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

[DISNEYJAZZ]

Well, if you head to Norfolk in six months we can be local sewing buddies We will be here until dh retires. He can retire now, but with the economy we figure he'll stay in a couple of more years.


If it's Ellie's Twirl Dress that was the first dress I made. It takes a lot of fabric, but dd loves that pattern! I now make the bodice like the Simply Sweet though because the button on the back doesn't work well for us -- gets caught in dd's hair. If it's not Ellie's Twirl Dress just ignore everything I said.


He wouldn't even wear them as pj's I guess I am lucky, my ds has no problems with Easy Fit pj's. I've never bothered to try them as shorts as I know he wouldn't wear them, but he is fine with pj's.


What about something like a generic flower instead of an initial?


Way too early -- I'm actually surprised a vet would do it that young. I think Max might need a reevaluation to see if he needs to be fixed again. Sunny was neutered at 4 months which was the earliest our vet would do and had I know I would have waited longer. As soon as he got fixed the second time there was never pee again in my foyer by the plant (which he must have though was a tree since he's none too bright). Of course yesterday I was blessed with pee on the carpet (Penny -- I can tell the pee apart) and nuggets later in the evening which I *think* were the boy's as I think Penny poo'd outside about an hour earlier, though I can't confirm.


I love the fish bowl and fish jumping out and think that would be great on a t. Maybe for the wording fabric you could just make a pocket out of it for a t-shirt. A bowling shirt would look cute. You could also do solid pants with print pockets using a fabric. Or a thing two t-shirt. Geez, all week.... and I am worried about getting just one outfit done for dd!


What!!!!! You ordered fabric and you don't have the outfits done!!!!!!!! This is so un-Diane of you! Usually you have things finished 6 months ahead of time! Are you feeling ok?


LOVE both dresses! Glad Beth works great. Must run -- ds wants me to feed him breakfast!

love those dresses!!!!!! i made one from a womens flannel pj shirt for my granddaughter Avery's b'day last year and she loved it! wears it with a red long sleeved tee under it!

i still have 'shirr terror' about shirring but wanna try it soon fro newest dgd Liberty,wanted to use her Daddy's old work shirts for a quilt/bibs/burp clothes etc...but he throws them away becaus ehe works in a funeral home and doesn't wanna re purpose them and i can understand that since he does all jobs when need be if you know what i mean...but maybe i can get him to start having work-church shirts separate so i can use church shirts when she is older...
thank you for sharing your pix and the link! ~Beth~

 

[Jaaaacki]

Your outfits are too cute!!

Yes there is a Disboutiquers group on FB You can search for it but I'll try a link:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/46334585287/

~Jennifer

Thanks I just requested to join

Thank you! I have the ruffle joy pattern set aside to make a Jessie skirt for Natalie. Your skirt is adorable, and I'd love to hear what else you would do differently. Your sewing is wonderful! I love the appliques!

I'll have to check out the FB group. I think I requested it, but never went back to see if I've been accepted.

Thank you so much, I love to do the machine appliques but I hate how long they take me.

Changes I would try on my next ruffle joy:
1. I finished my ruffle edges, I would not leave them unfinished like suggested. I serged both edges and then I turned and topstitched the bottom of the ruffle. Next time if I wasn't using so many varying fabrics I would do a rolled hem.
2. The instructions call for a very large skirt base, I think mine was 44x14. I would probably shrink that by quite a lot. You have so much ruffle that I'm not sure having the main panel gathered (by the waist elastic) is necessary. It might not work out but I just found it to be a lot of extra bulk.
3. Since I did my ruffles as mentioned above, I would probably increase them to 3" at the very least. I would have liked more over lap, there are a few areas where you can see my serged edges at the top.
4. If I had extra time, I would attached the ruffles right sides together but upside down (kwim?) then flip down and top stitch.

Hope that helps.


I've been noticing lately when I get an e-pattern there are a lot of things I would do differently. Someone above mentioned the Olabelhe patterns and I'm working on the Gabriella now. There are some vague spots and I'm a bit lost on the creation of the crinoline. If I get it finished I will post.

