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

[VBAndrea]

A few pics ---

These are the camping shirts I did for ds's camping sleepover -- for those who didn't read my ds had four friends over for his 10th birthday and instead of goodie bags I embroidered each a t and gave them a flashlight (nice ones, not the dollar store variety). I made six shirts total so ds had one and dd had one too. The kids loved them and all wore them right away. Stupid memeant to take a pic of all of them by the tent and forgot. I have a couple of pics from the night, but nothing significant.

This is a skirt I made dd two years ago but never did a shirt. Poor pic b/c you can't really see it, but the heart shape on the fabric fits perfectly with HeatherSue's applique heart and thankfully I was able to get it centered perfectly:

And this was for Keira's BG -- I have no idea how I got the font lined up crooked but it actually looks ok /semi intentional. This matches a skirt PurpleEars made so if you get a chance to hop over to Keira's ptr she is modeling the entire outfit:

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

Yay, Thanks!!
They have 3 admins so I'm sure they should accept us soon

ty for the info...
I see you are headed on your 1st trip in 80 days!!!! i can imagine how excited you are...i went with my cousin's and grandparents wayyyy back in 1976 when the tix were paper,the magic kingdom WAS disney world and out g'parents gave us the ticktes and a watch ans set us free...we were 11,12 and 13... all girls! my brother was 11 but chose NOT to go because he had baseball games! crazy i say...we stayed at a campground in lake buena vista,g'parents in the lil camper us girls in a tent...we had such a good time...
i didn't make it back till spring break 2008 with me,dh,dd & her now ex and their babies...my oldest grandkids..who were 5 and 3 at the time,we stayed at allstar music in a family suite and had a full week of magic...then we went again may/june 2011 with our other dd and her hubs and their 3 girls...ages 6,6 and 4 and again had a week of magic...ate at different places this trip and stayed at pop century...i really wanna go again with our son and his family but dil's parents own dvc and have covered their room a few time so those g'babies,a boy and a girl have gotten to stay at saratoga springs and animal kingdom lodge!
where are you and your family staying...you may have shared your plans already and i missed them...i love seeing what others have planned...my dd's friend and her family are headed down at the end of march and i am as excited for them as if ii were going...it is truly a magical adventure...
sorry to go on and on...i'll be quiet and wait for our invites...hehe
~Beth~

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

Hi Everyone - been a rough couple of days this week - surely missing my Zoey girl more than I could imagine. Thank you for all the kind messages that you have emailed me and sent on Facebook - thank you for understanding that she was more than just my doggie, but my baby, my friend, my companion. We also will say goodbye to Bill's uncle on Monday - he and Zoey died within a few hours of each other on Thursday am - kinda crazy. Uncle Herb was Tim, Eliz and Hannah's grandfather. Thanks for all the prayers.

On another note - there are still some things up for grabs for Jayden's Big Give - I really hope we can make these twins feel extra special - so if you could come over and sign up, it'd be so great. I know they would appreciate it for sure
http://disbiggive.proboards.com/index.cgi

Wendy

double the Prayers for you and your family..

 

[DISNEYJAZZ]

Now that the recipient has received my latest Big Give items, I can share them here

We had a fabulous fabulous time at the Pirate's League on our trip, so when I heard that Keira & her little brother, Cooper, would be doing Pirate's League I jumped at the chance to make them coordinating pirate outfits

Keira's Outfit:

Just the shirt:

Brother's outfit:

Close up of t-shirt applique:

Back of vest:

Both outfits together:

The items were all new patterns for me except for Cooper's Pirate Pants (those are Carla C's Easy Fit pattern and I used pinking shears on the bottoms for the jagged edges).
Keira's shirt is a Carla C's Portrait Peasant with the elongated bodice, ruffled edge neck and 3/4 length sleeve. I used Andrea's idea of bias tape inside the sleeve to make a casing for the elastic to give it the ruffled cuff (Thanks Andrea!!!).
The skirt is a Scrap Fabric Tutu. I used THIS tutorial that I found on Pinterest.
The corset is my own design but I looked at lots of different ones online for inspiration.
Cooper's vest is from THIS Pirate Vest Tutorial from DanaMadeIt.com. I used fleece bias tape for my red trip

Anyway, I had a blast making these and I really challenged myself with all the new things I had to do to make them - but the kids (and mom) love them, so I'm super super happy!


Now I need to make my boys their Valentine's Day shirts. It's so hard to come up with ideas!!! I don't have an embroidery machine or a serger . . .

I think I've decided on a Conversation Heart shirt for Finn (grey long sleeve shirt, pink heart, red letters that say KISS ME) and a Hershey Kiss with 25¢ on it for Phalen (he's harder - he is super picky because he doesn't want it to appear "girlie" ). . .anyone have a different idea???

LOVE LOVE LOVE THOSE PIRATE OUTFITS,,,ESPECIALLY THE SCRAP TUTU!!!
as for the valentines day tee's i am using fabric with hearts on it { not sure which on,gotta dig in the stash} to make my grandsons bow-tie appliqued tee's...i need easy after making 4 of the ruffled heart reverse applique/...they aren't very good but they are almost done..
~Beth~.

