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

[belle41379]

My thoughts are:

Start just playing with the machine...sewing on scrap fabric. See what the machine will do.

Then maybe a pillow case, since it is straight lines

Take it slow!! (Sorry I can't help you with the you tube videos, I'm better at hands on!)

~Jennifer

I agree. Straight lines are good. . It would help you measure/cut/seam. I'm excited for you!

 

[mkwj]

QUESTION

When machine appliqueing a t shirt how do you prevent the two sides of the t shirt from being sewn together. I have tried twice and both times I sewed the shirt together. Any and all advice would be appreciated. Thanks Melissa

I have never thought to cut the shirt apart. The way I learned was to turn it inside out and either hoop or spray onto the stabilizer the area your are going to monogram. Does that make sense. Check out appliquecafeblog. Rosemary is really good at explaining things like this. I guess I am allowed to post that. If not I can take it off.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

QUESTION

When machine appliqueing a t shirt how do you prevent the two sides of the t shirt from being sewn together. I have tried twice and both times I sewed the shirt together. Any and all advice would be appreciated. Thanks Melissa

I'm not sure if you're embroidering by hand with the machine or using an embroidery machine. If the shirt is pretty small, sometimes I do open the side seams as previously suggested. Otherwise, I usually hoop the shirt and then before I slide the hoop on to the machine I turn the shirt inside out so that the back is on top of the hoop. Then I can either use binder clips or hair clips to clip it out of the way, or I sit and babysit it while it stitches out and just move the lose part of the shirt around as needed. I usually never walk alway from the machine during a stitch out anymore, because that's a surefire way that something will get messed up.

 

[micki1881]

Thanks everyone for the hooping suggestions.

 

[Colleen27]

Thought I'd share my first attempt at converting a pair of jeans with irreparable holes in the legs into something cute - DD2's Memorial Day parade outfit, inspired by the super-cute Minnie tee from Old Navy. Ignore the scraped-up face, DD had yet another mishap trying to keep up with her big brother & sister over the holiday weekend.

 

[Diz-Mommy]

Thought I'd share my first attempt at converting a pair of jeans with irreparable holes in the legs into something cute - DD2's Memorial Day parade outfit, inspired by the super-cute Minnie tee from Old Navy. Ignore the scraped-up face, DD had yet another mishap trying to keep up with her big brother & sister over the holiday weekend.

That's SUPER CUTE!! I'm gonna have to make a trip to OLD NAVY too! And you DD is still cute as a button scrapes and all

 

[Disneymom1218]

QUESTION

When machine appliqueing a t shirt how do you prevent the two sides of the t shirt from being sewn together. I have tried twice and both times I sewed the shirt together. Any and all advice would be appreciated. Thanks Melissa

I do applique by hand with my machine, so I just hold the back of the shirt out of the way.

 

[kollerbear]

I made pillowcases for Give a Day get a Disney Day last year, even tho we never went down to use the day. I did them for a group called ConKerr Cancer. On their website they have a couple different methods for making pillowcases. One is very easy and would be perfect for a beginner. www.conkerrcancer.org
Hope that helps.

Thanks everyone so much for the advice everyone! I'm convinced to start with a basic pillowcase. The PJ pants sound like such a nice idea--with the big bonus of having PJ pants at the end, so that will be next, after a few pillowcases.

I do think I'll start with this pillowcase and donate them if they turn out well--I found another more basic pattern here... (of course I miss the "BASIC" one... haha) and I found the diagram pretty helpful. Question.. on conkerrcancer.org they mentioned making sure that you fix the seams to keep from fraying. Does that mean to just, like, use fraycheck? I know my grandma swears that her overcaster is necessary for EVERYTHING but that seems unlikely. I'm not sure what's an acceptable standard!

Lesson #1 learned: Michael's (at least the one near me) does not carry fabric. Haha. I'll let you guys know how the pillowcases go this week, once I find some fabric downtown!!! Thanks again! Your stuff is so inspirational to me!

