Disboutiquers Part 29 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[dianemom2]

Actually, she's worn her BTS the past three years -- last year I did have to make a new bodice but I kept the skirt. She still loves the skirts and t's I make for her, but she's not that into dresses. Unless of course you count her Olivia dress with the leggings -- it's one of her absolute favs. I need to make her more knit dresses but I don't have too much in the way of knits stashed. I have to try the Imke as a dress -- she would like that. And yes, she is in third grade this year.

I also have ds's 4th Grade Rocks t and I want to see if can undo the "4" and make it a "5" so he can wear it on Tuesday. I should work on it today!

I wish you would have taken pics of your niece in some of the clothes! I figured she would love everything you made her

I can't find a pic of the cat fabric on line -- but hopefully I'll have pics of a completed skirt up tomorrow! I found a cat applique design that I *think* will go with it. Cat appliques aren't as easy to find as dogs. I also bought some Scotty dog fabric because Alexa LOVED the knit dress you made -- my fabric is cotton but she'll be thrilled with a skirt and another Scotty dog t-shirt.

Alexa is also really into embellished jeans and I have some I got on clearance last year that I need to doctor up -- I just hate seam ripping them so that's why I didn't do them last year. THey'll still fit hough as dd is a string bean (takes after her father).

It sounds like you better get to work on her fall wardrobe! You have a lot to do! Between knit dresses, embellished jeans and twirl skirts with tops, you have a lot of sewing to get done. Talking about twirl skirts with tops, can you take the skirt off the BTS dress and make a waistband for it? Then she would have a skirt instead of a dress for BTS. I haven't looked through what I have yet but I am pretty sure that that I have a cat applique already. If not I will see what I can design. What kind of skirt are you making with the Scotty dog material? And were you able to change the 4 to a 5 on your son's shirt? If not, you could take the shirt apart next year and re-make it in a girly design for your daughter when she gets to 4th grade.

we are home from WDW had a fabulous time ran into Purple Ears and saw her Epcot skirt up close and it is wonderful.

We also saw Sheila and it was great.

We didn't see a lot of customs except for a couple of HeatherSues Mickey heads and a couple of pillowcase dresses.

Need to unpack and get things hung up but need to work on orders every night this week.

Glad that you had a great time and how fun to run into a couple of people from the Disboutiquers. We had just been saying that we hadn't heard much from PurpleEars for a bit. I hope she pops in over here to say hello soon.

I went to Joann's today.

I'm not sure if I'm glad that I knew the red tag fabric was 50% off.

I spent a little over $40, had used 3 coupons that were 40-50% off one item, and my mobile coupon which was 15% off my whole purchase.

But, I got fabric to make myself a couple dresses and sleep shorts, fabric to make four dresses for my nieces for Easter (yes, Easter, it was that good of a deal), fabric to make baby bibs, and some rather inexpensive cute cotton prints to make pillowcase dresses for my Etsy shop. Oh, and some fabric to make more placemats and napkins to go with my friend's shower gift.

Wow it sounds like you did really well. You still spent quite a bit less than I did. I didn't find too much in the way of summery fabrics which was too bad. But I think I have plenty of them left from last summer when Walmart had the big clearance. I ended up buying a lot of corduroy that coordinates and a bunch of lightweight sweater material. I am actually going to make a couple of things for my daughters!!!! I showed them the fabrics and they really liked them. I will keep it simple with no appliques or anything so they have less to object to. I thought I was crazy to buy a bunch of corduroy last spring but I was able to get it for $3 a yard and I made so many cute things with it. Sometimes a bargain is just too good to pass up.

The best part is that I ran into another mom that I knew at the Joanns. It turns out that she does a lot of sewing. I knew that she was crafty but I didn't know that she enjoyed sewing so much. Now we are planning to go to the sewing expo together in October. She doesn't have much free time because she has 5 kids and the youngest isn't in school yet. But it will be fun to have IRLF who sews!

I still have about 20 shirts and the launch outfit to make plus I think I want to make TrickorTreat bags for MNSSHP.

It sounds like you still have a lot to finish up!

