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

[LittleBlackRaincloud]

Funny that you can't get excited about the movie. I am so happy that Pixar finally has a girl protagonist. I am really looking forward to seeing the movie because of that. I hope it will be as good as the other Pixar movies. I have loved almost all of them!

BTW, my 6th grader did a biography report about Walt Disney. Tomorrow in class they are doing a "Wax" museum of their biography reports. It is so cute! The kids draw a button on the back of their hands with a marker. When you press the button, they give a 60 second presentation about the person they researched. My daughter has to dress up like Walt Disney. She is wearing a suit jacket and a Donald Duck shirt. She will put a stuff Mickey Mouse on her shoulder and is going to draw on a mustache with eye liner. She now knows so much about Walt Disney's life and keeps telling us trivia about him.

You need to post a pic! That sounds adorable. I hope my kids grow up and love Walt and his company as much as I do.

I have the bodice to the Ariel dress done, and have been working on the overskirt. I'm using an Ariel that Diane appliqued for me plus ribbons and buttons to make roses and I hope it turns out as fabulous as I envision it.

I stitched my first princess seam for this dress and am feeling pretty accomplished now.



I wanted to let you all know that one of my favorite pattern companies has a free pattern out for Tutorial Tuesday right now. It's a simple skirt made with ruffle fabric but I thought it was cute and thought maybe some of you would be interested. Go here to see it. Also if you look for other Tutorial Tuesday patterns, you see some other cute items. I'm loving the patchwork skirt one.

 

[cogero]

so much cuteness being posted. I am not ignoring the thread just totally crazy busy between work, orders and finishing up things for our trip.

 

[VBAndrea]

Another day down I even booked the Pirates League and DD is all excited that they added the Mermaid package again.

I did the Mickey Pirate on felt but not a fan of doing this way. It seemed like more work in the end and my cutting abilities around the design were very limited... it almost looked like my 3 year old cut it

And I have been playing around with Photobucket

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Awesome! I really love the Minnie one. I can't see the fabric well on your dd's skirt (that's a hint to post a bigger picture of the skirt!). I saw Nini use the photobucket collage -- if it's easy to figure out I'll have to try it. If it's too time consuming perhaps not.

Michelle, do you happen to know off hand if Just Fabrics has any Harry Potter fabric?

First of all, I want to say that I have been lurking here for some time and I wanted to tell everyone that they are so very talented! I have sewn on and off for a few years (I never seem to have the time to do it), but one of my resolutions for this year is to sew more often. I am sad that I found this board after we had gone to Disney, but I will be more prepared for the next time we go.

My question for you ladies is this: my dd is working on the pioneers at school and they will be going to a living history museum in 2 weeks. Naturally, she wants me to make her something to wear for the event. I do not want the outfit to look to much like a costume, so I was thinking that I would choose either the portrait peasant dress or the molly peasant dress from YCMT. If you were to purchase only 1 pattern, which one would it be?

Many thanks in advance!

Liisa

I have not done the Molly Peasant but I have done many Portrait Peasants and it's easy and would work great for what you have in mind.

Here are a couple of things that I have been working on. First up is a dress and capris. I just designed the new appliques. This is for the new movie Brave that is coming out in June. My little niece has seen the trailer and is very excited about it so I said I would make her something. I hadn't planned to work on it this week but I wanted to check out the appliques to make sure that they sewed out properly.

Then here are the shirts that I just did for a customer who has booked the mermaid experience:

I don't know the movie, but the dress looks great! Are you still using up your stash? I have been sooooo good and my only fabric purchase in the last three months was for a BG.

I have always loved that mermaid design -- the shirts look fabulous

You need to post a pic! That sounds adorable. I hope my kids grow up and love Walt and his company as much as I do.

I have the bodice to the Ariel dress done, and have been working on the overskirt. I'm using an Ariel that Diane appliqued for me plus ribbons and buttons to make roses and I hope it turns out as fabulous as I envision it.

I stitched my first princess seam for this dress and am feeling pretty accomplished now.



I wanted to let you all know that one of my favorite pattern companies has a free pattern out for Tutorial Tuesday right now. It's a simple skirt made with ruffle fabric but I thought it was cute and thought maybe some of you would be interested. Go here to see it. Also if you look for other Tutorial Tuesday patterns, you see some other cute items. I'm loving the patchwork skirt one.

Thanks for the info -- I actually have one of the other tuts pinned on pinterest ! I actually want to make myself a skirt with the ruffled knit but I really need to use some of the fabrics I own first.

 

[dianemom2]

You need to post a pic! That sounds adorable. I hope my kids grow up and love Walt and his company as much as I do.

