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

[DMGeurts]

Here is our DHS... Star Wars theme except for DD who is not a huge fan of the movie.

These turned out spectacular!!! I love that peace fabric!

I am so sorry I an SOOOOOO behind.... AGAIN!


So I did change our dates to May. 3 nt Bahamian on the Dream and WDW! Baby will be a bit older and dates work better for Matt to get off. Can you tell I am hoping for a girl???? More than a year and I just planned customs for a baby girl!!! lol! 2 Patacake dresses(tropical and Be Our Guest theme) and one open back dress(Sailor/ DCL Minnie) (from Tie Dye Diva all with covers), 3 Carlys (Classic mouse, Dumbo, MMouse ice cream), one Port. Peasant (Pooh), 1 Stripwork (Toystory2 Faith dbl layer from sewsensible (Alice and seashell), 1 Maddie(little Einsteins), 1 Gem from Brynnberlee (Ariel), 1-2 simple skirt sets (Lion King...?), 2 Juliet dresses from Erin's designs CRT/ Princess, Pirate), and 1 simply sweet (Lilo). Most possibly shortened with diaper covers under and likely some hats. Crazy! Huh?! Great way to use up some of my pattern hoard!!! Hehehehe!


We find out on Wed.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Name pics so far...Leila (like a Hawaiian Lei) Serenity, Elena Grace, Sawyer, and Noah. No mid names for boys yet.

Congratulations again Alisha! I can't wait to hear what you are having... and I love all the names you've chosen

This is what I am working on tonight...so excited by how cute it is turning out, but that White Rabbit took forever...going to add Alice and a full Cheshire cat on the back.

Love how all of this turned out! Amazing!

I can't remember if i posted a pic of my grandbabies in their easter dresses...i made the dresses from fabric their greatgrandmother ,G.G.,my ex -mil,had given me when she found out i was learning to sew. she had a rubbermaid tote full of easter fabric ready to make things for her greatgrands and then had a stroke,the fabric sat for a year or so and then she gave it to me last year. So i made things for all the lil girls...dgd Avery and dgs Jackson were not able to come for the egg hunt at Nanna & Pawpaw's { their mom has issues}. there as nothing in the tote for my 2 grandsons or their cousin Conner. but there are several fabric book panels that i am hoping to make quilts with for the next grandbaby Liberty and for my niece and nephew when they have babies in the future...
anyway,here are Chloe-5,Elli - 10 next weekend!,Kensleigh-7,Gracie-7 and Blaze -7! hard to beleive he is only 3 mos. older than the twins! he's so tall and they are so short...but then again his dad is 6'4" and theirs is 5'9"...

thanks for looking and sorry if this is a repost...so much on my mind,cleaning/redoing my sewing room,end of the year at school,granddaughter
s b'day andthen dd's babyshower next month! busy busy...and i wanna sew!

The grandkids look adorable!!! You did a great job!

There may be crying....lol!!



Aww!! So sweet!!!


Thanks Diane!!

What's sad is I am trying to figure out WHERE/ HOW to squeeze in a Peter/ Tink set??? What about on the way there?? I still have a lil of this left from my ring sling ( something else I need) http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&...0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:0,i:90&tx=31&ty=13


LOVE the Alice set in process!!!! TOOO cute!



I have a dress and pr of shorts to do in less than 4 hrs! Hope I can get them done.

Only a week after all my other YUCK I started getting MAJOR migraines. May have found culprit of all my recent sickness, though. (from http://www.mold-removal-tips.com/symptom_article_4.html)

You smell stale musty odors, in the bathroom, laundry, basement, attic, walls.
You have headaches that occur on a weekly basis.
Musty towels or clothing that was just washed.
Stale air conditioning or furnace air.
Mold colonies that appear as if from out of no where even after cleaning it.
Speckles or splotches on the home water filter or water softener tanks.
White/gray crystaline substances on basement walls.
Damp cardboard in the attic, garage, or basement.
You have strange health problems that the doctors can't seem to identify a cause.
You are buying one or more boxes of antihystimine per month.
Runny nose, red eyes, tired eyes, itchy eyes and nose, sniffles.
Your throat is frequently irritated.
Sinus headaches, sinus pressure, you can feel the goo.
You are constantly un-naturally tired.
You feel better after having been away from the house for a period of time.
You get these ill effects only on weekends (because you are at home more).
Idiopathic (makes no sense) illnesses, mixed with more chronic (long term) health problems.
Banging headaches when they don't make sense to have them.
Migraine, light sensitive headaches.
Multiple ear infections.
Allergies.

About 2/3 are me. Matt has been having some of these issues, too.

I sure hope you are able to fix this, if it's the problem - scary stuff!

A few weeks ago I asked about cutting up a scrub top to make a skirt, thanks for the suggestions. By carefully seam ripping apart the top (who knew making all those mistakes over time would pay off ), I was able to get 3/4 of the skirt with the Marie fabric.

(she wanted pink in the skirt, I would have choosen purple)

A few months ago, my older dd broke a needle in my sewing machine trying to use it - she didn't know how. So I suggested that we work together and make her a skirt. I did all the cutting and pinning, but she did all the acutal sewing.....

