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

[smittette]

OK, I've been home a week and a half and my costumes are all done (I haven't finished unpacking yet, but oh, well) it's time to tell you all about my not-always-so-magical trip to Disney. I'll try to keep it short (if I can). Fair warning, I didn't succeed on that short thing but I hope you enjoy the pics - which, by the way, I resized all of to 250 wide, but apparently they have a mind of their own

I'll start with the one that's my fault. Have you ever paid your mortgage twice? Guess what I accidentally did while we were on vacation. It plays havoc with your vacation budget. AHHHHH Fortunately, we had credit cards with us - that I hadn't wanted to use, but....

So, if you were following along with the fun outfits I made for Disney and Universal, you know how excited I was when my nephew (R) asked me what I was making for him to wear. I should have known better. The first day was fine. I had made a Woody vest and tshirt - which he loved and wore happily.
My niece (M), however, wouldn't wear the Cinderella skirt. She wore the shirt and shorts and looked really cute. I guess it didn't matter so much since we never saw Cinderella anyway.


Then the second day : M wore the Snow White set - adorable



For R I had put a Crush the turtle iron-on on a striped t-shirt. He did not want to wear it and threw a screaming fit. My sister made him wear it anyway - even though I had said from the beginning that he didn't have to wear anything he didn't want to. This set the tone for every morning for the entire two weeks. Eventually even M started refusing to wear the outfits (though her meltdowns ended once she was in the clothes - until it was time to brush her hair)


The third park day was Universal in Minion shirts that I bought for everyone - Despicable me is one of their favorite movies, but... more screaming. He won that day.
My youngest and my sister in their Minion shirts (The boy in blue is R)



Then Typhoon Lagoon, I hadn't made any outfits for that day, but that didn't stop the screaming. I don't remember exactly what about.

Next: Disney Quest day - He didn't want to go, so they didn't. (The second week they did go to DQ - without us - and he threw a fit because he didn't want to leave)



Hollywood Studios day: Different themed Mickey shirts for everyone from Heather Sue's embroidery patterns (so you know they were cute). She put the shirt on him (screaming), he took it off. She put it down to chase after him; I picked up the shirt and put it back in the drawer in my room. I had been fully prepared for him not to want to wear the shirts, but hearing him yell about how stupid it was and he hated it, etc was more than I could take.

Brief pause for cute shirts that did get worn - although I didn't get pics of all of them (oh, yeah, my husband's didn't fit - I had sized it down from a 3XL and apparently went too far- but it fits me great. I wore it later)



You can sort of see the mad hatter on this one ^


and mine


After a couple of days of rest (one was supposed to be Blizzard Beach, but I was sun burnt and everyone else was burnt out), I tried a different tactic for Space Center day. I got out the shirts the night before while R was still up and showed it to him. Telling him that his shirt had an alien M on it and hers had an alien R on it. He declared that he wouldn't wear it. I said that's fine, no one's going to make you wear it if you don't want to (my sister was right there when I said it). Next morning, she puts them in the car in their jammies. It's a bit of a drive to Kennedy so we left pretty early. When we get there, we all find out (everyone in the whole parking lot) that she only brought him one shirt - guess which one. So today instead of screaming and fit throwing before we leave, it's there in the parking lot. The rest of us headed for the gate without them.


I gave up on the shirts for R for the rest of the trip - didn't even get them out of the suitcase.

M in her Hulk tutu on the last Universal day.


And finally, the outfit that got us stopped everywhere we went in Animal Kingdom.

And my sister in the vest I made for R (he did wear it for about 10 minutes in the car - seemed happy about it, but by the time we got to the park he wouldn't wear it)

My family was quite irked by all the commotion every morning (and every lunch time and bed time, etc. Unfortunately, that's not even a comprehensive list of the bad behavior.) I don't blame them. It made for a pretty stressful vacation for us. I know they think I was upset by the fact that R wouldn't wear the clothes, and my sister must have thought that he should wear them since I put so much work into them, but, truth be told, I had so much fun making them, and I knew there was a pretty good chance he wouldn't want them after all, I would have been fine with it except for the drama. It was unbelievably hurtful to listen to him being made to wear the shirts. I don't think I can explain it to them enough for them to understand, but I am sure that you all get it.


