Disboutiquers Part 28 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[Teamtori]

Can you do a 4 by 4 pattern on the 770 machine??

 

[Sandi S]

Can you do a 4 by 4 pattern on the 770 machine??

Yes - you can always go smaller, not bigger.

 

[nannye]

Hey Need some advice from those who have made the simply sweet dress I would like to make a dress similar to this and I am wondering about the cut out patterned pieces on the skirt http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33339580&postcount=103 are they just pieces cut out of patterned fabric and sewen directly onto the white dress, or perhaps they were pieces sewen in place of white in those areas?

Any thoughts?

 

[tricia]

Hey Need some advice from those who have made the simply sweet dress I would like to make a dress similar to this and I am wondering about the cut out patterned pieces on the skirt http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33339580&postcount=103 are they just pieces cut out of patterned fabric and sewen directly onto the white dress, or perhaps they were pieces sewen in place of white in those areas?

Any thoughts?

Those are strips sewn in place of the white. And it looks like the patterned strips are less wide than the white strips. Probably half as wide. So you will have to do some math. How wide do you want the skirt? How many white panels do you want for embroidery? Then go from there.

 

[pyrxtc]

Since I don't think I'll be making it, here is the Estate Sale in Dover, NH.

http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/306123.aspx

Sale Description:
This lady would be in her 90s today - she was an accomplished seamstress and did alterations. She also did some traveling and there are some interesting pieces. We need to sell it all!

FURNITURE: Mahogany Barrister Bookcase (3 shelves), French Provincial Bedroom Set (** 5 Drawer Chest, Headboard, Bed frame, 2 Night Stands, Dresser with Mirror), Oak 6 Drawer Chest & Wardrobe, Carved Maple Arm Chair, Armchair, 2 Sofas, Lady’s Mahogany Writing Desk (as is), Work Table, Maple End Table, Small Maple Drop Leaf Table, Pine Drop Leaf Table, Pine 4 Drawer Chest, 2 Club Chairs, Maple Pressed Back Rocker (Art Nouveau Design), Mahogany Tripod Stand, several Oak Plant Stands, Lady’s Velvet Vanity Chair (as is), Walnut Drop Leaf Table, Large Cedar Blanket Box, Piano Bench, Wall Cupboard, several Side Tables, 2 Wall Shelves, many Trunks, Pine Commode, Oak Hall Tree, Round Oak Table, C Roll Desk, Cane Seat Arm Chair..and more!!

MISCELLANEOUS: 60s Red Sox Portraits by John Wheeldon, Sewing Machine, Fabrics, Notions, Form, Buttons, Yarn, Patterns, Vintage Clothing, Hats, Accessories, Linens, Overshot Coverlet, Matelasse, Quilts, Aprons, Lace, Hand made Knit Sweaters, Fur, Antique Whites, Lamps and Lighting, Dolls and Doll Crib, Large Hand Braided Rug with nice strong colors, hand painted silk tray, prints and paintings, Blue Heaven China and Glassware, Japanese Pottery, Czech Pottery, Shelley Trios, lots of silverplate, some copper and brass, Primatives, Old Apple Peeler, Tiny Singer Sewing Machine, Carnival Glass, Elegant Glassware, Pink Depression Glass, Bookends, Vintage Cookie Jar, Antique Stempel Glass Fire Extinguisher, Mexican Rug and Pottery, Radios, Camera, China and Glassware..... and more!!!

 

[TinkNH]

Since I don't think I'll be making it, here is the Estate Sale in Dover, NH.

http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/306123.aspx

Oh no! I was looking forward to hearing about your fantastic haul

 

[pyrxtc]

Oh no! I was looking forward to hearing about your fantastic haul

If it wasn't 1 hour and 49 minutes away I would be there in a heartbeat. hoping my DH will encourage me to go anyways.

 

[smile5sunshine]

If it wasn't 1 hour and 49 minutes away I would be there in a heartbeat. hoping my DH will encourage me to go anyways.

Okay, I love, love this Jumper !!! I can totally see why they said she belonged in Small World !! Now I really want to make one that looks just like it !!

Okay, so I cut out two patterns and actually cut out fabric for one of them. I still have to cut out the lining but haven't decided what I want to use for it yet. I screwed up too. The skirt piece were so big that I had to cute each of the 4 pieces individually and forgot to flip them over to cut out the second so I now I have to figure out it when I stitch it to the top. It's not a gathered skirt so I don't know how easy it will be to fit. I hope I don't make it crazy wrong. Do you think I can swap a front for back piece ? I guess I'll have to figure it out as I put it together.

