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

[dianemom2]

I have found help for lots of things, including learning to applique on this site:

http://www.emblibrary.com/el/elprojects/holder.aspx?page=Kennyskornerall

I love the pictures showing how to cut open the shirts and then re sew them. That's exactly how I do it. If the shirts are really small (like infant sizes) I cut open both side seams.


I worked on the AG doll dress with DD last night. We finished it but I don't have pictures yet. She had to take it to school to show her friends today

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

I forgot to add this to my last post...for whoever asked about the fitted t-shirts, Joann's has them, theyre called Junior Fit, and not only do they run small, they seem to shrink terribly. I bought an XL for me, I usually wear the Hanes ladies large (not unisized) t's from Walmart, and by the time it shrunk it fit my DD who usually wears a small. I've had better luck with the Danskin shirts from Walmart recently, they're more fitted, have a v neck and don't seem to shrink as much. For those I can wear the XL, the L is just a little more snug than I'm comfortable putting my 40-something body in, but my DD says it doesn't look scary to her The pricing on those is in the $5 range, but they seem to sell out fast, especially the white ones. Theyre in the area with the workout clothes, not with the other tshirts.

 

[babynala]

Why does it seem I'm always palying catch up:

Thought I would share my little contribution to Kade's give:

Water bottles and holders.

Thanks for looking!

These came out great. What a good idea and as others have said, not "little". They will probably be one of the most used items on their trip and after their trip.

I finished a few more things today.

Love, love, love the snow white set and the pink and black dress is so cute.

So, my latest outfit (Sleeping Beauty) - I spent a whopping 6 hours on hand embroidering this adorable (hand drawn, mind you) set of fairies.

Oh, and here's the rest of the Sleeping Beauty outfit - don't you agree that the embroidery totally finishes off the outfit?

D~

This Aurora set is amazing. You did a wonderful job on the hand embroidery and you have some major patience to work on those faries for so long. I can see from your later posts that you have come to a decision on your serger so I won't comment on that. Your AG outfits are amazing and I hope that your fanbase continues to grow. With your beautiful creations, I'm sure you will have the money in no time for a new machine.

I will open the door by saying that women are wonderful!

Hi, my name is Garry. I noticed this board while trying to get some sewing ideas. Some amazing stuff on here that you ladies (I didn't see any men) have made. I'm not great, maybe not even good, but I enjoy sewing. I made these little bags for my daughter and a friends son for our next trip to WDW.

With all the sewing knowledge evident from the pieces displayed here, I was wondering what anyone might suggestions on fairly easy projects that a fat fingered guy could try to make? Mostly for my DD.

Hi & Welcome! These bags are really nice. As others have said, the scientific seamstress patterns are the way to go. Of course, everyone here is very helpful and will be happy to answer any questions you have along the way.

I've got a few pics to share of my customs in action on our trip!

The outfits look even better in action. I love this last set with the pretty fabric. Hope you guys had a great time on your trip.

My old laptop got infected - granted my SIL's boyfriend fixed it and is cleaning it so my girls can have it. I got a brand new laptop! Love it!!! DH got a new desk top too - now we will have 3 computers! Gotta love tax returns!

We had Juliet's bday party tonight - nothing big just close family - gave her the Jasmine outfit from the parks that she wanted. The bottoms fit great. I have to fix the fit of the top a little.

How exciting that you got a new laptop and the kids will surely enjoy not having to share with mom and dad. Hope Juliet had a great b-day.

I did do trapezoids: 6.5 at the top and 8.5 at the bottom, 10 inches long. The waist piece is 5.5 inches top to bottom, so the whole skirt is 15.5. She's just a hair over 5 feet tall so with a little pair of those Soffee shorts underneath she's all set! I used a total of 12 strips. I didn't have any black bias tape so I'll need to pick that up so I can do the hem, but I'm pretty darned pleased with it. I made the whole thing in one day, which is a bit of an accomplishment for me! I'll tackle mine next. Wish me luck!

Lori in East Podunk

PS: I'll try to coerce DD into taking and posting pictures before she goes on her Chamber Choir tour on Monday!

Thanks for the instructions!

I finished another spring/summer dress for DD8. This is the new round neck patter for big girls on YCMT. I haven't added the buttons yet to make sure of the length of the round neck. I also think on the next one I will make the dress fuller.