Awesome!! And your dd did a fabulous job too!!! I have a dd that sews as well (though not as much as she used to), but it's so much fun to watch them learn and progress!

I am not sure if I posted pics of my latest bag here or not - I don't think so. For those of you that follow my TR - again - I super duper apologize for the duplicates.

Everything together

This is the one detail I added that made me fall head over heels in with the UPB again!!! I just love it!!!

Back:

Main zipper:

Looking down into the bag... This person ordered an extra zippered interior pocket - not sure if you can see it real well in this picture?

Zip wallet:

Lanyard:

The whole set together again...

D~

 

[ivey_family]

Well, I've fallen hopelessly behind, so I cannot go back and quote everything, but there are a few things I've got to comment on...

Sandi - Your smocked dress is one of the most beautiful garments I've ever seen. You have an amazing talent!

Beth - Love the Easter photo! The girls all look adorable!

Michelle - I love all the outfits you've posted so far, especially the SW ones!

D - Your latest bag is awesome! Great colors, and that ruffle looks great! I think my favorite is Figment #2, though.

Everyone else - I'm thoroughly enjoying all of the projects and outfits. I'm so sorry not to quote and comment on everything!

I'm still plugging away on my nursing covers, and SOOO ready to put that project behind me so I can sew fun things again!

In other news, I have finally thought of (most of) a name for my sewing venture. There is a special song called "Mairzy Doats" from the 1940s that dh's grandfather sings to all the babies, including his own girls when they were little. I hadn't heard the song until my first son came along, but I'm guessing my own grandparents at least knew it. Words from this song were even used in WWII as passwords by US soldiers. My degree is in US History, so I love that this song and hence my shop name has such a connection back to my grandparents' generation. It even has my last name in there. The name is: Kiddley Divey. I'm trying to decide if it needs one more word and what that should be. Ex. Kiddley Divey Duds, Kiddley Divey Boutique, etc. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

Back to work for me,
C.

 

[Sandi S]

It's been a busy final day of spring break...spent a lot of time with my machines.

This is the front of the Alice in Wonderland top:

...and the back

I also have this embellished and ready to sew together:

 

[GlassSlippers]

Hi All!

We're getting a pretty good tax refund this year so the Mr. said I could get an embroidery machine! I was leaning toward the Brother PE770, but then I found the Singer Futura XL400. It gets really good reviews except for the few where the person pretty obviously didn't know what they were doing, but every product has a couple of those. I checked several web sites for the reviews to make sure I had a complete picture. The big selling points for me are that it has a 6x10 hoop and Amazon has it for $599! There is also software available to turn clip art and scanned pictures like coloring pages into embroidery designs! That normally costs $300, but again, Amazon has a much better price. The only thing I'm not wild about is that you're only supposed to use a certain kind of bobbin, which means winding your own rather than buying pre-wound. The machine has a separate bobbin winder attached so you can wind a bobbin while you're sewing, which is pretty cool. I can see that being a real time saver. I'm just a little leery because so many of you swear by pre-wounds. Does anyone here have one of these machines? I'd kind of like an opinion from someone I sort of "know" before I buy it.

A few more questions: Is rayon thread necessary? It's so much easier to find polyester here in East Podunk and I much prefer to see colors before I spend money on thread that might not be quite right. I'm really picky about colors and matching them to fabric. You should see me trying to buy a zipper! Can the possible thread melting issue be avoided by using a pressing cloth? My fabric store here only carries one brand of bobbin thread and it only comes on a 850 yard spool. Is that enough? When I look on line, the spools are so much bigger, which makes sense because you use that same thread for any design. I'm not worried about color matching. It's black or white and it's on the back so it doesn't matter.

I'm not 100% sure I'll go ahead and spend the money because DD is in college ($$$) and by the time I buy everything I'd need to get started it could be pretty expensive. On the other hand, I can see her sorority sisters all wanting embroidered t shirts and whatnot. And then the other sororities will want things too 'cause Alpha Xi's stuff is so cool, right? The Mr. belongs to a sport club and the members could easily be interested in items with the club logo or club events. There's always Etsy besides. Somebody talk me into this!!!

Thanks, fellow Dis-ers!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[Blyssfull]

Here is our DHS... Star Wars theme except for DD who is not a huge fan of the movie.

Cute stuff! love the pockets!

This is what I am working on tonight...so excited by how cute it is turning out, but that White Rabbit took forever...going to add Alice and a full Cheshire cat on the back.

Your appliques look awesome and it looks like you used a decorative stitch... that always adds so much and I never remember to do that.

I've never made anything ITH but I have used used sulky thread for my bobbins and it worked just fine for me (PE 770)

Awesome, thanks for the reply. I'm hoping my issues with using the thread as bobbin was because I was also using it with fleece and that was making it pull differently since it's so stretchy.