So, having said all that, I hereby resolve to only remember the good parts of this trip to Florida. Such as
My oldest is now officially enrolled in Full Sail University. He starts online in 9 days, and then moves to Florida in October. (More Disney for me) Meanwhile we have a wedding to plan because he told me while we were in FL that he and his GF want to get married before they live together there.

And Jedi Training, which was the best thing we did at Disney. Borrow yourself an under 12 if you don't have one just so you can do this.


One more just for fun. For some reason my youngest is wearing his Christmas shirt from two years ago (it says Merry Smithmas)

 

[RMAMom]

OK, I've been home a week and a half and my costumes are all done (I haven't finished unpacking yet, but oh, well) it's time to tell you all about my not-always-so-magical trip to Disney. I'll try to keep it short (if I can). Fair warning, I didn't succeed on that short thing but I hope you enjoy the pics - which, by the way, I resized all of to 250 wide, but apparently they have a mind of their own

I'll start with the one that's my fault. Have you ever paid your mortgage twice? Guess what I accidentally did while we were on vacation. It plays havoc with your vacation budget. AHHHHH Fortunately, we had credit cards with us - that I hadn't wanted to use, but....

So, if you were following along with the fun outfits I made for Disney and Universal, you know how excited I was when my nephew (R) asked me what I was making for him to wear. I should have known better. The first day was fine. I had made a Woody vest and tshirt - which he loved and wore happily.
My niece (M), however, wouldn't wear the Cinderella skirt. She wore the shirt and shorts and looked really cute. I guess it didn't matter so much since we never saw Cinderella anyway.

I am so sorry!!! We have had two horrible Disney trips also and both of them included vacationing with extended family. If I am ever in that position again I won't spend the day with them, we can meet for meals but never again will I tour the parks with them!

 

[NiniMorris]

I am so sorry!!! We have had two horrible Disney trips also and both of them included vacationing with extended family. If I am ever in that position again I won't spend the day with them, we can meet for meals but never again will I tour the parks with them!

We have gone with some sort of extended family for each trip since 2009. Last year, my DIL didn't like the way I planned everything (including matching shirts) so they wanted to go off on their own. She planned her parks (and even though I gave her my list of best/worst parks she chose her own)and her meals.

At the end of the trip she acknowledged that her way did not work out so well. She complained of crowds, not being able to ride what she wanted, and a ton of other things. She especially didn't like trying to figure out what to ride next... they spent more time looking at maps and trying to get the phone to pull up the apps to show wait times than they did actually riding.

This year she is leaving it all up to me again...including matching shirts. My thing with the shirts is it becomes MUCH easier to keep up with a group if we are all wearing the same color shirt! We don't have the CM asking how many are in our party...they can see for them selves!


I think this year I am going to make them a list of best order to ride things...and where we are eating and let them still go off on their own... just give them a bit more structure...


Nini

 

[ColonelHathi]

Hi Ladies! Happy Independence Day (tomorrow)!

It's been a while, but I've been lurking a bit over here again. I am getting ready to do some more sewing this weekend, lots of projects to catch up on. Anywho, wanted to post some pictures of embroidered shirts my mom pulled together for DD. The cutie princess designs are from Lynnie Pinnie- she's actually having a sale right now too!

Here's the Ariel tunic (tunic from Target this past Spring):


close up:


And DD's favorite, Snow White:


close up - we used some sparkly yellow for the skirt:


I think I'll need to whip up a Snow White inspired skirt to go with the tee now... Since DD decided to cut her own hair (it's been bobbed since), she's going to be Snow White for MNSSHP too, so now we are officially in Snow White overload getting ready for our trip and her "Snow White" themed birthday in September.

 

[aboveH20]

Flora -- I can't imagine all the destruction that's been going on in your parts. I've never had to deal with it, but I understand muddy gunk is pretty miserable to cope with.

Maggie -- I love the way the cooling vest turned out.

Colonel -- Such cute tops and it looks like the model really likes them.

smittette UGGGH! I feel for the drama you had to go through. I'm so with you on the sewing for self-enjoyment and if the kids didn't want to wear it fine. Too bad their mom chose to make it a daily battle.

