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

[TinkNH]

I'm going to go along with what seems to be becoming a tradition here and name my machines, but I'd like some opinions. I think I've settled on Molly for my Grandma's Elna Supermatic. Once I re-learn how to use it, I intend for it to be my primary machine. I'm naming her after Molly Weasley since I fervently hope to work magic with fabric and thread with her. My inner Potter-nerd is showing, I guess.

The PE 770 is a bit harder so this is where I need opinions because I just can't decide. Shall I call her Minerva since I'll be transfiguring plain fabric into embroidered and appliqued art <snerk!> or Perla after the little girl mouse in Cinderella who helped make the pink ball gown? Suzy is out as a name since I have a friend by that name whom I'm teaching to sew. Well, more like refreshing her memory since she hasn't sewn since high school. Anyway, whadda ya think, Minerva or Perla?

I also need a name for the Brother CE 4000. It has an automatic button holer, so that puppy is *not* being retired! Molly can do them, but it's a 4 step process. I'm open to suggestions!

TIA!

Lori in East Podunk

I am loving the potter theme with the names

 

[DisneyMom5]

Ok, I'm not committing to actually SEWING, mind you, but...I need ideas.

And, since you are the experts, gurus, all around crafty people...

I'm not going to applique or embroider. I don't want to sew from material and pattern, but can.
I prefer to start with already made clothes.
I need ideas of turning a normal shirt and shorts/skort outfit into a princess or otherwise disney themed outfit.
For a girl, age 9, who is too big for princess costumes (as sold at disney).
Say, large girl, small adult sizes.

What creative spark does that inspire in you all???

 

[pyrxtc]

Ok, I'm not committing to actually SEWING, mind you, but...I need ideas.

And, since you are the experts, gurus, all around crafty people...

I'm not going to applique or embroider. I don't want to sew from material and pattern, but can.
I prefer to start with already made clothes.
I need ideas of turning a normal shirt and shorts/skort outfit into a princess or otherwise disney themed outfit.
For a girl, age 9, who is too big for princess costumes (as sold at disney).
Say, large girl, small adult sizes.

What creative spark does that inspire in you all???

Adding ruffles and store bought appliques to store bought clothes is an easy do. Also, up-cycling a t-shirt is fairly easy work to make it more girly and you can always tie-dye.

 

[Ahrizel]

Ok, I'm not committing to actually SEWING, mind you, but...I need ideas.

And, since you are the experts, gurus, all around crafty people...

I'm not going to applique or embroider. I don't want to sew from material and pattern, but can.
I prefer to start with already made clothes.
I need ideas of turning a normal shirt and shorts/skort outfit into a princess or otherwise disney themed outfit.
For a girl, age 9, who is too big for princess costumes (as sold at disney).
Say, large girl, small adult sizes.

What creative spark does that inspire in you all???

For me, I would get a Disney princess shirt, some Disney fabric or other pretty cotton fabric that would coordinate with it and make a tshirt dress. Very simple, doesn't require a pattern. You can add bought trim to the skirt and/or sew some on the sleeve edges. Just cut the tshirt to the length you want, cut the fabric to add to to the prefered dress length with maybe 2 extra inches for attaching it and hemming. Gather your length of fabric-probably twice the diameter of the waist and attach it to the tshirt. You could do a plain shirt or Disney shirt, and add whatever fabric coordinates to her taste. Add pretty trim and voila-a princess dress. Comfy to boot, with minimal sewing. It is some sewing, but very simple and easy to make.
Mary

 

[campbell95]

Untitled by Go Team Wood, on Flickr

Untitled by Go Team Wood, on Flickr

This is GREAT!!! I have been planning a cowboy vest for my little guy, and was thinking about using the bowling shirt pattern as a template. You just left off the collar, sleeves, and plackets, right? It looks wonderful!!

 

[campbell95]

A few things I've been working on:

For our stay at the Beach Club

and

And for Epcot:

 

[goteamwood]

A few things I've been working on:

For our stay at the Beach Club

and

And for Epcot:

These are great! I love the Nemo ones. I have been looking for Nemo fabric and this is a perfect color scheme w/o the licensed characters. So cute.

