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

[VBAndrea]

That's great advice Andrea.. I'm going to try and sew that way and see if I can find my sewing mojo. My seams pull like that when I use a really long, basting stitch. Do you still serge when you sew your seams that way?

I still serge everything after I straight stitch. First I stitch on the sewing machine and then I serge so the seams don't fray. I just have a cheap serger -- I know with some sergers you don't need to sew first, but when I tried it with mine seams ripped apart.

Hi all, I'm trying to work my way through all the posts. My name is Michelle and I love custom clothes! My daughter is 6 and is going on a Make a Wish trip to Disney in July. I am going to try to get some tips, but between her treatment and me working, I'm not sure how much I will accomplish!

Here is a dumb question to start with: How do you applique? I have an embroidered machine (a brother low budget one)..but no idea how to do this.

Oh and if you want to see my daughter, her site is torigaga dot com.

I can't wait to learn from you all!

Do you have a manual with your machine? You would need to consult it to see how it works and if you are able to load designs to it, etc. I just watched a few you tube videos b/f tackling mine. And some embroidery sites had mini tuts as well. Once you get the hang of it it's easy.

Hi again! I joined this thread a while ago, but went MIA for a while! I recently bought an embroidery machine, probably the same one as PP as it is a Brother, and is from Walmart. I love Brother machines. All of ours (5 machines) are Brother.

I am struggling hard with how to embroider letters straight. I bought some CD's with Disney font on them, but I have to do each letter individually, and I cannot seem to get them evenly spaced and straight across. I have tons of shirts to embroider and applique (I will delve into that one when I am comfy with the embroidery itself.) but I am so afraid of messing them up that I am doing exactly nothing with them. I have been practicing a bit on an old shirt, but just can't seem to get it right. I am not used to this as I sew for my karate studio and have been sewing for practically my whole life. This is a new adventure for me. Help please!! I love the applique tutorial btw. I will be using it for sure when I cross that bridge. Thank you!!!

Here are a few dancing bananas as thanx for your help.

I agree that to get letters straight you have to have a program (unless you use the built in fonts your machine comes with). Stitch Era Universal has a free download but I've heard it's not the most user friendly. Embrid has a free trial and I've heard it's nicer. Ann uses Sew What Pro which merges designs and does lettering. I haven't tried any of these (yet!).

I also have the same machine, the Brother SE400. Where can I find HeatherSue's Mickey head? Also, do you need to buy APPLIQUE only designs if you use a machine embroidery? So it knows where to stop and all?

Google Frou Frou by Heather Sue and you will find her shop. You can buy either applique or embroidery designs. Heather's Mickey Head was my first design too!

I took a peek at Tori's website -- she's adorable How old was she when you adopted her?

 

[Teamtori]

Google Frou Frou by Heather Sue and you will find her shop. You can buy either applique or embroidery designs. Heather's Mickey Head was my first design too!

I took a peek at Tori's website -- she's adorable How old was she when you adopted her?

Gotcha. I get it now. I watched the youtube video..I can load designs on my machine with a USB cord, so I just need to buy an applique design now! I think I will try tonight! What is the best way to keep the design from "puckering" after you wash it? A good stabilizer?

Thanks about Tori! She is quite a cutie, but I am biased. She was 21 months when she went into foster care. Jon is her biological brother and he was 3 1/2 when I got them. I fostered them for almost four years before they were adopted. I got them in February of 2007 and their adoption was in December of 2010. It was kind of neat because they were old enough then to know they were being adopted and they were very excited about it.

A cute story..during the adoption hearing I had to testify. Tori followed me up to the stand and sat on my lap while I testified. The judge said it was obvious that she was bonded to me

 

[aboveH20]

I made this for one of my grandaughters. I love all the stuff that I have been seeing on here. I would have never found this pattern without this site. Thank you all so much. This is the second one I have made her but I forgot to take a picture of the first one.

I love it. I can just picture chubby little legs sticking out. Great job.

Cheryl- I hope you start feeling better soon. It is terrible that you've felt bad for this long. It seems like a good idea to be prudent about the cruise. That is a lot of money to spend to go somewhere fabulous and it would be terrible not to be able to enjoy it. DH and I just loved AK! Maybe you can get them to change the date of your cruise instead of canceling it. We went in September and it was so beautiful because all the trees were wearing their fall colors. Plus, at the end of the season, all the stores close for the winter and all the souvenirs were like 80% off! How did the dr get a full sized camera down your nose????

