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

[pyrxtc]

I'm almost finished with one set of outfits. We'll wear these at DHS the day we're staying for the Osborne Lights and at MK for MVMCP, minus dd's outfit. She'll wear her Feliz dress to the party.

Close-up of dd's shirt. All the fabrics are sparkly! Mine will be the same design, but I'm debating whether or not to make it now in a 5x7 hoop like this one, or wait to do it at my mom's in a 6x10. I'm leaning towards the 6x10 since it will be the only shirt I have to do there now.

My skirt. Like with my Peter Pan skirt, it has a silk lining and side zipper

Loved all the park picks, GoTeamWood!

D - Maleficent is magnificent! I think she's bumped Figment as my new favorite!

Lois and pyrxtc - Our trips overlap! If you spot us in our loud red outfits, please say hi!

Lots of other great projects posted recently! I'm sorry I didn't quote them all, but I'm pretty time crunched this week and next! We leave in 10 days! Eek! Tonight I'm working on PPA shirts.

Regards,
C.

The clothes look great ! So much work and worth it ! I was thinking of doing a skirt for myself but was unsure but now I am definitely going to do myself a skirt. Hopefully we run into each other.... anyone else DVC members ? We'll be doing Epcot on the 4th for the DVC party (I might be able to get another 4 people in, depends on if cousin is coming) and maybe MK on Monday to check out Fantasyland.

With 4 day to go before we leave - I actually finished everything on my list! I counted it up last night when I was done. This is a 9 day trip. I made 11 dresses, 9 skirts and 19 tee-shirts. 1 dress and 1 skirt are for my neice. 3 Tees are for my nephew. 2 tees are for my neice and 2 tees (1 each) for the older neices. The rest for my 2 girls.

Here is the stash laid out last night on the bed.

IMG_6255 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And the last 2 outfits. My youngest sort of modeled my first Lauren Dress. I really like how this came out with the elastic casing in the back. She was twirlling too much so it was hard to get a good picture.

IMG_6251 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr


IMG_6245 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And the girls modeled their Perry Tee's and World Skirts this morning for me.

IMG_6257 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

Please forgive the mess. I got the house straightend up today finally.

I can't wait for Thursday!

It's gonna be a great looking bunch ! I love how her dress moves with her and makes it look like more fun.

have to add that Joann's has new mickey fabric, sorry to be an enabler

searching for it and found this .... Love it !

http://www.joann.com/mickey-themed-name-d-cor/prod571891/

 

[michellejed]

Hello all,
I am looking for ideas for hooded sweatshirts for Christmas. We will be at WDW 12-12-12, not sure if I want that on it along with other things too.

There are 7 of us and 2 want white hoodies and the rest red.

At this point I don't even know if I want to try therm myself(would be first time) or have them made.

Would love some input and thanks so much!

 

[PurpleEars]

I'm almost finished with one set of outfits. We'll wear these at DHS the day we're staying for the Osborne Lights and at MK for MVMCP, minus dd's outfit. She'll wear her Feliz dress to the party.

Close-up of dd's shirt. All the fabrics are sparkly! Mine will be the same design, but I'm debating whether or not to make it now in a 5x7 hoop like this one, or wait to do it at my mom's in a 6x10. I'm leaning towards the 6x10 since it will be the only shirt I have to do there now.

My skirt. Like with my Peter Pan skirt, it has a silk lining and side zipper

Lois and pyrxtc - Our trips overlap! If you spot us in our loud red outfits, please say hi!

Lots of other great projects posted recently! I'm sorry I didn't quote them all, but I'm pretty time crunched this week and next! We leave in 10 days! Eek! Tonight I'm working on PPA shirts.

Regards,
C.

Great outfits for the Osbourne Lights! I also really like the skirt you made for yourself. What a clever idea to have those pockets too!

With 4 day to go before we leave - I actually finished everything on my list! I counted it up last night when I was done. This is a 9 day trip. I made 11 dresses, 9 skirts and 19 tee-shirts. 1 dress and 1 skirt are for my neice. 3 Tees are for my nephew. 2 tees are for my neice and 2 tees (1 each) for the older neices. The rest for my 2 girls.

Here is the stash laid out last night on the bed.

IMG_6255 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And the last 2 outfits. My youngest sort of modeled my first Lauren Dress. I really like how this came out with the elastic casing in the back. She was twirlling too much so it was hard to get a good picture.

IMG_6251 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr


IMG_6245 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And the girls modeled their Perry Tee's and World Skirts this morning for me.

