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

[DMGeurts]

I will have a daughter in 9 days or less! I have made a bag before but I had the help of my cousin and now that we don't live near her anymore, I am afraid to try it again! I saw the fabric blocks somewhere to make and thought of those.. maybe I will try that.

I forgot to say "Congratulations" - I hope everything is painless and she is a great sleeper.

D~

 

[dianemom2]

OK - so here's my idea for an AG skirt... AG's colors are red and hot pink. I think a strip work skirt alternating plain red and plain pink - or if you can find a print with those two colors to throw in between - I think that would be really cute.

We go to AGMOA all the time - I've heard the Chicago store is awesome - but I've never been there. If you can make an appointement with a personal shopper (Totally free and well worth it), they walk you through the store, help you choose items, then you get to sit in their guest room and sort through your items - then they ring you up right there - so no lines. A really awesome service that AG offers for free - no pressure sales tactics or anything. I've had my personal shoppers at AGMOA for years now, and I can honestly say they are my friends.

I finished Bridgie's give tonight - and I hafta say - I am super excited about it!!! I keep going back to look at it - because it is just so CUTE!!! I really want to accessorize it - you know me - but I am not sure what to do. I'll have to sleep on it. I can't wait to show you all on the BG board.... but it will have to wait until tomorrow, because it's too dark to take pics tonight.

D~

Oh Wow! I had no idea of the personal shopper! That sounds amazing! I think my girls would be in Heaven! Sadly I'm worried we aren't going to have enough time. We are only there for 4 hours. (our train ride is 5 LOL!) The girls have been religiously browsing the website so they know what they want. I think they have a pretty good idea, but that could all go out the window once we get there.

Jeana

Definitely make an appointment with the personal shopper if you are shorter on time. When I took my girls to the AG store in NYC we stumbled on the personal shopper. She wasn't busy and ended up helping us. She was wonderful! She helped the kids choose what they wanted, made suggestions for items that would last longer/better than some of the things they'd picked and then rang us up with no wait in line. It was a great way to shop! My girls went with a long list of exactly what they wanted but once in the store some items were sold out and some items seemed more appealing than what had been on their list. There were also a couple of "in store" specials which was very nice. Going to the store with my girls was definitely a wonderful memory! They still talk about it. They are about to open a store near where we live but my girls are outgrowing the dolls. Very sad!

Make sure to post a picture of whatever special set you make for your girls and their dolls.

 

[billwendy]

I've had this pattern for a year now, I haven't made it yet, but my girlfriend did last year..she made it for her 8yo...she liked the pattern but she said it was impossible to get it on her. The bodice was too fitting and without a zipper or buttons she couldn't get it on her. So she ended up taking apart the straps and attached elastic in some casing.....Sooooo, ever since then I've been hesitant to make it, but it's so cute looking, I'm definately going to give it a try anyway. Let me know how it works out for you!

Aw Bummer!! Of course I cut out some of the material last night!!!! Anyone have any ideas how I could make this pattern work? Its the Tiered Flouncy Dress from YCMT......HELP????

Has anyone ever made tie straps from bias tape? Could I just do that??????? would it work??

 

[lovesdumbo]

So many wonderful thing posted!!!

Aw Bummer!! Of course I cut out some of the material last night!!!! Anyone have any ideas how I could make this pattern work? Its the Tiered Flouncy Dress from YCMT......HELP????

Has anyone ever made tie straps from bias tape? Could I just do that??????? would it work??

I do not enjoy gathering so I've only ever used that pattern to make an A-line style dress and tops. I've never had any trouble getting it on either of my girls.

I would think the tie straps would work well. The first one I made the straps were too long-I ended up just sewing a tuck in the back of the strap but the ties would allow it to fit longer.

 

[mphalens]

So many wonderful thing posted!!!





I do not enjoy gathering so I've only ever used that pattern to make an A-line style dress and tops. I've never had any trouble getting it on either of my girls.

I would think the tie straps would work well. The first one I made the straps were too long-I ended up just sewing a tuck in the back of the strap but the ties would allow it to fit longer.

I just had to quote ... WHERE did you find that fabric????????????? It's amazing!!!!!!!!

I also wanted to comment on the AG store ... I was in middle school before I received an AG doll ... and I didn't get to go to the NYC store until high school ... By then I'd outgrown the dolls (although I was a huge history buff at the time and was actually on a history club trip when I got to go to the store) ... but a personal shopper would have been AWESOME!!! The store was a zoo and I know I didn't get to see HALF of what they had ...