I have the bodice to the Ariel dress done, and have been working on the overskirt. I'm using an Ariel that Diane appliqued for me plus ribbons and buttons to make roses and I hope it turns out as fabulous as I envision it.

I stitched my first princess seam for this dress and am feeling pretty accomplished now.



I wanted to let you all know that one of my favorite pattern companies has a free pattern out for Tutorial Tuesday right now. It's a simple skirt made with ruffle fabric but I thought it was cute and thought maybe some of you would be interested. Go here to see it. Also if you look for other Tutorial Tuesday patterns, you see some other cute items. I'm loving the patchwork skirt one.

I can't wait to see your Ariel dress. I am sure it will look amazing! I am going to check out the free Tutorial Tuesday pattern too. I have seen that ruffle fabric but never worked with it. It is so cute!

I don't know the movie, but the dress looks great! Are you still using up your stash? I have been sooooo good and my only fabric purchase in the last three months was for a BG.

Brave is the new Pixar movie that is coming out in June. We are all excited to see it because it will have a girl at the main character! I am still doing pretty well on using up my stash but I have caved in and bought some new stuff. So much of what is in my stash is very patterned and I needed some plainer things to mix in. For the Brave outfits, I already had the blue fabric but I needed to buy the orange to trim it up. I have two more half done projects that I am working on. One I bought 1 yard of new fabric and the other one I am using fabric totally from my stash. I am about to post a picture of my Big Give outfits since the family has received them. The fabric all came from my stash and so did the baby girl's shirt but I did have to buy the t-shirts for the boys. But I hit a BOGO sale at Old Navy

So here is what I made for the newest Big Give:

 

[NiniMorris]

Awesome! I really love the Minnie one. I can't see the fabric well on your dd's skirt (that's a hint to post a bigger picture of the skirt!). I saw Nini use the photobucket collage -- if it's easy to figure out I'll have to try it. If it's too time consuming perhaps not.

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So...are you saying if I can do it anyone can? LOLOLOLOL!

Well...it IS really easy! Go to edit... click collage and follow the prompts. Just make sure it is on the actual picture and not on collage from all your pictures...because you don't get the option to add your pictures!


The collage part takes all of 2 minutes...the deciding which pictures to add to the collage takes...well...if you are me...much too long! :LOL!

(My problem is getting the picture to post on Disboards....


Nini

 

[dianemom2]

I just went and played with the photo collage feature. It was pretty easy!
Here is my picture that I made:

 

[4monkeys]

I just went and played with the photo collage feature. It was pretty easy!
Here is my picture that I made:

I like all of those outfits. THey are cute. I also saw them on the kiddos...too sweet!! LOVE both those Mickeys. I have yet to find any mickey around here that isn't feminine.

 

[cogero]

I can't wait to see your Ariel dress. I am sure it will look amazing! I am going to check out the free Tutorial Tuesday pattern too. I have seen that ruffle fabric but never worked with it. It is so cute!

These are so cute.

I find myself having to buy plainer fabrics all the time lately.

 

[bear_mom]

Long time lurker, occassional poster (usually near an upcoming trip) here with a question:

I was at work and saw someone with the cutest Marie print scrub top and thought it would make a cute skirt for dd - she LOVES Marie (and is 10).

I bought a 2xl top and have enough fabric to get 1/2 of a flouncy skirt from CarlaC. So my question is: would you do 2 panels of Marie and 2 panels of a coordinating fabric or 4 panels of Marie and 4 panels of coordinating (4 of one color or 2 of 2 different colors).

I tried to find a link to the top so you can see it, but can't seem to find it. The fabric background is black with purple ribbons.

Thanks,
Emily

 

[SallyfromDE]

Help:

Has anyone seen Tinkerbelle wing applique? I found this, even tho' they are fae, they just aren't tinkerbelle looking. I'd love to do it on the back of a shirt.

http://www.urbanthreads.com/product_details?product_id=1868&category_id=6

 

[4monkeys]

Help:

Has anyone seen Tinkerbelle wing applique? I found this, even tho' they are fae, they just aren't tinkerbelle looking. I'd love to do it on the back of a shirt.

http://www.urbanthreads.com/product_details?product_id=1868&category_id=6

I have never appliqued before.. but would you be able to stop the process if the wings were the first to be put on??? Not sure if that's what you do, or if it's possible, but just a thought

 

[babynala]

I probably missed a few quotes since I have been on and off the boards so I apologize if I did not quote everyone's wonderful work. Welcome to all the folks!

I finished these this afternoon for the current Big Give.

I'm really experimenting with photo bucket and resizing my photos. Until just a month ago I had only dial-up internet service available and rarely did anything with photos. This high-speed, high-tech stuff is still somewhat mind-boggling for me. I'll get better, promise!