IMG_6257 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

Please forgive the mess. I got the house straightend up today finally.

I can't wait for Thursday!

Wow, look at all those outfits! Your family must be getting very excited for the trip! The picture of your daugther running in the Lauren dress is just way too cute. I hope your family will have a great trip if we don't "see" you before then!

My semester in school is winding up so I haven't had time to respond but I have been watching on my phone and I love everything!! So creative.

I am currently mentally throwing fits. I picked up a "easy" mc calls pattern. Fleece pants and a jumper. Seemed easy enough from the pattern. Cut out the pants sewed them up and they are HUGE the look like circus pants on my DD. I double checked the size listed and I cut the right size and she is right in the middle of the size I chose to cut. Frankly even the smallest size would be huge. Part of me thinks just modify the rise and it should be okay (ripping stitches out of fleece is the worst! At least in my extremely limited experience ) and part of me says scrap it and start over. The worst part is since this was such a easy pattern I cut and sewed two pair of pants at the same time so both are huge!

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I am so sorry the sewing patterns look huge. I would go with the measurements printed on the pattern before deciding the next steps. There is usually a line on either the front or back piece that indicates where the waist and hip lines are. Near those lines would have the finished garment measurements. I would look at those and go with the ones closest to what you want, as long as you take into account how much room you want between you and the fabric so you can move ("ease" in sewing pattern terms). For what it's worth, I use a Simplicity pattern for DH's pajamas and they look HUGE when I cut them out, but they fit perfectly once they are done. Remember that the commerical patterns use 3/4" seam allowance which also add to the size of the pattern pieces.

have to add that Joann's has new mickey fabric, sorry to be an enabler

searching for it and found this .... Love it !

http://www.joann.com/mickey-themed-name-d-cor/prod571891/

I think I should be glad that the closest Joann's is 5+ hours drive away...

 

[PurpleEars]

Hello all,
I am looking for ideas for hooded sweatshirts for Christmas. We will be at WDW 12-12-12, not sure if I want that on it along with other things too.

There are 7 of us and 2 want white hoodies and the rest red.

At this point I don't even know if I want to try therm myself(would be first time) or have them made.

Would love some input and thanks so much!

Welcome! Here are some easy ideas for your sweatshirts which you could do yourself:
- Look for pictures/create a picture and print them on iron-on sheets. You can then iron the picture onto the sweatshirts. I think there are pictures or designs available on the DIS-SIGN section of the board (look under "Creative Community").
- Buy iron-on applique from Joann's or other fabric retailors. They are $3 to $5 each and each person can choose their own character or you can all match!
- Sew Mickey head applique on the sweatshirts "by hand." There is a tutorial on the first page on how to do that. You just need to cut out Mickey head shapes, fuse them to the sweatshirts, put a layer of cutaway stabilizer under the sweatshirt, and use a dense zigzag stitch around the head.
- Use rhinestones to trace out Mickey heads or names or outlines of other characters. I think they stick on the fabric pretty well. I might have seen some that are "ready to go" from etsy so you just need to stick them on the shirts somehow. I have never used them so I don't know exactly how to adhere them to the shirts.
- Tie dye! There is a tutorial on how to tie dye Mickey heads under the Creative Communities section.
- Fabric paint - use fabric paint to trace out Mickey heads, write names, or whatever else you want to do!

I hope this list gets your creative juices going. Don't be afraid to experiment and please post pictures when you are done!

 

[disneychic2]

Hi Everyone - so sorry I haven't been posting much lately, lots of "stuff" going on right now - my health (possibly my gallbladder now), hurricane Sandy stuff (our house in Ocean City was heavily damaged), and my cousin with all the kids that I have sewn for was just diagnosed with Esophogeal Cancer on Friday.....

I'm sorry you haven't been well. I hope you find what's truly wrong and can get some relief for it. What a shame about your house in Ocean City! Here's hoping it can be repaired soon. Glad no one was hurt. My prayers go out for your cousin. Cancer sucks!

I'm almost finished with one set of outfits. We'll wear these at DHS the day we're staying for the Osborne Lights and at MK for MVMCP, minus dd's outfit. She'll wear her Feliz dress to the party.

Close-up of dd's shirt. All the fabrics are sparkly! Mine will be the same design, but I'm debating whether or not to make it now in a 5x7 hoop like this one, or wait to do it at my mom's in a 6x10. I'm leaning towards the 6x10 since it will be the only shirt I have to do there now.

