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

[Sandi S]

My nephew just turned 5 and has sort of leveled out size-wise. He was a huge baby and toddler and my brother had the same issue with people expecting 5-6 year old behavior from a 2 year old in size 5T. I have the opposite problem, one of my almost-3 year old boys is tiny, like 2-3 percentile. His twin brother is 3 inches and 5-6 lbs bigger. Everyone thinks he is a baby. Even though he's technically the "older" by 1 whole minute.

That sounds like my kids.

Yup he's 3'9" and 49.8#! Always has been off the chart and now hes at that age where the clothes arent very age appropriate anymore because he's not i to video games and shows where they fight etc yet. I hate it!!! He's getting size 6 pants for school next year (they wear uniforms even in preschool) and size 7 polos! The shirts in him in these pics are the youth small 6-8 from Joann's which are a tad long on him but other 6-8 fit him fine. Maybe in a few months I can start using things from my upper kitchen cabinets because he can help me get them down then

OMG! He's almost the same size as my 7 y.o. DS!

We measured the younger two last night and Gracie is 44.5 inches, over 45 in with shoes. Benjamin is 47.5 barefoot, but clears 48 with shoes. I told them that they both better be in the habit of standing up straight when being measured at rides.

I finished several tees (posted on my PTR), but I'm really excited about the princess dress I finished!

I hope to get some pictures on the model this morning.

 

[pumpkinpatchquilter]

The owner of the quilt shop I bought my new machine at is owned by a man who was VERY fluent in all things sewing, has kids (so the shop is pretty childproof ahaha) and well let's say I wouldn't want to meet the guy in a dark alley ahaha. It is a fantastic skill and I bet your DS knows more about sewing than I even do and I'm almost 40!

Where is this shop located? LOL* Sounds like a character!!!

It's always so funny to me how different machines respond to different things like threads and needles. Because I've heard several other people say that they cannot use the Schmetz needles at all or they have problems! Silly machines!
Sunshine

Really??? Isn't that funny, everyone and their machines are different! Schmetz are the ones I usually use because they are readily available in my small town and inexpensive, however they do have quirks (with my machine anyhow) but maybe because that's what I started with, that's what I'm comfortable with. I do really want to try those titanium needles I keep seeing...Superior I believe sells some...they are a good company that I like to give business to.

Sorry for the Photobomb, but I have several things to share!

Sunshine

Don't be sorry - we love to see these - and everything looks GREAT! You have been busy!

I wanted to remind you once again today is Lisa's surgery and ask you to PLEASE keep her in prayer. We have been inpatient since Monday. She is having surgery today and we could certainly use all of the prayers we can get. Thank you!

Lots of prayers today for Lisa! I have only been following along for the past few months but have been following your updates...lots of prayers for you too!

I finished several tees (posted on my PTR), but I'm really excited about the princess dress I finished!

The dress is ADORABLE! I love it!

 

[Sandi S]

I got the diva to interrupt her TV program long enough to model...not like she was getting a choice!

She is such a stinker at times, but she loves the dress.

 

[pumpkinpatchquilter]

I got the diva to interrupt her TV program long enough to model...not like she was getting a choice!


She is such a stinker at times, but she loves the dress.

How adorable!! The dress is great...and the model did a good job lol* My little one is the same way...hahaha Love those hair bows...look at all your cute kitties! How many do you have? I'm a kitty lover too...I have 3...eek

 

[babynala]

Yup he's 3'9" and 49.8#! Always has been off the chart and now hes at that age where the clothes arent very age appropriate anymore because he's not i to video games and shows where they fight etc yet. I hate it!!! He's getting size 6 pants for school next year (they wear uniforms even in preschool) and size 7 polos! The shirts in him in these pics are the youth small 6-8 from Joann's which are a tad long on him but other 6-8 fit him fine. Maybe in a few months I can start using things from my upper kitchen cabinets because he can help me get them down then

YIKES! That is very tall. At least now he has some cute Mickey shirts to wear. By the way, I never look at parents or kids funny when they are having a tantrum since I've been there before and probably will be again.

I got the diva to interrupt her TV program long enough to model...not like she was getting a choice!

She is such a stinker at times, but she loves the dress.

Sandi, that dress is beautiful. I love the appliques and the fabrics are so perfect. I can see why she loves it.