 

[SallyfromDE]

I LOVE this bag, it would be so perfect for my DD4 to put her heart monitor in while we are there (and while at home). Im not 1/10 that talented, so I think Im going VERY basic, but just out of curiosity, where could I find a patern? Ive never done a button, zipper, etc, so I doubt I can handle this, but maybe I can find someone to make it for her. I just bought her a custom made Belle dress for WDW, she loves Belle!

http://erinerickson.com/store/patterns/two-zip-hipster-pdf-pattern/

This is her page. I think I bought it from Etsy. It was easy. You just need to follow along the steps.

Super job on the bag! I love the colors and the rose fabric is perfect for a Belle bag! The pockets inside are great. I love a bag with lots of pockets. Was the pattern from Dog Under My Desk? I bought that pattern and I made two bags so far. I donated them to the silent auction at our synagogue. Hopefully they will do well. I just ordered more hardware off of Etsy and when it comes I am hoping to do a bag for myself. I can't wait to see your Tinkerbell bag! I did not find the pattern very hard. I don't love doing zippers but it was very easy on this bag.

It is from Dog Under My Desk. I thought it was easy, a few places I had to re-read. But I think if I did another one, I wouldn't have to use as much time reading the directions. I can usually just look at a pattern and put it together without any directions. Then I was stupid, I didn't think, and when I printed the pattern, used "to fit" the page. Well, I had most of it cut when I realized it, recut it to the measurements. If I stuck to the pattern peices, it would have only been a little smaller. The only trouble I had with the zipper is that I couldn't find my zipper foot, so it ended up being tighter then it's supposed to be. (I don't like doing zippers either).

Hi Everyone - been a rough couple of days this week - surely missing my Zoey girl more than I could imagine. Thank you for all the kind messages that you have emailed me and sent on Facebook - thank you for understanding that she was more than just my doggie, but my baby, my friend, my companion. We also will say goodbye to Bill's uncle on Monday - he and Zoey died within a few hours of each other on Thursday am - kinda crazy. Uncle Herb was Tim, Eliz and Hannah's grandfather. Thanks for all the prayers.

Wendy

I understand completely Wendy! I have fur babies myself. Sorry to hear about Zoey.

I'll look into that one. Thank you! I love my 180, and don't know if I'll have have another Bernina, they are priced out of my range now that I have 3 kids! I think I'm going to ask for the embroidery machine for Mother's Day.
That Belle bag is fantastic! I've never made a bag. They look complicated. You all are making want to try one though.

Thanks about my bag. I think I need to do another one now. Or 2.

I don't know that I mentioned the 780D, is a 5X7. I love my machine.

Now
Both outfits together:

I love these!!

 

[PurpleEars]

Then you just have to make yourself a matching lunch bag. Are you going to use some of the insulating material in your lunch bag? I used some when I made coffee cup cozies last year. It is pretty easy to use.

I actually use scrap cotton batting from making quilts instead of fusible fleece for my bags. I think I will just double up the batting for the lunch bag.

I vote for Disney themed. But then again, remember that is coming from someone whose fancy dress up purse is a Barbie one.

Well this bag is my way of making sure I won't be tempted $200 on a Disney D&B bag. As much as I would like one, it would slow me down from saving up for a fancier embroidery machine.

Hi everyone,

can't believe its been so long since I was last here. We have had a bad time money wise lately and knowing a Disney trip was out of the question, I stayed away from the DIS as it was making me sad
Anyhow we've had a bit of good luck and are heading back to the world in August!!! Having to stay offsite this time, but hey we will still be there.

So now I'm having to plan outfits, but my youngest DD is now 10 and she has outgrown the cute little Feliz dresses, although I think I could still get away with an unruffled Insa skirt, I'm a bit stuck for ideas. She still wants some Disney themed outfits, but wants them to be more grown up. Anyone got suggestions for me?

Have so missed being here lurking on everyone's pics, all the work I've seen so far over the last hour has been great! Glad to be back :hugs: P.s, I've just requested to be added to the facebook group if no one minds.

Welcome back! We are going in August as well, though not until the end of the month. I make "grown up" customs for myself - I made a pair of skorts with the World Showcase countries along the hem, a skirt with Mickey head music notes along the hem, and a Minnie-inspired dress (black with Minnie dots for the straps, waist band and hem). I also did blouses with Disney embroidery.

I just wanted to say hello , and that I have really been enjoying the opportunity to admire the works created by all of the disboutiquers here. I found out about this thread through DMGuerts PJ, and am now inspired to overcome my fear of my sewing machine. I am going to attempt a basic pillow this weekend, and then move from there to a skirt. I applied to be part of the dis big give, although I cannot contribute by making an item at this time, I would like to see what I can contribute other wise.

Thank you,
Ashley

Welcome! I am sure you will be sewing like a pro in no time!

Here is what I made today. It is for my niece's 5th birthday party. It was really hard to do because I used a dress that was already made so sewing in the reverse applique was really difficult. If you look closely you can see that I messed it up a little bit and had to scrunch in some of the purple dress to get it to work. Hopefully it isn't too bad. I can't remember who posted the link to the directions for how to do this but thank you very much!!!!!

Cute!

