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

[DISNEYJAZZ]

we went to get my car last night....car doc said he woulnd't put anymore money into it...i drove it home as it sputtered and spit but i am NOTR driving it agin...so now i am stuck riding with dh...not good....he works north of were we live and i work south! so it is a BIG round trip each morn/eve....
anyways the wow of thispost is when we went to get the carand i was talking about missing my freedom and thrifting dh said i was a horder,had a room full of junk,,,i said "thats fabric!!!" the car doc said come see what my wife has....she has a good sized uhaul { the kind you can walk around in} full of FABRIC! shelves on both siade and back wall,stacjkes of fabric and many still on the bolts...a lady she knows, who used to sell on ebay,GAVE her all her fabric when she went out of buisness!!!! so many designs and colors! the one that caught my eye and was calling to me was a pale blue with paper dolls all over it! so sweet! i said if she ever had a yard sale to let me know! man she had a stash...wish i could of gotten a picture!
happy wednesday all...Beth

 

[NiniMorris]

I just found this thread and can't help but quote my favorite mouse "oh boy!" I am def a novice seamstress but have a thing for fabric. I have hundreds of dollars worth of Disney fabric that was purchased for something special but got pushed aside. I'm hoping to dig through all of the threads and find some inspiration from you guys.

I was thinking of using most of the fabric I have to make a quilt and have solids on the quilt signed by the characters at the park. Has anyone ever done this?

Yuppers...that would be me. I have made about 7 of these autographed quilts so far. Of course, mine is going to have to wait a bit longer. I decided I wanted a couple more autographs before I put it all together.

One of my 'customers' is in the progress of making one. I'll be embroidering the final square with her daughter's name and date of her trip on it, while mommy puts the whole thing together.

Some people like to embroider over the signatures, but I prefer to just use a fabric marker, heat set and let it go. So far I haven't had any problems with it fading (and some of my first 'signed' quilts are over 25 years old).

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For some reason, I can't seem to get motivated enough to get back in the studio to sew. It has been way over a week since I have been down there. (although I did manage to get the dining room and entry wait mostly painted). Seems I have having so much fun home schooling, I can't seem to get excited about sewing. Of course, the fact that I have three quilts to make before Christmas is going to force me back into the studio soon.

And of course, making two Grace Ruffle dresses for the girls for Christmas may send me in for a while.....I guess I really do need to get busy!

Nini

 

[mphalens]

Hey everyone! Love, love, love seeing all the Halloween cuteness! Thought I'd pop in and share my pirates! I made both their costumes - all except Caleb's hat and Ella's pettiskirt.

and here are their mean pirate faces!

I LOVE THESE COSTUMES! They're terrific!

I finished Lydia's Grace Ruffle Dress the other day (AND found a camera AND batteries AND the card reader!!!). I love this pattern! Lydia decided to test my patience and picked the version with "ruffles ALL the way around!!!" (she said this while twirling around the living room, it was pretty cute!).

We then had some opposing ideas on the fabric placement (my version would have been more brown) which she won. I love the way it came out though, I think having green the prominent color really accents her pretty hair.

We are both thrilled with the dress!

Beautiful! I agree with what someone else said - when I saw the drawings I thought it looked like it was for little girls, but Lydia looks amazing and it certainly doesn't look like a "little girl" dress!

I'M FINISHED!

Got everything done for our trip. Good thing cause we leave Sat.

Here's the last full outfit for DD.

I guess I missed it....but I never saw discussion about the last week of PR so I thought I'd show you which one was mine.

Now I get to finish packing, clear off the camera, get my oil changed tomorrow, and have a day or 2 to relax before we leave.

When we get back I have to finish a few more fall outfits for DD, and myself (all of these are non disney), and DD dress coat.

love all the outfits! TMTQ!

So cute! And those overalls! TDF!

here's a few shots of the g'babies last night...
Elli Goddess of Braces...lol...she had her braces tightened and her expander put back inthe bottom of her mouth so she was in a bit of pain...

Blaze a.k.a. Zeus...can't see him real clearly but he loved it so i was happy...it was chilly so they had to wear their school clothes under.

the greeks and the prairie girls...and Pawpaw the Pimp! hehe the prairie girls said for him to "wear his 'pajamas' again this year" lol...i couldn't get a serious picture if i tried!

the girls and Pawpaw...

last one...they went down to the swing so i snapped this from the carport...