I spend a lot of time sewing in my basement, and usually it's stuff that stays there. When I make stuff for other people I keep reminding myself that I make it because I enjoy sewing. I just spent quite a bit of time making a slew of personalized baby stuff for a woman. I got a one sentnece email thanks, but I think I did a good job of convincing myself that I did the sewing for my creative outlet and "excused" her limited acknowledgement.

Full Sail? Congratulations to your son. The son of a friend of mine was looking into going there. She asked me to ask my son if he's familar with it. (He graduated from the film program at New York University and has been working in TV production since. He just moved to LA a week ago.) My son knows a number of people who have graudated from there. I hope your son enjoys it.

 

[goteamwood]

So.... introducing Peter and the Wolf.

I had a lot of fun doing Peter's costume. I even made a billed cap for the first time ever. I'm pretty pleased with it.

Please excuse the fact that my model isn't really the right size. My puppets are all packed away except for the pink one, and she kind of clashed with the costumes. Plus I don't know what I did with her stand since I redid my craft room.

And Grandfather's coat


Then the two hunters. I love their hats! Even though they were so simple to make.

These are so great. I am sure you are happy to be done with them though!

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadian Disboutiquers!

These dresses aren't Disney or even Canada Day themed but they are what I've been working on over the last few weeks. They are for one of my co-workers who has a new baby daughter. One is for the baby and the other is for the big sister:



Adorable. Love the teapots and cups fabric, so cute!

Judy

I also made a yoga mat bag today. We are going to have yoga classes once a week at our office this summer. The whole set is from garage sale - I got the mat, still in original sealed package, for $3. The fabric was from a different house for $1. For a total of $4, I can look styling for the yoga class

Now I need to find the camera to take pictures of these projects...

Sounds like a a great bargain! And useful, too.

I haven't been on in forever but I wanted to stop in and share the cooling vest I made. A good friend's little boy was born very premature. He is now 2 and a half and has on going issues mostly digestive due to how early he was born. This summer they discovered he was very intolerant of the heat. She was struggling to figure out how to get him some outside time and came across cooling vests. She asked me if I could make one that would hold 6 in square "ice" packs (they aren't exactly ice packs... they "freeze" in cold water and are safe against the skin) and will fit her very petite son. She mentioned that he really likes Lightening McQueen and she wanted it to be as adjustable as possible. I started with this free pattern http://leilaandben.com/vest.htm and and Heather Sue's fabulous embroidery designs and ended up with this:

Front
and

Back

What a great idea and SO CUTE. I love it. I bet the little boy will too.

OK, I've been home a week and a half and my costumes are all done (I haven't finished unpacking yet, but oh, well) it's time to tell you all about my not-always-so-magical trip to Disney. I'll try to keep it short (if I can). Fair warning, I didn't succeed on that short thing but I hope you enjoy the pics - which, by the way, I resized all of to 250 wide, but apparently they have a mind of their own

I am sorry about all the drama over clothing. Maybe you can find a resale custom group on facebook and sell them to families who appreciate them. I am thankful the friends we went with last year were wonderful and there was no drama.

So do you HAVE to have an under-12 to participate in the Jedi thing? My boys will be 4 when we are there, but might want to watch. Can you just go watch if you don't have a kid in the thing?

And finally, Happy 4th of July! We are getting ready to go to the baseball game tonight where my nephew is throwing out the first pitch. We drove from Chicago to Colorado for it. We took my boys (age 3) and nephew (age 6) to see Despicable Me 2 yesterday, it was really cute movie. I made all 3 boys minion shirts last minute for the show. My mom critiqued that I should have made one and two-eye minions but this was the design I had so this is what we got. I made them Saturday all day in between packing and taking my kid to the ER because he sprained his ankle (and passed out from pain and I had to call 911 because he was unresponsive...He's OK now.) Anyway, I made the shirt 5x to get 3 useable, I did one size adult M instead of youth M. Then the 2nd one part of the bottom got caught in the satin stitch. So it was a surprise it got done at all. But the kids all looked cute and they were super-easy to keep track of all day.


And today they're wearing Target polo shirts I added appliques to and easy fit shorts to match. I was even able to get photos where they are all looking in the same direction!


That's all the special outfits for this trip.

 

[sewdisney]

GoTeamWood: Those minion shirts are so cute! I bet the kids got a lot of compliments on them!

 

[babynala]

Erin - did you figure out what you are going to put on your "treat" dress?