 

[lovesdumbo]

I just had to quote ... WHERE did you find that fabric????????????? It's amazing!!!!!!!!

I got it at JoAnns but I think I made that dress for our summer 2009 trip so I must have purchased it 2 years ago.

My tomboy would wear a dress as long as she liked the fabric. That is how I got back into sewing.

 

[mphalens]

I got it at JoAnns but I think I made that dress for our summer 2009 trip so I must have purchased it 2 years ago.

My tomboy would wear a dress as long as she liked the fabric. That is how I got back into sewing.

That fabric is just awesome ... thanks for sharing!!!

 

[miprender]

So many wonderful thing posted!!!

Love that dress and fabric.

 

[aboveH20]

Joann has solid and print flannel on sale this week, 50% off. Good time of year to make some pillowcases for GKTW (avoid the back to school, Halloween, and Christmas rushes ).

 

[VBAndrea]

I finished 3 Eye Spy Bags for Bridgie's BG.

I hope they like them....they where fun to make. The tutorial I used called for printable fabric.....but no one in town had it.....so I improvised.....after watching and wrestling them back from my kids I think I will order some printable fabric for when I make theirs. The ribbons tether the list to the bag....but there are also pockets so the lists don't just swing all over the place when not in use.

I've never seen the Eye Spy bags done with pockets before -- that is a really good idea. Yours turned out great!

Finally got the girls rainbow outfits done!!!! These will be from their brother Tim and I ! I only had 1 yard of the rainbow fabric - thank goodness the girls were still small enough for 2 pairs of shorts out of it!!!!

I LOVE this new heathersue design!!!!!

Love the bright colors! the girls are going to love them and I'm sure Tim is thrilled.

I found the 4x4 to look very small, but the 5x7 to me looks fine on all the Tshirts I am doing for DH and I. Maybe if you are use to hand appliquing and doing very big designs it might look small but to me it still looks very good with out being over the top.

HTH

That helps immensely. I have three votes for and one against! I figure if it wnds up looking too small i could always put a little saying under the shirt. Heathersue was a sweetie pie and sent me a bunch of designs so I could pick what I want to use (I'm doing this for a BG).

WOW! I've been doing a garage sale, and can't believe how much great stuff was posted!! There is WTMTQ, but wanted to make sure I said...

Well, I'm going to attempt an outfit for my DS this week, along with make our Fathers Day gifts. Once I finish the outfit for DS, I'll attempt my first twirl skirt. I've seen all the tuts on the bookmark page, but which one is everyone using? The skirts with the multiple fabrics/layers? Have fun sewing today, all you lucky ladies.

Hope your garage sale was a success -- we did one last weekend and it turned out well and I got rid of toms of things and most of what didn't sell got bagged up to be donated.

What I really want to know is what are you making for Father's Day gifts? I would like some ideas. I did download a new fish applique design figuring I'll make dh a t-shirt to wear when he goes fishing with the kids. I need more ideas though!

Joann has solid and print flannel on sale this week, 50% off. Good time of year to make some pillowcases for GKTW (avoid the back to school, Halloween, and Christmas rushes ).

I saw but I still haven't made a thing with the previous 5 yards of solid I got. I prioritized a music bag for dd's piano books (b/c she kept begging) and today I really want to get started on a BG. I have all my quarter yard fabrics cut though and lined up to match the solids. I work 4 out of 5 days this week and tomorrow is very long hours -- no sewing this week so best get off the computer and head upstairs to my sewing hole.

And thanks for the tut on rolled hems -- I will try again, someday! My tension settings seem so messed up though that I'm not sure I'll ever figure it out.

 

[belle41379]

Hope your garage sale was a success -- we did one last weekend and it turned out well and I got rid of toms of things and most of what didn't sell got bagged up to be donated.

What I really want to know is what are you making for Father's Day gifts? I would like some ideas. I did download a new fish applique design figuring I'll make dh a t-shirt to wear when he goes fishing with the kids. I need more ideas though.

I'm making rice therapy bags in soft flannel prints that match their interests. They are getting neck, back, and eye bags. If I have time, I'll also make lounge pants. : they both have back problems, so I thought this was a unique idea.

DH is getting a smoker insert and smoking chips for his grill.

