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

[teresajoy]

So please pray for us -- especially those who have already lost their homes to tornadoes in the past few weeks and are now suffering through these horrible flash floods. We have had it relatively easy and it has been hard on our nerves....

How frightening!

hmmm...that isn't exactly bopping her in the head.

I'm no help either....I want to see too!!!!

You are funny!

I know HeatherSue has a shark -- I saw it the other day when I was perusing designs. I'm not sure if it's Bruce but I promise you she has a shark.

She has a bunch of Sea Creature designs, trust me, I know....

The shark isn't Bruce, but he's cute! Lydia calls him her "happy shark".

Thanks. She just turned 13... and she is now much taller than I am. \

She's about the same age as Arminda, she will be 13 on Saturday. She is pretty short though!

Thanks. He's 6 months now.

Awwww!!!!! Thanks for the extra picture!!!!

Teresa - love the pink Cindy, awesome job as usual. How are the 13 appliques coming along?

Thanks!

I think I have 5 to go. Arminda keeps telling me she will help me, but she keeps vanishing (because i can't figure out how to spell disapeer) when I need her! I'm really not sure how the outfit is going to turn out, but Lydia likes it so far, so that's what matters.

Thanks - I hope she is just behind on saying thanks, or else no more customs for her. Sometimes I wonder if people think that handmade things are cheaper - but they really aren't - have you seen the prices on customs over on etsy!!


Will do - if you'll do the same for me - I get crazy ideas lie that sometimes, too. Can't wait to see it though!

So true about the handmade items! Some people just don't understand how much they can cost!

Ok, it's a plan then, I'll come to Florida and bop you on the head!

13 is A LOT!! I've made a few with 7 or so designs, and with each design taking about an hour to stitch out that can take a while! I bet it looks awesome though!

At this point, I can't tell if I like it or not, I just want to be done! I'm a sucker for a cute little kid though. "Mommy, will you make me a dress to wear in Florida, because your dresses are so pretty...." after that, how could I tell her no when she told me her vision for the dress!

The Mickey with the balloons on my Epcot dress (last thread) was 32 stitch changes and 2.1/2 hrs to stitch out!

Uggh! Thankfully, these are some of the easier designs to do, but it's still taking a looooooong time! And, it's so boring just watching the machine making sure nothing goes wrong!

This set I did today and I did not put anything under it. This is how the skirt naturally fell. The Belle skirt has two layers. If I put a ruffle on the skirt I generally do a ruffled underskirt.

Aimee, I love this set!!!!

Hi Everyone!!

I finally finished my 2 wrap dresses for the girls! I did Hannahs (pink trim) first and then did Elizabeths, using some of Carla's strategy's!! lol....Im so worried they wont fit the girls right. They look kinda low cut??? They are going to wear them this weekend at their Big Brother and Sister in Law's graduation from College. Im packing my needle and thread and some safety pins!!! lol..Also made some eye spy bags to help with the long ride out to Cedarville, OH.

Wendy, I just LOVE those dresses!!!!

My 3yo said to me tonight "Mommy, you need to start sewing faster because we are leaving for Disneyworld in a few days!" UGGHHH!!!

In the meantime I've got a super quick question, on the simply sweet dresses, my DD complains that the bodice/skirt seam bothers her. I totally see what she means, It's a thick seam where the bodice top (3 layers) attaches to the gathered skirt. I don't own a serger, so I'm zigzagging that seam after it's attached. It's pretty thick and rough. Any ideas on how I can make that more comfortable????? I thought about fusible interfacing, but I don't think it's gonna stay put there.

Any other ideas?:
Thanks!

1. Don't you love it when people tell you such helpful things like that!!! Lyddie told me I need to look at my countdown to see how close we were getting (she knows that scares me to death this close to a trip!)

2. I have never made the Simply Sweet with the three layers for the bodice. I only use two. I would start by cutting out the middle layer.