I actually hoop my Solvy on top. I have yet to venture into using tack down stitches. I have mainly just used it on towels but I think it would be a good idea to use it on thinner fabrics as well. The pillowcases were so thin, it's almost like the stitches made the fabric pull (like a run in panty hose) in some places. I thought I was safe using two pieces of stabilizer but maybe the solvy on top would have helped a little.

The whole set together again...

D~

I'm such a sucker for anything with Damask!

My degree is in US History, so I love that this song and hence my shop name has such a connection back to my grandparents' generation. It even has my last name in there. The name is: Kiddley Divey. I'm trying to decide if it needs one more word and what that should be. Ex. Kiddley Divey Duds, Kiddley Divey Boutique, etc. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

Back to work for me,
C.

I love that your shop name is so personal to you. Just my two cents: I think you should add a third word to really identify what you are. On my business cards I made my "mission statement" - "Crafting and Creating Your Personal Bliss" but when I thought about it, it doesn't really give them any information on exactly what I do. :/

Hi All!

A few more questions: Is rayon thread necessary? It's so much easier to find polyester here in East Podunk and I much prefer to see colors before I spend money on thread that might not be quite right. I'm really picky about colors and matching them to fabric. You should see me trying to buy a zipper! Can the possible thread melting issue be avoided by using a pressing cloth? My fabric store here only carries one brand of bobbin thread and it only comes on a 850 yard spool. Is that enough? When I look on line, the spools are so much bigger, which makes sense because you use that same thread for any design. I'm not worried about color matching. It's black or white and it's on the back so it doesn't matter.

Thanks, fellow Dis-ers!

Lori in East Podunk

I mostly use polyester thread in my machine. I don't buy online, I'm more of a get it as I need it so I get mostly Gutermanns or Sulky at Joann's. I also bought a package with my machine that came with Polystar thread and it has done really well too. I haven't had an issue with the polyester thread yet but I do usually do a pressing cloth if I'm ironing. I also buy my bobbin at Joann as well. It took me a few months to go through a whole spool of it and that was with doing several embroidery designs as well as winding about 4 bobbins that didn't wind correctly.

I forgot to grab the pic for the daughter's in their skirts-- Those are super cute. I love that your daughter is interested in sewing.


Glad I finally got on the Dis.. boy has Alex been an inconvenience.

 

[DMGeurts]

D - Your latest bag is awesome! Great colors, and that ruffle looks great! I think my favorite is Figment #2, though.

In other news, I have finally thought of (most of) a name for my sewing venture. There is a special song called "Mairzy Doats" from the 1940s that dh's grandfather sings to all the babies, including his own girls when they were little. I hadn't heard the song until my first son came along, but I'm guessing my own grandparents at least knew it. Words from this song were even used in WWII as passwords by US soldiers. My degree is in US History, so I love that this song and hence my shop name has such a connection back to my grandparents' generation. It even has my last name in there. The name is: Kiddley Divey. I'm trying to decide if it needs one more word and what that should be. Ex. Kiddley Divey Duds, Kiddley Divey Boutique, etc. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them!

Back to work for me,
C.

THanks Carrie!

I love the name you've chosen! And I love that there is so much special meaning behind it. I agree with Beth - I think there should be one more word in there to kind of, at least, give a hint to what your shop is... Something like Kiddley Divey, the Dressmaker or Kiddley Divey, the Boutique... Or something like that. I am really bad at name choosing... I didn't even create my shop name, LOL! A friend of mine came up with the name and I liked it.

It's been a busy final day of spring break...spent a lot of time with my machines.

This is the front of the Alice in Wonderland top:

...and the back

I also have this embellished and ready to sew together:

This turned out awesome! I can't wait to see the one you have ready to go!

Hi All!

We're getting a pretty good tax refund this year so the Mr. said I could get an embroidery machine! I was leaning toward the Brother PE770, but then I found the Singer Futura XL400. It gets really good reviews except for the few where the person pretty obviously didn't know what they were doing, but every product has a couple of those. I checked several web sites for the reviews to make sure I had a complete picture. The big selling points for me are that it has a 6x10 hoop and Amazon has it for $599! There is also software available to turn clip art and scanned pictures like coloring pages into embroidery designs! That normally costs $300, but again, Amazon has a much better price. The only thing I'm not wild about is that you're only supposed to use a certain kind of bobbin, which means winding your own rather than buying pre-wound. The machine has a separate bobbin winder attached so you can wind a bobbin while you're sewing, which is pretty cool. I can see that being a real time saver. I'm just a little leery because so many of you swear by pre-wounds. Does anyone here have one of these machines? I'd kind of like an opinion from someone I sort of "know" before I buy it.

A few more questions: Is rayon thread necessary? It's so much easier to find polyester here in East Podunk and I much prefer to see colors before I spend money on thread that might not be quite right. I'm really picky about colors and matching them to fabric. You should see me trying to buy a zipper! Can the possible thread melting issue be avoided by using a pressing cloth? My fabric store here only carries one brand of bobbin thread and it only comes on a 850 yard spool. Is that enough? When I look on line, the spools are so much bigger, which makes sense because you use that same thread for any design. I'm not worried about color matching. It's black or white and it's on the back so it doesn't matter.

