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

[DMGeurts]

Thanks everyone for the kind words! We think she's pretty cute too . She'll be 3 on Oct. 5th and I can't believe it! Where did my baby go?



I'm not in the FB group--I could never find it! So I don't know who you were talking to! I got the fabric on Ebay, I think maybe they were curtains. Certainly a poly or a blend but thin. It says "Fish are friends, not food". I found a Little Mermaid sheet at Goodwill that has a large scale pattern on it, I'm excited to do something with that for next year!

Hmmm... I could have sworn I just saw one recently posted on FB, using those same fabrics? Ah well - it's adorable just the same!

I am just posting pics of things I did the pat two or three weeks -- I did all of these for Lisa and her family. For those of you who don't know Lisa, she was a former wish tripper and the family is going back to FL next week -- they have a free place to stay and only one day of Disney tickets, but they will spend some time at Downtown Disney and GKTW and they wear Disney year round anyway.

First I made ride themed shirts for all the kids with their favorite rides:

Lisa's dress and Rachel's shirt:

Appliques close up:

Lisa and Christian's:

Rachel and David (FYI Rachel has a 5x7 design since it's a t-shirt and David has a 4x4 since it's a polo and he prefers polos):

All the ride shirts:

I wanted to make Judy and Pete ride shirts too, but I really wanted Judy to have a shirt for Park Fare as well and my budget didn't allow both, so I thought Park Fare would get more attention. Judy mentioned Pete liked Hook and I already owned that design so I did that for him.

The girls already have dresses from last year to wear to Park Fare. Lisa has a gorgeous blue Cindy that a friend made and Rachel has a stunning pink Cindy that Teresa made for her.

And then I did a dwarf set because Lisa ADORES Dopey.

Not the greatest pic, but this is Lisa's set:

I did polos for the boys and Judy since they prefer those -- well, I know David and Judy do:

Rachel got a t-shirt:

The entire set:

With the exception of Lisa's Splash Mountain applique, all of the appliques were Heather Sues. And the really bad thing (for me, not for Heather) is that the only one I owned was Hook b/c I had it from a BG. I had to buy all the rest!

I have two more things I made them (just one thing for Lisa and one for Rachel) but those didn't arrive yet, so pics will have to wait. I could not embellish the patchwork skirt on the dress due to time limits. I still think it turned out pretty though and aside from having to buy more fabric for the ruffle, everything else I had on hand

I've commented in Judy's PTR already - but everything turned out fantastic!!! I love it all... I do have to say that my favorite is the Splash Mountain dress (surprised?) - it's adorable!

D~

 

[VBAndrea]

I seriously have only 3 mins to post -- EEKS!

For Epcot - please let me know what you think of this combination.

I was going to make a skirt with this world fabric and was thinking of finishing it with this Mickey Ribbon for accent. Do you think it would look okay that way?


Untitled by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And this is an awful picture but here are my girls in their Epcot Twirl Skirt (for a different day at Epcot)

epcot twirl skirts by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

For Thanksgiving. I am going to do a Mickey Turkey T-shirt too. (I have 2 of these I just took the picture of the one).


Untitled by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And for DHS - Osborne Lights - Blue Mickey Snowman Skirts. I'm not sure what I am going to do for the shirt yet. Its not finished yet but you get the idea. I have 2 of these too.

Blue Mickey Snowman Skirt by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

Beautiful work -- snowman is my fav!!!! I agree with Diane about adding some black to the stripwork skirt with the ribbon accents.

Those look great! WHERE did you find that Mickey flag head ribbon?!?! LOVE IT! And hey, we are daughter name twins!

We went to Finding Nemo 3D today. It was lots of fun--I've seen that movie countless times but I still noticed things I never had before because the picture was so clear and large. Alice wore her dress!

Adorable!

I have recently been inspired to sew again. Hobby Lobby had a pattern sale. This is what I got!

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They were only 99 cents each! I couldn't help my self. I am soooo excited! I hope to post a project soon!

You absolutely did not buy enough

Hi Everyone,

Well, my sale did not go as hoped. I didn't sell anything. I got lots of compliments, and a few came close, but no one actually bought. Maybe my prices were too high, I don't know. I tried to put them slightly below etsy prices for similar items, but...it's all pretty embarassing! So, plan B is to keep saving for my embroidery machine, open my etsy shop and hopefully borrow my mom's machine again for our trip.

Actually, I have a plan B2, also, but I wanted to ask a question before proceeding with that. I spotted a refurbed PE770 on ebay for a good price. It has a million stitches, though. Does that seem reasonable for a machine half the price of a new one? If I do the math, that equals 30-50 stitchouts in the 15-30K range. The seller said the threader was replaced but everything else was found to be in good order by a Brother dealer. Would any of you go for it?

At least I can now turn my attention to some more fun sewing for my own kids since I've got an inventory built up.

Everything posted this last week was great! I'm sorry I didn't have time to quote!

Regards,
C.

I am so sad your sale didn't go well. I am saying prayers that etsy shoppers are much more appreciative of your work. I still go back and forth on doing an etsy shop, but I just don't think it would be profitable enough.

A million stitches really isn't much on a machine. I have close to 8 million on my Ellageo. I bought it with about 2 million. I tend to put on about a million to a million and a half stitches per year. If you keep the machine serviced and cleaned, it should be fine. My automatic threader breaks right after the repair every time I have it serviced but since I can thread the needle by hand, it doesn't matter at bit in terms of the performance of the machine.