 

[Sandi S]

How adorable!! The dress is great...and the model did a good job lol* My little one is the same way...hahaha Love those hair bows...look at all your cute kitties! How many do you have? I'm a kitty lover too...I have 3...eek

I have 3 as well - Molly is the tabby, Skippy is a white, blue eyed deaf kitty - extremely mellow b/c he can't hear the kids!, and Winston is our giant black cat.

and a bonus two I get to play with at my mom's house 2 blocks away:

Abby is the gray and white and Joey is the fluffball.

I'm stitching more shirts today while I try to finish some contract deadlines for a little extra cash.

 

[Tami0220]

Originally Posted by pumpkinpatchquilter
Just a sewing VENT - have you ever had someone basically tell you something you made or wanted to make was UGLY? I suggested a skirt I wanted to make to a friend on FB for her daughter because she is going to Disney in a year or so. I posted the pic on her wall and told her "oh, we could make this!" and was all excited and thought it was cute. While she at least politely said that her daughter wouldn't wear it (I get it, not everybody likes the same things, I'm not hurt by that) a bunch of her FB friends hopped on and made some snotty comments. I have NEVER experienced that before!!! It really hurt my feelings...now I'm almost second guessing everything I make...are people saying those things about what I sew??? Sheesh!!!


I made a beautiful satin and lace christening dress for my granddaughter with fabric left over from my daughter's wedding. She gave it to the Goodwill without even using it I was devastated

 

[BabyRapunzel]

Wow. Some people are not sentimental I guess. I would have loved it and never parted with it. Someone made my daughter a crocheted dress for baptism, and I loved it, used it, and will keep it forever! Of course I am a pack rat.

 

[PrincessMom4]

Sorry for the Photobomb, but I have several things to share!


First up DS's Woody Inspired outfit. I had already posted the completed shorts. Those were made out of Chambray from the Fishsticks FREE Mud Puddle Splashers Pattern. For the top, I traced around a shirt to get the pattern I needed to upcycle a larger yellow tee. Then I used that same pattern to make the full vest and sewed that onto the yellow tee. Rounding things out on the shirt is the felt Sheriff badge that looks like a drunkard sewed on....what can I say? It was late, I was tired and DONE! The bandana is just a simple triangle that I used a narrow rolled hem to finish.

Next up: Toy Story 3 Barbie Inspired outfit. When my DD said she wanted her toy story outfit to be Barbie I had a lot of trouble coming up with a comfortable interpretation of her workout outfit. I never was able to find the color of teal that I wanted to use for the main portions of the outfit. I ended up using a tank and knit short set as the base. The shorts had some design on them that I had to use the felt star to cover over, but that looked funny by itself so I embroidered "Barbie + Ken 4 Ever!" and a few hearts on it. In hindsight, I wish I had used a darker thread for the words because they don't pop. Used some pink fabric to make a belt that fastens with hook & eyes. I added the Barbie silhouette to the shirt because DD was concerned that "people might not know who I am".

DD(8) Tinkerbell Set. Embellished shirt with embroidery "Believe" and added a rolled rosette made from bias tape and a button flower. The skirt is the "Cinched Peek-A-Boo Skirt" found here: http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/2011/06/guest-posting-for-riley-blake.html The only change I made was to use bias tape for the binding and ties instead of hem and ribbons.

DD(6) Animal Kingdom Dress. I didn't Disney-fy this one because from looking at the clothes on the racks, it appears that animal print fabrics are going to be "in" this season, so I decided she would probably wear this again outside of Disney. This was made from McCall's M6270 view D. I also made the bloomers to go under the dress so I don't have to worry about it.

DD(8)'s Animal Kingdom outfit. DD picked this rainbow giraffe print and we found a teal polka dot batik to go with it. I ran out of thread so it's not actually totally finished (but really just topstitching to do). Used the "sunny Day Frock" by Carolina Fair Designs on youcanmakethis. the only change was that I added the ruffle on the neckline.

And totally unrelated to disney, three knit pairs of pajama shorts for DS. Used the FREE Create Kid's Couture "Aiden" shorts pattern that can be found on fabric.com

Sunshine

I love those shorts and LOVE how you re-purposed a yellow tee.