 

[mphalens]

Greetings from WDW! DH got a rare weekend off and requested a short stay at the Beach Club. Who was I to say no?! lol

Rebecca asked for something Toy Story, and I managed to get this done at the last minute. She can wear it on the cruise too. It's a Simply Sweet with a tiers skirt to make it twirl well. We recieved tons of compliments yesterday, even from other kids who kept shouting "it's Jessie!". I love th SS pattern, this went together in just over 2, uninterrupted because everyone was asleep, hours.

Thanks! It's appliqué. I printed out another bodice pattern piece, cut it to the shape I wanted and stuck it down with heat and bond lite. I had pulled up a pic of Jessie to get the red trim design, and noticed the yoke was edged in red, so I did the satin stitch red. Super easy, and I'm really happy with how it looks. Also when I looked at the pic online, she has a big gold trimmed white button under the yoke...it's not quite as big, but I found a single similar button in the button collection I inherited from my mom. Silly, but it made me happy.

LOVE that dress!!!! My little guy saw the picture and said, "That's Jesse!" You did a fabulous job And thanks for posting HOW you did it ... I sat there in aw!

Thought I would share the one thing I have managed to sew in the last few months. Its from the Girl's World book and it turned out so cute! DD loves it and I would definitely make it again. The picture really doesn't do it justice.

Adorable! I'm going to have to go look to see if there's a "Boy's World" book

Just finished up this Steps dress. These are some of the most involved designs I've digitized, but I am really pleased with how they turned out! Other than that the dress went together easy peasy - gotta love the simply sweet!

I just LOVE all the Steps outfits!!!! Yours is fabulous too!!! Love it!!!

Well, I'm venturing out of the world of Simply Sweets and twirl skirts and I ordered a tutorial on how to recover an infant carrier. My SIL is going to be using my practically brand new one, which is currently pink&black but she's having a boy.....has anyone attempted this? I bought the tut off etsy this morning (and am impatiently waiting for it to show up in my inbox!) Any suggestions on fabrics? Would I be better with home decor fabric since it's thicker, but what about the texture? Would a chenille work? I don't know what to use that will be durable and comfortable?

My mom made my son a new cover for his infant carrier (I hated my original carrier from DS#1 and my double stroller would only take a Graco infant seat so I got one from a friend) ... anyway, she said it was a LOT of work ... a LOT ...
But, we found this fabulous terrycloth water resistant batting at Hancock Fabrics to use as the padding ... the "pretty layer" was Florida Gators cotton ... I had more people stop me to ask where I'd gotten my carseat cover I wish I had $20 for every time - I could have bought an embroidery machine!
I will tell you, my friend that is a carseat tech had a FIT when she saw the cover though ... Even though it was well made, etc. she said that there are a lot of safety things that go into the carseat covers that are impossible to re-create (flame retardancy, etc.) and since the seat hasn't been tested with the homemade cover, it could negate the seat's safety ... (Sorry, I just feel obligated to tell people that now ... If I'd known ahead of time I probably would have just ordered a new cover from Graco, as cute as mine was )

Thought I'd share my first attempt at converting a pair of jeans with irreparable holes in the legs into something cute - DD2's Memorial Day parade outfit, inspired by the super-cute Minnie tee from Old Navy. Ignore the scraped-up face, DD had yet another mishap trying to keep up with her big brother & sister over the holiday weekend.

SO SO Cute!!! Did you use a tutorial or did you have a pattern? I found the perfect jean skirt at a consignment store to do something like this with (for me) but I can't wrap my head around HOW exactly to go about it -adding the extra skirt out of cotton ...

 

[weluvdizne]

Thanks everyone so much for the advice everyone! I'm convinced to start with a basic pillowcase. The PJ pants sound like such a nice idea--with the big bonus of having PJ pants at the end, so that will be next, after a few pillowcases.

I do think I'll start with this pillowcase and donate them if they turn out well--I found another more basic pattern here... (of course I miss the "BASIC" one... haha) and I found the diagram pretty helpful. Question.. on conkerrcancer.org they mentioned making sure that you fix the seams to keep from fraying. Does that mean to just, like, use fraycheck? I know my grandma swears that her overcaster is necessary for EVERYTHING but that seems unlikely. I'm not sure what's an acceptable standard!

Lesson #1 learned: Michael's (at least the one near me) does not carry fabric. Haha. I'll let you guys know how the pillowcases go this week, once I find some fabric downtown!!! Thanks again! Your stuff is so inspirational to me!

