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

[scrap_heaven]

OMG I just finished the project that wouldn't end.

I swear I think I have post traumatic stress, everything that could go wrong DID.

Off to bigger and better things.


You ladies do so many beautiful things, I can't decide what to quote!

 

[MWGreene]

QUESTION
I want to make DS some shirts with transfer images I found on the Creative DISigns thread. I was initially planning on doing a simple iron on transfer. Well, supplies are limited where I am and Michaels only had ink jet FABRIC which I didn't even know existed. I actually like it better, hoping it will last longer BUT I was hoping to keep this simple and don't really want to embroider it onto the t-shirt. I plan on attaching using stitch-witch. How should I finish the edges? Should I just suck it up and embroider around it? I just hate to waste time on something that will fade in who knows how many washings!

 

[RMAMom]

Made Carla's romper for my grandson, it was really quick and easy to put together. The appliqué is from Heather.

This is the reversible side. I'm not sure I like the fabric but I love that potato head appliqué

 

[WyomingMomof6]

So much cute stuff lately! WTMTQ!

Sarah- Jane I love that Rapunzel dress, so cute!

There are so many other fabulous things that I can't even begin to mention them all!

Here are a couple of recent things I did for a Big Give. The family is going to the WWOHP and are huge HP fans! My older kids are also huge HP fans so I jumped at the chance to do these!

 

[tinkerbell3747]

Made Carla's romper for my grandson, it was really quick and easy to put together. The appliqué is from Heather.

This is the reversible side. I'm not sure I like the fabric but I love that potato head appliqué

I love the fabric! Great job

So I just got the Audrey ruffle skirt, peek a boo skirt and a shirred sundress/top AND patchworks bermuda shorts pattern. i really wanted to buy the wrap dress but my DD wears a 10/12 and I am not sure I could upsize it....one day I will get the courage.

 

[tinkerbell3747]

So much cute stuff lately! WTMTQ!

Sarah- Jane I love that Rapunzel dress, so cute!

There are so many other fabulous things that I can't even begin to mention them all!

Here are a couple of recent things I did for a Big Give. The family is going to the WWOHP and are huge HP fans! My older kids are also huge HP fans so I jumped at the chance to do these!

WOW! Great job I am sure the family will (is going to) love them! I really like the lettering on the T's that looks like it would take forever to do.

 

[WyomingMomof6]

Made Carla's romper for my grandson, it was really quick and easy to put together. The appliqué is from Heather.

This is the reversible side. I'm not sure I like the fabric but I love that potato head appliqué

My eyesight isn't good enough to tell what the applique in the first pic is, lol! I think they look great and the potato head applique is always adoreable!

 

[miprender]

QUESTION
I want to make DS some shirts with transfer images I found on the Creative DISigns thread. I was initially planning on doing a simple iron on transfer. Well, supplies are limited where I am and Michaels only had ink jet FABRIC which I didn't even know existed. I actually like it better, hoping it will last longer BUT I was hoping to keep this simple and don't really want to embroider it onto the t-shirt. I plan on attaching using stitch-witch. How should I finish the edges? Should I just suck it up and embroider around it? I just hate to waste time on something that will fade in who knows how many washings!

I have always gotten my iron on transfers at Walmart. They don't last that long after a few washes but they do come out great and will be alright for your trip.

Made Carla's romper for my grandson, it was really quick and easy to put together. The appliqué is from Heather.

This is the reversible side. I'm not sure I like the fabric but I love that potato head appliqué

Cute

Here are a couple of recent things I did for a Big Give. The family is going to the WWOHP and are huge HP fans! My older kids are also huge HP fans so I jumped at the chance to do these!

Those came out great. Love the HP fabric

 

[DMGeurts]

So much cute stuff lately! WTMTQ!

Sarah- Jane I love that Rapunzel dress, so cute!

There are so many other fabulous things that I can't even begin to mention them all!

