Disboutiquers Part 25 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[chellewashere]

Thank you everyone for all your kind comments



The Skirt Pattern is an Insa, from the 'Sewing Clothes kids love' book. I love the book, but as I'm no expert, I find it difficult at times to follow. Saying that I have just cut out the dress pieces to make a Feliz party Dress from the same book....I do however need to work out how to do the ruffles for the back, as these are not in the book.

Just wanted to put in something I found. Havent made the dress yet. Waiting till I can actually sew a straight line and make a rolled hem, but these are the two tuts I found online for making it

http://trilliumdesign.blogspot.com/2008/11/feliz-sew-along.html

http://www.studiotantrum.com/instructions/FELIZ_Sew-Along_ENGLISH_1_reduce.pdf

 

[Blyssfull]

Hey Everyone,

Silly hubby left the laptop cord at his Canadian office when he was on business last week so I'm stuck using his desktop (which I rarely can get on cuz he's working all the time).

Read through quickly. Just wanted everyone with prayer requests to know I'm thinking about you guys and sending a word up to the Big Guy upstairs. BIG HUGS to you and all of your families.

Hope everyone enjoys their day!

--Beth

 

[chellewashere]

Missed the move....Easter wasn't quite what I expected. My grandma fell and broke a vertebrae in her neck and through so complications unexpectedly passed away. I made it to the hospital in time but the whole day was spent there and traveling. I know she is with her beautiful Savior whom she loved dearly so that makes it easier.

Please pray for my state. We spent quite a bit of time in our safe closet tonight as a huge tornado passed within just a few miles of our house. The amount of HUGE hail we got was amazing. It was as though we had an ice machine in our yard! I am half afraid that our new roof is destroyed!!!

Other areas of our state were hit very hard with tornadoes touching down tonight! There are at least 3 fatalities confirmed and dozens of people in critical condition. Initial reports are saying an F5 hit one of our small towns and leveled most of it -- destroying 50-80 houses. They haven't been able to confirm it yet due to roads being blocked by major trees that were knocked down. The first responders are asking for able bodied volunteers with chainsaws to come help rescue trapped people. It is just awful! Just 10 miles away several schools were destroyed as well as houses. It was as though tornadoes were EVERYWHERE tonight.

This all comes on the heals of a horrible storm 2 weeks ago that killed 7 people in our state -- including our neighbor's sister and 7 year old nephew when a tree fell on their house. They found him cradled in his mom's arms -- they figure the storms scared him and mom climbed in bed with him to help him sleep. The 18 month old little girl was still asleep in her crib when our neighbor (her aunt) found her the next morning. And then we had storms again last week that caused more damage -- we lost a tree in the storms. It hit our neighbor's house but thankfully with minor damage -- fence and gutter.

And they are predicting more storms tomorrow night....

Saying prayers for both of you. Hope this freaky weather stops here soon.

OK - so I was able to snap a quick photo of the skirt on dd before school... what do you think?

There isn't any top stitiching on the front yet - since I am not sure if I am going to rip the skirt apart yet. It does look adorable on her - but it's just so much longer than we wanted.

My thought is that we could easily lose that whole bottom ruffle and it would still be pleanty long... maybe even take it in on the bottom sides a bit??? But I really want to do it without taking off the waistband - I'm afraid that I will totally ruin the skirt then.

Oh - and these photos were taken in my new sewing room - which is now primed.


D~

I like everyone elses response how to fix. I just wanted to add that I love ORANGE. That is my favorite color and the way you bought them all in is just awesome

You've all been so busy...I've only been away for the weekend, I come back and there is a new thread.....to page 11..wow

Love all the outfits, you are all so clever

Here are some I have made for our september trip...

DD6 in her Cinderella work dress ( to wear to the BBB)

In her Cinderella inspired Dress ( love CarlaC her instructions were fab)

Animal Kingdom Skirt and Top. I found the skirt quite tricky, I'm not that experienced and fine Carla's patterns much easier to follow

Close up of some of the detail

This is dress is for Chef de France, no model as I still have a bit of work to do on it, but love the material and like the way it has turned out.

Still have quite afew outfits and tshirts to do, but pleased I've made a start.

Love them all. The Cinderella blue outfit is what Im thinking of making for DD since we are going in the end of August didnt want her to have to wear a really frilly gown the whole day.
What kind of fabric is on the slipper, only get a little peek but it looks awesome.

It isn't hoarding when it is neatly organized on a shelf, right? That is called a collection I **may** have a problem collecting fabrics. I have 5 more *must* have's and then no more buying fabric unless I *need* it for a project.