 

[mphalens]

Lorax outfit for the movie opening next week and for Dr. Seuss' birthday although dd doesn't have school that day. This was the ruffle joy skirt pattern, I would do it a little differently next time, like make the ruffles wider. I wouldn't recommend using fur on an embroidery machine, LOL

This is a Lorax dress I started today. It's been a long project so far. I still need to finish the dress panels and ruffles.

OMG! You totally just gave me the motivation I needed!!! Those Lorax outfits are TODIEFOR! I'm totally jealous you've managed to find actual Lorax fabric too! None of the stores around here seem to have it yet
LOVE the fur faced Lorax! And your Lorax that speaks for the trees! OMG! Love love love!
Did you satin stitch around the Lorax on that dress? Or is it paint? Or what?

 

[billwendy]

Hi Everyone!!

Sorry I havent been on in a bit, Tiggy is reallllly taking up some time!!! lol...He is just so curious about everything!! We have baby gates up all over the place to keep him in our sight! This week wasnt so bad for him because Bill was working in our town and could come home - next week starts Tigger's real schedule!!! We will see!!

Love the Lorax outfit - lol - so funny!!!

My 770 is in the shop, and I REALLY needed to stitch this weekend! I am sooooo bummed!!!!!!!!!

 

[Jaaaacki]

OMG! You totally just gave me the motivation I needed!!! Those Lorax outfits are TODIEFOR! I'm totally jealous you've managed to find actual Lorax fabric too! None of the stores around here seem to have it yet
LOVE the fur faced Lorax! And your Lorax that speaks for the trees! OMG! Love love love!
Did you satin stitch around the Lorax on that dress? Or is it paint? Or what?

Thank you for the compliments and glad I could motivate you. I got that dress idea yesterday morning and ran out to Joann's for fabric. If I don't sew when I get the idea I don't end up creating anything.

I got the embroidery designs on the dress panel from applicakes. I can not do a good looking satin stitch to save my life so if I applique by hand i just straight stitch and the fabric is by Robert Kaufman but I had to order from fabric.com. I have very limited fabric selections near me.

 

[Disneymom1218]

Hi Everyone!!

Sorry I havent been on in a bit, Tiggy is reallllly taking up some time!!! lol...He is just so curious about everything!! We have baby gates up all over the place to keep him in our sight! This week wasnt so bad for him because Bill was working in our town and could come home - next week starts Tigger's real schedule!!! We will see!!

Love the Lorax outfit - lol - so funny!!!

My 770 is in the shop, and I REALLY needed to stitch this weekend! I am sooooo bummed!!!!!!!!!

Hi Wendy, Just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you last weekend. My girls Cheered at the Cheer for Charity Competition That was benefiting your workplace. I was so glad they could be a part of that. Sorry to hear your machine is in the shop

 

[billwendy]

Hi Wendy, Just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you last weekend. My girls Cheered at the Cheer for Charity Competition That was benefiting your workplace. I was so glad they could be a part of that. Sorry to hear your machine is in the shop

Hey that is AWESOME!!!!! And greatly appreciated by all the patients and workers at duPont Hospital - that is super duper cool!!!!

 

[loveappletrees]

I'm trying to get some ideas for Christmas Gifts for teachers, therapists and doctors that we see on a weekly basis. This has been a struggle for me for the past few years. I don't want to repeat myself, but each year the expectations get bigger and bigger.

I found some glass ornaments from a couple years ago. I was going to use them for place card holders at my Christmas table, but we ended up doing Christmas at my DIL's house and we did something different. They are clear glass, I put a few drops of paint in each one (different Christmasy colors) and swirled them around, then drained the excess paint.

They have a sort of marbled appearance. If I took these, and wrote either the Teacher's name or year on it in Gold leaf pen...would that work for a teacher's gift?

Part of me thinks it is fine, but another part thinks it is a bit cheap and uninspired. I've never reused something for a gift before...

In past years I have made goodies (included homemade hot cocoa mix and homemade marshmallows) in a fabric basket, hand embroidered and appliqued wall hangings, machine embroidered guest towels, Matching key fobs and purses, and a few other that I can't remember.