I am glad that my comments helped. I am always nervous that I might insult somebody but I think when people ask for an opinion, you should be honest. I like the new fabrics together. I might even add a black block style hem around the bottom border of the skirt. Maybe about 4 inches tall. Then I'd put the ribbon between the black block and the stripwork area. I think that would really set the ribbon off and show the design on it to its fullest potential. It is such pretty ribbon and a red t-shirt with a Mickey Epcot would look fantastic!



That reminds me that Olabelhe is having a buy 2, get 2 free pattern sale. She has some really cute dress designs:
http://olabelhe.blogspot.com/

She has a lot of patterns on Youcanmakethis.com but the pattern sale is only on her website.

Diane, do you get your machine serviced annually? How much do they charge? I would like to have mine cleaned as soon as our dang house sells!

I love your suggestions for the skirt with the addition of a black band.


MESSED UP MY LAST QUOTE AND HAVE TO RUN -- ANOTHER CHAOTIC DAY BUT MY PANTRY GOT CLEANED

 

[dianemom2]

I must admit that I am hesitant about getting a machine off ebay as I worry that it would not be packaged correctly and get damaged while shipping.



I'm glad that you were able to resolve all the drama between your daughter and her "friend". I hate that girls seem to loose their minds at that age and make every little thing into a soap opera!

I really like the Kitty dress. I have been salivating over some of the new Doodles fabrics now at Joann's but I am trying my hardest to resist the temptation to buy them! I have so much I need to use up in my stash.

Sunshine

I bought my machine off ebay several years ago and it has been going strong ever since then. I think if you buy from a reputable seller with lots of recent, positive feedback then it should be ok. I'd also pay with it with a credit card through paypal so that I could dispute the charge if it arrived and was substantially different than the description on ebay.

Some girls do get to be so mean in middle school. Neither one of my girls is perfect but they haven't turned into mean girls either. I also haven't had too much drama with either of them. Everybody told me that girls this age were horrible and fight with their mothers all the time but I haven't had too many issues with my girls.

I really love the all the new Doodles fabrics too. However, I am committed to sewing from my stash for a while. I've got to use up some of what I have!!!

All the ride shirts:

The entire set:

Everything is just beautiful! You did a great job Andrea! I love the 7 Dwarfs set, even though there aren't all 7 of them. My dd loves Dopey also. I love the Euro ruffle on the ride dress. It really reminds of water cascading down the dress! I'm sure that the family will enjoy wearing everything on their trip! Too bad you didn't already have some of the applique designs.

But, I did have to pop on to say, I am waiting for delivery of my PE770!!!!! Both sets of parents and DH gifted me with money for my birthday and with a sale at Overstock and a coupon code, I had enough $$$ finally!!!!

How exciting! You definitely have to post some pictures of what you make with your new machine!

Diane, do you get your machine serviced annually? How much do they charge? I would like to have mine cleaned as soon as our dang house sells!

Andrea call around and check on the prices to get your machine serviced. I checked around a bit and there was a $50 price difference between the price at the shop close to my house and the shop close to where my SIL lives. So I combined a visit to my SIL's house with dropping of my machine. The shop near her house charged $99 to service and clean the machine. Plus he always fixes the needle threader for free. It still breaks within a couple of weeks of me bringing it home. It seems to be some kind of flaw in the design but it doesn't really bother me. I just thread the needle myself. But the shop closer to my house wanted $149 to clean and service the machine PLUS fixing the needle threader would have been extra.

I try to get my machine in once a year or every million (or there about) stitches. I had begun to have some problems with getting birds nests on the back of my embroidery. I cleaned the machine myself, even taking off the needle plate and removing the bobbin case and I was still having some issues. The tech told me that there were some threads tangled up higher in another place in the machine where I couldn't have gotten to them. I hope that my machine can keep going for another couple of years. By then maybe I can find one of the new Brother embroidery only machines as a re-sale. I certainly can't afford to buy it brand new since I found it it will cost around $5K!

Any bites on he house in RI yet? What will you do if there are no buyers for it soon? Will you consider renting it again?

 

[goteamwood]

Two blissful days of sewing and I have a LOT to show for it. We had our 2x yearly moms of twins resale friday and saturday, so grandma was in town to watch aka spoil the tots for the weekend. After I did my exhausting prep, shopping, and working the sale I collapsed at 8 p.m. saturday. Sunday and today, though, Man did I get stuff done.

These I could NOT resist. I already made about 100 (it seems) bowling shirts for my boys, but then I found this fabric and knew I HAD TO HAVE. My boys freaking love Mr. Potato Head, and while I loathe his many many accessories all over my house, I have to admit it is cute how much they enjoy him. It is kind of hard to tell but the red has tiny potatohead outlines in a repeating pattern, as does the orange background. (Found this here.)




Here is one of my sons checking it out last night before I got the buttons on. And yes he is wearing a Toy Story shirt, of course.


I made this (and need to make another for the other kid) for DHS if it is cool in the evening. We are going EMH night, and supposedly there is Dis Jr. Dance Party with Jake et. al. I used a long sleeve thermal w/ skulls which was $5 at Target, love it.


Did one of these, need to do another. I made a similar shirt set before but they turned out to be too short so I am doing it again.


Same for these guys. I did 2 Safari Mickeys before, but too small. Now I decided to mix it up a little.
These are to go under the safari vests I made for AK.

