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

[OhStuffandFluff]

Hello, I am new here and not a sewer, but I have a question for all of you who are. My DD6 desperately wants to be Ariel for her appt. at the BBB. However she does not want an Ariel dress - she wants to look just like a mermaid. She wants the green tail, tight down to her feet, her feet not showing, and a purple bikini top. I have been looking at Etsy and have found 1 or 2 things that might work. Some issues are that she needs to be able to walk in it obviously (so it has to have some flare/openness at the bottom), and I am not big on her wearing just a bikini top, so we will probably layer it over a tank or leotard. Any other ideas on where I might find something? Any of you ever make this? I am not sure if I am allowed to ask if you all have online shops or take sewing requests. Thanks!

I know your DD is looking for fins, but this may be an option for you instead. I made this Ariel inspired outfit for my DD on our last trip when she did the mermaid makeover at pirates league. Just a thought! Good luck!

Here is a close up.

 

[goteamwood]

I thought I grabbed the quote about the mermaid outfit. I have two ideas. This past weekend we were in Ohio at the Twins Days festival and we saw a few sets of mermaids. one (I wish I had a a picture, I looked back thru my parade photos to see if they were in the background anywhere, no luck) had a mermaid tail-like long dress, which was like a maxi skirt but around the bottom 8-10 inches was a tulle tutu like ruffle. The next idea I had was the lady who designs Fairytale pattern designs (the Ireyln Peekaboo ruffle dress among others) has a new pattern I have seen tests for on FB and it totally looks like ariel to me. It has a large bow across the chest that screams purple seashells. SO I assume that pattern will be out soon since it is going thru testing now, and I would bet you could find someone to make it w/ the bow purple, the bodice "flesh" color and the skirt teal. Just a thought.

More Customs

For Epcot


Someone made a similar dress a few years ago, I cased it. I did the appliques and my mom put them together.

Animal Kingdom
I bought the skirt and made the shirt. I am totally wsnting to redo the shirt. it's too short! but oh well, no time.



Dress for the dessert Party
I did the appliquees, my mom put it together. We have to redo the bodice when we get back. This dress was inspired by some other wishes themed dresses posted here and FB launches.


Loree helped with the appliquees!

Love these. The fireworks one is my favorite though I think. I would not have noticed the AK shirt is too short, it blends perfectly with the top of the skirt. Very cute.

I have been staying pretty busy, trying to get some dresses and other projects done for friends before tackling my giant to-do list for our trip. I got one thing done for our trip, which is totally something we could live without. a LONG time ago Diane made pool robes for a big give, and I totally stole the idea. Not only the pattern, but she told me she got the cute and super cheap towels at Kmart so I picked those up too. I gave my kids the choice of snorkel characters or Nemo characters and of course they picked exactly what Diane had done: snorkel characters. I did add hoods since we are going to Disney late october/early november. And I used snaps instead of buttons because she had said the button holes in the towels were tough.

So I guess my kids can always wear Prince Charming outfits, too small bowling shirts from last year and pool robes all week at Disney if I don't get everything done!

But I finished two dresses for custom orders, one is for a friend who is taking her daughters to Disney in a few weeks, I am making the other daughter Cinderella, but the younger daughter wanted Tiana. I LOVE how it turned out. Someone (I forgot who, sorry and I am too lazy to look back) recommended the in-the-hoop flowers, which is what I used. I attached it with a snap that is under the petal so it can be taken off to wash or worn without.



And this adorable pirate dress I made for a friend of a friend (the same one I made the quilt below for, btw) for her daughter's pirate birthday. I am bummed that it was way too big and I am currently re-making it since her daughter apparently can't/won't wear elastic so I would have to take the whole thing apart to bring it in and it is easier to just start over a smaller size.


And outfits for another friend's twin boys 1st birthday this month. I love the shorts.


I did FINALLY finish this insanely time-consuming quilt project which I was supposed to have done before the end of June. I finally finished last week. It has 24 dinosaur appliqués, each one took 45-60 minutes to set up, stitch, etc. Everything about this project was cursed. During this production my sewing machine made a terrible clunk and I thought it was a goner. I took apart the bobbin area and cleaned it out and reassembled it and it seems fine (knock wood) but I ran out of fabric, and had to make a second trip, then when I went to buy the backing the Joann near me was out and only had 1 yard so I drove 40 minutes to the next-nearest joann, which had it thankfully, but ended up in tears because I wanted the 6 yards cut in half, offered to do it myself if I could borrow the big table, the lady gave me all sorts of grief about it and refused so I said OK, then she said well, she would go ahead but they don't normally cut things in half. but then she entered it in as two separate pieces so I could only use my coupon for 1 of the 2. I was SO glad it was done. The lady had a friend of her moms quilt it on a long arm, since I was not willing to quilt that thing on my tiny home sewing machine.

I feel like everything I try to do lately is MUCH harder than it needs to be.

 

[strega7]

I feel like everything I try to do lately is MUCH harder than it needs to be.

Beautiful! I love everything you did! The detachable flower and tiana dress is adorable, I love the idea of the flower just snapping on. Your quilt is impressive. I love the colors! Thank you for sharing, I don't post much here but I love seeing all of the amazing stuff that gets posted!

 

[PurpleEars]

Sorry I have been away for a while. Life just got busy and I hardly have time to relax in the evenings!