 

[dianemom2]

I also have several sets of Thread Art thread that I got right after I bought my machine. It's like having a Crayola box on the wall!

I like how you describe it. I have 2 thread racks that hand on my wall and I love all my colors!

I wanted to remind you once again today is Lisa's surgery and ask you to PLEASE keep her in prayer. We have been inpatient since Monday. She is having surgery today and we could certainly use all of the prayers we can get. Thank you!

I hope that things go smoothly today and that her recuperation is easy and pain free.

Yup my DS is one huge 3yo! He towers over the 5 yos and gives grandfathers heart attacks in Staples when they ask if he's 6! If you could only understand my lament when he pulls a 3yo tantrum in public when people think he's older than he is. I found a great "birthday" embroidery and appliqué set saying things like "I'm one, I'm two, etc". I plan on making the "I'm three!" shirt for him in 42 different colors! Bwhahaha

Your 3 year old is very big! I had the opposite problem with my older dd. She is tiny. When she was in second grade she still wore size 4T clothes. It started getting hard to find her clothes that were age appropriate because they were all too young for her. We are so relieved that she has finally grown big enough to fit into the juniors dept. Now we just have other issues with some the styles we find there. Your little guy is lucky that you have your new machine because you can make him all kinds of age appropriate stuff now. I can't believe you are going to make a shirt with 42 color changes. I hate changing the thread that much!!!

That sounds like my kids.

I hope to get some pictures on the model this morning.

Amazing! I love it!

I made a beautiful satin and lace christening dress for my granddaughter with fabric left over from my daughter's wedding. She gave it to the Goodwill without even using it I was devastated

That's so sad! She should have used it and cherished it. Or at the very least saved it for her own grandchildren. I guess some people aren't very sentimental. I tend not to be about most things but I have saved my wedding dress in case my girls want to wear it one day. And I made each of my girls their tallit for their bat mitzvahs.

 

[tigger24601]

I made a beautiful satin and lace christening dress for my granddaughter with fabric left over from my daughter's wedding. She gave it to the Goodwill without even using it I was devastated

O.m.goodness! I recently cleaned out my kids closet this week and realized that I have 4 large plastic tubs of clothes and shoes that are too small for my kids. 95% of them are things that my mother has made. There's probably another 2% that are things others have made for them and the rest is store bought things that I've fallen on love with. I could never imagine getting rid of things that someone had made for my children! Yes we will use them when we have more kids and then store them away again as those babies get too big for them but never just get rid of them. Even if they're not exactly our style it's still something someone took time and thought to create, something that ties our family to them. Not something just to be passed on to some stranger.

I would have been devastated too

 

[pumpkinpatchquilter]

I made a beautiful satin and lace christening dress for my granddaughter with fabric left over from my daughter's wedding. She gave it to the Goodwill without even using it I was devastated

Oh wow! I'm so sorry, that would have broken my heart!!! Especially since the fabric was so sentimental, from the wedding even too - that was so special and thoughtful!! I truly hope my children appreciate the things I sew for them...I have had similar things happen with family members and friends...this is why I am pretty choosey these days about who I will spend a lot of time making things for. When it's so easy to hop on over to Walmart to buy something that cost $5 it's hard for people to fathom the time, money, and energy that goes into what we sew. But it's about SO MUCH more than an outfit...I love to make these things for my children and I love seeing them get excited and participate in the process. I want them to have those memories of Mom making them a costume they really wanted or a dress that they loved.

Wow. Some people are not sentimental I guess. I would have loved it and never parted with it. Someone made my daughter a crocheted dress for baptism, and I loved it, used it, and will keep it forever! Of course I am a pack rat.

This is me too - I save everything that has been hand made for my children. I know they won't keep everything when I croak some day...but they do love to go through those old keepsakes now and I'm sure will love to show those things to their own children. Family heirlooms is what they are, and they are to be treasured!

O.m.goodness! I recently cleaned out my kids closet this week and realized that I have 4 large plastic tubs of clothes and shoes that are too small for my kids. 95% of them are things that my mother has made. There's probably another 2% that are things others have made for them and the rest is store bought things that I've fallen on love with. I could never imagine getting rid of things that someone had made for my children! Yes we will use them when we have more kids and then store them away again as those babies get too big for them but never just get rid of them. Even if they're not exactly our style it's still something someone took time and thought to create, something that ties our family to them. Not something just to be passed on to some stranger.