Slightly off topic. Our packers came on Friday. I counted the boxes. I have 30 boxes marked sewing/crafts and 3 marked clothes.

I have a feeling those boxes will be unpacked first too.

DH spent the last week helping my brother-in-law and his neighbours with getting the water out and clean up. They ripped out the dry wall and insulation in the basement, but at least they have power restored (after the breakers were replaced in the electric panel). They are now waiting for the hot water heater and furance to be replaced before the can return home. I would say things are improving. DH and I went to the Red Cross warehouse yesterday to help them put kits together for the families and to distribute them.

A town near us was evacuated for over a week. They just started letting people back in yesterday. One of my co-workers live there so I hope things are ok for them. He is taking the week off to deal with the clean up.

Glad things are improving. It was nice of you and your DH to volunteer with the Red Cross. Sounds like your inlaws had lots of damage.

I shall repeat, "Whew, costumes are done!" I only need to mail them out tomorrow. The first show is July 7, so I'm actually a bit ahead of the game. (Have I mentioned I'm a procrastinator? I usually end up having to mail stuff overnight. )
Plus I got my photo books done before my groupons expired.
Hopefully once the show starts, he will put pics of the puppets in their costumes on the website. If you want to check out the Rainbow Facebook page, you can see some of the fun and exciting things they do, including a few older pics with me in them when I lived in Virginia and got to be a puppeteer (best job in the world!) and several with costumes I've made (Floretta the Gypsy, little Red Riding Hood, Little Bo Peep, most of the period costumes for From the Sea to the Sky)

And if you live anywhere near Virginia, you should check out their schedule to see if you can catch a show (It's a non-profit organization, so I hope the plug for them is okay here)
http://rainbowpuppets.com/connections.htm

OK, time to go to bed so I can get up in a few hours and get these things mailed.

Those costumes are wonderful. So many nice details, I really like grandfather's coat. The puppet show sounds like a fun activity.

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadian Disboutiquers!

These dresses aren't Disney or even Canada Day themed but they are what I've been working on over the last few weeks. They are for one of my co-workers who has a new baby daughter. One is for the baby and the other is for the big sister:

Judy

That was nice of you to make matching dresses for the baby and her big sister. Those dresses are really cute.

I actually got some sewing done today. I made a skirt for Stampede (not that I actually plan to go this year, especially after the flood and the mosquitoes that follow). During the 10 days of Stampede, the whole city wear their Western gear so certainly I won't look out of place even when I go to the office.

I also made a yoga mat bag today. We are going to have yoga classes once a week at our office this summer. The whole set is from garage sale - I got the mat, still in original sealed package, for $3. The fabric was from a different house for $1. For a total of $4, I can look styling for the yoga class

Now I need to find the camera to take pictures of these projects...

Great score on the Yoga mat and fabric. I hope Yoga class will get better. I hope you find your camera soon, I'm looking forward to seeing your Stampede skirt.

I haven't been on in forever but I wanted to stop in and share the cooling vest I made. A good friend's little boy was born very premature. He is now 2 and a half and has on going issues mostly digestive due to how early he was born. This summer they discovered he was very intolerant of the heat. She was struggling to figure out how to get him some outside time and came across cooling vests. She asked me if I could make one that would hold 6 in square "ice" packs (they aren't exactly ice packs... they "freeze" in cold water and are safe against the skin) and will fit her very petite son. She mentioned that he really likes Lightening McQueen and she wanted it to be as adjustable as possible. I started with this free pattern http://leilaandben.com/vest.htm and and Heather Sue's fabulous embroidery designs and ended up with this:

Front
and

Back

What a neat idea. You did a nice job making that vest. I"m sure your friend (and her son) appreciate having a custom fit vest that will help to keep him cool.

OK, I've been home a week and a half and my costumes are all done (I haven't finished unpacking yet, but oh, well) it's time to tell you all about my not-always-so-magical trip to Disney. I'll try to keep it short (if I can).


So, having said all that, I hereby resolve to only remember the good parts of this trip to Florida.

Such as
My oldest is now officially enrolled in Full Sail University. He starts online in 9 days, and then moves to Florida in October. (More Disney for me) Meanwhile we have a wedding to plan because he told me while we were in FL that he and his GF want to get married before they live together there.