My niece Courtney is leaving for Disney Sunday morning and I wanted to do a Belle bag for her as a surprise. I can see not, there is a smudge right in the middle of my lens when I took the picture. Oh well, back is at Courts getting ready for vacation. I could have used D to help me with the fabrics, because I couldn't find thing in the yellow gold family and was totally stumped for the lining. She does such a great job at that.

I added 2 padded pockets to the inside, my Fossil bag has this, and I love it. Works great, camera one side, cell the other. All I had to do was reach inside. Nice deep pocket in the front for park maps.

Great job on the bag!

Hi Everyone - been a rough couple of days this week - surely missing my Zoey girl more than I could imagine. Thank you for all the kind messages that you have emailed me and sent on Facebook - thank you for understanding that she was more than just my doggie, but my baby, my friend, my companion. We also will say goodbye to Bill's uncle on Monday - he and Zoey died within a few hours of each other on Thursday am - kinda crazy. Uncle Herb was Tim, Eliz and Hannah's grandfather. Thanks for all the prayers.

On another note - there are still some things up for grabs for Jayden's Big Give - I really hope we can make these twins feel extra special - so if you could come over and sign up, it'd be so great. I know they would appreciate it for sure
http://disbiggive.proboards.com/index.cgi

Wendy

Oh Wendy, I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I am not on FB so I didn't know that happened. I will be praying for your family during this difficult time.

You all said that you like pictures. I hope you don't mind a progress one. I just finished the smocking for DD's Mickey outfit, and I'm fixin to start embellishing it with bows, bullion roses, beads, and buttons. It's not completely even in this photo but I won't do the final blocking of it until after I embellish it. Does anyone else here smock?

Wow! I know some girls here smock and they do amazing things!

Now that the recipient has received my latest Big Give items, I can share them here

Both outfits together:

The items were all new patterns for me except for Cooper's Pirate Pants (those are Carla C's Easy Fit pattern and I used pinking shears on the bottoms for the jagged edges).
Keira's shirt is a Carla C's Portrait Peasant with the elongated bodice, ruffled edge neck and 3/4 length sleeve. I used Andrea's idea of bias tape inside the sleeve to make a casing for the elastic to give it the ruffled cuff (Thanks Andrea!!!).
The skirt is a Scrap Fabric Tutu. I used THIS tutorial that I found on Pinterest.
The corset is my own design but I looked at lots of different ones online for inspiration.
Cooper's vest is from THIS Pirate Vest Tutorial from DanaMadeIt.com. I used fleece bias tape for my red trip

Anyway, I had a blast making these and I really challenged myself with all the new things I had to do to make them - but the kids (and mom) love them, so I'm super super happy!


Now I need to make my boys their Valentine's Day shirts. It's so hard to come up with ideas!!! I don't have an embroidery machine or a serger . . .

I think I've decided on a Conversation Heart shirt for Finn (grey long sleeve shirt, pink heart, red letters that say KISS ME) and a Hershey Kiss with 25¢ on it for Phalen (he's harder - he is super picky because he doesn't want it to appear "girlie" ). . .anyone have a different idea???

Great job on the pirate outfits! I look forward to seeing the Valentine's Day outfits!!

That's awesome! I've never done any hand smocking but I have done some machine smocking that turned out great. There used to be a website where the woman sold a lot of Disney themed embroidery machine smocking designs. It has disappeared but I bought several while she was still around. I'll see if I can find a picture of one of my projects. I have several more projects planned but never seem to get to them. LOL! I have a friend with a smocking pleater and she said she'd pleat the front of a dress for me to do in the embroidery machine.



The pirate outfits turned out adorable! My daughter just walked by and said, "Those are sooooooooo cute!" It is great that you challenged yourself with all these new things and it turned out so well. I would imagine that the kids were thrilled with what you sent!

I love the ideas for your boys Valentine's Day shirts. Can't wait to see them.

Ok, I just looked around on the computer and found the pictures of the smocking that I did on the embroidery machine. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Obviously no where near as nice as hand smocking but since I don't know how to do that, this worked for me.

Neat! I had no idea that embroidery machines can smock!

A few pics ---

These are the camping shirts I did for ds's camping sleepover -- for those who didn't read my ds had four friends over for his 10th birthday and instead of goodie bags I embroidered each a t and gave them a flashlight (nice ones, not the dollar store variety). I made six shirts total so ds had one and dd had one too. The kids loved them and all wore them right away. Stupid memeant to take a pic of all of them by the tent and forgot. I have a couple of pics from the night, but nothing significant.

This is a skirt I made dd two years ago but never did a shirt. Poor pic b/c you can't really see it, but the heart shape on the fabric fits perfectly with HeatherSue's applique heart and thankfully I was able to get it centered perfectly:

And this was for Keira's BG -- I have no idea how I got the font lined up crooked but it actually looks ok /semi intentional. This matches a skirt PurpleEars made so if you get a chance to hop over to Keira's ptr she is modeling the entire outfit:

Great job on the camp shirts. I am sure your DD is happy about the shirt to go with the skirt! I really like the items you sent for Keira's Give!

