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

[mandy92]

I had requested to join the FB group, but didn't see a place to add my username here. I just went to find it again and I can't find it

My real name is Meg S-----. and my profile pic is my son and daughter in matching red shirt & dress in front of the Alice topiary in front of the mad tea cups. Can someone add me, pretty please

Edit to add that there are too many pages to quote since the last time I checked in, but everything looks fabulous!! Here are a few things I have been working on:

Mickey and Minnie snack bags:

Cinderella pink mice dress:

Minnie dress (my first applique with my se400 - it's not as "clean" as I'd like it to be, but I LOVE the rest of the dress!)

 

[tinkbell13]

Grrrrr. Lost all my multiquotes when I went to post. Let's see what I remember . . .

Needless to say, there have been lots of gorgeous projects posted lately. Love the AK outfits. The finished Minnie dress is beyond cute. As is the horse skirt, twirl skirt and little wallets. Lorax dress is gorgeous. The strip twirl looks like it would be fun to wear. I really liked the fabrics in it. The Minnie shirt and shorts are cute too. And I totally love the pink mice and Minnie dresses.

Okay, off to chase DS to read before bed!

 

[dianemom2]

As a long time lurker on this thread I have finally decided to get sewing again! Of course, that means questions. I'm a beginner at best. I'm going to be sewing clothes for a young lady with disabilities who is a weird size, sort of a 12+ or 14+ because of a body brace. When I looked on YCMT, most of the patterns got up to only a size 8-10. Does anyone have suggestions of some that go bigger, or are easily adaptable to larger sizes. I know CarlaC's patterns are highly recommended, but also hit the size problem. She's full grown, so whatever I make stay fitting her, so a particularly good pattern is worth fussing with. I am trying to get her to Disney in Dec 2013, so I need to get in practice. If she goes there is a whole wardrobe to make After seeing all the gorgeous clothes everyone makes I know I can do something-with a LOT of practice! Thanks for any suggestions.
Mary

The Easy Fit pants for adults run in a size XS (which is like a girl's size 12/14) up to a size xxl. They are super easy and very adaptable. You could also try the Patricia tunic. I made several of them last summer, 2 of which where for my girls who were a girls size 12/14 at the time. I don't do much sewing for girls since they are at such a picky age. I did make them each a Rosetta bag, which they adored since it reminded them of a Vera Bradley bag.

Here's DD new outfit for spring. Once again knit fabric cause it's her favorite!

the bike shorts are the riveria leggings cut down....they seem to run big IMO
the top is Emmy (Fishsticks has a PDF from The Fabric Fairy I bought the paper version before it went out of print)

That is awesome! I don't work much with knits since I am always worried about how they will turn out. The few times I have worked with them they seem to pucker and not hang right. That outfit looks so comfortable and so very, very cute!

Thank you very much, this is really helpful. I will look for that book in my local bookstore (you were right about the price of the videos )

Thanks again.
Dan

I doubt you will find the book in your local store. You will probably need to order it online.

Diane I love those pockets on the safari pants and Marianne I had already pinned your pants when I saw it on FB.

Thanks! I was worried that the shorts would look too girly with the leopard print cuffs but I think they are ok.

Mickey and Minnie snack bags:

Cinderella pink mice dress:

Minnie dress (my first applique with my se400 - it's not as "clean" as I'd like it to be, but I LOVE the rest of the dress!)

Very cute things! I love the pink Cinderella dress. Your first applique turned out very well. I can't really see in the picture what you mean by it not being "clean". Did you get "eyelashes" poking through the satin stitches? The Minnie dress is adorable!

I have Heather Sue's mice and I keep dreaming of a pink Cinderella dress with the mice appliqued on the hem somewhere. We'll see if I ever get around to making it.

I took the day off from sewing today since I had a head ache and was also feeling uninspired. We'll see if tomorrow brings any new inspiration.