I'm not 100% sure I'll go ahead and spend the money because DD is in college ($$$) and by the time I buy everything I'd need to get started it could be pretty expensive. On the other hand, I can see her sorority sisters all wanting embroidered t shirts and whatnot. And then the other sororities will want things too 'cause Alpha Xi's stuff is so cool, right? The Mr. belongs to a sport club and the members could easily be interested in items with the club logo or club events. There's always Etsy besides. Somebody talk me into this!!!

Thanks, fellow Dis-ers!

Lori in East Podunk

Congratulations!!! I am so jealous! I don't have any suggestions... Does this other machine have the usb drive - from what everyone has said, that little piece is essential. If it has that, then it sounds like a great deal!

I'm such a sucker for anything with Damask!

Thanks Beth! BTW... Did you receive my latest PM?

D~

 

[Blyssfull]

Thanks Beth! BTW... Did you receive my latest PM?

D~

I don't have any PMs here. The Dis is being really wonky for me. Usually once I sign in, it keeps me signed in but it hasn't been the case since they've been down. I can sign in and when I change pages or go to another part of the boards, I'm no longer signed in anymore. Maybe it will show up later?

 

[chellewashere]

Hi All!

We're getting a pretty good tax refund this year so the Mr. said I could get an embroidery machine! I was leaning toward the Brother PE770, but then I found the Singer Futura XL400. It gets really good reviews except for the few where the person pretty obviously didn't know what they were doing, but every product has a couple of those. I checked several web sites for the reviews to make sure I had a complete picture. The big selling points for me are that it has a 6x10 hoop and Amazon has it for $599! There is also software available to turn clip art and scanned pictures like coloring pages into embroidery designs! That normally costs $300, but again, Amazon has a much better price. The only thing I'm not wild about is that you're only supposed to use a certain kind of bobbin, which means winding your own rather than buying pre-wound. The machine has a separate bobbin winder attached so you can wind a bobbin while you're sewing, which is pretty cool. I can see that being a real time saver. I'm just a little leery because so many of you swear by pre-wounds. Does anyone here have one of these machines? I'd kind of like an opinion from someone I sort of "know" before I buy it.

A few more questions: Is rayon thread necessary? It's so much easier to find polyester here in East Podunk and I much prefer to see colors before I spend money on thread that might not be quite right. I'm really picky about colors and matching them to fabric. You should see me trying to buy a zipper! Can the possible thread melting issue be avoided by using a pressing cloth? My fabric store here only carries one brand of bobbin thread and it only comes on a 850 yard spool. Is that enough? When I look on line, the spools are so much bigger, which makes sense because you use that same thread for any design. I'm not worried about color matching. It's black or white and it's on the back so it doesn't matter.

I'm not 100% sure I'll go ahead and spend the money because DD is in college ($$$) and by the time I buy everything I'd need to get started it could be pretty expensive. On the other hand, I can see her sorority sisters all wanting embroidered t shirts and whatnot. And then the other sororities will want things too 'cause Alpha Xi's stuff is so cool, right? The Mr. belongs to a sport club and the members could easily be interested in items with the club logo or club events. There's always Etsy besides. Somebody talk me into this!!!

Thanks, fellow Dis-ers!

Lori in East Podunk

Just had to jump on quick to answer

I have this machine. The first one I got SUCKED had to send it back my new one is AWESOME. Love being able to make the big designs, wish it came with a 5x7 you could buy separately though.
The machine I have came w/ a bunch of empty bobbins so I just got bobbin thread and wound them myself on the machine. Doesnt take but a minute to do. The one thing I wish this had was an automatic cutter, but it doesnt and Im still getting used to having to cut my own thread...the automatic threading needle works sometimes but thats not too big of an ordeal.
Make sure you keep your computer on another table when do the embroidery. Depending on how sturdy your table is this machine is quite rocky (and loud) and since your computer has to be be attached while doing the embroidery I just set mine up on a small table next to it just in case.
I have all the software (the QVC deal came with it all) but I havent used any of it so I cant comment on that.

Good luck its a great machine for sewing and embroidery just stock up on embroidery thread and stabilizer cause once you start you cant stop it becomes addictive and you are embellishing everything in the house

 

[SallyfromDE]

Hi All!

We're getting a pretty good tax refund this year so the Mr. said I could get an embroidery machine! I was leaning toward the Brother PE770, but then I found the Singer Futura XL400. It gets really good reviews except for the few where the person pretty obviously didn't know what they were doing, but every product has a couple of those. I checked several web sites for the reviews to make sure I had a complete picture. The big selling points for me are that it has a 6x10 hoop and Amazon has it for $599! There is also software available to turn clip art and scanned pictures like coloring pages into embroidery designs! That normally costs $300, but again, Amazon has a much better price. The only thing I'm not wild about is that you're only supposed to use a certain kind of bobbin, which means winding your own rather than buying pre-wound. The machine has a separate bobbin winder attached so you can wind a bobbin while you're sewing, which is pretty cool. I can see that being a real time saver. I'm just a little leery because so many of you swear by pre-wounds. Does anyone here have one of these machines? I'd kind of like an opinion from someone I sort of "know" before I buy it.