Good to know about September. That would probably be our next time frame -- can't interfere with golf or softball during the summer! I like the idea of souvenirs being on sale.

Maybe the camera wasn't actually full size. Actually it was pretty cool. They video tape the whole thing so afterwards I got to see my vocal cords and other slimy body parts.

I second pattern review. I tried to make an Amy Butler coat and the arms holes were too small. I had 20 hours and $150 into that project.

I probably would have sworn off sewing after that. Good for you for sticking with it.

Cheryl... I am so sorry... I wish there was something I could do for you. I am praying you get better soon and you are able to go on your cruise - you sooo deserve it.

D~

As someone once said, if you're praying, what more is needed?

I so glad to hear you have seen another doctor. Hope you are drinking, talking and breathing better soon!

One day at a time. I've voluntarily stopped talking for two days to give my vocal cords a major rest. It's fun! Believe it or not, one of the things I like about going solo at Disney is I don't have to talk.

Oh Cheryl I am so sorry to hear you are still not healing. Sending prayers that the medication will help so you can still go on your cruise.

My husband has said we should look for indications that we should go. So I think that means his attitute is it's not going to happen unless we see something that convinces us it would be a good idea.

Cheryl, I am so sorry that you are still having all these problems! I hope the appointment will help you decide about the cruise. On one hand, it is difficult to postpone a special celebration, on the other hand, it is not cheap and you really want to have a good time while you are there.

You're right. On the one hand I want to go, even if I can't eat everything (I'm still unable to drink), on the other hand, like you say it's too expensive to go and NOT be able to participate fully.

I have made some napkins, a pair of easy fit pajama pants (capri length), and a zippered coin purse. They could all be way better, but I learned a lot along the way. I have also become an expert at seam ripping

My biggest (current) issue seems to be my inability to reverse stitch over my seam, thus my stitches fall out. How can I make it work better? Is it just a matter of practice (and learning how to sew straighter??)

Thanks for the help and inspiration!
Tara

I messed up the zipper, but I know how to fix it next time. Oh and appliquing is WAY harder than it looks.

I had a problem with the elastic, epsecially the part that gets sewn after you put the elastic in. I think it's just a matter of having a bit more patience.

Looks good. I agree about hand appliquing. I think it depends partly on the machine you have.

CHERYL -- I'm sorry things aren't progressing better for you. I know when I had my jaw surgery they said all would be fine and I could go right back to work, etc. Clearly the physicians telling me this never had the surgery themselves. Do you have insurance for your AK trip? I think it would be wise to put it off if you are able to. It's one of those once in a lifetime trips that I want you to enjoy -- and besides, you've worked 30 years to earn this trip!

We have trip insurance. Two of the cons for canceling are 1. Will we really reschedule or just never go? (I'm the traveler in the family, my husband's going because he didn't think I should spend our 30th alone.)

Since I'm a cheapskate, the other con is that we'd "lose" the insurance money, which was over $200.

My gut today is that we'll cancel.

And a camera in your nose? I could insert a good joke or two here but instead I'll be in rare form and tell you how sorry I am that you are going through all this

My husband was quite interested in watching the procedure as it was being filmed, me not so much. He went to college planning to be a vet until the science courses did him in. I, on the other hand, went to college to make the world a better place.

Welcome!! I'm a middle school teacher and yep, the state testing craziness is here. I hate it! I need to do the creative stuff just to let off my stress from my job.

I appliqued Bolt onto what will be a shirt for my 7 year old DS.

Looks great. I never think to applique on non-solid colors. I have to think outside my box! Looks good!

 

[Blackbeltdisneygirl]

I have a PE770 and I can never get my letter straight doing one at a time either. Someday I may look at getting a software package

I agree that to get letters straight you have to have a program (unless you use the built in fonts your machine comes with). Stitch Era Universal has a free download but I've heard it's not the most user friendly. Embrid has a free trial and I've heard it's nicer. Ann uses Sew What Pro which merges designs and does lettering. I haven't tried any of these (yet!).

Thanks for the advice everyone! I don't have the extra cash right now as our trip is very soon, so I will probably try the free downloads when I get my act together. Now at least I know why I am having the issues I am having!!! I appreciate your help. I will keep you posted on how it is going. I give lessons to my kids and some friends' kids as part of our homeschool co-op we formed, and I find my Brother SE-400 to be fantastic with some of the kids who insist on putting the pedal to the metal whilst sewing. I can change their speed, so they can't floor it. It is awesome. I didn't buy it to just be a sewing machine though, so I have to get on with the embroidery and applique parts!!!