They all start out simple and end up taking about three times as much actual time to complete. I'm looking for something simple and easy...and quick!


Any ideas? Doe these ornaments sound too cheap?

Nini

PS...Since DD is now in middle school her teachers do not have the same high expectation as her previous elementary teachers...

I have a love/hate relationship with school team gifts I love to do them but I stress and stress until I think of what I want to do. I find it's extra hard now that all 3 kids are in school and with 2 special needs the team is now quite large.

I know this answer is tardy for Christmas but might be in time for teachers end of the year gifts?


Here are some past gifts we have done for J's team:
a cactus (larger for the teachers and EA's & mini ones for the support staff) with a pencil stuck in the dirt at the top(eraser end) a glued on mini banner that says "thanks for helping me to grow" above the banner but below the eraser there was a bow tied. then I modge podged strips of paper onto the little metal plant pot The school secretary still has hers at the office.

Last year I bought an assortment of sizes of casserole dishes (Winners) and made up a recipe for a hot spinach dip to go in it.these were red dishes and I wrote the cooking instructions on a hand stamped recipe card.

J's grade 1 teacher expressed a desire for some cooking tools so I put the tools in a vase after decorating the ends with paper flowers the tag said I couldn't pick a better teacher than you.

I gave a tupperware forget me not container with a tupperware gift certificate inside.

Lots of the gifts are food related as I figure they get alot of gifts and if you multiply that with a long career I can see running out of room, so I have made poppycock(like caramel corn) & nuts and bolts in large decorated mason jars, cupcake in a jar fruit crisp in a jar (the fruit sure melts down ;S)

homemade bread with homemade butter.Pumpkin nutella loaf, strawberry white chocolate popcorn...
I hosted a lunch for the team, I made a stew and fresh baked buns and for dessert ice cream sundaes with homemade hot fudge. everything was served in to go containers so the ones who had busy days could take it to go.

Pumpkin nutella loaf YUM!

I have made 3x3 mini photo books on iphoto with pictures from the school year.

But my favorite was the year I had my grade 2-er draw a picture of each of his teachers, I then made the photo extra large on a colour copier cut up the parts and used it as a pattern on felt (keep the originals intact) then I sewed the people and used buttons, ribbon etc trying to keep as true to each photo as I could. then he gave each staff member the photo he had drawn as well as their "action figure" all of the staff still have these in their classroom or offices......

If any of the recipes interest you just let me know...

 

[loveappletrees]

Thank you for the kind welcome and I too LOVE the Lorax stuff!!!!
-m

 

[DisneyTeacher01]

But my favorite was the year I had my grade 2-er draw a picture of each of his teachers, I then made the photo extra large on a colour copier cut up the parts and used it as a pattern on felt (keep the originals intact) then I sewed the people and used buttons, ribbon etc trying to keep as true to each photo as I could. then he gave each staff member the photo he had drawn as well as their "action figure" all of the staff still have these in their classroom or offices......

If any of the recipes interest you just let me know...

I love these ideas!!! Now how do I pin them on pinterest so I don't forget them!

 

[Jaylin]

oh, I just asked to join the facebook page too! I had no idea it existed! Does anyone have a link to Heather's trip report? I'd love to see the outfits, I'm in dire need of motivation! We leave on 5/11for 9nights, and I've got 3girls &1boy to sew for! I've been sitting at my computer all week just looking at applique design and fabric....I can't get myself started!

Does anyone have a pic of the grace dress on a child without a petti under it? I love this look with the petti, but I don't think the girls would wear them, and I'm afraid the dress (with all the ruffles) will loose all it's wow factor without it.....

 

[loveappletrees]

oh, I just asked to join the facebook page too! I had no idea it existed! Does anyone have a link to Heather's trip report? I'd love to see the outfits, I'm in dire need of motivation! .

Me too(facebook mean) and here is the link:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1831386

 

[cogero]

Hey girls I am looking for a tutorial on a case or cover for a Kindle. I bought my mom a Kindle Fire for her birthday next week and want to make her a carrying case for it.

thanks.