Sorry to hear about all the drama with your trip. I think it is hard to go on a vacation with family. I think the added stress of an amusement park in the heat only adds to the stress. I like your quote about just thinking about the good times. I enjoyed seeing the stuff you made in action.

I was thinking that Full Sail University was one of those colleges on a ship (guess I have watched too much Zac and Cody show on the Disney channel) but I see from Cheryl's post that it is a film school??? In any case, congrats to your DS on his enrollment and his engagement.

We have gone with some sort of extended family for each trip since 2009. Last year, my DIL didn't like the way I planned everything (including matching shirts) so they wanted to go off on their own. She planned her parks (and even though I gave her my list of best/worst parks she chose her own)and her meals.

At the end of the trip she acknowledged that her way did not work out so well. She complained of crowds, not being able to ride what she wanted, and a ton of other things. She especially didn't like trying to figure out what to ride next... they spent more time looking at maps and trying to get the phone to pull up the apps to show wait times than they did actually riding.

This year she is leaving it all up to me again...including matching shirts. My thing with the shirts is it becomes MUCH easier to keep up with a group if we are all wearing the same color shirt! We don't have the CM asking how many are in our party...they can see for them selves!


I think this year I am going to make them a list of best order to ride things...and where we are eating and let them still go off on their own... just give them a bit more structure...


Nini

I love how your DIL has figured out that you know what you are talking about. We've had CMs comment that they loved our matching shirts because they knew we were together and didn't have to ask "how many in your party?"

Although, I think your plan of giving them a list and letting them have some of their own time is a good compromise. I have a feeling this plan will be best for you too. Sometimes too much "family" time is not good.

Hi Ladies! Happy Independence Day (tomorrow)!

It's been a while, but I've been lurking a bit over here again. I am getting ready to do some more sewing this weekend, lots of projects to catch up on. Anywho, wanted to post some pictures of embroidered shirts my mom pulled together for DD. The cutie princess designs are from Lynnie Pinnie- she's actually having a sale right now too!


I think I'll need to whip up a Snow White inspired skirt to go with the tee now... Since DD decided to cut her own hair (it's been bobbed since), she's going to be Snow White for MNSSHP too, so now we are officially in Snow White overload getting ready for our trip and her "Snow White" themed birthday in September.

Love the Ariel shirt (it is a perfect color) and the Snow White one too. I am cringing at the idea of your DD cutting her hair but it does look cute in a bob. It will be the year of Snow White!!

Hi Cheryl

So do you HAVE to have an under-12 to participate in the Jedi thing? My boys will be 4 when we are there, but might want to watch. Can you just go watch if you don't have a kid in the thing?

No, anyone can watch. It is fun to see the kids enjoying themselves fighting Darth Vader. You have to be between 4 and 12 to participate and from what I have read the list fills up quick. 4 might be a little young to participate since Darth Vader does come out and "fights" the kids. But if your kids are not frightened or are very familiar with SW they might be able to handle it.

And finally, Happy 4th of July! We are getting ready to go to the baseball game tonight where my nephew is throwing out the first pitch. We drove from Chicago to Colorado for it. We took my boys (age 3) and nephew (age 6) to see Despicable Me 2 yesterday, it was really cute movie. I made all 3 boys minion shirts last minute for the show. My mom critiqued that I should have made one and two-eye minions but this was the design I had so this is what we got. I made them Saturday all day in between packing and taking my kid to the ER because he sprained his ankle (and passed out from pain and I had to call 911 because he was unresponsive...He's OK now.) Anyway, I made the shirt 5x to get 3 useable, I did one size adult M instead of youth M. Then the 2nd one part of the bottom got caught in the satin stitch. So it was a surprise it got done at all. But the kids all looked cute and they were super-easy to keep track of all day.


And today they're wearing Target polo shirts I added appliques to and easy fit shorts to match. I was even able to get photos where they are all looking in the same direction!

That's all the special outfits for this trip.

Glad you made it to Colorado. I love the Minion shirts (I'm sure if you made a two eyed shirt there would be a fight) Good point about being able to find them, hopefully they can wear them again soon. Great job on the 4th of July outfits.

I feel like a slacker lately, nothing to post.

