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

[billwendy]

Another question!!
I know I asked before but what embroidery machine do you recommend? I can't afford the $800 ones but I don't want to get one that I will regret because of hoop size or breaking. I am mainly thinking of making things for my daughter but I am not sure as she gets older if I will want/need a 5x7 hoop. Know that I have NEVER touched an embroidery machine and I really want it for monogramming and applique. So please tell me again what you would suggest.

I enjoyed my Brother 270D for about a year before I was itching for a bigger hoop. I was able to get my 270 on Craigslist pretty cheap - so that may be a place to look for a machine. But, when I upgraded to the Brother PE 770 which can do both a 4x4 and a 5x7 hoop, I got it through home shopping network with the flex pay system - made it doable for me!!! I love it!!!!!! Both of my brother machines are user friendly, and I like that!

 

[cogero]

I agree that the zipper in this was sooooooo easy! You just tape it in place and the machine stitches it into place.


I definitely would not skimp and not get the 5x7 hoop. I started with only a 4x4 hoop and quickly realized that I needed something larger.




I started with the same machine. The Brother SE270D. I almost immediately wanted a larger hoop. I ended up buying an Babylock Ellageo 3 secondhand. It is fantastic and I LOVE it! Every once in a while I start thinking about a newer or fancier machine but my Ellageo is reliable and hardly ever gives me problems. I had really wanted something with the 6x10 hoop. I don't use it very often but when I do use it, I am very happy that I decided to buy a machine with a hoop that large. The funny thing is that I NEVER sew with the Ellageo. I only use it for embroidery/applique. I still have the Brother, which I now only use for sewing. I do need to buy a new shank (I think that is what the part is called). I must have hit something and bent it a little bit. It is the tiniest bit skewed to one side now. It makes it so much harder to stitch straight and evenly.

Diane made some great points. Get the biggest hoop you can afford. I started with an SE-400 which had a 4 x 4 hoop. 3 months later I wanted a 5 x7 and have a 770 which I actually do most of my embroidery on. I also have a Duetta that can do 6 x 10 but to be honest I have used it maybe 5 times but I love how it sews. Much nicer than my SE-400 ever was. Oh and I bought it used on Ebay but you need to be really careful doing that but the deal I found was phenomenal.

Okay need to start on my list of things I want to accomplish this weekend.

going to crash soon because I have a lot to do tomorrow and it is my little girls 10th birthday.

 

[Fruto76]

Prayers for Owen!!





Thank you ladies, I like them both but I went with Anastasia's Treasures. Of course there is nothing in my store, hoping to start filling by mid to late November!




Man you are Creative! I really like the green Christmas dress!

DH and I are taking off for a 4 day weekend for the F&W festival! Looking forward to a few days of R&R with my BFF!

Have a fabulous time! The weather is perfect right now!

Diane made some great points. Get the biggest hoop you can afford. I started with an SE-400 which had a 4 x 4 hoop. 3 months later I wanted a 5 x7 and have a 770 which I actually do most of my embroidery on. I also have a Duetta that can do 6 x 10 but to be honest I have used it maybe 5 times but I love how it sews. Much nicer than my SE-400 ever was. Oh and I bought it used on Ebay but you need to be really careful doing that but the deal I found was phenomenal.

Okay need to start on my list of things I want to accomplish this weekend.

going to crash soon because I have a lot to do tomorrow and it is my little girls 10th birthday.

I agree... buy the biggest hoop you can afford from the get go. Hoop envy will kill you...(especially around these parts of the board. )
Happy birthday to your dd, Chiara!

 

[squirrel]

I need opinions!

I'm working on finishing a Halloween dress for my niece. What do you think about the bodice? The bodice matches her Trick or Treat bag. I can change the bodice to the plain black fabric as that is what I have as the lining.

Here is one of the ToT bags. I made them for my niece's and my nephew.