Here are a couple of recent things I did for a Big Give. The family is going to the WWOHP and are huge HP fans! My older kids are also huge HP fans so I jumped at the chance to do these!

I love these dresses and shirts! They turned out so awesome... I am just curious - what do the back of the dresses look like? Did you do ruffles?

I didn't quote yesterdya, but the Rapunzel dress is amazing! I don't rmember who made it, but I just had to say something.

There were a few other things that I didn't quote, and I am not sure that I will have time to go back and do so - but everything has been awesome!

D~

 

[NiniMorris]

I have one cut out for my niece. I am planning to put a row of elastic around the back at the waist and also at the top of the back. That way it should fit closer to her body. Should be very easy to add since the bodice is lined.

I was planning to sew this afternoon but I got home from the grocery store to find my big freezer broken. I just ran out and bought a new freezer but it can't be delivered until the morning. In the meantime I am calling all my friends to see if they will come and take some of the things before everything goes bad.

I discovered our freezer had died AFTER I bought about $500 worth of meat at the local butcher shop! NOT great! Our freezer and pantry is out in the garage...so it was a day or so before we noticed. Yuck! I feel your pain!


I had a semi productive day. I got the under skirt appliqued and the ruffles added and then decided to measure...Somehow I measured wrong and the under skirt is 2 inches too short! So I guess my grand daughter will get a new dress after all!

Today I get to go back and start over with the new under skirt....

And, the mom did get back to me on the measurements. Once I explained why I was having a problem she understood. She always has to purchase a size 4 in shirts for her...she is tiny and tall. So, now that I know that I understand why the original measurements were coming in at a 4!!! (also explains why the 2 inches too short on the skirt is a problem!)

I normally don't have problems like this for customers...on my own stuff yes...but not for customers. Hubby said it was proof that I should stop sewing for others....just as the business end kicks into full gear!




Nini

 

[WyomingMomof6]

WOW! Great job I am sure the family will (is going to) love them! I really like the lettering on the T's that looks like it would take forever to do.

Thanks! I can't take credit for the lettering, I bought the design from Stitch on time. I'm not talented enought to digitize anything!

Those came out great. Love the HP fabric

Thanks! Carol, RubberDuckyRanch was kind enough to supply me with the HP fabric because it's almost non-existent anymore!

I love these dresses and shirts! They turned out so awesome... I am just curious - what do the back of the dresses look like? Did you do ruffles?


D~

The back is just the same HP fabric that I used on the front. I would have liked to have added ruffles but I was so pressed on time I couldn't get them done. I didn't think to take a picture of the back. Thanks for the compliments!

 

[Blyssfull]

I still haven't tried mastering the whole multi-quote posts, I'm a little intimidated. And everything moves so fast I lose sight of where things are posted. :-/

Congrats!!!! on the new machine Andrea. I can't wait to see your creations. I had NO IDEA you did all those by hand. Boy, that brings a whole new level of respect and inspiration.

To the poster who got the new Brother machine:
I have the CS6000i too, and I love it. It's super easy to use and very beginner friendly. I did A LOT of research before I actually bought. I would suggest going online and watching some videos on youtube. This helped me a few times and made me realize I had been inserting my bobbin wrong for awhile, even after I had already made some things for Big Gives. I was getting super frustrated thinking my tension was off but it was my bobbin the whole time.

I LOVE! the photos Wendy. Your nieces look awesome in their dresses and seem like they are a lot of fun as well. It's awesome to see pics of people you read about every day.

Everything is so beautiful. I can't believe you did that Rapunzel dress by hand! That's pretty amazing and what a smart idea to put it over a dress.

I really! like the minnie dot shorts with the elastic shirred top... what pattern is that?

I think the minnie dot dress is great too and perfectly accented. I think if you changed anything it would really take away from the dress.

Hope y'all are having a great week and everyone had a special Mother's Day.

 

[chellewashere]

Looks great. Love the photos.