I will leave it up to her but am starting to think about possible embroidery/applique designs on the yellow. Any suggestions? I am leaning toward a simple monogram but she LOVES appliques....

This dress came out so nice. Maybe you could add an appliqued Monogram?

I'm ready for my own sewing room where I can have all my machines set up at once. Right now I share it with a computer desk. So my dream is to have a machine set for just ruffles, another for sewing, an embroidery machine, my serger and now a coverstitch machine. Plus room for the ironing board and all kinds of storage. That's my dream. DH garage, and that's lots more space than I'll need, so I figure we'd be even. My toys cost more than his.

I see what you are saying. Our houshold finances could support me buying a machine - but I guess I'd really like to see myself earn it. KWIM? It's more of an independant thing, where I want to prove to myself that I can do it.

I hope I get a loyal fanbase someday.
D~

Your logic on this one makes sense to me. Plus it will give you more time to research.

Ummm, yeah, I've cried over many a sewing project. You are not alone. I'm sending you a big hug via DisBoards. I just hate when a project goes to poo like that!

I'm doing a little of my own crying/pouting today...unrelated to sewing, but DH took down a bunch of my favorite pictures of our boys when they were babies today while I was up nursing the baby. We're prepping our house to put on the market and I knew they had to come down, but it just makes me sad. Sad I don't get to look at them every time I come down the stairs and sad I have to watch a house I truly love become less and less "ours". I just hate how you have to make a house look so impersonal so somebody else will want to buy it. I need an angel to come sit on my shoulder and whisper "craft studio" and "new bigger house" in my ear for about a week...or maybe a month.

I hope you house sells quickly and you can hang up your pictures in a "craft studio" soon!

 

[DMGeurts]

I was finally able to make a dress for Little Miss C. It was much easier to sew w/o a baby but oh so fun to sew for one. Here is her first Minnie dress:

And here are some bags I made for my dds competitive volleyball team - 10 total - what was I thinking.

This dress is adorable! And the bags are awesome!!! Those are my HS colors and I did play VB for two years... so, I really love them!

I worked on the AG doll dress with DD last night. We finished it but I don't have pictures yet. She had to take it to school to show her friends today

Yay!!! I can't wait to see! It's a pretty nice pattern isn't it? It doesn't take too long to sew, but it has some very basic ideas to learn - and it really does turn out nicely.

This Aurora set is amazing. You did a wonderful job on the hand embroidery and you have some major patience to work on those faries for so long. I can see from your later posts that you have come to a decision on your serger so I won't comment on that. Your AG outfits are amazing and I hope that your fanbase continues to grow. With your beautiful creations, I'm sure you will have the money in no time for a new machine.

Thank you so much!

D~

 

[chellewashere]

Try this ...

http://www.swakembroidery.com/swak-101-multi-appliquetutorial.htm

It will give you a step by step....

Nini

I am going to check out the SWAK link Nini posted but I looked on youtube when I first learned. I found a few helpful videos to get me headed in the right directions. I am not an expert by any means but I can take pictures the next time I applique something. Maybe I have a few tricks that might help out.

I think Heather's designs are the most user friendly. One of the first designs I did was her cupcake. It was a good one because it had a some color changes and fabric changes but it was not 35 steps.

Thank you both so much. I was just lost looking and trying to figure out HOW?? Now I have something to do today
I bought a very simple one from Heather it was the black tink one and well lets just say I need to learn how to put the shirt on the machine correct so the image doesnt come out sideways

 

[basketkat]

I thought I would come out of lurking and say how amazing I think this thread is!!! It is so fun to read everyday! Your talents amaze me!!

I hadn't sewn since 7th grade home ec...and even then my "skills" were not that great. Ha! But this thread gave me the itch so I bought a little brother machine and got busy last night.

They are no where near the amazing things you all create...but everyone has to start somewhere, right??

P.S. Pay no attention to poor Kirsten's hair...she was MY doll that I passed on to my daughter. She will be getting her hair fixed next week at the Chicago store...she is almost 20 years old so I'd say she's due for some primping!

 

[DMGeurts]

I thought I would come out of lurking and say how amazing I think this thread is!!! It is so fun to read everyday! Your talents amaze me!!