These are so cute. What a great idea.

this is the Cindy inspired sundress i made for friends going to WDW next week. they will be doing the Princess Storybook dinner in Norway. I was inspired by a dress by one of you ladies! blue sundress with slipper on the bottom. i ended up having to do a double layered skirt because the fabric was see through.i had thought baout adding her initials to the bodice but didn't have time..would be perfect since her's are H.R.H. like her royal highness!!! 'Hallie Rose H.'I am so excited for them,the kids have no idea about the trip,they think they are going to Texas with grandma! i can't wait for them to share video and pix! anyway now thatthis is finished i need to get back to dgd's easter dresses but i am helping dd move this weekend so no sewing time or energy...crunch time after that! exciting that they will now have a bedroom to decorate for Liberty! they never found a home to buy in their price range w/ 4 bedrooms but lucked up on a rental! extra bedroom plus a small computer room and less money than they were paying for a 3 bedroom...so it's all good ,just moving is hard!

How sweet. I love the shoe on the skirt of the dress.

As for me, I did a little playing around with the boxy bag size today. Made one a little bigger and added an iron on vinyl for a little water proofing. SOmone at the store suggested it. IT was ok.

Still loving everyone's great outfits. Too many to quote!!!

Great job. Was the vinyl hard to sew?

I wanted to share my first attempt at making the Insa skirt. I shortened the waistband and felt like that fit my daughter a little better. I am really liking this pattern and the book as a whole!!

Your insa came out really nice and your DD is sooooo cute.

I just took my first sewing class yesterday. Never touched a machine before. I decided today would be a good day to try to make some pillow case dresses. I used no pattern, just tried to copy what I saw online everywhere.

Very impressive! The dresses look great. If you try a CarlaC pattern like others have suggested you will be surprised at what you can make even as a beginner.

No, thank you for giving us the opportunity to make a difference in these cihldren's lives!

easter dress fro my granddaughter Avery! fabric is form my ex mil who had a stroke a few years ago,she used to sew,made quilts for all her kids,grands,great grands....last spring when she saw i was learning to sew she sent me a tub of cloth,all pastels and easter prints,she must of been planning to make easter outfits for the girls...so i am using the fabric for the grandgirls...and will try to make books or quilts with the book panels of fabric,they will be for Liberty and my niece/nephews babies when they have them!
anyway here is Avery's dress...i needed simple since i had so many to make abut i wanted to uuse 2 fabrics....i could of saved myself some time and energy and added a casing at the bottom with binding for elastic....but i had to do it the hard way...lol...thanks for looking! ~Beth~

This dress is so cute. I love how you did the neckline and the trim. You always create such wonderful things.

Another day down I even booked the Pirates League and DD is all excited that they added the Mermaid package again.

I did the Mickey Pirate on felt but not a fan of doing this way. It seemed like more work in the end and my cutting abilities around the design were very limited... it almost looked like my 3 year old cut it

And I have been playing around with Photobucket

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Everything looks great. I like how you did the boys shorts with the pockets. I bet they will have a blast at the PL

Here are a couple of things that I have been working on. First up is a dress and capris. I just designed the new appliques. This is for the new movie Brave that is coming out in June. My little niece has seen the trailer and is very excited about it so I said I would make her something. I hadn't planned to work on it this week but I wanted to check out the appliques to make sure that they sewed out properly.

Then here are the shirts that I just did for a customer who has booked the mermaid experience:

Cute mermaid shirts and I love the Brave dress you made. Your digitizing is looking really good. My DD can't wait to see that movie but she keeps talking about and quoting the characters "wearing man skirts" This cracked me up because I never heard a kilt being called a "man skirt" before.

I am about to post a picture of my Big Give outfits since the family has received them. The fabric all came from my stash and so did the baby girl's shirt but I did have to buy the t-shirts for the boys. But I hit a BOGO sale at Old Navy

So here is what I made for the newest Big Give:

Love these sets and great job using up your stash.

 

[Tami0220]

Ok this is a test I copies three pics of stuff I've done but it looks like only one posted so I'm not sure which it is. So it's either a purse I made, a banner, or my room sign

 

[Tami0220]

Oh it was the door sign, our last name is Simpson. This one should be the banner I made for a double dip, that, alas, we had to change so I sent it to someone in our FE group

Im going to try and do two pics in one msg.

This should be one the purses I've made.

And, just for the heck of it, I make cakes.

 

[Tami0220]

Sorry about the size on some of the pics. I'm relearning But I did it. Thanks to the excellent directions on page 1. Thank you for directing me there

 

[Colleen27]

Okay, I totally missed the move and have no hope of keeping up in gardening season, but I hope y'all don't mind me popping in with a quick question.