 

[Dittz]

Welcome! Please remember to share pictures of your projects! We like pictures here (even if they are not Disney related)

Welcome! What a nice DH to get you your machine. Sounds like you're well on your way with making things. Whenever you have questions, just post them here and usually someone has an answer for you. And Flora is right, we love to see photos!

Okay I am trying to post pictures, hopefully this works. The pic of my 2 kids together is my first ever projects. They were both Simplicity patterns. My sons' was done first. The cow boy one I believe was a mccalls pattern. Son needed a cowboy outfit for cub camp and because he had one see wanted on too, but wanted it to be more like Jessie (who she has recently become obsessed with.
Tomorrow I am going to purchase the materials to make her Cinderella costume for halloween (I know it's early, but there is a sale on at our local fabric store)









Let's hope that worked. Enjoy! (after preview I see that it did YEAH! )

 

[disneychic2]

First of all, Smittette, so sorry for all the drama! Sounds like there are other behavioral issues besides just the clothing. I know how it feels to have you things rejected since my 3 year old grandson won't wear anything I make him. But we make it a non issue as you tried to do with your nephew. Everything you had pics of was wonderful! I'm not surprised your neice got stopped a lot in that AK outfit. Great job!

We've never been to Disney with a large group or friends or family, so we haven't had to deal with anything such as you went through. I'm glad you're able to put the less-than-pleasant memories aside and dwell on the fun.

Jen, the Minion shirts were so cute! Almost as cute as the 3 wearing them. Glad you liked the movie. The polo shirts and shorts sets are great as well. How is the machine drama going? Anything new to report?

Maggie, I've never heard of anything like what your friend's son has. What a difficult thing to deal with, I'm sure. How nice of you to make it so much easier for them. What a beautiful job you did, too! And don't you just love Heather Sue's things?? I just realized I bought two designs twice because I forgot I purchased them! I have a list now, so hopefully that won't happen again. Silly me!

Oh, and I wanted to say the Ariel and Snow White shirts turned out really cute! A Snow White skirt would be great with the shirt!

Hope everyone had a great 4th and are having a fun weekend!!

 

[disneychic2]

I met David and the Rainbow crew while I was getting ready to help start a middle school puppet ministry. A lot of great memories there!
You and your grandchildren will LOVE the dinosaur show. I didn't make anything for that one since it was already around when I started working for Rainbow. In fact, it was the first show I ever did. But I've done a lot of repairs on those puppets.
Just a warning, you will be singing the Dinosaur Hop for months to come.
If you get a chance, tell David that Regina says "Hi"



How neat! and I'm sure he will feel so special wearing it.

I hope I do get a chance to tell him hi. I hope it works out for us to go.

Okay I am trying to post pictures, hopefully this works. The pic of my 2 kids together is my first ever projects. They were both Simplicity patterns. My sons' was done first. The cow boy one I believe was a mccalls pattern. Son needed a cowboy outfit for cub camp and because he had one see wanted on too, but wanted it to be more like Jessie (who she has recently become obsessed with.
Tomorrow I am going to purchase the materials to make her Cinderella costume for halloween (I know it's early, but there is a sale on at our local fabric store)









Let's hope that worked. Enjoy! (after preview I see that it did YEAH! )

Great job on all of the outfits! Looks like you know what you're doing, so the Cinderella costume shouldn't be too hard for you. Thanks for sharing.

 

[scrap_heaven]

What have you ladies done for customs for Merida?

I have this fabric -

And a number of appliques.

 

[ncmomof2]

I have been lurking lately, checking out what is going on. I am in the middle of my yearly dress making for our DW trip. I have 6 of 18 completed. Here they are:

1900 Park Fare


Villains Party


HS

 

[Maggie at the Fort]

What have you ladies done for customs for Merida?

I have this fabric -

And a number of appliques.

I just used that fabric in an outfit for my daughter. We have an amazing textile factory that opens to the public and sells fabric by the pound once a month. I scored about a half a yard of that out of the remnant bin ($5 a lb) a while back. I made a rolypoly pinafore. I used that fabric mostly for lining and for one of the back sides. I used a purple corduroy I upcycled from a thrift store dress for the rest of the fabric and appliqued Merida on the front.

And her attempt at "posing"

The pattern is by Imagine Gnats. I won it in a giveaway but it was a lot of fun to sew. Would have been perfect but the upcycled corduroy stretched in a lot of unexpected ways!