I have been missing for a while and haven't sewn for even longer but I hope to start this week. I have some curtains to make for my new house. I can't wait to get started on what I have cut out already. I also have to get started on cutting out my Halloween costume since I know making it will take me forever. We have been busy unpacking and trying to find everything in the boxes since we didn't pack ourselves and the movers didn't label all the boxes quite right. Almost everything made it here intact, I brought most of my sewing stuff myself so no problems there. we have a few rooms in the house almost completely set up, still waiting on the kitchen table to be delivered tomorrow. We bought a new one since the only table we had was a dining room table in not the greatest shape. Now I get to use the dining room table as my cutting table. Yay !! I'm so glad I don't have to clear the table every night.

I also got a nice and large sewing room. It has 3 machines in it right now. My Brother, my DS's Kenmore, and my treadle Singer. My sewing room is almost done, I have to make my door panels (I have the fabric) and then find fabric for my curtains. I would like to share pictures of it though, lots of Disney in it. My sewing room from the right of the doors and all around the room.

Sorry in advance for the photo overload.....

Glad to hear that your move went well. I am sure you will enjoy spending time in the new sewing room!

It's been a long time since I was in Montreal. Very impressive how everyone speaks English as well as French (or at least people in the service industry do). They weren't quite as generous with their signs in English but no fear, I took French in high school -- 75 years ago.

We've been to the border "towns" of Vancouver, Niagara Falls and Montreal. Next maybe Nova Scotia. I hear it, too, is beautiful.

You can certainly "get away" with only English in Montreal. Your French is probably better than mine - I learned most of my written French through reading cereal boxes and packages! I certainly endorse going to Nova Scotia. I was in Halifax for a conference about 8 years ago and it was a very lovely place.

Ok. Last night I nearly pulled an all-nighter (and am paying for it at work today!) to start and finish the Sew Sweet Scarlett dress--my first ever sewing project aside from middle school (I got a C on a pair of shorts). I'm using my mom's old JC Penney machine. The dress looks ok from far away and I'm proud of the bodice especially. I was too tired and confused to figure out how to get a hidden seam on the skirt. Also, my measurements were off, so it's a bit wonky. It's too big for DD, but I think it'll do well as a dress-up dress for play (at home only!).

I have a cute Minnie Mouse fabric to try again with this pattern now that I've given it a go-round.

Your dress looks great, especially considering it is a first attempt since middle school! I am sure you will be making fantastic outfits in no time!

Just popping in -

We went to Disney March 2011 and I sewed DD's some cute outfits I never posted. Now we are booked for February (nearly 6 months exactly) and I have 2 princesses..... ugh! Not sure I will have the motivation! Thankfully ODD (will be 6) is tiny and can practically still fit in her stuff! My goal wasn't overly authentic outfits... but comfy and would let her take something off (skirt) and still feel like a Princess!

Cinderella (YDD had a matching one)

'Minnie' skirts!

Thank you for sharing the pictures, your DD's are super cute and the outfits are beautiful!

Just a super quick fly-by while I am on my lunch... Sorry I don't have time to respond to all the great items posted in the last few day... I will try to get back here to do that tonight...

Meanwhile... Sorry to those of you who do not follow my PTR, or on Facebook and have to see these a bajillion times... Here's my latest 2 trip bags for our trip coming up in 19 days...

First is my youngest dd's... She went with Monster's Inc - the original...

Front:

Then... Yesterday I finished up my first trip bag for this trip (I still have dreams of 2 more...) - this is my very first bag I have made for myself since August of last year for my trip to Charlotte - so I was very excited to finally get my own bag! Some of you may remember that I had dreams of a Toy Story UPB last year before our WDW trip - but I had to take it off my list because I ran out of time... I vowed it would be the first bag I made for our next trip. I just love all of the "cowboy" themed fabrics used for these characters in the movie - and I was dying to put them all together... I am very happy with how it came out.

Front:

I have lots of custom orders to show pictures of too - but I will save those for another day.

D~​

Those bags look great! I am sure your girls are super happy with their special bags!

One of my 3 year olds said of the glow-in-the-dark Spiderman shirts I made for them a few weeks ago, "I don't want to wear that, it's not cool." are you kidding me? It glows in the dark. it has spiderman. and BTW you're 3 so you don't get to decide what is cool.

Really? Glow in the dark Spiderman isn't cool to 3 year-old's anymore? I hope he will change his mind very very soon!

2 more customs done, so that's what.... 5 done and 15 to go? Ya it's so not happening! lol I won't have anything for me done and I also am doing 5 simple mickey head shirts for a friend.

We leave for Florida in 2 weeks.

I did the appliques, but my mom pieced and sewed together.
The first is V's Disney Treat Dress and the second is a Drizella cutie shirt and inspired skirt set to be worn at magic Kingdom (probably for an hour at the most -overkill I know!)

Your trip is so close now! Those dresses look great!

Can you guys point me in the direction of your favorite patterns of things to gift a mom expecting a little boy (her first). She is due in November so winter stuff would work. I haven't narrowed it down at all yet. Cute burp cloths, bibs, blankets, clothes, nursing drape cover things, etc. I want to make her something that will seem special and not just be something the baby wears once for a few hours. Totally open to anything. What do you all think? Nothing that requires a massive amount of skill. I have a regular machine but not an embroidery machine. Thank you!!!!

I highly endorse the free burpie tutorial from YMCT. I also recommend the Pocket Bib. I have made the bibs with and without pockets. They are my "go to" gifts for baby showers.

Has anyone done it? How bad is it? I know how long ruffles can take and am not scared of them but if you tell me it's a 12 hour dress, I might stay away from it. 5 hours, I wouldn't mind. That's 15 hours for 3 dresses. I can do them in almost a day

The Grace is actually pretty easy to put together. I made 2 of them in one day with appliques, though I cheated and did not do the ruffles on the back.