My skirt. Like with my Peter Pan skirt, it has a silk lining and side zipper

Lois and pyrxtc - Our trips overlap! If you spot us in our loud red outfits, please say hi!

Lots of other great projects posted recently! I'm sorry I didn't quote them all, but I'm pretty time crunched this week and next! We leave in 10 days! Eek! Tonight I'm working on PPA shirts.

Regards,
C.

Love the outfits! Great job. I will definitely keep my eye out for you and your family. DH and I will be the ones wearing regular clothes.

With 4 day to go before we leave - I actually finished everything on my list! I counted it up last night when I was done. This is a 9 day trip. I made 11 dresses, 9 skirts and 19 tee-shirts. 1 dress and 1 skirt are for my neice. 3 Tees are for my nephew. 2 tees are for my neice and 2 tees (1 each) for the older neices. The rest for my 2 girls.

And the last 2 outfits. My youngest sort of modeled my first Lauren Dress. I really like how this came out with the elastic casing in the back. She was twirlling too much so it was hard to get a good picture.

IMG_6251 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr


IMG_6245 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And the girls modeled their Perry Tee's and World Skirts this morning for me.

IMG_6257 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

Please forgive the mess. I got the house straightend up today finally.

I can't wait for Thursday!

Wow! I can't believe you got everything done with all the business trips lately! Good for you! They look awesome! Love the Lauren. What a cutie you've got there! Also great job on the Perry tees and the world skirts.

My semester in school is winding up so I haven't had time to respond but I have been watching on my phone and I love everything!! So creative.

I am currently mentally throwing fits. I picked up a "easy" mc calls pattern. Fleece pants and a jumper. Seemed easy enough from the pattern. Cut out the pants sewed them up and they are HUGE the look like circus pants on my DD. I double checked the size listed and I cut the right size and she is right in the middle of the size I chose to cut. Frankly even the smallest size would be huge. Part of me thinks just modify the rise and it should be okay (ripping stitches out of fleece is the worst! At least in my extremely limited experience ) and part of me says scrap it and start over. The worst part is since this was such a easy pattern I cut and sewed two pair of pants at the same time so both are huge!

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What a disappointment! So sorry this happened to you. I usually have to compare the pattern piece with the child's measurement to make sure it will fit ok. I made Cinderella, Snow White and Tinkerbell costumes for my granddaughter when she was 3 and she's still wearing them at the age of 5 because they were soooo big on her! After that, I learned to manipulate the pattern to fit the actual size of my grandchild. Back in the day you could usually just go by the size the pattern said, but not any more. It stinks! And I know what you mean about ripping seams out of fleece. Maybe if they're so big, you could just cut the seams off instead of picking them out.

The clothes look great ! So much work and worth it ! I was thinking of doing a skirt for myself but was unsure but now I am definitely going to do myself a skirt. Hopefully we run into each other.... anyone else DVC members ? We'll be doing Epcot on the 4th for the DVC party (I might be able to get another 4 people in, depends on if cousin is coming) and maybe MK on Monday to check out Fantasyland.

have to add that Joann's has new mickey fabric, sorry to be an enabler

searching for it and found this .... Love it !

http://www.joann.com/mickey-themed-name-d-cor/prod571891/

I bought that fabric last week!!! Isn't it great? I love it! I got two yards of it and will make a bowling shirt for my DGS, but don't know what I'll use the rest for. I couldn't resist it!!

We'll be in Epcot on the 4th too! We're doing the early Candlelight Processional after eating at Le Cellier. We'll be on the lookout for you. I have LGMH on my backpack and my little purse I carry, so if you see me, say hello!


I finally cut my Christmas fabric!!!! I think writing that post and seeing that I was not the only one who felt this way helped me to take the plunge! It helps that I bought 6 yards of the one I love, so I still have oodles left!

Here's a pic of the fabric:

Sorry, for some reason I wasn't able to reduce the size this time.

Question:: I modified Leslie's Super Full Ultra Stripwork skirt pattern so more of my fabric would show. I was wondering for those of you who have used her pattern, did you do the underskirt? Would it be horrible to just attach the ruffle to the skirt itself? Also, I like to attach the waistband then fold it over and topstitch it closed. That is not how she does hers, but do you think it would work on this type of skirt? Thanks for any help you can give me. I will post pictures when I get finished.

 

[4HppyCamprs]

Thanks. I will use measurements of my actual child to compare next time! Duh I should have for that before all the work. Lesson 1001. I thought about cutting and I did on one pair but they are still really wide in the hip area. The issue is that I have finished the waistband with the elastic and if I just cut it off then i will not have enough material to create another waistband. The rise currently is 9 inches and I need approximately 7 1/2. The waistband had 3/4 inch elastic and so it had a 1 1/8 allowance for creating the elastic "tube" .

