Disboutiquers Part 27 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

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Argh...lost most of my quotes And it is loading so slowly

But love all the new creations that were posted.
Flora.... love that dress and the fabric you used

Chiara try threading again. Even though it takes me a while I finally had figured it out.

Question

I have the PE770 and I'm having a really hard time getting my frame into the carriage. I am doing it like the book says, and it's not working. I have tried to do it sitting, standing, from the front, from the side. No matter what I do, it takes me about 1/2 hour to get it in. Any advice please??? Thanks a bunch!

I had that same problem when I first got mine but it does get better.

Thanks for all the input on fabrics for appliqués. I have quite a dilemma here....

I am trying to make a shopping list, for my stash. I am going to Miami or Tampa (can't decide which) to shop for my stash. I won't be able to get back to the States until Aug when we are in Disney. So I've got one shot..... I plan to make DD ALOT of customs. I have started making a list with fabric color ideas....

So here's another question - If you couldn't run to a fabric store whenever you needed something and you had to get as much for your stash as possible what are some things you would make sure you absolutely had? How would you handle this situation?

I am so scared I am going to forget something important. I hope to have my PE770 way before my trip so don't forget any Embroidery supplies. ALL of DD request have Lots of appliqués and HUGE appliqués.

Another ?

For those who have done a Vida with huge face appliqués where they done by embroidery machine or a sewing machine....

TIA for any info or input.....

The really big appliques I think are done by hand or on a 6x10 hoop. Not sure how old your daughter is but the appliques on the 5x7 won't be that big to fill up a panel on a Vida.

Just wanted to share a Tinkerbell dress I made last weekend. I hadn't realized how long it had been since I was on the Board. Gotta check more often or I could miss some great stuff.

Saw this on FB and it is just beautiful.

 

[cogero]

thanks Michelle I am going to try re-threading this weekend after i finish the 2 outfits that need to go out this week

I swear I am threading it right but it doesn't seem like it LOL.

I finished one outfit last night and am going to try and finish most of the second one this morning before a meeting.

 

[dianemom2]

Here are a couple of my most recent projects. I had just a scrap of the Ariel fabric left and then I found the pink t-shirt on sale for $2. Therefore I had to create an outfit:

I wish that more of the Little Mermaid showed on the cuffs but I didn't have much leftover fabric to work with.

And then I did this shirt:

 

[cogero]

Diane I love those. They are fabulous I used leftover fabric for a birthday gift today

 

[VBAndrea]

Thanks for all the advice everyone -- I was just impatient because I wasn't finding much and those stick kids were the best camping set I could find. DS thought they were too juvenile. He picked "The Great Outdoors." My t's should arrive tonight and hopefully I can do two each day and have them done on Friday. I have so much other crap to do though -- I was just outside raking more leaves since it's nice out and the trees are still dropping leaves! It never ends. I also cleaned part of one bed out and would love to get it mulched by this weekend, but time will tell. I may just clean all my beds and then get a huge mulch delivery.

I have not sewn in a while, as we don;t have a trip planned as of yet. We MIGHT go in May for an adult only trip, if we can fit it in our budget. Anyway... I have a new neice arriving sometime on the Morning of Feb 2nd. We had the Baby shower yesterday and here is what I made for Baby Jayla Brie

Blankie and Taggie Side A

Thanks for looking(sorry the pics are so big)

Everything looks great! Congrats on your new future niece.

Just wanted to share a Tinkerbell dress I made last weekend. I hadn't realized how long it had been since I was on the Board. Gotta check more often or I could miss some great stuff.

I love the fabrics in the dress -- very pretty.

I like all three sets but agree that the first one is a little young for the age you are looking at. My DS, who is 11, agrees. He went back and forth between the second and third ones, he had specific things he liked about each of them. Can't wait to see what you and your DS choose!


So cute! I love the fabrics and the applique!

I finally finished the messenger bag for my DS. Here is the front with the Mickey head applique:

My supermodel - LOL!