 

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

Now that the recipient has received my latest Big Give items, I can share them here

We had a fabulous fabulous time at the Pirate's League on our trip, so when I heard that Keira & her little brother, Cooper, would be doing Pirate's League I jumped at the chance to make them coordinating pirate outfits

Both outfits together:

I think I've decided on a Conversation Heart shirt for Finn (grey long sleeve shirt, pink heart, red letters that say KISS ME) and a Hershey Kiss with 25¢ on it for Phalen (he's harder - he is super picky because he doesn't want it to appear "girlie" ). . .anyone have a different idea???

LOVE love love the outfits. I bet they felt so blessed to have them!

I think your shirt ideas sound really cute! I can't wait to see them.

Wow, gorgeous smocking!! I just learned how to shirr, which is of course not smocking, but I am loving having this new option for the things I make. Someday I hope to learn how to smock. It looks so time consuming.

I have the smocking down, but am going to shir for the first time on this Mickey outfit. I hope it's as easy as everyone says it is.

That's awesome! I've never done any hand smocking but I have done some machine smocking that turned out great. There used to be a website where the woman sold a lot of Disney themed embroidery machine smocking designs. It has disappeared but I bought several while she was still around. I'll see if I can find a picture of one of my projects. I have several more projects planned but never seem to get to them. LOL! I have a friend with a smocking pleater and she said she'd pleat the front of a dress for me to do in the embroidery machine.

Ok, I just looked around on the computer and found the pictures of the smocking that I did on the embroidery machine. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Obviously no where near as nice as hand smocking but since I don't know how to do that, this worked for me.

Thank you! I love hand embroidery. It relaxes me. I need a pleater though, mine got lost in a move, and I've never replaced it. The machine embroidery is beautiful! How do you line up the stitches to the pleats though? I assume you stabilize it underneath like any other design? That is a really cute top, and i the picture you can't tell that it was not hand smocked. Very pretty!

I smock too! it looks great.....I posted DD3's bishop the week of Christmas on this thread (page 125)....you might be my sewing twin since we both have a 180 and smock

I've been going through my patterns for smocked items to get ready for spring....best thing to do when its cold outside.

Have to be careful though.....DH already knows I bought some smocked dresses at the semiannual clothing cosignment (its cheaper to buy gently used than make it myself sometimes). I got like 4 dresses for $10 each! If I use patterns I already have he'll be ok w/ it

I had no idea machines could smock....does it still have to be pleated? looks like it to me.

LOL, nice to meet you! Want to buy a never opened box of editor 4? All you need is a computer that runs Windows 98 and has a serial port! I really should just put that puppy on ebay and go buy some fabric.

Wow! Very impressive! I do not smock -- I think it would try my patience a wee bit too much and I would be cursing instead of smocking (and I'm not one to curse!). I am amazed at how awesome that looks!

It's really not hard. It's just methodical and exacting. That's why it relaxes me, I get zoned out doing it and it takes all my attention thus taking my mind off of 'things'. I love it, and look for excuses to smock!

OK, I'm off to bed. I work nights, and have to go back tonight. I'd much rather socialize and sew though. Have a fabulous day everyone!

 

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

A few pics ---

These are the camping shirts I did for ds's camping sleepover -- for those who didn't read my ds had four friends over for his 10th birthday and instead of goodie bags I embroidered each a t and gave them a flashlight (nice ones, not the dollar store variety). I made six shirts total so ds had one and dd had one too. The kids loved them and all wore them right away. Stupid memeant to take a pic of all of them by the tent and forgot. I have a couple of pics from the night, but nothing significant.

This is a skirt I made dd two years ago but never did a shirt. Poor pic b/c you can't really see it, but the heart shape on the fabric fits perfectly with HeatherSue's applique heart and thankfully I was able to get it centered perfectly:

And this was for Keira's BG -- I have no idea how I got the font lined up crooked but it actually looks ok /semi intentional. This matches a skirt PurpleEars made so if you get a chance to hop over to Keira's ptr she is modeling the entire outfit:

I just had to add that these are wonderful! Where can I find the pattern for the ticket holders?

 

[VBAndrea]

I just had to add that these are wonderful! Where can I find the pattern for the ticket holders?

They are luggage tags but you could certainly make them into ticket holders. I even expanded the pattern and made them fold over and then put the loop through a button hole so the tag info wasn't exposed (and of course forgot to take pics but I'll make more like that).

This is the tut:

http://www.skiptomylou.org/2009/11/13/fabric-luggage-tag-for-business-card/

 

[tinkbell13]

I can't remember the last item I commented on, but there have been some really nice things posted lately.

I really like how the camping shirts turned out. What a great idea instead of a goodie bag!

The pirate outfits are awesome! That skirt looks like it took some time to do but was time well spent.

The Belle bag is really nice. The applique is beautiful! I really need to get to work on my bag for our trip.

The smocking is just . I can't even begin to fathom how to do that. I am in awe.

The ruffle shirts are cute too! I never thought of doing something like that before.

Wendy - I feel for you on the loss of Zoey. Some people may say that they are just animals but to those of us who are close to them and spend our lives with them, they truly are a part of our families and it hurts when we lose them.