 

[Teamtori]

Thanks for the advice everyone! I don't have the extra cash right now as our trip is very soon, so I will probably try the free downloads when I get my act together. Now at least I know why I am having the issues I am having!!! I appreciate your help. I will keep you posted on how it is going. I give lessons to my kids and some friends' kids as part of our homeschool co-op we formed, and I find my Brother SE-400 to be fantastic with some of the kids who insist on putting the pedal to the metal whilst sewing. I can change their speed, so they can't floor it. It is awesome. I didn't buy it to just be a sewing machine though, so I have to get on with the embroidery and applique parts!!!

I also have the SE-400 and I really like it. Same with me, I didn't buy it to be a sewing machine. I think I'm ready to tackle an applique tonight! I guess you and I can learn together!! I did the free trial of embird and I thought it would be hard, but I was up and running in a few minutes. You can do the design and then you save the whole design as a PES file and then just transfer it over to the machine. My tip is be mindful of the order it is going to sew. There is a little indicator on the left side that tells you what order each letter is going to go. So D is 1, I is 2 etc. But if you don't set it up right, first it will be jumping all over the place to type the letters, and 2 you can end up changing your thread color over and over if you are doing letters in different colors. So if I am doing different color letters, I put it so the green letters go first, the blue second and so on. If you mess this up, you can always skip letters when it tells you to switch thread and then go back and do the other letters. (Can you tell I've messed it up a lot?!)

 

[cogero]

Cheryl my parents had to cancel a trip in europe last year and the whole trip insurance thing was very easy to deal with. There is one form for the doctor to complete and it took less than 3 weeks to get my parents money back

 

[teacher1717]

I made another pair of easy fits PJ pants for me today. These came out MUCH better. I am feeling very proud of myself. I LEARNED A LOT from my first pair.

These are for my upcoming July trip- now I have 2 new pair of PJ pants. I am going to make a minnie pair for my BFF, but I am struggling to find some fabric for my nephew (almost 13.) We have him sufficently Disney brain washed, and he will wear Disney stuff, but the fabric I've been finding is very babyish. He has way outgrown toy story and cars. I did find some cool Perry the Platypus, but it is sold out every where.

I found this, but I don't know how I feel about it. I don't want to ask him as I want it to be a surprise. Does anyone have any ideas???


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[teacher1717]

ACCKKKK! Sorry about the big pictures. I try to remember to make them smaller next time.
Tara

 

[dianemom2]

I also have the same machine, the Brother SE400. Where can I find HeatherSue's Mickey head? Also, do you need to buy APPLIQUE only designs if you use a machine embroidery? So it knows where to stop and all?

I was going to answer this but I see that Andrea beat me to it.

I made another pair of easy fits PJ pants for me today. These came out MUCH better. I am feeling very proud of myself. I LEARNED A LOT from my first pair.

These are for my upcoming July trip- now I have 2 new pair of PJ pants. I am going to make a minnie pair for my BFF, but I am struggling to find some fabric for my nephew (almost 13.)

I have two girls who around the same age as your nephew. I don't think they would wear that Mickey fabric either. Instead of looking for a print for his Disney themed pajamas, why don't you do Mickey colors in solids. Like a pair of pajama pants with one black leg and one red leg. Or you could do the top half of the pajama pants red like Mickey's shorts and then make them black from the knees down. Then they will look like Mickey's shorts while you are at Disney and then they will just be a pair of black and red pajama pants once he is home.

 

[teacher1717]

I have two girls who around the same age as your nephew. I don't think they would wear that Mickey fabric either. Instead of looking for a print for his Disney themed pajamas, why don't you do Mickey colors in solids. Like a pair of pajama pants with one black leg and one red leg. Or you could do the top half of the pajama pants red like Mickey's shorts and then make them black from the knees down. Then they will look like Mickey's shorts while you are at Disney and then they will just be a pair of black and red pajama pants once he is home.


I really like the idea of half red/black, but he wears shorts to sleep in, not pants. I need to make them knee length. I wonder if they will look silly short. I honestly don't care if he only wears them on vacation. Although, he's not picky and probably will wear them at home. If only I could find Mickey sports themed (baseball or soccer) fabric. He would defiently wear that.

