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

[mommy2mrb]

Hello all!

finally talked to Cherylanne yesterday about our blanket project for our "little orphanage to be" in Haiti!

they are hoping to have the bldg complete by October, get all the staff in and trained and then move the kids in my Christmas, what a wonderful gift for them all!

Wendy will be updating the "Hugs from Megan" thread on the Big Give site soon so watch for an updated thread....figure was better to start off fresh since its been so long since we first started it!!!

they are still trying to figure out about clothing for the kids, not sure if they are doing uniforms or street clothes, so will let you all know down the road since some of you had ask about that a few months ago.

thank you all for your continued support and look forward to seeing all the beautiful blankets!

If anyone has any questions about the orphanage please PM me, I am not allowed to post the web info since its not an approved charity for the DIS but it is on the Big Give thread!

as soon as Wendy gets the new thread started we will be open for sign ups again!!!

Thanks,
Lisa and Megan

 

[Sandi S]

Very cute! I have this pattern but have not tried it yet. Was it easy to put together? Would it be too long for a DW trip? Thanks!

It's not too hard to do, but I would shorten it for a park dress. It is a bit long.

 

[PurpleEars]

I've been wanting to do a collection of Princess bows. And just haven't gotten around to it.

So I made something to put on my goofy thing. I think I want to change it up so. The idea was that you can wear it in the park over a petti, jeans or shorts. And it just came out too long. We don't want tripping hazards.

It looks great! Hopefully it won't be too hard to make it shorter!

Phalen, however, keeps asking if I'm ready - but not to embroider anything - he wants to know if I'm ready to clean out the Jack LaLainne juicer we found at Goodwill yesterday $9.99 Apparently yesterday was my day for awesome deals

So - DH's only question - WHERE am I going to PUT this lovely new machine??? Can't fit it in the (abandoned) sewing area in our bedroom - it can only fit ONE machine. Currently my 401a is in the diningroom on the table . . . and there is space on the table we have set up in there for Phalen's homeschool stuff . . . but that would mean I'm declaring the diningroom is my sewing space.

Sounds like you got good deals all the way around! It sounds like your DH seems to be on board with your new machine! I took over our spare bedroom as my sewing room, but it does mean I have to "move out" whenever we have overnight guests.

Hello all!

finally talked to Cherylanne yesterday about our blanket project for our "little orphanage to be" in Haiti!

they are hoping to have the bldg complete by October, get all the staff in and trained and then move the kids in my Christmas, what a wonderful gift for them all!

Wendy will be updating the "Hugs from Megan" thread on the Big Give site soon so watch for an updated thread....figure was better to start off fresh since its been so long since we first started it!!!

they are still trying to figure out about clothing for the kids, not sure if they are doing uniforms or street clothes, so will let you all know down the road since some of you had ask about that a few months ago.

thank you all for your continued support and look forward to seeing all the beautiful blankets!

If anyone has any questions about the orphanage please PM me, I am not allowed to post the web info since its not an approved charity for the DIS but it is on the Big Give thread!

as soon as Wendy gets the new thread started we will be open for sign ups again!!!

Thanks,
Lisa and Megan

It is so exciting to see the project moving forward!

 

[mommy2mrb]

It is so exciting to see the project moving forward!

Yes it is if all goes as planned Megan and I plan on being there at the dedication during Christmas break....we are so excited to see it first hand and meet all the sweet little faces, know there will be plenty of hugs and snuggles!

 

[GlassSlippers]

I've been wanting to do a collection of Princess bows. And just haven't gotten around to it.

So I made something to put on my goofy thing. I think I want to change it up so. The idea was that you can wear it in the park over a petti, jeans or shorts. And it just came out too long. We don't want tripping hazards.

I love this! What a cute idea! I especially like the gorgeous bow. It's so feminine and pretty. What I'm really wondering about is your mannequin/dress form. Would you mind very much sharing where you got the pattern?

Lori in East Podunk

 

[miprender]

Great job on the outfits! I can't wait to see what you've planned for the other days.

Thanks... and sorry to hear about your vacuum.

My other Epcot day is making all Fiesta themed. My son was so upset that we missed Senor Donald that I am making one day themed around that and we are also planning on eating at San Angel Inn.

Nadya dress and leggings:

halterdress - Yola (with a hand-smocked insert):

Everything is amazing and love all the fabric you used.

I made the eyebrows out of the same fabric as one of the shorts I made for him a few weeks ago:

Then I had worked on these two designs at the end of last week and I just got around to testing them out. Once I tested them, I had to make something with the pieces that stitched them out on.