 

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

Thanks I just requested to join




Thank you so much, I love to do the machine appliques but I hate how long they take me.

Changes I would try on my next ruffle joy:
1. I finished my ruffle edges, I would not leave them unfinished like suggested. I serged both edges and then I turned and topstitched the bottom of the ruffle. Next time if I wasn't using so many varying fabrics I would do a rolled hem.
2. The instructions call for a very large skirt base, I think mine was 44x14. I would probably shrink that by quite a lot. You have so much ruffle that I'm not sure having the main panel gathered (by the waist elastic) is necessary. It might not work out but I just found it to be a lot of extra bulk.
3. Since I did my ruffles as mentioned above, I would probably increase them to 3" at the very least. I would have liked more over lap, there are a few areas where you can see my serged edges at the top.
4. If I had extra time, I would attached the ruffles right sides together but upside down (kwim?) then flip down and top stitch.

Hope that helps.


I've been noticing lately when I get an e-pattern there are a lot of things I would do differently. Someone above mentioned the Olabelhe patterns and I'm working on the Gabriella now. There are some vague spots and I'm a bit lost on the creation of the crinoline. If I get it finished I will post.

Thanks for the insight! I actually like the look of the pinked edges especially for the Jesse skirt, but agree about the rolled hem. I did a rolled hem edge on the ruffles for the Mickey Capris that I just finished to go with the smocked top (still in progress....). I also understand what you mean about sewing the ruffles on, and making the ruffles wider. I want to be sure that the rows overlap a little. Thanks for the tips!

I was going to wait and show the capris but I just can't keep them to myself. I love them! It's funny how much time (and love!) they took. I'm a very slow sewer, but I enjoy it. When I tried them on Natalie (19 months) she loved them, said 'pretty' and cried when I took them off her. It's like she knew how much love was stitched into them. I'm sooo glad I got my machine back out a few weeks ago. Thanks for listening to me ramble. LOL

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ETA-These photos look really foggy. I need to look at my camera and see if little boys are smudged up the lens. Sorry about that!

 

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

Oh, and I requested to join the FB group a couple of weeks ago, but no reply. I just asked again.

 

[HeatherSue]

Hey girls I am looking for a tutorial on a case or cover for a Kindle. I bought my mom a Kindle Fire for her birthday next week and want to make her a carrying case for it.

thanks.

I haven't tried it, but here's one on YCMT. It looked very similar to the one I made for my Kindle a while back. http://youcanmakethis.com/products/featured-products/e-reader-cover.htm

 

[mphalens]

Chiara, I JUST saw a tutorial tonight when I was perusing pinterest looking for art tote tutorials . . .but I can't remember WHERE I was when I saw it

QUESTION:
Does the pocket look to be the right size for the pants? I need to cut out Finn's Dr Seuss wardrobe tomorrow and get sewing . . . I really want to add pockets to them (he LOVES pockets and I think they'll help make the easy fits look a little more like PANTS and not PJs, especially since he'll be wearing a t-shirt with them, kwim?) . . .

And, just to share:
Here's what I found at Walmart today:

And here are three of the fabrics I got at that Warehouse Sale last week (the purple & pink are solids but have glitter all over them, the white is a white on white mini floral-ish design):

And here is a flannel remanent I got at JoAnn's today (a full yard!):

And finally, a flannel I picked up at Walmart last week to make some baby items for a sorority sister who is having a baby girl (our sorority mascot is the panda)

 

[cogero]

Chiara, I JUST saw a tutorial tonight when I was perusing pinterest looking for art tote tutorials . . .but I can't remember WHERE I was when I saw it

QUESTION:
Does the pocket look to be the right size for the pants? I need to cut out Finn's Dr Seuss wardrobe tomorrow and get sewing . . . I really want to add pockets to them (he LOVES pockets and I think they'll help make the easy fits look a little more like PANTS and not PJs, especially since he'll be wearing a t-shirt with them, kwim?) . . .