When I made the pillowcases, I did a basic straight stitch and then followed back around with a zig zag stitch over the edges to prevent the fraying. I dont have a serger, so I do this on basically everything.
I was wondering what you were getting to sew at Michaels, but forgot to ask on my previous post. Some Walmarts have fabric, or else, try Hobby Lobby (they are closed on Sundays and close early Mon-Sat), JoAnn's or Hancocks. Can't wait to see your pillowcases and other projects. I just read this thread for a long time until I finally got up the nerve to actually try to sew something. Now, I'm not that great, but my kids love what I sew for them. It's addicting and a lot of fun. Everyone on here has been so helpful and supportive, so that helps a ton!

 

[littlepeppers]

Question

Emma swing top tutorial? I k kw they have one, but I can't find where I saved it. Was is stephres? Can anyone point menin the right direction?

Haven't posted lately because there isn't any Disney trip to sew for, but I'm lurking and loving everything.

 

[tricia]

Question

Emma swing top tutorial? I k kw they have one, but I can't find where I saved it. Was is stephres? Can anyone point menin the right direction?

Haven't posted lately because there isn't any Disney trip to sew for, but I'm lurking and loving everything.

http://funktionalthreads.blogspot.com/2010/05/emma-swing-top-variation.html

Here you go. It was Lisa

 

[squirrel]

This is what I made this weekend

I will trim the ribbon later. Still have to top stitch, but I know some people were wanting a Rapunzel Dress. Sorry about Pippi in the photo-I think she wanted to play with the ribbon.

 

[VBAndrea]

Thought I would share the one thing I have managed to sew in the last few months. Its from the Girl's World book and it turned out so cute! DD loves it and I would definitely make it again. The picture really doesn't do it justice.

That's beautiful!

Just finished up this Steps dress. These are some of the most involved designs I've digitized, but I am really pleased with how they turned out! Other than that the dress went together easy peasy - gotta love the simply sweet!

Amazing! You are doing absolutely spectacular with your digitizing!

Hi-- if I'm posting in the wrong place please let me know, I'm pretty new to DIS and brand new to sewing...

Yesterday when I was with my grandma, I mentioned to her that I wanted to learn how to sew for the Big Gives--peeked around her closets-full-of-stuff and found a Singer 9900 that she told me to just take home. (She hasn't really been with-it enough to sew in years.) So I did take it home... Aghh I'm pretty excited, but COMPLETELY overwhelmed. Let me explain my level--I figured out how to plug it in and turn it on, so I know it still works. I do not yet know how to thread the needle on the machine. (I know... I should read the manual, ha.)

My mom has sent me a few links to beginner's projects (pillowcases, bags, iphone covers, kitchen dishtowels, etc.), but she's sent me so much that I'm pretty lost. Can anyone make a really like, concrete recommendation of what I should do first, and tell me exactly what Youtube videos to watch first? I am literally going to Michael's in an hour, and I want to pick something up that I can work on during the week. What essentials do I absolutely need, besides pins, thread, a rotary cutter (I have a self-healing mat big enough for small projects), and some scraps of fabric to practice on and make a small project with?

Sorry to be so clueless!!! I've tried this before when I was in high school around my mom's machines, but she was just so enthusiastic and gave me SO MUCH INFO that I was totally overwhelmed and gave up, thinking I'd never get it right. (She's a REALLY great sewer.)

THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP!!!!

Welcome! I agree that buying something like the Easy Fit pants would be a perfect start.

This is a you tube pillowcase tut that I bookmarked -- someone else on here (perhaps Teresa) made one though I have yet to try it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7moryq_ZRFY

QUESTION

When machine appliqueing a t shirt how do you prevent the two sides of the t shirt from being sewn together. I have tried twice and both times I sewed the shirt together. Any and all advice would be appreciated. Thanks Melissa

I just hold the back out of the way. Sometimes I will pin it or use hair clips, though I need to get better hair clips. I am constantly there babysitting as it sews -- I dare not walk away. I did once get the back of a small girls fitted t- under my tackdown stitch but since it was just a tackdown stitch I was able to save the t. I've done as small as 3T on boxy t's without a problem, but I did try a girls fitted XS and let's just say the t-shirt is no longer with us.