Okay looking for suggestions.

My cousin is going to Disney in February. Was thinking of making her daughters matching Disney dresses for Christmas. Any suggestions on a pattern for something easy for a newbie to make. Her girls are 3 and 8. The older one is on the "plus" size.

A friend is also going (late teen) and she said she wants to match too. If even possible something I could make for her 6 year old son that I could match the girls.

And this may be the tricky part. The younger 2 (boy and girl) have sensitivity issues due to ASD.

Thanks for the help ladies!!!!

For a pattern that is easy to make, I would suggest Simply Sweet or the Stripwork Jumper from YMCT for the girls. The bodice is lined to minimize the issues with sensitivity. The Jamie/Marissa may be good for the girls too as the bodice is lined as well. For the boy, perhaps you can make easy fit pants or do a t-shirt with applique? Another thing I do from time to time is to use scraps from other outfits and put them on a shirt in random fashion (kind of like a crazy quilt) to match the other outfits.

I had to come and post my 2nd trip bag - which I just finished yesterday... I've been hard at work all this week trying to make some headway - and I am thrilled to be "ahead" of schedule... I had made a Jiminy Cricket UPB set for an auction a few months ago - and I just fell in love with it - so much so that Jiminy has quickly become a favorite of mine, so I MUST have a bag with this theme. I kept the same color scheme, but changed it up as much as possible to make it different - and I put a different applique on it.

Front:

Anyways... Thanks so much for letting me share! I hope you all are having a nice weekend!

D~

This bag looks nice too, I guess you will have a difficult decision each morning as you figure out which bag you would use that day! (It is a good "problem" to have though)

A while ago I mentioned what fun I had making placemats. I started out with one for me and one for my husband, and then my senior son moved home for a month before relocating to California. I made one for him and his girlfriend, and then decided I'd better make one for my junior son (who lives in California but will be moving back to New York next week), and while I was at it made one for his possible-in-the-future girlfriend.

Great idea for those placemats Cheryl! I may CASE it if you don't mind. (Sorry I deleted the pictures by mistake!)

Ooh I love the placemats Cheryl.

I know I don't comment often but I do read everyday. I am not sure I ever posted a picture of Sami here but today she is 2 months old.

Here is her picture from this morning

Thanks for sharing Sami's picture Chiara. She is a beautiful princess!

Really Really QUICK "HI" and I'm just quoting a few pics (going backwards):

I am going to try to sew a skirt for dd soon -- I just bought her a t on line and have the perfect fabric for a skirt. I did applique two shirts prior to our vaca. I don't start PT until Aug 27 (hopefully the cost savings on lack of therapists will not mean they'll have to pay for my surgery that results due to very delayed PT -- gotta love Military health care!).

See ya soon I hope!

I hope the PT will help you significantly. We have missed you around here. Oh by the way, I joined the "dark side" of FB while you were away (for a good reason though). Now the girls are telling me that I need to convince you to join the dark side too .

Another little bit of fun-ness for our upcoming trip... V wanted an autograph pillowcase... Thanks to a bit of help from Chiara - we were able to figure it out. I am still learning this borrowed embroidery machine... So, the words are not perfect - but I am learning more and more each time I use it... The problem is - I don't really use it often enough.

D~

I look forward to seeing the pillowcase with the signatures when you return from your rip!

Some of you know me on FB, but for those who don't, I thought I'd share my project I finished this morning.
It's for my ds12 for our upcoming trip. His request.
Hand appliqued and truly a labor of love.
(and makes doing basic Mickey Heads seem MUCH easier. LOL)
Considering I had never appliqued before March of this year, I feel pretty good about it!

I saw it on FB and I am still amazed by your handiwork. You did an excellent job on it!

More Customs

For Epcot


Someone made a similar dress a few years ago, I cased it. I did the appliques and my mom put them together.

Animal Kingdom
I bought the skirt and made the shirt. I am totally wsnting to redo the shirt. it's too short! but oh well, no time.



Dress for the dessert Party
I did the appliquees, my mom put it together. We have to redo the bodice when we get back. This dress was inspired by some other wishes themed dresses posted here and FB launches.


Loree helped with the appliquees!

These outfits look great. I am sure V is looking forward to wearing them!

I have been staying pretty busy, trying to get some dresses and other projects done for friends before tackling my giant to-do list for our trip. I got one thing done for our trip, which is totally something we could live without. a LONG time ago Diane made pool robes for a big give, and I totally stole the idea. Not only the pattern, but she told me she got the cute and super cheap towels at Kmart so I picked those up too. I gave my kids the choice of snorkel characters or Nemo characters and of course they picked exactly what Diane had done. I did add hoods since we are going to Disney late october/early november. And I used snaps instead of buttons because she had said the button holes in the towels were tough.

So I guess my kids can always wear Prince Charming outfits, too small bowling shirts from last year and pool robes all week at Disney if I don't get everything done!

But I finished two dresses for custom orders, one is for a friend who is taking her daughters to Disney in a few weeks, I am making the other daughter Cinderella, but the younger daughter wanted Tiana. I LOVE how it turned out. Someone (I forgot who, sorry and I am too lazy to look back) recommended the in-the-hoop flowers, which is what I used. I attached it with a snap that is under the petal so it can be taken off to wash or worn without.


And this adorable pirate dress I made for a friend of a friend (the same one I made the quilt below for, btw) for her daughter's pirate birthday. I am bummed that it was way too big and I am currently re-making it since her daughter apparently can't/won't wear elastic so I would have to take the whole thing apart to bring it in and it is easier to just start over a smaller size.