Someone, Kira? or Nicole? posted a tip a few months ago that I have used a few times now. If you have a nice full skirt, you can put darts in the top of the skirt, before you gather it to eleveate some of the bulk at the waistline. I made mine about 3 inches long and then you need to trim them to get rid of the fabric. I then serged mine, but you could zig zag over the edges too. The darts will be hidden in the gathers once you are done.

I have also done a circle skirt instead of gathering to get the fullness with very little bulk.

I've thought about sewing ribbon to the inside of the dress too, but I haven't actually done that, and my girls don't seem to mind anyway.

 

[Zeebs]

I have been in that store several times. They have VERY little character fabric. It is a rather small store with only one cutting counter. Since we moved that is my "regular" store. But when I go "fabric shopping" I travel a bit farther to the nicer Joanns and the quilt fabric shop. The Kissimmee Joann's will do in a pinch (but let me know if you want directions to the nicer store-it is not hard to get to from WDW)

Yes please, I am very much looking forward to a visit to this store, on our upcoming trip to WDW. We have no fabric stores in our area where I live.

Kirsten

ETA: sorry I have just seen directions thank you I have copied them down and now just have to talk hubby into taking me and watching the kids while I shop. I do not want to be rushed in my shopping but bored children.

 

[chellewashere]

Hi Everyone!!

I finally finished my 2 wrap dresses for the girls! I did Hannahs (pink trim) first and then did Elizabeths, using some of Carla's strategy's!! lol....Im so worried they wont fit the girls right. They look kinda low cut??? They are going to wear them this weekend at their Big Brother and Sister in Law's graduation from College. Im packing my needle and thread and some safety pins!!! lol..Also made some eye spy bags to help with the long ride out to Cedarville, OH.

Dresses are so pretty and the spy bags look like fun!

I just wanted to share the Rosetta bag I made, I used lace for the ruffles.. Love the way it turned out!

My DD would love this it would be her rock and roll bag!!

 

[VBAndrea]

Thank you all for the nice comments on my teacher's gifts and the Candyland Vida's. The teacher's will get the gifts today but I won't get to see their reactions since I work ~ dh will have to take the gifts in with the kids.

Whew!! I am finally caught up. We spent the weekend working in the yard. We are in the process of a very big redo and should finish next weekend. It leaves no time for sewing but you cant have it all!

I paid about $750.00 for mine on HSN a year ago. I wouldn't buy refurbished either.

I bought my PE770 from HSN over a year ago and love it, I use the bobbin thread that came with it. I tried to use the prewounds from Marathon but it ended up in the shop both times so now I wind my own. When that ran low I went to my local brother dealer and bought whatever spool they recommended and haven't had any problems yet.
I ordered the most popular Rayon colors set from Marathon, because someone here recommended them and I couldn't be happier. Someone did once say the polyester could melt under a hot iron so I just stuck with the rayon. I ordered online on a Friday and had them on Monday.

I bought a can of spray adhesive at Joanns but have never used it.

I think a good pair of curved scissors are worth it but I also think thats a personal preference sort of thing. I did use the scissors that came with the machine for a week or so and then invested in scissors when Joanns had a sale.

My yard is suffering -- I don't even have all the beds weeded out yet so I can't mulch. And mulching my yard is a week long project. I work all this week and have one more BG to finish the following week. Likewise IF I get my PE770 for Mother's Day I have to play with it. My yard will never get taken care of this year!

Thank you for all the help with the embroidery supplies questions. Heather told me exactly what to get (I e-mailed her) and she recommended the rayon as well along with another poster, so rayon it is! You are the first person I heard of that had trouble with Marathon's prewound bobbins though. Eeks! Now I'm a bit scared!

And I guess I need to see if anyone has scissors on sale this week! I have Thursday off so I need to check my Hancock's flyer -- I swear they had something else I wanted to get.

I have an applique question for you experts if you don't mind. I have a singer sewing machine and I have been doing some appliqued shirts for my girls for their birthdays - cupcakes with a number candle on it for their age. I used Target tees with iron on tear away stabilizer on the back of the shirt. The directions I used were from a tutorial that someone posted on here (wonderful, btw!!).

