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

[cogero]

I am bringing my dslr this rip just need to figure out what I am putting it in.

 

[Dittz]

Here is my latest accomplishment. My daughters Cinderella Dress for halloween. I used the simplicity pattern, but added the silver on the top (it is actually around her waist as well) and I put the overlay on her skirt.



Extremely proud of myself with this one as I did it 100% on my own (no help from "mommy" this time) and I was done quickly. cut it all out one day, had the entire dress together on day 2 and day 3 was just shortening it to the length I wanted. (didn't want to cut it so that as she grows I can lengthen it again for dress up). Maybe if I am lucky it and her snow white costume will still fit her and she can wear them when we go to disney for her birthday next year.

Now time to make some fairies, sleeping beauty and tangled outfits for her (one of which I need to keep as a surprise for her BBB appointment on her birthday)!!!

 

[goteamwood]

I am bringing my dslr this rip just need to figure out what I am putting it in.

I love the idea of having my "good" camera but man is it heavy. We are bringing a stroller so I can stash things underneath like spare clothing and water bottles but my pricy camera, no thanks. I do have the Black Rapid camera strap that I LOVE because it attaches to the tripod socket and carries cross body, way more comfy than the neck strap, so I'll likely end up carrying like that abs stashing in a bag for rides.

Here is my latest accomplishment. My daughters Cinderella Dress for halloween. I used the simplicity pattern, but added the silver on the top (it is actually around her waist as well) and I put the overlay on her skirt.

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Extremely proud of myself with this one as I did it 100% on my own (no help from "mommy" this time) and I was done quickly. cut it all out one day, had the entire dress together on day 2 and day 3 was just shortening it to the length I wanted. (didn't want to cut it so that as she grows I can lengthen it again for dress up). Maybe if I am lucky it and her snow white costume will still fit her and she can wear them when we go to disney for her birthday next year.

Now time to make some fairies, sleeping beauty and tangled outfits for her (one of which I need to keep as a surprise for her BBB appointment on her birthday)!!!

Great job on the dress. I hope she likes it more than her expression suggests. you have a long list like I do! I'm bad at keeping my kids stuff secret though. I don't let them wear it though until the trip. They can see it and it goes away. Plenty of time to wreck it after the trip.

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[disneychic2]

I looked back and was surprised it had been almost 3 weeks since I'd been on this thread! I've been away from home for two of those weeks. I came to Virginia to help my DD before her 4th baby arrived. Little Amelia arrived 5 days after I got here, which was a week early. So, I've been busy with the 2, 4 and 6 year olds. We've been having a lot of fun, but I'm also anxious to get back home in 5 more days.

I was wondering about the big gives. I hope I'll be allowed to join the FB group. It's such a blessing to be able to pay it forward for these wonderful families with such special children!

And, I'm sure I missed some quotes, and I apologize, but everything I saw was awesome! I did want to say what a darling pic of Miss Sami! Wow, can't believe she's two months already! What a cutie!

Also, Cheryl, those placemats were darling! Love the fabric and what a great way to use those small, good-for-nothing pieces!

And, Liz I totally lost your quote. Sorry. You did a great job on your bags! And the ironing board cover looks really good. I bought a new one and wish I would have made it instead.

Happy Thursday!

Where do I sign up??

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!

Great job!

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!

Everything turned out wonderfully. If I read correctly, you are at Disney RIGHT NOW!! Have a wonderful time!!

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.

Everything is gorgeous! Love it all!

So, i still haven't sewn a stitch yet. I've been so busy trying to unpack the rest of the house and set it up nice that time has flown by. I still have more to go through but I think I will be sewing tomorrow. I have been trying to set up the room and stuff for our future daughter and bought a stroller today at a resale/thrift shop for $12.50. My DS said it wasn't girly enough so I am awake at 12:18 am because I have been picking fabrics and looking up ways to do it. haha !! These are what I am planning to use to girl it up.
I don't know how long I have until she comes home since I have not even been matched yet but I want everything to be ready. the hardest thing I am trying to find is the little girl Disney baby window cling for my car. i want it so when we are leaving for the airport to head to China I can put it on my car and she can join the rest of my family there. I still need a toddler bed, toddler mattress, and toddler blanket set. her bigger girl room is mostly set up expect for the wall hooks for the dress up area. I hope she is girly. hehe. She even has a bedspread from one of the Disney resorts on her big girl bed. It has Disney fairies on it.