This one is about 1/3 bigger than the ones I made for the girls as my DS is a fair bit taller than them and I thought the other bags looked small when I "test fit" them on him. I also think I know what the problem was when appliquing the front - the black in the pattern of the material was throwing me off when doing the outline. And it was late at night and I need better lighting where I was sewing. I think I might set up a better area in our spare room to sew in, especially once I get the new machine. I don't really want to be lugging everything out to the dining room table all the time!

The bag turned out great! My supermodel agrees with your supermodel and choose the Great Outdoors embroidery design (which means I need to dish out $7.95!!! Pretty pricey for one design!

I don't know if you can put it on "sideways"?

It will definitely have to go sideways. There just had better not be any error of margin -- I'd feel safer if the design was 6.9 inches!

 

[cogero]

Andrea

I think I would do a test stitch out for placement on a scrap piece of fabric to make sure it was right.

 

[chellewashere]

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Sorry the pic is so big, first pic I've posted to disboards also it's upside down.
It worked finally though.

DS's autograph quilt. His Granny is making after we spent a wonderful week at WDW collecting signatures for. He's super excited! She still has the batting to add and the quilting left.

Soon she'll start on DD. I can't wait to see how that one turns out.

FUNtastic!! Cant wait to see DD's one.

Please tell me you sell these. LOL, link please!


And I just have one to share today, made this for myself for our disney trip in July! What can I say, i'm a kid at heart ;]

Love it..

I'm really into twirl skirts lately! Lol!

The last one is for my little sister for Disney on Ice!

Love love love the twirls!!

Hi & welcome! this is not a selling board. The members that have Etsy stores usually have their ID name in their signatures (since DIS looks down on any kind of promotions)



As long as your DD is not having any girly curves developing it would be easy to alter the child patterns 1-3 sizes. Someone posted a link to the burda tutorial for pattern changes...its a great start.



Great job!



I think you should look for a vintage machine....any vintage machine that works for under $150 is a bargain....a new machine in that price range would not compare in quality. I would check craigslist and yard sales. The singers from 1940-1960's are the easiest to find parts for. Consider getting one with a straight stitch and a zig zag to start. A few of the girls on here sew with vintage machines. can't wait to get my mom's soon!


OK my internet was down for almost 3 days so sorry about the pic overload....a few recent projects...

I actually made myself a top and pants....sorry about the freaky looking swirled head.....bad hair day

a couple of kids outfits for a charity craft booth my church sponsors, proceeds go to orphans

My kids went to school yesterday wearing their trip customs from November....I shamelessly let them wear them to school! DD outfit I posted before but she wasn't modeling it.

These are so great...one day I will have to try to make something for myself.
Love the disney outfits.

 

[VBAndrea]

Andrea

I think I would do a test stitch out for placement on a scrap piece of fabric to make sure it was right.

BRILLIANT idea!!!! That way I don't ruin a shirt if it doesn't work out. I did get one extra shirt too just in case. And my shirts are in the wash as we speak -- now I know where Jiffy shirts gets their name from!

I'm sure I will be able to start on them tonight though. DS has lots of homework and we have to do a bit of work on his massive Civil War report every night

 

[chellewashere]

This isn't disney, but its a dress I made today for my little sister

Love the colors and wow the owl is perfect

My DD Brendi had her early ultrasound today,she's 16 weeks and they are having a GIRL! so i will have 6 dgd's and 2 dgs and 1 dgd angel. her name is Liberty / Libby ...they are still working on her middle name...Elli was so happy and Blaze was in shock,i don't think it was what he expected,the ultrasound that is...they had it showing on the wall in a 120" screen! she was moving all over the place and kept her hands up to her head/face most of the time,opened her sweet lil mouth and kept crossing her legs at the ankles...her Aunt Jennifer in Maine { David's sister} and her Aunt FattFatt here in GA{ my dd Candice who is pooh sized like me,she dubbed herself that on the day Elli was born almost 10 years ago ,she doesn't let them call her Candice! } got to watch it live through a link online...amazing technology! afterward we went shopping and her Grandma/grandpa bought her a bunch of stuff { this is their 1st grandchild!!!! } and Momma & Daddy got her a dress and a high chiar and Nanna got some patterns for things to make for her!lil shoes/shopping cart cover,quilt...it will all be in Minnie heads and pink/white polka dots and b/w damask... we are all so excited ..
here is her profile...she's 3 1/2 oz and 4 ins. long to the rump...soooo tiny....and so perfect!!
this is her full body profile,they couldn't get a face shot,,,she was playing hard to get!