Anyway, I've been running into an issue of the shirt ripping along the edge of the applique in some places. Like my older DD's tee ripped all along the bottom of her cupcake after I washed it. I'm using a tight zigzag stitch with the tension set on auto or slightly looser (like 1/2 way between auto and -1) and a satin stitch foot. I've done a bunch of other appliques with the same shirts on my old machine without a problem using the same stabilizer.

A woman at a sewing supply store suggested that I also use an interfacing and lower the tension on the stitch. So, would this be the correct thing to do? Is the tension my main issue? If not, then what could be causing this?

I have to may my little one's first birthday shirt for next week, so I could really use any help you can give! Thank you!!

I've never had this happen. I've occasionally put a hole in the shirt while hand appliqueing on it though. I would agree that tension might be too tight but I'm no expert.

Hi Everyone!!

I finally finished my 2 wrap dresses for the girls! I did Hannahs (pink trim) first and then did Elizabeths, using some of Carla's strategy's!! lol....Im so worried they wont fit the girls right. They look kinda low cut??? They are going to wear them this weekend at their Big Brother and Sister in Law's graduation from College. Im packing my needle and thread and some safety pins!!! lol..Also made some eye spy bags to help with the long ride out to Cedarville, OH.

The dresses are so pretty! I have the Miss Mary wrap dress pattern and I haven't had any problems with exposure, but I think my dd wore shirts under both her outfits I made from the pattern so wouldn't have noticed anything exposed anyway. Maybe have them wear a plain tank shirt under the dresses so it's just revealed at the necklind and provides coverage there???

Love your eye spy bags! You found a lot of good trinkets!

WOW I love those bags. I have a bag fetish! You know my bday is coming up next mth

I have the PE770 too and love it. I ordered some extra hoops from MrSew&Vac and those actually fit better than the hoop that came with the machine. The scissors that come with the machine are only good for cutting thread. I use embroidery scissors for cutting the fabric.

As for the bobbins I wind my own and use the brother embroidery bobbin thread that I can purchase at my local sewing store.

HTH

I'll make you a birthday present if you come do my yard work!!!

Thanks for the help with my questions. You seem to not be the only one who doesn't use the prewound bobbins from Marathon. It looks like everyone does different things for the bobbins. Grrrr! I guess all I can do is try them and see what works and what doesn't.

I just wanted to share the Rosetta bag I made, I used lace for the ruffles.. Love the way it turned out!

That is so cute with the lace!

 

[DMGeurts]

First... Thanks for everyone's suggestions about the comic book boards. DH and I are planning lots of errands today, so I am going to see if there's a comic book store in my area. If that doesn't work, Aimee suggested another idea to me.

Hi Everyone!!

I finally finished my 2 wrap dresses for the girls! I did Hannahs (pink trim) first and then did Elizabeths, using some of Carla's strategy's!! lol....Im so worried they wont fit the girls right. They look kinda low cut??? They are going to wear them this weekend at their Big Brother and Sister in Law's graduation from College. Im packing my needle and thread and some safety pins!!! lol..Also made some eye spy bags to help with the long ride out to Cedarville, OH.

I love how bright and colorful these dresses are. I can see hwat you mean about them looking like they cross pretty low on the top... good call to bring the sewing kit along.

I just wanted to share the Rosetta bag I made, I used lace for the ruffles.. Love the way it turned out!

I love the uniqueness of this bag! Great idea using lace!

Sewing room update:
DH was able to get my window trimmed out yesterday and install my counter tops... well, most of them. Once we got them up, we realized that one portion of it wasn't going to work - so while we are out doing errands - we need to look for a few more things. I am also hoping to hit Ikea... they have a shelving unit there that I'd desperately love for fabric storage. On a side note - my "back up machine" is officially in the sewing room doing occasional test runs on the counter top. DH is "testing" the wobbliness (is that a word?) of the counters while he is bracing them. I just love how the whole room is coming together. I am very anxious to make curtains/sewing machine pads & covers/ a new ironing board cover... and countless other things.