And finally, the first of several steps for our halloween MNSSHP costumes. The kids are Hook and Smee.The hook "coat' was a thrift store big kids 12/14 size dress shirt for $2, with ribbon I had on hand. The Smee top was knit I ordered and sort of winged it. Same with the hat. Dad is going to be Pan and me Tink. Those costumes have not been started. Luckily we are not leaving for FL until 10/27

Debating whether I want to get back to work and make another Jake and Birthday shirt or whether I want to nap...

 

[billwendy]

Wow Andrea!!! That was a lot of love and hard work!!!

LOVE the potato head shirts - they are soooooooooo odorable!!!!

I was wondering, why dont they make cool fabric like the green with the swirl mickey heads or the colorful dots with the mickey's on t hem anymore??? I loved those fabrics!!!!!

 

[love to stitch]

I am just posting pics of things I did the pat two or three weeks -- I did all of these for Lisa and her family. For those of you who don't know Lisa, she was a former wish tripper and the family is going back to FL next week -- they have a free place to stay and only one day of Disney tickets, but they will spend some time at Downtown Disney and GKTW and they wear Disney year round anyway.

First I made ride themed shirts for all the kids with their favorite rides:

Lisa's dress and Rachel's shirt:

Appliques close up:

Lisa and Christian's:

Rachel and David (FYI Rachel has a 5x7 design since it's a t-shirt and David has a 4x4 since it's a polo and he prefers polos):

All the ride shirts:

I wanted to make Judy and Pete ride shirts too, but I really wanted Judy to have a shirt for Park Fare as well and my budget didn't allow both, so I thought Park Fare would get more attention. Judy mentioned Pete liked Hook and I already owned that design so I did that for him.

The girls already have dresses from last year to wear to Park Fare. Lisa has a gorgeous blue Cindy that a friend made and Rachel has a stunning pink Cindy that Teresa made for her.

And then I did a dwarf set because Lisa ADORES Dopey.

Not the greatest pic, but this is Lisa's set:

I did polos for the boys and Judy since they prefer those -- well, I know David and Judy do:

Rachel got a t-shirt:

The entire set:

With the exception of Lisa's Splash Mountain applique, all of the appliques were Heather Sues. And the really bad thing (for me, not for Heather) is that the only one I owned was Hook b/c I had it from a BG. I had to buy all the rest!

I have two more things I made them (just one thing for Lisa and one for Rachel) but those didn't arrive yet, so pics will have to wait. I could not embellish the patchwork skirt on the dress due to time limits. I still think it turned out pretty though and aside from having to buy more fabric for the ruffle, everything else I had on hand

Everything looks great!

Two blissful days of sewing and I have a LOT to show for it. We had our 2x yearly moms of twins resale friday and saturday, so grandma was in town to watch aka spoil the tots for the weekend. After I did my exhausting prep, shopping, and working the sale I collapsed at 8 p.m. saturday. Sunday and today, though, Man did I get stuff done.

These I could NOT resist. I already made about 100 (it seems) bowling shirts for my boys, but then I found this fabric and knew I HAD TO HAVE. My boys freaking love Mr. Potato Head, and while I loathe his many many accessories all over my house, I have to admit it is cute how much they enjoy him. It is kind of hard to tell but the red has tiny potatohead outlines in a repeating pattern, as does the orange background. (Found this here.)




Here is one of my sons checking it out last night before I got the buttons on. And yes he is wearing a Toy Story shirt, of course.


I made this (and need to make another for the other kid) for DHS if it is cool in the evening. We are going EMH night, and supposedly there is Dis Jr. Dance Party with Jake et. al. I used a long sleeve thermal w/ skulls which was $5 at Target, love it.


Did one of these, need to do another. I made a similar shirt set before but they turned out to be too short so I am doing it again.


Same for these guys. I did 2 Safari Mickeys before, but too small. Now I decided to mix it up a little.
These are to go under the safari vests I made for AK.

And finally, the first of several steps for our halloween MNSSHP costumes. The kids are Hook and Smee.The hook "coat' was a thrift store big kids 12/14 size dress shirt for $2, with ribbon I had on hand. The Smee top was knit I ordered and sort of winged it. Same with the hat. Dad is going to be Pan and me Tink. Those costumes have not been started. Luckily we are not leaving for FL until 10/27

Debating whether I want to get back to work and make another Jake and Birthday shirt or whether I want to nap...

Those are all great but I especially like the Potato Head shirts.

 

[billwendy]

Hi Guys!!

Would anyone be willing to make just 2 or 3 luggage tag holders for Noah's big give? They would be used for ID tags for their 2 strollers.....thanks for considering!!

Wendy

 

[babynala]

I am just posting pics of things I did the pat two or three weeks -- I did all of these for Lisa and her family. For those of you who don't know Lisa, she was a former wish tripper and the family is going back to FL next week -- they have a free place to stay and only one day of Disney tickets, but they will spend some time at Downtown Disney and GKTW and they wear Disney year round anyway.

First I made ride themed shirts for all the kids with their favorite rides:

I wanted to make Judy and Pete ride shirts too, but I really wanted Judy to have a shirt for Park Fare as well and my budget didn't allow both, so I thought Park Fare would get more attention. Judy mentioned Pete liked Hook and I already owned that design so I did that for him.

The girls already have dresses from last year to wear to Park Fare. Lisa has a gorgeous blue Cindy that a friend made and Rachel has a stunning pink Cindy that Teresa made for her.

And then I did a dwarf set because Lisa ADORES Dopey.


The entire set:

With the exception of Lisa's Splash Mountain applique, all of the appliques were Heather Sues. And the really bad thing (for me, not for Heather) is that the only one I owned was Hook b/c I had it from a BG. I had to buy all the rest!