Thanks so much

Nice mommy and daugther photos! You did a great job on her dress! I like your dress too.
chellewashere, cogero - It looks like we may be down at the World at around the same time. Perhaps you will get to see the dress in action! I am a little bit worried about black in August, but it is lightweight cotton so we'll see how that goes.

Thanks first one of me to come out where i wasnt trying to crop parts of myself out :0 We are going 8/22 - 8/31 so excited I cant wait. Would be so cool to run into anyone there! I picked up some cotton in black the other day to give this a whirl and oops see thru black..would never imagine, so Im gonna do double layers

It looks fabulous! I used some of those same prints on Ella's Candyland Vida! I can't see your appliques on the front very well since the sunlight is hitting the dress right there -- I see a tree and possible a bird??? It's so nice that you included pics of you too -- it's easier for me to keep people on here straigh once I've seen pictures. I know a lot of people probably know from FB, but I don't FB.

Yeah it was a little bird and tree. I was trying to figure out how to make the bird flip cause I wanted to add one in the other corner but I couldnt figure it out so we just settled on those 2.
Love getting them all onsale at Walmart for cheap...made me a happy camper.

Great job. I use Steph's tutorial when I make it too.

Dont think I couldve done it w/o it cause the directions were a little to brief for me to figure out.

Thank you. My DGDs LOVE their ponies! They wore them yesterday for Mother's Day and looked so cute in them.
Love the dress and the pictures!

I bet they looked so adorable in them. The colors are fantastic!!
Thanks for the compliment!!

 

[dianemom2]

I discovered our freezer had died AFTER I bought about $500 worth of meat at the local butcher shop! NOT great! Our freezer and pantry is out in the garage...so it was a day or so before we noticed. Yuck! I feel your pain!


I had a semi productive day. I got the under skirt appliqued and the ruffles added and then decided to measure...Somehow I measured wrong and the under skirt is 2 inches too short! So I guess my grand daughter will get a new dress after all!

Today I get to go back and start over with the new under skirt....

And, the mom did get back to me on the measurements. Once I explained why I was having a problem she understood. She always has to purchase a size 4 in shirts for her...she is tiny and tall. So, now that I know that I understand why the original measurements were coming in at a 4!!! (also explains why the 2 inches too short on the skirt is a problem!)

I normally don't have problems like this for customers...on my own stuff yes...but not for customers. Hubby said it was proof that I should stop sewing for others....just as the business end kicks into full gear!




Nini

Just got my new freezer. It looks great! Tomorrow I will get back a few items that my bff was able to store for me. I had an expensive beef tenderloin, a whole salmon and several steaks that I did not want give away. Luckily she had room to store a few things. I only had to throw out some ice cream and popsicles. Everything else gotten taken by friends who cooked it all up for dinners this week. I am feeding about 6 families this week The only good thing that came from the freezer breaking is that I was able to send a bunch of food to a local family who is having a hard time right now. They don't usually want to accept help but this way I was able to help them without it seeming like help.

I made two pairs of easy fit pants with the supergirl fabric I bought last week. One is capri length since I ran a bit short on fabric. I am hoping to get some appliqued t-shirts done to go with them today. Then my girls will have some new jammies. I am using the scraps to make my little niece a matching nightie. I guess we will see how that turns out. I also want to work on the simply sweet halter dress for my niece. I guess we will see what I actually get time to do!

 

[chellewashere]

So so cute!I love the ruffled outfit for Disney...my trip is in August and as soon as I get my fabric this week I have to get cracking...UGH. What pattern is the top made from?

It from Erins designs on YCMT called the ruffled halter top.
http://stephres.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/page/2/ is the link I used you just have to scroll around to find all 4 parts of it. Worked like a charm though good luck very easy dress to customize.

 

[chellewashere]

boo, it is too small for Ariana

Not sure what I did wrong but obviously it needs to be bigger (and she isn't a big baby quite small actually)

Anyhoo, if I have time I will make one that fits, and if I can just find the one doll we have in the house (I suspect that will change as Ariana gets older but the boys aren't fussed with them LOL) she will have a lovely wee stripey dress.