The Xmas dress pattern looked huge but they have pantaloons so they are supposed to bubble and it came together great in the end. I guess that is why it didn't occur to me to recheck after cutting the pattern that the pieces may stay finished so big. I will check for finished measurements from now on!

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[strega7]

I'm almost finished with one set of outfits. We'll wear these at DHS the day we're staying for the Osborne Lights and at MK for MVMCP, minus dd's outfit. She'll wear her Feliz dress to the party.

Close-up of dd's shirt. All the fabrics are sparkly! Mine will be the same design, but I'm debating whether or not to make it now in a 5x7 hoop like this one, or wait to do it at my mom's in a 6x10. I'm leaning towards the 6x10 since it will be the only shirt I have to do there now.

My skirt. Like with my Peter Pan skirt, it has a silk lining and side zipper

Loved all the park picks, GoTeamWood!

D - Maleficent is magnificent! I think she's bumped Figment as my new favorite!

Lois and pyrxtc - Our trips overlap! If you spot us in our loud red outfits, please say hi!

Lots of other great projects posted recently! I'm sorry I didn't quote them all, but I'm pretty time crunched this week and next! We leave in 10 days! Eek! Tonight I'm working on PPA shirts.

Regards,
C.

Love all your outfits! Your skirt is really adorable and your appliques are terrific....ok I love it all!

With 4 day to go before we leave - I actually finished everything on my list! I counted it up last night when I was done. This is a 9 day trip. I made 11 dresses, 9 skirts and 19 tee-shirts. 1 dress and 1 skirt are for my neice. 3 Tees are for my nephew. 2 tees are for my neice and 2 tees (1 each) for the older neices. The rest for my 2 girls.

Here is the stash laid out last night on the bed.

IMG_6255 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And the last 2 outfits. My youngest sort of modeled my first Lauren Dress. I really like how this came out with the elastic casing in the back. She was twirlling too much so it was hard to get a good picture.

IMG_6251 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr


IMG_6245 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And the girls modeled their Perry Tee's and World Skirts this morning for me.

IMG_6257 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

Please forgive the mess. I got the house straightend up today finally.

I can't wait for Thursday!

Wow! you have been really busy! Everything turned out beautifully. Now the next step is getting it all packed! I hope you have a great time on your trip.

My semester in school is winding up so I haven't had time to respond but I have been watching on my phone and I love everything!! So creative.

I am currently mentally throwing fits. I picked up a "easy" mc calls pattern. Fleece pants and a jumper. Seemed easy enough from the pattern. Cut out the pants sewed them up and they are HUGE the look like circus pants on my DD. I double checked the size listed and I cut the right size and she is right in the middle of the size I chose to cut. Frankly even the smallest size would be huge. Part of me thinks just modify the rise and it should be okay (ripping stitches out of fleece is the worst! At least in my extremely limited experience ) and part of me says scrap it and start over. The worst part is since this was such a easy pattern I cut and sewed two pair of pants at the same time so both are huge!

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I hate that, I have such a hard time figuring out sizing too! I just made a couple of jammy bottoms using the easy pants pattern that I got off you can make that. After the first one was cut out I thought they were going to be huge also, but after I finished them and put in the elastic, it was all just right. I am still trying to figure out how to get the sizing right.


Marci

 

[uscgmouse]

I'm almost finished with one set of outfits. We'll wear these at DHS the day we're staying for the Osborne Lights and at MK for MVMCP, minus dd's outfit. She'll wear her Feliz dress to the party.

Close-up of dd's shirt. All the fabrics are sparkly! Mine will be the same design, but I'm debating whether or not to make it now in a 5x7 hoop like this one, or wait to do it at my mom's in a 6x10. I'm leaning towards the 6x10 since it will be the only shirt I have to do there now.

My skirt. Like with my Peter Pan skirt, it has a silk lining and side zipper

Loved all the park picks, GoTeamWood!

D - Maleficent is magnificent! I think she's bumped Figment as my new favorite!

Lois and pyrxtc - Our trips overlap! If you spot us in our loud red outfits, please say hi!

Lots of other great projects posted recently! I'm sorry I didn't quote them all, but I'm pretty time crunched this week and next! We leave in 10 days! Eek! Tonight I'm working on PPA shirts.

Regards,
C.

Super cute! I love the christmas lights!