I have two more things I made them (just one thing for Lisa and one for Rachel) but those didn't arrive yet, so pics will have to wait. I could not embellish the patchwork skirt on the dress due to time limits. I still think it turned out pretty though and aside from having to buy more fabric for the ruffle, everything else I had on hand

Andrea, everything looks great. You did an amazing job on everything. I love the ride shirts and Lisa's dress is beautiful. I agree with Diane, the ruffle was a great idea as it looks just like flowing water. I hope Judy gets lots of attention at Park Fare

I've been poor at keeping up--doing well to keep up with the other couple threads I follow here and sadly only been peeking on here periodically!

But, I did have to pop on to say, I am waiting for delivery of my PE770!!!!! Both sets of parents and DH gifted me with money for my birthday and with a sale at Overstock and a coupon code, I had enough $$$ finally!!!! I think the AM UPS delivery has already passed and I have to run a couple errands, so I think I am safe if I am quick. It's nasty here today and I don't want my new precious unattended on the porch!

Will post more later!!! Small break in the weather so I need to get out while the getting's good! Love what's been posted....and excited to finally be able to get my feet wet with machine embroidery!!!!

Can't wait to see your creations.

Two blissful days of sewing and I have a LOT to show for it. We had our 2x yearly moms of twins resale friday and saturday, so grandma was in town to watch aka spoil the tots for the weekend. After I did my exhausting prep, shopping, and working the sale I collapsed at 8 p.m. saturday. Sunday and today, though, Man did I get stuff done.

These I could NOT resist. I already made about 100 (it seems) bowling shirts for my boys, but then I found this fabric and knew I HAD TO HAVE. My boys freaking love Mr. Potato Head, and while I loathe his many many accessories all over my house, I have to admit it is cute how much they enjoy him. It is kind of hard to tell but the red has tiny potatohead outlines in a repeating pattern, as does the orange background.
Debating whether I want to get back to work and make another Jake and Birthday shirt or whether I want to nap...

Sounds like a busy weekend. I am impressed with everything that you made, you got so much done! I LOVE the potato head shirts. Your boys are going to be so cute at Disney

 

[babynala]

Hi Guys!!

Would anyone be willing to make just 2 or 3 luggage tag holders for Noah's big give? They would be used for ID tags for their 2 strollers.....thanks for considering!!

Wendy

Wendy, I posted on the give board

 

[BorkBorkBork]

Colleen - that nemo dress is soooooo cute! We are going to see it in 3D tomorrow night - were the effects cool?

Thanks for the prayers everyone....My followup appt today was cancelled because the Dr was sick...poor guy, I know its tough when a Dr is sick - must be realy sick!!! But, I was really hoping for some answers and maybe to talk about anxiety today and also to see if he thought I really needed that swallow study!!!!! Also DH had an appointment to see if he needs to have a sleep study ( I KNOW he has sleep apnea!!) so he can get better rest at night!!

I might try to go up to the sewing room today, its nice and cool here in PA!!

Hi Wendy! The effects on Nemo were cool, mostly just the clarity and depth of the scenes esp. underwater. Alice was reaching for the screen a couple times which was funny!

I hope you get good news soon at the DR!

Izzy and Scully set

Jake Pirate set

I have a huge list that has to get out before 10/1 so I am super crazy busy but I love looking at this thread even if I don't comment too often.

Awesome!! I see some Jake shirts/pirate outfits in our future too and those are really cute. Also, thanks for telling me how to machine embroider on felt as I did that for a Zero design and it worked beautifully!

I am just posting pics of things I did the pat two or three weeks -- I did all of these for Lisa and her family. For those of you who don't know Lisa, she was a former wish tripper and the family is going back to FL next week -- they have a free place to stay and only one day of Disney tickets, but they will spend some time at Downtown Disney and GKTW and they wear Disney year round anyway.

First I made ride themed shirts for all the kids with their favorite rides:

That was so nice of you! They all look great and the family will be thrilled! I especially like the polos; all the appliques look so nice!

I've been poor at keeping up--doing well to keep up with the other couple threads I follow here and sadly only been peeking on here periodically!

But, I did have to pop on to say, I am waiting for delivery of my PE770!!!!!

You will love it! I've had mine for a week and was intimidated at first but it is so easy and fun!

Hmmm... I could have sworn I just saw one recently posted on FB, using those same fabrics? Ah well - it's adorable just the same! D~

That was probably the picture that I posted on HERE a few days ago of the same dress, sans my daughter inside it! No worries!

 

[TinkNH]

Hi everyone! Kids crashed already so taking a moment to say hi! Having a great time and trying not to pounce on people in custom outfits and ask if they are dis members too much...lol one woman looked at me like I was insane...but her family had the cutest outfits on..she got them online so someone had to have made them . Sorry I didn't take time to read all the posts...I need to get my aching body into bed. Everest was a walk on..literally no wait and dd10 made me go on it several times...that and a few trips on primeval whirl and this old body is aching! There's some Motrin with my name on it!! See u soon!

 

[BabyRapunzel]

Hi everyone! Kids crashed already so taking a moment to say hi! Having a great time and trying not to pounce on people in custom outfits and ask if they are dis members too much...lol one woman looked at me like I was insane...but her family had the cutest outfits on..she got them online so someone had to have made them . Sorry I didn't take time to read all the posts...I need to get my aching body into bed. Everest was a walk on..literally no wait and dd10 made me go on it several times...that and a few trips on primeval whirl and this old body is aching! There's some Motrin with my name on it!! See u soon!