 

[belle41379]

I got it at JoAnns but I think I made that dress for our summer 2009 trip so I must have purchased it 2 years ago.

My tomboy would wear a dress as long as she liked the fabric. That is how I got back into sewing.

LOVE that fabric!

 

[cajunfan]

Joann has solid and print flannel on sale this week, 50% off. Good time of year to make some pillowcases for GKTW (avoid the back to school, Halloween, and Christmas rushes ).

I saw that too! I am almost finished my second forty and still have ten more yards left to do. I am actually waiting for Hobby Lobby to have theirs on sale...it is 44/45" versus Joanns 42 inches (which is tight to get 4 and meet the size requirements)

Lynn

 

[aboveH20]

Once again, I need to plead TMTQ. I went back 10 pages, so apologize for the wonderful things posted before then. . .

I was waaaaaay over the photo/image limit (I had 75 so had to delete 50!), but I think I've been able to capture some of the images

Lauren has developed this fascination with Darth Vader. She thinks he is so funny. I got the design to make a father's day gift for Dh but Lauren asked for a pink Vader.....

It's perfect for a girl. Great choice.

I have done some MAJOR sewing recently! The heat in maryland is ungodly at this point (Over 100 degrees) and there is nothing to do outside so sewing inside has kept me sane!
HEre are a few recentl pictures of the kidos, my designs and such!

Candice

The photo police didn't want me to quote all of your photos, but WOW! the creativity and execution are beyond amazing. I absolutely love them

Okay ... so I'd never made a tutu before, but I'd heard they were easy to make and lots of fun ... so when Amber needed a "rocker tutu" for Savannah for a photo shoot for the hospital next week, I talked to my cousin that makes tutus and decided I could give it a shot

He was nice enough to model for me when I was halfway through ...

I love the photo. I can see one of my sons being a willing model. Great tutu, and adorable son.

We are 10 days from leaving for our trip, and I am now 1 shirt away from having 27 (yes, that's TWENTY SEVEN) outfits put together for my 3 nieces, 2 nephews, and 2 DS's! I just got an iPhone yesterday which I think will help with posting pics. As soon as I have a few minutes to figure that out I'll try and get some pics up.

And just as a shout out...I did have some help from a good friend and my aunt getting all these done. YEA for sewing buddies!!

You've been busy, and more importantly, have a wonderful trip!

I love all the new creations!! They are wonderful!! Here is a t-shirt and a pair of shorts that I made one of the grandsons. I hope he likes trains.

Cute! and boys like anything that moves.

OK - I apologize in advance for the massive amount of photos.

Here we go:

The whole set - a result of excuse #1... everything mixes and matches, coordinates and makes mulitple outfits for different seasons.

Close-up of my first hand applique... no, it's not perfect - but it's thousands of times better than I thought it would be! Thanks to Anita for helping me out last night and Heather's most awesome tut!

Detail on the pant legs:

Back of the ruffle butt bloomers...

And I think that's it! Now, I hope she loves the fabric. LOL

D~

She'll love it. I feel it in my bones. The fabrics and combinations are incredible. You're makng me think I may have to give hand applique a second chance. My machine just couldn't do the stitches close enogh together, but maybe I can get out a hammer and "convince" it.

WELL............My new toy arrived yesterday!

I was able to watch the quick tut and rethread it with white thread by knotting it. I can't believe it actually worked! I've done the 4 thread overlock on it so far. I get the feeling I'm never going to know exactly what this thing is capable of. I'm going to attempt a rolled hem today. I want to make another one of these without hemming all the ruffles!!!!!

I do have a question though, when making something like a stripework skirt, can you use the serger to "sew" the stripes together while it overlocks at the same time? Or do you sew it all together first then go back and finish the seams???

Enjoy your serger. Seam finishings are so much tidier. I love the outfit and know I wouldn't have the patience for all of that tiny hemming. I asked the same question you did about sewing seams first before serging. Apparently that is the recommended way.

She gives a size chart for length in the tute. I measured the length of one of dd's dressed to decide on length for her. It should totally work for a 5 yr old. The ones I've made for my 4 yr old fit well with room to grow.
You can also make your own "case" by sewing 2 rectangles of fabric together and hemming one edge.

This is one I made yesterday. I just need to iron it and take it to be monogrammed. I found a great stash of antique pillowcases with beautiful embroidery on the bottoms (2 of each style). I am making them for my nieces and my dd for our beach pictures.