And outfits for another friend's twin boys 1st birthday this month. I love the shorts.


I did FINALLY finish this insanely time-consuming quilt project which I was supposed to have done before the end of June. I finally finished last week. It has 24 dinosaur appliqués, each one took 45-60 minutes to set up, stitch, etc. Everything about this project was cursed. During this production my sewing machine made a terrible clunk and I thought it was a goner. I took apart the bobbin area and cleaned it out and reassembled it and it seems fine (knock wood) but I ran out of fabric, and had to make a second trip, then when I went to buy the backing the Joann near me was out and only had 1 yard so I drove 40 minutes to the next-nearest joann, which had it thankfully, but ended up in tears because I wanted the 6 yards cut in half, offered to do it myself if I could borrow the big table, the lady gave me all sorts of grief about it and refused so I said OK, then she said well, she would go ahead but they don't normally cut things in half. but then she entered it in as two separate pieces so I could only use my coupon for 1 of the 2. I was SO glad it was done. The lady had a friend of her moms quilt it on a long arm, since I was not willing to quilt that thing on my tiny home sewing machine.

I feel like everything I try to do lately is MUCH harder than it needs to be.

The pool robes, the outfits, and the quilt top look great! Sorry to hear about the problems you had with the backing! I can't wait to see the quilt when it is finished! I am in the process of making a quilt for my cousin. I am debating if I would do alternating blocks or all appliqued blocks. There will be 60 blocks total, plus sashing and border. I also need to make a quilt for my niece too. I am going to do a Sunbonnet Sue quilt for her. I think my sewing list is getting longer.​

 

[nannye]

And this adorable pirate dress I made for a friend of a friend (the same one I made the quilt below for, btw) for her daughter's pirate birthday. I am bummed that it was way too big and I am currently re-making it since her daughter apparently can't/won't wear elastic so I would have to take the whole thing apart to bring it in and it is easier to just start over a smaller size.

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LOVE the Tiana Dress! What pattern did you use for the flower? it is perfect. I love everything else too, i'm just so pressed for time.
Erin

 

[goteamwood]

Sorry I have been away for a while. Life just got busy and I hardly have time to relax in the evenings!

Really? Glow in the dark Spiderman isn't cool to 3 year-old's anymore? I hope he will change his mind very very soon!

The pool robes, the outfits, and the quilt top look great! Sorry to hear about the problems you had with the backing! I can't wait to see the quilt when it is finished! I am in the process of making a quilt for my cousin. I am debating if I would do alternating blocks or all appliqued blocks. There will be 60 blocks total, plus sashing and border. I also need to make a quilt for my niece too. I am going to do a Sunbonnet Sue quilt for her. I think my sewing list is getting longer.

My sewing list is always getting longer, not shorter. But I enjoy it so that's good.
My husband tried to put the spiderman shirt on the kid yesterday and he says now that "It's not awesome enough." So it went from being simply not cool to not awesome enough. Sigh. Oh well, he brother is excited since he can wear the same shirt two days in a row now!

And this adorable pirate dress I made for a friend of a friend (the same one I made the quilt below for, btw) for her daughter's pirate birthday. I am bummed that it was way too big and I am currently re-making it since her daughter apparently can't/won't wear elastic so I would have to take the whole thing apart to bring it in and it is easier to just start over a smaller size.

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LOVE the Tiana Dress! What pattern did you use for the flower? it is perfect. I love everything else too, i'm just so pressed for time.
Erin

It's an in-the-hoop design. I did it 3x w/ 3 different colors. The directions tell you how to stitch it together, but I put a snap on a circle of felt and then stitched the bottom color together in a circle and hot glued the heck out of it to the felt. I did the same with each other layer. I also wrapped a little scrap around a small button and hot glued that in the center. I told the mom to make sure NOT to wash it or put it in the dryer because it is held together with a ton of hot glue and a lot of luck!

https://www.etsy.com/listing/119057552/in-the-hoop-yoyo-flower-bow-petals

 

[babynala]

Hello, I am new here and not a sewer, but I have a question for all of you who are. My DD6 desperately wants to be Ariel for her appt. at the BBB. However she does not want an Ariel dress - she wants to look just like a mermaid. She wants the green tail, tight down to her feet, her feet not showing, and a purple bikini top. I have been looking at Etsy and have found 1 or 2 things that might work. Some issues are that she needs to be able to walk in it obviously (so it has to have some flare/openness at the bottom), and I am not big on her wearing just a bikini top, so we will probably layer it over a tank or leotard. Any other ideas on where I might find something? Any of you ever make this? I am not sure if I am allowed to ask if you all have online shops or take sewing requests. Thanks!

Just saw this Pin on Pinterest: http://www.raegunramblings.com/2013/05/mermaid-pants-tutorial.html
She made pants with "mermaid fabric" to look like a mermaid. I thought this was genius since the child can actually walk. People on this thread are not able to solicit business but some have links to their shops in their signatures (I don't sell items).

I know your DD is looking for fins, but this may be an option for you instead. I made this Ariel inspired outfit for my DD on our last trip when she did the mermaid makeover at pirates league. Just a thought! Good luck!

Here is a close up.

This is so cute and I love the makeover!

I have been staying pretty busy, trying to get some dresses and other projects done for friends before tackling my giant to-do list for our trip. I got one thing done for our trip, which is totally something we could live without. a LONG time ago Diane made pool robes for a big give, and I totally stole the idea. Not only the pattern, but she told me she got the cute and super cheap towels at Kmart so I picked those up too. I gave my kids the choice of snorkel characters or Nemo characters and of course they picked exactly what Diane had done: snorkel characters. I did add hoods since we are going to Disney late october/early november. And I used snaps instead of buttons because she had said the button holes in the towels were tough.