Only news with me is that I signed up for some classes at the Sewing & Quilt Expo in Fort Worth, TX. I don't know what I am getting myself into but hopefully I learn something.

Alright, I should go to bed. So much that I want to do and more that I have to do first.

First of all, I missed the post about you waiting for your new daughter. I'm so happy for you! It must be so hard to wait! Congrats!

You'll have a wonderful time at the Expo I'm sure. I missed a resent one near me and am still sorry about it. Hope you learn tons of fun things!

That pirate dress is too cute!

I finished my second dress last night. I'm really pleased with it! I used the Simply Sweet pattern from CarlaC.

In the picture the bottom topstiching on the bodice looks crooked, but it really doesn't look too bad in person.

I'm still holding onto my Minnie fabric and trying to decide what style of dress to make from it! I'd like to modify the Simply Sweet to add an apron and perhaps a bib/vertical ruffle to the bodice.

Also, I just ordered the Brother CS6000i machine to use instead of my mom's old JC Penney machine. I wanted to get my own before I got too comfortable on the other. The model I purchased comes with many quilting supplies, but the price + reviews were the best I found for the features in general.

You did a really great job! I have the pattern, but haven't used it yet. I love how yours turned out! And a new machine...how exciting! You'll have so much fun learning all the ins and outs of it. Good for you!

I just finished my daughters Halloween costume. It's inspired by Jessie from Toy Story but my girly girl insisted on a skirt.

Next up a Woody costume for her twin brother.

Oh, this is all kinds of cute!!! Can't wait to see Woody.

I actually got something done for our trip! These are my boys' Wilderness Explorer outfits for AK day, they will have sashes but those are not done yet. I dyed the hats from white to yellow and managed to not destroy them on my PE770 w/o a hat hoop. The shirts I just finished up today. When they saw I was working on them they asked if they could wear them on Halloween so we will be going as characters from UP. My hubby and I will be the kid versions of Carl and Ellie, and the boys will be wilderness explorers.
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Plus I finished up the other princess dress for the sister after I made the Tiana dress. They are leaving in a couple weeks for Disney World and will be wearing these to breakfast in the Castle. The girls are 5 and 3.


And since I could not resist and no event should go without a custom outfit, these are my kids' first day of preschool shirts. (they start after labor day.)

Mostly decided to make shirts with their names because it bugs my husband and I when people call him Josh, so I thought this might help, since he's 3 he won't correct someone, but he also doesn't answer to it.

Now back to the sewing room. After going back and forth, I decided I am going to go to the Sewing Summit in Salt Lake City next month. I wasn't sure I would and I tried unsuccessfully to sell my ticket, but bought a flight yesterday and will be going. I am hoping to make a few things for myself for the trip, I would like to make the Jamie dress for the reception, and they have this "travel handmade" campaign encouraging people to make their own bags, etc. So I have cut out a messenger bag. I am making it so I can use it there but it will still be disney-ish. Because what I needed more than anything was a new project!

Those UP outfits are amazing, and the boys look adorable as always. What a great idea for the costumes for you and DH also. Love the first day of school shirts!! Good idea to have their names on them. I'm glad you decided to go to the Sewing Summit. I know you'll really get into once you are there. And uninterrupted sleep is ALWAYS good!

 

[DMGeurts]

Hi all... I've started doing LIVE updates on my PTR - because my sewing machines are all packed up and I am dying counting down the hours with NOTHING to do...

So, feel free to come on over and be bored with me.

D~

 

[familyabgar]

That little dress is so sweet looking. The modified SS sounds cute. I think you will enjoy having a new machine. I don't have that model but I think there are lots of people that use that machine on this thread (or were on here in the past).

Thanks!

S
That turned out really nice. A sash covers any wonky topstitching that shows. I had issues with one SS I made but the sash took care of it.

Good call on the sash! My daughter wore this to church yesterday and I made that the back side. It fit great, too!

Very cute! And congrats on the new machine! I woudl still hang on to your Mom's old JCPEnney machine... YOu may find you will have better luck with that machine, as older machines are more durable and can go through thick seams better.

Thank you! I think my mom wants it back. Oh well!

You did a really great job! I have the pattern, but haven't used it yet. I love how yours turned out! And a new machine...how exciting! You'll have so much fun learning all the ins and outs of it. Good for you!

Thanks! It's a very simple pattern, which I was thankful for. I'd like to try the halter version next, as well as one with elastic straps.