Horray and congrats!!

Well, I finally broke down and talked dh into a PE770. I love it and he thinks it's really cool. I made a few shirts for a big give, and now have made a few things for my own kids. Only thing I have pix of is my dd's shirt.

Thanks for all the inspiration! You all make such lovely creations!

Thanks for looking.


wow! Sorry the pix are so HUGE!

They came out great!!

I have not sewn in a while, as we don;t have a trip planned as of yet. We MIGHT go in May for an adult only trip, if we can fit it in our budget. Anyway... I have a new neice arriving sometime on the Morning of Feb 2nd. We had the Baby shower yesterday and here is what I made for Baby Jayla Brie

Blankie and Taggie Side A

Blankie and Taggie Side B

Also, My DDs ages 9(in 2 days) and 7 are members of a Special Needs Cheer team. The Company that the Cheer team orders their sweat shirts and such from Does not really carry true pooh sized sweat shirts so.... Most of you might remember my Jack Skellington sweat shirt that I Hand appliqued, I took him off and added this Hand Applique for the High Voltage Allstars

Thanks for looking(sorry the pics are so big)

Too cute love the colors on the taggy

Just wanted to share a Tinkerbell dress I made last weekend. I hadn't realized how long it had been since I was on the Board. Gotta check more often or I could miss some great stuff.

So beautiful!! Where does everyone find the cameo designs? Is that a grace dress?

I like all three sets but agree that the first one is a little young for the age you are looking at. My DS, who is 11, agrees. He went back and forth between the second and third ones, he had specific things he liked about each of them. Can't wait to see what you and your DS choose!


So cute! I love the fabrics and the applique!

I finally finished the messenger bag for my DS. Here is the front with the Mickey head applique:

Inside, pockets for his MP3 player, headphones and an extra sharpie!

Back, pocket for his autograph book and sharpie

My supermodel - LOL!

This one is about 1/3 bigger than the ones I made for the girls as my DS is a fair bit taller than them and I thought the other bags looked small when I "test fit" them on him. I also think I know what the problem was when appliquing the front - the black in the pattern of the material was throwing me off when doing the outline. And it was late at night and I need better lighting where I was sewing. I think I might set up a better area in our spare room to sew in, especially once I get the new machine. I don't really want to be lugging everything out to the dining room table all the time!

NICE!!

 

[chellewashere]

Here are a couple of my most recent projects. I had just a scrap of the Ariel fabric left and then I found the pink t-shirt on sale for $2. Therefore I had to create an outfit:

I wish that more of the Little Mermaid showed on the cuffs but I didn't have much leftover fabric to work with.

And then I did this shirt:

Came out great!!


So now that I have been admiring everyones outfit for themselves I found a super cute minnie type dress that Im gonna some how try to make. Its kinda a halter type but I think I would need to change that top quite a bit since Im a little big on the top side and dont need anyone seeing what the Dr. gave me
Does anyone know of a good dress pattern that would be simple but would be flowy too...does that make sense?

Im waiting for my DD to tell me what she wants to be for MNSSHP so I know if I have to buy or if I can try to make the costumes. Should be fun since she wants all 3 of us to be a theme

 

[dianemom2]

Diane I love those. They are fabulous I used leftover fabric for a birthday gift today

Pictures????