So I guess my kids can always wear Prince Charming outfits, too small bowling shirts from last year and pool robes all week at Disney if I don't get everything done!

But I finished two dresses for custom orders, one is for a friend who is taking her daughters to Disney in a few weeks, I am making the other daughter Cinderella, but the younger daughter wanted Tiana. I LOVE how it turned out. Someone (I forgot who, sorry and I am too lazy to look back) recommended the in-the-hoop flowers, which is what I used. I attached it with a snap that is under the petal so it can be taken off to wash or worn without.



And this adorable pirate dress I made for a friend of a friend (the same one I made the quilt below for, btw) for her daughter's pirate birthday. I am bummed that it was way too big and I am currently re-making it since her daughter apparently can't/won't wear elastic so I would have to take the whole thing apart to bring it in and it is easier to just start over a smaller size.


I feel like everything I try to do lately is MUCH harder than it needs to be.

WOW! you have been busy. The robes look nice and I'm sure they will be well used and your kids will be toasty walking from the pool to the room. I LOVE the Tiana dress, so pretty. The pirate one is really cute but I'm sorry it was too big. Joann's - I will not comment, how frustrating. Probably because it is just too confusing for the check out girl to figure out that you cut the fabric in half. For a while they were counting all the individual cuts of fabric to make sure it matched up to the yellow sheet from the cutting counter, but most of the time they just shove it in the bag. The quilt is really cute but that is a ton of time for each square!!!!! Still not wearing the spiderman shirt? At least his brother is getting some use out of it and no one will question why you have two of the same shirt. Oh, love the Thing 1/2 outfits. I really need to make my nephew a Dr. Suess outfit since my niece is getting the top my DD wore to Universal as a hand me down - have to have something for both.

 

[goteamwood]

Just saw this Pin on Pinterest: http://www.raegunramblings.com/2013/05/mermaid-pants-tutorial.html
She made pants with "mermaid fabric" to look like a mermaid. I thought this was genius since the child can actually walk. People on this thread are not able to solicit business but some have links to their shops in their signatures (I don't sell items).

This is so cute and I love the makeover!

WOW! you have been busy. The robes look nice and I'm sure they will be well used and your kids will be toasty walking from the pool to the room. I LOVE the Tiana dress, so pretty. The pirate one is really cute but I'm sorry it was too big. Joann's - I will not comment, how frustrating. Probably because it is just too confusing for the check out girl to figure out that you cut the fabric in half. For a while they were counting all the individual cuts of fabric to make sure it matched up to the yellow sheet from the cutting counter, but most of the time they just shove it in the bag. The quilt is really cute but that is a ton of time for each square!!!!! Still not wearing the spiderman shirt? At least his brother is getting some use out of it and no one will question why you have two of the same shirt. Oh, love the Thing 1/2 outfits. I really need to make my nephew a Dr. Suess outfit since my niece is getting the top my DD wore to Universal as a hand me down - have to have something for both.

Omg seriously mermaid pants are brilliant. And a total duh! Moment when I saw that.

I love the thing 1&2 for twins I wish I had thought of that as a theme for my boys' first birthday. I think DR Seuss must have had exposure to twin boys as inspiration for the things! Not to be an enabler but my local quilt shop just for in green eggs and ham fabric that would be a crazy cute bowling shirt.

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[scrap_heaven]

But I finished two dresses for custom orders, one is for a friend who is taking her daughters to Disney in a few weeks, I am making the other daughter Cinderella, but the younger daughter wanted Tiana. I LOVE how it turned out. Someone (I forgot who, sorry and I am too lazy to look back) recommended the in-the-hoop flowers, which is what I used. I attached it with a snap that is under the petal so it can be taken off to wash or worn without.

I love how it turned out, it was my suggestion. I could totally picture it when I was describing and it turned out amazing! The dress is really something, I bet both mom and little girl were thrilled.

 

[PurpleEars]

My sewing list is always getting longer, not shorter. But I enjoy it so that's good.
My husband tried to put the spiderman shirt on the kid yesterday and he says now that "It's not awesome enough." So it went from being simply not cool to not awesome enough. Sigh. Oh well, he brother is excited since he can wear the same shirt two days in a row now!

I can say the same thing about my sewing list, but that keeps me out of trouble

At least one boy is enjoying the glow in the dark shirts!

I am still working on my cousin's quilt. This is a special gift for my cousin who we "inherited" after her mom died in February. It will be part of her Christmas gift. 15 blocks down, 45 to go - unless I cheat and go every second block.

 

[VBAndrea]

Another little bit of fun-ness for our upcoming trip... V wanted an autograph pillowcase... Thanks to a bit of help from Chiara - we were able to figure it out. I am still learning this borrowed embroidery machine... So, the words are not perfect - but I am learning more and more each time I use it... The problem is - I don't really use it often enough.

D~

OMG I love that fabric! Is that something new or was it a lucky find? I seriously haven't been into a fabric store for at least 8 months. My cabinets are overflowing and since my shoulder isn't cooperating why bother. So you have a borrowed machine?

Some of you know me on FB, but for those who don't, I thought I'd share my project I finished this morning.
It's for my ds12 for our upcoming trip. His request.
Hand appliqued and truly a labor of love.
(and makes doing basic Mickey Heads seem MUCH easier. LOL)
Considering I had never appliqued before March of this year, I feel pretty good about it!