I just finished my daughters Halloween costume. It's inspired by Jessie from Toy Story but my girly girl insisted on a skirt.

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Next up a Woody costume for her twin brother.

I just love this!

Here is my latest accomplishment. My daughters Cinderella Dress for halloween. I used the simplicity pattern, but added the silver on the top (it is actually around her waist as well) and I put the overlay on her skirt.



Extremely proud of myself with this one as I did it 100% on my own (no help from "mommy" this time) and I was done quickly. cut it all out one day, had the entire dress together on day 2 and day 3 was just shortening it to the length I wanted. (didn't want to cut it so that as she grows I can lengthen it again for dress up). Maybe if I am lucky it and her snow white costume will still fit her and she can wear them when we go to disney for her birthday next year.

Now time to make some fairies, sleeping beauty and tangled outfits for her (one of which I need to keep as a surprise for her BBB appointment on her birthday)!!!

Love this, too! Looking forward to seeing the others, as well. My DD is a princess lover and I can't wait to tackle some more dresses.

I didn't grab quotes of everything, but just in awe at all the bags on here. It seems so complicated!

Finally, here is a picture of DD in the dress:

I just kept saying to my DH, "I can't believe I made that!"

 

[babynala]

I just finished my daughters Halloween costume. It's inspired by Jessie from Toy Story but my girly girl insisted on a skirt.

Next up a Woody costume for her twin brother.

Oh, I love this. My DD was Jessie when she was 4 but I love that your DD wanted a skirt.

V's customs ar done. We are in Florida, and check in to Disney on the 19th. My mom and. Finished all but two dresses (a second one for Hollywood studios and a princess skirt for Epcot we added a Wendy dress last minute but that didn't get done oh well!

Glad to see you have arrived in Florida (and must be at Disney now). I know V has lots of great things to wear, even if you didn't get everything done. Hope you guys have a great trip. Enjoy!!!!!

Hi Ladies,

Thought I would come out of lurkdom to ask for your help. My dh is deployed and should be home sometime in feb. We originally planned to take a trip to the world end of may/beginning of june but as it turns out he will have to report to a school the first week in june sooooo we decided on doing a spring break trip in march. I would like to do some sort of matching t-shirts for my family. I've seen the ones that say "welcome home daddy your princess missed you" wich works great for our 8yo dd but not so much for the 18yodd and our 5 and 12yo ds's. So I guess what i'm asking is what would you do? I'm hoping i could get some clever ideas from you wonderful ladies here.

TIA
Jodi

That sounds like a great reason to head to WDW. I like your idea for your DD. I like Jen's idea of the camo Mickey heads, especially for the boys. I would also go with some kind of wording about celebrating a hero's homecoming (maybe something like "Celebrating.....with Mickey")

I actually got something done for our trip! These are my boys' Wilderness Explorer outfits for AK day, they will have sashes but those are not done yet. I dyed the hats from white to yellow and managed to not destroy them on my PE770 w/o a hat hoop. The shirts I just finished up today. When they saw I was working on them they asked if they could wear them on Halloween so we will be going as characters from UP. My hubby and I will be the kid versions of Carl and Ellie, and the boys will be wilderness explorers.

Plus I finished up the other princess dress for the sister after I made the Tiana dress. They are leaving in a couple weeks for Disney World and will be wearing these to breakfast in the Castle. The girls are 5 and 3.


And since I could not resist and no event should go without a custom outfit, these are my kids' first day of preschool shirts. (they start after labor day.)

Mostly decided to make shirts with their names because it bugs my husband and I when people call him Josh, so I thought this might help, since he's 3 he won't correct someone, but he also doesn't answer to it.

I absolutely LOVE these shirts. What a fabulous idea. I knew D~ would love these too. The boys pre-school shirts are adorable and good reminder of their names. I'm sure the teachers will appreciate it since it must be hard to remember all the names of their new students.

The princess dresses came out really nice too.

And, not in any way hoping to ever come CLOSE to your level of amazing-awesomeness in bag making, I made myself a little messenger bag today. I had to sort of improvise because the fabric I had was left over from the pirate dress that I made twice in two weeks (the first one was too big so I made it again!) but some of the pocket pieces are supposed to be 15x15 and I only had enough to make them 12X15, etc. the flap is shorter by about 3 inches than it is supposed to be, but I think it works. And, I didn't have interfacing or fusible fleece like the pattern called for, so I used quilt batting scraps. The pattern is the Aivilo Messenger bag, I found the pattern to be super easy to follow, having never made a bag before. I think it took me about 2-2.5 hours. I had done the appliqué earlier while I was working on the Wilderness Explorer shirts.