I wish I had learned years ago that my iron was awful. I bought a new iron and not a top of the line one either (I can't quite imagine what a $150 iron would actually do). I spent like $35 on a Black and Decker steam iron. The difference between it and my at least 18 year old iron is night and day. It is so much easier to get the wrinkles out and to press nice creases now. It almost makes ironing fun. If nothing else it took about half the time to iron all the fabric I ironed this weekend.

I have an inexpensive steam iron that I love because it really shoots out the steam and gets rid of the wrinkles!

 

[Dustykins]

Hey girls! I haven't made it in here in a long time. I've been sewing like crazy getting ready for our trip one week from today!! I got it all done (except for my bag and the kids' shirts for the plane) and it's packed and sitting in my mom's garage with the rest of our crap waiting to be loaded in their trailer for their drive down (we're flying next Sunday, but my parents are driving with a trailer taking my sister some of her furniture and all the wedding stuff so they're saving us some $$$ by taking our luggage, too). But.... I realized after I took it to my mom's that I didn't take pictures of any of it!! So, I guess you'll just have to wait until I get back!

 

[TarzansKat]

Wow it sounds like you did really well. You still spent quite a bit less than I did. I didn't find too much in the way of summery fabrics which was too bad. But I think I have plenty of them left from last summer when Walmart had the big clearance. I ended up buying a lot of corduroy that coordinates and a bunch of lightweight sweater material. I am actually going to make a couple of things for my daughters!!!! I showed them the fabrics and they really liked them. I will keep it simple with no appliques or anything so they have less to object to. I thought I was crazy to buy a bunch of corduroy last spring but I was able to get it for $3 a yard and I made so many cute things with it. Sometimes a bargain is just too good to pass up.

I have not been brave enough to work with corduroy yet. Is it really hard to sew?

The best part is that I ran into another mom that I knew at the Joanns. It turns out that she does a lot of sewing. I knew that she was crafty but I didn't know that she enjoyed sewing so much. Now we are planning to go to the sewing expo together in October. She doesn't have much free time because she has 5 kids and the youngest isn't in school yet. But it will be fun to have IRLF who sews!

That's awesome!

I have an IRLF who sews, and she's the one who explained to me how to use my sewing machine initially, and I call her with my questions when I can't figure something out. It's nice to share that with someone.

Hey girls! I haven't made it in here in a long time. I've been sewing like crazy getting ready for our trip one week from today!! I got it all done (except for my bag and the kids' shirts for the plane) and it's packed and sitting in my mom's garage with the rest of our crap waiting to be loaded in their trailer for their drive down (we're flying next Sunday, but my parents are driving with a trailer taking my sister some of her furniture and all the wedding stuff so they're saving us some $$$ by taking our luggage, too). But.... I realized after I took it to my mom's that I didn't take pictures of any of it!! So, I guess you'll just have to wait until I get back!

Have a great trip!!!

 

[dianemom2]

I have not been brave enough to work with corduroy yet. Is it really hard to sew?


I have an IRLF who sews, and she's the one who explained to me how to use my sewing machine initially, and I call her with my questions when I can't figure something out. It's nice to share that with someone.

Corduroy, especially the baby wale corduroy, is very easy to work with. It does shed a little bit when you cut it but other than that, it is not really different than other materials.

It is nice that you've had an IRLF who can explain things to you. It seems like hardly anybody sews these days. My daughters took a sewing classes with several friends a couple of years ago. The girls all enjoyed the class and most of them ended up buying sewing machines but none of their moms sews so they haven't really done much since then.

 

[cogero]

I have not been brave enough to work with corduroy yet. Is it really hard to sew?

That's awesome!

I have an IRLF who sews, and she's the one who explained to me how to use my sewing machine initially, and I call her with my questions when I can't figure something out. It's nice to share that with someone.

Have a great trip!!!

I love using corduroy

Corduroy, especially the baby wale corduroy, is very easy to work with. It does shed a little bit when you cut it but other than that, it is not really different than other materials.