Thanks for all the advice everyone -- I was just impatient because I wasn't finding much and those stick kids were the best camping set I could find. DS thought they were too juvenile. He picked "The Great Outdoors." My t's should arrive tonight and hopefully I can do two each day and have them done on Friday. I have so much other crap to do though -- I was just outside raking more leaves since it's nice out and the trees are still dropping leaves! It never ends. I also cleaned part of one bed out and would love to get it mulched by this weekend, but time will tell. I may just clean all my beds and then get a huge mulch delivery.


It will definitely have to go sideways. There just had better not be any error of margin -- I'd feel safer if the design was 6.9 inches!

I hope that the design fits ok. Can't wait to see them all done.

 

[tricia]

Yes Tinkerbell is the Grace dress. And the cameo designs come from Kira at www.cutebykira.com

 

[Disney Yooper]

I made my first taggie blanket. It turned out really cute.

The front is really soft fleece.

The back is a satiny material.

 

[chellewashere]

Yes Tinkerbell is the Grace dress. And the cameo designs come from Kira at www.cutebykira.com

thanks those cameos are amazing. The colors on the dress are amazing. How hard is the Grace dress? I bought it but really havent looked at it yet.

 

[PurpleEars]

I like all three sets but agree that the first one is a little young for the age you are looking at. My DS, who is 11, agrees. He went back and forth between the second and third ones, he had specific things he liked about each of them. Can't wait to see what you and your DS choose!


So cute! I love the fabrics and the applique!

I finally finished the messenger bag for my DS. Here is the front with the Mickey head applique:

Inside, pockets for his MP3 player, headphones and an extra sharpie!

Back, pocket for his autograph book and sharpie

My supermodel - LOL!

This one is about 1/3 bigger than the ones I made for the girls as my DS is a fair bit taller than them and I thought the other bags looked small when I "test fit" them on him. I also think I know what the problem was when appliquing the front - the black in the pattern of the material was throwing me off when doing the outline. And it was late at night and I need better lighting where I was sewing. I think I might set up a better area in our spare room to sew in, especially once I get the new machine. I don't really want to be lugging everything out to the dining room table all the time!

Good job on the bag. Looks like your supermodel likes it too!

Here are a couple of my most recent
projects. I had just a scrap of the Ariel fabric left and then I found the pink t-shirt on sale for $2. Therefore I had to create an outfit:

I wish that more of the Little Mermaid showed on the cuffs but I didn't have much leftover fabric to work with.

And then I did this shirt:

I like your logic, found a shirt and scarps so you HAD to make an outfit. I like both of them!

Thanks for all the advice everyone -- I was just impatient because I wasn't finding much and those stick kids were the best camping set I could find. DS thought they were too juvenile. He picked "The Great Outdoors." My t's should arrive tonight and hopefully I can do two each day and have them done on Friday. I have so much other crap to do though -- I was just outside raking more leaves since it's nice out and the trees are still dropping leaves! It never ends. I also cleaned part of one bed out and would love to get it mulched by this weekend, but time will tell. I may just clean all my beds and then get a huge mulch delivery.

To me it is just very odd to see someone commenting about raking in January. The only thing you can rake here is snow! At least it was around low to mid 30's today.

So now that I have been admiring everyones outfit for themselves I found a super cute minnie type dress that Im gonna some how try to make. Its kinda a halter type but I think I would need to change that top quite a bit since Im a little big on the top side and dont need anyone seeing what the Dr. gave me
Does anyone know of a good dress pattern that would be simple but would be flowy too...does that make sense?

Im waiting for my DD to tell me what she wants to be for MNSSHP so I know if I have to buy or if I can try to make the costumes. Should be fun since she wants all 3 of us to be a theme

I quite like the Jamie dress from SisBoom. It is simple and flowy. That's the dress I have on for my pic on the BG board. I can't wait to find out what your theme will be for MNSSHP!

I made my first taggie blanket. It turned out really cute.

The front is really soft fleece.

The back is a satiny material.

Such cute fabric! I really like it!