This is GREAT!!! I have been planning a cowboy vest for my little guy, and was thinking about using the bowling shirt pattern as a template. You just left off the collar, sleeves, and plackets, right? It looks wonderful!!

Yes, I essentially just cut the two front pieces, one back piece. The pockets were the big pain. Without those I would have been done in an hour probably. I assembled the fronts and backs as the bowling pattern suggests, but instead of just sewing the lining along the bottom then turning right-sides-out, I sewed the bottom and sides, then up around the shoulders and armholes. I left the top collar area open to flip it. Then I just turned that down and hemmed it (not the neatest job, but it doesn't show.) the last step was sewing the shoulder seams. I did end up top stitching afterward along the bottom edge and the edge where the placket would be since the canvas and the muslin lining are different weights and it kept sort of shifting. I did all the embellishment before I assembled it, which was the time consuming part. (And BTW I STILL haven't found the other front piece and now I am questioning if I am insane or if I never really cut 4 pieces to begin with. I generally cut folded, so I would think I have an even number. No so in this case...)

Ok, I'm not committing to actually SEWING, mind you, but...I need ideas.

And, since you are the experts, gurus, all around crafty people...

I'm not going to applique or embroider. I don't want to sew from material and pattern, but can.
I prefer to start with already made clothes.
I need ideas of turning a normal shirt and shorts/skort outfit into a princess or otherwise disney themed outfit.
For a girl, age 9, who is too big for princess costumes (as sold at disney).
Say, large girl, small adult sizes.

What creative spark does that inspire in you all???

Before I took the plunge into making my own from pattern shirts, I had embellished plain shirts in the past just using the fusible pellon stuff (heat-n-bond I think.) and then just a simple zig-zag around to anchor it. The one heavy-duty stuff says it doesn't need to be sewn but I haven't tested it. I was able to make pretty cute shirts easily with cutting and pasting onto plain shirts. You can find all sorts of princessy ribbon, fabric, etc. at most craft stores (believe me, there is about 4 bolts of princess fabric for every boy-approrpiate fabric out there!)

You can also just do searches on easy for princess shirts and get lots of ideas. You may also find pre-embroidered iron on appliqués other people have made that will jazz up your existing clothes.

 

[kbarrett]

I'm so using your idea Ahrizel, I have 3 DD's and that sounds easy and fun (I'm a beginner) any easy ideas for DS about 6yrs?

 

[dianemom2]

Hi everybody!

I've been making some progress on my sewing room. I need a table that I can put the embroidery machine on and then I can actually get some sewing done. I'll still need to cut fabric on the island in the kitchen, but that's ok.

The PE 770 is a bit harder so this is where I need opinions because I just can't decide. Shall I call her Minerva since I'll be transfiguring plain fabric into embroidered and appliqued art <snerk!> or Perla after the little girl mouse in Cinderella who helped make the pink ball gown? Suzy is out as a name since I have a friend by that name whom I'm teaching to sew. Well, more like refreshing her memory since she hasn't sewn since high school. Anyway, whadda ya think, Minerva or Perla?

Lori in East Podunk

I do most of my cutting on the kitchen island too. We have a nice big island and it is just the right height so that i don't have to stoop over to cut things out.

I also like the Potter theme with the machine names. I'd go with Minerva. Of course, my dd13 is a Harry Potter nut so that might influence me some.

Looks great. i love how the fabrics go so well together and I love that you put a bird in there for all the birdhouses. I looked at that fabric a million times at Joann's but didn't know how I would use it. Good job !

Thanks! I bought the striped corduroy on the Memorial Day weekend sale at Hancocks and then I found the birdhouse fabric on the clearance table at Joanns on the same day. I thought that the colors went together pretty well. Then I found the long sleeved t-shirt on the clearance rack at Target and my idea kind of came together. I still have lots of both fabrics left so I am sure that there will be another outfit with these fabrics at some point in the future.

HI EVERYONE!!

We are leaving on Saturday morning for Tori's wish trip! I have so much left to sew because I got pink eye and was contagious for over a week. It was awful. I'm hoping to get it done and I'm a little disappointed that my outfits aren't "fancier" but I guess it is better than nothing! I'm trying to sew for three kiddos and I didn't have much time!