***** love all the halloween pix! will have to case that lil witch outfit! i would love all g'girls as different colored witches next...we had a candy corn witch trick or treat last night ...so cute...
****** Brendi got call from docs office,sent her for blood work,will call her and schedule internal ultrasound soon...she will tell the kids after she gets the go ahead form the doc...so prayers abound...and thank you all for your care and support...
~Beth~

Great "action" pics! But where are you? What did you dress up as?



I lost some quotes! But everything is just great!!! I'm off to Mary Jo's, Hobby Lobby & Walmart this morning with the bestie . . .must exercise self-restraint!!!!

 

[babynala]

Way TMTQ. We got back from our trip over a week ago and I'm just getting caught up on the board. I'm still unpacking and my house is about 50% cleaner then it was before we left (my house/sewing room was trashed before we left so still lots of work to do). There have been so many great things posted and I'm loving the pictures of all the Halloween costumes.

Continued prayers for Brendi and her pregnancy.

 

[VBAndrea]

Yesterday was horrible for DD with major stress and a melt down. The child internalizes everything. I am hoping we are on our way to a major break through with her.

My dd is so emotional as well -- your comment about internalizing is making me wonder if she does that as well and then just explodes emotionally. I hope it gets better for you.

Oh my so many cute Halloween outfits The blue satin witch dress I think is one of my favorite.
I need to practice more with catching quotes but I think I need another cup of coffee before I tackle that one Sorry I didn't remember names but I hope your daughter has a smooth pregnancy this time around.
Okay, now that Halloween is over....I can think about some Christmas skirts I want to sew for the girls...and Christmas gifts to sew for our 8th Granddaughter that is due on December 9th.
Hope everyone has a good day.
Sheila

Congrats on the upcoming 8th gd! You are going to be rolling in ruffles!

I'M FINISHED!

Got everything done for our trip. Good thing cause we leave Sat.

Here's the last full outfit for DD.

I guess I missed it....but I never saw discussion about the last week of PR so I thought I'd show you which one was mine.

Now I get to finish packing, clear off the camera, get my oil changed tomorrow, and have a day or 2 to relax before we leave.

When we get back I have to finish a few more fall outfits for DD, and myself (all of these are non disney), and DD dress coat.

love all the outfits! TMTQ!

Adorable! And I love your Toy Story twirl! I think Joni fell off the face of the earth -- I don't even know what the standings were for the last week or overall. I guess that makes all of us Queens

Hey everyone! Love, love, love seeing all the Halloween cuteness! Thought I'd pop in and share my pirates! I made both their costumes - all except Caleb's hat and Ella's pettiskirt.

and here are their mean pirate faces!

Fantastic! Caleb's jacket is awesome. Their mean pirate faces are hilarious b/c they are so cute -- there is no way they are mean.

I finished Lydia's Grace Ruffle Dress the other day (AND found a camera AND batteries AND the card reader!!!). I love this pattern! Lydia decided to test my patience and picked the version with "ruffles ALL the way around!!!" (she said this while twirling around the living room, it was pretty cute!).

We then had some opposing ideas on the fabric placement (my version would have been more brown) which she won. I love the way it came out though, I think having green the prominent color really accents her pretty hair.

We are both thrilled with the dress!

Beautiful and I totally agree with Lydia's choice on the ruffles.

LOVE all the Halloween pics posted lately! There are very cute kiddos on this thread!

Here is Alexa's Rapunzel dress. Definitely not my best work. I finished it in a few hours and she wasn't around to try it on as I sewed. Oh well, she loves it and that's all that matters, right?

Very sweet!

here's a few shots of the g'babies last night...

the greeks and the prairie girls...and Pawpaw the Pimp! hehe the prairie girls said for him to "wear his 'pajamas' again this year" lol...i couldn't get a serious picture if i tried!

last one...they went down to the swing so i snapped this from the carport...

***** love all the halloween pix! will have to case that lil witch outfit! i would love all g'girls as different colored witches next...we had a candy corn witch trick or treat last night ...so cute...
****** Brendi got call from docs office,sent her for blood work,will call her and schedule internal ultrasound soon...she will tell the kids after she gets the go ahead form the doc...so prayers abound...and thank you all for your care and support...
~Beth~

Just as cute as can be! The kids look so happy.