A few more questions: Is rayon thread necessary? It's so much easier to find polyester here in East Podunk and I much prefer to see colors before I spend money on thread that might not be quite right. I'm really picky about colors and matching them to fabric. You should see me trying to buy a zipper! Can the possible thread melting issue be avoided by using a pressing cloth? My fabric store here only carries one brand of bobbin thread and it only comes on a 850 yard spool. Is that enough? When I look on line, the spools are so much bigger, which makes sense because you use that same thread for any design. I'm not worried about color matching. It's black or white and it's on the back so it doesn't matter.

I'm not 100% sure I'll go ahead and spend the money because DD is in college ($$$) and by the time I buy everything I'd need to get started it could be pretty expensive. On the other hand, I can see her sorority sisters all wanting embroidered t shirts and whatnot. And then the other sororities will want things too 'cause Alpha Xi's stuff is so cool, right? The Mr. belongs to a sport club and the members could easily be interested in items with the club logo or club events. There's always Etsy besides. Somebody talk me into this!!!

Thanks, fellow Dis-ers!

Lori in East Podunk

In the grand scheme of things $600 isn't that much when you compare it to college needs. So if it were me, I'd go for it. Thread, I use the sulky from JoAnnes 50% sale. My machine likes that one. Bobbins, I don't use prewound, my last machine was picky over the type of bobbin thread I used. I try not to use the bobbin winder on any of my machines, I read they are the first to be worn out, so I have a sidewinder. When looking for my machines, emb or serger, the sewing shop steered me away from Singer. She said they normally can't be repaired in shop, and had to go back to singer.

 

[Mom in Heels]

Here is our DHS... Star Wars theme except for DD who is not a huge fan of the movie.

That Han Solo is ADORABLE!!

 

[ban26ana]

How far in advance do you start making things? We're going to WDW for Christmas. I'm not a very experienced sewer, so I'm going to do some practice things here and there. But I really want to make customs for my daughters for the whole trip. How much time do you ladies (experts, artists, amazing sewers of perfection) take to sew for a vacation? I'm worried about doing it too soon and misjudging size if they hit a growth spurt. But I'm also worried about doing it too late and running out of time.

 

[casper_jj11]

It's been a busy final day of spring break...spent a lot of time with my machines.

This is the front of the Alice in Wonderland top:

...and the back

I also have this embellished and ready to sew together:

I LOVE your appliques. They're beautiful. I'd love to have a machine that makes them but I've only just started and can't justify buying one for the few that I'd make ... maybe that's incentive to keep sewing

I don't have any PMs here. The Dis is being really wonky for me. Usually once I sign in, it keeps me signed in but it hasn't been the case since they've been down. I can sign in and when I change pages or go to another part of the boards, I'm no longer signed in anymore. Maybe it will show up later?

I've spent the better part of a day not even able to log in. I'd try, the system would say 'thank you for logging in' and then I'm not logged in. Couldn't post or anything. I read a bit on the tech board, went back and deleted my cookies. Turns out, I can now log in.

How far in advance do you start making things? We're going to WDW for Christmas. I'm not a very experienced sewer, so I'm going to do some practice things here and there. But I really want to make customs for my daughters for the whole trip. How much time do you ladies (experts, artists, amazing sewers of perfection) take to sew for a vacation? I'm worried about doing it too soon and misjudging size if they hit a growth spurt. But I'm also worried about doing it too late and running out of time.

I'm only a beginner but thought I might be able to help. Don't do what I did . We leave on May 12th. I bought the fabric last spring... yes, spring 2011. We cancelled our October trip so I'm glad I didn't start making things too early but I waited too late... Good Friday to be exact. I'm new. Never having made clothes before, just costumes. I've now done two dresses, two bowling shirts and I'm almost finished DD's shirt to match the boys shirts... I still have a dress, a skirt and in an ideal world, another bowlings shirt, to do... oh, and I need to sew on appliques that I bought from one of you great Disboutiquers (can I say names here for things I"ve bought? They're awesome!) Too much pressure right now...we have our yard full of contractors, DH is travelling for work, and my touring plans aren't finalized yet for the trip... I was up until 2am sewing last night LOL Not sure when you should start but don't start one month before you leave!

 

[Piper]

How far in advance do you start making things? We're going to WDW for Christmas. I'm not a very experienced sewer, so I'm going to do some practice things here and there. But I really want to make customs for my daughters for the whole trip. How much time do you ladies (experts, artists, amazing sewers of perfection) take to sew for a vacation? I'm worried about doing it too soon and misjudging size if they hit a growth spurt. But I'm also worried about doing it too late and running out of time.

Depending on how your daughters grow and what (and how many) you want to make, you might want to start soon to plan and purchase material. Then start sewing when you have time and just not hem pants and dresses until about a month before you leave.