I have never thought to cut the shirt apart. The way I learned was to turn it inside out and either hoop or spray onto the stabilizer the area your are going to monogram. Does that make sense. Check out appliquecafeblog. Rosemary is really good at explaining things like this. I guess I am allowed to post that. If not I can take it off.

Thanks for posting that blog -- I haven't seen that site b/f and I am really into scoping out new designs since my machine is so new to me.

I'm not sure if you're embroidering by hand with the machine or using an embroidery machine. If the shirt is pretty small, sometimes I do open the side seams as previously suggested. Otherwise, I usually hoop the shirt and then before I slide the hoop on to the machine I turn the shirt inside out so that the back is on top of the hoop. Then I can either use binder clips or hair clips to clip it out of the way, or I sit and babysit it while it stitches out and just move the lose part of the shirt around as needed. I usually never walk alway from the machine during a stitch out anymore, because that's a surefire way that something will get messed up.

What tye of hair clips do you use? I just have small ones and they are not good. I was thinking of getting binder clips -- do those work better?

Thought I'd share my first attempt at converting a pair of jeans with irreparable holes in the legs into something cute - DD2's Memorial Day parade outfit, inspired by the super-cute Minnie tee from Old Navy. Ignore the scraped-up face, DD had yet another mishap trying to keep up with her big brother & sister over the holiday weekend.

Adorable! I need to remember to do that with some of my dd's old jeans that she's outgrown in height.

This is what I made this weekend

I will trim the ribbon later. Still have to top stitch, but I know some people were wanting a Rapunzel Dress. Sorry about Pippi in the photo-I think she wanted to play with the ribbon.

That's gogeous! Love the fabrics and I'm glad Pippi likes it as well -- I think Pippi probably likes the ribbon the best!

 

[DMGeurts]

Thought I would share the one thing I have managed to sew in the last few months. Its from the Girl's World book and it turned out so cute! DD loves it and I would definitely make it again. The picture really doesn't do it justice.

I love how this turned out and the fabrics you used are just gorgeous!

Just finished up this Steps dress. These are some of the most involved designs I've digitized, but I am really pleased with how they turned out! Other than that the dress went together easy peasy - gotta love the simply sweet!

I just love this dress - I love all the colors and how it coordinates so well together. Someday, soon, I really want to try to do a big hand applique.

Hi-- if I'm posting in the wrong place please let me know, I'm pretty new to DIS and brand new to sewing...

Yesterday when I was with my grandma, I mentioned to her that I wanted to learn how to sew for the Big Gives--peeked around her closets-full-of-stuff and found a Singer 9900 that she told me to just take home. (She hasn't really been with-it enough to sew in years.) So I did take it home... Aghh I'm pretty excited, but COMPLETELY overwhelmed. Let me explain my level--I figured out how to plug it in and turn it on, so I know it still works. I do not yet know how to thread the needle on the machine. (I know... I should read the manual, ha.)

My mom has sent me a few links to beginner's projects (pillowcases, bags, iphone covers, kitchen dishtowels, etc.), but she's sent me so much that I'm pretty lost. Can anyone make a really like, concrete recommendation of what I should do first, and tell me exactly what Youtube videos to watch first? I am literally going to Michael's in an hour, and I want to pick something up that I can work on during the week. What essentials do I absolutely need, besides pins, thread, a rotary cutter (I have a self-healing mat big enough for small projects), and some scraps of fabric to practice on and make a small project with?

Sorry to be so clueless!!! I've tried this before when I was in high school around my mom's machines, but she was just so enthusiastic and gave me SO MUCH INFO that I was totally overwhelmed and gave up, thinking I'd never get it right. (She's a REALLY great sewer.)

THANK YOU FOR ANY HELP!!!!

I was inspired to start sewing from reading this thread, as well.

The first thing I did was dig my machine out of the closet, then I found a similar manual online (my machine is from 1988). I sat here, with the machine on my computer desk and I read the manual cover to cover, twice. So I knew what all the parts were, and what they did. Then, I knew my machine needed to be oiled because it sat in the above mentioned closet for years, the manual I had was very discriptive about oiling, so I took out all the screws and gave it a "deep clean" and oiled it myself. All of this before I ever sewed a stitch.