 

[NiniMorris]

Fabric Shopping! Always makes the day go better!


My family decided they did not want me to make their gifts this year....so I had not planned on making anything other than teacher/therapists/doctor gifts (which numbers in the 20's so it is not like I won't be busy!) Last night, I got three emails from grown kids. All three of them want a quilt for Christmas. All three of them need a King Size quilt for Christmas. We are having our family Christmas on Dec 10. Wonder how many I'll get finished by Christmas?

Plus I have the two Grace Ruffle dresses to make for Christmas Day...only my DIL wants one to be in velvets and satins... Yuck. I hate sewing with both those fabrics.

I guess I 'll be shutting myself down in the studio for days at a time now. I guess that is what happens when you complain about not being in the studio for a whole week!

I love, love, love all the Halloween Costumes everyone has posted. My kids each picked out something from WalMart this year. They had fun, Dad bought them, and I didn't have to stress. I think this is the way to go from now on! LOL!


Nini

 

[cogero]

Wanted to share what I made for Barbara's auction now that it is posted.

Sometimes you need to sew just to be creative and destress

I love how this came out.

Now I need to work on some other projects and I still need to make a list of things for our trip in about 50 days.

 

[billwendy]

Hint Alert!!!!

Hi everyone!!! you might want to get to know this sweet little family before tonight ( hint hint hint)!!!!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43126536#post43126536

I might be posting a little something after work tonight on the Big Give thread!!!!!

PS - there is a frilly little disney loving baby sister to sew for!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[froggy33]

We're back...well, we've been back for almost 2 weeks. I got sick in Disney and then it got worse when we got back so I haven't done much of anything! We did have a great time! and I will post pics of my daughter whenever I finally get them on my computer! Plus I have a lot of catching up to do on here! I've been MIA for about 3 weeks!
I did make another princess dress for a customer right before we left..I like the way it turned out.

And I just finished up her last order early this week. (It took me about a week to get enough strength/motivation to get back to sewing). I love how this turned out! I don't do much applique by hand anymore, but wanted this one to be big and I am so pleased with how it turned out!

Thanks for looking! Now back to the thread for me!

 

[mommy2mrb]

We're back...well, we've been back for almost 2 weeks. I got sick in Disney and then it got worse when we got back so I haven't done much of anything! We did have a great time! and I will post pics of my daughter whenever I finally get them on my computer! Plus I have a lot of catching up to do on here! I've been MIA for about 3 weeks!
I did make another princess dress for a customer right before we left..I like the way it turned out.

And I just finished up her last order early this week. (It took me about a week to get enough strength/motivation to get back to sewing). I love how this turned out! I don't do much applique by hand anymore, but wanted this one to be big and I am so pleased with how it turned out!

Thanks for looking! Now back to the thread for me!

sorry to hear you got sick on your trip....and sorry we didn't get to meet up after all!

really cute dresses!

 

[cogero]

Thanks for looking! Now back to the thread for me!

Oh I am glad to here you are feeling better.

These are absolutely fabulous.

 

[froggy33]

sorry to hear you got sick on your trip....and sorry we didn't get to meet up after all!

really cute dresses!

Thanks! I started to get sick on Wed/Thur, but I battled through. I'm so sorry we didn't get to meet either! This trip was really great, but we went with 11 people total...including 2 little ones and 2 teenage boys. It was tough getting everywhere and organized, so I didn't have a lot of relaxing down time. I really wish we could have seen you in Epcot at least!!

 

[mphalens]

Wanted to share what I made for Barbara's auction now that it is posted.

Sometimes you need to sew just to be creative and destress

I love how this came out.

Now I need to work on some other projects and I still need to make a list of things for our trip in about 50 days.

SO CUTE!!!!

Hint Alert!!!!

Hi everyone!!! you might want to get to know this sweet little family before tonight ( hint hint hint)!!!!
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=43126536#post43126536

I might be posting a little something after work tonight on the Big Give thread!!!!!

PS - there is a frilly little disney loving baby sister to sew for!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll be checking that out!

We're back...well, we've been back for almost 2 weeks. I got sick in Disney and then it got worse when we got back so I haven't done much of anything! We did have a great time! and I will post pics of my daughter whenever I finally get them on my computer! Plus I have a lot of catching up to do on here! I've been MIA for about 3 weeks!
I did make another princess dress for a customer right before we left..I like the way it turned out.