 

[jacquelynbiehl]

Hi, I have been lurking and reading this thread for ages. I'm finally ready to come out of hiding. I am currently making over my work space and just ordered the brother cs6000 that gets such good reviews. Can I post a picture of my craft room when I get it ready? I would love to show it off to somebody, and we don't really have any friends or family closeby. (My husband is in the marine corp.). My first project is actually going to be curtains for our kitchen so not disney. But I would still like to post a pic anyway if that's ok. Everyone here has inspired me to get going on learning to sew and it is a goal I have had for a looong time, so thank you!! I know I will never be able to keep up with the flow of conversation bc you all move way to fast for me. But I thought i would introduce myself anyway and jump right in.

 

[4HppyCamprs]

Hi, I have been lurking and reading this thread for ages. I'm finally ready to come out of hiding. I am currently making over my work space and just ordered the brother cs6000 that gets such good reviews. Can I post a picture of my craft room when I get it ready? I would love to show it off to somebody, and we don't really have any friends or family closeby. (My husband is in the marine corp.). My first project is actually going to be curtains for our kitchen so not disney. But I would still like to post a pic anyway if that's ok. Everyone here has inspired me to get going on learning to sew and it is a goal I have had for a looong time, so thank you!! I know I will never be able to keep up with the flow of conversation bc you all move way to fast for me. But I thought i would introduce myself anyway and jump right in.

Yay for joining please post as many pics as you wish to share I love pics! I am new to sewing altogether so I love seeing every bodies creations. It keeps me going through the seam ripping lol. Welcome again

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[Nevada Jen]

My semester in school is winding up so I haven't had time to respond but I have been watching on my phone and I love everything!! So creative.

I am currently mentally throwing fits. I picked up a "easy" mc calls pattern. Fleece pants and a jumper. Seemed easy enough from the pattern. Cut out the pants sewed them up and they are HUGE the look like circus pants on my DD. I double checked the size listed and I cut the right size and she is right in the middle of the size I chose to cut. Frankly even the smallest size would be huge. Part of me thinks just modify the rise and it should be okay (ripping stitches out of fleece is the worst! At least in my extremely limited experience ) and part of me says scrap it and start over. The worst part is since this was such a easy pattern I cut and sewed two pair of pants at the same time so both are huge!

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Not that I would do this ( ) but I doubt you need to rip out the stitches. Just turn them inside out and sew inside your previous seams and then cut off the previously sewed extra fabric on the outside. Taper your new sewing like so that it matches up the the original waistband. I am sure the idea is horrifying to real seamstresses but I pretty much have to do that with everything I sew!

I am currently trying to make a bag for DD's wheel chair. I have a grand plan which involves taking ideas from a lot of places and then just sort of winging it! I wanted it to be quilted. I was totally excited to find cooler insulation right next to the regualr batting at Hobbly Lobby! Has anyone ever used this? Will it actually keep things cool? Even if I quilted on it?

 

[PurpleEars]

I finally cut my Christmas fabric!!!! I think writing that post and seeing that I was not the only one who felt this way helped me to take the plunge! It helps that I bought 6 yards of the one I love, so I still have oodles left!

Here's a pic of the fabric:

Sorry, for some reason I wasn't able to reduce the size this time.

Question:: I modified Leslie's Super Full Ultra Stripwork skirt pattern so more of my fabric would show. I was wondering for those of you who have used her pattern, did you do the underskirt? Would it be horrible to just attach the ruffle to the skirt itself? Also, I like to attach the waistband then fold it over and topstitch it closed. That is not how she does hers, but do you think it would work on this type of skirt? Thanks for any help you can give me. I will post pictures when I get finished.

That's a cute Christmas print! I can see why it is difficult to cut into it! I actually took the plunge and cut one of my special fabrics the other day. I have never made Leslie's stripwork skirt so I can't answer your question. Hopefully someone else can help you out with that.

Hi, I have been lurking and reading this thread for ages. I'm finally ready to come out of hiding. I am currently making over my work space and just ordered the brother cs6000 that gets such good reviews. Can I post a picture of my craft room when I get it ready? I would love to show it off to somebody, and we don't really have any friends or family closeby. (My husband is in the marine corp.). My first project is actually going to be curtains for our kitchen so not disney. But I would still like to post a pic anyway if that's ok. Everyone here has inspired me to get going on learning to sew and it is a goal I have had for a looong time, so thank you!! I know I will never be able to keep up with the flow of conversation bc you all move way to fast for me. But I thought i would introduce myself anyway and jump right in.