Glad you are having fun, have a dole whip and a Mickey ice cream for me!

 

[billwendy]

Wendy, I posted on the give board

You ROCK!!!!! Thanks sooooo much!!!


Anyone want to take a try at some Jedi robes for the 3 boys??????? or a Doc Mc Stuffins or a Darth Vader Cape for Emily????

 

[tpettie]

Hi everyone! Kids crashed already so taking a moment to say hi! Having a great time and trying not to pounce on people in custom outfits and ask if they are dis members too much...lol one woman looked at me like I was insane...but her family had the cutest outfits on..she got them online so someone had to have made them . Sorry I didn't take time to read all the posts...I need to get my aching body into bed. Everest was a walk on..literally no wait and dd10 made me go on it several times...that and a few trips on primeval whirl and this old body is aching! There's some Motrin with my name on it!! See u soon!

Glad your having fun can't wait till It my turn to be there too

 

[PurpleEars]

Had a very productive day, mother in law in town and husband off work I didn't have to deal with my darling rug rats at all! Just locked myself up and sewed most of the day. Finished 4 embroidered shirts and all of one more bowling shirt, just need to attach sleeves on the 2nd bowling shirt. Leaves 3 more shirts for the kids and stuff for the grown ups in just about 6 weeks. Worst case scenario the kids will look awesome. I'll post pics tomorrow hopefully. (I'm too wiped out tonight)

Unrelated: I see all this talk to ptr and I have gathered that means pre-trip report. Can someone give me a primer on making one? Or why I should?

Thanks, Jen

Sounds like you had a great sewing day. I think pepole do PTRs to share their plans and get feedback or input on their plans. I started doing one (as in typing it out) but I never posted it as I didn't feel comfortable sharing information about my family. It would have had a great title too - "The Perfect 10 Trip" as it was our 10th trip to Disney World, staying for 10 days and celebrating our 10th anniversary.

Hi Everyone!!

Thanks for the prayers everyone....My followup appt today was cancelled because the Dr was sick...poor guy, I know its tough when a Dr is sick - must be realy sick!!! But, I was really hoping for some answers and maybe to talk about anxiety today and also to see if he thought I really needed that swallow study!!!!! Also DH had an appointment to see if he needs to have a sleep study ( I KNOW he has sleep apnea!!) so he can get better rest at night!!

I might try to go up to the sewing room today, its nice and cool here in PA!!

So sorry to hear that your appointment was cancelled. It must be frustrating not having the answers. I hope your doctor will recover quickly so you can find out about the next steps. I will continue to pray for you.

I haven't shared here things I have been making on this thread, if you have seen these on my PTR I am sorry for the doubles.

Skull set for J (I am experimenting in knits now)

Spidey Skirt set

Spidey pant Set

Izzy and Scully set

Jake Pirate set

I have a huge list that has to get out before 10/1 so I am super crazy busy but I love looking at this thread even if I don't comment too often.

Great job as usual!

I am just posting pics of things I did the pat two or three weeks -- I did all of these for Lisa and her family. For those of you who don't know Lisa, she was a former wish tripper and the family is going back to FL next week -- they have a free place to stay and only one day of Disney tickets, but they will spend some time at Downtown Disney and GKTW and they wear Disney year round anyway.

First I made ride themed shirts for all the kids with their favorite rides:

I wanted to make Judy and Pete ride shirts too, but I really wanted Judy to have a shirt for Park Fare as well and my budget didn't allow both, so I thought Park Fare would get more attention. Judy mentioned Pete liked Hook and I already owned that design so I did that for him.

The girls already have dresses from last year to wear to Park Fare. Lisa has a gorgeous blue Cindy that a friend made and Rachel has a stunning pink Cindy that Teresa made for her.

And then I did a dwarf set because Lisa ADORES Dopey.

With the exception of Lisa's Splash Mountain applique, all of the appliques were Heather Sues. And the really bad thing (for me, not for Heather) is that the only one I owned was Hook b/c I had it from a BG. I had to buy all the rest!

I have two more things I made them (just one thing for Lisa and one for Rachel) but those didn't arrive yet, so pics will have to wait. I could not embellish the patchwork skirt on the dress due to time limits. I still think it turned out pretty though and aside from having to buy more fabric for the ruffle, everything else I had on hand

Wow! Those were amazing sets that you did for Judy's family. I hope they will have lots of fun when they are there!

I've been poor at keeping up--doing well to keep up with the other couple threads I follow here and sadly only been peeking on here periodically!

But, I did have to pop on to say, I am waiting for delivery of my PE770!!!!! Both sets of parents and DH gifted me with money for my birthday and with a sale at Overstock and a coupon code, I had enough $$$ finally!!!! I think the AM UPS delivery has already passed and I have to run a couple errands, so I think I am safe if I am quick. It's nasty here today and I don't want my new precious unattended on the porch!

Will post more later!!! Small break in the weather so I need to get out while the getting's good! Love what's been posted....and excited to finally be able to get my feet wet with machine embroidery!!!!

Congrats! I am sure you will enjoy the 770!

MESSED UP MY LAST QUOTE AND HAVE TO RUN -- ANOTHER CHAOTIC DAY BUT MY PANTRY GOT CLEANED

Do you want to come over and clean my pantry?

Two blissful days of sewing and I have a LOT to show for it. We had our 2x yearly moms of twins resale friday and saturday, so grandma was in town to watch aka spoil the tots for the weekend. After I did my exhausting prep, shopping, and working the sale I collapsed at 8 p.m. saturday. Sunday and today, though, Man did I get stuff done.

