.

And NOW....


The Singer is on sale for $549 with 4 payments and free shipping....

DH would strangle me......


So.... has anyone ever used both those machines??? Can anyone tell me the pros/cons of them? Before I just leap in and buy it.... if I'm getting strangled....I want it for the right machine

I would save up for the Brother. From what I understand the Singers aren't as nice and I was told the 5x7 hoop is not really 5x7, so some 5x7 designs you purchase would need to be resized in order to use them. Most of us on here have Brothers...a lot have the 770.

 

[tricia]

Finished a little boys shorts romper and T-shirt last night. It is for the grandson of a friend of my mom's. Mom and grandma of the little boy are both music teachers.

 

[ellenbenny]

I would save up for the Brother. From what I understand the Singers aren't as nice and I was told the 5x7 hoop is not really 5x7, so some 5x7 designs you purchase would need to be resized in order to use them. Most of us on here have Brothers...a lot have the 770.

I have to agree with this. I actually have the Singer CE-250. It was my first embroidery machine and I was very happy with it. I still have it as a backup machine, but rarely use it anymore. Others have had fits with it, but I was happy. But then I got hoop envy, the largest size you can do on this singer is actually 4.5 x 6.66", requiring resizing of just about every design you buy. That was really the only main drawback with mine, and then when I did move up, I went really large, to a 7 x 12!!! But anyway for a first machine the brother does a true 5 x 7 and I believe everyone that has the PE-770 on this thread has spoke highly of it, which cannot be said for the singer.

 

[micksmoma]

I am going to buy an embroidery machine. I think I want the Brother 780D. I know I want to do Disney embroidery and I know I want a 5x7 hoop. Is there any thing else I should be looking for in a machine. I don't need a sewing machine. What is an average price for this machine? Every site I look at just says contact the dealer. Sewing dealers in this area are few so I don't know what to compare it to. Any help would be appreciated. I am going tomorrow to look so if there is anything I need to know please tell me.

 

[jeniamt]

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments on the backpacks!!

I really love how they came out, but I have to now admit to you all that Kris (Kylee's Mom) contacted me today and said that one of the straps came off where it was sewn in! And that was in the area that I modified how it was made, so my fault really. I feel so badly, I offered to fix them and reinforce the stitching on all 3 of them just in case, so she is sending them back. SO anyway I am not without my mistakes and problems!!

As far as the pattern, it is from here: http://www.made-by-rae.com/2009/03/finally-here-toddler-backpack-pattern.html

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The backpacks are awesome!!! I thought I recognized that pattern, I've made the same one a couple of times. And I know its not a super easy pattern to make, so you go girl!!! Three in a row plus appliques...

I have to say and maybe its just me (or some flimsy fabric choices) but 2 of the the ones I made have torn at the top handle/hanger and needed to be repaired. Because my girls put some pretty weighty stuff in them and then hang them on a hook by that loop, I think it puts a lot of strain on that one seam. Next time I make them, I will reinforce that seam. Now that I think about it, one of them didn't tear at the seam but the fabric actually tore about a half inch from the seam. Strange, but like I said, they put a lot of heavy stuff in them.

 

[jeniamt]

I have to agree with this. I actually have the Singer CE-250. It was my first embroidery machine and I was very happy with it. I still have it as a backup machine, but rarely use it anymore. Others have had fits with it, but I was happy. But then I got hoop envy, the largest size you can do on this singer is actually 4.5 x 6.66", requiring resizing of just about every design you buy. That was really the only main drawback with mine, and then when I did move up, I went really large, to a 7 x 12!!! But anyway for a first machine the brother does a true 5 x 7 and I believe everyone that has the PE-770 on this thread has spoke highly of it, which cannot be said for the singer.

Just curious, what kind of machine do you have now? You do beautiful appliques. How big are the appliques on the backpacks? I know it might be deceiving since the backpacks are toddler size.

 

[ellenbenny]

Just curious, what kind of machine do you have now? You do beautiful appliques. How big are the appliques on the backpacks? I know it might be deceiving since the backpacks are toddler size.

Thank you for the compliment.

I have the brother Duetta (4500d). (I bought it used off ebay) It goes to 7x12, but most designs only come size up to 6x10. I did use the 6x10 designs on the back packs. Most 6x10 designs aren't 10 inches tall, because they are constrained by the 6" width in order to be proportional if that makes sense. So the designs on the backpacks ended up being about 6 x 8 I think.

For a t-shirt I just did this week on a 4XL size, I actually upsized Heather's 6 x10 Mickey bar to 7x12 since my machine has the ability to change size within a certain %. I figured on such a large shirt it might look better to have the larger applique. The applique looks huge now, even compared to the 6x10 one i did. I will share pictures eventually, I still have one more dessert shirt to finish for Kade's give.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Question for Lisa - how do you create scrapbooks for the big give so quickly? You sign up and then it seems like you are requesting the shipping address 10 minutes later. I'm impressed. I forgot if you said if you liked your new binding thing.

thanks, they do go pretty quicklyI think for all 5 autograph books it took me about 1 1/2 hours, I had all the supplies on hand for this one and used stickers instead of cutting stuff out on my cricut! and I only did the covers, no decorating the insides pages.
I do like my bind it all a lot, took me a bit of time to figure it out and how to put the pages on the wires the correct way!

Loving all the new outfits, quilts, capes, jewelry rolls, little cutie models!

 

[clairemolly]

I am going to buy an embroidery machine. I think I want the Brother 780D. I know I want to do Disney embroidery and I know I want a 5x7 hoop. Is there any thing else I should be looking for in a machine. I don't need a sewing machine. What is an average price for this machine? Every site I look at just says contact the dealer. Sewing dealers in this area are few so I don't know what to compare it to. Any help would be appreciated. I am going tomorrow to look so if there is anything I need to know please tell me.

I have this machine and honestly have only used the built-in Disney designs 3 times. I much prefer the look of applique. I got it because the local dealer gave it to me for close to the price of the 770 (which they did not carry) and offered free classes for as long as I have the machine. I think I paid $899 and also got a bunch of "extras". The MSRP was $1199? The 770 is $799 I believe.