Welcome! I hope it didn't take like 5 parts of the thread before you decide to come out from hiding (seriously that's how long it took me - I was afraid I won't "fit in") . Please post pictures of your craft space and your work. They don't have to be Disney related at all! Everyone here is super nice so I am sure you will receive a warm welcome from others as well.

I am currently trying to make a bag for DD's wheel chair. I have a grand plan which involves taking ideas from a lot of places and then just sort of winging it! I wanted it to be quilted. I was totally excited to find cooler insulation right next to the regualr batting at Hobbly Lobby! Has anyone ever used this? Will it actually keep things cool? Even if I quilted on it?

I don't know about the cooler insulation stuff, but I use 2 layers of cotton quilt batt for my lunch bag and it keeps my lunch cool until lunch time. I just make my lunch the evening before, put the whole bag in the fridge, and take it out in the morning. I refuse to use the fridge at work as people like to leave their science experiments, uh, I mean leftover food, in there! I am too cheap to buy the insulated stuff when I had scraps of quilt batt lying around!

I had another thought about your wheelchair bag the other day. I wonder if the bag that you saw was based on the Keyka Lou Messager Bag pattern from youcanmakethis. They do bear some similarities. I just thought I will bring it up in case you haven't come across that yet.

 

[dianemom2]

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My skirt. Like with my Peter Pan skirt, it has a silk lining and side zipper

Love the holiday outfits. They turned out great. I love sparkly stuff You did a great job on your skirt!

With 4 day to go before we leave - I actually finished everything on my list! I counted it up last night when I was done. This is a 9 day trip. I made 11 dresses, 9 skirts and 19 tee-shirts. 1 dress and 1 skirt are for my neice. 3 Tees are for my nephew. 2 tees are for my neice and 2 tees (1 each) for the older neices. The rest for my 2 girls.

Here is the stash laid out last night on the bed.

IMG_6255 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

Wow, look at all that stuff! You really worked hard but everything turned out great! Now you get to go and have a great time wearing it!

I am currently mentally throwing fits. I picked up a "easy" mc calls pattern. Fleece pants and a jumper. Seemed easy enough from the pattern. Cut out the pants sewed them up and they are HUGE the look like circus pants on my DD. I double checked the size listed and I cut the right size and she is right in the middle of the size I chose to cut. Frankly even the smallest size would be huge. Part of me thinks just modify the rise and it should be okay (ripping stitches out of fleece is the worst! At least in my extremely limited experience ) and part of me says scrap it and start over. The worst part is since this was such a easy pattern I cut and sewed two pair of pants at the same time so both are huge!

I'd try and cut them down to size without taking out the seams. Fleece is terrible to try to take stitches out of.

have to add that Joann's has new mickey fabric, sorry to be an enabler

I saw the new fabric in our store but I was very, very good and resisted. When I stopped in Hancocks today to pick up buttons on the half price sale, I was tempted by some fabric they had for $2 per yard. But I was mostly good today.

I finally cut my Christmas fabric!!!! I think writing that post and seeing that I was not the only one who felt this way helped me to take the plunge! It helps that I bought 6 yards of the one I love, so I still have oodles left!

Here's a pic of the fabric:

Sorry, for some reason I wasn't able to reduce the size this time.
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Nice fabric! I am glad you enough support to cut into it! It should look great when you are done. Sorry, I can't help with the skirt question. I've never made that one.

Hi, I have been lurking and reading this thread for ages. I'm finally ready to come out of hiding. I am currently making over my work space and just ordered the brother cs6000 that gets such good reviews. Can I post a picture of my craft room when I get it ready? I would love to show it off to somebody, and we don't really have any friends or family closeby. (My husband is in the marine corp.). My first project is actually going to be curtains for our kitchen so not disney.

Welcome to the group! Feel free to ask question and definitely post pictures of your workspace when you are done with it. We love seeing pictures of sewing spaces and anything/everything people have sewn. I got back into sewing after taking a break for many years by sewing curtains for our new house. That was 7 years ago and I haven't stopped sewing since then!

I spent today working on a new project. I got sidetracked and put aside the dress that I was working on. I have one of this finished and a few more to go. I'll show pictures when I have them done.