Your nephew must be loving all the neat stuff you are making him.

WOO HOO for having a day's worth of outfits done! Great job!

Sunshine

Thanks... now need motiviation to finish everything else

enabler alert - I found the cutest board short fabric at The Fabric Fairy!

That is cute!

So I made something to put on my goofy thing. I think I want to change it up so. The idea was that you can wear it in the park over a petti, jeans or shorts. And it just came out too long. We don't want tripping hazards.

I love your dress form and really love the Tiana skirt.

Is anyone friends with aimeeg? I have always been totally in love with her steamboat willie feliz.

I want to make something similar and my girlfriend that I'm going with wanted me to post aimeeg's picture on pinterest. I didn't want to do that unless aimeeg said it was ok.

I thought about sending her a message, but I never think of looking at messages and I was afraid she would miss it.


Thanks!

Dawn

I loved her Steamboat Willie dress too and made one based on her idea for our trip last year.

 

[SallyfromDE]

I love this! What a cute idea! I especially like the gorgeous bow. It's so feminine and pretty. What I'm really wondering about is your mannequin/dress form. Would you mind very much sharing where you got the pattern?

Lori in East Podunk

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TerrieKnox?ref=pr_shop_more

I bought the 4-6 years, and measured to a commercial pattern, and it measures a dress size 4. She has a nice photo PDF, but no yardage info. I bought a yard and could make 3 with it. She doesn't give directions (although, to tell the truth, I didnt really pour over the directions) for the loop in the neck. I added that. I lined it, to make it more stable, and had some foam board, so I glued a peice in the neck, arms and bottom. Just to make stand out a bit more. I think that's only in my mind. But the bottom helps it to stand on the table.

 

[Meshell2002]

http://www.etsy.com/shop/TerrieKnox?ref=pr_shop_more

I bought the 4-6 years, and measured to a commercial pattern, and it measures a dress size 4. She has a nice photo PDF, but no yardage info. I bought a yard and could make 3 with it. She doesn't give directions (although, to tell the truth, I didnt really pour over the directions) for the loop in the neck. I added that. I lined it, to make it more stable, and had some foam board, so I glued a peice in the neck, arms and bottom. Just to make stand out a bit more. I think that's only in my mind. But the bottom helps it to stand on the table.

thanks for the link.....would love to try making the mannequin

 

[micksmoma]

I hope you can help me with a problem with my applique, I have done a couple of appliques that are wrinkled after they are washed, one of them I can't even iron out, what can I do to stop this? I used Heat and Bond Lite to fuse two pieces of fabric together because it was thin but I have done this before and never had a problem. I did prewash everything. I know that some one will know and thank you for the help.

 

[mommy2mrb]

We are up and running! thanks to Wendy for starting a new thread!!!

If you'd like to help make some comfy fleece blankets for our little kiddo's please sign up on the Big Give Site....under Special (Non Wish) Gives


We appreciate all your help in making our goal of 132 blankets!!!

Thanks
Lisa and Megan

 

[Isatricia]

I posted this in another spot, but this seems like the better place...

You all seem to be much better seamstresses than I am!!

My girls want princess dresses for our upcoming trip to DLR. I have made them princess dresses for Halloween several times, so we have a few that only need slight modifications to fit/repair. We (the parents) are concerned that the satin dresses will be to hot and bulky in the parks or simply be uncomfortable on the rides and activities. What are your experiences on this?

I have also chosen to make them Snow White and Rapunzel dresses out of alternative spring/summer fabrics. I have the Snow White dresses done and I think they are adorable and the girls are happy with them. I am working on the Rapunzel dresses now. These dresses look so much more comfortable than the satin dresses. We have also had issues with the satin dresses pulling apart when they play in them, so that is another concern at the parks.

I am also going to make a Jasmine outfit, but I am making it out of interlock knit fabric. I hope that it has enough stability to look cute.

 

[VBAndrea]

Hello all!

finally talked to Cherylanne yesterday about our blanket project for our "little orphanage to be" in Haiti!

they are hoping to have the bldg complete by October, get all the staff in and trained and then move the kids in my Christmas, what a wonderful gift for them all!

Wendy will be updating the "Hugs from Megan" thread on the Big Give site soon so watch for an updated thread....figure was better to start off fresh since its been so long since we first started it!!!

they are still trying to figure out about clothing for the kids, not sure if they are doing uniforms or street clothes, so will let you all know down the road since some of you had ask about that a few months ago.

thank you all for your continued support and look forward to seeing all the beautiful blankets!