 

[juliebug]

I had requested to join the FB group, but didn't see a place to add my username here. I just went to find it again and I can't find it

My real name is Meg S-----. and my profile pic is my son and daughter in matching red shirt & dress in front of the Alice topiary in front of the mad tea cups. Can someone add me, pretty please

Edit to add that there are too many pages to quote since the last time I checked in, but everything looks fabulous!! Here are a few things I have been working on:

Mickey and Minnie snack bags:

Cinderella pink mice dress:

Minnie dress (my first applique with my se400 - it's not as "clean" as I'd like it to be, but I LOVE the rest of the dress!)

super cute!
did you do a pattern for the pink cindy dress?? i love it and have seen a lot in that cut

 

[PolyndianPrincessJes]

OK, DBers, I know I'm totally sporadic on this thread, but I need your creative brains! Of course, I've already tried to search the thread because I think I remember seeing a few things, but it never works for me! So, we're surprising the kids with a trip the day after school gets out in May. Everything I've booked is a surprise!! Hotels, ADRs, experiences, etc. I booked the Pirates' League for them (DS6 and DNiece9) both, and I want to make them something cute instead of just buying the costumes. Any ideas?? I have a red pettiskirt DNiece loves, so I'm trying to coordinate to that. DS will still wear customs, but I think I want to lean more toward costume for him, but still light and airy since it will be June in Orlando. Thoughts? Pictures? Ideas?

Thanks!!!

 

[Sandi S]

Darnit! I was hopeful!

I found a mac & cheese recipe that the kids LOVE (they're picky about mac & cheese like their mama ). It's http://whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/cheese/stove-top-one-pot-macaroni-cheese-recipe/

I finished the two shirts for Finn's Dr Seuss outfits for the week! We got home from a thing at church at 8 and I hadn't started them at all (designs, etc). . . finished at 10:45 . . . not bad, right? If you already saw these on Facebook, I apologize!

The three pairs of pants (easy fits with pockets):

Lorax shirt (was totally inspired by the furry one posted!):

Lorax shirt with Dr Seuss character scatter pants:

Cat in the Hat's Hat shirt (I wish I hadn't tried to add the detail, but oh well!):

Hat shirt with the Fish pants:

Do you go to Mary Jo's in Gastonia? I haven't been in a while, but I love it. I'm in central NC.

Do you use stablizer when you applique? It may--or may not--help. Sometimes you have to experiment with different types/weights of stablizer, as well.

At times sewing is precise; other times you have to experiment until you get the results you want. For me, at least, experimentation tends to be required when time is at a premium!

Any issues I have had on wovens disappeared when washing - but try a sharper, thinner needle.

As a long time lurker on this thread I have finally decided to get sewing again! Of course, that means questions. I'm a beginner at best. I'm going to be sewing clothes for a young lady with disabilities who is a weird size, sort of a 12+ or 14+ because of a body brace. When I looked on YCMT, most of the patterns got up to only a size 8-10. Does anyone have suggestions of some that go bigger, or are easily adaptable to larger sizes. I know CarlaC's patterns are highly recommended, but also hit the size problem. She's full grown, so whatever I make stay fitting her, so a particularly good pattern is worth fussing with. I am trying to get her to Disney in Dec 2013, so I need to get in practice. If she goes there is a whole wardrobe to make After seeing all the gorgeous clothes everyone makes I know I can do something-with a LOT of practice! Thanks for any suggestions.
Mary

What ever you use pattern-wise, you need to get Palmer/Pletsch's Fit for Real People and/or Sandra Betzina's Fast Fit book. Both are great alteration resources for many different alterations.

 

[honeybear66]

You'll need machine embroidery thread, stabilizer, bobbin thread (60 wt rayon or the prewound bobbins), and curved scissors. as well as any new designs you want to try.


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Thanks! Does that mean all the thread I have for my sewing machine would not be suitable? Can you not use the same thread for top and bottom ?? Sorry this is all new to me.