I hadn't sewn since 7th grade home ec...and even then my "skills" were not that great. Ha! But this thread gave me the itch so I bought a little brother machine and got busy last night.

They are no where near the amazing things you all create...but everyone has to start somewhere, right??

P.S. Pay no attention to poor Kirsten's hair...she was MY doll that I passed on to my daughter. She will be getting her hair fixed next week at the Chicago store...she is almost 20 years old so I'd say she's due for some primping!

You did a wonderful job!!! I did the same thing - I hadn't sewn a stitch since my 9th grade home-ec class... and these ladies inspired me last fall... here I am! Keep reading, you'll be amazed at what these ladies (Tom and Garry too) will teach you.

I also think it's awesome that ou still have your original Kirsten!!! There is nothing better than a well loved doll.

D~

 

[dianemom2]

I thought I would come out of lurking and say how amazing I think this thread is!!! It is so fun to read everyday! Your talents amaze me!!

I hadn't sewn since 7th grade home ec...and even then my "skills" were not that great. Ha! But this thread gave me the itch so I bought a little brother machine and got busy last night.

They are no where near the amazing things you all create...but everyone has to start somewhere, right??

P.S. Pay no attention to poor Kirsten's hair...she was MY doll that I passed on to my daughter. She will be getting her hair fixed next week at the Chicago store...she is almost 20 years old so I'd say she's due for some primping!

Beautiful job on your sewing some adorable doll items on your new machine! Enjoy using it!

 

[dianemom2]

Now that the family has received these, I can post pictures here. I already posted them on the Give board but I thought I'd share them here too.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Now that the family has received these, I can post pictures here. I already posted them on the Give board but I thought I'd share them here too.

Ok, that is just such cuteness! Thank you for doing the give, it means so much to the family.

 

[cogero]

I thought I would come out of lurking and say how amazing I think this thread is!!! It is so fun to read everyday! Your talents amaze me!!

I hadn't sewn since 7th grade home ec...and even then my "skills" were not that great. Ha! But this thread gave me the itch so I bought a little brother machine and got busy last night.

They are no where near the amazing things you all create...but everyone has to start somewhere, right??

P.S. Pay no attention to poor Kirsten's hair...she was MY doll that I passed on to my daughter. She will be getting her hair fixed next week at the Chicago store...she is almost 20 years old so I'd say she's due for some primping!

Your dresses are adorable great job. WELCOME

Now that the family has received these, I can post pictures here. I already posted them on the Give board but I thought I'd share them here too.

Just beautiful

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

TMTQ!!!! I have been away for so long....busy as always! I love everything that you guys have been doing! Just wanted to stop by and say so you don't forget me!

 

[SallyfromDE]

Aimee, how do you keep from having a thread tail at the bottom/beginning of the seam?

You use a large eye needle, thread the tail and run it back up into the stitches.

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It was an 80's thing here. I loved making them. Did you guys have friendship pins? Safety pins that you put colored beads on, then gave them to your friends?

I'm older then you guys. We made bracelets with gum wrappers. I see they have decorative paper that you do the same thing for American Girl crafts.

I love this! How did you get the images on the fabric (the outline) b/f coloring it? Something like this would be fun to do for a Big Give.

Kirsta and I colored this together. You iron a peice of freezer paper on your fabric to stablize it. I used the Disney coloring book and made a photo copy of it. You can pin or tape the design to the back of you fabric, hold it up to a window and trace your lines on the fabric. A light box would be easier if you had one. In some places, where we colored it a little too much, I went back with my marker and drew the line again. Just make sure you heat press it really well. I didn't on one of the panels, and it bled. But the crayon washed well. Go figure. Kirsta wore it anyway. I think she even wore it out.

P.S. Pay no attention to poor Kirsten's hair...she was MY doll that I passed on to my daughter. She will be getting her hair fixed next week at the Chicago store...she is almost 20 years old so I'd say she's due for some primping!

Kirsten looks good to me. Our dear sweet Betty sports dread locks now. And she's only 6. (plus she had to have a body transplant) Welcome to the group.

 

[GlassSlippers]

Hi Pholks!

Is there a way to take photos from my Facebook and post them here? I'm not terribly tech savvy, but I did figure out taking a picture with my call and sending it to FB, so I thought maybe...