D~

 

[miprender]

I just wanted to share the Rosetta bag I made, I used lace for the ruffles.. Love the way it turned out!

I love the lace ruffle too. I never thought of doing that. It came out great.

And I guess I need to see if anyone has scissors on sale this week! I have Thursday off so I need to check my Hancock's flyer -- I swear they had something else I wanted to get.

I'll make you a birthday present if you come do my yard work!!!

I purchased my scissors at ACMoore and used their 40% coupon.

And if you lived closer I would send DH over to do the yard work. I love those bags

Sewing room update:
DH was able to get my window trimmed out yesterday and install my counter tops... well, most of them. Once we got them up, we realized that one portion of it wasn't going to work - so while we are out doing errands - we need to look for a few more things. I am also hoping to hit Ikea... they have a shelving unit there that I'd desperately love for fabric storage. On a side note - my "back up machine" is officially in the sewing room doing occasional test runs on the counter top. DH is "testing" the wobbliness (is that a word?) of the counters while he is bracing them. I just love how the whole room is coming together. I am very anxious to make curtains/sewing machine pads & covers/ a new ironing board cover... and countless other things.

D~

That is great. Question though, what are the comic book boards for?

 

[VBAndrea]

II purchased my scissors at ACMoore and used their 40% coupon.

And if you lived closer I would send DH over to do the yard work. I love those bags

That is great. Question though, what are the comic book boards for?

Thanks for the tip on buying scissors -- I never imagined ACMoore would carry them.

Those bags are easy to make. It's the Aivilo tote pattern and I make a few minor modifications which I can explain to you if you are interested. The bags actually go together fairly quickly.

And I can even answer the question about comic book boards -- they are to wrap you fabric around for storage purposes. I really need to measure my cabinets and see if they would work for me b/c I am so sick of digging through piles of fabric in my cabinets.

 

[DMGeurts]

That is great. Question though, what are the comic book boards for?

A lot of people use them to wrap their fabric around, similar to the cardboard bolts at the fabric store - but home sized.


D~

 

[DMGeurts]

Those bags are easy to make. It's the Aivilo tote pattern and I make a few minor modifications which I can explain to you if you are interested. The bags actually go together fairly quickly.
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I am interested, whenever you have time.

D~

 

[livndisney]

Yes please, I am very much looking forward to a visit to this store, on our upcoming trip to WDW. We have no fabric stores in our area where I live.

Kirsten

ETA: sorry I have just seen directions thank you I have copied them down and now just have to talk hubby into taking me and watching the kids while I shop. I do not want to be rushed in my shopping but bored children.

Park hubby and the kids at the mall (food court and playarea) or the Dollar show (across the street), while you shop

 

[kelly1218]

So cute love the raunching (sp.) and the stripes turned out fantastic in the room


WOW!!! So awesome.


I say take her!! Wish the shipping wasnt so much online they are having a great online sale. Maybe I will just order the $40 worth and get the free shipping
What year did you graduate? I knew/know lots of folks from around there, FB has bought too many folks together
We are trying to fix up our house right now to sell it and move down south


Fantastic!!


Love the idea of this party. My DD is asking for a mad hatter party this year instead of her masquerade party. Love the card people!! Great job with all the outfits!


Love it!! Saw the one with the pettiskirt how dang cute that was!!

I graduated in '93 from Bishop Conwell....the last graduating class before they locked the doors

RENT A CAR!!!! Cab fare will be outrageous!!!!!!

You should be able to rent a car for the day for MUCH less than cab fare.

I second this!!!! Cab fare is CRAZY!!!

 

[cogero]

Thank you for all the help with the embroidery supplies questions. Heather told me exactly what to get (I e-mailed her) and she recommended the rayon as well along with another poster, so rayon it is! You are the first person I heard of that had trouble with Marathon's prewound bobbins though. Eeks! Now I'm a bit scared!