 

[VBAndrea]

As a long time lurker on this thread I have finally decided to get sewing again! Of course, that means questions. I'm a beginner at best. I'm going to be sewing clothes for a young lady with disabilities who is a weird size, sort of a 12+ or 14+ because of a body brace. When I looked on YCMT, most of the patterns got up to only a size 8-10. Does anyone have suggestions of some that go bigger, or are easily adaptable to larger sizes. I know CarlaC's patterns are highly recommended, but also hit the size problem. She's full grown, so whatever I make stay fitting her, so a particularly good pattern is worth fussing with. I am trying to get her to Disney in Dec 2013, so I need to get in practice. If she goes there is a whole wardrobe to make After seeing all the gorgeous clothes everyone makes I know I can do something-with a LOT of practice! Thanks for any suggestions.
Mary

Agree with others that Carla makes patterns for adults and are under the name Sis-Boom, so try those. I have also used her instructions for upsizing her patterns for the Simply Sweet and Bowling Shirt and both worked well.

You can also find many on line tutorials for skirts and dresses for children and ladies that are adaptable to whatever size you need just based on waist and hip measurements. There are also many ideas ideas out there for dressing up t's and they can be done by hand -- you do not have to have an embroidery machine. I did my entire Dis trip with two kids by hand appliqueing b/c I didn't have an embroidery machine back then. Good luck and I hope you stick around and post pics for us.

Question
My DH has finally said I can get my embroidery machine and it will be here on Saturday I have gone for a Janome 350E. I have been doing applique designs by hand on my sewing machine and I am still just a beginner but is there anything different I need to buy for the embroidery machine? Do I need any special thread or will regular thread be ok? All help would be gratefully received!

Embroidery thread which many of us purchase from Marathonthread.com and Diane also posted a site for threadart which has cheaper spools (though Marathon has a good starter set of 50 colors that ends up being the cheapest). I would recommend med cut away and medium tear away stabilizer (I buy Floriani cut away from the sew vac shop which is good for sensitive skin and the tear away from Marathon). I have to scissors -- a curved manicure scissors form Target and a Gingher applique pair from Joann's (use a coupon). I also use Dritz 505 spray because I do not hoop my t's (use a coupon for that too). My machine came with bobbin thread and I when I ran out I just used some old embroidery thread from sulky that I had lying around -- I eventually went to the sew vac store to buy some and he had none in stock but gave me a free spool that was mild used I am not familiar with that machine, but mine takes a thumb drive for transferring designs so make sure you have whatever you need for getting designs on your machine. That's all I can think of off hand, but chances are I'm forgetting something. Oh needles, buy some extra needles! Make sure you have ball pint for knits though I have accidentally not used ball point and the the needle was thin so it looked perfectly fine.

Here's DD new outfit for spring. Once again knit fabric cause it's her favorite!

the bike shorts are the riveria leggings cut down....they seem to run big IMO
the top is Emmy (Fishsticks has a PDF from The Fabric Fairy I bought the paper version before it went out of print)

Very cute! I found the Riveria leggings to fit my dd just fine though I go my measurements and not size -- and my dd is very skinny. I have no idea what size I made her. She was 7 at the time and chances are good she got a size 5. She still fits in 5T things but we have length issues with sleeves being too short and pants are way too short.

I really like that Mickey print. I keep thinking my dd will get a dress with it if we can ever manage another trip to Dis.

I had requested to join the FB group, but didn't see a place to add my username here. I just went to find it again and I can't find it

My real name is Meg S-----. and my profile pic is my son and daughter in matching red shirt & dress in front of the Alice topiary in front of the mad tea cups. Can someone add me, pretty please

Edit to add that there are too many pages to quote since the last time I checked in, but everything looks fabulous!! Here are a few things I have been working on:

Mickey and Minnie snack bags:

Cinderella pink mice dress:

Minnie dress (my first applique with my se400 - it's not as "clean" as I'd like it to be, but I LOVE the rest of the dress!)

I'm not on FB but hopefully someone who is can help you. The snack bags are really cute and your dresses are fantastic! I think your applique looks great.