It is big enough for my laptop, though I am not sure I will use it for that, I think I will carry my DSLR at Disney at least a couple days (CRT for sure) and it doesn't fit in my Toy Story UPB (well, it does, but then nothing else will and I can't zip it...)and I intend to use this as my bag carryon for my trip to Salt Lake. (which I am pretty excited about.) I mentioned before, it's a sewing conference, I signed up for MONTHS ago when my business was great, then my machine broke and I've all but shut down. So I wasn't going to go. But my husband said I should do it. It will be a nice break, and the first time I have ever been away from my kids for more than a couple hours. I will probably sleep the entire time because I have a quiet room all to myself!

You are speedy, I don't even have time to quote your first post and you've already finished the bag for your trip. I'm sure you will have a great time on your trip. That sounds like a great chance for you to catch your breath. I know your husband will appreciate you more after your trip too. I really like your bag. I made a modified messenger bag to carry in the parks for our last trip and it worked well. I started out with that bag (and my DSLR) but by the end of the week I was down to my super small purse with my DH carrying the little point and shoot. This trip I will not be without a camera on my person since he tends to wonder off or doesn't realize he should be taking pictures.

I finally sewed something today, curtains. My DS9 needed some curtains and toppers so I sewed up the curtains and then cut the fabric for toppers but cut them the wrong way.... don't know what I was thinking. Now they are too short and look stupid so I have to decide if I want to buy another yard of fabric so that each window has two toppers or to make it out of other fabric. Ugh ! The one I did for over my bathtub came out nice though. It was a weird slippery fabric, almost plastic feeling, that I got from Walmart for $1 a yard. It had a sequin design on it and it kept messing up my sewing and finally bent the needle and now I can't use my auto-threader but I got it done ad will be throwing away the remaining fabric. I am not using it again. One more topper to go for my DS12 and then I can start to sew fun stuff again.

Bummer about the curtain toppers, how frustrating. I would probably go with another fabric. Sorry your fabric broke your auto-threader. Recently I was able to replace the automatic threaders on my Brother machine and my older Kenmore machine for a total of $25. I purchased the parts on-line and replaced them myself. The threader on my one machine had probably been broken for over 7 years.

Here is my latest accomplishment. My daughters Cinderella Dress for halloween. I used the simplicity pattern, but added the silver on the top (it is actually around her waist as well) and I put the overlay on her skirt.

Extremely proud of myself with this one as I did it 100% on my own (no help from "mommy" this time) and I was done quickly. cut it all out one day, had the entire dress together on day 2 and day 3 was just shortening it to the length I wanted. (didn't want to cut it so that as she grows I can lengthen it again for dress up). Maybe if I am lucky it and her snow white costume will still fit her and she can wear them when we go to disney for her birthday next year.

Now time to make some fairies, sleeping beauty and tangled outfits for her (one of which I need to keep as a surprise for her BBB appointment on her birthday)!!!

Congratulations on doing this 100% on your own. I am very impressed since that slippery fabric would have me in tears. It looks great. Can't wait to see your next creations.

I looked back and was surprised it had been almost 3 weeks since I'd been on this thread! I've been away from home for two of those weeks. I came to Virginia to help my DD before her 4th baby arrived. Little Amelia arrived 5 days after I got here, which was a week early. So, I've been busy with the 2, 4 and 6 year olds. We've been having a lot of fun, but I'm also anxious to get back home in 5 more days.

I know your daughter must appreciate you being able to help her out and I know those grandkids are having the time of their lives. I'm sure it will be nice to get back home.

That ironing board cover was much easier then I thought it would be. I've been putting it off but I really needed a new one.

Finally, here is a picture of DD in the dress:

I just kept saying to my DH, "I can't believe I made that!"

Your DD is adorable. That dress looks so cute on her too. - yes, you made it!!! Great job.

 

[DSNY4ever]

I actually got something done for our trip! These are my boys' Wilderness Explorer outfits for AK day, they will have sashes but those are not done yet. I dyed the hats from white to yellow and managed to not destroy them on my PE770 w/o a hat hoop. The shirts I just finished up today. When they saw I was working on them they asked if they could wear them on Halloween so we will be going as characters from UP. My hubby and I will be the kid versions of Carl and Ellie, and the boys will be wilderness explorers.