 

[aboveH20]

Cheryl my parents had to cancel a trip in europe last year and the whole trip insurance thing was very easy to deal with. There is one form for the doctor to complete and it took less than 3 weeks to get my parents money back

Good to know, thanks. I have a feeling that based on the average age of people going on the Alaska curise (at under 60 I figure I'm one of the younger ones ) they have a lot of experience with medical cancelations!

I made another pair of easy fits PJ pants for me today. These came out MUCH better. I am feeling very proud of myself. I LEARNED A LOT from my first pair.

These are for my upcoming July trip- now I have 2 new pair of PJ pants. I am going to make a minnie pair for my BFF, but I am struggling to find some fabric for my nephew (almost 13.) We have him sufficently Disney brain washed, and he will wear Disney stuff, but the fabric I've been finding is very babyish. He has way outgrown toy story and cars. I did find some cool Perry the Platypus, but it is sold out every where.

Looks good. I have yet to try human size easy fits. I should!

 

[PurpleEars]

Thanx! I only have the 4x4 hoop as well, and won't buy a bigger one until I can figure the darned machine out! There are some days where I consider taking it back b/c I am frustrated, and then I think about how I have wanted one for 10 years, and it stops me. I really want to tackle it and get moving! That seems to be what people tend to do with the fabric and stabilizer. I had someone type up a step by step instructional in a thread where I mentioned my frustration. I just didn't understand what she was saying when she said she didin't hoop the material. I guess it is common though! i have embroidered some things successfully, but do not feel competent though, especially when it comes to lettering. I hate letting it beat me!! Maybe my problem is that I am trying to do this too late at night! My brain isn't working at full capacity!

I am sure it gets better with practice. My first appliques were terrible and eventually they got better over time.

OK...I am very new to sewing, so don't think I'm stupid. I tried the zig-zag stich and i need a lot more practice with it, it was kind of all over the place. I am unsure what a basting stitch is. I have my dial set on 3-which is a straight stitch. it was one of the smaller straight stitches, perhaps I'll try a different one. I am still practicing with the zig zag and satin stitch though.

I am very very sorry if my post came across the wrong way. I was trying to make sure that you don't make the same mistakes I did when I started out. Please accept my sincere apologies.

We have trip insurance. Two of the cons for canceling are 1. Will we really reschedule or just never go? (I'm the traveler in the family, my husband's going because he didn't think I should spend our 30th alone.)

Since I'm a cheapskate, the other con is that we'd "lose" the insurance money, which was over $200.

My gut today is that we'll cancel.

One pro for rescheduling (should you decide to do so): you get more time to plan! (also you could get our trip report if you are interested - we are going the first week of July)

I made another pair of easy fits PJ pants for me today. These came out MUCH better. I am feeling very proud of myself. I LEARNED A LOT from my first pair.

These are for my upcoming July trip- now I have 2 new pair of PJ pants. I am going to make a minnie pair for my BFF, but I am struggling to find some fabric for my nephew (almost 13.) We have him sufficently Disney brain washed, and he will wear Disney stuff, but the fabric I've been finding is very babyish. He has way outgrown toy story and cars. I did find some cool Perry the Platypus, but it is sold out every where.

I found this, but I don't know how I feel about it. I don't want to ask him as I want it to be a surprise. Does anyone have any ideas???


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Great job on the pants. It looks like you have been busy. I do not have any suggestions for your nephew's pants as I don't know anyone at that age.

 

[teacher1717]

I am very very sorry if my post came across the wrong way. I was trying to make sure that you don't make the same mistakes I did when I started out. Please accept my sincere apologies.




Please don't apologize. I welcome ALL advice. This is the only way I'll learn and eventually make fabulous things like the rest of you. Also, you know what??? I had my setting on one of the larger straight stitches. I remedied that for the above pants.

Thanks again!

 

[miprender]

I made another pair of easy fits PJ pants for me today. These came out MUCH better. I am feeling very proud of myself. I LEARNED A LOT from my first pair.

These are for my upcoming July trip- now I have 2 new pair of PJ pants. I am going to make a minnie pair for my BFF, but I am struggling to find some fabric for my nephew (almost 13.) We have him sufficently Disney brain washed, and he will wear Disney stuff, but the fabric I've been finding is very babyish. He has way outgrown toy story and cars. I did find some cool Perry the Platypus, but it is sold out every where.

I found this, but I don't know how I feel about it. I don't want to ask him as I want it to be a surprise. Does anyone have any ideas???