If anyone has any questions about the orphanage please PM me, I am not allowed to post the web info since its not an approved charity for the DIS but it is on the Big Give thread!

as soon as Wendy gets the new thread started we will be open for sign ups again!!!

Thanks,
Lisa and Megan

Wendy already has the thread up and I posted over there -- I just need to check my stash to see sizes and whether or not boy or girl would work. I am really excited that you may be able to go down for the dedication! How awesome is that!!!!

I posted this in another spot, but this seems like the better place...

You all seem to be much better seamstresses than I am!!

My girls want princess dresses for our upcoming trip to DLR. I have made them princess dresses for Halloween several times, so we have a few that only need slight modifications to fit/repair. We (the parents) are concerned that the satin dresses will be to hot and bulky in the parks or simply be uncomfortable on the rides and activities. What are your experiences on this?

I have also chosen to make them Snow White and Rapunzel dresses out of alternative spring/summer fabrics. I have the Snow White dresses done and I think they are adorable and the girls are happy with them. I am working on the Rapunzel dresses now. These dresses look so much more comfortable than the satin dresses. We have also had issues with the satin dresses pulling apart when they play in them, so that is another concern at the parks.

I am also going to make a Jasmine outfit, but I am making it out of interlock knit fabric. I hope that it has enough stability to look cute.

My dd doesn't do princess dresses, but I think the ones out of cotton are much more park appropriate for comfort and heat. Are you familiar with Carla's blog? She has ways of princessifying her Simply Sweet pattern. Many on here have made them out of cotton and they look fabulous.

http://scientificseamstress.blogspot.com/2009/09/princess-pointers.html

On the left you will see links for Cinderella and Belle as well (I think she did these for dolls but you just adapt them for human size).

 

[VBAndrea]

I hope you can help me with a problem with my applique, I have done a couple of appliques that are wrinkled after they are washed, one of them I can't even iron out, what can I do to stop this? I used Heat and Bond Lite to fuse two pieces of fabric together because it was thin but I have done this before and never had a problem. I did prewash everything. I know that some one will know and thank you for the help.

I wash on cold and dry on casual and many appliques wrinkle up but they all iron out for me. Maybe try some wrinkle release spray??

 

[dianemom2]

I posted this in another spot, but this seems like the better place...

You all seem to be much better seamstresses than I am!!

My girls want princess dresses for our upcoming trip to DLR. I have made them princess dresses for Halloween several times, so we have a few that only need slight modifications to fit/repair. We (the parents) are concerned that the satin dresses will be to hot and bulky in the parks or simply be uncomfortable on the rides and activities. What are your experiences on this?

I have also chosen to make them Snow White and Rapunzel dresses out of alternative spring/summer fabrics. I have the Snow White dresses done and I think they are adorable and the girls are happy with them. I am working on the Rapunzel dresses now. These dresses look so much more comfortable than the satin dresses. We have also had issues with the satin dresses pulling apart when they play in them, so that is another concern at the parks.

I am also going to make a Jasmine outfit, but I am making it out of interlock knit fabric. I hope that it has enough stability to look cute.

I was going to answer you but I see that Andrea already gave the same answer I was going to give. Making their dresses out of pretty calico will look nice and be much cooler in the Florida weather. I just did a Cinderella dress last week. I used blue calico for the dress and white lace for the peplums.

My dd doesn't do princess dresses, but I think the ones out of cotton are much more park appropriate for comfort and heat. Are you familiar with Carla's blog? She has ways of princessifying her Simply Sweet pattern. Many on here have made them out of cotton and they look fabulous.

http://scientificseamstress.blogspot.com/2009/09/princess-pointers.html

On the left you will see links for Cinderella and Belle as well (I think she did these for dolls but you just adapt them for human size).

She also has a Sleeping Beauty version of her Simply Sweet. I've seen people use the portrait peasant dress for a Snow White dress and it has turned out very cute.

I hope you can help me with a problem with my applique, I have done a couple of appliques that are wrinkled after they are washed, one of them I can't even iron out, what can I do to stop this? I used Heat and Bond Lite to fuse two pieces of fabric together because it was thin but I have done this before and never had a problem. I did prewash everything. I know that some one will know and thank you for the help.

Are you doing machine applique? If so you don't really need anything under the fabric except the stabilizer. For hand applique, I can't really help out since I haven't done much of that.