So in my forgetfulness I forgot to wish everyone here a happy new year yesterday! A few people in my office are of Chinese descent so we had a mini-celebration. It was a lot of fun!

 

[tricia]

thanks those cameos are amazing. The colors on the dress are amazing. How hard is the Grace dress? I bought it but really havent looked at it yet.

Not very hard. Maybe not appropriate if you are making your first dress, but if you have a bit of experience it is no problem.

 

[weluvdizne]

Here are a couple of my most recent projects. I had just a scrap of the Ariel fabric left and then I found the pink t-shirt on sale for $2. Therefore I had to create an outfit:

I wish that more of the Little Mermaid showed on the cuffs but I didn't have much leftover fabric to work with.

And then I did this shirt:

Just adorable! Great idea to use the scrap. Will have to remember that trick!

Yes Tinkerbell is the Grace dress. And the cameo designs come from Kira at www.cutebykira.com

Love the fabric combos. I really like how the Grace dress turns out for everyone. May have to break down and buy it next time they have a discount code on YCMT. My dd name is Grace, so I know she will automatically love the dress! Your version turned out really nice!

I have not sewn in a while, as we don;t have a trip planned as of yet. We MIGHT go in May for an adult only trip, if we can fit it in our budget. Anyway... I have a new neice arriving sometime on the Morning of Feb 2nd. We had the Baby shower yesterday and here is what I made for Baby Jayla Brie

Blankie and Taggie Side A

Blankie and Taggie Side B

Also, My DDs ages 9(in 2 days) and 7 are members of a Special Needs Cheer team. The Company that the Cheer team orders their sweat shirts and such from Does not really carry true pooh sized sweat shirts so.... Most of you might remember my Jack Skellington sweat shirt that I Hand appliqued, I took him off and added this Hand Applique for the High Voltage Allstars

Thanks for looking(sorry the pics are so big)

Congrats on the new niece. Cute baby gifts. Nice job on the cheer sweat shirt. That's part of what got me looking into customs. I didn't like many of the Disney pooh size choices. Funny thing is, I haven't made anything for myself, just the kiddos!

Just wanted to share a Tinkerbell dress I made last weekend. I hadn't realized how long it had been since I was on the Board. Gotta check more often or I could miss some great stuff.

Stop by more often. You make nice things and we like to see them.

I finally finished the messenger bag for my DS. Here is the front with the Mickey head applique:

Inside, pockets for his MP3 player, headphones and an extra sharpie!

Back, pocket for his autograph book and sharpie

My supermodel - LOL!

Nice job on the bag! Hope you figure out a good solution for a new sewing space.

 

[cburnett27]

Everyone's projects look amazing!! I had way too many to quote so thought an all-inclusive 'woohoo!!' would be best

I have that same owl valentines fabric that i'm hoping to work with this weekend, I love it!!

Question too, not sure if its ok to ask this or not and really since i'm still new i'm not sure how much non-disney work you guys do but.... I'm looking desperately for some fabric and thought i'd see if anyone has any or has seen it anywhere. Its Michael Miller - Java Bloom in Apple (borrowing pic from etsy)

 

[chellewashere]

Not very hard. Maybe not appropriate if you are making your first dress, but if you have a bit of experience it is no problem.

Thanks for getting back so quick. That is good to know. I am still patiently waiting for my new returned machine to arrive and I think this might be the first thing I try..out of my long list of things to try

 

[livndisney]

Everyone's projects look amazing!! I had way too many to quote so thought an all-inclusive 'woohoo!!' would be best

I have that same owl valentines fabric that i'm hoping to work with this weekend, I love it!!

Question too, not sure if its ok to ask this or not and really since i'm still new i'm not sure how much non-disney work you guys do but.... I'm looking desperately for some fabric and thought i'd see if anyone has any or has seen it anywhere. Its Michael Miller - Java Bloom in Apple (borrowing pic from etsy)

http://www.monstermarketplace.com/fabric-boutique/lava-bloom-apple-remnant-29x44