Your outfits have looked great and your kids will love them because you made them. Have a super wish trip! I am sure you'll have a wonderful time!

A few things I've been working on:

For our stay at the Beach Club

and

And for Epcot:

Those are great! I just love both sets. It is funny to see your Nemo outfits because I used the exact same shark fabric to make a Nemo outfit for my friend's daughter. They had their first trip to Disney last month. Here is the one that I made:

I love how yours is the same dress pattern and the same fabric, yet it is so different. Excellent job!

 

[Yoshiandi]

They had their first trip to Disney last month. Here is the one that I made:

I love how yours is the same dress pattern and the same fabric, yet it is so different. Excellent job![/QUOTE]


Which pattern did you use for this? I bought a Bambi print and plain chocolate material and this pattern would be perfect to use them on. Thanks!!

 

[TxDisFanatic]

Love the matching outfits!

 

[campbell95]

These are great! I love the Nemo ones. I have been looking for Nemo fabric and this is a perfect color scheme w/o the licensed characters. So cute.



Yes, I essentially just cut the two front pieces, one back piece. The pockets were the big pain. Without those I would have been done in an hour probably. I assembled the fronts and backs as the bowling pattern suggests, but instead of just sewing the lining along the bottom then turning right-sides-out, I sewed the bottom and sides, then up around the shoulders and armholes. I left the top collar area open to flip it. Then I just turned that down and hemmed it (not the neatest job, but it doesn't show.) the last step was sewing the shoulder seams. I did end up top stitching afterward along the bottom edge and the edge where the placket would be since the canvas and the muslin lining are different weights and it kept sort of shifting. I did all the embellishment before I assembled it, which was the time consuming part. (And BTW I STILL haven't found the other front piece and now I am questioning if I am insane or if I never really cut 4 pieces to begin with. I generally cut folded, so I would think I have an even number. No so in this case...)

Thanks! I have never lined my bowling shirts, so I was wondering how that would work. Thanks for the tips!!

Those are great! I just love both sets. It is funny to see your Nemo outfits because I used the exact same shark fabric to make a Nemo outfit for my friend's daughter. They had their first trip to Disney last month. Here is the one that I made:

I love how yours is the same dress pattern and the same fabric, yet it is so different. Excellent job!

That is really cute!! I love this pattern so much because it is so versatile!! I've made the Aurora dress and pink Cindy with it, too. Such a great pattern!

Which pattern did you use for this? I bought a Bambi print and plain chocolate material and this pattern would be perfect to use them on. Thanks!!

This pattern is Simply Sweet by Carla C, you can find it at youcanmakethis.com!!

Love the matching outfits!

Thanks! I have twins, so I try to make them match as much as I can. At least until they are old enough to tell me to cut it out

 

[dianemom2]

Which pattern did you use for this? I bought a Bambi print and plain chocolate material and this pattern would be perfect to use them on. Thanks!!

It is the Simply Sweet dress pattern on Youcanmakethis.com. It is a great pattern because it is so versatile. I've probably made 30 different dresses using the same pattern and they all look very different.

Thanks! I have twins, so I try to make them match as much as I can. At least until they are old enough to tell me to cut it out

It is nice that you can sew so that you can make them matching things. Otherwise it can be hard to find things that match for boy/girl twins. My niece and nephew (who are now 15) are twins and finding things that matched for them was really hard.

 

[VBAndrea]

Quickly skimming because time is not on my side -- between appts for kids and dogs and working a couple of days this week I am getting nothing done. If everyone could say a little prayer for my 3 y/o Shih Tzu I'd appreciate. The boy is fine but the little girl has elevated liver enzymes which could be hepatitis or pancreatitis. She also has a UTI and will be going on meds for everything. Outwardly she appears fine (other than excessive peeing on my carpet which made me suspect a UTI). I wasn't home yesterday when the vet called with the results so I didn't get to ask questions about prognosis. He didn't sound overly worried though so I'm hopeful she'll be OK.