It is nice that you've had an IRLF who can explain things to you. It seems like hardly anybody sews these days. My daughters took a sewing classes with several friends a couple of years ago. The girls all enjoyed the class and most of them ended up buying sewing machines but none of their moms sews so they haven't really done much since then.

Yep it does shed a bit.

Need to get moving on my list for today.

 

[BabyRapunzel]

So my post seemed to have gotten lost...so trying again. I am looking for embroidery designs with princess couples, I have Cindi/charming, Belle/beast, sleeping beauty/Philip all dancing. Would love all princess couples dancing, but not sure that exists, so any ideas for where to find the rest of the couples. I have found jasmin/Aladdin on carpet, and Rapunzel/Flynn in boat.

I really would love to find snow white being carried by prince.

Any specific sites to look, I looked at the usual ones, but may have overlooked them somehow, and no idea how to search internet for them because often they are hidden.

Please help......any ideas appreciated.

 

[VBAndrea]

Sorry for the crappy photos but I do not own a decent camera and it's wet outside, so indoor icky flash pics is all I have.

Problem 1: Bought this fabric at MaryJos on the Dismeet fabric shop hop and got a little extra cuz I didn't know what I'd make and I knew dd would love it. Go to cut it and the fabric is only 36" wide!!!!! I never looked at the bolt b/c I just assumed all cottons were 42". Still had enough but my leftover scraps are only of the kitty section

Problem 2: The applique! Design is from Sweet Peas Place and I thought was adorable. It is Sassy Witch Cat:
http://www.sweetpeasplace.com/img_cache/beb58ada6bc0b48958089244f5857b8a.jpg

If you look at the design it appears the bow is appliqued. Well guess what -- it's NOT!!!!! It's open So I had to cut a large enough square of fabric and do the satin stitch and cut as close as I could. In the pics it is not washed yet. Clearly it will fray when washed but all I can hope for is a Shabby Chic look. I did e-mail SPP to let them know of the problem because IMO it needs to get fixed. I took a close up photo to show you.

Anyway, I bribed dd. She was not wanted to wear her BTS dress for the first day of school so I told her I would make her the kitty outfit for Wednesday providing she wore her dress tomorrow. It worked (Or so she says she will wear it -- we'll see what happens tomorrow).

SET:

SKIRT (double layer twirl):

APPLIQUE:

CLOSE UP OF THE DISASTROUS BOW (again, not yet washed):

DIANE: I haven't worked on ds's shirt yet but I really want to just change it if I can to save me from having to buy a new design. And I thought about changing dd's dress to a skirt for next year -- got to get my money's worth out of that BTS fabric LOL!

 

[pyrxtc]

I HAD to share this dress that someone in another thread made for the Halloween party at WDW this year. WOW !!

 

[uscgmouse]

I want to share my 2 projects I completed this weekend.

1st I made an outfit for P to wear at Sea World. I am still having issues hand appliqueing with my sewing machine so I just busted out the embrodery floss and a needle to outline the shark.

I also came across this tutorial for making an art smock. I thought this would be great for covering all the nice outfits I have been making during meal times. I followed the tutorial as stated except I added the Mickey material to the top of the towel. I really like how it turned out.

I did have trouble setting the snaps so I went with gromits and just am going to use ribbon to tie the smock shut.

 

[miprender]

Sorry for the crappy photos but I do not own a decent camera and it's wet outside, so indoor icky flash pics is all I have.

Problem 1: Bought this fabric at MaryJos on the Dismeet fabric shop hop and got a little extra cuz I didn't know what I'd make and I knew dd would love it. Go to cut it and the fabric is only 36" wide!!!!! I never looked at the bolt b/c I just assumed all cottons were 42". Still had enough but my leftover scraps are only of the kitty section

Problem 2: The applique! Design is from Sweet Peas Place and I thought was adorable. It is Sassy Witch Cat:
http://www.sweetpeasplace.com/img_cache/beb58ada6bc0b48958089244f5857b8a.jpg

If you look at the design it appears the bow is appliqued. Well guess what -- it's NOT!!!!! It's open So I had to cut a large enough square of fabric and do the satin stitch and cut as close as I could. In the pics it is not washed yet. Clearly it will fray when washed but all I can hope for is a Shabby Chic look. I did e-mail SPP to let them know of the problem because IMO it needs to get fixed. I took a close up photo to show you.