Ooooo, I had a lot of those pillowcases from my grandmother's house once upon a time. What a great repurposing of them.

I finished 3 Eye Spy Bags for Bridgie's BG.

I hope they like them....they where fun to make. The tutorial I used called for printable fabric.....but no one in town had it.....so I improvised.....after watching and wrestling them back from my kids I think I will order some printable fabric for when I make theirs The ribbons tether the list to the bag....but there are also pockets so the lists don't just swing all over the place when not in use.

Great job on the eye spy bags. I especially like the round opening. Thank you for making them.

You did a good job on the photo tut. For step 4 - I turn the black knob (I think I have to pull it out first?) until the little white plastic piece up with "R". I don't know if it makes a difference since I didn't try any other way. (My serger is a different model Singer machine) I actually don't like the look of serged roll hem so I do it the old fashion way most of the time.

I know the knob you're referring to. I'll have to go back and try again. Thanks for the insight.

Finally got the girls rainbow outfits done!!!! These will be from their brother Tim and I ! I only had 1 yard of the rainbow fabric - thank goodness the girls were still small enough for 2 pairs of shorts out of it!!!!

I LOVE this new heathersue design

I love the design and the shorts, too. How was doing the lettuce edge? After I finished the shirts for Madison's BG, I was tempted to lettuce them, but was afraid I'd do more harm than good.

Above H2O Thanks for the mini tutorial on your serger. I don't have the same serger, so I am unsure about what step 4 is referring to? But I just wanted to say that it was really nice of you to take the time to do that and post it - I am sure that there are many people out there that are going to use it.


D~

Thanks for the thanks. I've gotten so much help that it's nice to be able to return the favor occasionally.

I think beginners should make what they like....those are the projects that get finished.

How true!

I finished Bridgie's give tonight - and I hafta say - I am super excited about it!!! I keep going back to look at it - because it is just so CUTE!!! I really want to accessorize it - you know me - but I am not sure what to do. I'll have to sleep on it. I can't wait to show you all on the BG board.... but it will have to wait until tomorrow, because it's too dark to take pics tonight.

D~

I saw it on the BG board and have to agree about the cute factor. I have a couple CarlaC patterns for AG dolls so may have to give then a try. You're making it seem like too much fun to pass on. I once belonged to a church that clothed dolls for Christmas and I really enjoyed that.

I will have a daughter in 9 days or less! I have made a bag before but I had the help of my cousin and now that we don't live near her anymore, I am afraid to try it again! I saw the fabric blocks somewhere to make and thought of those.. maybe I will try that.

Congrats on you daughter.

Exactly, you need to turn the little nob (the first time I tried to turn it, it wasn't easy, but now I can turn it with no problems) My rolled hems don't turn out as nice if I don't turn it, they are wider than they should be that way.

I shall do that. Thanks for the input.

I saw but I still haven't made a thing with the previous 5 yards of solid I got. I prioritized a music bag for dd's piano books (b/c she kept begging) and today I really want to get started on a BG. I have all my quarter yard fabrics cut though and lined up to match the solids. I work 4 out of 5 days this week and tomorrow is very long hours -- no sewing this week so best get off the computer and head upstairs to my sewing hole.

And thanks for the tut on rolled hems -- I will try again, someday! My tension settings seem so messed up though that I'm not sure I'll ever figure it out.

I still have lots of flannel from my previous trip as well, but I think I'll buy more. When we had a short lived spell of HOT weather I was very nice to go to the basement and sew.

By George, I think I finally got to within the photo limit. Lesson learned, don't wait and try to catchup on quoting.

 

[DMGeurts]

Has anyone ever made tie straps from bias tape? Could I just do that??????? would it work??

I have not made straps from purchased bias tape... But the Snow White dresss I just finished has tie straps that I hand made from bias strip fabric - that I cut myself and finished. Theoretically - it should work.

So many wonderful thing posted!!!

Super cute!!!

OK - I have something else to share. Sorry... But this time - it isn't mine - it's 12 y/o dd's. She made her Kanani 2 dresses over the last 2 weeks, and I need to share them because she did such a great job. I helped with pattern placement and I read the instructions out loud - otherwise - she did it all herself!

We just love the dolphins on this dress... and we couldn't have placed the bodic more perfectly, than to get one dolphin up the strap.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend.

D~

 

[AnnNan]

Yes, two days in a row - I am quoting myself... Stay tuned for an apology...



