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

[cogero]

April

that shirt rocks.

I dropped my dd at karate and then the boy and I walked over 2 miles. My sneakers are trashed. I fell good doing something physical.

Off to cook dinner, I need to take some pictures and post to the BG board and work on my dd's shamrock shirt.

 

[miprender]

Who is ready for too many pictures????

Here is how I applique tee shirts-

First I cut the right side seam.

Then I hoop the shirt. You can see how the excess fabric sits on top of the arm of the machine. As long as you are careful the shirt should not get caught under the hoop.

Stitch out the design.

Here you can see that I left a bit of space between the cut and the armpit. That is so you have room to veer off when serging.

This is a close up of the 5 thread safety stitch. It's fantastic with knits!

This is the new neat and clean seam.

Here is the final product. It's a Birthday present for my daughter who is turning seven on Wednesday. Pardon me while I

Thanks for the instructions. I might have to try this, but on an old Tshirt.

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.

What a cutie pie in her first minnie dress.

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!

The dresses came out.

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.

WOW they came out great.

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.

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I love how that turned out.And your dog is too funny.

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

Lori in East Podunk

That is an awesome jacket and I love the skirt too.

 

[GlassSlippers]

These are my first Vida, Easy Fits and Simply Sweet. I made them for my niece Kenzie a while ago. I'm a bit partial to the Vida.


http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1395186633&aid=2095771

Thanks for looking!

Lori in east Podunk

 

[PurpleEars]

Ok, this is just not my night- was just finishing a multiquote and Poof! Anyway, I think the sewing gnomes are active today- I had to buy the right side d-rings, the zipper broke, my screwdriver is gone, my iron died (just to name a few issues) and I was on part 13-14 when the embroidery design mentioned to topstich the straps for the fanny pack. I have a combo machine but I thought ok, I'll use my backup- 1 hour later, no foot pedal. Great. So I very carefully remove the hoop, turn off the machine, take off the embroidery attachment, quick sew the straps, turn it off reverse the process and pray that it works. Thank goodness it did, and I now have a fanny pack I did in the hoop- I will make more, but gosh, I hope it goes easier now! I'm going to have some chocolate and diet coke now and watch a disney parks video- who's with me?

Also, thanks everyone for your kind comments about the outfits- Caitie really had a lot of fun wearing the rodeo outfit, and the other has become her fave church dress

Sorry to hear about your problems. Hopefully today was a better day.

Who is ready for too many pictures????

Here is how I applique tee shirts

Thanks for the photo tutorial. I am sure many of us will find it helpful!

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.

Cute dress and cute model. I am sure the girls will enjoy the bags!

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!

I just want to say welcome! Your doll clothes came out great!

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.

They are amazing! Thank you so much for doing this for the Big Give. I am sure the family appreciates them very much!

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.

You did a great job with that shirt! Zion is too cute!

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

Good job on the skirt and the jacket!

 

[DMGeurts]

These are my first Vida, Easy Fits and Simply Sweet. I made them for my niece Kenzie a while ago. I'm a bit partial to the Vida.


http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=1395186633&aid=2095771

Thanks for looking!

Lori in east Podunk

I got to see the first ones you posted, but these didn't show up for me.... I loved your first ones!

D~

 

[DMGeurts]

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.

This turned out really awesome! And your dog is adorable.

D~

 

[cogero]

Okay I have a couple things to share.

Here are DS's Easy Fits and a T-shirt I made him for Pajama day at his school.

and him in his outfit before school

and this is DDs shirt for St. Patricks Day. It matches a skirt I did a while ago. I have to remember to get a picture of her in the whole outfit.

 

[basketkat]

Thanks for the warm welcome and encouragement!!! I'm looking forward to creating more!

 

[PrincessLeighsDaddy]

I know I don't post much here anymore, but I just had to share a few photos of the new SisBoom/CarlaC pattern. My ladies love this dress. So easy and quick to make too. And, there aren't a ton of pages to print out to make this either, another plus!

I tried to get a better shot of my dear wife outside, but the wind and the cold were too much for her.

Easter dresses are made for this year!

 

[jessica52877]

I know I don't post much here anymore, but I just had to share a few photos of the new SisBoom/CarlaC pattern. My ladies love this dress. So easy and quick to make too. And, there aren't a ton of pages to print out to make this either, another plus!

Easter dresses are made for this year!

I just love this pattern! Your wife looks so cute in it! I can see why the outside wasn't agreeing with her, cold and wind, burrr!

Leighanna looks so cute (and old) too!

 

[billwendy]

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.

April - where is that pretty face?? I am so jealous of your backdrop!!! Hi Zion!!!!!!!

We are going to a high school musical of Beauty and the Beast on Friday night, and being the dork that I am, I made the girls customs and will make Tim a shirt tomorrow night. Hannah gets the Belle gown, and Elizabeth gets the big girl outfit - it is a big girl outfit, right??

The red dots you see on the skirt are a few little red roses.....

 

[jas0202]

Has anyone ever posted pics for floating a shirt when appliqueing? A pictorial or just a step by step? I've gathered tidbits of information from some of you, but I am still not able to figure it out in my head...