Thanks again for everyones photos and stuff it is an inspiration.

Kirsten

So cute!! Love the stripes

Hello again,
Seeking moral support! Exhausted and stressed from sewing ribbon by hand. I'm the hapless mom who posted a while back that I was going to try to make a rapunzel dress for my daughter as BBB doesn't have them as an option for her 4th birthday (the trip to the boutique is her gift from Dad and I). Well, I'm not a great seamstress so it isn't a copy of Disney's version - it is my own "inspired by Disney" version. I do not have a machine so it is sewn by hand starting with an existing pink easter dress from superstore. Just for those curious -Total cost ended up being $34.00 including the crown and shoes I picked up at Disney store.

Came out great!! My DD wold love something like this to wear.

 

[SallyfromDE]

QUESTION
I want to make DS some shirts with transfer images I found on the Creative DISigns thread. I was initially planning on doing a simple iron on transfer. Well, supplies are limited where I am and Michaels only had ink jet FABRIC which I didn't even know existed. I actually like it better, hoping it will last longer BUT I was hoping to keep this simple and don't really want to embroider it onto the t-shirt. I plan on attaching using stitch-witch. How should I finish the edges? Should I just suck it up and embroider around it? I just hate to waste time on something that will fade in who knows how many washings!

I get my paper from HP.com, for the dark fabrics, it's about $12 for 6 sheets?, i'm guessing. The shipping is free and it comes super super fast. Sometimes they have "sales" where you buy 2 get 3. Someone posted they didn't care for this, but I've had the best of luck with it. I've washed the shirts several times without a problem or crack. I don't even turn them inside out like you should, or line dry.

If you want to use the fabric, can you do the edges in the stitch witch, then just zig zag the ends?

 

[SallyfromDE]

http://www.ibroidery.com/

this is from Brother embroidery. You can get the designs from the Cards for a fee. And they have free design offers.

 

[MWGreene]

I get my paper from HP.com, for the dark fabrics, it's about $12 for 6 sheets?, i'm guessing. The shipping is free and it comes super super fast. Sometimes they have "sales" where you buy 2 get 3. Someone posted they didn't care for this, but I've had the best of luck with it. I've washed the shirts several times without a problem or crack. I don't even turn them inside out like you should, or line dry.

If you want to use the fabric, can you do the edges in the stitch witch, then just zig zag the ends?

Hmm all the way around? The picture pretty much takes up the entire page so it's an 8 1/2 x 11 size. I think I'm going to suck it up and embroider around

 

[babynala]

I use the little measuring dots that are on the grid that came with my hoop. I mark the dots on the Sticky+ and I mark them on the inside of the t-shirt.

I prep my shirt by turning it inside out, then ironing on the cutaway fusible. Then I put the grid where I want it, double check that it's centered (I use the measuring thing from my rotary cutter) and then mark the dots. I then lay the T-shirt down on the Sticky+, lining up the dots as I go. I line up the center "line" of dots, then do the top and bottom of the "cross". I used to actually draw a line to connect the dots on both the shirt and the stabilizer, but most times I can do it without the line.

Then I make sure it is all smoothed out and pin around the edges. I carry it over to my machine (I do the hooping on my ironing board) and attach the hoop. I then pull the shirt up out of the way. I like my appliques to be right across the chest and not too low on the stomach, so I usually line the top edge of the measuring grid up just under the seam of the "collar" of the T-shirt.

I can take pictures tonight when I do one of Gavin's onesies if it will help.

Thanks for the directions and the information on where to line up the applique.

