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

[DMGeurts]

Hi Everyone!!!

I know you arent all on facebook, but I wanted to ask if there was anyone who would specifically pray at 1pm eastern time for my cousin Steve Piasecki. He was diagnosed with esophogeal cancer on Friday and is having a PET scan tomorrow which will tell us how far it has spread. I was hoping that we could unite together in prayer for just a few moments that Steve and his wife Sue and their 6 kids would feel peace and acceptance of whatever is in store for our family. When we were over the other night (when they told us) he was trying to keep himself from thinking the worse - "I have 3 girls to walk down the aisle" - the first one this July!!!! Bekah is getting married then, Elizabeth is 10 and Hannah is 6. Thanks friends!!

I also wanted to invite you to be a part of Shawn-Brooklyn's Big Give!! Things are still needed and pixie dust is always a blast!! They are going on a little Disney cruise and then a few days for the parks!!!! Please come and join us!!
Look at this FACE!!!!!!

I have been lifting them in prayer Wendy.

I can't take the credit the credit for this .... I bought this panel on Etsy (someone on this thread posted about it)

and a friend of mine at work made me this wall hanging

She did a great job on it! I plan on hanging it on the wall in my spare bedroom/sewing room when ever I finally get my DD to clear out all her stuff. She moved out 2 years ago and hasn't made much progress

This turned out gorgeous Stephanie - how wonderful that someone at work made this for you.

I'll set my phone to remind me. Will pray for the whole family, you included!



She did do a great job and that will look awesome in your sewing room! Thanks for sharing!


I finished one of the Christmas skirts this afternoon and am almost finished with the second one.

This turned out fabulous Lois! I love the fabrics you paired with it!

The quilt looks beautiful! I am sure it will look great in your spare bedroom!



The skirt looks great! Thank you for sharing.

Speaking of sharing, I have a few projects to share:

The first project was a T-shirt made using the Easy Cap Sleeve Tee pattern from youcanmakethis. It ended up being too big. The next time I will just use my size from off the rack T-shirts. I decided to add the embroidery just for the fun of it. It also shows what a 4x4 embroidery would look like on an adult sized top.

Some of you may recall that I talked about making something for Chinese New Year last year. I finally found a pattern that could work. I am not entirely happy with how this turned out but I suppose it will do for 1 day a year. The top is too short and my mid-section shows if I am not being careful. I had the fabric for a long time and I finally worked up the courage to cut into it.

Finally, a pair of oven mitts for my office Christmas gift exchange. The pattern is courtsey of youcanmakethis.

Thanks for looking

Great job Flora! That Chinese type shirt looks like it was incredibly hard to do! I think you pulled it off wonderfully! I've debated on making those oven mitts as Christmas gifts too - but I have yet to get to that. Sigh.

*slinks into the room*

I am SO behind. DAYS and DAYS and DAYS...... And what's more I have no good excuse for my absence! I'm sorry I'm such a bad disboutiquer! to make matters worse, I remember the last time I posted it was about me being glad there was an extra hour in the day because I needed to make my DD a birthday outfit and hadn't started. Yeah, she STILL doesn't have her birthday outfit. I'm sure one of you will be by shortly to make me turn in my card....

there have been SO many wonderful things posted. you all are nothing short of AMAZING.

AND CARRIE. I am IN LOVE with your skirt. it is PERFECT! Thank you for sharing the pattern because now I NEED one. IT.IS.AWESOME.

pytrx (I think I got that right, going off memory so forgive me if I didn't!) I am SO jealous of your upcoming trip! you are a lucky girl indeed!

Flora: bummer that the top is too short. Would it be improper to add a ruffle or extra cuff around the bottom to add some length?

Goteamwood: I LOVED seeing all your pictures! they made me so happy to remember all the cool places and characters in the parks. I'm glad your boys had a blast and you all made many special memories. Hope you are feeling all better now!

Sunshine

Hi Sunny!

D~

 

[tricia]

PS- I never cleared my stuff out of my parents house either. There was in incentive to bringing my old junk to my new place when I moved out. So my smart parents slowly started boxing things up and bringing me one small box of stuff every time they came to visit. It didn't take long before the room was cleaned out.