And, just to share:
Here's what I found at Walmart today:

And here are three of the fabrics I got at that Warehouse Sale last week (the purple & pink are solids but have glitter all over them, the white is a white on white mini floral-ish design):

And here is a flannel remanent I got at JoAnn's today (a full yard!):

And finally, a flannel I picked up at Walmart last week to make some baby items for a sorority sister who is having a baby girl (our sorority mascot is the panda)

Marianne I seriously need to come visit you to go fabric shopping. You always have the best finds. Love the Walmart finds and love the sparkly fabrics.

I think that pocket is a great size.

 

[DMGeurts]

Hi there : )

So the other day I started reading Heather's trip report and I was sucked in by the writing, the pictures and THE CLOTHES!! She got a whole lotta of my two cents as I read. I have now begun Teresa's side of the story. & Heather has promised she has warned her sister, lol. (they both mention how wonderful this thread and everyone who "lives" here is)

But now after seeing all of the awesome custom outfits they made for their trips, problem is I can't turn off my brain.

I love putting together outfits for all of my kids especially our daughter for a special occasion I make sure she's dresses from her hair down..or would that be feet up?

BUT with all of the wonderful DISigner outfits...there is the sewing....lets start at the beginning, I have memories of playing under my mom's sewing machine and as I got older taking sewing in school , as a mom doing a little around Halloween or when the mood struck me, I have a fondness for sewing but realistically I kinda suck at it because I sew as I cook without a recipe & doing my own thing which doesn't really work for sewing, there are patterns, there are rules !!

But I was thinking was I could adjust clothing add my own touches to T's skirts, shorts etc. so I'm wondering can I join in on this thread while doing my own thing?

I decided to add a few pics of the kids (& outfits) cause I'm a big sucker for pic's

and this one just because it cracks me up!

Welcome! Your family is adorable! You can most definately do your own thing... I think it's what we all do best.

The smocking is amazing! I can't wait to see your finished dress with the smocking inserted in it. What kind of dress do you plan to make? My DD12 went to New York City last year with her summer camp and saw Wicked on Broadway. She said it was fantastic. I wish we could have seen it when it was at the Kennedy Center last summer but after we paid for both girls to go to summer camp there was no leftover $$$$ for us to do fun stuff while the kids were gone.


I often feel the same way after I am done with a project. I think the skirt looks great though. I love the pinks!

I did a bunch of sewing today. I made my other Lego t-shirt to go with the Lego Man bowling shirts that I made for the nephews. I didn't bother to take a picture though since it is the same. Then I finished up the dress that started out as a Vida but since I did the applique crooked, I changed it to a Simply Sweet. I am pretty happy with the results. I still have a Toy Story Vida planned because now I have 4 different Toy Story fabrics that I have bits and pieces left from. I will probably put it off until my niece grows a bit bigger because she doesn't need two Toy Story dresses at the same time.

The dress:

Here is a better picture of the bodice. I wanted an applique of multiple Aliens. I was very happy with how this design turned out but it puckered a little bit because I forgot to loosen the tension. The pre-set tension on my machine is always too tight. I have to see if I can figure out if I can change it.

I also did a little bit of pants hemming. I bought new jeans for me yesterday and I swore I wasn't going to put off hemming them until it was too hot to wear them! I also had to hem two pairs for DD12 because of course she outgrew most of her jeans with just a few weeks left to wear them!

QUESTION???? Has anybody bought and sewn the Daisy dress on YCMT? It looks really cute and I have some cute ideas. But I've never bought a pattern from that designer and I'd like to know if her directions are pretty clear????

I love the TS dress - super cute! One of my favorite things about TS is the bold colors, and you pulled it off perfectly.

Chiara, I JUST saw a tutorial tonight when I was perusing pinterest looking for art tote tutorials . . .but I can't remember WHERE I was when I saw it

QUESTION:
Does the pocket look to be the right size for the pants? I need to cut out Finn's Dr Seuss wardrobe tomorrow and get sewing . . . I really want to add pockets to them (he LOVES pockets and I think they'll help make the easy fits look a little more like PANTS and not PJs, especially since he'll be wearing a t-shirt with them, kwim?) . . .