My goal for today is to organize the office/craft room - I have a birthday and baby shower this Saturday I want/need to sew for and can't start til this room is cleaner. . . . hi ho, hi ho. . .

Mine are still in totes and Im going with no def. not hoarding its organized so definitely a collection

UPDATE ON DS
DS just called and they are through with the procedure. His cancer was right below his temple along the hair line. They had to cut all the way to the jaw line in order to get a flap to close the incision. He did find out it was less than 1mm deep, about a 1/2mm, so that is good news. Anything 1mm or deeper runs a higher risk of it going to lymph nodes. He can't shower, lift, bend over or lay flat for 48 hours. Good thing he likes to sleep in the recliner! The doctor did tell him that melanoma, breast cancer and pancreatic cancer are all connected. So I guess I'm to blame, since I'm a breast cancer survivor.

Thank you everyone for all of the prayers!

So great!!

another little recycled dress I finished up last night. I really like these, too bad I don't have any little girls in the family to give them too, and the boys really don't want to wear them

That came out too cute!! Love the whole recycled idea

 

[GatorMama]

Is there such a thing as toddler boys' crafts 'round these parts?

 

[RMAMom]

OK... I am glad we are in agreement...

So, my next question...

Do you think I can cut open the sides - almost up to the waist band... then flip the front panel inside-out - hem it up further - so it's even with the next ruffle up - trim the hem?

Then chop off the bottom ruffle with the underskirt - leave enough of the underskirt for hemming (which will be hidden under the next bottom ruffle)...

Then sew them back together at the side seams - but making the seam a little straighter so it doesn't flare out quite so much? Or should I follow the flare and see how it looks on dd - then I can always bring it in if it doesn't look right?

Do you think I can do all of this with out touching the waistband???

Thanks for all of your help everyone - I really, really appreciate it!

D~

I would try to follow the angle of the pattern but looking at the picture again I am wondering if you take off a ruffle or two at the bottom if you will find that it doesn't need to come in at the seams. It may seem overly flared to you because its so long. When it's shorter it may be just right. Just a thought.

You've all been so busy...I've only been away for the weekend, I come back and there is a new thread.....to page 11..wow

Love all the outfits, you are all so clever

Here are some I have made for our september trip...

DD6 in her Cinderella work dress ( to wear to the BBB)

In her Cinderella inspired Dress ( love CarlaC her instructions were fab)

Animal Kingdom Skirt and Top. I found the skirt quite tricky, I'm not that experienced and fine Carla's patterns much easier to follow

Close up of some of the detail

This is dress is for Chef de France, no model as I still have a bit of work to do on it, but love the material and like the way it has turned out.

Still have quite afew outfits and tshirts to do, but pleased I've made a start.

Wow, you have been busy! Everything looks great.

another little recycled dress I finished up last night. I really like these, too bad I don't have any little girls in the family to give them too, and the boys really don't want to wear them

I love these and would really love a tutorial! Are you using jersey knit? You should open an etsy shop, recycled, repurpose is all the rage right now! I'll bet you'll get a following and people will start sending you their Tees for you to make dresses out of.

 

[cogero]

enjoying the great weather today.

Going to put crud clothes and wade into DDs room and clean it. I keep asking but it doesn't get done and I want it finished and I hate cleaning so it must be annoying me a lot

 

[chellewashere]

Forgot to say ~~ thanks for everyone about doing the matching. Yeah I only have a couple of years where I can get away with it so Im gonna do it.
Love the matching family pictures too!!

 

[Diz-Mommy]

UPDATE ON DS
DS just called and they are through with the procedure. His cancer was right below his temple along the hair line. They had to cut all the way to the jaw line in order to get a flap to close the incision. He did find out it was less than 1mm deep, about a 1/2mm, so that is good news. Anything 1mm or deeper runs a higher risk of it going to lymph nodes. He can't shower, lift, bend over or lay flat for 48 hours. Good thing he likes to sleep in the recliner! The doctor did tell him that melanoma, breast cancer and pancreatic cancer are all connected. So I guess I'm to blame, since I'm a breast cancer survivor.

Thank you everyone for all of the prayers!

That's great it wasn't too deep, although I'm sorry the incision had to go down so far. I pray he heals quickly. And I tend to agree with whoever said you're a survivor NOT the cause.

Please pray for my state. We spent quite a bit of time in our safe closet tonight as a huge tornado passed within just a few miles of our house. The amount of HUGE hail we got was amazing. It was as though we had an ice machine in our yard! I am half afraid that our new roof is destroyed!!!