When I went on my Honeymoon I left my mom with the spare key to my DH's apartment. (the one I would be living in starting as soon as I got back) When we returned from Disney (where else?) all of my stuff had been packed and brought from my mom's place to the apartment. She then told DH that it was a Final Sale and there would be no returns or exchanges on me, lol.

Seriously though, mom and I are best friends, she just needed the space so that she could move one of my younger brothers into my old room and reclaim her living room which they had remodeled to house the 3rd and 4th children.

 

[PurpleEars]

*slinks into the room*

I am SO behind. DAYS and DAYS and DAYS...... And what's more I have no good excuse for my absence! I'm sorry I'm such a bad disboutiquer! to make matters worse, I remember the last time I posted it was about me being glad there was an extra hour in the day because I needed to make my DD a birthday outfit and hadn't started. Yeah, she STILL doesn't have her birthday outfit. I'm sure one of you will be by shortly to make me turn in my card....

there have been SO many wonderful things posted. you all are nothing short of AMAZING.

Flora: bummer that the top is too short. Would it be improper to add a ruffle or extra cuff around the bottom to add some length?

Sunshine

There's no need to apologize for being away - we all know that life happens and sometimes we just don't have time for "fun" things. I am sure your DD had/will have a great birthday with or without a birthday outfit.

Thanks for the suggestion about the top. I don't know if it will look ok with a ruffle or cuff. I will have to think about it. Certainly a top with a ruffle is much more proper than me showing off my mid-section!

Love the things you made. The t-shirt looks great. It is too bad that it is too big. Can you cut it down so that it fits better?

The Chinese New Year top is very pretty. Can you add a contrasting band at the bottom of the shirt to give it a little bit of length? I love the high collar and the buttons on the shoulder.

And somebody is going to get lucky with those pretty oven mitts for your office gift exchange! I always got terrible gifts when had a gift exchange.

I think I will just wear the T-shirt as is since I wear a sweatshirt on top of my T-shirts most of the year anyway. I figured it doesn't much matter if no one else can see it!

The buttons on the top came from my grandma-in-law's stash. She gave me her sewing supplies when she moved here so I am sure she will get a kick out of seeing her stash being used. I will have to think about adding something to the bottom before I wear the top in public though.

Our gift exchange is going to be next week. I still need to go and buy some chocolate to go with it. This is one of those gift exchanges where you don't know who is going to end up with your gift so I tried to go for something that would appeal to both men and women (our team is 50-50 men and women). We are having our Christmas party on your Thanksgiving day . In our defense, our team is spread across 2 cities (about 2 hours apart) and the folks from the other site will be in town that day, so we decided to do our party early.

Great job Flora! That Chinese type shirt looks like it was incredibly hard to do! I think you pulled it off wonderfully! I've debated on making those oven mitts as Christmas gifts too - but I have yet to get to that. Sigh.

D~

Thanks. The shirt isn't too difficult to put together, I just wish I looked at the finish length before hand. I am very good at measuring sleeve lengths before cutting (otherwise the sleeves will be too short) but not the bodice length. I guess I need to add it to my "to measure" list.

Those oven mitts are very easy to put together. I guess if you need a break from making bags, they would be something quick and easy to do!


Edit: I just hopped over to youcanmakethis and my review for one of the patterns was displayed on the front page! I guess I am famous now

 

[disneychic2]

Thanks for all the nice comments on my Christmas skirts.

Dianemom2 - I plan to appliqué one of the squares from the main fabric onto a store-bought shirt. Don't know if I'll be able to pull it off, but I think that would really be cute. Wish me luck!

Speaking of sharing, I have a few projects to share:

The first project was a T-shirt made using the Easy Cap Sleeve Tee pattern from youcanmakethis. It ended up being too big. The next time I will just use my size from off the rack T-shirts. I decided to add the embroidery just for the fun of it. It also shows what a 4x4 embroidery would look like on an adult sized top.

Some of you may recall that I talked about making something for Chinese New Year last year. I finally found a pattern that could work. I am not entirely happy with how this turned out but I suppose it will do for 1 day a year. The top is too short and my mid-section shows if I am not being careful. I had the fabric for a long time and I finally worked up the courage to cut into it.