 

[pumpkinpatchquilter]

How far in advance do you start making things? We're going to WDW for Christmas. I'm not a very experienced sewer, so I'm going to do some practice things here and there. But I really want to make customs for my daughters for the whole trip. How much time do you ladies (experts, artists, amazing sewers of perfection) take to sew for a vacation? I'm worried about doing it too soon and misjudging size if they hit a growth spurt. But I'm also worried about doing it too late and running out of time.

I am new to this thread/forum but I have been sewing for as long as I can remember, however, I am more experienced as a quilter than a seamstress. I can tell you for my family, I have already begun sewing and we are not going until the end of September. I have purchased the costume patterns and some of the fabric, but don't plan on really getting to those for at least another month...more to spread the cost out than anything else. I think it's nice to go ahead and start making things here and there as soon as you can and want to - it kind of makes things fun and keeps the excitement and anticipation going. We have a long wait so this gives me something fun to focus on in the mean time. Also if you start collecting and making things now then you won't be overwhelmed when it gets close and say, a project doesn't come along as you'd planned and you're trip is only two weeks away! I have already experienced this as I made that Minnie dress I just recently posted way too small - it's now a Minnie top! Lol* I am trying to make everything about a half to a full size bigger to allow for growing...I'd rather the clothes be a touch to big than too small!

 

[Blyssfull]

I've spent the better part of a day not even able to log in. I'd try, the system would say 'thank you for logging in' and then I'm not logged in. Couldn't post or anything. I read a bit on the tech board, went back and deleted my cookies. Turns out, I can now log in.

Great advice! I just went and did this.. Seems to have worked.

 

[tricia]

I'm only a beginner but thought I might be able to help. Don't do what I did . We leave on May 12th. I bought the fabric last spring... yes, spring 2011. We cancelled our October trip so I'm glad I didn't start making things too early but I waited too late... Good Friday to be exact. I'm new. Never having made clothes before, just costumes. I've now done two dresses, two bowling shirts and I'm almost finished DD's shirt to match the boys shirts... I still have a dress, a skirt and in an ideal world, another bowlings shirt, to do... oh, and I need to sew on appliques that I bought from one of you great Disboutiquers (can I say names here for things I"ve bought? They're awesome!) Too much pressure right now...we have our yard full of contractors, DH is travelling for work, and my touring plans aren't finalized yet for the trip... I was up until 2am sewing last night LOL Not sure when you should start but don't start one month before you leave!

Sounds like you're a little busy. Is that what you are trying to say? Where are the pictures? Did the bowling shirts come out OK?

I think we can post who we got things from, just can't actually buy and sell here on the boards. (I made the appliques for her ) We are both in Canada, so shipping is quick and cheap.

 

[casper_jj11]

Sounds like you're a little busy. Is that what you are trying to say? Where are the pictures? Did the bowling shirts come out OK?

I think we can post who we got things from, just can't actually buy and sell here on the boards. (I made the appliques for her ) We are both in Canada, so shipping is quick and cheap.

Lol. Yeah, let's call it busy. DH calls sewing my new make work project ... he figures I'm now on leave with the kids and I must be bored. No, just a little crazy.

Pics are coming. Later today actually. I'm finishing DD's shirt to match the bowling shirts right now and as soon as that's done, I'm going to post what I've completed so far.

 

[Queen of Cumberland]

Just a drive by post. I'll try and catch up with the board tomorrow. We had quite the weekend - I spent it at children's hospital with my ds who is 2. He had really low platelet levels and we were admitted friday and we just got home. He was diagnosed with ITP and really responded well to the IVIG treatment. Now that he is out of the hospital, he is running around and getting into everything (in other words, he is a typical 2 yr old). I am exhausted, but should be back to normal tomorrow after a good night's sleep.

I've seen quite a few cute things posted, but am too tired to comment now. Will post more tomorrow.

 

[PurpleEars]

we are home from a great trip. I have a bunch of things I need to start working on.

Welcome back! I should go back to your PTR as we'll be there at the same time in August. Mind you, I should get my PTR started too since the trip will be here before I know it!

PurpleEars - I missed your second response yesterday, sorry! The side cutter sounds really interesting!!! This might be something I could use in the meantime while waiting to purchase a serger. What do you think? I am planning on making all three of my daughters disney princess costumes and I really wanted to serge the seams so I wouldn't have to allow for french seams...do you think the side cutter would work for that? I would just like the dresses to hold up for more than one wear, I'd like them to be able to use them for play when we come home too.

Oh yay, I can post pictures now! Here are a few things I have been making. This was my first attempt at a dress. I didn't use any pattern, I just sort of made it up as I went along, but I'm so pleased with how it turned out! This one I don't think will go to Disney, as we have so many t-shirts already and I'm still planning to make a few more things. My daughter is going to wear this tomorrow to a princess themed party, hence the crown and septer. Lol* She said she loved it when she tried it on, that was all the thanks I needed!

This was my second attempt at a dress, for my oldest daughter who will be 10 soon, and my first try at a pillowcase dress. She really loves it and that makes me so happy. The only think I don't like is the purple I added, I wish I had done that differently, it looks kind of funny to me. Oh well, this was fun and super easy and I will be doing lots more of these.