Anyway, I bribed dd. She was not wanted to wear her BTS dress for the first day of school so I told her I would make her the kitty outfit for Wednesday providing she wore her dress tomorrow. It worked (Or so she says she will wear it -- we'll see what happens tomorrow).

SET:

SKIRT (double layer twirl):

APPLIQUE:

CLOSE UP OF THE DISASTROUS BOW (again, not yet washed):

DIANE: I haven't worked on ds's shirt yet but I really want to just change it if I can to save me from having to buy a new design. And I thought about changing dd's dress to a skirt for next year -- got to get my money's worth out of that BTS fabric LOL!

The skirt and short is adorable but too bad about the applique. I just did a design from her site and not that crazy the way it came out. Her things can be so hit or miss sometimes.

I HAD to share this dress that someone in another thread made for the Halloween party at WDW this year. WOW !!

WOW is right. That is just gorgeous.

I want to share my 2 projects I completed this weekend.

1st I made an outfit for P to wear at Sea World. I am still having issues hand appliqueing with my sewing machine so I just busted out the embrodery floss and a needle to outline the shark.

I also came across this tutorial for making an art smock. I thought this would be great for covering all the nice outfits I have been making during meal times. I followed the tutorial as stated except I added the Mickey material to the top of the towel. I really like how it turned out.

I did have trouble setting the snaps so I went with gromits and just am going to use ribbon to tie the smock shut.

Great job on both projects.

 

[peachygreen]

Sewing with Flannel?

Okay the only thing I have ever done with Flannel are PJ's. My daugter picked out some flannel giraffe print material and a coordinating closer to solid material also in flannel and wants a dress out of it.

I was thinking of doing a jumper using the solid as the bodice and the giraffe as a circle skirt attached to it.

Is there anything I should know when sewing with flannel for a dress?
I am guessing I don't want to use innerlining on the jumper and that lining it should be sufficient. I was going to just use the same lining for the bodice and the lining.

Are there any problems with doing an applique with flannel or on flannel? I wanted to add a giraffe mickey head.

 

[love to stitch]

Sorry for the crappy photos but I do not own a decent camera and it's wet outside, so indoor icky flash pics is all I have.

Problem 1: Bought this fabric at MaryJos on the Dismeet fabric shop hop and got a little extra cuz I didn't know what I'd make and I knew dd would love it. Go to cut it and the fabric is only 36" wide!!!!! I never looked at the bolt b/c I just assumed all cottons were 42". Still had enough but my leftover scraps are only of the kitty section

Problem 2: The applique! Design is from Sweet Peas Place and I thought was adorable. It is Sassy Witch Cat:
http://www.sweetpeasplace.com/img_cache/beb58ada6bc0b48958089244f5857b8a.jpg

If you look at the design it appears the bow is appliqued. Well guess what -- it's NOT!!!!! It's open So I had to cut a large enough square of fabric and do the satin stitch and cut as close as I could. In the pics it is not washed yet. Clearly it will fray when washed but all I can hope for is a Shabby Chic look. I did e-mail SPP to let them know of the problem because IMO it needs to get fixed. I took a close up photo to show you.

Anyway, I bribed dd. She was not wanted to wear her BTS dress for the first day of school so I told her I would make her the kitty outfit for Wednesday providing she wore her dress tomorrow. It worked (Or so she says she will wear it -- we'll see what happens tomorrow).

SET:

DIANE: I haven't worked on ds's shirt yet but I really want to just change it if I can to save me from having to buy a new design. And I thought about changing dd's dress to a skirt for next year -- got to get my money's worth out of that BTS fabric LOL!

That is an adorable shirt and skirt.

I want to share my 2 projects I completed this weekend.

1st I made an outfit for P to wear at Sea World. I am still having issues hand appliqueing with my sewing machine so I just busted out the embrodery floss and a needle to outline the shark.

I also came across this tutorial for making an art smock. I thought this would be great for covering all the nice outfits I have been making during meal times. I followed the tutorial as stated except I added the Mickey material to the top of the towel. I really like how it turned out.