Other areas of our state were hit very hard with tornadoes touching down tonight! There are at least 3 fatalities confirmed and dozens of people in critical condition. Initial reports are saying an F5 hit one of our small towns and leveled most of it -- destroying 50-80 houses. They haven't been able to confirm it yet due to roads being blocked by major trees that were knocked down. The first responders are asking for able bodied volunteers with chainsaws to come help rescue trapped people. It is just awful! Just 10 miles away several schools were destroyed as well as houses. It was as though tornadoes were EVERYWHERE tonight.

This all comes on the heals of a horrible storm 2 weeks ago that killed 7 people in our state -- including our neighbor's sister and 7 year old nephew when a tree fell on their house. They found him cradled in his mom's arms -- they figure the storms scared him and mom climbed in bed with him to help him sleep. The 18 month old little girl was still asleep in her crib when our neighbor (her aunt) found her the next morning. And then we had storms again last week that caused more damage -- we lost a tree in the storms. It hit our neighbor's house but thankfully with minor damage -- fence and gutter.

And they are predicting more storms tomorrow night....

Ekkks! Tornado season is my least favorite part of spring/summer, it's soooooo scary. I'm sorry about the roof, but glad you all are okay. We're building a tornado shelter into our basement in the new house, because they scare me so and DH thought it would help my anxiety. I've never heard of so many fatalities due to tornados as I have this year, so scary!

 

[NiniMorris]

Evidently, there was a miscommunication about the Rosetta bag I made for the Relay for Life raffle. Apparently, they want me to make two more to raffle off this weekend. Unfortunately, I will not have my embroidery machine back in time to put the pink ribbon on it by this weekend. And I doubt I will have the time to make two by Friday...

Oh well...not sure how that is going to play out, but it should be interesting!

Nini

 

[MinnieVanMom]

Missed the move....Easter wasn't quite what I expected. My grandma fell and broke a vertebrae in her neck and through so complications unexpectedly passed away. I made it to the hospital in time but the whole day was spent there and traveling. I know she is with her beautiful Savior whom she loved dearly so that makes it easier.

I am sorry for your loss but happy that she is with her Savior.

Please pray for my state. We spent quite a bit of time in our safe closet tonight as a huge tornado passed within just a few miles of our house. The amount of HUGE hail we got was amazing. It was as though we had an ice machine in our yard! I am half afraid that our new roof is destroyed!!!

Other areas of our state were hit very hard with tornadoes touching down tonight! There are at least 3 fatalities confirmed and dozens of people in critical condition. Initial reports are saying an F5 hit one of our small towns and leveled most of it -- destroying 50-80 houses. They haven't been able to confirm it yet due to roads being blocked by major trees that were knocked down. The first responders are asking for able bodied volunteers with chainsaws to come help rescue trapped people. It is just awful! Just 10 miles away several schools were destroyed as well as houses. It was as though tornadoes were EVERYWHERE tonight.

This all comes on the heals of a horrible storm 2 weeks ago that killed 7 people in our state -- including our neighbor's sister and 7 year old nephew when a tree fell on their house. They found him cradled in his mom's arms -- they figure the storms scared him and mom climbed in bed with him to help him sleep. The 18 month old little girl was still asleep in her crib when our neighbor (her aunt) found her the next morning. And then we had storms again last week that caused more damage -- we lost a tree in the storms. It hit our neighbor's house but thankfully with minor damage -- fence and gutter.

And they are predicting more storms tomorrow night....

I will pray for the safety for all those in need.

Here's the skirts I made my girls for Easter. My older DD(11) picked out the fabric and then wanted something "shimmery" on top. She wasn't exactly sure what she wanted but this is what we came up. My more tomboy DD(8) didn't want anything "shimmery" and went with a nice simple solid band.

They are both just lovely and very pretty.

I made my DD her Easter dress out of the Simply Sweet pattern and the underdress from the Portrait Peasant...I love how they both came out and thankfully they are both alittle big, so she can wear them next spring also

It looks off center in the picture, but it is just the way she is holding it.

Adorable!

 

[MyDisneyTrio]

Does anyone know how to attach bows to the legs of diaper covers/bloomers? I have never done it before and have a request so I am trying to figure it out!

 

[effervescent]

Oh yeah! This is the first princess/movie my daughter has really taken to. We watch it at least once a day. When she saw the pillow she wanted to take it to bed right away! It's too bad we won't be able to see her when we go in May.

We missed seeing 'Punzel in January so she's definitely on my to do list for Septemer. My oldest DS decided that he was going to treat DD to BBB as an early birthday present when we go in Sept and she wants a 'Punzel dress for it. That's going to be interesting!