These I could NOT resist. I already made about 100 (it seems) bowling shirts for my boys, but then I found this fabric and knew I HAD TO HAVE. My boys freaking love Mr. Potato Head, and while I loathe his many many accessories all over my house, I have to admit it is cute how much they enjoy him. It is kind of hard to tell but the red has tiny potatohead outlines in a repeating pattern, as does the orange background. (Found this here.)


I made this (and need to make another for the other kid) for DHS if it is cool in the evening. We are going EMH night, and supposedly there is Dis Jr. Dance Party with Jake et. al. I used a long sleeve thermal w/ skulls which was $5 at Target, love it.


Did one of these, need to do another. I made a similar shirt set before but they turned out to be too short so I am doing it again.


Same for these guys. I did 2 Safari Mickeys before, but too small. Now I decided to mix it up a little.
These are to go under the safari vests I made for AK.

And finally, the first of several steps for our halloween MNSSHP costumes. The kids are Hook and Smee.The hook "coat' was a thrift store big kids 12/14 size dress shirt for $2, with ribbon I had on hand. The Smee top was knit I ordered and sort of winged it. Same with the hat. Dad is going to be Pan and me Tink. Those costumes have not been started. Luckily we are not leaving for FL until 10/27

Debating whether I want to get back to work and make another Jake and Birthday shirt or whether I want to nap...

Looks like you had a couple of productive days. The Mr. Potato Head set is great!

Hi everyone! Kids crashed already so taking a moment to say hi! Having a great time and trying not to pounce on people in custom outfits and ask if they are dis members too much...lol one woman looked at me like I was insane...but her family had the cutest outfits on..she got them online so someone had to have made them . Sorry I didn't take time to read all the posts...I need to get my aching body into bed. Everest was a walk on..literally no wait and dd10 made me go on it several times...that and a few trips on primeval whirl and this old body is aching! There's some Motrin with my name on it!! See u soon!

Sounds like your family is having fun. I remember getting a bruise from Primeval Whirl once when our vechicle was slowed down suddenly (we were spinning much faster than normal and I guess that must have triggered some sort of safety system?) That was the last time I rode that thing (mind you, we did Goofy's Sky School at California Adventure since then, so it wasn't THAT traumatic for us).

 

[smile5sunshine]

I am so sad your sale didn't go well. I am saying prayers that etsy shoppers are much more appreciative of your work. I still go back and forth on doing an etsy shop, but I just don't think it would be profitable enough.


MESSED UP MY LAST QUOTE AND HAVE TO RUN -- ANOTHER CHAOTIC DAY BUT MY PANTRY GOT CLEANED

Have you ever considered doing the etsy store for just fun money? that way if you don't feel like sewing and selling, then it's no big deal. Your items are all just so lovely!

AND HURRAY for a clean pantry!

Some girls do get to be so mean in middle school. Neither one of my girls is perfect but they haven't turned into mean girls either. I also haven't had too much drama with either of them. Everybody told me that girls this age were horrible and fight with their mothers all the time but I haven't had too many issues with my girls.

I really love the all the new Doodles fabrics too. However, I am committed to sewing from my stash for a while. I've got to use up some of what I have!!!

Oh, I am hoping and praying that my girlies will be the same and NOT have huge power struggles/fights with me when they get older. I do think it has a lot to do with the child's personalities as well as the kind of relationship they have with their mother though.

Two blissful days of sewing and I have a LOT to show for it. We had our 2x yearly moms of twins resale friday and saturday, so grandma was in town to watch aka spoil the tots for the weekend. After I did my exhausting prep, shopping, and working the sale I collapsed at 8 p.m. saturday. Sunday and today, though, Man did I get stuff done.

These I could NOT resist. I already made about 100 (it seems) bowling shirts for my boys, but then I found this fabric and knew I HAD TO HAVE. My boys freaking love Mr. Potato Head, and while I loathe his many many accessories all over my house, I have to admit it is cute how much they enjoy him. It is kind of hard to tell but the red has tiny potatohead outlines in a repeating pattern, as does the orange background. (Found this here.)




Here is one of my sons checking it out last night before I got the buttons on. And yes he is wearing a Toy Story shirt, of course.


I made this (and need to make another for the other kid) for DHS if it is cool in the evening. We are going EMH night, and supposedly there is Dis Jr. Dance Party with Jake et. al. I used a long sleeve thermal w/ skulls which was $5 at Target, love it.


Did one of these, need to do another. I made a similar shirt set before but they turned out to be too short so I am doing it again.


Same for these guys. I did 2 Safari Mickeys before, but too small. Now I decided to mix it up a little.
These are to go under the safari vests I made for AK.

And finally, the first of several steps for our halloween MNSSHP costumes. The kids are Hook and Smee.The hook "coat' was a thrift store big kids 12/14 size dress shirt for $2, with ribbon I had on hand. The Smee top was knit I ordered and sort of winged it. Same with the hat. Dad is going to be Pan and me Tink. Those costumes have not been started. Luckily we are not leaving for FL until 10/27

Debating whether I want to get back to work and make another Jake and Birthday shirt or whether I want to nap...

Oh my word I LOVE that potato head fabric! Those shirts are so great!

And yeah, yeah yeah. I think you are just SAYING the shirts are too "short" so you have a good excuse to keep making new ones.