 

[jas0202]

...what size/type of prewounds does the PE770 take? Getting together a marathon order to arrive around the same time as my new baby!

 

[GlassSlippers]

I got to see the first ones you posted, but these didn't show up for me.... I loved your first ones!

D~

Hm. I don't know why that would be. Are you on Facebook yourself? If so, perhaps we can "friend" each other. That ought to solve the problem.

Lori in East Podunk

 

[GlassSlippers]

I got to see the first ones you posted, but these didn't show up for me.... I loved your first ones!

D~

Oops! I forgot to say thanks!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[Forevryoung]

Anyone make matching PJ Pants for their trip???

I think the three of us (grandma, my cousin age 7, me) would get a HUGE kick out of wearing matching PJs (and some cute pictures).

I am considering doing minnie dot Easy Fits with white tanks/t's simply embellished with ribbons. But the minnie dot fabric from Joanns isn't the best quality for pj pants.

My only fabric store is Joanns unless I order online. Any not so thin disney prints that would be great for PJs?

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

Has anyone ever posted pics for floating a shirt when appliqueing? A pictorial or just a step by step? I've gathered tidbits of information from some of you, but I am still not able to figure it out in my head...

I knew I should have taken pics today when I did my shirts because I don't hoop tshirts like the PP does from this mornings post. awesome tutorial, btw. I think on SWAK.com there is a video tute on doing knits, and maybe YouTube. I know they're out there someplace because I read and watched many of them before I got brave enough to try it myself.

I can try to explain, if that helps at all...

To find the center of my tshirt front I fold it in half down the center front by matching the side seams, if there aren't any I'll use the underarm seam as a guide and then iron side seam guide lines. I press the center front to make a very straight line...if you do it right it usually follows the grain of the knit. My stabilizer is hopped and sprayed well with temporary adhesive...I've found the Sulky brand to work best for me, the others I've tried have gummed up the needle enough to shred the thread, once I switched to Sulky I no longer had that problem. My machine has a display that shows the direction the design will be stitched in, so i have to make the attachment side of the hoop in the correct direction when placing the shirt on the hoop. This matters so you don't have an upside-down or sideways design. Once you know what direction to have your hoop, use the ironed in crease as your vertical center...I just eyeball where I want the real center to be, but the top of the hoop is usually 2-3 inches from the neckband on adult sizes. My hoop has little bumps marking the center of all sides, i use these to line up the center crease, and then smooth out all the wrinkles. My hoop had adhesive on it too, so I make sure the shirt is stuck smoothly to that as well. very carefully pull the back of the shirt over the top of the hoop, trying not to dislodge the stuck part, and attach to your machine. I move all the excess shirt out of the way, sometimes having to hold it to keep it out of the way, and then use a basting stitch to keep it all in place. SWAK has these free to download. You are now ready to do your design. The number one rule for embroidery on tshirts is you have to babysit the machine from start to finish. Even if looks like it won't get caught, every time I look away for a second, it eats my shirt! This seems to be a common problem with everyone, and the smaller shirts are more likely to do this.

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

Anyone make matching PJ Pants for their trip???

I think the three of us (grandma, my cousin age 7, me) would get a HUGE kick out of wearing matching PJs (and some cute pictures).

I am considering doing minnie dot Easy Fits with white tanks/t's simply embellished with ribbons. But the minnie dot fabric from Joanns isn't the best quality for pj pants.

My only fabric store is Joanns unless I order online. Any not so thin disney prints that would be great for PJs?

I use character flannel, my favorite ones right now are Tinkerbell (who would have guessed that, lol). I'm cold blooded by nature, so even though i live in FL, I wear them year round, its my top that changes from tanks to thermals with the season. I do find the flannel shrinks a lot, even washing them first, so I make them just a bit longer than needed. I'm too lazy to wash the fabric 5 or 6 times before cutting on something that doesn't really matter.

 

[GlassSlippers]

I use character flannel, my favorite ones right now are Tinkerbell (who would have guessed that, lol). I'm cold blooded by nature, so even though i live in FL, I wear them year round, its my top that changes from tanks to thermals with the season. I do find the flannel shrinks a lot, even washing them first, so I make them just a bit longer than needed. I'm too lazy to wash the fabric 5 or 6 times before cutting on something that doesn't really matter.

I have rule: At Disney, everybody needs Disney PJ-s. They don't have to match and they don't have to be custom, but they *must* be Disney!

Lori in Eat Podunk

PS: I wouldn't wash the flannel more than once either!

 

[MomtoAlexnWilliam]

Has anyone ever posted pics for floating a shirt when appliqueing? A pictorial or just a step by step? I've gathered tidbits of information from some of you, but I am still not able to figure it out in my head...

I don't float nor do I use spray adhesive -- no matter what brand I use it gums up my machine!! I use my hoop guide to center the shirt, hoop the t-shirt cutaway stabilizer, then pin pin pin pin the shirt. I also agree with babysitting the machine for t-shirts. One look away and my shirts also get eaten by the machine. I also use hair clips to clip the fabric out of the way.