 

[Sapper383]

Well, if you had trouble with the Insa, the Feliz is much harder, so just take your time, and follow this tutorial along with the book. You should be able to manage between the 2 of them. (That's what I had to do)

Thanks, the Feliz looks very hard, but I love how it looks.....I need to enlist the help of my Mam

Just wanted to put in something I found. Havent made the dress yet. Waiting till I can actually sew a straight line and make a rolled hem, but these are the two tuts I found online for making it

http://trilliumdesign.blogspot.com/2008/11/feliz-sew-along.html

http://www.studiotantrum.com/instructions/FELIZ_Sew-Along_ENGLISH_1_reduce.pdf

Thank you so much, I have just had a quick look and I think these will be a big help....thanks for taking the time to post for me

Love them all. The Cinderella blue outfit is what Im thinking of making for DD since we are going in the end of August didnt want her to have to wear a really frilly gown the whole day.
What kind of fabric is on the slipper, only get a little peek but it looks awesome.

Thank you. The slipper is made of a silver holographic material, it is quite stretchy and has a black backing.....don't know what it's called...sorry

 

[dianemom2]

Here is a little dress that I finished today.

Here are the pictures of my new sewing room. I still have to get hubby to move my wall mounted thread racks. When we get a little extra $$$ I will do some actual decorating in there. Maybe paint and spiff it up a little bit.

 

[mommymack]

Is there such a thing as toddler boys' crafts 'round these parts?

I sure hope so! I am working on a "choo choo" shirt for my 2 year old son right now. It looks great in my head, I hope the finished product turns out 1/2 as cute.

 

[mommymack]

Here is a little dress that I finished today.

Here are the pictures of my new sewing room. I still have to get hubby to move my wall mounted thread racks. When we get a little extra $$$ I will do some actual decorating in there. Maybe paint and spiff it up a little bit.

Gorgeous sewing room and I love the dress - it is definitely going into my (mental) inspiration file!

 

[mphalens]

WTMTQ (I think I got that right )

This thread is amazing!!!! LOVE the Cinderella work dress! Love the Cindy-inspired dress too!!! Such a great idea for a hot August trip to BBB!!!!

For all those requesting prayers, mine are with you!

So much more I want to comment on ...

Is there such a thing as toddler boys' crafts 'round these parts?

Had to quote this though ... I have two boys and I just got back into sewing/crafting for them ...
I made my little guy a pair of decoupage dinosaur jeans last week ... I still want to learn how to applique to make a coordinating t-shirt to go with them... but here's a picture of the jeans ....

Both of my boys like them so much they're already asking for other pairs ...

 

[DMGeurts]

Here is a little dress that I finished today.

Here are the pictures of my new sewing room. I still have to get hubby to move my wall mounted thread racks. When we get a little extra $$$ I will do some actual decorating in there. Maybe paint and spiff it up a little bit.

Love the dress! And I am so in awe of your spacious sewing room... mine is so tiny compared to yours. I just love seeing everyone's machines too! I just put the first coat of teal paint on my accent wall in my sewing room - hoping to get the second coat on tomorrow and get the stripes on this weekend.

We should start a folder on the Disboutiquers Photobucket accout for sewing rooms.

I would try to follow the angle of the pattern but looking at the picture again I am wondering if you take off a ruffle or two at the bottom if you will find that it doesn't need to come in at the seams. It may seem overly flared to you because its so long. When it's shorter it may be just right. Just a thought..

I think I am going to do it this way first. I've been procrastinating all day about ripping it apart. Once I catch up - I am gonna go for it though.

D~

 

[dianemom2]

A teal accent wall sounds great! I think the idea to start a sewing room photobucket account is great!

I have a question about the stripwork jumper. Do most of you put the ruffle on the top of the bodice or just leave it off? I am not sure what I want to do with it.


BTW, I saw the comment about little boy's crafts and I wanted to say that I made tons of stuff for my two nephews this spring. I made each of them three bowling shirts and three matching tshirts. They each got Buzz Lightyear, Curious George and Cars sets to wear this summer. I didn't make shorts to go with them because at the end of last summer I had picked up shorts (denim, black and khaki) at the Children's Place Outlet for 85 cents per pair!!!! Plus they got other appliqued t-shirts too.

 

[NiniMorris]

A teal accent wall sounds great! I think the idea to start a sewing room photobucket account is great!

I have a question about the stripwork jumper. Do most of you put the ruffle on the top of the bodice or just leave it off? I am not sure what I want to do with it.

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I put it there half the time and leave it off half the time. It depends on the fabrics I am using and the look I am after.

(sorry, no help what so ever!)

Nini