And I just finished up her last order early this week. (It took me about a week to get enough strength/motivation to get back to sewing). I love how this turned out! I don't do much applique by hand anymore, but wanted this one to be big and I am so pleased with how it turned out!

Thanks for looking! Now back to the thread for me!

Oooh! Adorable!

Glad you're feeling better!

 

[mommy2mrb]

Thanks! I started to get sick on Wed/Thur, but I battled through. I'm so sorry we didn't get to meet either! This trip was really great, but we went with 11 people total...including 2 little ones and 2 teenage boys. It was tough getting everywhere and organized, so I didn't have a lot of relaxing down time. I really wish we could have seen you in Epcot at least!!

wow that's quite the spread in ages!
we ended up leaving epcot around 8 that night, feet were achy had enough for the day!!

 

[karebear23]

WTMTQ...I'm loving all the new creations! Waiting in my car for dd to finish dance. Then hopefully I will work on an order and finish it up tomorrow!
Then start on some new projects.
I really need to make dd a bag for dance and girl scouts. Also I really should get started on some Christmas outfits for the kiddos.

 

[cogero]

WTMTQ...I'm loving all the new creations! Waiting in my car for dd to finish dance. Then hopefully I will work on an order and finish it up tomorrow!
Then start on some new projects.
I really need to make dd a bag for dance and girl scouts. Also I really should get started on some Christmas outfits for the kiddos.

Hahaha I am in Starbucks on the iPad while dd is at dance.

I did a pair of pjj pants this afternoon and started the christmas skirt but didn't put enough stabilizer so it stitched out horribly so I am taking a break tonight and will start again on Friday since tomorrow is our long dance day and I have another pair of easy fits to sew.

 

[billwendy]

The time has come!!!!

Evan is our newest Make A Wish Kiddo!!!!! He survived a cancerous Wilms Tumor, chemo and radiation and is ready to go!! His baby sister Kiera is also ready to go and is needing some special baby stuff (bibs, diaper bag) as well as lots of ruffly fluffy outfits!!!!!!

Please come on over and sign up!! Thanks so much everone for making this little guys holiday much brighter this year!!!

 

[mphalens]

I finished my decoupage princess jeans!!! WooHoo! One item done, many many more to go!

 

[PolyndianPrincessJes]

Coming out of lurkdom again...

So, it looks like the stars may be aligning, and I could possibly get my first embroidery machine. I know it's been discussed over and over and over on this thread (and even recently), but I would love recommendations since my parameters are a little different. There's about $1000 to play with here, but, of course, I'd like to spend the least amount possible. The leftover will go in the WDW fund. I'm sure I'll want the biggest hoop possible, but I also want to be able to pop in here with the (unavoidable) questions I'm sure I'll have. I was looking at the PE770 on Overstock after reading here and chatting with the oh-so-helpful Wendy a little bit last year, but I wanted some more thoughts, as I'm always second-guessing myself.

Aaaand, should I wait 'til after Thanksgiving? Ever see any deals? I definitely want to go the corporate route. I'm too paranoid to spend this much on eBay or Craigslist.

 

[cogero]

I finished my decoupage princess jeans!!! WooHoo! One item done, many many more to go!

You know I love them

Coming out of lurkdom again...

So, it looks like the stars may be aligning, and I could possibly get my first embroidery machine. I know it's been discussed over and over and over on this thread (and even recently), but I would love recommendations since my parameters are a little different. There's about $1000 to play with here, but, of course, I'd like to spend the least amount possible. The leftover will go in the WDW fund. I'm sure I'll want the biggest hoop possible, but I also want to be able to pop in here with the (unavoidable) questions I'm sure I'll have. I was looking at the PE770 on Overstock after reading here and chatting with the oh-so-helpful Wendy a little bit last year, but I wanted some more thoughts, as I'm always second-guessing myself.

Aaaand, should I wait 'til after Thanksgiving? Ever see any deals? I definitely want to go the corporate route. I'm too paranoid to spend this much on eBay or Craigslist.

A lot of us have the PE-770 if you buy from Overstock make sure it is a new machine not a refurbished machine. Also check out Amazon and HSN for deals.