 

[NiniMorris]

It seems the PE770 is the goal here... but I am not understanding why on HSN it is $799 but on Amazon it is $630. Am I looking at the wrong thing?

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-PE770-Embroidery-Memory-Stick-Compatibility/dp/B002MQI2NM
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/brother-embroidery-machine-with-usb-port_p-5745342_xp.aspx

I didn't check your links but I do know that Amazon is always a lot cheaper on things than other places. I think Overstock.com has it cheaper as well. It is just having those monthly payments makes it so much easier for me. Somehow coming up with the whole amount at one time is HARD, but making smaller monthly payments is easier. (and yes, I know it does not make sense financially! LOL!)

If you buy it from Amazon or Overstock.com just make sure it says new and not refurbished. Sometimes they only have refurbished. Not that getting a refurb is always bad, but I would not recommend it for your first machine.

Good luck!

And welcome to the addiction.

Nini

 

[VBAndrea]

Lol on the purple ear. Just to clarify, it is not the reason why I chose my screen name/handle. Purple is one of the school colours for my university and it is also part of my DH's screen name (not on Dis though, he doesn't post here). In some ways we are "Mr. and Mrs. Purple". We just have our own varient on the second half of the name.

LOL! I didn't even think of your screen name! I would have just been "PurpleEar" as only one ear got the hair color on it.

I need opinions!

I'm working on finishing a Halloween dress for my niece. What do you think about the bodice? The bodice matches her Trick or Treat bag. I can change the bodice to the plain black fabric as that is what I have as the lining.

Here is one of the ToT bags. I made them for my niece's and my nephew.

I like the print. If you did black then I would embroider something on it.

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

my dd Cancide got the girls all dressed and took pix in the yard last night..looks like they had a blast...Gracie/green,Kensligh/lavender & Chloe /floral
this is the Ingalls attitude...but I don't think Ma & Pa would put up with those 'tudes!

the girls are the sisters in the same birth order...Kensleigh/Mary { she is older by one whole minute!},Gracie/Laura & Chloe/Carrie .they have several Halloween activities they will attend this year so they willget lots of wear form these outfits and then they will be able to wear them to church...
and i have no idea why they flipped the bonnets back...crazy girls...

 

[cogero]

I need opinions!

I'm working on finishing a Halloween dress for my niece. What do you think about the bodice? The bodice matches her Trick or Treat bag. I can change the bodice to the plain black fabric as that is what I have as the lining.

Here is one of the ToT bags. I made them for my niece's and my nephew.

I like the dress the way it is. If I were to do black I would feel the need to embroider it. LOve the fabrics you chose.

my dd Cancide got the girls all dressed and took pix in the yard last night..looks like they had a blast...Gracie/green,Kensligh/lavender & Chloe /floral
this is the Ingalls attitude...but I don't think Ma & Pa would put up with those 'tudes!

the girls are the sisters in the same birth order...Kensleigh/Mary { she is older by one whole minute!},Gracie/Laura & Chloe/Carrie .they have several Halloween activities they will attend this year so they willget lots of wear form these outfits and then they will be able to wear them to church...
and i have no idea why they flipped the bonnets back...crazy girls...

Cute girls.

The birthday girl is off to school and I got a picture of her in her pinkness for literary character day.

Now to get the boy up and at them and hopefully get rid of the nagging back ache I have had for days.

 

[dianemom2]

Diane made some great points. Get the biggest hoop you can afford. I started with an SE-400 which had a 4 x 4 hoop. 3 months later I wanted a 5 x7 and have a 770 which I actually do most of my embroidery on. I also have a Duetta that can do 6 x 10 but to be honest I have used it maybe 5 times but I love how it sews. Much nicer than my SE-400 ever was. Oh and I bought it used on Ebay but you need to be really careful doing that but the deal I found was phenomenal.