OK, DBers, I know I'm totally sporadic on this thread, but I need your creative brains! Of course, I've already tried to search the thread because I think I remember seeing a few things, but it never works for me! So, we're surprising the kids with a trip the day after school gets out in May. Everything I've booked is a surprise!! Hotels, ADRs, experiences, etc. I booked the Pirates' League for them (DS6 and DNiece9) both, and I want to make them something cute instead of just buying the costumes. Any ideas?? I have a red pettiskirt DNiece loves, so I'm trying to coordinate to that. DS will still wear customs, but I think I want to lean more toward costume for him, but still light and airy since it will be June in Orlando. Thoughts? Pictures? Ideas?

Thanks!!!

Marianne just made the cutest ever pirate outfits for Keira's BG -- I know she posted pics here but it might be easiest to go to the BG site and look at Keira's BG for the pics. She just reposted the girl's outfit on D's ptr and D just posted some cute things there. I also made pirate themed Insa's with t's for Madison's BG -- I posted pics here but it was sometime in the summer so I'll see if I can readily grab a pic and post what I did (Marianne's is way cuter for a pirate cruise):

I never put things in the BG group photo album -- I really should learn how to do that!

 

[dianemom2]

Thanks! Does that mean all the thread I have for my sewing machine would not be suitable? Can you not use the same thread for top and bottom ?? Sorry this is all new to me.

Yes, unfortunately you will need different thread for your embroidery machine. Embroidery thread is shiny so it looks prettier when you stitch out your designs. You do use different thread for top and bottom. You need special embroidery bobbin thread which generally only comes in white or black. I always use white bobbin thread for my embroidery and I do wind my own bobbins. I know lots of people on here use pre-wound bobbins. You will need stabilizer. I prefer heavy weight cut away stabilizer for my t-shirts. Everybody seems to have their own "recipe" for hooping and stabilizing. You will experiment and see what works for you. I order a lot of thread from Threadart.com. I know some people on here order thread from Marathon. When you are first starting out it is much cheaper to order thread from somewhere than to go into Joanns or another local shop. The thread at the online places costs less than Joanns costs even on sale. I would also recommend getting a small pair of curved embroidery scissors. They will help you trim the ends of threads and also cut close to your tack down stitches when you applique. I usually buy my stabilizer at Joanns with a coupon. Have fun with your new machine!

 

[Meshell2002]

Thanks! Does that mean all the thread I have for my sewing machine would not be suitable? Can you not use the same thread for top and bottom ?? Sorry this is all new to me.

I got on this am and was going to answer your question....but it looks like everyone's got you covered

Once again have fun.

you CAN put embroidery thread in the bobbin....but if your design has a high stitch count it adds bulkiness to the bottom, also it's more expensive than the 60 wt rayon (or prewound bobbins).

 

[mandy92]

Thank you everyone! I had a lot of fun putting them together. I don't know what's up with the minnie head on the snack bag, it looks more filled in IRL, I guess the flash makes it look less filled? Anyway, I love how they turned out.

Very cute things! I love the pink Cinderella dress. Your first applique turned out very well. I can't really see in the picture what you mean by it not being "clean". Did you get "eyelashes" poking through the satin stitches? The Minnie dress is adorable!

I have Heather Sue's mice and I keep dreaming of a pink Cinderella dress with the mice appliqued on the hem somewhere. We'll see if I ever get around to making it.

I had some difficulty with the applique, mostly with getting my thread tension right. And I had a lot of broken thread with was annoying. My manual says to use the zig zag foot for computerized applique. After finishing I watched a few tutorials and noticed the embroidery foot was used, so I will use that for my appliques going forward.

I think adding Cindy's mice to the dress is a really cute idea!

super cute!
did you do a pattern for the pink cindy dress?? i love it and have seen a lot in that cut

Thanks! I used Carla C's Simply Sweet pattern from youcanmakethis.com. It's the basic dress with ruffled sleeves and a ruffle on the bottom. I just added the pink ribbon and bows accents to make it the Cindy dress.