That is awesome! I started with hand applique too and it really is fun because there are no limits as to what you can do. I haven't done it in ages though.

More Customs

For Epcot


Someone made a similar dress a few years ago, I cased it. I did the appliques and my mom put them together.

Animal Kingdom
I bought the skirt and made the shirt. I am totally wsnting to redo the shirt. it's too short! but oh well, no time.



Dress for the dessert Party
I did the appliquees, my mom put it together. We have to redo the bodice when we get back. This dress was inspired by some other wishes themed dresses posted here and FB launches.


Loree helped with the appliquees!

Erin, everything is just fabulous! V is one lucky girl!!!

I thought I grabbed the quote about the mermaid outfit. I have two ideas. This past weekend we were in Ohio at the Twins Days festival and we saw a few sets of mermaids. one (I wish I had a a picture, I looked back thru my parade photos to see if they were in the background anywhere, no luck) had a mermaid tail-like long dress, which was like a maxi skirt but around the bottom 8-10 inches was a tulle tutu like ruffle. The next idea I had was the lady who designs Fairytale pattern designs (the Ireyln Peekaboo ruffle dress among others) has a new pattern I have seen tests for on FB and it totally looks like ariel to me. It has a large bow across the chest that screams purple seashells. SO I assume that pattern will be out soon since it is going thru testing now, and I would bet you could find someone to make it w/ the bow purple, the bodice "flesh" color and the skirt teal. Just a thought.



I have been staying pretty busy, trying to get some dresses and other projects done for friends before tackling my giant to-do list for our trip. I got one thing done for our trip, which is totally something we could live without. a LONG time ago Diane made pool robes for a big give, and I totally stole the idea. Not only the pattern, but she told me she got the cute and super cheap towels at Kmart so I picked those up too. I gave my kids the choice of snorkel characters or Nemo characters and of course they picked exactly what Diane had done: snorkel characters. I did add hoods since we are going to Disney late october/early november. And I used snaps instead of buttons because she had said the button holes in the towels were tough.

So I guess my kids can always wear Prince Charming outfits, too small bowling shirts from last year and pool robes all week at Disney if I don't get everything done!

But I finished two dresses for custom orders, one is for a friend who is taking her daughters to Disney in a few weeks, I am making the other daughter Cinderella, but the younger daughter wanted Tiana. I LOVE how it turned out. Someone (I forgot who, sorry and I am too lazy to look back) recommended the in-the-hoop flowers, which is what I used. I attached it with a snap that is under the petal so it can be taken off to wash or worn without.



And this adorable pirate dress I made for a friend of a friend (the same one I made the quilt below for, btw) for her daughter's pirate birthday. I am bummed that it was way too big and I am currently re-making it since her daughter apparently can't/won't wear elastic so I would have to take the whole thing apart to bring it in and it is easier to just start over a smaller size.


And outfits for another friend's twin boys 1st birthday this month. I love the shorts.


I did FINALLY finish this insanely time-consuming quilt project which I was supposed to have done before the end of June. I finally finished last week. It has 24 dinosaur appliqués, each one took 45-60 minutes to set up, stitch, etc. Everything about this project was cursed. During this production my sewing machine made a terrible clunk and I thought it was a goner. I took apart the bobbin area and cleaned it out and reassembled it and it seems fine (knock wood) but I ran out of fabric, and had to make a second trip, then when I went to buy the backing the Joann near me was out and only had 1 yard so I drove 40 minutes to the next-nearest joann, which had it thankfully, but ended up in tears because I wanted the 6 yards cut in half, offered to do it myself if I could borrow the big table, the lady gave me all sorts of grief about it and refused so I said OK, then she said well, she would go ahead but they don't normally cut things in half. but then she entered it in as two separate pieces so I could only use my coupon for 1 of the 2. I was SO glad it was done. The lady had a friend of her moms quilt it on a long arm, since I was not willing to quilt that thing on my tiny home sewing machine.

I feel like everything I try to do lately is MUCH harder than it needs to be.

The pool robes look awesome. And I adore the Tiana and the ITH flower -- I had no idea they had ITH flowers! I adore the twins set too!

Sorry I have been away for a while. Life just got busy and I hardly have time to relax in the evenings!

I hope the PT will help you significantly. We have missed you around here. Oh by the way, I joined the "dark side" of FB while you were away (for a good reason though). Now the girls are telling me that I need to convince you to join the dark side too .

I have missed being around and I really do need to try to start sewing again since my shoulder is improved. I really feel it after repetitive work though, but if I start back in baby steps hopefully all will go well. I'm a bit surprised you joined the dark side! I actually don't think I'd know half the people in the FB group.

 

[VBAndrea]

Forgot to ask, did the Big Give die or did it move to FB? I check it periodically and there is never anything there.

 

[DMGeurts]

I know your DD is looking for fins, but this may be an option for you instead. I made this Ariel inspired outfit for my DD on our last trip when she did the mermaid makeover at pirates league. Just a thought! Good luck!

Here is a close up.

That is really awesome!!

I thought I grabbed the quote about the mermaid outfit. I have two ideas. This past weekend we were in Ohio at the Twins Days festival and we saw a few sets of mermaids. one (I wish I had a a picture, I looked back thru my parade photos to see if they were in the background anywhere, no luck) had a mermaid tail-like long dress, which was like a maxi skirt but around the bottom 8-10 inches was a tulle tutu like ruffle. The next idea I had was the lady who designs Fairytale pattern designs (the Ireyln Peekaboo ruffle dress among others) has a new pattern I have seen tests for on FB and it totally looks like ariel to me. It has a large bow across the chest that screams purple seashells. SO I assume that pattern will be out soon since it is going thru testing now, and I would bet you could find someone to make it w/ the bow purple, the bodice "flesh" color and the skirt teal. Just a thought.