Thanks for the help with my questions. You seem to not be the only one who doesn't use the prewound bobbins from Marathon. It looks like everyone does different things for the bobbins. Grrrr! I guess all I can do is try them and see what works and what doesn't.


That is so cute with the lace!

Andrea I wind my own bobbins too. I just do 5 or 6 at a time and leave them in my bobbin box.

I also use rayon thread from Marathon.

Oh and I bought Fiskars curved scissors at my Michaels witha 40% off coupon.

 

[tricia]

I just wanted to share the Rosetta bag I made, I used lace for the ruffles.. Love the way it turned out!

Great idea.

 

[100AcrePrincess]

Love the party pics and that little white rabbit is just adorable!!

You have been very busy and have a lot on your plate. It looks like everyone had a beautiful and blessed Easter.

Love the idea of this party. My DD is asking for a mad hatter party this year instead of her masquerade party. Love the card people!! Great job with all the outfits!

Very cute. You did a good job on them!

Too cute. Love that little white rabbit!

Thanks everyone!

So cute! We love rainbows at our house. Love the eye spy bags too. We have a few that get a lot of use.

 

[Piper]

Hi girls! I rarely post, but I read this thread religiously throughout the day. You are all such a great place for inspiration! I've come to the realization that I only sew under serious pressure!!!!! We're leaving for disney in 11 days, I've got 5 outfits done and atleast 12 more to go!

My 3yo said to me tonight "Mommy, you need to start sewing faster because we are leaving for Disneyworld in a few days!" UGGHHH!!!

I will posts some pics as soon as I get a break!

In the meantime I've got a super quick question, on the simply sweet dresses, my DD complains that the bodice/skirt seam bothers her. I totally see what she means, It's a thick seam where the bodice top (3 layers) attaches to the gathered skirt. I don't own a serger, so I'm zigzagging that seam after it's attached. It's pretty thick and rough. Any ideas on how I can make that more comfortable????? I thought about fusible interfacing, but I don't think it's gonna stay put there.

Any other ideas?:
Thanks!

When I make the Simply Sweet, I only attach the skirt to the bodice and interlining. Then I turn the seam up toward the lining and hand sew the lining over the seam. You can't see the seam and it isn't scratchy. It only takes a few minutes to do and makes the results more professional.

 

[NiniMorris]

When I make the Simply Sweet, I only attach the skirt to the bodice and interlining. Then I turn the seam up toward the lining and hand sew the lining over the seam. You can't see the seam and it isn't scratchy. It only takes a few minutes to do and makes the results more professional.

Piper, Piper, Piper...every time I do a Simply Sweet, I think the exact same thing...because it is what my grandmother's voice is telling me to do. (but of course I usually end up ignoring that advice!)

Are you sure you aren't my grandmother?

(of course...if she were alive today she would be over 100..so I guess you can't really be her; but it IS a nice thought!)


Nini

 

[NiniMorris]

Teressa...I feel your pain on the million embroideries! I had 10 embroideries on my Princess dress for Akershus last year...and I did two of them!

Now I am working on a Turning Twenty quilt with an embroidery in each big square...meaning 20 embroideries...I'm seriously thinking of making it a baby quilt instead...that way it is only 9! They wanted a matching quilt for the double bed in the nursery, but I'm thinking of not putting the embroidery on that one...that way when the baby gets older...he can change his mind about the 'theme' of his room.

Think I can get the parents to go along with that idea?

(I really need to learn to scale down my ideas! LOL!!)


Nini

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

This was custom for a little girl. It was so much fun to make a itty bitty outfit!

Everything is great but I really love the aladdin and jasmine dress!!

Hello Ladies & Gents - have not posted in a little bit or kept up either - It's moving too fast. I have skimmed and everything looks wonderful!
Here are a few pics from my girls Easter outfits.
I made Juliet a Portrait Peasant top and a pretty simply skirt using trapazoid panels. I love how it turned out and the way I finished it. i see many more skirts like the in the future.