 

[SallyfromDE]

Thanks! Does that mean all the thread I have for my sewing machine would not be suitable? Can you not use the same thread for top and bottom ?? Sorry this is all new to me.

It's not really heavy enough. I would guess you could use it, but it wouldn't fill in nice. I found on my last machine, it was picky on what bobbin thread I used. I could only use the Janome and Brother. All others would either pull to the top or create a nest. With my new machine, I just don't bother with pre wounds, although I'd love to try them. For stablizer, Sulky has sampler packs, sheets folded down of thier stablizers, you may want to try them to get a feel of the different types to use. I go to JoAnnes on 50% coupons or sale days for the Sulky. Including the thread (which I like the best).

 

[Jaaaacki]

Question
My DH has finally said I can get my embroidery machine and it will be here on Saturday I have gone for a Janome 350E. I have been doing applique designs by hand on my sewing machine and I am still just a beginner but is there anything different I need to buy for the embroidery machine? Do I need any special thread or will regular thread be ok? All help would be gratefully received!

In pinch I've used regular thread like yesterday when I was in the middle of a design and needed a muted yellow not the bright one I have so I did use the regular and it was ok. But specific embroidery thread is the way to go. I typically buy gutterman or sulky since all I have near by is Jo-Anns. Someday I'll invest in one of those bulks sets I think Amazon sells.

I had requested to join the FB group, but didn't see a place to add my username here. I just went to find it again and I can't find it

My real name is Meg S-----. and my profile pic is my son and daughter in matching red shirt & dress in front of the Alice topiary in front of the mad tea cups. Can someone add me, pretty please

Edit to add that there are too many pages to quote since the last time I checked in, but everything looks fabulous!! Here are a few things I have been working on:

Mickey and Minnie snack bags:

Cinderella pink mice dress:

Minnie dress (my first applique with my se400 - it's not as "clean" as I'd like it to be, but I LOVE the rest of the dress!)

Your dresses are darling. I've been thinking about making a pink cinderella dress for a while now and just may do it.

Marianne just made the cutest ever pirate outfits for Keira's BG -- I know she posted pics here but it might be easiest to go to the BG site and look at Keira's BG for the pics. She just reposted the girl's outfit on D's ptr and D just posted some cute things there. I also made pirate themed Insa's with t's for Madison's BG -- I posted pics here but it was sometime in the summer so I'll see if I can readily grab a pic and post what I did (Marianne's is way cuter for a pirate cruise):

I never put things in the BG group photo album -- I really should learn how to do that!

Those pirate outfits are amazing!!

Mphalens I didn't grab your quote but I love all the dr. Seuss clothes you made!!!

 

[honeybear66]

Thanks ladies for all your help. Can't wait for my machine to arrive now. Joanns and Michaels will have to wait until I am in Orlando in October as I live in the U.K but I will add all the suggestions to my shopping list.

 

[cinderwannabe]

Hi All! I had to take a 3 year hiatus but I am going back!!! Not till summer 2013 but I have started saving and started planning so it feels real! Last time I went to wdw my dd was only 8 and I was able to make some really cute outfits. This time she will be 12 and her tastes have "matured" but I still want to sew some theme outfits. If anyone has any cute ideas for a 12 year old girl please post pics!!! Thanks!

 

[dianemom2]

Hi All! I had to take a 3 year hiatus but I am going back!!! Not till summer 2013 but I have started saving and started planning so it feels real! Last time I went to wdw my dd was only 8 and I was able to make some really cute outfits. This time she will be 12 and her tastes have "matured" but I still want to sew some theme outfits. If anyone has any cute ideas for a 12 year old girl please post pics!!! Thanks!

My girls who are 11 and 12 would not wear customs if we were going to Disney. They would wear some appliqued t-shirts or some tie dyed Mickey head t-shirts. With the tie dyed Mickey heads they were even willing to match me and DH.