I did have trouble setting the snaps so I went with gromits and just am going to use ribbon to tie the smock shut.

That is a very cute outfit and the smock is a great idea.

 

[kgleine]

I HAD to share this dress that someone in another thread made for the Halloween party at WDW this year. WOW !!

i made this thanks!!!

 

[peachygreen]

Other than having to sew the buttons on the dress - Dress 1 of 2 is finished (This is the size 7 - I am finishing up the size 2 right now). This is most likely for MVMCP but depending on what else I sew it might end up being for our Epcot Candlelight Procession/Christmas Santa Day.


upload by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

I'm happy with how it came together. My DD tried it on this morning before I finished the lining and it looks great on her.

 

[dianemom2]

Problem 1: Bought this fabric at MaryJos on the Dismeet fabric shop hop and got a little extra cuz I didn't know what I'd make and I knew dd would love it. Go to cut it and the fabric is only 36" wide!!!!! I never looked at the bolt b/c I just assumed all cottons were 42". Still had enough but my leftover scraps are only of the kitty section

Problem 2: The applique! Design is from Sweet Peas Place and I thought was adorable.

Anyway, I bribed dd. She was not wanted to wear her BTS dress for the first day of school so I told her I would make her the kitty outfit for Wednesday providing she wore her dress tomorrow. It worked (Or so she says she will wear it -- we'll see what happens tomorrow).

SET:

DIANE: I haven't worked on ds's shirt yet but I really want to just change it if I can to save me from having to buy a new design. And I thought about changing dd's dress to a skirt for next year -- got to get my money's worth out of that BTS fabric LOL!

It is too bad that the applique didn't stitch out right. I am always a little bit wary of her designs. Some have been great and others not so great. It does look really cute though and the fabric is adorable!

I hope that Alexa cooperates tomorrow and wears her BTS dress. If you could turn it into a skirt for next year, you might be able to get her to wear it without as much deal making. LOL! I hope you got your son's shirt fixed for tomorrow.

I HAD to share this dress that someone in another thread made for the Halloween party at WDW this year. WOW !!

What a super dress!

I want to share my 2 projects I completed this weekend.

1st I made an outfit for P to wear at Sea World. I am still having issues hand appliqueing with my sewing machine so I just busted out the embrodery floss and a needle to outline the shark.

I did have trouble setting the snaps so I went with gromits and just am going to use ribbon to tie the smock shut.

I love the outfit. I don't have the patience for hand work! I am so glad that the embroidery machine was invented!!!! I did a dress with that same fabric last spring. I always love to see what other people make with the exact same fabric.

The bib/smock is a good idea. I have never used a snap press but the gromits sound like they should work. Whenever I've needed snaps, I have just used snap tape.

Sewing with Flannel?


I was thinking of doing a jumper using the solid as the bodice and the giraffe as a circle skirt attached to it.


Are there any problems with doing an applique with flannel or on flannel? I wanted to add a giraffe mickey head.

I don't think you should have any problem sewing on the flannel. The only things I would recommend is to make sure you wash and machine dry everything before hand because flannel can definitely shrink. Then make sure you finish your inside seams with a serger or zigzagging or french seams because flannel will sometimes fray a bit.

At one point I made my dds several nighties with flannel and it was before I had a serger. The nighties looked great but the inside seams started to fray at the first washing. Luckily I bought my serger shortly after that and I just went back over all the seams with the serger. Then the nighties lasted for a couple of years. I did applique on some flannel blankets before and there was no problem with that.

I know that when my girls were little, they had a couple of really cute dresses made out of flannel and they loved to wear them in the winter. They were soft and cuddley.

i made this thanks!!!

It is a great dress!!! Did you use a commercial pattern?