I am making this dress, pattern A

I have the top roses and the skirt Snow White by T Kinkade. I debated doing the sleeves blue birds but my DH talked me out of it and I am still thinking of creating a sash to go with it out of the birds instead.

I am really looking forward to sewing something that has no gathers at all. Even the sleeves go straight in.

I still cannot figure out what to make from the Chintz I got. All the dresses I look at take more fabric than I have. Even for a size 3, some of these dresses take 6 plus yards !! Ugh !! I only have 4 of each color cut into two yards each.

Anyone have a princess dress pattern that doesn't take so much fabric ?

Oh no! I'm so sorry you don't think you are going to get to go. HUGS.

I can't wait to see the dress you make from that pattern. The fabrics sound like they are going to blend really well together. I don't have any pattern suggestions for the chintz fabric, sorry. Any way you could go and get another coordinating fabric?

Love this!!

I think my post yesterday evening disappeared or I am just missing it... I got my machine back, works like a charm! Did two appliqués last night, one for a paying customer (coworker)

Oh please remember to post a pic! So glad you machine is working again! Go you on the workouts though! keep it up!

I took a Disney sewing break and stitched up a new gymnastics leotard for DD and my mom and I made "Sewing Catty" organizers as a test project for the machine I won (that will basically be her machine).

I have what will be an Animal Kingdom/trip to the zoo outfit for me cut out. I think I will finish that tonight since I am taking the kids to the NC Zoo tomorrow and it would be fun to have that done. We are crossing our fingers for the baby giraffe to come soon!

The "sewing catty's" came out cute! I can't wait to see the dress you have in mind for yourself.

Hey Need some advice from those who have made the simply sweet dress I would like to make a dress similar to this and I am wondering about the cut out patterned pieces on the skirt http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33339580&postcount=103 are they just pieces cut out of patterned fabric and sewen directly onto the white dress, or perhaps they were pieces sewen in place of white in those areas?

Any thoughts?

I agree, it looks like they just pieced the fabrics for the skirt together so to the width needed for the skirt portion of the simply sweet.

I am working on a Christmas outfit for the kids, since we'll do Christmas at GKTW. I'll post pics when I am done!

You always make such adorable stuff I am waiting with baited breath to see this finished!

How did you KNOW how I look on a daily basis!! For those who don't know what I look like and so the ladies staying at my house will know what I look like all gussied up...

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Gracious I actually SNORTED when I got to this pic! You are too funny!

now HELP !!!

I have done a few appliques with my cheapo brother machine, but it is limited because the satin stitch is pretty wide and there is no adjustment....so I decided to work with my mothers, and i am having a heck of a time. It will be going along just beautifully..then decide to stop feeding the fabric through and make a million stitches in one spot and get stuck. I have tried fiddling with the adjustments but nothing is helping..any ideas what could be wrong? I totally destroyed the applique i was trying to make

Kind of sounds like there might be some lint in the feed dogs or a piece of thread somewhere causing trouble. I would cover the basics: through cleaning (maybe even oiling if the machine calls for it), change needle, and new bobbin. Hopefully that will take care of the problem.

Thanks, I'm not good with deadlines but all I have left to do is the binding. Trouble is I got this satin binding and it's kind of a pain. I started putting it on tonight but started to get frustrated so stopped.

Oh satin can be such a booger to work with. Hope you are doing better with it tonight.

Any machine applique help here? I did mousehead appliques with rayon guttenberg thread with no problems. I don't have a real satin stitch on my machine, just a zigzag, but it works well enough. I made 8 appliqued shirts for my little cousins, just with little squares or circles and the thread broke or shredded repeatedly. I used wonder under to put on the appliques of cotton. Used pellon iron on tear away stabilizer on the back of the tshirts. And used ballpoint needles. The only difference was the thread, I used sulky viscose rayon, a beautiful variagated rainbow thread that looked great. But I rethreaded my machine more times than I care to think about. Is it the wrong kind of thread for this, or wrong needles? Any help would be appreciated.
On the good side, I may sort of be inheriting an embroidery machines! My sister has one that she hasn't used in years, no time to sew. So I may have one on semi-permanent loan. It's a brother and probably needs a new foot pedal, but I can deal with that. When I know the model number I'll post it. I've been dying for one, but since I now need a new basic model it had to go on back burner. The good news is I'm bonding with my Necchi again, liking it more then I did the first time I used it. Does need a tuneup, which will be in the next weeks. It's a 525fa for someone who asked about the model. But at least I have a working sewing machine.
Mary

I agree with Andrea, my guess is that the thread wasn't strong enough for the applique OR you have a stray thread somewhere in there gumming things up.