So I spent a little while playing around with another pair if Easy fits, trying to make them girly without adding ruffled to the bottom. I didn't make a shirt because I'd bought several summer themed tanks at Walmart last fall for $1 each and one them matches this pretty well. Here is what I came up with today:

I wish I'd put the pockets a little bit lower. I might take them off and move them down.

Here is a better picture of the pocket:

Here is a picture of the keyhole opening on the legs and the tie. This was hard to get a picture of. I wish my niece had been here to try these on.

 

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

Marianne just made the cutest ever pirate outfits for Keira's BG -- I know she posted pics here but it might be easiest to go to the BG site and look at Keira's BG for the pics. She just reposted the girl's outfit on D's ptr and D just posted some cute things there. I also made pirate themed Insa's with t's for Madison's BG -- I posted pics here but it was sometime in the summer so I'll see if I can readily grab a pic and post what I did (Marianne's is way cuter for a pirate cruise):

I never put things in the BG group photo album -- I really should learn how to do that!

Oh My! Those are super cute! Such great fabric choices, and the appliques are TDF!


I need to get to sewing. It's been a busy 2 days. Our cat had to have emergency surgery yesterday and lost over half of his intestines due to eating thread. He got into the thread on my serger last week, and I didn't know it, but some of it got stuck on the back of his tongue and then knotted up in his tummy and eventually started slicing through everything. He had over 20 slices to his intestines. I feel sooo bad that this happened to him. He's home now, but it was iffy yesterday if he would make it. I'm giving him more IV fluids at home. So, moral of the story, watch your kitties around thread. It's deadly to them. The vet said it's the deadliest thing a cat could eat. We're lucky to still have him.

 

[dianemom2]

I need to get to sewing. It's been a busy 2 days. Our cat had to have emergency surgery yesterday and lost over half of his intestines due to eating thread. He got into the thread on my serger last week, and I didn't know it, but some of it got stuck on the back of his tongue and then knotted up in his tummy and eventually started slicing through everything. He had over 20 slices to his intestines. I feel sooo bad that this happened to him. He's home now, but it was iffy yesterday if he would make it. I'm giving him more IV fluids at home. So, moral of the story, watch your kitties around thread. It's deadly to them. The vet said it's the deadliest thing a cat could eat. We're lucky to still have him.

Oh my goodness! I've never heard of something like that happening before. I feel so bad for your kitty. I hope he ends up being ok. Poor baby!

 

[miprender]

Minnie dress (my first applique with my se400 - it's not as "clean" as I'd like it to be, but I LOVE the rest of the dress!)

Love everything you did!

OK, DBers, I know I'm totally sporadic on this thread, but I need your creative brains! Of course, I've already tried to search the thread because I think I remember seeing a few things, but it never works for me! So, we're surprising the kids with a trip the day after school gets out in May. Everything I've booked is a surprise!! Hotels, ADRs, experiences, etc. I booked the Pirates' League for them (DS6 and DNiece9) both, and I want to make them something cute instead of just buying the costumes. Any ideas?? I have a red pettiskirt DNiece loves, so I'm trying to coordinate to that. DS will still wear customs, but I think I want to lean more toward costume for him, but still light and airy since it will be June in Orlando. Thoughts? Pictures? Ideas?

Thanks!!!

Here's what I made for our trip last June. The shorts actually have Mickey pirates but they are hard to see.

Thanks! Does that mean all the thread I have for my sewing machine would not be suitable? Can you not use the same thread for top and bottom ?? Sorry this is all new to me.

I ditto what Diane & Andrea said.

A
Marianne just made the cutest ever pirate outfits for Keira's BG -- I know she posted pics here but it might be easiest to go to the BG site and look at Keira's BG for the pics. She just reposted the girl's outfit on D's ptr and D just posted some cute things there. I also made pirate themed Insa's with t's for Madison's BG -- I posted pics here but it was sometime in the summer so I'll see if I can readily grab a pic and post what I did (Marianne's is way cuter for a pirate cruise):

I never put things in the BG group photo album -- I really should learn how to do that!