I then made another for my 11 month old, but made it a little too short! Hers I will be pairing with a little pair of denim shorts from Target and it will be a top rather than a dress...

This last one I just finished yesterday and I'm so thrilled with it! I even made a matching hair bow and diaper cover, that was a real feat for me! Lol* This is also for my 11 month old...

Great job on the outfits. I am glad you can make one of the outfits work. In terms of a side cutter, I just used it to stitch and finish the seams at the same time (only use the setting for easy fray materials, the other setting does not work worth anything!). The funny thing is, now that I have a serger, I stitch then serge. The seams in the dresses I made using the side cutter were very strong. I know I had a few dresses that lasted like 3 to 5 years with weekly washing in the summer.

Well, my new serger arrived this afternoon but I didn't get to start playing with it until after 9 when the kiddos went to bed. I DID watch the videos/tutorials earlier, so that helped. I was feeling a little intemidated when I was watching the videos, but once I actually pulled the machine out of the box and started working with it, I felt much better. There's still a TON I know I need to learn, but I'll get there.

Tonight I fiddled with narrow rolled edges. With three girls I know I have oodles of ruffles in my future, so I know I will get VERY good use out of this function. I made some cloth napkins. Kind of a lame first project, but I needed something easy and repetitive, so this fit the bill and actually we are about to run out of napkins so this helps solve that problem too!

I ended up making 11, some with curved corners, and others with boxed corners. I need to practice more on the boxed corners because they did not come out as clean as I would have liked. Doing narrow rolled edges was SOOOOO much faster than the way I've made napkins before (turn and top stitched) plus is uses less fabric. I also got to re-thread the machine several times, due to a thread breaking once and running out twice of the upper looper thread. Serging uses a TON of thread, so I guess I'll be ordering some soon. Now that I've mostly got the narrow rolled edge down, I'll try to work on some other technique tomorrow night.

Sunshine

Glad to see that you have dived right in and started using your serger!

Here is our DHS... Star Wars theme except for DD who is not a huge fan of the movie.

Great job like usual! I so wish I could see those outfits live in action!

I am so sorry I an SOOOOOO behind.... AGAIN!


So I did change our dates to May. 3 nt Bahamian on the Dream and WDW! Baby will be a bit older and dates work better for Matt to get off. Can you tell I am hoping for a girl???? More than a year and I just planned customs for a baby girl!!! lol! 2 Patacake dresses(tropical and Be Our Guest theme) and one open back dress(Sailor/ DCL Minnie) (from Tie Dye Diva all with covers), 3 Carlys (Classic mouse, Dumbo, MMouse ice cream), one Port. Peasant (Pooh), 1 Stripwork (Toystory2 Faith dbl layer from sewsensible (Alice and seashell), 1 Maddie(little Einsteins), 1 Gem from Brynnberlee (Ariel), 1-2 simple skirt sets (Lion King...?), 2 Juliet dresses from Erin's designs CRT/ Princess, Pirate), and 1 simply sweet (Lilo). Most possibly shortened with diaper covers under and likely some hats. Crazy! Huh?! Great way to use up some of my pattern hoard!!! Hehehehe!


We find out on Wed.!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Name pics so far...Leila (like a Hawaiian Lei) Serenity, Elena Grace, Sawyer, and Noah. No mid names for boys yet.

I can't wait until Wednesday to find out if you are having a boy or a girl! It sounds like you have a lot of sewing ahead of you!

I can't remember if i posted a pic of my grandbabies in their easter dresses...i made the dresses from fabric their greatgrandmother ,G.G.,my ex -mil,had given me when she found out i was learning to sew. she had a rubbermaid tote full of easter fabric ready to make things for her greatgrands and then had a stroke,the fabric sat for a year or so and then she gave it to me last year. So i made things for all the lil girls...dgd Avery and dgs Jackson were not able to come for the egg hunt at Nanna & Pawpaw's { their mom has issues}. there as nothing in the tote for my 2 grandsons or their cousin Conner. but there are several fabric book panels that i am hoping to make quilts with for the next grandbaby Liberty and for my niece and nephew when they have babies in the future...
anyway,here are Chloe-5,Elli - 10 next weekend!,Kensleigh-7,Gracie-7 and Blaze -7! hard to beleive he is only 3 mos. older than the twins! he's so tall and they are so short...but then again his dad is 6'4" and theirs is 5'9"...

thanks for looking and sorry if this is a repost...so much on my mind,cleaning/redoing my sewing room,end of the year at school,granddaughter
s b'day andthen dd's babyshower next month! busy busy...and i wanna sew!

That's a lovely picture! Thanks for posting it. It sounds like you will have a busy month coming up!

Only a week after all my other YUCK I started getting MAJOR migraines. May have found culprit of all my recent sickness, though.
About 2/3 are me. Matt has been having some of these issues, too.

I hope you have identified the culprit so you can do something about it. I continue to pray for a healthy pregnancy for you!