I must get to my sewing room now. I have spent the last couple of weeks playing around with the new machine and doing some test pieces. I am going to attempt my first machine applique today, a pirate Mickey shirt for my DS. If that works out, then I might try a couple of pirate Minnie shirts for my nieces. And I really need to start planning my park bag too.

 

[dianemom2]

I had no idea machines could smock....does it still have to be pleated? looks like it to me.

Yes it still does have to be pleated. I've only used white pleated inserts so far but I just found out that a friend has a pleater. She told me she'd pleat the front of a dress for me to try it on that. I have to find a reasonably priced and relatively easy pattern though. Any suggestions?

A few pics ---

These are the camping shirts I did for ds's camping sleepover -- for those who didn't read my ds had four friends over for his 10th birthday and instead of goodie bags I embroidered each a t and gave them a flashlight (nice ones, not the dollar store variety). I made six shirts total so ds had one and dd had one too. The kids loved them and all wore them right away. Stupid memeant to take a pic of all of them by the tent and forgot. I have a couple of pics from the night, but nothing significant.

This is a skirt I made dd two years ago but never did a shirt. Poor pic b/c you can't really see it, but the heart shape on the fabric fits perfectly with HeatherSue's applique heart and thankfully I was able to get it centered perfectly:

And this was for Keira's BG -- I have no idea how I got the font lined up crooked but it actually looks ok /semi intentional. This matches a skirt PurpleEars made so if you get a chance to hop over to Keira's ptr she is modeling the entire outfit:

I love how the shirts turned out. Your son must have had a super birthday party and what a great way for the boys to remember how much fun they had together.

I know I commented on your Big Give items previously but they are super! I definitely think that the crooked wording looks intentional and very Winnie the Pooh-ish!

I have the smocking down, but am going to shir for the first time on this Mickey outfit. I hope it's as easy as everyone says it is.



Thank you! I love hand embroidery. It relaxes me. I need a pleater though, mine got lost in a move, and I've never replaced it. The machine embroidery is beautiful! How do you line up the stitches to the pleats though? I assume you stabilize it underneath like any other design? That is a really cute top, and i the picture you can't tell that it was not hand smocked. Very pretty!

Shirring is very easy. I just watched a couple of videos on Youtube and then tried it out. Very simple!

I didn't do anything special to line up the stitches on the machine smocking. The instructions that came with the pattern explained how to stabilize it (with sticky tear away stabilizer) and then how to comb the pleats with a fine tooth comb to make sure they were very straight.

I am looking forward to seeing your finished smocking once you've added the beads and bows etc.

Now that I have the digitizing software I am hoping to make a few of my own embroidery machine smocking designs but I am waiting until I have some free time to play around with it. Maybe while my kids are away at camp over the summer and I can work on it some. I like to plan a project for while they are away since it keeps me from missing them too much.

 

[miprender]

A few pics ---

And this was for Keira's BG -- I have no idea how I got the font lined up crooked but it actually looks ok /semi intentional. This matches a skirt PurpleEars made so if you get a chance to hop over to Keira's ptr she is modeling the entire outfit:

Those came out great.

 

[Meshell2002]

LOVE love love the outfits. I bet they felt so blessed to have them!

I think your shirt ideas sound really cute! I can't wait to see them.



I have the smocking down, but am going to shir for the first time on this Mickey outfit. I hope it's as easy as everyone says it is.



Thank you! I love hand embroidery. It relaxes me. I need a pleater though, mine got lost in a move, and I've never replaced it. The machine embroidery is beautiful! How do you line up the stitches to the pleats though? I assume you stabilize it underneath like any other design? That is a really cute top, and i the picture you can't tell that it was not hand smocked. Very pretty!



LOL, nice to meet you! Want to buy a never opened box of editor 4? All you need is a computer that runs Windows 98 and has a serial port! I really should just put that puppy on ebay and go buy some fabric.



It's really not hard. It's just methodical and exacting. That's why it relaxes me, I get zoned out doing it and it takes all my attention thus taking my mind off of 'things'. I love it, and look for excuses to smock!

OK, I'm off to bed. I work nights, and have to go back tonight. I'd much rather socialize and sew though. Have a fabulous day everyone!

nope no windows 98 here

I like smocking too....I used to cross stitch.....it seems easier than that to me.

Yes it still does have to be pleated. I've only used white pleated inserts so far but I just found out that a friend has a pleater. She told me she'd pleat the front of a dress for me to try it on that. I have to find a reasonably priced and relatively easy pattern though. Any suggestions?


I love how the shirts turned out. Your son must have had a super birthday party and what a great way for the boys to remember how much fun they had together.

I know I commented on your Big Give items previously but they are super! I definitely think that the crooked wording looks intentional and very Winnie the Pooh-ish!


Shirring is very easy. I just watched a couple of videos on Youtube and then tried it out. Very simple!

I didn't do anything special to line up the stitches on the machine smocking. The instructions that came with the pattern explained how to stabilize it (with sticky tear away stabilizer) and then how to comb the pleats with a fine tooth comb to make sure they were very straight.

I am looking forward to seeing your finished smocking once you've added the beads and bows etc.