Well, I confess, one of my biggest pet peeves is the improper use of "there, their, they're" and "to, too, two"... so I went and did it myself.

No, I am not an English teacher. And I would never think to correct anyone on it... but whenever I see it the wrong way, mentally, I correct it. I don't know why, I just do.

So, I apologize to anyone else out there, who might be just like me, reading this and seeing that I spelled "there" instead of "their"... consider this me correcting mysef.

Back to your regularily scheduled programming.

D~ (thanks for being so accepting of my, somtimes, strange ways)

So with you On this but have found I do it way too often - not because I don't know which one to use but just type the wrong one. I now give people more benefit of the doubt. I figure if I know the difference and sometimes look like I don't that probably happens to others also!

 

[miprender]

IOK - I have something else to share. Sorry... But this time - it isn't mine - it's 12 y/o dd's. She made her Kanani 2 dresses over the last 2 weeks, and I need to share them because she did such a great job. I helped with pattern placement and I read the instructions out loud - otherwise - she did it all herself!

We just love the dolphins on this dress... and we couldn't have placed the bodic more perfectly, than to get one dolphin up the strap.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend.

D~

WOW your DD did a great job.

Funny story about that AG doll. Since it seems like I have no time to have a friend's bday party for DD whose bday is Friday I promised her that doll. (She will still have the family party though) We have a AG store in Natick but now she wants to go to NYC and get it there

 

[belle41379]

Does anyone happen to know if there is a tut for roll up pants? Ones that can be worn as shorts or pants? I have an idea, but would feel better if I knew it would work!

 

[love to stitch]

Hi Everyone, I've been lurking here for awhile and oohing and aahing over all the beautiful things. You all are very talented. So I decided I should introduce myself. My name is Carol, I have 2 married daughters and 2 adorable grandchildren. I'm also a special needs preschool teacher and just started enjoying my summer break. I hope to do lots of sewing this summer for our Disney trip in Sept.

 

[DMGeurts]

OK - I just had to squeal with excitement - I figured you all might be able to understand.

So - 5 years ago, when we were packing up our house for the move across the state, a bin of special items was donated to the Goodwill - only I didn't discover it until months later. In that bin was a quilt that my aunt made for me - which was my favorite. Several of Allison's baby blankets - one quilt was very special, as my cousin had made it for her when she was born. I knew I could never tell my aunt or my cousin about the items that were donated on accident - and I certainly couldn't replace them. I was just sick, mostly about Allison's baby blanket, because mine has been missing since I was a child.

Well, since I've started to sew - I've been occasionally searching Etsy for the fabric for Allison's baby blanket - I've seen the backing many times, but not the panel. Well, I did a search tonight, and not even the backing was on Etsy. Which led me to Evilbay... I opened in several tabs possiblities of which one the quilt could be - then I started going through Allison's baby pictures... AND I FOUND IT - it was actually sold bound to the backing... I did a BIN on it and I am so EXCITED!!!!!! It should be here this week. All I have to do is add the yellow silky edging and wash it a few times.

And for the record - Allison is 13 and she does not care one whit about her baby blanket. I know when I tell her that I've found it - she will truly think I've flipped my lid.

What I really want to know is what are you making for Father's Day gifts? I would like some ideas. I did download a new fish applique design figuring I'll make dh a t-shirt to wear when he goes fishing with the kids. I need more ideas though!

I am not making DH anything. I already gave him his gifts because I thought he was going to be fishing in Canada... nope, wrong weekend. Oops. I gave him 5 boxes of his favorite Girl Scout cookies and 2 batteries for his cordless drills (in hopes that he will finish my sewing room - and I told him that)

WOW your DD did a great job.

Funny story about that AG doll. Since it seems like I have no time to have a friend's bday party for DD whose bday is Friday I promised her that doll. (She will still have the family party though) We have a AG store in Natick but now she wants to go to NYC and get it there

Dd says thanks.

LOL about the doll and going to NYC. It would be a fun trip.

Hi Everyone, I've been lurking here for awhile and oohing and aahing over all the beautiful things. You all are very talented. So I decided I should introduce myself. My name is Carol, I have 2 married daughters and 2 adorable grandchildren. I'm also a special needs preschool teacher and just started enjoying my summer break. I hope to do lots of sewing this summer for our Disney trip in Sept.

Welcome!! I can't wait to see what you create!

D~