Then I found my oldest, ugliest pillow case, and I started sewing straight stitches on that... then zig zags and any other stitch I could coax my machine into doing. Then I hemmed my dd's curtains. From there, I went to basic online tutorials, making skirts that were available for free - because I didn't want to waste $$ on patterns if I couldn't figure them out. I didn't realize that I had to wash and dry my fabric until my 2nd or 3rd project - once I started doing this, I realized that it totally changes the feel and made the fabric easier to sew on... so I highly recommend you do this.

Once I did several online tutorials, I bit the bullet and bought a pattern from YCMT... I couldnt' get over how expensive they were - so I only bought one. I did a few more online tutorials before I used that purchased pattern - but I am so glad I did. I hate to say it, but I am not sure that I will ever buy a pattern from a store, because I just love the detail and step-by-step instructions that come with the online patterns. It makes them nearly fool proof.

Every free moment I have, I sew. I love the creative release it gives me, and I love to watch this pile of fabric turn into something that I never dreamed that I could make. It has been a tremendously rewarding experience for me.

So, please continue to ask questions - these ladies here are some of the best - and it always seems - night or day - there's someone around who can answer a question.

Thought I'd share my first attempt at converting a pair of jeans with irreparable holes in the legs into something cute - DD2's Memorial Day parade outfit, inspired by the super-cute Minnie tee from Old Navy. Ignore the scraped-up face, DD had yet another mishap trying to keep up with her big brother & sister over the holiday weekend.

This is adorable! I espeically love the red fabric with the white stars - CUTE! Sorry about your dd's owie - my girls are older now - but they never stop trying to keep up with eachother - so I feel your pain.

This is what I made this weekend

I will trim the ribbon later. Still have to top stitch, but I know some people were wanting a Rapunzel Dress. Sorry about Pippi in the photo-I think she wanted to play with the ribbon.

This turned out adorable! I love the fabrics you chose!

D~

 

[NiniMorris]

Warning...I am on my way to install the nursery...wish me luck! I'm hoping to get some great pictures. I saw a sneak peak of the room, and they got it painted perfectly! The furniture is there and it is only waiting on my handiwork to complete...

This little guy is going to be surrounded by so much love! Even his older brother (all of 4 years old) helped to paint and 'place' the furniture. And his two older sisters picked the colors of the room.

Now, we are off to throw a 'put together the nursery ' party and lunch. (two moms and 6 kids)




Nini

 

[belle41379]

Question... I just read the Twirl Skirt tut on the bookmarks page. Can I put a hand appliqué on that? Would it show up? I want to do one for my daughter now that I've done the appliqué for the Give. I'm hooked!

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Just finished up this Steps dress. These are some of the most involved designs I've digitized, but I am really pleased with how they turned out! Other than that the dress went together easy peasy - gotta love the simply sweet!

Love it! Those appliques are great! Are you going to sell them?

 

[kollerbear]

The first thing I did was dig my machine out of the closet, then I found a similar manual online (my machine is from 1988). I sat here, with the machine on my computer desk and I read the manual cover to cover, twice. So I knew what all the parts were, and what they did. Then, I knew my machine needed to be oiled because it sat in the above mentioned closet for years, the manual I had was very discriptive about oiling, so I took out all the screws and gave it a "deep clean" and oiled it myself. All of this before I ever sewed a stitch.

I am SO grateful you said this!!! I didn't even THINK about oiling or cleaning the machine. I am going to a fabric store today for practice and pillowcase materials--I will make sure to ask them to also hook me up with oil or mini brushes or anything I might need to clean the machine.

 

[billwendy]

Good morning everyone!!!

I worked with a different type of fabric this weekend, and will post the results later. Im worried that the skirts look too small. I added 5 inches to the girls hip measurements to get the size - its a stretchy material - do you think that will work?

Also, if anyone (or 2 people) would be able to do Wish Family Shirts for Bridgie's give, or eye spy bags for 3 of the kiddos, it'd be so AWESOME!!!