Now that I have the digitizing software I am hoping to make a few of my own embroidery machine smocking designs but I am waiting until I have some free time to play around with it. Maybe while my kids are away at camp over the summer and I can work on it some. I like to plan a project for while they are away since it keeps me from missing them too much.

This is a great pattern. I need to buy it I need my patterns anonymous card first. I think the variations and sizing is a good price. I only have insert and bishop patterns....but I think this is what you need to smock a dress (straight across....versus a bishop which is all the way around the neck). I"ve seen samples of it in my local shop....very cute but simple.

 

[mandy92]

I haven't figured out how to multiple quote yet, but the smocking, pirate outfits, and Belle bag all look wonderful!!

My daughter fell in love with Sleeping Beauty on our last trip, so I followed the tutorial for the Simply Sweet dress and made this today. She adores it!! It was a little nerve wracking at times, and I was afraid my needle would break because the fabrics got a little thick putting the skirt on at the end, but it really is lovely

 

[DMGeurts]

I've been reading through the threads for the past few days...very cute outfits, indeed.


This weekend I decided to tackle the quilted handbag that I thought I would might use at a future trip to WDW....but now that it is done....I'm thinking it is too big for me because I'm only 5' tall and it seems too big. I wanted it a good size so I could also carry around my larger camera. Here's some pictures of it...I should have had a pic of me with it so you could see what I'm talking about. I was going to try and make a little Mickey Head as the zipper pull but didn't have enough time to figure out how to do it. Maybe later.

The Bag by Sheila Grammy, on Flickr

The outside has a big pocket on each side...on this side I attached a small inside pocket along with a cell phone pouch with ribbon attached....and not showing inside is a ring to attach keys.

Phone pouch by Sheila Grammy, on Flickr

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Sheila

Sheila... I went back specifically to get this quote! Your bag turned out really amazing. Trying to size it right is probably the hardest thing, that's what happened with my Toy Story carry-on, it's just so huge for me (but probably not for other people). I love how yours turned out - you did a great job on it.

My niece Courtney is leaving for Disney Sunday morning and I wanted to do a Belle bag for her as a surprise. I can see not, there is a smudge right in the middle of my lens when I took the picture. Oh well, back is at Courts getting ready for vacation. I could have used D to help me with the fabrics, because I couldn't find thing in the yellow gold family and was totally stumped for the lining. She does such a great job at that.

Thanks. I would have tried to help, but I didn't know you needed it. However - I think the fabrics you chose for the interior are perfect - I love the contrast of the red with the blue.

I added 2 padded pockets to the inside, my Fossil bag has this, and I love it. Works great, camera one side, cell the other. All I had to do was reach inside. Nice deep pocket in the front for park maps.

I know D will find it hard not thinking I stole her idea, but I had been thinking of this for awhile. It was this style, or the one with the flap. I came across both patterns and was trying to decide when D posted her fabulous handbags. Which pushed me even more to want to work on a bag for Courtney.

I've never thought that you stole my idea... Despite the fact that the bags are very similar - there are quite a few structural differences between the two. Your bag turned out wonderful.

I did change the pattern up some. I didn't like that the embroidered peice goes under the bag, so I added a band at the bottom. And I wanted to use stapping for a handle. Don't ask why, I just like that. I wanted to make a small loop in the back part of the bag, so it could be hung or picked up. Something I like. But I didn't get enough strapping. You can see on Kirsta it's kind of long. But Court is a pretty tall girl and it works great for her.

It wasn't complicated. I can usually just look at a pattern and put it together. But I had to follow the steps as I went for this one. Kirsta wants one, and I think I need a Tinkerbelle for myself. But I bet D's wasn't this involved.

My pattern is pretty involved... Lots of cutting... It takes me a full 8 hour day just to cut everything... it takes me one full day just to quilt every piece... One full day for the hand applique (sometimes more, depending on the details)... and one full day to assemble everything. 32 hours for one bag, not sure if that is considered to be involved??? LOL

You all said that you like pictures. I hope you don't mind a progress one. I just finished the smocking for DD's Mickey outfit, and I'm fixin to start embellishing it with bows, bullion roses, beads, and buttons. It's not completely even in this photo but I won't do the final blocking of it until after I embellish it. Does anyone else here smock?

This is gorgeous! I love smocking and some day I want to learn how to do it.

Now that the recipient has received my latest Big Give items, I can share them here
We had a fabulous fabulous time at the Pirate's League on our trip, so when I heard that Keira & her little brother, Cooper, would be doing Pirate's League I jumped at the chance to make them coordinating pirate outfits

Both outfits together:

I know I've told you before - but these pirate outfits are just awesome!! I them!!!

Ok, I just looked around on the computer and found the pictures of the smocking that I did on the embroidery machine. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Obviously no where near as nice as hand smocking but since I don't know how to do that, this worked for me.

Totally love this!!! What a unique idea - I wish this person still made their designs.

A few pics ---

These are the camping shirts I did for ds's camping sleepover -- for those who didn't read my ds had four friends over for his 10th birthday and instead of goodie bags I embroidered each a t and gave them a flashlight (nice ones, not the dollar store variety). I made six shirts total so ds had one and dd had one too. The kids loved them and all wore them right away. Stupid memeant to take a pic of all of them by the tent and forgot. I have a couple of pics from the night, but nothing significant.