Here's my crazy method. I don't hoop anything anymore, nor do I use a tack down stitch. I don't have time. For me, it's much quicker and easier to just float the shirt. I hoop heavyweight cut away. Then spray a bit of 505 adhesive, turn my shirt inside out, fold it in half lengthwise. Line up the armpits and sides to make sure the fold is perfectly down the middle. (I've got a little arrow on the top and bottom of my hoop showing me where the center is. I place the folder shirt on the right side of the hoop making sure my fold line is lined up with the top&bottom center arrows then unfold it and smooth down the left side. It's perfectly even every time. And I haven't found a need for a tack down stitch. As soon as my first embroidery stitch is down, it works as the same thing. The shirt won't move out of position.

Hope that made sense, and hope it helped.

We're leaving in 4 days and I've got about 10 things left to make. I'm getting there.....as fast as I can! I have so much from last year that my younger daughter could wear from her sister, but it's so hard to not make coordinating/matching things. So first priority was to sew for the older one, who has nothing and then worry about the matchy/matchy.......My poor DS is going to have to deal with shirts that are a hair too short and narrow. Luckily he's a 8yo boy who could care less!

This makes sense too. I'll have to give these a try and see if I can get it to work. Hope you got some more stuff made for your trip - you must be so excited.

Andrea - Im a floater too - lol....I got too much hoop burn and off centered designs when I tried to hoop the shirt. Here is my 2 cents!!

-Using my grid that came with the hoop and a marking pen I put the dots on the shirt (I do this at the ironing board)
-Hoop some medium weight cut away, spray some 505 spray on the stabilizer
-I use the little marks on the top/bottom and sides of the hoop to line up my dots and stick my shirt onto the stabilizer and smooth it all out.
(for filled designs, I float another layer of stabilizer under the hoop)
(for towels or fleece, I float a layer of wash away stabilzer on top of the hoop)
-Tack Down Stitch
-Happy Stitching!!! KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!
-Sometimes I iron on a piece of the soft meshy stabilizer to keep designs from being itchy (especially for Big Gives who say they are sensitive to materials)
Also they LOVED their eye spy bats, but the big surprise was that the BIG TEENAGERS love them!!! lol!!! they were so funny and made it a race!!!
All of us including the GRADUATES!!!

Thanks for the tips. I love all the pictures from graduation. Looks like everyone enjoyed your creations. How fun that the big kids liked the eye spy bags. The girls look so cute in their dresses. What a great picture of everyone at graduation. It was so nice that everyone could be there for the graduates - even Zoe.

Hello again,
Seeking moral support! Exhausted and stressed from sewing ribbon by hand. I'm the hapless mom who posted a while back that I was going to try to make a rapunzel dress for my daughter as BBB doesn't have them as an option for her 4th birthday (the trip to the boutique is her gift from Dad and I). Well, I'm not a great seamstress so it isn't a copy of Disney's version - it is my own "inspired by Disney" version. I do not have a machine so it is sewn by hand starting with an existing pink easter dress from superstore. Just for those curious -Total cost ended up being $34.00 including the crown and shoes I picked up at Disney store.

The dress is beautiful. Even more amazing that it is sewn by hand!!

I second this! well done...For Mother's day I got a bracelett from DD which she made and a Keychain from DS which he made (both in art class) and a Victoria Secret bath products basket with a card from hubby that read:

"I know I owe you a PE770 you will get it..." I was happy and BUMMED and then happy....at least he didn't say No right.

He just couldn't swing it with the shipping. I paid about $160 for my Brother CS6000i which I Love and I paid almost $250 USD to ship it to the island air freight....Yup the shipping cost MORE than the machine...bummer huh.... guess that's life when you live on an island...

YIKES - those shipping charges are outrageous. How sweet of your DH to write you an IOU, at least it is on the radar.

Made Carla's romper for my grandson, it was really quick and easy to put together. The appliqué is from Heather.

This is the reversible side. I'm not sure I like the fabric but I love that potato head appliqué

These are so cute.

Here are a couple of recent things I did for a Big Give. The family is going to the WWOHP and are huge HP fans! My older kids are also huge HP fans so I jumped at the chance to do these!

The Harry Potter dresses are so pretty and the t-shirts are perfect. Great job.