I loved it when you posted before and I have to say I just LOVE ♥♥♥ these

[Here is a picture of the keyhole opening on the legs and the tie. This was hard to get a picture of. I wish my niece had been here to try these on.

Just love everything you are creating with these easy fit pants. You should be named the Easy Fit Queen.

Oh My! Those are super cute! Such great fabric choices, and the appliques are TDF!


I need to get to sewing. It's been a busy 2 days. Our cat had to have emergency surgery yesterday and lost over half of his intestines due to eating thread. He got into the thread on my serger last week, and I didn't know it, but some of it got stuck on the back of his tongue and then knotted up in his tummy and eventually started slicing through everything. He had over 20 slices to his intestines. I feel sooo bad that this happened to him. He's home now, but it was iffy yesterday if he would make it. I'm giving him more IV fluids at home. So, moral of the story, watch your kitties around thread. It's deadly to them. The vet said it's the deadliest thing a cat could eat. We're lucky to still have him.

I hope you cat is doing better...how scary!

 

[DMGeurts]

Marianne just made the cutest ever pirate outfits for Keira's BG -- I know she posted pics here but it might be easiest to go to the BG site and look at Keira's BG for the pics. She just reposted the girl's outfit on D's ptr and D just posted some cute things there. I also made pirate themed Insa's with t's for Madison's BG -- I posted pics here but it was sometime in the summer so I'll see if I can readily grab a pic and post what I did (Marianne's is way cuter for a pirate cruise):

I never put things in the BG group photo album -- I really should learn how to do that!

Andrea.... I don't remember seeing these before... OMG - they are AWESOME!!!!! If I wouldn't have done our pirate outfits already, I would have cased these!

Hi All! I had to take a 3 year hiatus but I am going back!!! Not till summer 2013 but I have started saving and started planning so it feels real! Last time I went to wdw my dd was only 8 and I was able to make some really cute outfits. This time she will be 12 and her tastes have "matured" but I still want to sew some theme outfits. If anyone has any cute ideas for a 12 year old girl please post pics!!! Thanks!

If you go to the table of contents of my PTR (link in my siggy) - I have made a few things for my teen girls... They will be 12 & 13 when we go next week. I also made them custom bags to carry in the parks...

Here is a picture of the keyhole opening on the legs and the tie. This was hard to get a picture of. I wish my niece had been here to try these on.

OK - so I commented on these on FB... but I did not see a pic with the keyhole.... I totally love it!!! Really adds a lot to the EF pants.

the bike shorts are the riveria leggings cut down....they seem to run big IMO
the top is Emmy (Fishsticks has a PDF from The Fabric Fairy I bought the paper version before it went out of print)

Super cute and super comfy - I love the fabric, and I really love how you used red to accent the bit of red in the fabric.

Mickey and Minnie snack bags:

Cinderella pink mice dress:

Minnie dress (my first applique with my se400 - it's not as "clean" as I'd like it to be, but I LOVE the rest of the dress!)

So adorable! I really like the snack bags too.

OK, DBers, I know I'm totally sporadic on this thread, but I need your creative brains! Of course, I've already tried to search the thread because I think I remember seeing a few things, but it never works for me! So, we're surprising the kids with a trip the day after school gets out in May. Everything I've booked is a surprise!! Hotels, ADRs, experiences, etc. I booked the Pirates' League for them (DS6 and DNiece9) both, and I want to make them something cute instead of just buying the costumes. Any ideas?? I have a red pettiskirt DNiece loves, so I'm trying to coordinate to that. DS will still wear customs, but I think I want to lean more toward costume for him, but still light and airy since it will be June in Orlando. Thoughts? Pictures? Ideas?

Thanks!!!

I just posted pirate outfits for my almost teenage daughters and I in my PTR... the link is in my siggy.

Marianne, I missed your quote (I didn't go back that far)... But you know I love the outfits you made for the boys... I hope you'll take pics and post them in action too.

I know I am missing a lot of stuff - so sorry... I try to hard to keep up here, but then I get busy and I miss a lot.

D~