Love these. The fireworks one is my favorite though I think. I would not have noticed the AK shirt is too short, it blends perfectly with the top of the skirt. Very cute.

I have been staying pretty busy, trying to get some dresses and other projects done for friends before tackling my giant to-do list for our trip. I got one thing done for our trip, which is totally something we could live without. a LONG time ago Diane made pool robes for a big give, and I totally stole the idea. Not only the pattern, but she told me she got the cute and super cheap towels at Kmart so I picked those up too. I gave my kids the choice of snorkel characters or Nemo characters and of course they picked exactly what Diane had done: snorkel characters. I did add hoods since we are going to Disney late october/early november. And I used snaps instead of buttons because she had said the button holes in the towels were tough.

So I guess my kids can always wear Prince Charming outfits, too small bowling shirts from last year and pool robes all week at Disney if I don't get everything done!

But I finished two dresses for custom orders, one is for a friend who is taking her daughters to Disney in a few weeks, I am making the other daughter Cinderella, but the younger daughter wanted Tiana. I LOVE how it turned out. Someone (I forgot who, sorry and I am too lazy to look back) recommended the in-the-hoop flowers, which is what I used. I attached it with a snap that is under the petal so it can be taken off to wash or worn without.



And this adorable pirate dress I made for a friend of a friend (the same one I made the quilt below for, btw) for her daughter's pirate birthday. I am bummed that it was way too big and I am currently re-making it since her daughter apparently can't/won't wear elastic so I would have to take the whole thing apart to bring it in and it is easier to just start over a smaller size.


And outfits for another friend's twin boys 1st birthday this month. I love the shorts.


I did FINALLY finish this insanely time-consuming quilt project which I was supposed to have done before the end of June. I finally finished last week. It has 24 dinosaur appliqués, each one took 45-60 minutes to set up, stitch, etc. Everything about this project was cursed. During this production my sewing machine made a terrible clunk and I thought it was a goner. I took apart the bobbin area and cleaned it out and reassembled it and it seems fine (knock wood) but I ran out of fabric, and had to make a second trip, then when I went to buy the backing the Joann near me was out and only had 1 yard so I drove 40 minutes to the next-nearest joann, which had it thankfully, but ended up in tears because I wanted the 6 yards cut in half, offered to do it myself if I could borrow the big table, the lady gave me all sorts of grief about it and refused so I said OK, then she said well, she would go ahead but they don't normally cut things in half. but then she entered it in as two separate pieces so I could only use my coupon for 1 of the 2. I was SO glad it was done. The lady had a friend of her moms quilt it on a long arm, since I was not willing to quilt that thing on my tiny home sewing machine.

I feel like everything I try to do lately is MUCH harder than it needs to be.

I don't even know where to start! Everything you make is just fabulous Jen!!! Those little dresses are TDF!!! I did an AG Tiana one a long time ago - and I also did a Tiana inspired UPB - both times using a very similar flower - and you totally NAILED it! Great job!

And the quilt is just marvelous!!! I really admire people who can quilt... After making the baby quilt for my nephew - well... It was really hard, I don't have the slightest idea how people do them all the time.

OMG I love that fabric! Is that something new or was it a lucky find? I seriously haven't been into a fabric store for at least 8 months. My cabinets are overflowing and since my shoulder isn't cooperating why bother. So you have a borrowed machine?

I know this is going to sound horrible - but I cannot remember where in the heck I purchased that fabric... I want to say it was at Joann's - but it was a long time ago. I had purchased it for lining in a particular bag, and I have not been able to find it again since.

Yes, a friend of mine borrowed me her Brother 270D? I think?? It was very nice of her to loan it to me - as she was planning to sell it. I think she was hoping I would purchase it - but after much research and whatnot - I have decided that this model isn't what I want. I am very happy to have it to learn off of, because I feel I have learned a lot, but I definately want a 5x7 hoop - as there have been many times (the pillowcase - for instance) where I wanted to write a longer word, but couldn't because of the hoop - so I had to compromise with the machine. This particular model - I couldn't add anything to the existing built-in designs unless I purchased blank card and a card reader... by the time I do that - I might as well buy a used 770, then I will get the machine I really want, and I won't have to fuss with it repeatedly... and since I mostly will only use it for fonts... Well, I want it to be as easy as it can be.

Forgot to ask, did the Big Give die or did it move to FB? I check it periodically and there is never anything there.

I am not sure? I have not had the time to particpate in BGs for the longest time. I sure do miss doing them, but I don't forsee having the time any time in the near future.

It's great seeing you around the boards again Andrea - I hope you are starting to feel better.

D~

 

[teresajoy]

Forgot to ask, did the Big Give die or did it move to FB? I check it periodically and there is never anything there.

Hi Andrea, I have a Give going right now, but I have only posted it on Facebook. There are several reasons for this. First of all, it's just a lot easier for me to do it on FB, it's much less work. I agonized over that, because I know some people aren't on FB, but I figured it was better than not doing a Give for this family at all. Second, I really get nervous that there isn't a good way for us to screen the people that are applying for membership on the Big Give webpage. But, on FB, I can PM the person applying or see that they are already friends with people in the group. It just adds an extra layer of security for the families.