 

[disneychic2]

Hi, I have been lurking and reading this thread for ages. I'm finally ready to come out of hiding. I am currently making over my work space and just ordered the brother cs6000 that gets such good reviews. Can I post a picture of my craft room when I get it ready? I would love to show it off to somebody, and we don't really have any friends or family closeby. (My husband is in the marine corp.). My first project is actually going to be curtains for our kitchen so not disney. But I would still like to post a pic anyway if that's ok. Everyone here has inspired me to get going on learning to sew and it is a goal I have had for a looong time, so thank you!! I know I will never be able to keep up with the flow of conversation bc you all move way to fast for me. But I thought i would introduce myself anyway and jump right in.

I was a lurker for a long time as well. I could see that everyone was friendly and glad to help out, yet still, I hesitated. But I'm very glad I joined in and you will be too. Welcome! And do post pictures...of anything you want!

 

[nowellsl]

I was a lurker for a long time as well. I could see that everyone was friendly and glad to help out, yet still, I hesitated. But I'm very glad I joined in and you will be too. Welcome! And do post pictures...of anything you want!

I've never seen a more friendly, helpful, encouraging group of people anywhere on the DIS!! The Disboutiquers rock

 

[4HppyCamprs]

Not that I would do this ( ) but I doubt you need to rip out the stitches. Just turn them inside out and sew inside your previous seams and then cut off the previously sewed extra fabric on the outside. Taper your new sewing like so that it matches up the the original waistband. I am sure the idea is horrifying to real seamstresses but I pretty much have to do that with everything I sew!

I am currently trying to make a bag for DD's wheel chair. I have a grand plan which involves taking ideas from a lot of places and then just sort of winging it! I wanted it to be quilted. I was totally excited to find cooler insulation right next to the regualr batting at Hobbly Lobby! Has anyone ever used this? Will it actually keep things cool? Even if I quilted on it?

Can't hurt to try right!!

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[squirrel]

My computer has been acting up (low disk space) so I haven't had time to get a picture posted of the serger. I need to clear off some stuff on the computer before trying to add a photo on. I'll try and get that done this week.

Working hard on getting Christmas gifts done. I have 2 aprons and some PJ's for my nephew left. I might need to do one more gift for a daycare child-not sure if she will be here in Dec. or not.

 

[strega7]

I'm almost finished with one set of outfits. We'll wear these at DHS the day we're staying for the Osborne Lights and at MK for MVMCP, minus dd's outfit. She'll wear her Feliz dress to the party.

Close-up of dd's shirt. All the fabrics are sparkly! Mine will be the same design, but I'm debating whether or not to make it now in a 5x7 hoop like this one, or wait to do it at my mom's in a 6x10. I'm leaning towards the 6x10 since it will be the only shirt I have to do there now.

C.

I didn't ask earlier, but where did you get the minnie, mickey and donald with the christmas lights, I would really like to use it on something, it is adorable.

 

[DMGeurts]

I'm almost finished with one set of outfits. We'll wear these at DHS the day we're staying for the Osborne Lights and at MK for MVMCP, minus dd's outfit. She'll wear her Feliz dress to the party.

Close-up of dd's shirt. All the fabrics are sparkly! Mine will be the same design, but I'm debating whether or not to make it now in a 5x7 hoop like this one, or wait to do it at my mom's in a 6x10. I'm leaning towards the 6x10 since it will be the only shirt I have to do there now.

My skirt. Like with my Peter Pan skirt, it has a silk lining and side zipper

Loved all the park picks, GoTeamWood!

D - Maleficent is magnificent! I think she's bumped Figment as my new favorite!

Lois and pyrxtc - Our trips overlap! If you spot us in our loud red outfits, please say hi!

Lots of other great projects posted recently! I'm sorry I didn't quote them all, but I'm pretty time crunched this week and next! We leave in 10 days! Eek! Tonight I'm working on PPA shirts.

Regards,
C.

I love everything... But seriously - you make yourself the best skirts, and I love the details you put into them... The pockets are gorgeous - but I love that you tied a bow at the top that coordinates with the hem - I LOVE IT!!!

With 4 day to go before we leave - I actually finished everything on my list! I counted it up last night when I was done. This is a 9 day trip. I made 11 dresses, 9 skirts and 19 tee-shirts. 1 dress and 1 skirt are for my neice. 3 Tees are for my nephew. 2 tees are for my neice and 2 tees (1 each) for the older neices. The rest for my 2 girls.

Here is the stash laid out last night on the bed.

IMG_6255 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And the last 2 outfits. My youngest sort of modeled my first Lauren Dress. I really like how this came out with the elastic casing in the back. She was twirlling too much so it was hard to get a good picture.

IMG_6251 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr


IMG_6245 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

And the girls modeled their Perry Tee's and World Skirts this morning for me.