HURRAY for a long-term loaner embroidery machine!

Alright, I finally have some wedding photos to share. I'll give the backstory to this for those that weren't following along. My sister in law to be waited until just a month ago to put everything together and ask anyone to be in the wedding even though the date has been picked for several months. There was alot of drama about the bridesmaid dresses and getting the right color. After we finally found dresses that would work and we could get in time we had to pay quite a bit to get them rushed to ensure they came in time. After the dresses were ordered SIL decided she wanted sashes in the alternating color. We would hav had to pay an additional rush charge on those so I decided to make them myself so I made all the sashes. After I got down to San Antonio last Thursday, the wedding was on Saturday, SIL tells me I need to come to her house Friday morning, she just picked up flowers and I need to help make the bouquets. My first thought was the flowers won't last so I went over to the house and scrounged enough buckets to at least get them in water which she should've done as soon as she got home. She didn't have any of the supplies so I had to go out with her to get everything we needed. SIL ended up not helping but at least my other SIL was there to help. We did what we could Friday but had to wait till Saturday to do most of it so they would last. They turned out alot better than I thought they would. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind helping out but I would have appreciated not having to rush around with everything and with the flowers I would have appreciated a heads up or even asked me if I could do them or help. Surprising though everything turned out ok in the end but it sure was frustrating. SO anyway, after all that here are some pictures. These aren't the best, I know there are better ones out there but I don't have any of those yet.

Goodness that's a hefty dose of drama for a wedding, but sadly I think that's par for the course! Glad you were still able to have a good time. The sashes and flower arrangements looked great.



Hi to ANDREA I didn't see a post from you today so I am guessing that you were either working or spending time with your beautiful family. Either way, hope you had a wonderful day.


THANK YOU to everyone who complimented the Mickey& Minnie sets. I NEED to go to the fabric store and pick up the remaining items I need so I can finish the Daisy & Donald set that my older two DD's will be be wearing on the same day. It's just really hard for me to want to drag all four kiddos out to the fabric store. My kiddos are fairly well behaved, but the fabric store is one of my "happy" places and I enjoy going there ALONE! HA! Lucky for me tomorrow is my DH's last day of summer school and then he'll be around for the rest of the summer! HURRAY!

Sunshine

 

[TinkNH]

If it wasn't 1 hour and 49 minutes away I would be there in a heartbeat. hoping my DH will encourage me to go anyways.

yeah dover is sorta out there, but its supposed to be hot tomorrow so you could make a beach day out of it after......
I have been watching CL for a vintage sewing machine (I blame D~!!!) but every single time i have sent an email inquiring about one I never ever get replies..so irritating I just gave DH the wish list...I want a vintage singer, a serger and an embroidery machine.

And to get my moms old one running better, I have cleaned it and cleaned it but it is still not cooperating with me...I mentioned before that I have memories of my mother swearing at it when i was a kid...so I wonder if it is just an uncooperative machine. All I want it to do is a nice satin stitch so I can try the applique thing on some t-shirts Maybe I will fiddle with it again tomorrow...

 

[Sally]

And to get my moms old one running better, I have cleaned it and cleaned it but it is still not cooperating with me...I mentioned before that I have memories of my mother swearing at it when i was a kid...so I wonder if it is just an uncooperative machine. All I want it to do is a nice satin stitch so I can try the applique thing on some t-shirts Maybe I will fiddle with it again tomorrow...

Is the machine missing the foot for the satin stitch?
My Brother is horrid about satin stitches without the right foot. It ends up a jumbled mess of thread lumped together.

 

[TinkNH]

Is the machine missing the foot for the satin stitch?
My Brother is horrid about satin stitches without the right foot. It ends up a jumbled mess of thread lumped together.

I didnt know there was a satin stitch foot! It does not mention it in the book at all. I will have to look into that...thank you!