This is a skirt I made dd two years ago but never did a shirt. Poor pic b/c you can't really see it, but the heart shape on the fabric fits perfectly with HeatherSue's applique heart and thankfully I was able to get it centered perfectly:

And this was for Keira's BG -- I have no idea how I got the font lined up crooked but it actually looks ok /semi intentional. This matches a skirt PurpleEars made so if you get a chance to hop over to Keira's ptr she is modeling the entire outfit:

LOVE the camping shirts!!! Those turned out really awesome - kind of wish I would have been invited to ds's bday party. And the skirt is adorable - so is your dd... I rofled at the cast on her poor horse's leg - how in the world did that accident happen? And the WtP shirt is so cute too... I super duper want an embroidery machine...

I haven't figured out how to multiple quote yet, but the smocking, pirate outfits, and Belle bag all look wonderful!!

My daughter fell in love with Sleeping Beauty on our last trip, so I followed the tutorial for the Simply Sweet dress and made this today. She adores it!! It was a little nerve wracking at times, and I was afraid my needle would break because the fabrics got a little thick putting the skirt on at the end, but it really is lovely

Your dress turned out adorable! Your dd is going to look so cute in the parks! Great job!

D~

 

[babynala]

My niece Courtney is leaving for Disney Sunday morning and I wanted to do a Belle bag for her as a surprise. I can see not, there is a smudge right in the middle of my lens when I took the picture. Oh well, back is at Courts getting ready for vacation. I could have used D to help me with the fabrics, because I couldn't find thing in the yellow gold family and was totally stumped for the lining. She does such a great job at that.

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I added 2 padded pockets to the inside, my Fossil bag has this, and I love it. Works great, camera one side, cell the other. All I had to do was reach inside. Nice deep pocket in the front for park maps.

It wasn't complicated. I can usually just look at a pattern and put it together. But I had to follow the steps as I went for this one. Kirsta wants one, and I think I need a Tinkerbelle for myself. But I bet D's wasn't this involved.[/QUOTE]
This bag looks great and the modifications you made were great ideas. Can't wait to see your Tink version and Krista's.

[quote="billwendy, post: 43998281"]Hi Everyone - been a rough couple of days this week - surely missing my Zoey girl:littleangel: more than I could imagine. :guilty: Thank you for all the kind messages that you have emailed me and sent on Facebook - thank you for understanding that she was more than just my doggie, but my baby, my friend, my companion. We also will say goodbye to Bill's uncle on Monday - he and Zoey died within a few hours of each other on Thursday am - kinda crazy. Uncle Herb was Tim, Eliz and Hannah's grandfather. Thanks for all the prayers.

Wendy:sad1:[/QUOTE]
Wendy, I had not heard about your little Zoey. I'm sure your home is the not the same with out her. So sorry to hear about Bill's uncle too. The kids must be very sad. I will be thinking of your family :grouphug:

[quote="LittleBlackRaincloud, post: 43999931"]
You all said that you like pictures. I hope you don't mind a progress one. I just finished the smocking for DD's Mickey outfit, and I'm fixin to start embellishing it with bows, bullion roses, beads, and buttons. It's not completely even in this photo but I won't do the final blocking of it until after I embellish it. Does anyone else here smock?[/QUOTE]


I love seeing a work in progress. This looks amazing. Can't wait to see the finished outfit, it sounds beautiful.

[quote="mphalens, post: 44000895"]Now that the recipient has received my latest Big Give items, I can share them here

We had a fabulous fabulous time at the Pirate's League on our trip, so when I heard that Keira & her little brother, Cooper, would be doing Pirate's League I jumped at the chance to make them coordinating pirate outfits

Both outfits together:
[IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a71/mphalens/th_ff75f7b0-1.jpg

The items were all new patterns for me except for Cooper's Pirate Pants (those are Carla C's Easy Fit pattern and I used pinking shears on the bottoms for the jagged edges).
Keira's shirt is a Carla C's Portrait Peasant with the elongated bodice, ruffled edge neck and 3/4 length sleeve. I used Andrea's idea of bias tape inside the sleeve to make a casing for the elastic to give it the ruffled cuff (Thanks Andrea!!!).
The skirt is a Scrap Fabric Tutu. I used THIS tutorial that I found on Pinterest.
The corset is my own design but I looked at lots of different ones online for inspiration.
Cooper's vest is from THIS Pirate Vest Tutorial from DanaMadeIt.com. I used fleece bias tape for my red trip

Anyway, I had a blast making these and I really challenged myself with all the new things I had to do to make them - but the kids (and mom) love them, so I'm super super happy!


Now I need to make my boys their Valentine's Day shirts. It's so hard to come up with ideas!!! I don't have an embroidery machine or a serger . . .

I think I've decided on a Conversation Heart shirt for Finn (grey long sleeve shirt, pink heart, red letters that say KISS ME) and a Hershey Kiss with 25¢ on it for Phalen (he's harder - he is super picky because he doesn't want it to appear "girlie" ). . .anyone have a different idea???

The pirate outfits look great. Your version of the tutu skirt came out wonderful. You should be so happy with how they turned out!