And, just to share:
Here's what I found at Walmart today:

And here are three of the fabrics I got at that Warehouse Sale last week (the purple & pink are solids but have glitter all over them, the white is a white on white mini floral-ish design):

And here is a flannel remanent I got at JoAnn's today (a full yard!):

And finally, a flannel I picked up at Walmart last week to make some baby items for a sorority sister who is having a baby girl (our sorority mascot is the panda)

I think the pockets are perfect! I love all of your fabric finds.

D~

 

[VBAndrea]

Here is some of my recent sewing. I'm trying hard to be more productive but I'm sure you all know how it is. We just started planning a trip to Disney the end of June so I've got to get the themed sewing started.

Lorax outfit for the movie opening next week and for Dr. Seuss' birthday although dd doesn't have school that day. This was the ruffle joy skirt pattern, I would do it a little differently next time, like make the ruffles wider. I wouldn't recommend using fur on an embroidery machine, LOL

This is a Lorax dress I started today. It's been a long project so far. I still need to finish the dress panels and ruffles.


QUESTION: Did I read that there is a facebook page for the Disboutique?

Fabulous work! I adore the painted heart shirt -- did you do that with a stencil? I once in a blue moon hand paint clothes but I am really fond of the heart and know I couldn't just do that on my own.

And the Lorax outfits are amazing! I love both of them -- I can't wait to see the one you are working on when it's finished.

I have to work on a Suess outfit for dd this week but I have no idea what to do yet! I only have one fabric which would work for a skirt, but I have two knit fabrics that would work for an Olivia though I hate to *Suess them up* and make them an only Suess item.

Hi Everyone!!

Sorry I havent been on in a bit, Tiggy is reallllly taking up some time!!! lol...He is just so curious about everything!! We have baby gates up all over the place to keep him in our sight! This week wasnt so bad for him because Bill was working in our town and could come home - next week starts Tigger's real schedule!!! We will see!!

Love the Lorax outfit - lol - so funny!!!

My 770 is in the shop, and I REALLY needed to stitch this weekend! I am sooooo bummed!!!!!!!!!

Wendy, the day I removed my dogs' pen and let them have the run of the downstairs was such a joyous day for me. When my dogs were really little I would bring them up in the laundry room with me and they would nap when I would sew. Now we keep the cat food up there so it's no longer an option, but it let me sew when they needed watching and just being in the room with sufficed for attention.

I was going to wait and show the capris but I just can't keep them to myself. I love them! It's funny how much time (and love!) they took. I'm a very slow sewer, but I enjoy it. When I tried them on Natalie (19 months) she loved them, said 'pretty' and cried when I took them off her. It's like she knew how much love was stitched into them. I'm sooo glad I got my machine back out a few weeks ago. Thanks for listening to me ramble. LOL

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ETA-These photos look really foggy. I need to look at my camera and see if little boys are smudged up the lens. Sorry about that!

Those turned out great! I can relate to jeans being time consuming. Things that should be simple sometimes are the worst!

QUESTION:
Does the pocket look to be the right size for the pants? I need to cut out Finn's Dr Seuss wardrobe tomorrow and get sewing . . . I really want to add pockets to them (he LOVES pockets and I think they'll help make the easy fits look a little more like PANTS and not PJs, especially since he'll be wearing a t-shirt with them, kwim?) . . .

And, just to share:
Here's what I found at Walmart today:

And here are three of the fabrics I got at that Warehouse Sale last week (the purple & pink are solids but have glitter all over them, the white is a white on white mini floral-ish design):

And here is a flannel remanent I got at JoAnn's today (a full yard!):

And finally, a flannel I picked up at Walmart last week to make some baby items for a sorority sister who is having a baby girl (our sorority mascot is the panda)

I like the pocket size and I really like that you showed your pattern and have your ruler nearby I also printed a photo of the ones Diane did because I liked the shape of her pockets better than the tut I found. I think you angled yours like Diane did.

Love all your fabrics -- my dd would especially like the sparkly pink and purple so feel free to make her something with those

Our Walmart downsized their fabric department meaning their Dis selection isn't what it used to be.