Okay--all the purses and bags inspired me to make my diabetic equipment bag a little brighter and less boring! I just hand sewed the fabric on top of the original (like an applique of sorts.) I wanted fabric with a black background because of the construction of the pouch, so I went with one of my favorites from Mary Engelbreit.

Here is the front

And here is the back:

There is a pocket and a velcroed (is that a word?) belt loop on the back. I didn't want to take the whole thing apart because of all the plastic and elastic inside, so I just left the inside of the pocket black.

This is the scrap I am using to cover the second one:

I keep one in my purse for when I am out and one at my desk for all the time.

I really like that Piper! I would never imagine one could cover a preexisting bag and make it turn out so nice. I have tons of little bags that are UGLY -- I may have to try something like that only I don't think I could make anything look as good as you have.

I have a new outfit to share. I've gotten very little sewing done over the last couple of weeks but the other night I finally found some time.

The skirt is my first Insa and I made it using some of the bargain baby wale corduroy that I bought on Memorial Day weekend.

Adorable! The cord one I'm doing is similar colors -- I just need to fork over money for appliques to get it finished up. I love the bird theme.

HI EVERYONE!!

We are leaving on Saturday morning for Tori's wish trip! I have so much left to sew because I got pink eye and was contagious for over a week. It was awful. I'm hoping to get it done and I'm a little disappointed that my outfits aren't "fancier" but I guess it is better than nothing! I'm trying to sew for three kiddos and I didn't have much time!

I've tried several times to quote everything I missed while I was gone, but it was too many images and the boards don't like it, so I just have to say that I am constantly amazed by everyone's talent. You inspire me!!

Have a fabulous trip!

A few things I've been working on:

For our stay at the Beach Club

and

And for Epcot:

Absolutely adorable on all accounts. I did nemo for one of our Epcot days as well.

 

[dianemom2]

Quickly skimming because time is not on my side -- between appts for kids and dogs and working a couple of days this week I am getting nothing done. If everyone could say a little prayer for my 3 y/o Shih Tzu I'd appreciate. The boy is fine but the little girl has elevated liver enzymes which could be hepatitis or pancreatitis. She also has a UTI and will be going on meds for everything. Outwardly she appears fine (other than excessive peeing on my carpet which made me suspect a UTI). I wasn't home yesterday when the vet called with the results so I didn't get to ask questions about prognosis. He didn't sound overly worried though so I'm hopeful she'll be OK.






Adorable! The cord one I'm doing is similar colors -- I just need to fork over money for appliques to get it finished up. I love the bird theme.

Andrea I hope your little doggie is ok. Hopefully she just needs some medicine and then she'll be fine.

Did you see my post that Lynniepinnie is having a 50 cent sale. Every design on her site is 50 cents. And she has some really cute things. I think her sale only lasts another day or so.

 

[goteamwood]

Thanks! I have twins, so I try to make them match as much as I can. At least until they are old enough to tell me to cut it out

I have twin boys and made matching shirts for every day at Disney. Generally in real life they coordinate rather than match, but a checkout lady at target went on a rant the other night about not dressing twins alike because she is a twin and blah blah crazy-person rambling. It was pretty amusing. She has some serious matchy outfit rage!

 

[campbell95]

I have twin boys and made matching shirts for every day at Disney. Generally in real life they coordinate rather than match, but a checkout lady at target went on a rant the other night about not dressing twins alike because she is a twin and blah blah crazy-person rambling. It was pretty amusing. She has some serious matchy outfit rage!

Gotta love the crazy twin comments

I usually only have them match at Disney, or if they ask for the same outfits. They just turned 4, so they still think it's fun.

 

[grumpy&princess]

I so envy everyones sewing abilities. I can sew a straight line to save my life. Love all of your works of art.

 

[Piper]

I've finished the second bag. It isn't as bright, but it is better than plain black!!

Thanks for the compliments on the first one.

 

[pyrxtc]

I so envy everyones sewing abilities. I can sew a straight line to save my life. Love all of your works of art.

I just started a couple of months ago. Never done it before in my life but I'm doing pretty good. I hate having to cut everything out though. Small pieces are the worst !