I would have been devastated too

Same here. Oh I'm just awful with the tubs of things too - it's so easy to put things in a bin and forget about them!! I'm trying to be less of a "hoarder". Lol* Yes I feel the same way, even if it's not my taste I appreciate the time and thought that goes into something hand made. I wish others did too!

 

[chellewashere]

So sorry for another fly by post...promise to actually do more later

but a serious enabler alert

Now through the end of this month (7/31/12) save 20% at YouCanMakeThis.com when you enter the coupon code "Facebook10K". If your order is greater than $25.00 you will also receive Kimberbell Kids new pattern: The "Perfectly Imperfect" Quilt for FREE!

So any patterns you might have saved to get this would be your chance to order them

 

[goteamwood]

So sorry for another fly by post...promise to actually do more later

but a serious enabler alert

Now through the end of this month (7/31/12) save 20% at YouCanMakeThis.com when you enter the coupon code "Facebook10K". If your order is greater than $25.00 you will also receive Kimberbell Kids new pattern: The "Perfectly Imperfect" Quilt for FREE!

So any patterns you might have saved to get this would be your chance to order them

Darn! I just bought 3 patterns YESTERDAY. Which I had been wavering on for weeks. Figures.

 

[Gorechick]

Does anyone make a merman tail for boys? My DS has wanted a tail for a long time. He wears DD's Ariel and Barbie Mermaid dresses regularly. He is very upset that DD will get to wear a mermaid tail skirt to meet Ariel.

 

[TinkNH]

So sorry for another fly by post...promise to actually do more later

but a serious enabler alert

Now through the end of this month (7/31/12) save 20% at YouCanMakeThis.com when you enter the coupon code "Facebook10K". If your order is greater than $25.00 you will also receive Kimberbell Kids new pattern: The "Perfectly Imperfect" Quilt for FREE!

So any patterns you might have saved to get this would be your chance to order them

uh oh

and we arrive at wdw the same day as you

 

[ZeroMyHero]

Does anyone make a merman tail for boys? My DS has wanted a tail for a long time. He wears DD's Ariel and Barbie Mermaid dresses regularly. He is very upset that DD will get to wear a mermaid tail skirt to meet Ariel.

I am a serious lurker on this board but your question has inspired me to post for the very first time here, because I think it's awesome that you would want to make a merman (merboy?) tail for your son. I seem to remember an old Disney Store Ariel dress that was a skirt in the front and a mermaid tail train in the back. You could make a long, flat tail and attach it to the back of a pair of shorts or pants like that. If you wanted to do a full costume, you could make a flesh colored shirt with muscles to go with the tail and he could carry a little trident like King Neptune. He would be adorable!

 

[Jen7079]

Hi, I have been reading this thread over the last few days and refresh often to see if anything new has been posted

I have 2 grown (19 and 22) boys I am just starting back to sewing (not for them) and I really want an embroidery machine. I have my finger on the Amazon button for the Brother PE770 and all of the sudden I am getting a little nervous. My husband is telling me to get it, but to make sure I use it. I have all kinds of grand ideas, but but but....I just don't know...

Will I find uses for it? Is it as easy as it seems? I would love to be able to give handmade gifts and to applique on quilts. If you aren't going to Disney, do you still get a lot of use out of the machine?

Jennifer

 

[Sew into Disney]

I am a serious lurker on this board but your question has inspired me to post for the very first time here, because I think it's awesome that you would want to make a merman (merboy?) tail for your son. I seem to remember an old Disney Store Ariel dress that was a skirt in the front and a mermaid tail train in the back. You could make a long, flat tail and attach it to the back of a pair of shorts or pants like that. If you wanted to do a full costume, you could make a flesh colored shirt with muscles to go with the tail and he could carry a little trident like King Neptune. He would be adorable!

I am also a serious lurker on the boards that had to come out to say that this is a great idea. Adding it to the back of shorts would be great. You can do hidden button so that it can be easily detached. I love the shirt idea also.

I am going back into hiding now ...

 

[Gorechick]

Thanks for the great idea however, I don't sew! I have a brand new Brother Project Runway sewing machine that I have yet to figure out how to use. I was hoping someone here on the thread might be able to whip something up.