Your ideas for the Valentine's shirts sound great!

We had a great (but too short) trip in December, but came home to a flooded basement and a lot of hassle I haven't been sewing a whole lot since we've been back, but I plan to soon!!
Everyone loved the girls' outfits They did look adorable, I must say!!

I loved the occasional hand-made outfit I'd see in the parks! Seems like you see them a lot more than just a few years ago.

I love the Pirate outfits!!!!! Wish my girls were more into pirates.... I'm impressed by smocking but I'm totally clueless about it - looks very hard!!

Hoping to keep the magic of our trip alive by still allowing Disney to influence my sewing/designing here and there. I'm hoping I'll be able to contribute to a Big Give sometime soon as well.

Looking forward to warmer weather so I can do more dying/batiking - I miss it!!

Glad you had fun on your trip but that is not a fun thing to come home too.

A few pics ---

These are the camping shirts I did for ds's camping sleepover -- for those who didn't read my ds had four friends over for his 10th birthday and instead of goodie bags I embroidered each a t and gave them a flashlight (nice ones, not the dollar store variety). I made six shirts total so ds had one and dd had one too. The kids loved them and all wore them right away. Stupid memeant to take a pic of all of them by the tent and forgot. I have a couple of pics from the night, but nothing significant.

This is a skirt I made dd two years ago but never did a shirt. Poor pic b/c you can't really see it, but the heart shape on the fabric fits perfectly with HeatherSue's applique heart and thankfully I was able to get it centered perfectly:

And this was for Keira's BG -- I have no idea how I got the font lined up crooked but it actually looks ok /semi intentional. This matches a skirt PurpleEars made so if you get a chance to hop over to Keira's ptr she is modeling the entire outfit:

The camping shirts came out awesome. Much better then a goodie bag since the kids get to keep enjoying the shirts and flashlights. Love your DD's valentine's outfit. She looks so cute riding her pony.

Keira's Pooh shirt looks great. I like the lettering like that! The hat and luggage tags are perfect.

I haven't figured out how to multiple quote yet, but the smocking, pirate outfits, and Belle bag all look wonderful!!

My daughter fell in love with Sleeping Beauty on our last trip, so I followed the tutorial for the Simply Sweet dress and made this today. She adores it!! It was a little nerve wracking at times, and I was afraid my needle would break because the fabrics got a little thick putting the skirt on at the end, but it really is lovely

You did a wonderful job on this dress. I'm sure your DD will look beautiful in it.

 

[dianemom2]

I haven't figured out how to multiple quote yet, but the smocking, pirate outfits, and Belle bag all look wonderful!!

My daughter fell in love with Sleeping Beauty on our last trip, so I followed the tutorial for the Simply Sweet dress and made this today. She adores it!! It was a little nerve wracking at times, and I was afraid my needle would break because the fabrics got a little thick putting the skirt on at the end, but it really is lovely

That turned out lovely! I am sure your daughter must just love this dress! Doing a princess Simply Sweet has been on my to do list for a while but something else always seems to be put ahead of it!

 

[SallyfromDE]

My daughter fell in love with Sleeping Beauty on our last trip, so I followed the tutorial for the Simply Sweet dress and made this today. She adores it!!

I think it came out beautiful. Doesn't it make you feel great when she loves it so much? Just go a little slow over the tough spots, with this fabric, you should be okay. I did break one on my Belle bag, but I was going through a really thick patch.

Thanks. I would have tried to help, but I didn't know you needed it. However - I think the fabrics you chose for the interior are perfect - I love the contrast of the red with the blue.

I've never thought that you stole my idea... Despite the fact that the bags are very similar - there are quite a few structural differences between the two. Your bag turned out wonderful.

D~

I went to the store with the idea of yellow or golds and a rose lining. Found a rose for the lining, but couldn't find anything for the outside. Then I found the roses in the upholstery fabrics. But blue was not on my mind. There is where I got stuck. My mind just wasn't saying "Belle" enough.

All great minds think alike!! I was thinking of this around Thanksgiving, to make for my neice. But with Xmas, I just didn't have time. Then after Xmas, I just didn't have time. Then I saw your bag, and thought I must have had a great idea, after all. But I didn't get to work on it until I got laid off from work. Coming home from JoAnn Fabric, the truck over heated on me, no cell phone. It was rain/snow out.

 

[SallyfromDE]

Disboard wasnt co operating!! Double post.

 

[Meshell2002]

My most recent sewing....upcycling dress to skirt for DD....and then making her matching shirts. The long sleeved t is an IMKE from MCKL book. The short sleeve was a blank leftover from our trip...since it matched I wanted to use it so she'd have time to wear it before outgrowing it. The letter on the short sleeved is actually for a banner, not sure if I like the "I" but I was playing with the font.

the orginal dress....too small with a hole by the flower. I'm going to make a clippie out of the flower later.

finished set

DD loves knits....she happily tried it on and modeled for me when I showed it to her.

you're never too young to learn how to serge!

Sewing supply closet door view

Side view.....it was a walk in so I found cubbies to store some of the fabric (the rest is in a big box behind the file cabinet!

More pics of sewing area later.....the shelves next to the cutting table need a little straightening