I bought my Ellageo on Ebay also. I agree that you have to be very careful. In addition to the machines sometimes getting bid up above their value, there are a lot of scammers that list expensive machines and you never receive them. Ebay has really been cracking down on that though. I made sure that when I bought mine on Ebay, I bought it from a place with a lot of sales and pristine feedback.

Happy birthday to your daughter!

I need opinions!

I'm working on finishing a Halloween dress for my niece. What do you think about the bodice? The bodice matches her Trick or Treat bag. I can change the bodice to the plain black fabric as that is what I have as the lining.

Here is one of the ToT bags. I made them for my niece's and my nephew.

I think that bodice is very cute.

my dd Cancide got the girls all dressed and took pix in the yard last night..looks like they had a blast...Gracie/green,Kensligh/lavender & Chloe /floral
this is the Ingalls attitude...but I don't think Ma & Pa would put up with those 'tudes!

the girls are the sisters in the same birth order...Kensleigh/Mary { she is older by one whole minute!},Gracie/Laura & Chloe/Carrie .they have several Halloween activities they will attend this year so they willget lots of wear form these outfits and then they will be able to wear them to church...
and i have no idea why they flipped the bonnets back...crazy girls...

They look adorable! My girls were Laura and Mary a few years ago. We got so many comments on their costumes that year!

 

[miprender]

It seems the PE770 is the goal here... but I am not understanding why on HSN it is $799 but on Amazon it is $630. Am I looking at the wrong thing?

http://www.amazon.com/Brother-PE770-Embroidery-Memory-Stick-Compatibility/dp/B002MQI2NM
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/brother-embroidery-machine-with-usb-port_p-5745342_xp.aspx

I purchased mine from Walmart last year http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng.do?search_query=pe770&ic=16_0&Find=Find&search_constraint=0

and (knocking on wood) have had no problem either and I put over a million stitches on it in just a few months. I think you will find the 5x7 the most versitile because the 4x4 does start to look small when doing shirts.

And yes it will become very addictive. You will want to start embroidering/appliquing everything

going to crash soon because I have a lot to do tomorrow and it is my little girls 10th birthday.

to your DD

I need opinions!

I'm working on finishing a Halloween dress for my niece. What do you think about the bodice? The bodice matches her Trick or Treat bag. I can change the bodice to the plain black fabric as that is what I have as the lining.

Here is one of the ToT bags. I made them for my niece's and my nephew.

I think that looks great but like Andrea asked would you embroider the black?

my dd Cancide got the girls all dressed and took pix in the yard last night..looks like they had a blast...Gracie/green,Kensligh/lavender & Chloe /floral
this is the Ingalls attitude...but I don't think Ma & Pa would put up with those 'tudes!

the girls are the sisters in the same birth order...Kensleigh/Mary { she is older by one whole minute!},Gracie/Laura & Chloe/Carrie .they have several Halloween activities they will attend this year so they willget lots of wear form these outfits and then they will be able to wear them to church...
and i have no idea why they flipped the bonnets back...crazy girls...

they look adorable

 

[Meshell2002]

D~ love the AG dresses!

Squirrel- cute stripwork! I like that it matches the bag....she will have a purse to match her dress!

DJazz- the gbabies r so cute in their matching ensemble.

Here is DD in her Belle SS, with her Batman body guard...gotta have security you know

 

[karebear23]

I need opinions!

I'm working on finishing a Halloween dress for my niece. What do you think about the bodice? The bodice matches her Trick or Treat bag. I can change the bodice to the plain black fabric as that is what I have as the lining.

Here is one of the ToT bags. I made them for my niece's and my nephew.

It looks great! I want to make some trick or treat bags for the kids...but I'm running out of time. DH brought home a stomach virus we are both hurting. Praying the kids don't get it. Trying to get some strength to finish my dress order! She needs it by Nov 2nd! Ahhhh!