 

[Isatricia]

Thanks! I will check out the blog. I used a very simple dress pattern and modified it slightly to make hte Snow White and Rapunzel dresses. I used Simplicity 2377. I used Plisse poly/cotton fabric. I will get some pics of them soon.

 

[miprender]

I hope you can help me with a problem with my applique, I have done a couple of appliques that are wrinkled after they are washed, one of them I can't even iron out, what can I do to stop this? I used Heat and Bond Lite to fuse two pieces of fabric together because it was thin but I have done this before and never had a problem. I did prewash everything. I know that some one will know and thank you for the help.

Mine wrinkle sometimes too even after using H&B Lite on a few of them, but I have never had a problem when I use the iron.

Like Diane mentioned are you doing this on a machine. I always use cut away for my stabilizer.

 

[Isatricia]

Here are the 2 dress I mentioned previously. The colors didn't come out great...The Rapunzel dress is more lavender and the yellow on Snow White is much brighter that shows up.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Wendy already has the thread up and I posted over there -- I just need to check my stash to see sizes and whether or not boy or girl would work. I am really excited that you may be able to go down for the dedication! How awesome is that!!!!

Thanks Andrea....there is plenty of time...have until Sept 15 to get them to me!

we are so excited to go down....know it will be hard to be at the Hotel Montana site but is something we need to do to see the memorial and be where Jim was
have gotten quite close with Brit's mom (we met her last summer in NYC) and can't wait to meet her dad and brothers!

this has become our passion and heart healing project

 

[4monkeys]

Thanks for the advice on pattersn. I am going to look at karlac's when I post this.

My DS5 got some great custom shirts for our last trip. I don't seem to have the creative knack at the moment and am quite stuck for his stitch top. It is the same color as stitch with stitch appliqued on.

Do I do a pattern for the shorts??? And if so.... what does anyone recommend?? I looked in the photobucket listed on the post 1, but don't remember seeing anything for stitch. Thanks!

 

[PurpleEars]

Yes it is if all goes as planned Megan and I plan on being there at the dedication during Christmas break....we are so excited to see it first hand and meet all the sweet little faces, know there will be plenty of hugs and snuggles!

That sounds amazing! I really hope you will be able to go to the dedication. I can't imagine how difficult it has been for you and Megan. I truly admire your strength to turn something so negative in your life to a spring of hope for others. I can't wait to see the pictures of this wonderful home!

I hope you can help me with a problem with my applique, I have done a couple of appliques that are wrinkled after they are washed, one of them I can't even iron out, what can I do to stop this? I used Heat and Bond Lite to fuse two pieces of fabric together because it was thin but I have done this before and never had a problem. I did prewash everything. I know that some one will know and thank you for the help.

Are they done on knit or on woven fabric? Is the material a "wrinkly" material to start (for the applique pieces and/or the "base" material) They may play into it. Based on your description, I am not sure if you used any stabilizer under the applique. The stabilizer makes a huge difference (I found out the hard way). For most of my work, I use a medium weight cut away (just my personal preference). For woven, tear away would work too.

I posted this in another spot, but this seems like the better place...

You all seem to be much better seamstresses than I am!!

My girls want princess dresses for our upcoming trip to DLR. I have made them princess dresses for Halloween several times, so we have a few that only need slight modifications to fit/repair. We (the parents) are concerned that the satin dresses will be to hot and bulky in the parks or simply be uncomfortable on the rides and activities. What are your experiences on this?

I have also chosen to make them Snow White and Rapunzel dresses out of alternative spring/summer fabrics. I have the Snow White dresses done and I think they are adorable and the girls are happy with them. I am working on the Rapunzel dresses now. These dresses look so much more comfortable than the satin dresses. We have also had issues with the satin dresses pulling apart when they play in them, so that is another concern at the parks.

I am also going to make a Jasmine outfit, but I am making it out of interlock knit fabric. I hope that it has enough stability to look cute.

Welcome! I can't help you with the question about comfortable vs. uncomfortable based on any first hand experience. However, the cotton (or poly-cotton) dresses look so much more comfortable than the satin. This is especially true if it is hot. My thought is, if adults tend to wear cotton or poly-cotton clothes to the parks, children would benefit from wearing things made out of similar materials!

Here are the 2 dress I mentioned previously. The colors didn't come out great...The Rapunzel dress is more lavender and the yellow on Snow White is much brighter that shows up.

They look beautiful! It looks like your model enjoys wearing them too. I can't wait to see your other creations!