Hi everyone! Kids crashed already so taking a moment to say hi! Having a great time and trying not to pounce on people in custom outfits and ask if they are dis members too much...lol one woman looked at me like I was insane...but her family had the cutest outfits on..she got them online so someone had to have made them . Sorry I didn't take time to read all the posts...I need to get my aching body into bed. Everest was a walk on..literally no wait and dd10 made me go on it several times...that and a few trips on primeval whirl and this old body is aching! There's some Motrin with my name on it!! See u soon!

Sounds like you are having a great time. LOL about pouncing on that poor family with the well dressed kids! HA!

Thanks for the prayers everyone....My followup appt today was cancelled because the Dr was sick...poor guy, I know its tough when a Dr is sick - must be realy sick!!! But, I was really hoping for some answers and maybe to talk about anxiety today and also to see if he thought I really needed that swallow study!!!!! Also DH had an appointment to see if he needs to have a sleep study ( I KNOW he has sleep apnea!!) so he can get better rest at night!!

I might try to go up to the sewing room today, its nice and cool here in PA!!

So sorry that your appt was canceled today. Hopefully it won't be too long before you can get back in there for the follow up.

Aw Wendy I am so sorry your doctor cancelled that is rough. I am praying for you but it is awesome to see you posting i have missed you.

I haven't shared here things I have been making on this thread, if you have seen these on my PTR I am sorry for the doubles.

Skull set for J (I am experimenting in knits now)

Spidey Skirt set

Spidey pant Set

Izzy and Scully set

Jake Pirate set

I have a huge list that has to get out before 10/1 so I am super crazy busy but I love looking at this thread even if I don't comment too often.

Your things are always so wonderful! My favorite is the Jake Pirate skirt set, but the spidey skirt set is a close second!

I've been poor at keeping up--doing well to keep up with the other couple threads I follow here and sadly only been peeking on here periodically!

But, I did have to pop on to say, I am waiting for delivery of my PE770!!!!! Both sets of parents and DH gifted me with money for my birthday and with a sale at Overstock and a coupon code, I had enough $$$ finally!!!! I think the AM UPS delivery has already passed and I have to run a couple errands, so I think I am safe if I am quick. It's nasty here today and I don't want my new precious unattended on the porch!

Will post more later!!! Small break in the weather so I need to get out while the getting's good! Love what's been posted....and excited to finally be able to get my feet wet with machine embroidery!!!!

HURRAY HURRAY for ordering your machine! I hope it gets there quickly and you can start to have fun on it!

Sunshine

 

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Hi Everyone,

Well, my sale did not go as hoped. I didn't sell anything. I got lots of compliments, and a few came close, but no one actually bought. Maybe my prices were too high, I don't know. I tried to put them slightly below etsy prices for similar items, but...it's all pretty embarassing! So, plan B is to keep saving for my embroidery machine, open my etsy shop and hopefully borrow my mom's machine again for our trip.

Actually, I have a plan B2, also, but I wanted to ask a question before proceeding with that. I spotted a refurbed PE770 on ebay for a good price. It has a million stitches, though. Does that seem reasonable for a machine half the price of a new one? If I do the math, that equals 30-50 stitchouts in the 15-30K range. The seller said the threader was replaced but everything else was found to be in good order by a Brother dealer. Would any of you go for it?

At least I can now turn my attention to some more fun sewing for my own kids since I've got an inventory built up.

Everything posted this last week was great! I'm sorry I didn't have time to quote!

Regards,
C.

Sorry your sale did not go well. I had a similar experience when my mom and I use to make candles. We went to a Christmas show and it was the longest 5 hrs of my life I think we sold 3 things and those were just the dollar items

A million stitches is not that much considering I put a million on my machine when I had it for only 6mths. But a new one would run you around 500-600 so it really would have to be a great deal for me to consider it.

I am just posting pics of things I did the pat two or three weeks -- I did all of these for Lisa and her family. For those of you who don't know Lisa, she was a former wish tripper and the family is going back to FL next week -- they have a free place to stay and only one day of Disney tickets, but they will spend some time at Downtown Disney and GKTW and they wear Disney year round anyway.

First I made ride themed shirts for all the kids with their favorite rides:


The entire set:

Andrea that was so sweet of you to do this for them. Everything you made came out amazing.

But, I did have to pop on to say, I am waiting for delivery of my PE770!!!!! Both sets of parents and DH gifted me with money for my birthday and with a sale at Overstock and a coupon code, I had enough $$$ finally!!!! I think the AM UPS delivery has already passed and I have to run a couple errands, so I think I am safe if I am quick. It's nasty here today and I don't want my new precious unattended on the porch!

Two blissful days of sewing and I have a LOT to show for it. We had our 2x yearly moms of twins resale friday and saturday, so grandma was in town to watch aka spoil the tots for the weekend. After I did my exhausting prep, shopping, and working the sale I collapsed at 8 p.m. saturday. Sunday and today, though, Man did I get stuff done.

These I could NOT resist. I already made about 100 (it seems) bowling shirts for my boys, but then I found this fabric and knew I HAD TO HAVE. My boys freaking love Mr. Potato Head, and while I loathe his many many accessories all over my house, I have to admit it is cute how much they enjoy him. It is kind of hard to tell but the red has tiny potatohead outlines in a repeating pattern, as does the orange background. (Found this here.)




Here is one of my sons checking it out last night before I got the buttons on. And yes he is wearing a Toy Story shirt, of course.

Everything came out amazing. Love that Potatoe Head fabric.