Thanks!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[MomtoAlexnWilliam]

Hi Pholks!

Is there a way to take photos from my Facebook and post them here? I'm not terribly tech savvy, but I did figure out taking a picture with my call and sending it to FB, so I thought maybe...

Thanks!

Lori in East Podunk

That is what I do. Just click on your pic on FB. When you right click, click on copy image location, copy that info and then come back here to post. See the icon at the top of the reply to thread page that is a yellow box with a mountain and a sun in gray? Click on that and then paste the image location. That should work for you!

 

[VBAndrea]

You use a large eye needle, thread the tail and run it back up into the stitches.



I'm older then you guys. We made bracelets with gum wrappers. I see they have decorative paper that you do the same thing for American Girl crafts.



Kirsta and I colored this together. You iron a peice of freezer paper on your fabric to stablize it. I used the Disney coloring book and made a photo copy of it. You can pin or tape the design to the back of you fabric, hold it up to a window and trace your lines on the fabric. A light box would be easier if you had one. In some places, where we colored it a little too much, I went back with my marker and drew the line again. Just make sure you heat press it really well. I didn't on one of the panels, and it bled. But the crayon washed well. Go figure. Kirsta wore it anyway. I think she even wore it out.



Kirsten looks good to me. Our dear sweet Betty sports dread locks now. And she's only 6. (plus she had to have a body transplant) Welcome to the group.

OK, I lost all my quotes except Sally's

I also heard someone (was it maybe Nini or Anita???) said they used a small crochet hook to pull their serger threads back up. I just cut mine, but I only use my serger for finishing seams so the ends always get sewn in anyway.

And I can join you in the crowd that made bracelets with gum wrappers. I think I was in college by the time friendship bracelets around and I've never heard of the safety pins with beads!

Thanks for the coloring instructions. I've painted some things on fabric by printing them out and then going over the outline with a sharpie to darken it and then put it under the fabric. I've only done it on white fabric, but that's what would be best anyway for the coloring. I didn't know if you had some sort of special iron on outline or not. I really want to try that. I just have the fabric markers right now, but I may try the crayons in the future. It looks so cool on your skirt!



OK LOST QUOTE TIME:
Welcome BasketKat and I love your AG dresses. I am supposed to be making some for my dd but have yet to squeeze it into my schedule. I love the idea of the pillowcase dress for them as I have been told those go together quickly. Yours look great!

DIANE: Really pretty colors in the Aurora outfit and awesome Goofy shirt!

PRINCESSSFWS: I love the Minnie dress but OMG -- it looks way cuter on that model of yours than it does on the hanger And what were you thinking doing 10 bags?!!! I wanted to do bags last year for the kids teachers and assistants but that would have been 4 bags and that was 2 or 3 too many for me! This year the kids share a teacher and they are assistant-less so I think for teacher's day this year I should be able to pull off making one bag.

Can't remember if I lost anything else or not -- recall I'm old / think gum wrapper bracelets. And I don't think AG dolls existed when I was a child.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

I finally got to my alterations: I took a men's small shirt from Disney and turned it into a women's small fitted shirt. Yes Heather, my head is cut off again.

My dog Zion wanted to get her picture taken.

 

[GlassSlippers]

I hope this works. With the silly way they display photos now, I couldn't get the photos to post here, but this is the link to my mobile uploads:



http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2114319&id=1395186633&l=3ec36715b8


I'd welcome suggestions to make my work better!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[GlassSlippers]

I finally got to my alterations: I took a men's small shirt from Disney and turned it into a women's small fitted shirt. Yes Heather, my head is cut off again.

My dog Zion wanted to get her picture taken.

That's really cute! Bet you were cold! Your puppy's cute too.

Lori in East Podunk

 

[tricia]

I hope this works. With the silly way they display photos now, I couldn't get the photos to post here, but this is the link to my mobile uploads:



http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2114319&id=1395186633&l=3ec36715b8


I'd welcome suggestions to make my work better!

Lori in East Podunk

Oops, I just sent you a friend request on FB and forgot to put in a message.


Also, Great stuff everyone. I have been really busy lately so have been just scanning and not commenting. Love the pics of the new pattern by Carla. I just may have to try that one out for myself.