Finally, a pair of oven mitts for my office Christmas gift exchange. The pattern is courtsey of youcanmakethis.

Thanks for looking

Everything looks wonderful! So sorry the mandarine collar shirt is too short. You did a beautiful job on it. I hope you can work something out so you can wear it. I would love to get those oven mitts in a gift exchange! So many times you get such lame gifts that you have no use for. Thanks for sharing!

When I went on my Honeymoon I left my mom with the spare key to my DH's apartment. (the one I would be living in starting as soon as I got back) When we returned from Disney (where else?) all of my stuff had been packed and brought from my mom's place to the apartment. She then told DH that it was a Final Sale and there would be no returns or exchanges on me, lol.

Seriously though, mom and I are best friends, she just needed the space so that she could move one of my younger brothers into my old room and reclaim her living room which they had remodeled to house the 3rd and 4th children.

This totally cracked me up! Sounds like a great relationship between you and your mom! And that's a beautiful thing.

 

[ivey_family]

Hi Ladies,

I need some honest opinions. This is my Snow White skirt that I'm working on. The bottom will be a wide red band like the yoke. The back is the same. Is this just too loud or silly for an adult woman to wear? Can you think of anything I could do to embellish it to polish the look a little bit? I will topstitch each seam.

I'm in a full-on panic to get a few more things done since it looks like it will be cold! goteamwood - I hope you won't mind if I case your opposite colors easyfit pants idea! I made Christmas Mickey shorts for the boys, but I really don't think we're going to be wearing shorts very often. (I hope I'm wrong, but better safe than sorry!)

Thank you!
C.

 

[goteamwood]

Hi Ladies,

I need some honest opinions. This is my Snow White skirt that I'm working on. The bottom will be a wide red band like the yoke. The back is the same. Is this just too loud or silly for an adult woman to wear? Can you think of anything I could do to embellish it to polish the look a little bit? I will topstitch each seam.

I'm in a full-on panic to get a few more things done since it looks like it will be cold! goteamwood - I hope you won't mind if I case your opposite colors easyfit pants idea! I made Christmas Mickey shorts for the boys, but I really don't think we're going to be wearing shorts very often. (I hope I'm wrong, but better safe than sorry!)

Thank you!
C.

I like the skirt. I don't think it's too loud for Disney world. Maybe for a funeral. Our bowling shirts were loud and I loved them, plus it made it easy to spot eachother.

Go nuts on the pants. My inspiration was simple, I didn't quite have enough of either fabric to make them both the same. Born of necessity I guess!

It was a little chilly when we were there, a couple days highs in the 50s and super windy. I packed a couple pairs of jeans for the kids and long sleeves to layer under their shirts. We all just wore hoodies but never used the rain jackets we brought. I hope your weather will be good. And good luck getting everything done.

 

[cogero]

Hi Ladies,

Thank you!
C.

I am totally loving that skirt. I have some of that snow white fabric. I have yet to use.

 

[pyrxtc]

Hi Ladies,

I need some honest opinions. This is my Snow White skirt that I'm working on. The bottom will be a wide red band like the yoke. The back is the same. Is this just too loud or silly for an adult woman to wear? Can you think of anything I could do to embellish it to polish the look a little bit? I will topstitch each seam.

I'm in a full-on panic to get a few more things done since it looks like it will be cold! goteamwood - I hope you won't mind if I case your opposite colors easyfit pants idea! I made Christmas Mickey shorts for the boys, but I really don't think we're going to be wearing shorts very often. (I hope I'm wrong, but better safe than sorry!)

Thank you!
C.

I think it will be fine for Disney. Not like you are wearing it to the office.

I am prepping for next week when I bring my machine to my Dad's and get some sewing done there.
I have 8 things cut and ready to sew. I need a few notions but other than that, they are completely ready.
A tote for the teacher and 2 shirts and a skirt for me....

Slippers for me...

Also some mittens for me out of sherpa backed suede.....

I also have a vintage jumper and top and a Feliz dress cut out and ready to be sewn. I am trying to do stuff for me since I have no little girl to try these dresses out on and am getting frustrated with making all this stuff and it never seeing the light of day. I have had to alter every pattern I have cut out to fit me. The tops all go from a 22 on the bust to and 18 on the hips. I also added an extra inch to the bust on one in length to cover my bust better. I made a muslin out of both tops already after alterations and they came out fitting perfectly. I also altered the tunic (dress pattern) so that there was no zipper in the back but I moved it to up a side seam so I could get it on over my bust. One of the shirts will be Mickey/bowling type shirt inspired and the other is Asian inspired and I will wear it on my trip in a few weeks. I will wear it to Epcot for the member mixer. My Mickey one I am hoping to wear to MK to visit Fantasyland.

 

[smile5sunshine]

Hi Sunny!

D~

Howdy! I've been very SLOOOOOWLY catching back up on threads, so hopefully I will have time to pop over to your PTR and gush over your bags.

When I went on my Honeymoon I left my mom with the spare key to my DH's apartment. (the one I would be living in starting as soon as I got back) When we returned from Disney (where else?) all of my stuff had been packed and brought from my mom's place to the apartment. She then told DH that it was a Final Sale and there would be no returns or exchanges on me, lol.

Seriously though, mom and I are best friends, she just needed the space so that she could move one of my younger brothers into my old room and reclaim her living room which they had remodeled to house the 3rd and 4th children.

This story is HILARIOUS!

There's no need to apologize for being away - we all know that life happens and sometimes we just don't have time for "fun" things. I am sure your DD had/will have a great birthday with or without a birthday outfit.

Thanks for the suggestion about the top. I don't know if it will look ok with a ruffle or cuff. I will have to think about it. Certainly a top with a ruffle is much more proper than me showing off my mid-section!



Edit: I just hopped over to youcanmakethis and my review for one of the patterns was displayed on the front page! I guess I am famous now

Hurray for being famous!

I think that if you added some bias tape to the sleeve hems as well in the same color as the contrast band/ruffle that it would make the shirt look like it was INTENDED to be that way.

Hi Ladies,

I need some honest opinions. This is my Snow White skirt that I'm working on. The bottom will be a wide red band like the yoke. The back is the same. Is this just too loud or silly for an adult woman to wear? Can you think of anything I could do to embellish it to polish the look a little bit? I will topstitch each seam.

I'm in a full-on panic to get a few more things done since it looks like it will be cold! goteamwood - I hope you won't mind if I case your opposite colors easyfit pants idea! I made Christmas Mickey shorts for the boys, but I really don't think we're going to be wearing shorts very often. (I hope I'm wrong, but better safe than sorry!)

Thank you!
C.

Layering will be your best bet. Make sure you have long sleeved shirts that can just be layered under any of the short sleeved things you have made. Then also leggings/long jons to go under pants/jeans.

Honestly? It wouldn't be something I would probably want to wear. I just don't see strip work skirts as a usual clothing choice for grown ups. I think part of the reason I'm not wild about it (for an adult...this would be DARLING on a little girl) is that there's so many colors. If I were sewing this for myself, I take out the yellow panels and replace them with more of the red or blue....probably the blue since you have the red at the top and bottom. then I would use the yellow fabric and make PIPING (or even just buy some) that went between each skirt panel. This would both define the different panels and add that POP of yellow without the yellow being overwhelming.

But with all that said, it's DISNEY and we all wear/do a LOT of things we'd never do outside of the theme parks, so if you are just that pressed for time, then just finish sewing it up and ENJOY wearing it that day.



Thank you all for not revoking my Disboutiquer privileges! you all are the best!

Sunshine

 

[sewmess]

Hi Ladies,

I need some honest opinions. This is my Snow White skirt that I'm working on. The bottom will be a wide red band like the yoke. The back is the same. Is this just too loud or silly for an adult woman to wear? Can you think of anything I could do to embellish it to polish the look a little bit? I will topstitch each seam.

Thank you!
C.

I'm with most of the posts on here: if you are wearing it to the parks, there's nothing that can't be worn, as long as you are comfortable. It's a little bright for me personally, but I'm sure that there are those that wouldn't have worn a glow in the dark Mickey-bat shirt.

If you haven't attached the yoke, maybe a little piping in blue or yellow to dress it up a bit? Kind of like a line of rik-rak on a girl's dress, just a little more sophisticated.

I love coming to this board. There are always such beautiful things posted and everyone is so very giving. Thanks!!

 

[ivey_family]

Honestly? It wouldn't be something I would probably want to wear. I just don't see strip work skirts as a usual clothing choice for grown ups. I think part of the reason I'm not wild about it (for an adult...this would be DARLING on a little girl) is that there's so many colors. If I were sewing this for myself, I take out the yellow panels and replace them with more of the red or blue....probably the blue since you have the red at the top and bottom. then I would use the yellow fabric and make PIPING (or even just buy some) that went between each skirt panel. This would both define the different panels and add that POP of yellow without the yellow being overwhelming.


Sunshine

YES! Brilliant idea to take out the yellow! Thank you! I think you've nailed what was bugging me. I may add some piping along the bottom seam between the strips and the red band.

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words as always!

I had to run all over today to gather cool weather gear and some more green Mickey fabric, so I haven't gotten as much done as I'd have liked with my kids gone today. (So far, only one pair of easy-fit pants.) But, at least I didn't have to keep dragging them in and out of their car seats about 8 times to get my errands done!

Regards,
C.

 

[Jen7079]

Hi Ladies,

I need some honest opinions. This is my Snow White skirt that I'm working on. The bottom will be a wide red band like the yoke. The back is the same. Is this just too loud or silly for an adult woman to wear? Can you think of anything I could do to embellish it to polish the look a little bit? I will topstitch each seam.

I'm in a full-on panic to get a few more things done since it looks like it will be cold! goteamwood - I hope you won't mind if I case your opposite colors easyfit pants idea! I made Christmas Mickey shorts for the boys, but I really don't think we're going to be wearing shorts very often. (I hope I'm wrong, but better safe than sorry!)

Thank you!
C.

I don't think it will be too loud or silly for a grown women to wear! My mom and I just got back from Disney and we wore matching outfits (that we made). Soo many people stopped us to compliment out outfits or to ask where we got them. Some even asked to have their pictures with us (and they weren't as cute as your skirt, but they were cute) I say go for it!

Jennifer

 

[DMGeurts]

Hi Ladies,

I need some honest opinions. This is my Snow White skirt that I'm working on. The bottom will be a wide red band like the yoke. The back is the same. Is this just too loud or silly for an adult woman to wear? Can you think of anything I could do to embellish it to polish the look a little bit? I will topstitch each seam.

I'm in a full-on panic to get a few more things done since it looks like it will be cold! goteamwood - I hope you won't mind if I case your opposite colors easyfit pants idea! I made Christmas Mickey shorts for the boys, but I really don't think we're going to be wearing shorts very often. (I hope I'm wrong, but better safe than sorry!)

Thank you!
C.

I really love this skirt!

I think it will be fine for Disney. Not like you are wearing it to the office.

IThanks!!

It looks like you are totally ready to sew!

YES! Brilliant idea to take out the yellow! Thank you! I think you've nailed what was bugging me. I may add some piping along the bottom seam between the strips and the red band.

Thanks, everyone, for the kind words as always!

I had to run all over today to gather cool weather gear and some more green Mickey fabric, so I haven't gotten as much done as I'd have liked with my kids gone today. (So far, only one pair of easy-fit pants.) But, at least I didn't have to keep dragging them in and out of their car seats about 8 times to get my errands done!

Regards,
C.

See... Now I would have kept the yellow and blue and then just alternated them around the skirt... Then I would have kept the red on the top and bottom... I also like Ruth's idea of the piping - I really think that would make it more sophisticated... Just remember, piping stiffens the seams (I learned that the hard way - LOL)

D~

 

[ConnieB]

Happy birthday Diane

Here are a couple things I have done recently.



an outfit for J

Can you tell me where to get this Mad Hatter embroidery design? Thanks!

 

[dianemom2]

Seriously though, mom and I are best friends, she just needed the space so that she could move one of my younger brothers into my old room and reclaim her living room which they had remodeled to house the 3rd and 4th children.

So nice that you and your mom are close. I've always been close with my mom too.

Our gift exchange is going to be next week. I still need to go and buy some chocolate to go with it. This is one of those gift exchanges where you don't know who is going to end up with your gift so I tried to go for something that would appeal to both men and women (our team is 50-50 men and women).

Edit: I just hopped over to youcanmakethis and my review for one of the patterns was displayed on the front page! I guess I am famous now

Have fun at your gift exchange and I hope you get back something as lovely as those oven mitts that you made.

I saw your review right on the front page of YCMT!

Dianemom2 - I plan to appliqué one of the squares from the main fabric onto a store-bought shirt. Don't know if I'll be able to pull it off, but I think that would really be cute. Wish me luck!

I hope it turns out well. I haven't done any hand applique but with machine applique, I'd definitely use heavy weight cut away stabilizer behind my design on a t-shirt.

Hi Ladies,
I need some honest opinions. This is my Snow White skirt that I'm working on. The bottom will be a wide red band like the yoke. The back is the same. Is this just too loud or silly for an adult woman to wear? Can you think of anything I could do to embellish it to polish the look a little bit? I will topstitch each seam.

I think your skirt will be cute for Disney. I doubt I'd wear it around home but I think it is perfectly appropriate for the parks. I like the idea of the piping but I don't think it is necessary.

I have 8 things cut and ready to sew. I need a few notions but other than that, they are completely ready.
A tote for the teacher and 2 shirts and a skirt for me....

Slippers for me...

Also some mittens for me out of sherpa backed suede.....

Wow, you are so organized. I'm very impressed. I can't wait to see your finished products!

 

[Sarah_Rose]

Hey there!

I've been lurking here for YEARS and enjoying everyone's wonderful customs, and other sewing projects. I started sewing about a year ago, because of some of the lovely things I've seen on this thread, and I wanted to create my own cute things for my own kids. I wanted to share my first Disney project with you guys, since I've taken so much inspiration from you guys over the years!

It's a mei tai baby carrier with Minnie Mouse ears on the "sleep hood" (used to keep baby's head from flopping around if they fall asleep) for our WDW trip in February. I have a few carriers and wraps already, but I wanted a cute Disney baby carrier to carry my DD around in, but nothing was calling to me, so I designed my own off of another mei tai that I have.

Thanks so much for looking! I've loved looking at everyone's projects so much!

 

[pyrxtc]

Wow, you are so organized. I'm very impressed. I can't wait to see your finished products!

I like putting the fabric together, I hate the cutting part. I am trying something different and trying to get everything I know I have picked out cut so I can just sew when I want to sew and not have to get everything out and iron and cut and blech ... !!! It's my plan to cut more tomorrow so I can start on my shirts on Monday for my trip and maybe have my skirt done too so I can see if my mother is the same size and likes the style to make a skirt for her too. I know she'll want hers shorter than mine but I'm just worried about the waist. I found that gallon Ziploc fit most everything. The only time that will get tricky is for the Feliz dress since I want to use embellishments and won't know what I want until I am sewing.

 

[goteamwood]

Hey there!

I've been lurking here for YEARS and enjoying everyone's wonderful customs, and other sewing projects. I started sewing about a year ago, because of some of the lovely things I've seen on this thread, and I wanted to create my own cute things for my own kids. I wanted to share my first Disney project with you guys, since I've taken so much inspiration from you guys over the years!

It's a mei tai baby carrier with Minnie Mouse ears on the "sleep hood" (used to keep baby's head from flopping around if they fall asleep) for our WDW trip in February. I have a few carriers and wraps already, but I wanted a cute Disney baby carrier to carry my DD around in, but nothing was calling to me, so I designed my own off of another mei tai that I have.

Thanks so much for looking! I've loved looking at everyone's projects so much!

That is OUTRAGEOUSLY CUTE! I love it. We had the Ergo carriers (still have them, just don't use them since my now-3-year-olds insist on running in opposite directions and can't stand being tied down.) and would have never thought to make my own. The ears are adorable. Funny, I was just going to post a question if anyone had ever added ears to a hoodie, I am planning to give it a whirl with a couple of fleece sweatshirts and was going to solicit advice. You did a great job! The baby is pretty cute too.

I like putting the fabric together, I hate the cutting part. I am trying something different and trying to get everything I know I have picked out cut so I can just sew when I want to sew and not have to get everything out and iron and cut and blech ... !!! It's my plan to cut more tomorrow so I can start on my shirts on Monday for my trip and maybe have my skirt done too so I can see if my mother is the same size and likes the style to make a skirt for her too. I know she'll want hers shorter than mine but I'm just worried about the waist. I found that gallon Ziploc fit most everything. The only time that will get tricky is for the Feliz dress since I want to use embellishments and won't know what I want until I am sewing.

I use ziplocs too, it helps me stay organized, well, more organized.

I feel like I have lost a week, or more, of my life. I was SO sick for literally a week after we got back, and I am just now getting back to normal. I still have a lingering cough. In all, I had a tummy bug, a bout with flu-like symptoms, and a terrible chest cough. Hubby and both kids got the tummy bug so I had to deal with all 3 of them puking over the course of two days. It was pretty awful. They all three bounced back like nothing happend though, of course.

Here is my latest project, I bought this fabric a while ago, maybe a couple of months, with the intention of making shirts for my kids' playmates who have a birthday this weekend, they are boy/girl twins and turning 3, they are only a couple weeks younger than my duo. They have a camping themed party Saturday, so I made these camp shirts. They are the Fishsticks everyday camp shirt pattern. I think they went together OK, but if I use it again I will leave off the pocket, it doesn't really add much I think and the shirt is so narrow that I feel like it takes up 1/2 of the shirt. I am glad I had the Carla C basics, I think this would have been a little confusing. The way she described measuring/calculating the button spacing I still don't understand. I sort of winged it.



The blue is the boy, the brown the girl. I had lofty aspirations of adding a ruffle to the girl shirt but I just wanted to be done. I figure a camp shirt should be sort of tomboyish, which this little girl is anyway. You will have to excuse the crummy photos, my good camera was broken 1/2 way through our Disney trip by one of my charming little birthday boys, and the lighting in my sewing room is terrible.

I have also managed to cut fabric for two different quilts for Christmas gifts, cut out 5 of the Carla C raglan hoodies from Fleece remnants, two for each of my boys and one for my nephew. And I signed up to do two shirts for the big give so I need to get cracking on those. Somehow my to-do list didn't get any shorter even though we are back from our trip. I also want to make a bowling shirt for my nephew for Christmas and matchy PJ pants for everyone for Christmas eve. My brother, nephew and mom are supposed to be coming from Colorado for Christmas, but now my mom might not be able to because she is having surgery next week.

 

[pyrxtc]

Hey there!

I've been lurking here for YEARS and enjoying everyone's wonderful customs, and other sewing projects. I started sewing about a year ago, because of some of the lovely things I've seen on this thread, and I wanted to create my own cute things for my own kids. I wanted to share my first Disney project with you guys, since I've taken so much inspiration from you guys over the years!

It's a mei tai baby carrier with Minnie Mouse ears on the "sleep hood" (used to keep baby's head from flopping around if they fall asleep) for our WDW trip in February. I have a few carriers and wraps already, but I wanted a cute Disney baby carrier to carry my DD around in, but nothing was calling to me, so I designed my own off of another mei tai that I have.

Thanks so much for looking! I've loved looking at everyone's projects so much!

Very Cool !! I love how it looks and can't wait to see what else you've done. You are very brave for making a baby carrier. I don't know if I trust my sewing enough to hold up something so precious. maybe by the time my sister has her's I will. Where did you get the pattern for the basic part of it ?

 

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Everything looks wonderful! So sorry the mandarine collar shirt is too short. You did a beautiful job on it. I hope you can work something out so you can wear it. I would love to get those oven mitts in a gift exchange! So many times you get such lame gifts that you have no use for. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks. I guess I will find out what I get in the gift exchange in a week.

Hi Ladies,

I need some honest opinions. This is my Snow White skirt that I'm working on. The bottom will be a wide red band like the yoke. The back is the same. Is this just too loud or silly for an adult woman to wear? Can you think of anything I could do to embellish it to polish the look a little bit? I will topstitch each seam.

Thank you!
C.

I like it the way it is, but then again, I wear Disney customs to work, so I am probably not the most reliable judge on this.

I am prepping for next week when I bring my machine to my Dad's and get some sewing done there.
I have 8 things cut and ready to sew. I need a few notions but other than that, they are completely ready.
A tote for the teacher and 2 shirts and a skirt for me....

Slippers for me...

Also some mittens for me out of sherpa backed suede.....

I also have a vintage jumper and top and a Feliz dress cut out and ready to be sewn. I am trying to do stuff for me since I have no little girl to try these dresses out on and am getting frustrated with making all this stuff and it never seeing the light of day. I have had to alter every pattern I have cut out to fit me. The tops all go from a 22 on the bust to and 18 on the hips. I also added an extra inch to the bust on one in length to cover my bust better. I made a muslin out of both tops already after alterations and they came out fitting perfectly. I also altered the tunic (dress pattern) so that there was no zipper in the back but I moved it to up a side seam so I could get it on over my bust. One of the shirts will be Mickey/bowling type shirt inspired and the other is Asian inspired and I will wear it on my trip in a few weeks. I will wear it to Epcot for the member mixer. My Mickey one I am hoping to wear to MK to visit Fantasyland.

Looks like you have your projects all sorted out and ready to go. I am never that organized!

Hurray for being famous!

I think that if you added some bias tape to the sleeve hems as well in the same color as the contrast band/ruffle that it would make the shirt look like it was INTENDED to be that way.

Sunshine

Thanks. I like the bias tape idea. I will have to play with the idea and see how I can make it work.

Have fun at your gift exchange and I hope you get back something as lovely as those oven mitts that you made.

I saw your review right on the front page of YCMT!

Thanks. I will share what I get in the gift exchange next week.

Hey there!

I've been lurking here for YEARS and enjoying everyone's wonderful customs, and other sewing projects. I started sewing about a year ago, because of some of the lovely things I've seen on this thread, and I wanted to create my own cute things for my own kids. I wanted to share my first Disney project with you guys, since I've taken so much inspiration from you guys over the years!

It's a mei tai baby carrier with Minnie Mouse ears on the "sleep hood" (used to keep baby's head from flopping around if they fall asleep) for our WDW trip in February. I have a few carriers and wraps already, but I wanted a cute Disney baby carrier to carry my DD around in, but nothing was calling to me, so I designed my own off of another mei tai that I have.

Thanks so much for looking! I've loved looking at everyone's projects so much!

Welcome! You did a great job with the cover!

I feel like I have lost a week, or more, of my life. I was SO sick for literally a week after we got back, and I am just now getting back to normal. I still have a lingering cough. In all, I had a tummy bug, a bout with flu-like symptoms, and a terrible chest cough. Hubby and both kids got the tummy bug so I had to deal with all 3 of them puking over the course of two days. It was pretty awful. They all three bounced back like nothing happend though, of course.

Here is my latest project, I bought this fabric a while ago, maybe a couple of months, with the intention of making shirts for my kids' playmates who have a birthday this weekend, they are boy/girl twins and turning 3, they are only a couple weeks younger than my duo. They have a camping themed party Saturday, so I made these camp shirts. They are the Fishsticks everyday camp shirt pattern. I think they went together OK, but if I use it again I will leave off the pocket, it doesn't really add much I think and the shirt is so narrow that I feel like it takes up 1/2 of the shirt. I am glad I had the Carla C basics, I think this would have been a little confusing. The way she described measuring/calculating the button spacing I still don't understand. I sort of winged it.



The blue is the boy, the brown the girl. I had lofty aspirations of adding a ruffle to the girl shirt but I just wanted to be done. I figure a camp shirt should be sort of tomboyish, which this little girl is anyway. You will have to excuse the crummy photos, my good camera was broken 1/2 way through our Disney trip by one of my charming little birthday boys, and the lighting in my sewing room is terrible.

I have also managed to cut fabric for two different quilts for Christmas gifts, cut out 5 of the Carla C raglan hoodies from Fleece remnants, two for each of my boys and one for my nephew. And I signed up to do two shirts for the big give so I need to get cracking on those. Somehow my to-do list didn't get any shorter even though we are back from our trip. I also want to make a bowling shirt for my nephew for Christmas and matchy PJ pants for everyone for Christmas eve. My brother, nephew and mom are supposed to be coming from Colorado for Christmas, but now my mom might not be able to because she is having surgery next week.

I am sorry to hear that it is taking you a long time to recover. Your project looks great. I hope your mom will recover from her surgery quickly.