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Love the pjs. That is one of my favorite things to make now.

If you are using that fabric as PJs I see no problem with it My DH still wears Mickey pjs that I made. But I guess he is beyond his "cool days"

Joanne's online still has the Perry fabric http://www.joann.com/licensed-fleece-fabric-where-s-perry/zprd_11366267a/

 

[teacher1717]

Joanne's online still has the Perry fabric http://www.joann.com/licensed-fleece-fabric-where-s-perry/zprd_11366267a/[/QUOTE]

I did see that, but it's fleece. I don't think Disney in July and Fleece fabric would be a good combination. But thank you for looking.

 

[TinkNH]

Hi everyone!

I am not new to the DIS but new to sewing I just bought myself a basic sewing machine, to try to make some things for my DD4 to wear. She has sensory issues, and right now will only wear dresses with no seams. I figured a pillowcase dress might be worth a try and made this:

It is far from perfect...theres lots and lots of mistakes but its wearable..and after some tweaking (I had to cut a slit in the back ribbon casing adn now tie it back there since the ties on her shoulders were bothering her. ) she has worn it several times already!

I am hoping to improve, and make better ones to go with us on our trip this Sept. Looking forward to getting to know you all!

 

[GlassSlippers]

Hi Gang! I bought some remnants at my li'l East Podunk JoAnn store today and they put a flier in my bag that offered free shipping on $35 or more. The code is FQS161 and it's good through 6/9. I got 4 yards of that adorable new Snow white fabric and 3 yards of Tiana Westeria. Before tax it was $35.96. Not too shabby! I can't wait for it to get here. I have two little nieces and there's gonna be a whole lotta spoilin' goin' on!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[Sandi S]

I'm stitching out a Minnie Mouse/Princess Leia applique on what will be a knit dress for DD. No pics yet, but my exciting news of the day is that I am going to a Sewing & Quilt Expo in Raleigh, NC next month and I'm going to spend a day as a volunteer teacher assistant! How fun will that be! I'm also signed up for a class on digitizing embroidery/recognizing & tweaking designs. It sounds really great.

 

[lovesdumbo]

I made another pair of easy fits PJ pants for me today. These came out MUCH better. I am feeling very proud of myself. I LEARNED A LOT from my first pair.

These are for my upcoming July trip- now I have 2 new pair of PJ pants. I am going to make a minnie pair for my BFF, but I am struggling to find some fabric for my nephew (almost 13.) We have him sufficently Disney brain washed, and he will wear Disney stuff, but the fabric I've been finding is very babyish. He has way outgrown toy story and cars. I did find some cool Perry the Platypus, but it is sold out every where.

I found this, but I don't know how I feel about it. I don't want to ask him as I want it to be a surprise. Does anyone have any ideas???

Love your PJs.

How about this fabric for your nephew? It seems more vintage then cute to me. It is flannel but that should be OK. You'll have AC in the room.
http://www.joann.com/licensed-flannel-fabric-mickey-comic-burst/zprd_11112133a/

Or this cotton print looks PJish to me with the stripes.
http://www.joann.com/licensed-cotton-print-mickey-/zprd_10902864a/

Hi everyone!

I am not new to the DIS but new to sewing I just bought myself a basic sewing machine, to try to make some things for my DD4 to wear. She has sensory issues, and right now will only wear dresses with no seams. I figured a pillowcase dress might be worth a try and made this:

It is far from perfect...theres lots and lots of mistakes but its wearable..and after some tweaking (I had to cut a slit in the back ribbon casing adn now tie it back there since the ties on her shoulders were bothering her. ) she has worn it several times already!

I am hoping to improve, and make better ones to go with us on our trip this Sept. Looking forward to getting to know you all!

So cute! Your DD might like the tiered flouncy sundress
http://www.youcanmakethis.com/products/featured-products/tiered-flouncy-sundress.htm
I have made a variation of it just as an A-line without the tiers:

 

[ItsyBitsy]

Joanne's online still has the Perry fabric http://www.joann.com/licensed-fleece-fabric-where-s-perry/zprd_11366267a/

I did see that, but it's fleece. I don't think Disney in July and Fleece fabric would be a good combination. But thank you for looking.[/QUOTE]

The Joanns by me has a cotton one. I have the fleece one. The cotton one is way cooler though. I don't know if this is a national chain or a kansas city one but we have a fabric store called Hancock Fabrics. They have both too.