I didn't check your links but I do know that Amazon is always a lot cheaper on things than other places. I think Overstock.com has it cheaper as well. It is just having those monthly payments makes it so much easier for me. Somehow coming up with the whole amount at one time is HARD, but making smaller monthly payments is easier. (and yes, I know it does not make sense financially! LOL!)

If you buy it from Amazon or Overstock.com just make sure it says new and not refurbished. Sometimes they only have refurbished. Not that getting a refurb is always bad, but I would not recommend it for your first machine.

Good luck!

And welcome to the addiction.

Nini

HSN has it too. Sometimes they have coupon codes for new customers for 15% or so. Do a search. Plus @ HSN you can do flex play and do 5 payments over time. Not too bad of a deal.
http://crafts-sewing.hsn.com/brothe..._xp.aspx?web_id=5745342&ocm=sekw|best_sellers

FedEx is delivering my machine today. I got mine from Ebay. Crossing my fingers it will work! I also bought my coverhem from Ebay and it was fine.

my dd Cancide got the girls all dressed and took pix in the yard last night..looks like they had a blast...Gracie/green,Kensligh/lavender & Chloe /floral
this is the Ingalls attitude...but I don't think Ma & Pa would put up with those 'tudes!

the girls are the sisters in the same birth order...Kensleigh/Mary { she is older by one whole minute!},Gracie/Laura & Chloe/Carrie .they have several Halloween activities they will attend this year so they willget lots of wear form these outfits and then they will be able to wear them to church...
and i have no idea why they flipped the bonnets back...crazy girls...

So adorable! They look great!
Here is DD in her Mermaid costume. She got to wear it to her dance class last night. She is happy with it and I'm happy it's finished!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26104736@N00/6285612289/ http://www.flickr.com/people/26104736@N00/

 

[aksunshine]

Double post

 

[aksunshine]

Loving all these super cute costumes!!! Gabriel is going to be Tigger, store bought! lol!! Isabelle doesn't want to dress up, b/c all the costumes she likes I told her had to have leggings under them. So I may make her something Halloween-ish to wear Monday.

As if I need to add anymore projects! I am doing about 30 customs for our trip in 5 and a half weeks, and I have 2 orders and a bunch of Christmas things to make!!!!

 

[aksunshine]

Here are a few pictures of what I have been working on!

This one is for me!!! It is going on the back of a hoodie!!

 

[squirrel]

Here are a few pictures of what I have been working on!

Wow, Gabriel has sure gotten big. I think the last picture I saw he was still little-maybe 3 or 4 months. The clothes are cute too!


Thanks everyone on saying the bodice looks fine the way it is. I just thought it might be too busy. I wouldn't embroider anything on the black now, as I do it before I attach the lining so it doesn't leave any stitching near my niece's skin. Most likely she would wear a shirt under it anyway-too cold up here.

 

[aksunshine]

Thank you!!

I like the bodice, too! Super cute and what a cute name for a girl!

 

[WyomingMomof6]

I need opinions!

I like the bodice the way it is. Really cute!

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Really nice! The girls are just beautiful!

The Belle dress turned out great!

 

[squirrel]

Thank you!!

I like the bodice, too! Super cute and what a cute name for a girl!

That's not her bag! My niece's names both start with K so I just refer to them as the younger niece or older niece.

That's my nephew's bag. My sister posts photos of him on Facebook and tags everything so I knew she wouldn't care if I posted his name on here.

My niece's names nobody knows from the Dis unless I have met them at WDW.

 

[WyomingMomof6]

Here are pictures of a recent project for a Big Give:
Front:

Back:

Thanks for looking!

Love the AK outfits! You do the best AK stuff!

ct!

Love those! I may have to make those to go with the Rosetta's I'm planning on doing for my girls for Christmas!

*************************Eeyore*************************

Red:

Green:

Pink:

I love Eeyore but the Christmas dresses are my favorites! So cute!

Here are a few pictures of what I have been working on!

Beautiful work! Gabriel is getting so big and Isabella looks way too grown up!