A few weeks ago I asked about cutting up a scrub top to make a skirt, thanks for the suggestions. By carefully seam ripping apart the top (who knew making all those mistakes over time would pay off ), I was able to get 3/4 of the skirt with the Marie fabric.

(she wanted pink in the skirt, I would have choosen purple)

A few months ago, my older dd broke a needle in my sewing machine trying to use it - she didn't know how. So I suggested that we work together and make her a skirt. I did all the cutting and pinning, but she did all the acutal sewing.....

Great job on the Marie skirt. I think you have a great Disboutiquer in training there! Please tell her that she did a great job with her skirt!

I am not sure if I posted pics of my latest bag here or not - I don't think so. For those of you that follow my TR - again - I super duper apologize for the duplicates.

Everything together

D~

That is such a lovely set! Sorry I had to take some pictures out due to the picture limit!

It's been a busy final day of spring break...spent a lot of time with my machines.

This is the front of the Alice in Wonderland top:

...and the back

I also have this embellished and ready to sew together:

Wow, that Alice dress looks great. I can't wait to see what becomes of the Ariel/Flounder set.

Hi All!

We're getting a pretty good tax refund this year so the Mr. said I could get an embroidery machine! I was leaning toward the Brother PE770, but then I found the Singer Futura XL400. It gets really good reviews except for the few where the person pretty obviously didn't know what they were doing, but every product has a couple of those. I checked several web sites for the reviews to make sure I had a complete picture. The big selling points for me are that it has a 6x10 hoop and Amazon has it for $599! There is also software available to turn clip art and scanned pictures like coloring pages into embroidery designs! That normally costs $300, but again, Amazon has a much better price. The only thing I'm not wild about is that you're only supposed to use a certain kind of bobbin, which means winding your own rather than buying pre-wound. The machine has a separate bobbin winder attached so you can wind a bobbin while you're sewing, which is pretty cool. I can see that being a real time saver. I'm just a little leery because so many of you swear by pre-wounds. Does anyone here have one of these machines? I'd kind of like an opinion from someone I sort of "know" before I buy it.

A few more questions: Is rayon thread necessary? It's so much easier to find polyester here in East Podunk and I much prefer to see colors before I spend money on thread that might not be quite right. I'm really picky about colors and matching them to fabric. You should see me trying to buy a zipper! Can the possible thread melting issue be avoided by using a pressing cloth? My fabric store here only carries one brand of bobbin thread and it only comes on a 850 yard spool. Is that enough? When I look on line, the spools are so much bigger, which makes sense because you use that same thread for any design. I'm not worried about color matching. It's black or white and it's on the back so it doesn't matter.

I'm not 100% sure I'll go ahead and spend the money because DD is in college ($$$) and by the time I buy everything I'd need to get started it could be pretty expensive. On the other hand, I can see her sorority sisters all wanting embroidered t shirts and whatnot. And then the other sororities will want things too 'cause Alpha Xi's stuff is so cool, right? The Mr. belongs to a sport club and the members could easily be interested in items with the club logo or club events. There's always Etsy besides. Somebody talk me into this!!!

Thanks, fellow Dis-ers!

Lori in East Podunk

Congrats. I don't have any suggestions for you since I have been trying to avoid looking at embroidery machines. (Darn mortgage!) I hope you will find something that will work well for you.

How far in advance do you start making things? We're going to WDW for Christmas. I'm not a very experienced sewer, so I'm going to do some practice things here and there. But I really want to make customs for my daughters for the whole trip. How much time do you ladies (experts, artists, amazing sewers of perfection) take to sew for a vacation? I'm worried about doing it too soon and misjudging size if they hit a growth spurt. But I'm also worried about doing it too late and running out of time.

Welcome! I think it depends on how many outfits you plan to make, and how comfortable you are with a sewing machine. You may be able to project the size of your children based on growth charts? I don't have any children so I don't know how well those growth charts will work for this purpose.

Just a drive by post. I'll try and catch up with the board tomorrow. We had quite the weekend - I spent it at children's hospital with my ds who is 2. He had really low platelet levels and we were admitted friday and we just got home. He was diagnosed with ITP and really responded well to the IVIG treatment. Now that he is out of the hospital, he is running around and getting into everything (in other words, he is a typical 2 yr old). I am exhausted, but should be back to normal tomorrow after a good night's sleep.

I've seen quite a few cute things posted, but am too tired to comment now. Will post more tomorrow.

Oh I am so sorry to hear about your weekend! I am glad that your DS is on the mend. I hope you will get a restful evening!

 

[Gryffinclaw]

Hi ladies,

Checking in after some time away from the boards. I have lots of catching up to do, lots of great stuff that I need to go back and multi quote! Good thing I have plenty of time...out of work for two weeks on convalescent leave. So I plan on entertaining myself by catching up and even reviewing some older threads to put together ideas for our cruise in Dec. No sewing for me while i recuperate...had surgery on my left arm so i cant even use my embroidery machine unless i can teach DH how to hoop the fabric.....

So I'll be catching and posting some more pics of previous projects. Here's few to start:

First bowling shirt(made for DS):

First successful hand applique (made for my nephew):

Molly Peasant for DD: