Disboutiquers Part 30 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[lovesdumbo]

I don't have the camp shirt pattern but I have a lot of fish sticks patterns......I usually have no trouble understanding them. The sizing on most of her patterns is right on or slightly bigger than RTW.

Thanks! I'm sure the instructions are very understandable.

I have the puddle splasher shorts pattern too, and just cut out those as well as some easy fit shorts, the puddle splashers seem gigantic! I did the longer/hem ones so maybe it is the length, but I think I am going to get the button elastic and plan on them being a long-term shorts set! I was surprised the camp shirt seemed small to me, maybe it is actually truer to size than the bowling shirts so it seemed smaller.

Those look cute I might try the inside out shorts. My DS would fit into a size 12 short better than a size 14 shirt.

I bought myself a new to me sewing machine for my new house. I hope to get it working again. Since my dad took my last one I bought ( the model 15-91 electric) I found myself a great looking treadle machine. The link will bring you to more pictures of it in detail.

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/pyrxtc/story/76825

Very cool! My MIL was saving one just like for me that was her MIL's. Now my SIL is saving it for me. I just won't have room for it til the kids move out.

April did this tutorial for using a commercial pattern and Carla's directions for making an adult sized bowling shirt. I have used it a few times and it is helpful. The only time I made a mistake is when I tried to use the commercial directions for one of the steps. The steps on posted towards the bottom of this page: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2659975&page=120

Thanks! I can do that! I do like the side vents on the Simplicity pattern. I'll just follow Carla's instruction on the Sophie pattern I have for those.

 

[sewdisney]

Purple_Ears - your signature quilt is really cute. I think I may have to steal your idea when we go on our cruise in November.

 

[PurpleEars]

I bought myself a new to me sewing machine for my new house. I hope to get it working again. Since my dad took my last one I bought ( the model 15-91 electric) I found myself a great looking treadle machine. The link will bring you to more pictures of it in detail.

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/pyrxtc/story/76825

That machine looks beautiful! I hope you will be able to play with it when you get settled at your new place.

yes I'm sure we will. I admit when it comes time for ruffles, I hand them off. Without a doubt, I break the thread every single time I have tried to ruffle! I have given up on ruffling and it is just so much easier on both of us! I have my brother machine and a brother ruffle that is supposed to fit, but we weren't able to ever get it to fit. Eventually we will take her machine in and get the threader fixed and figure out the ruffler for that machine.

I think someone once suggested using dental floss for the bobbin thread for doing ruffles, so that may help with the thread breaking issues. But for now, I guess handing them off is a valid solution too.

Purple_Ears - your signature quilt is really cute. I think I may have to steal your idea when we go on our cruise in November.

Thanks. Please feel free to use/expand on the idea (as long as you post pictures of your project ). I may make a new one after the December trip if I have enough new signatures collected from the last few trips.

 

[pyrxtc]

Very cool! My MIL was saving one just like for me that was her MIL's. Now my SIL is saving it for me. I just won't have room for it til the kids move out.

I want to get it running so I can use it. I showed my dad today how to use the other one I bought since it is now his and it still makes a beautiful stitch. The table machine he picked up doesn't work yet but he put the motor machine in that table after he refinished it, gorgeous tiger maple, but I can't get him to refinish mine. My family doesn't have any machines to pass down til my Dad just got his.

That machine looks beautiful! I hope you will be able to play with it when you get settled at your new place.

I think someone once suggested using dental floss for the bobbin thread for doing ruffles, so that may help with the thread breaking issues. But for now, I guess handing them off is a valid solution too.

Me too ! It's packed at my Dad's house to travel in my trailer that I will be towing to Texas. I am not trusting it with the movers.

For ruffling using dental floss, you zig zag over the dental floss and then use that to pull on to ruffle it. It works great but I just started using a loose straight stitch sewn by hand and I like it better.

 

[mommy2AbIzEli]

I loved the autograph quilt!! Just awesome!!!

 

[LovesTheMagic]

Hi all, I am looking for a pattern. I have seen a lot of cute peekaboo skirts in these threads. Would love to get my hands on a pattern. Looking back I saw one on Part 29 page 9 comment 126 on 8/18 - still struggling on quoting from other threads. I know I have seen others out there as well. Has anyone seen a pattern for these?
Thanks in advance for any information.

 

[squirrel]

I should be around more now. I now have a completely new computer. The new computer that I purchased almost 5 months ago was ruined by the company I bought it from when they replaced the hard drive and motherboard. Lost the free games and something that caused the computer to do strange things (blank tabs, blank webpages, deleting extra e-mail, etc). It just about drove me insane trying to fix whatever they did to it. Finally the store I bought it from let me return it and upgrade to a new computer since they no longer carry the model I purchased. Cost me more $, but at least I have a working computer now.

I now have to catch up on all the sewing I should have been doing for the past few months.

I will have to catch up on what creations I have missed. I can now add some photos to the computer and share what I have been working on.

 

[love to stitch]

Some advice? so this is the Irelyn Peek a boo dress pattern. It was made in the largest size 6/7 and fit V throughout the bodice pretty well. I think it is too short. What do you guys think? I am planning to make her the same style dress in classic mickey colors.



TIA!
Erin

The dress is very pretty and I like the length too.

This is an autograph quilt I made a while back:

I love the quilt. I need to get busy and make mine, I have all the signatures just need to decide on other fabric.

I bought myself a new to me sewing machine for my new house. I hope to get it working again. Since my dad took my last one I bought ( the model 15-91 electric) I found myself a great looking treadle machine. The link will bring you to more pictures of it in detail.

http://s10.photobucket.com/user/pyrxtc/story/76825

I'm having machine envy lol. I'm going to have one some day. I think it should be part of my hurricane supplies, I need to be able to sew even if the power is out.

 

[disneychic2]

I have been trying to keep up with the thread an all the great projects (and comment when I have time) but man was it a long, exhausting week last week.
My boys had their (first of probably many) preschool graduation ceremony last week, which was beyond adorable. And since I think they are cute and I am a proud Mommy AND I got a cute picture of them looking in the same direction, here is their graduation day pic. (for once not wearing something I made.)
We also had an ER visit when one kid bludgeoned the other with the nightlight (which they are not allowed to have in their room anymore) and there was SO MUCH BLOOD. It ended up being a smallish, not very deep wound and did not even require stitches or staples, but looking at their room you'd guess it was much more severe. (Twin boys are never dull.) And finally we wrapped up the week with our family's annual walk for the March of Dimes, which was great fun and my kids were so excited to help babies, and this year they even walked a little rather than just staying in the stroller like years past. (they did not walk the whole 5K).

And onto the things I made...
I don't think I posted these before, sorry if I did. I made this set for 6 month photos of a mom in my twins club for her boy/girl twins. She had been looking all over for matching outfits for them and wasn't having any luck, so I made some. I think they are so cute.

I did the simply sweet but used Diane's trick of doing the back of the bodice 1 size up and put elastic in it, so hopefully the little girl will be able to wear it for a while.

And I was commissioned to make a dress for a friend of a friend who had seen the Winnie the Pooh ruffle dress I made and asked if I could make a dress to match an existing hair bow she had. I forgot to take a picture of the bow with but it's pretty much an exact match. She loves it and has ordered a pirate-themed Peekaboo Ruffle dress for her daughter's pirate 5th birthday party in September.


I am busy planning our outfits for our trip and have started culling my fabrics and my to-do pile is growing. Not sure when I will have time to do it, but I am guessing it will be at the expense of sleep. I was at Joann fabrics this week and found new Monster's University fabric, which of course I bought 3 yards of immediately. I know we've all discussed how Joann's quality isn't great, but I searched far and wide for Monster's fabric last year and found a single FQ on ebay for $10 so I HAD to get it. I think I am going to make shorts for my kiddos and use some of the adorable Monsters U designs HeatherSue just released for a t-shirt for the movie next month. I have been prepping my kids for the movie theater experience, they've only been 1 time and it was a months-later showing of Wreck-it Ralph so we were literally the only 4 people in the theater! It didn't matter if they were noisy or had to go potty 22 times. I have a feeling Monsters will be different. But Monsters Inc is my all-time favorite Pixar movie so we will be going ASAP!

How cute the boys look for their graduation. Yes, first of many! Kids just seem to challenge us in so many ways. There is a new ER facility being built near my DD in Virginia and we've dubbed it "Miles' Place" since he will no doubt be one of their best customers. His sister Moriah will not be far behind, either.

Love the idea of the Monsters U outfits for the movie! They'll be adorable I'm sure. Hope all goes well. I also love the other outfits you've done. Great work as always.

Can't believe your brother didn't get the mail and that great shirt didn't get worn for the party!!! I would be so ticked! He'll still love it no matter when he wears it though, i'm sure!

My brother and SIL got my nieces 1st birthday pictures done and they used my dress. I do have to say that she looks absolutely adorable in it. They used the tulle dress too.

I spent my morning learning how to make and making a nursing cover for my sister. I have one more to make and then we will see how she likes them. It seems too easy but I tried it on and it seems like it will work. I had bought the fabric a while ago with nothing in mind so i grabbed it and I am now working on the Cinderella one for her with fabric that I had originally bought to make a carrier. The only thing I had to purchase was the boning and the D rings.



I started packing up my sewing room and not much is being kept out. The movers come to pack up my house on June 17th. I will be taking my sewing stuff with me though but it still needs to be packed.

Love, love, love the pictures of your niece!! So nice to see your darling creations on her. Thanks for sharing!

Great idea for the nursing cover. Looks good! I would take my sewing things with me as well. Don't blame you there. Hope the move goes smoothly for you.

Oh my... You all make such wonderful things!! I want to make wonderful things. Although it seems my machine won't cooperate.
So question, I have (or am borrowing rather) a brother Innov-is 900d. I have tried hopping tshirts several different ways. (Even the one at the beginning of this form) every time it works fine for a little bit, just enough to get my hopes up, them all of a sudden the machine starts eating my shirt! Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong??
I did take some sewing lessons in high school but that's been a while. I really want to make some cute outfits for my little boy but I'm becoming frustrated.
Thanks for your help!

Looks like you got plenty of good advise already, but I wanted to welcome you to the Disboutique thread! Hope you get things sorted out and can post some pictures of your creations.

First post here! I've been a lurker for a while now.

I had a question and I hoped that you guys could help! My daughter loves, no adores, Doc McStuffins. I'm making her an applique t-shirt for our Disney trip June 3rd (so excited! it is getting so close!) I have been stressing over what color to do the skin tone and hair. I was the kid who took four crayons out the box as a kid and stared at them. I hate matching stuff. I love applique because usually i can just pick whatever I want! It looks to me like a medium brown for the skin and a dark brown for the hair. Picture of Doc Has anyone tried this?

Second, my son really wants a dinosaur shirt for AK. Every dino thing I see is sorta babyish. Has anyone ever seen a plain silhouette of a dino done in animal fabrics (I have giraffe and zebra minky/cotton scraps) Would that be original or just wonky?

Love the group and the great ideas!

Welcome to our group! I know your questions have been answered, so this is just a friendly hello.

Some advice? so this is the Irelyn Peek a boo dress pattern. It was made in the largest size 6/7 and fit V throughout the bodice pretty well. I think it is too short. What do you guys think? I am planning to make her the same style dress in classic mickey colors.



TIA!
Erin

I know I'm late to the party, but I think you are right when you say the boots throw you off visually. The length is good. Very nice job by your Mom!

For my last dress, I actually did the ruffles using the basting stitch method since I wanted to try it. I am not sure if it really took that much longer to do the ruffles that way. I also found that my "off brand" ruffler was useless but my Brother ruffler works like a charm. Hopefully you will get a chance to get this sorted out after you finish your current set of customs!

First, I loved your autograph quilt! Second, I just got an "off brand" ruffler and really hope it will work with my Babylock okay. I haven't had a chance to try it out. I suppose you get what you pay for, though.

I should be around more now. I now have a completely new computer. The new computer that I purchased almost 5 months ago was ruined by the company I bought it from when they replaced the hard drive and motherboard. Lost the free games and something that caused the computer to do strange things (blank tabs, blank webpages, deleting extra e-mail, etc). It just about drove me insane trying to fix whatever they did to it. Finally the store I bought it from let me return it and upgrade to a new computer since they no longer carry the model I purchased. Cost me more $, but at least I have a working computer now.

I now have to catch up on all the sewing I should have been doing for the past few months.

I will have to catch up on what creations I have missed. I can now add some photos to the computer and share what I have been working on.

Computer problems are the pits!!! I'm so glad you got a new one and will be able to post pictures again.

I've been traveling almost the entire month of May and now that I'm home, I'll hopefully be able to take time to post some pictures of what I've done lately. I love seeing everyone else's creations as it really inspires me. For now though, I'm off with DH to get a saw blade sharpened before our sweet peat (a type of mulch) gets delivered and we have to work outside. When he takes a day off I get NOTHING done!!

 

[darnheather]

So happy to have found this thread! Such much inspiration and beauty.

I've been sewing for many years but this will be my first time sewing for Disney. I have a 7 year old princess and a 12 year old who doesn't really like me to sew for her and a spouse that has worn one thing that I sewed once because I threatened not to feed him otherwise.

Anyway, my plans so far:

DD7
Little Mermaid Feliz
Ariel Ballgown (probably use Snow White's pattern)
Seven Dwarfs embroidered skirt with Snow White peasant top (online tutorials)
Autograph book and pouch
Nightgown?
Epcot outfit?
????

DD12
Pirate peasant blouse
Pouch for pennies and quarters and penny press list
PJ's

Me
Eeyore pj's
Purse

Mind you I've got three months and a house to move in between now and then plus I'm keeping everything a secret from DD7! So I might be a bit

 

[darnheather]

This is an autograph quilt I made a while back:

<snip>

I collected the signatures over a few trips, scanned them, and digitized them. I used 4x4 embroidery field as that was the largest size I could do at the time. Hopefully this will give you some inspirations for your quilts.

That is absolutely gorgeous! I have two non-Disney related quilts I have to finish up before I can start on the Disney fun. Thanks for the inspiration.

 

[mommy2AbIzEli]

Mom & I have been very busy!!!

Here are the bows I made my girls to go with their thing 1 & 2 shirts to wear to universal. My son has a thing 3 shirt!!

Then here are outfits for one day at Magic Kingdom. Mom made the skirts for my girls & shorts for my son. Then my friend monogrammed the shirts & I made the bows to match!!

Here's a close up of the bows!!!

We are still working on a few more things but I am so excited to see them wearing the clothes in wdw!!! I will post more later when we get them done.

 

[nowellsl]

I love that chevron fabric with the dots!! Those are adorable!

 

[Iamthequeen]

Love the chevron fabric and the bows! Funny thing is my youngest dd named herself Izze - with an "e" instead of a "y"!

I've been busy embroidering t shirts for dh and me to wear - he is totally into dressing in the shirts and asked if I planned one for each day we are there. He is just a big kid at heart! I promise to post pictures once I get them uploaded.

 

[goteamwood]

Flora, now I want to make an autograph quilt from our next trip. Except let's be honest, I would have to make 2, and they would never get done until my kid shave kids of their own, but it is SO CUTE!

I usually have more ideas than I have time or Disney days for, but I am sort of stumped and looking for input. My boys' 4th birthday (the actual day) we have dinner reservations at Be Our Guest. I think we are going to MK just for the afternoon and dinner, starting the day in Epcot. I was thinking of "it's my birthday" t-shirts for that leg of the day, and thought i had an idea for the BOG dinner but now I am re-thinking it. I am IN LOVE with these cutie Beauty and the Beast characters, and wanted to do one cogsworth and one lumiere. And possibly Mrs. Potts for me and if I can convince him, Beast for hubby. But from what I gather, BOG is sort of fancy... I was going to do the Jackson Raglan t-shirts for the boys with the character, and t-shirts for the parents. I am only making 2 sets of bowling shirts this time (WHAT? Insanity!!!) so maybe I could do some sort of boyish beauty and the beast shirts w/ those characters, but I am stumped on fabrics. Or... I could stick with the plan and use the fabric I already bought for the knit raglan shirts. Or they can just wear the birthday shirts. Anyone who has been there, is it really fancy? Are we going to feel underdressed in t-shrits? I imagine a lot of people will be, and sunburnt and filthy as one tends to be after a long day in the parks.

Oh, and an update on my machine woes... For those keeping track, I am having a terrible time. I originally took my PE770 for a tune-up to a store 45 minutes from me because the local guy was a cranky, pushy old guy. Then I bought a new machine at the expo from the new place. And since then the PE770 has leaked greasy crud on several shirts and has been back in already because it was shredding thread (they keep telling me that it is not possible, they only give back machines that work 100 percent!) and now my 6 week old machine is in for the 2nd time in as many weeks, the first time was the needle threader, they told me it was my fault for using the wrong needles (which worked for the first 4 weeks flawlessly.) and now it is totally locked up, motor seized. The not-so-helpful woman today told me it was my fault because I need to take lessons and I am using the wrong stabilizer and I broke it. (BTW, medium-weight cut-away w/ t-shirts, um, what? That is what I learned...) so I am without a working machine, I was up at 11 p.m. trying to finish an order with the PE770 and it got grease all over and I was in tears. I told the technician that today and he told me that the machine needs oil and it must be something I am doing and I need to take lessons. I literally looked at him dumbfounded and asked "What exactly can you teach me in a class that will keep oil from dripping out of my machine, that you serviced, and ruining my projects?" Meanwhile my kids were losing patience with the 30 minutes we were there, and were running around like crazies. Supposedly he is going to get it fixed by the end of the week, I really hope so, and correctly. I actually considered going to the local place with the cranky old guy but when I was googling for the phone number I read that he retired friday (like 3 days ago) and shuttered the shop, so now the other place is the only brother service within 50 miles!
While I was there I decided to pick up more Star wars fabric, since I was a little short for some shirts, and didn't want to take the kids to my local quilt shop. I thought they rang me up for a whole yard when I asked for 3/4 since it was $11, but when I called she said it was $13.95 a YARD! (it was $10/yard at the local quilt shop.) There is no way I would have paid $4/ per yard more if I had known. That is crazy! I was already a splurge at $10. So I guess the only thing I can do now is move to a different state since clearly I am not having any luck with the service providers here!
/rant

 

[sewdisney]

Flora, now I want to make an autograph quilt from our next trip. Except let's be honest, I would have to make 2, and they would never get done until my kid shave kids of their own, but it is SO CUTE!

I usually have more ideas than I have time or Disney days for, but I am sort of stumped and looking for input. My boys' 4th birthday (the actual day) we have dinner reservations at Be Our Guest. I think we are going to MK just for the afternoon and dinner, starting the day in Epcot. I was thinking of "it's my birthday" t-shirts for that leg of the day, and thought i had an idea for the BOG dinner but now I am re-thinking it. I am IN LOVE with these cutie Beauty and the Beast characters, and wanted to do one cogsworth and one lumiere. And possibly Mrs. Potts for me and if I can convince him, Beast for hubby. But from what I gather, BOG is sort of fancy... I was going to do the Jackson Raglan t-shirts for the boys with the character, and t-shirts for the parents. I am only making 2 sets of bowling shirts this time (WHAT? Insanity!!!) so maybe I could do some sort of boyish beauty and the beast shirts w/ those characters, but I am stumped on fabrics. Or... I could stick with the plan and use the fabric I already bought for the knit raglan shirts. Or they can just wear the birthday shirts. Anyone who has been there, is it really fancy? Are we going to feel underdressed in t-shrits? I imagine a lot of people will be, and sunburnt and filthy as one tends to be after a long day in the parks.

Oh, and an update on my machine woes... For those keeping track, I am having a terrible time. I originally took my PE770 for a tune-up to a store 45 minutes from me because the local guy was a cranky, pushy old guy. Then I bought a new machine at the expo from the new place. And since then the PE770 has leaked greasy crud on several shirts and has been back in already because it was shredding thread (they keep telling me that it is not possible, they only give back machines that work 100 percent!) and now my 6 week old machine is in for the 2nd time in as many weeks, the first time was the needle threader, they told me it was my fault for using the wrong needles (which worked for the first 4 weeks flawlessly.) and now it is totally locked up, motor seized. The not-so-helpful woman today told me it was my fault because I need to take lessons and I am using the wrong stabilizer and I broke it. (BTW, medium-weight cut-away w/ t-shirts, um, what? That is what I learned...) so I am without a working machine, I was up at 11 p.m. trying to finish an order with the PE770 and it got grease all over and I was in tears. I told the technician that today and he told me that the machine needs oil and it must be something I am doing and I need to take lessons. I literally looked at him dumbfounded and asked "What exactly can you teach me in a class that will keep oil from dripping out of my machine, that you serviced, and ruining my projects?" Meanwhile my kids were losing patience with the 30 minutes we were there, and were running around like crazies. Supposedly he is going to get it fixed by the end of the week, I really hope so, and correctly. I actually considered going to the local place with the cranky old guy but when I was googling for the phone number I read that he retired friday (like 3 days ago) and shuttered the shop, so now the other place is the only brother service within 50 miles!
While I was there I decided to pick up more Star wars fabric, since I was a little short for some shirts, and didn't want to take the kids to my local quilt shop. I thought they rang me up for a whole yard when I asked for 3/4 since it was $11, but when I called she said it was $13.95 a YARD! (it was $10/yard at the local quilt shop.) There is no way I would have paid $4/ per yard more if I had known. That is crazy! I was already a splurge at $10. So I guess the only thing I can do now is move to a different state since clearly I am not having any luck with the service providers here!
/rant

Oh, I am so sorry you are having so many problems! I hope that he really does get it fixed for you by the end of the week. I will keep my fingers crossed for you!

 

[disneychic2]

So happy to have found this thread! Such much inspiration and beauty.

I've been sewing for many years but this will be my first time sewing for Disney. I have a 7 year old princess and a 12 year old who doesn't really like me to sew for her and a spouse that has worn one thing that I sewed once because I threatened not to feed him otherwise.

Anyway, my plans so far:

DD7
Little Mermaid Feliz
Ariel Ballgown (probably use Snow White's pattern)
Seven Dwarfs embroidered skirt with Snow White peasant top (online tutorials)
Autograph book and pouch
Nightgown?
Epcot outfit?
????

DD12
Pirate peasant blouse
Pouch for pennies and quarters and penny press list
PJ's

Me
Eeyore pj's
Purse

Mind you I've got three months and a house to move in between now and then plus I'm keeping everything a secret from DD7! So I might be a bit

Welcome! Sounds like you'll be quite busy between now and your trip! Hope you can get it all done and still keep the surprise. Good luck!!

Mom & I have been very busy!!!

Here are the bows I made my girls to go with their thing 1 & 2 shirts to wear to universal. My son has a thing 3 shirt!!

Then here are outfits for one day at Magic Kingdom. Mom made the skirts for my girls & shorts for my son. Then my friend monogrammed the shirts & I made the bows to match!!

Here's a close up of the bows!!!

We are still working on a few more things but I am so excited to see them wearing the clothes in wdw!!! I will post more later when we get them done.

Everything looks great! Love the bows!! Can't wait to see more.

Flora, now I want to make an autograph quilt from our next trip. Except let's be honest, I would have to make 2, and they would never get done until my kid shave kids of their own, but it is SO CUTE!

I usually have more ideas than I have time or Disney days for, but I am sort of stumped and looking for input. My boys' 4th birthday (the actual day) we have dinner reservations at Be Our Guest. I think we are going to MK just for the afternoon and dinner, starting the day in Epcot. I was thinking of "it's my birthday" t-shirts for that leg of the day, and thought i had an idea for the BOG dinner but now I am re-thinking it. I am IN LOVE with these cutie Beauty and the Beast characters, and wanted to do one cogsworth and one lumiere. And possibly Mrs. Potts for me and if I can convince him, Beast for hubby. But from what I gather, BOG is sort of fancy... I was going to do the Jackson Raglan t-shirts for the boys with the character, and t-shirts for the parents. I am only making 2 sets of bowling shirts this time (WHAT? Insanity!!!) so maybe I could do some sort of boyish beauty and the beast shirts w/ those characters, but I am stumped on fabrics. Or... I could stick with the plan and use the fabric I already bought for the knit raglan shirts. Or they can just wear the birthday shirts. Anyone who has been there, is it really fancy? Are we going to feel underdressed in t-shrits? I imagine a lot of people will be, and sunburnt and filthy as one tends to be after a long day in the parks.

Oh, and an update on my machine woes... For those keeping track, I am having a terrible time. I originally took my PE770 for a tune-up to a store 45 minutes from me because the local guy was a cranky, pushy old guy. Then I bought a new machine at the expo from the new place. And since then the PE770 has leaked greasy crud on several shirts and has been back in already because it was shredding thread (they keep telling me that it is not possible, they only give back machines that work 100 percent!) and now my 6 week old machine is in for the 2nd time in as many weeks, the first time was the needle threader, they told me it was my fault for using the wrong needles (which worked for the first 4 weeks flawlessly.) and now it is totally locked up, motor seized. The not-so-helpful woman today told me it was my fault because I need to take lessons and I am using the wrong stabilizer and I broke it. (BTW, medium-weight cut-away w/ t-shirts, um, what? That is what I learned...) so I am without a working machine, I was up at 11 p.m. trying to finish an order with the PE770 and it got grease all over and I was in tears. I told the technician that today and he told me that the machine needs oil and it must be something I am doing and I need to take lessons. I literally looked at him dumbfounded and asked "What exactly can you teach me in a class that will keep oil from dripping out of my machine, that you serviced, and ruining my projects?" Meanwhile my kids were losing patience with the 30 minutes we were there, and were running around like crazies. Supposedly he is going to get it fixed by the end of the week, I really hope so, and correctly. I actually considered going to the local place with the cranky old guy but when I was googling for the phone number I read that he retired friday (like 3 days ago) and shuttered the shop, so now the other place is the only brother service within 50 miles!
While I was there I decided to pick up more Star wars fabric, since I was a little short for some shirts, and didn't want to take the kids to my local quilt shop. I thought they rang me up for a whole yard when I asked for 3/4 since it was $11, but when I called she said it was $13.95 a YARD! (it was $10/yard at the local quilt shop.) There is no way I would have paid $4/ per yard more if I had known. That is crazy! I was already a splurge at $10. So I guess the only thing I can do now is move to a different state since clearly I am not having any luck with the service providers here!
/rant

First of all, t-shirts would be just fine for BOG. It is a somewhat elegant setting, but people wear their park clothes for the most part. We ate there last year just after it opened (soft opening) and it was just like any other park restaurant as far a dress. So go ahead with your original thought and enjoy BOG. It's our new favorite!

I am so sorry you are having machine troubles. I had hoped that with time, your 770 would quit spitting oil all over the place. And it's just a shame they want to blame you for everything going wrong with your new machine. They must know that they're pretty much the only game in town so they think they don't have to have great customer satisfaction. I sure do hope they get it sorted out and you get your machine back on time and working like a charm. A little pixie dust seems in order. Ok, a lot!

 

[NiniMorris]

Flora, now I want to make an autograph quilt from our next trip. Except let's be honest, I would have to make 2, and they would never get done until my kid shave kids of their own, but it is SO CUTE!

I usually have more ideas than I have time or Disney days for, but I am sort of stumped and looking for input. My boys' 4th birthday (the actual day) we have dinner reservations at Be Our Guest. I think we are going to MK just for the afternoon and dinner, starting the day in Epcot. I was thinking of "it's my birthday" t-shirts for that leg of the day, and thought i had an idea for the BOG dinner but now I am re-thinking it. I am IN LOVE with these cutie Beauty and the Beast characters, and wanted to do one cogsworth and one lumiere. And possibly Mrs. Potts for me and if I can convince him, Beast for hubby. But from what I gather, BOG is sort of fancy... I was going to do the Jackson Raglan t-shirts for the boys with the character, and t-shirts for the parents. I am only making 2 sets of bowling shirts this time (WHAT? Insanity!!!) so maybe I could do some sort of boyish beauty and the beast shirts w/ those characters, but I am stumped on fabrics. Or... I could stick with the plan and use the fabric I already bought for the knit raglan shirts. Or they can just wear the birthday shirts. Anyone who has been there, is it really fancy? Are we going to feel underdressed in t-shrits? I imagine a lot of people will be, and sunburnt and filthy as one tends to be after a long day in the parks.

Oh, and an update on my machine woes... For those keeping track, I am having a terrible time. I originally took my PE770 for a tune-up to a store 45 minutes from me because the local guy was a cranky, pushy old guy. Then I bought a new machine at the expo from the new place. And since then the PE770 has leaked greasy crud on several shirts and has been back in already because it was shredding thread (they keep telling me that it is not possible, they only give back machines that work 100 percent!) and now my 6 week old machine is in for the 2nd time in as many weeks, the first time was the needle threader, they told me it was my fault for using the wrong needles (which worked for the first 4 weeks flawlessly.) and now it is totally locked up, motor seized. The not-so-helpful woman today told me it was my fault because I need to take lessons and I am using the wrong stabilizer and I broke it. (BTW, medium-weight cut-away w/ t-shirts, um, what? That is what I learned...) so I am without a working machine, I was up at 11 p.m. trying to finish an order with the PE770 and it got grease all over and I was in tears. I told the technician that today and he told me that the machine needs oil and it must be something I am doing and I need to take lessons. I literally looked at him dumbfounded and asked "What exactly can you teach me in a class that will keep oil from dripping out of my machine, that you serviced, and ruining my projects?" Meanwhile my kids were losing patience with the 30 minutes we were there, and were running around like crazies. Supposedly he is going to get it fixed by the end of the week, I really hope so, and correctly. I actually considered going to the local place with the cranky old guy but when I was googling for the phone number I read that he retired friday (like 3 days ago) and shuttered the shop, so now the other place is the only brother service within 50 miles!
While I was there I decided to pick up more Star wars fabric, since I was a little short for some shirts, and didn't want to take the kids to my local quilt shop. I thought they rang me up for a whole yard when I asked for 3/4 since it was $11, but when I called she said it was $13.95 a YARD! (it was $10/yard at the local quilt shop.) There is no way I would have paid $4/ per yard more if I had known. That is crazy! I was already a splurge at $10. So I guess the only thing I can do now is move to a different state since clearly I am not having any luck with the service providers here!
/rant

I took my 770 in for servicing at the only place there is within 2 hour drive! The first time he tried to tell me I had messed up the tension and SUPER GLUED the bobbin tension screw in place! (I won't go into details...but I probably know more about how to time a machine than he does...and I KNOW how to adjust tension...this one had a problem...) and the second time...it started dripping oil all over the place. I called immediately and his bright answer was he must not have blown all the excess out...bring it back and he would take care of it for me. I reminded him I was an hour and 45 minutes away ...it was rush hour...and this is Atlanta after all!

The only advice I can give you is that it will eventually stop dripping... of course the only way to know when it has stopped...is when it stops messing up your shirts! I now tell them that I do not want routine oiling of my machine...and that I want him to give me a guarantee in writing that it will not drip when it is necessary to oil it...because he will get a bill for each shirt he causes me to mess up.

..and I am about to go back there again tomorrow for my new Brother sewing machine...that suddenly stopped doing buttonholes!


Nini

 

[sewmess]

May all the machine problems be fixed in a timely, cost effective and (most importantly) PERMANENT manner.

To use a phrase I've heard here in the south, my heart hurts to hear those stories.

 

[PurpleEars]

For ruffling using dental floss, you zig zag over the dental floss and then use that to pull on to ruffle it. It works great but I just started using a loose straight stitch sewn by hand and I like it better.

Thank you for correcting me on ruffling with dental floss. I just use the ruffler or do 2 rows of machine basting stitches for my ruffles so the dental floss is not a strategy I have tried.

I loved the autograph quilt!! Just awesome!!!

Thanks! I had a lot of fun putting it together!

Hi all, I am looking for a pattern. I have seen a lot of cute peekaboo skirts in these threads. Would love to get my hands on a pattern. Looking back I saw one on Part 29 page 9 comment 126 on 8/18 - still struggling on quoting from other threads. I know I have seen others out there as well. Has anyone seen a pattern for these?
Thanks in advance for any information.

There are a couple of options on youcanmakethis.com.

I should be around more now. I now have a completely new computer. The new computer that I purchased almost 5 months ago was ruined by the company I bought it from when they replaced the hard drive and motherboard. Lost the free games and something that caused the computer to do strange things (blank tabs, blank webpages, deleting extra e-mail, etc). It just about drove me insane trying to fix whatever they did to it. Finally the store I bought it from let me return it and upgrade to a new computer since they no longer carry the model I purchased. Cost me more $, but at least I have a working computer now.

I now have to catch up on all the sewing I should have been doing for the past few months.

I will have to catch up on what creations I have missed. I can now add some photos to the computer and share what I have been working on.

Sounds like you had a rough time with your computer, but I am gald thatyou are back!

I love the quilt. I need to get busy and make mine, I have all the signatures just need to decide on other fabric.

Thanks. I look forward to seeing your quilt!

First, I loved your autograph quilt! Second, I just got an "off brand" ruffler and really hope it will work with my Babylock okay. I haven't had a chance to try it out. I suppose you get what you pay for, though.

I've been traveling almost the entire month of May and now that I'm home, I'll hopefully be able to take time to post some pictures of what I've done lately. I love seeing everyone else's creations as it really inspires me. For now though, I'm off with DH to get a saw blade sharpened before our sweet peat (a type of mulch) gets delivered and we have to work outside. When he takes a day off I get NOTHING done!!

Thanks. I hope your ruffler will work much better than mine did! Did you download Carla's ruffler tutorial? It is very helpful to read through that document and do the calibration.

I am sure you are happy to be home. I hope the mulch is going to help with making your gardens and the yard look nice and pretty!

So happy to have found this thread! Such much inspiration and beauty.

I've been sewing for many years but this will be my first time sewing for Disney. I have a 7 year old princess and a 12 year old who doesn't really like me to sew for her and a spouse that has worn one thing that I sewed once because I threatened not to feed him otherwise.

Anyway, my plans so far:

DD7
Little Mermaid Feliz
Ariel Ballgown (probably use Snow White's pattern)
Seven Dwarfs embroidered skirt with Snow White peasant top (online tutorials)
Autograph book and pouch
Nightgown?
Epcot outfit?
????

DD12
Pirate peasant blouse
Pouch for pennies and quarters and penny press list
PJ's

Me
Eeyore pj's
Purse

Mind you I've got three months and a house to move in between now and then plus I'm keeping everything a secret from DD7! So I might be a bit

Welcome! The list that you have sounds doable. I think the more challenging part will be keeping the trip a secret!

That is absolutely gorgeous! I have two non-Disney related quilts I have to finish up before I can start on the Disney fun. Thanks for the inspiration.

Thank you! Please post pictures of your quilts when they are completed. I always learn so much from other quilter's work.

Mom & I have been very busy!!!

Here are the bows I made my girls to go with their thing 1 & 2 shirts to wear to universal. My son has a thing 3 shirt!!

Then here are outfits for one day at Magic Kingdom. Mom made the skirts for my girls & shorts for my son. Then my friend monogrammed the shirts & I made the bows to match!!

Here's a close up of the bows!!!

We are still working on a few more things but I am so excited to see them wearing the clothes in wdw!!! I will post more later when we get them done.

Great job on the bows! The outfits look fantastic. I can't wait to see pictures of the outfits in action!

I've been busy embroidering t shirts for dh and me to wear - he is totally into dressing in the shirts and asked if I planned one for each day we are there. He is just a big kid at heart! I promise to post pictures once I get them uploaded.

How cute that your husband will wear special shirts during your trip!

Flora, now I want to make an autograph quilt from our next trip. Except let's be honest, I would have to make 2, and they would never get done until my kid shave kids of their own, but it is SO CUTE!

I usually have more ideas than I have time or Disney days for, but I am sort of stumped and looking for input. My boys' 4th birthday (the actual day) we have dinner reservations at Be Our Guest. I think we are going to MK just for the afternoon and dinner, starting the day in Epcot. I was thinking of "it's my birthday" t-shirts for that leg of the day, and thought i had an idea for the BOG dinner but now I am re-thinking it. I am IN LOVE with these cutie Beauty and the Beast characters, and wanted to do one cogsworth and one lumiere. And possibly Mrs. Potts for me and if I can convince him, Beast for hubby. But from what I gather, BOG is sort of fancy... I was going to do the Jackson Raglan t-shirts for the boys with the character, and t-shirts for the parents. I am only making 2 sets of bowling shirts this time (WHAT? Insanity!!!) so maybe I could do some sort of boyish beauty and the beast shirts w/ those characters, but I am stumped on fabrics. Or... I could stick with the plan and use the fabric I already bought for the knit raglan shirts. Or they can just wear the birthday shirts. Anyone who has been there, is it really fancy? Are we going to feel underdressed in t-shrits? I imagine a lot of people will be, and sunburnt and filthy as one tends to be after a long day in the parks.

Oh, and an update on my machine woes... For those keeping track, I am having a terrible time. I originally took my PE770 for a tune-up to a store 45 minutes from me because the local guy was a cranky, pushy old guy. Then I bought a new machine at the expo from the new place. And since then the PE770 has leaked greasy crud on several shirts and has been back in already because it was shredding thread (they keep telling me that it is not possible, they only give back machines that work 100 percent!) and now my 6 week old machine is in for the 2nd time in as many weeks, the first time was the needle threader, they told me it was my fault for using the wrong needles (which worked for the first 4 weeks flawlessly.) and now it is totally locked up, motor seized. The not-so-helpful woman today told me it was my fault because I need to take lessons and I am using the wrong stabilizer and I broke it. (BTW, medium-weight cut-away w/ t-shirts, um, what? That is what I learned...) so I am without a working machine, I was up at 11 p.m. trying to finish an order with the PE770 and it got grease all over and I was in tears. I told the technician that today and he told me that the machine needs oil and it must be something I am doing and I need to take lessons. I literally looked at him dumbfounded and asked "What exactly can you teach me in a class that will keep oil from dripping out of my machine, that you serviced, and ruining my projects?" Meanwhile my kids were losing patience with the 30 minutes we were there, and were running around like crazies. Supposedly he is going to get it fixed by the end of the week, I really hope so, and correctly. I actually considered going to the local place with the cranky old guy but when I was googling for the phone number I read that he retired friday (like 3 days ago) and shuttered the shop, so now the other place is the only brother service within 50 miles!
While I was there I decided to pick up more Star wars fabric, since I was a little short for some shirts, and didn't want to take the kids to my local quilt shop. I thought they rang me up for a whole yard when I asked for 3/4 since it was $11, but when I called she said it was $13.95 a YARD! (it was $10/yard at the local quilt shop.) There is no way I would have paid $4/ per yard more if I had known. That is crazy! I was already a splurge at $10. So I guess the only thing I can do now is move to a different state since clearly I am not having any luck with the service providers here!
/rant

Thank you. Those quilts were not that difficult to do, but I am sure you hardly have a chance to sit down with your 2 boys, let alone finding time to quilt!

I think T-shirts will be fine for BOG. It is not a "signature" restaurant so I don't think anyone will be concerned about what you wear.

I am so sorry to hear about your machine problems, lack of technicans, and paying more than you planned for the fabric! Argh! I would be annoyed too. I hope the machines will be fixed and back up and running soon!

I took my 770 in for servicing at the only place there is within 2 hour drive! The first time he tried to tell me I had messed up the tension and SUPER GLUED the bobbin tension screw in place! (I won't go into details...but I probably know more about how to time a machine than he does...and I KNOW how to adjust tension...this one had a problem...) and the second time...it started dripping oil all over the place. I called immediately and his bright answer was he must not have blown all the excess out...bring it back and he would take care of it for me. I reminded him I was an hour and 45 minutes away ...it was rush hour...and this is Atlanta after all!

The only advice I can give you is that it will eventually stop dripping... of course the only way to know when it has stopped...is when it stops messing up your shirts! I now tell them that I do not want routine oiling of my machine...and that I want him to give me a guarantee in writing that it will not drip when it is necessary to oil it...because he will get a bill for each shirt he causes me to mess up.

..and I am about to go back there again tomorrow for my new Brother sewing machine...that suddenly stopped doing buttonholes!


Nini

Yikes! I hope your machine will be fixed without problems. You and Jen's experience is making me feel good about not taking my machine into the spa. I decided to take matters in my own hands and fixed the machine (mind you, it took me over a year to do so). I have to say, given your experience, I am not sure if I will trust a technician with my machines! I may be better off just tinkering with them on my own!