Here is the front of Evangeline's Dress

Here is the back

And here is the reverse of her dress

Jocelyn didn't want to wear her dress at first. Here is one side.

And the reverse

And here is the dress for a customer

How do you do the ruffle on the reverse side of these dresses?

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These are great! It looks like you stitch out the designs on something, cut them out and then sew them onto your outfits. What do you stitch them on?

Some of the designs were digitized by dumplingduds maybe? and some by me.

I think I am in the big give group but i do not remember my information. How would I look that up and whats the link for the group? I would be happy to do some outfits for a big give I am terrible with time limits so I would need someone to get on me about it lol

I tried finding dumplingduds, but couldn't. Could you point me in the right direction?

Hi everybody!

My daughter is an ice skater and for the upcoming spring show, she and her duet partner were assigned the song "Footloose". As part of their costume, they decided on a pettiskirt from dancewearsolutions.com. It was not expensive (about $20), arrived quickly and was offered in loads of colors and color combinations. They're not the kind you could wear as you would a regular skirt because they don't have as many layers, but they'd certainly work as a petticoat under a skirt or dress that needed volume. The sizes run from toddler through adult. If you look on the web site, you might want to use "petticoat" if you don't have any luck with "pettiskirt" as the search word. The girls did their own on line shopping around, so I'm not sure which term they used to find it. This is a big show and recital time, so if you look and they're out of what you want, give it a few weeks and try again.

Hope someone finds this useful!

Lori in East Podunk

Thanks for this info. I bookmarked it b/c they have good prices on some of their dance stuff and with both of my daughters taking numerous classes, this may save me some money next year. We just had our recital this weekend so I don't need anything now. It is nice to have a break.

Hi Everyone!!

I finally finished my 2 wrap dresses for the girls! I did Hannahs (pink trim) first and then did Elizabeths, using some of Carla's strategy's!! lol....Im so worried they wont fit the girls right. They look kinda low cut??? They are going to wear them this weekend at their Big Brother and Sister in Law's graduation from College. Im packing my needle and thread and some safety pins!!! lol..Also made some eye spy bags to help with the long ride out to Cedarville, OH.

You are the best Aunt!!!! Everything looks great!!!

 

[Jaylin]

This is a great idea. I even did trapazoid (I think) shapes instead of rectangular pieces this time and that didn't help. So maybe I'll try this with the next one. Thanks!

1. Don't you love it when people tell you such helpful things like that!!! Lyddie told me I need to look at my countdown to see how close we were getting (she knows that scares me to death this close to a trip!)

2. I have never made the Simply Sweet with the three layers for the bodice. I only use two. I would start by cutting out the middle layer.

Someone, Kira? or Nicole? posted a tip a few months ago that I have used a few times now. If you have a nice full skirt, you can put darts in the top of the skirt, before you gather it to eleveate some of the bulk at the waistline. I made mine about 3 inches long and then you need to trim them to get rid of the fabric. I then serged mine, but you could zig zag over the edges too. The darts will be hidden in the gathers once you are done.

I have also done a circle skirt instead of gathering to get the fullness with very little bulk.

I've thought about sewing ribbon to the inside of the dress too, but I haven't actually done that, and my girls don't seem to mind anyway.

Oh boy, you sound like a "real" seamstress! I certainly am not. I don't think I've ever hand sewn anything! This sounds like a fantastic idea though. Is the lining long enough to cover the entire seam? If I hand stitch it, will it stay together??? . I'm really going to give this a try because it sounds like the perfect solution. I just have a feeling that it's definately going to take me more than "a few minutes" to do it though!!!!

When I make the Simply Sweet, I only attach the skirt to the bodice and interlining. Then I turn the seam up toward the lining and hand sew the lining over the seam. You can't see the seam and it isn't scratchy. It only takes a few minutes to do and makes the results more professional.

 

[princesssfws]

QUESTION:

Does anyone have a clipart of a basic Mickey head (no face) w/ a Minnie bow? Pretty please - just for my own use.