IMG_6257 by peachygreen2010, on Flickr

Please forgive the mess. I got the house straightend up today finally.

I can't wait for Thursday!

AWESOME!!! Yay for only a few more days!!! Can't wait to see pictures when you return!

My semester in school is winding up so I haven't had time to respond but I have been watching on my phone and I love everything!! So creative.

I am currently mentally throwing fits. I picked up a "easy" mc calls pattern. Fleece pants and a jumper. Seemed easy enough from the pattern. Cut out the pants sewed them up and they are HUGE the look like circus pants on my DD. I double checked the size listed and I cut the right size and she is right in the middle of the size I chose to cut. Frankly even the smallest size would be huge. Part of me thinks just modify the rise and it should be okay (ripping stitches out of fleece is the worst! At least in my extremely limited experience ) and part of me says scrap it and start over. The worst part is since this was such a easy pattern I cut and sewed two pair of pants at the same time so both are huge!

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I agree with Jen - don't rip it out, just follow the previous stitching - try it on... maybe adjust a little here and there - then cut off the old stitching when you are done.

I finally cut my Christmas fabric!!!! I think writing that post and seeing that I was not the only one who felt this way helped me to take the plunge! It helps that I bought 6 yards of the one I love, so I still have oodles left!

Here's a pic of the fabric:

Sorry, for some reason I wasn't able to reduce the size this time.

Question:: I modified Leslie's Super Full Ultra Stripwork skirt pattern so more of my fabric would show. I was wondering for those of you who have used her pattern, did you do the underskirt? Would it be horrible to just attach the ruffle to the skirt itself? Also, I like to attach the waistband then fold it over and topstitch it closed. That is not how she does hers, but do you think it would work on this type of skirt? Thanks for any help you can give me. I will post pictures when I get finished.

Great job cutting into the fabric - I knew you could do it!

Not sure what advice to give you on the skirt though...

Hi, I have been lurking and reading this thread for ages. I'm finally ready to come out of hiding. I am currently making over my work space and just ordered the brother cs6000 that gets such good reviews. Can I post a picture of my craft room when I get it ready? I would love to show it off to somebody, and we don't really have any friends or family closeby. (My husband is in the marine corp.). My first project is actually going to be curtains for our kitchen so not disney. But I would still like to post a pic anyway if that's ok. Everyone here has inspired me to get going on learning to sew and it is a goal I have had for a looong time, so thank you!! I know I will never be able to keep up with the flow of conversation bc you all move way to fast for me. But I thought i would introduce myself anyway and jump right in.

Welcome - please share all the pictures you'd like. We love pictures!

I was a lurker for a long time as well. I could see that everyone was friendly and glad to help out, yet still, I hesitated. But I'm very glad I joined in and you will be too. Welcome! And do post pictures...of anything you want!

You... A lurker? When?

I've never seen a more friendly, helpful, encouraging group of people anywhere on the DIS!! The Disboutiquers rock

I agree!

My computer has been acting up (low disk space) so I haven't had time to get a picture posted of the serger. I need to clear off some stuff on the computer before trying to add a photo on. I'll try and get that done this week.

Working hard on getting Christmas gifts done. I have 2 aprons and some PJ's for my nephew left. I might need to do one more gift for a daycare child-not sure if she will be here in Dec. or not.

Hi!! I feel like I haven't seen you in a while!

D~

 

[ivey_family]

Thank you all for the kind comments!

I didn't ask earlier, but where did you get the minnie, mickey and donald with the christmas lights, I would really like to use it on something, it is adorable.

Minnie and Mickey heads with lights are from Glitzy Stitches on etsy. donald is from Bows and Clothes. All are time consuming appliques, but I loved them!

I love everything... But seriously - you make yourself the best skirts, and I love the details you put into them... The pockets are gorgeous - but I love that you tied a bow at the top that coordinates with the hem - I LOVE IT!!!

D~

You're so sweet! Thank you! I can't take credit for the pocket design on the skirt, though. It's a commercial pattern - Simplicity 2655.

Here's last night's work:

Dh and the boys will wear these while dd wears her Snow White costume in MK one day and DHS another. The boys have the logo on the front and back.

Close-up, though the fabric isn't photographing well. It's textured and shiny like a real badge. I think dh actually likes this one! Yay!

I'm going to stitch out SW on a shirt for me now. I have another skirt planned to go with it, but I don't know if I'll have time to make it yet. My awesome MIL is taking my kids Wed. night and most of Thursday so I can have a full day to sew, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Regards,
C.