 

[kgleine]

blessedmom4 asked me to post these here, this is last years costumes, flynn rapunzel and pascal (my hair glows!):

and the detail shots of cinderella:

pleating on the skirt the peplum is a separate skirt so i can use this for something else if i want...

sleeves

the bodice front

back of bodice. it laces up closer on me, but that is because im not made of plastic : )

 

[goteamwood]

I have been having terrible problems the past few days with the PE770, which is about 6 weeks old give or take. All of a sudden it locks up with an error code to check and rethread the upper thread. I can't figure out why. I have in fact threaded, rethreaded over and over, used different threads (all my thread is from thread art sets or 2-3 spools of coats and clark from Joann.) These are project files I have done before in some cases, today I did one that I have done 6 time previously. The issue seems to be exclusively on the satin-stitch steps, and will sometimes happen after several linear inches successfully run, sometimes it will happen 2-3 times in a 1/2 inch. It is incredibly frustrating since it means I am reseting the project many times and there tend to be little flubs in the satin stitch where it started and stopped. The thread does not break, though in the past 3 days I have broken 2 needles, also seemingly random. The brother website is decidedly unhelpful, only suggesting that I check the thread and rethread, pretty much the same info the little 2in screen gave me.

Any ideas? There is evidently a brother dealer/service place not too far from here so I can take it in if I need to, but I am hoping there is a quick fix.

 

[EEs*Mommy]

blessedmom4 asked me to post these here, this is last years costumes, flynn rapunzel and pascal (my hair glows!):
back of bodice. it laces up closer on me, but that is because im not made of plastic : )

Oh i have been researching how to make DD have some glowing hair! What did you use?
Oh and your Cindy is TDF! <3

 

[kgleine]

Oh i have been researching how to make DD have some glowing hair! What did you use?
Oh and your Cindy is TDF! <3

thank you!!! i used these: http://www.flashingpanda.com/Item.asp?id=467 in gold. advise, buy the batteries from here because locally when they die after 8 hours it will cost you a small fortune... trust me. been there done that. there are 2 batteries per hair clip. i had 24 in a 5 ft wig. i put them in behind strips of batting, basically, battery pack is against my back, the batting is next, the silver clip pokes thru the batting and catches a tiny bit of hair underneath, back thru the batting to clip. make the batting clip end to end like a circle, and when you move, you wont see the inside back of the wig with the batteries. also you wont see the black battery packs thru the wig.

good luck!!

 

[PurpleEars]

Ok, it's time for me to come here and issue an apology for not being around the last couple of months!

I had planned to be around this summer, but life happens and things just got crazy out of hand. June was very busy with a few special events and planning for the Alaska trip. In early July we went to Alaska (I posted here the day I was sitting at the airport waiting for my flight home). But then I promptly got sick after we got home and it took me a while to recover. I only had enough energy to make a couple of things for Big Gives so I didn't even attempt to keep up with this thread cause I know my head would be spinning if I tried.

By the time August came around, my sewing list was quite long as I needed to make a few gifts and I wanted to make a couple of things for our end of August trip. My energy levels were still low so my free time went to sewing instead of coming here and admiring other people's beautiful projects.

Now that September is here, I *hope* I would be able to come back and contribute to the thread regularly.

As Chiara mentioned, we had a nice but brief visit while we were at Epcot. We were on our way to the Voices of Liberty show and her family were going to their dinner reservation. As we were walking around the World Showcase Lagoon, I saw a girl in front of us with a skirt with flags from various countries. That caught my attention and I looked at the rest of the family. It was then I realized it could be Chiara and her family. What are the odds of running into a specific family while you are there? By the way, Chiara's outfits look fab in real life.

I wore customs for most the trip and I received lots of comments from both cast members and guests. DH and I also wore our custom ears for the entire trip (we had them on from the time we got to the boarding lounge at the airport to the time we got home). Of course I brought my Minnie rosetta bag too. A number of people asked me where I purchased the various items and were shocked when I told them that I made them. Being a good Disboutiquer, I was on the look out for customs. I saw a few pillowcase dresses and a couple of Heather Sue's embroidery on t-shirts. I only saw a couple of elaborate customs - both of them at Studios on the same day (I actually wondered if it was the same girl with different outfits for am and pm). One of them was a Toy Story themed dress and the other one was a Beauty and the Beast themed.

I will post pictures of my projects from the summer once I get them organized.