 

[goteamwood]

Jen, the Minion shirts were so cute! Almost as cute as the 3 wearing them. Glad you liked the movie. The polo shirts and shorts sets are great as well. How is the machine drama going? Anything new to report?

Hope everyone had a great 4th and are having a fun weekend!!

Unfortunately, yes and no. The machine still doesn't work, and the store still thinks it is me. I had to get things done before I left for a week, we were leaving early sunday a.m. I called the manager friday and said listen, I have tried everything you suggested, the issues persist even with the thread, stabilizer, bobbin thread, etc you suggested I need, all of which isn't just slightly more than what I was using, it is many, many times more expensive for the same outcome. I said I would come in Saturday with the machine, I want to return it or have it replaced. Of course I was greeted with no, we are not going to do that. Which she then followed up with, "You're welcome to come in, but you can't bring your kids." I asked her to repeat what she said, because I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. "Your kids are not welcome in the store." So now I am MORE than angry and when I get back in town I think it is time to find an attorney. That crossed a line, for sure. I am so fuming mad I can't see straight. Seriously. And for the record, the kids have never done ANYTHING in that store to warrant banishment. They sat on the floor the last time I brought them, and watched Mickey Mouse clubhouse on my phone. So I guess I get to deal with that next week when I am back in town.

I just used that fabric in an outfit for my daughter. We have an amazing textile factory that opens to the public and sells fabric by the pound once a month. I scored about a half a yard of that out of the remnant bin ($5 a lb) a while back. I made a rolypoly pinafore. I used that fabric mostly for lining and for one of the back sides. I used a purple corduroy I upcycled from a thrift store dress for the rest of the fabric and appliqued Merida on the front.

And her attempt at "posing"

The pattern is by Imagine Gnats. I won it in a giveaway but it was a lot of fun to sew. Would have been perfect but the upcycled corduroy stretched in a lot of unexpected ways!

That is outrageously cute, I love it.

 

[karrierock]

Hello all. I always come back when getting ready for the next trip. My family of 5 will be heading to Disneyland for the first and only time ever this October! Taking the boy to CarsLand! Since I was here last, I finally got an embroidery machine! So most of this forum now makes more sense to me now. Have any of you seen the Cozy Cone Sign applique anywhere?

 

[scrap_heaven]

This image is not mine, and is from youcanmakethis.com

http://d14nr49yqpf5zr.cloudfront.ne...NjQ2MjM1Mzk3NjVfXzAwMS5KUEc=/bWF4RD04MDA=.htp

Which is why I am putting the link not the image itself in this message, I want to know what skirt pattern this is. I know a number of you have used this pattern and have talked about it, but I can't remember the name and I just have to have it!!

Thanks
Sarah

 

[ncmomof2]

Hello all. I always come back when getting ready for the next trip. My family of 5 will be heading to Disneyland for the first and only time ever this October! Taking the boy to CarsLand! Since I was here last, I finally got an embroidery machine! So most of this forum now makes more sense to me now. Have any of you seen the Cozy Cone Sign applique anywhere?

We went to DL in Dec. We had a great time but I still prefer DW. Here is a few tips I wish I would have known. Get to CA before rope drop and get into the Radiator Springs Racers fastpass line. And boy can there be a line! I waited for about 30 mins to get the FP and then joined my family on rides. The normal standby line was over an hour all the time! Also get FP for World of Color in the morning. In Dec, neither of them counted against your FP allowance. I went from RSR FP line to get ToT FP immediately.

 

[ncmomof2]

This image is not mine, and is from youcanmakethis.com

http://d14nr49yqpf5zr.cloudfront.ne...NjQ2MjM1Mzk3NjVfXzAwMS5KUEc=/bWF4RD04MDA=.htp

Which is why I am putting the link not the image itself in this message, I want to know what skirt pattern this is. I know a number of you have used this pattern and have talked about it, but I can't remember the name and I just have to have it!!

Thanks
Sarah

It is the Insa from Farbenmix. The cheapest way to buy it ia to get the book Sewing Clothes Kids Love. It is on Amazon for sixteen something. The feliz dress pattern is in the book as well.

 

[karrierock]

This was us last fall. I'm trying to remember how to post pics, it's been a long time.