Where do y'all resell outgrown customs?

I was looking around on eBay but I haven't sold there in forever and it seems like there aren't many buyers any more, lots of listings with <24hrs remaining and no bids at all. Has everyone moved on to greener pastures that I just don't know about or is there really that little of a market for custom resells right now?

 

[cogero]

There is a group on Facebook for selling customs.

Custom Boutique Resell group.

 

[aripantaloon]

I'm just about to buy a Brother PE770 embroidery machine and wanted to make some cute things for my girls for our upcoming trip. I need more places to find digital designs to buy. I know of the Frou Frou site and have several from there that I want, but I'm looking for others, specifically for princesses. Someone on another site posted a picture of a dress that she bought on etsy for her DD that had an oval with a design of Rapunzel and another of Ariel kind of like a cameo that was about 3x5 or so in size. I really liked that design and wanted to see if I could find something like that, but didn't have much luck. I also wanted to find more examples of Monsters Inc. and Toy Story as well as the Nemo crew.

Thanks for any help you can give. Since I'm new at the whole digital file thing, I would never be able to digitize an image myself, so that option is out for now.

Also, does anyone know where to buy Monsters Inc fabric? I've tried google searches, but didn't come up with much. There seems to be a Monsters Inc door fabric that is discontinued that goes for a fortune on ebay for just a fat quarter, but I would want something cheaper and more available since I would want to make a dress or skirt x3.

 

[Tami0220]

This is a combination beach/sewing bag

I didnt make this shirt but I did go crazy embellishing it. You can sort of see thru to the back. It is a large Mickey head that I set rhinestones one at a time

And last but not least, the first purse I made. Again the rhinestones were set one at a tiime. I even put a hidden Mickey in the lower corner of the front pocket

Ok, that's all I have for now. I have been working on baby stuff. Christening dress, quilts, hair bows. Nothing more Disney yet. Yet is the operative word

 

[dianemom2]

Long time lurker, occassional poster (usually near an upcoming trip) here with a question:

I was at work and saw someone with the cutest Marie print scrub top and thought it would make a cute skirt for dd - she LOVES Marie (and is 10).

I bought a 2xl top and have enough fabric to get 1/2 of a flouncy skirt from CarlaC. So my question is: would you do 2 panels of Marie and 2 panels of a coordinating fabric or 4 panels of Marie and 4 panels of coordinating (4 of one color or 2 of 2 different colors).

I tried to find a link to the top so you can see it, but can't seem to find it. The fabric background is black with purple ribbons.

Thanks,
Emily

That sounds like cute fabric! I think it would depend on how large the Marie print is to determine how small I cut the panels. If it is a larger print then use 2 panels. A smaller print would look ok on 4 panels and it would spread the design around more.

I'm just about to buy a Brother PE770 embroidery machine and wanted to make some cute things for my girls for our upcoming trip. I need more places to find digital designs to buy. I know of the Frou Frou site and have several from there that I want, but I'm looking for others, specifically for princesses. Someone on another site posted a picture of a dress that she bought on etsy for her DD that had an oval with a design of Rapunzel and another of Ariel kind of like a cameo that was about 3x5 or so in size. I really liked that design and wanted to see if I could find something like that, but didn't have much luck. I also wanted to find more examples of Monsters Inc. and Toy Story as well as the Nemo crew.

Also, does anyone know where to buy Monsters Inc fabric? I've tried google searches, but didn't come up with much. There seems to be a Monsters Inc door fabric that is discontinued that goes for a fortune on ebay for just a fat quarter, but I would want something cheaper and more available since I would want to make a dress or skirt x3.

I am sure you will love having an embroidery machine. Try looking on etsy at some of the designs. I think the oval designs might be from KiralynB. Although her designs are probably larger than 3x5. I think her oval designs are 5x7 and 6x10. I haven't seen any Monsters Inc. fabric. I would imagine that if the Monsters Inc. fabric is expensive on Ebay, it will also be pricey on etsy.

This is a combination beach/sewing bag

I didnt make this shirt but I did go crazy embellishing it. You can sort of see thru to the back. It is a large Mickey head that I set rhinestones one at a time

And last but not least, the first purse I made. Again the rhinestones were set one at a tiime. I even put a hidden Mickey in the lower corner of the front pocket

Ok, that's all I have for now. I have been working on baby stuff. Christening dress, quilts, hair bows. Nothing more Disney yet. Yet is the operative word

Love all your stuff. I didn't quote your other stuff because it would have been so many pictures but it is great! Your tote bag is wonderful. Did you paint on the designs? They are wonderful! So are your rhinestone Mickey heads! Great job on everything!