Hi everyone! Kids crashed already so taking a moment to say hi! Having a great time and trying not to pounce on people in custom outfits and ask if they are dis members too much...lol one woman looked at me like I was insane...but her family had the cutest outfits on..she got them online so someone had to have made them . Sorry I didn't take time to read all the posts...I need to get my aching body into bed. Everest was a walk on..literally no wait and dd10 made me go on it several times...that and a few trips on primeval whirl and this old body is aching! There's some Motrin with my name on it!! See u soon!

Sounds like you are having an amazing time

 

[dianemom2]

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I love the Mr. Potato Head Shirts. I saw that fabric before and really had to talk myself out of buying it. We just didn't need it but I do love it. The shirts turned out great!

The long sleeved shirts should be nice if it is cool there in the evenings. You never know in Florida. It might be really hot down there still or it could be quite cool at night. It is smart that you will be prepared either way.

Too bad that the boys outgrew some of the cute things you made them already. It is nice that you were able to participate in the twin sale. I used to do something similar when my girls were very young. There was a HUGE consignment sale at a local church. I used to sell of their old stuff and buy tons of new stuff. I even bought some of their larger toys there too like their easel, their Step 2 pool and their sandbox. I was sad when they outgrew being able to buy them stuff there but once they get to be elementary school aged, the clothes are worn for so much longer that it got hard to find nice stuff at those sales.

Hi everyone! Kids crashed already so taking a moment to say hi! Having a great time and trying not to pounce on people in custom outfits and ask if they are dis members too much...lol one woman looked at me like I was insane...but her family had the cutest outfits on..she got them online so someone had to have made them . Sorry I didn't take time to read all the posts...I need to get my aching body into bed. Everest was a walk on..literally no wait and dd10 made me go on it several times...that and a few trips on primeval whirl and this old body is aching! There's some Motrin with my name on it!! See u soon!

I'm glad you are having so much fun!

Skull set for J (I am experimenting in knits now)

Spidey Skirt set

Spidey pant Set

Izzy and Scully set

Jake Pirate set

Those are great! Are they all for your kids or are some of them for other people too? Are you going on another trip to Disney soon?

Oh, I am hoping and praying that my girlies will be the same and NOT have huge power struggles/fights with me when they get older. I do think it has a lot to do with the child's personalities as well as the kind of relationship they have with their mother though.
Sunshine

I've always had a pretty good relationship with the girls. It really helps that I really pick my battles. And those that I pick to fight, I always win or at least work out a compromise that makes us all happy. For example, I stay of of my older dd's room. It is a HUGE mess all the time but it doesn't seem to bother her at all. I don't have to live in it, so I decided that I wasn't going to care if she keeps it messy. But the bathroom she uses has to be kept tidy because other people use it too. And she has a habit of leaving her stuff around the kitchen and family room but I don't let her go to bed at night until she's taken all of it to her room.

 

[DMGeurts]

Two blissful days of sewing and I have a LOT to show for it. We had our 2x yearly moms of twins resale friday and saturday, so grandma was in town to watch aka spoil the tots for the weekend. After I did my exhausting prep, shopping, and working the sale I collapsed at 8 p.m. saturday. Sunday and today, though, Man did I get stuff done.

These I could NOT resist. I already made about 100 (it seems) bowling shirts for my boys, but then I found this fabric and knew I HAD TO HAVE. My boys freaking love Mr. Potato Head, and while I loathe his many many accessories all over my house, I have to admit it is cute how much they enjoy him. It is kind of hard to tell but the red has tiny potatohead outlines in a repeating pattern, as does the orange background. (Found this here.)




Here is one of my sons checking it out last night before I got the buttons on. And yes he is wearing a Toy Story shirt, of course.


I made this (and need to make another for the other kid) for DHS if it is cool in the evening. We are going EMH night, and supposedly there is Dis Jr. Dance Party with Jake et. al. I used a long sleeve thermal w/ skulls which was $5 at Target, love it.


Did one of these, need to do another. I made a similar shirt set before but they turned out to be too short so I am doing it again.


Same for these guys. I did 2 Safari Mickeys before, but too small. Now I decided to mix it up a little.
These are to go under the safari vests I made for AK.

And finally, the first of several steps for our halloween MNSSHP costumes. The kids are Hook and Smee.The hook "coat' was a thrift store big kids 12/14 size dress shirt for $2, with ribbon I had on hand. The Smee top was knit I ordered and sort of winged it. Same with the hat. Dad is going to be Pan and me Tink. Those costumes have not been started. Luckily we are not leaving for FL until 10/27

Debating whether I want to get back to work and make another Jake and Birthday shirt or whether I want to nap...

I love everything! I seriously want to get some of that Potato Head fabric...

Chiara... I couldn't find your post to quote - and I know I commented in your PTR - but I just love how all those outfits turned out! Great job!

D~

 

[goteamwood]

Oh my word I LOVE that potato head fabric! Those shirts are so great!

And yeah, yeah yeah. I think you are just SAYING the shirts are too "short" so you have a good excuse to keep making new ones.


Sunshine

I wish that were the case! I initially ordered rabbit skins plain shirts in 3T but stupidly made them before actually making my kids try on one that had been washed. The taller kid had midriff showing. The shorter it was meeting the top of his pants but if he reached up he was midriff too. I was annoyed because I had to redo a few shirts I had done already and I still have several things I want to do before our trip for the grown ups!

Now Mr Potato Head, those we didn't NEED at all, but my kids love that spud. I picked up a buzz/woody/Jessie potato head set at the resale I gave them yesterday. They think it's the coolest thing ever. $5 well spent.

Mother in law is leaving today so there goes my productivity. It's amazing how much I can accomplish while completely ignoring my kids for 2 days!