 

[Disney52303]

If it wasn't 1 hour and 49 minutes away I would be there in a heartbeat. hoping my DH will encourage me to go anyways.

DH and I will be in Nashua for the weekend.. 71 miles from Dover, just looked it up! Don't think I can convince him on a detour lol.

 

[teresajoy]

Wow, its been awhile since I have been on here. Hi again everyone!!!

My family and I enjoyed our 1st ever visit to DW. It was amazing!!!
Not to mention I actually ran into a DisBoutiquer at Downtown Disney. I didn't catch her name actually we didn't say much because I was in 1st timer awe mode. Sorry who ever you are. As soon as I can figure out how to upload pics I will share with all of you the super awesome outfits I made for my kiddos.

Oh, and Thanks to those of you that helped me with sewing tips since I am still a novice.

I saw someone at DTD while we were there in May. I'm thinking they were wearing really cute AK outfits. It wasn't you, was it?

I just got my 770 today!! I am in love! Thanks for the tip on that site! I have never been there before and am excited!

Question...those with a 770, what tension do you usually set yours at?

You should not have to mess with the tension at all.

Did you have a smaller embroidery machine before? It annoys me that they made it so you can't use the hoop from the 270 on the 770. How hard would it be for Brother to make all the hoops the same type connection????

 

[teresajoy]

I'm sorry I've not been on here at all lately. My mother-in-law had a massive stroke 2 weeks ago and we have been at the hospital every day since visiting with her. Sadly, she is not going to make it, so we are trying to get in every minute we can with her.


So, I missed reminding everyone to ship for Gabby's Big Give the other day. So, if you haven't shipped yet, please do so now.

 

[PrincessBoo]

I'm sorry I've not been on here at all lately. My mother-in-law had a massive stroke 2 weeks ago and we have been at the hospital every day since visiting with her. Sadly, she is not going to make it, so we are trying to get in every minute we can with her.

I am so so sorry! A big hug and prayers to your family.

 

[PrincessBoo]

QUESTION:
How do we quote more than one person at a time in one post? Make sense? I want to comment on all the cute things you've made but I don't want to do one post for every quote.

 

[mommy2mrb]

I'm sorry I've not been on here at all lately. My mother-in-law had a massive stroke 2 weeks ago and we have been at the hospital every day since visiting with her. Sadly, she is not going to make it, so we are trying to get in every minute we can with her.


So, I missed reminding everyone to ship for Gabby's Big Give the other day. So, if you haven't shipped yet, please do so now.

so sorry to hear this Teresa....continued prayers for her and your family

 

[mommy2mrb]

QUESTION:
How do we quote more than one person at a time in one post? Make sense? I want to comment on all the cute things you've made but I don't want to do one post for every quote.

see in the bottom right corner "quote" and then the box to the right of that with the quote marks on it....to multi quote just go to each post you want to quote, click on that button for all of them - it turns a red/orange color, then hit your reply button....all posts will be then on your new post to comment on!

 

[Disney52303]

I'm sorry I've not been on here at all lately. My mother-in-law had a massive stroke 2 weeks ago and we have been at the hospital every day since visiting with her. Sadly, she is not going to make it, so we are trying to get in every minute we can with her.

Teresa, I am so sorry to hear this. My prayers are with your family.

QUESTION:
How do we quote more than one person at a time in one post? Make sense? I want to comment on all the cute things you've made but I don't want to do one post for every quote.

Next to the quote button, tap the one to the right of it, which is multi-quote. You can grab several messages and each will be in your reply.

 

[Teamtori]

I'm sorry I've not been on here at all lately. My mother-in-law had a massive stroke 2 weeks ago and we have been at the hospital every day since visiting with her. Sadly, she is not going to make it, so we are trying to get in every minute we can with her.


So, I missed reminding everyone to ship for Gabby's Big Give the other day. So, if you haven't shipped yet, please do so now.

I am very sorry to hear this! My thoughts are with your family!

Yes - you can always go smaller, not bigger.

Ok, so someone please help! I don't know why these things always confuse me. LOL

I have the machine with the 4 X 4 hoop. I just got my new 5 X 7 machine (woohoo)!! Now here is my question.

I am doing some bibs. I need to use a 4 X 4 pattern on it, because a 5 x 7 pattern would be too big.

Can I just send the machine the 4 x 4 pattern and use that with the 5 X 7 hoop? How do I do that? I'm sure I'm overthinking this, but I'm confused.