So, if you are on FB and want to apply to the group, you can go here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444948865561995/

We won't be automatically approving everyone, but if we recognize your name or you are friends with other members, you should be good.

 

[kellygirl2]

Hi Andrea, I have a Give going right now, but I have only posted it on Facebook. There are several reasons for this. First of all, it's just a lot easier for me to do it on FB, it's much less work. I agonized over that, because I know some people aren't on FB, but I figured it was better than not doing a Give for this family at all. Second, I really get nervous that there isn't a good way for us to screen the people that are applying for membership on the Big Give webpage. But, on FB, I can PM the person applying or see that they are already friends with people in the group. It just adds an extra layer of security for the families.

So, if you are on FB and want to apply to the group, you can go here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/444948865561995/

We won't be automatically approving everyone, but if we recognize your name or you are friends with other members, you should be good.

Hi - I just sent a request to join the big give group on facebook. I participated in the three gives earlier this year and would really like to stay involved. I am not friends on facebook with anyone in the group because I am very particular who I friend with my personal facebook page - I try to keep it to people I know personally but would love to be a part of the group. I don't get to post here often because I stay at home with my 3 year old twins but read often and learned so much from everyone here about sewing and embroidery.

Thanks for considering me
Kelly Gumbert

 

[Filomali]

Hi, I'm new here and we are going to Disney at the end of Sept. It's a sudden decision, we booked 2 weeks ago and this will be our first trip.
I'm not sure how to navigate this forum because it's so huge and there are a zillion threads. I hope some of you can help me out. Thanks!

I'm trying to make a Merida-inspired dress. My daughter is very finicky and she won't wear ready-made costumes because they are uncomfortable and itchy, seriously, she will wear it for 10 min and then she'll take it off.
So, I want to try to make something for her.
Her big sister has 2 Disney store princess dresses and that girl live in a costume 24 hours a day.

My little one also likes Toy Story, so maybe I'll make her a skirt. But the Merida dress she wants pretty badly.

 

[nowellsl]

OMG I love that fabric! Is that something new or was it a lucky find?

I got some at Joann's a while back but I haven't seen it lately. It was several months ago. I used it for the lining on a wristlet, but after seeing the pouch D made, I think it looks great on the outside as well!

 

[PurpleEars]

I have missed being around and I really do need to try to start sewing again since my shoulder is improved. I really feel it after repetitive work though, but if I start back in baby steps hopefully all will go well. I'm a bit surprised you joined the dark side! I actually don't think I'd know half the people in the FB group.

I am glad that your shoulder has improved. Take it slowly and hopefully you can do a little bit more each day. The reason why I ventured to the dark side was because the group wanted to do something for Wendy, and that was the easiest way to coordinate with everyone. Having said that, I certainly know most (if not all) of the active posters over there.

Forgot to ask, did the Big Give die or did it move to FB? I check it periodically and there is never anything there.

Yup, the Gives moved to the dark side too

Hi - I just sent a request to join the big give group on facebook. I participated in the three gives earlier this year and would really like to stay involved. I am not friends on facebook with anyone in the group because I am very particular who I friend with my personal facebook page - I try to keep it to people I know personally but would love to be a part of the group. I don't get to post here often because I stay at home with my 3 year old twins but read often and learned so much from everyone here about sewing and embroidery.

Thanks for considering me
Kelly Gumbert

I saw that you were added to the group. Thank you for contributing your time to making the family's trip extra special!

Hi, I'm new here and we are going to Disney at the end of Sept. It's a sudden decision, we booked 2 weeks ago and this will be our first trip.
I'm not sure how to navigate this forum because it's so huge and there are a zillion threads. I hope some of you can help me out. Thanks!

I'm trying to make a Merida-inspired dress. My daughter is very finicky and she won't wear ready-made costumes because they are uncomfortable and itchy, seriously, she will wear it for 10 min and then she'll take it off.
So, I want to try to make something for her.
Her big sister has 2 Disney store princess dresses and that girl live in a costume 24 hours a day.

My little one also likes Toy Story, so maybe I'll make her a skirt. But the Merida dress she wants pretty badly.

Welcome. If you look back (may be part 29?), someone made a Merida dress for herself. I would suggest looking for that and maybe finding out what pattern (if any) she used to start.

 

[Stephres]

It is nice to see you on the boards. I don't think I posted much when you were very active but I always remember the great stuff you made and all your helpful tutorials. I made a few of the car seat covers you did a tutorial for. I see a Sisboom dress in your future.

Thanks, I wasn't sure if anyone would remember me. I'm glad you found the tutorials helpful. I really enjoyed doing them. We just moved into a house that has more room so I think I can get all my machines and fabric out of storage. I really, really want to make a hipster bag!

 

[goteamwood]

Hi, I'm new here and we are going to Disney at the end of Sept. It's a sudden decision, we booked 2 weeks ago and this will be our first trip.
I'm not sure how to navigate this forum because it's so huge and there are a zillion threads. I hope some of you can help me out. Thanks!

I'm trying to make a Merida-inspired dress. My daughter is very finicky and she won't wear ready-made costumes because they are uncomfortable and itchy, seriously, she will wear it for 10 min and then she'll take it off.
So, I want to try to make something for her.
Her big sister has 2 Disney store princess dresses and that girl live in a costume 24 hours a day.

My little one also likes Toy Story, so maybe I'll make her a skirt. But the Merida dress she wants pretty badly.

http://www.sewcando.com/2012/10/inspired-by-brave-princess-merida.html?m=1
Here's a tutorial you can start with, maybe you can use it as plan and start with a basic pattern you're familiar with. Good luck!

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