Oh my gosh, I just popped in here to admire all your guys' cute stuff and we are going as the same thing, haha. I made my son a Russell costume (although yours are cuter!). I am still trying to figure out how to make all the badges. And my husband and I are going as young Carl and Ellie too. That is too funny. I guess we couldn't expect to be the only ones! We'll be at the party on Oct. 3rd. Our son is going to wear his costume to AK too on another day.

 

[goteamwood]

Oh my gosh, I just popped in here to admire all your guys' cute stuff and we are going as the same thing, haha. I made my son a Russell costume (although yours are cuter!). I am still trying to figure out how to make all the badges. And my husband and I are going as young Carl and Ellie too. That is too funny. I guess we couldn't expect to be the only ones! We'll be at the party on Oct. 3rd. Our son is going to wear his costume to AK too on another day.

I made the sash fabric and had it printed from Spoonflower. It repeats so I have extra sashes. Originally I printed it so it filled a yard, the sash is 36 inches long. I had to re-order it as a fat quarter so it is 18" long and won't drag the ground. Send me a PM and I can ship you an extra. the FQ smaller ones I just ordered so I haven't received yet, but I have an entire yard of the other, it's like 6-7 sashes worth.

 

[DSNY4ever]

I made the sash fabric and had it printed from Spoonflower. It repeats so I have extra sashes. Originally I printed it so it filled a yard, the sash is 36 inches long. I had to re-order it as a fat quarter so it is 18" long and won't drag the ground. Send me a PM and I can ship you an extra. the FQ smaller ones I just ordered so I haven't received yet, but I have an entire yard of the other, it's like 6-7 sashes worth.

Oh my goodness, you are amazing! I'll PM you

 

[pyrxtc]

Here is my latest accomplishment. My daughters Cinderella Dress for halloween. I used the simplicity pattern, but added the silver on the top (it is actually around her waist as well) and I put the overlay on her skirt.



Extremely proud of myself with this one as I did it 100% on my own (no help from "mommy" this time) and I was done quickly. cut it all out one day, had the entire dress together on day 2 and day 3 was just shortening it to the length I wanted. (didn't want to cut it so that as she grows I can lengthen it again for dress up). Maybe if I am lucky it and her snow white costume will still fit her and she can wear them when we go to disney for her birthday next year.

Now time to make some fairies, sleeping beauty and tangled outfits for her (one of which I need to keep as a surprise for her BBB appointment on her birthday)!!!

Great job and I'm sure she loves it but was having one of those moments.

Finally, here is a picture of DD in the dress:

I just kept saying to my DH, "I can't believe I made that!"

Came out great, i predict lots of clothes for her in your future.

My DS12 did not want to measure his windows yesterday so I got to start the fun stuff sooner than later. I started with my stroller cover to see if I could do it. So, I had created a pattern or something like a pattern from the stroller seat. I had picked out all my fabric and mentally noted where I wanted it two days ago. Last night I cut all the fabric out and pinned together the first part and cut padding out for between the fabric. I also cut all my strips to make ruffles for the edge.Today I sewed it all up (since DS again did not want to measure the windows.) and put it on the stroller. Harder than I thought but only because of the extra large button holes. I thought I made just enough seam allowance but it was a bit too much. I even cut pieces out of my original tracing so i thought it might be too small. I cut using a 1/2 inch seam allowance and sewed using a 5/8. I did something wrong but it will work... I will figure out how to fix the edges where there is too much fabric and am open to suggestions.

Here it is, before and after.



Girly enough now. Deciding whether or not to make a hood cover ??

 

[familyabgar]

My DS12 did not want to measure his windows yesterday so I got to start the fun stuff sooner than later. I started with my stroller cover to see if I could do it. So, I had created a pattern or something like a pattern from the stroller seat. I had picked out all my fabric and mentally noted where I wanted it two days ago. Last night I cut all the fabric out and pinned together the first part and cut padding out for between the fabric. I also cut all my strips to make ruffles for the edge.Today I sewed it all up (since DS again did not want to measure the windows.) and put it on the stroller. Harder than I thought but only because of the extra large button holes. I thought I made just enough seam allowance but it was a bit too much. I even cut pieces out of my original tracing so i thought it might be too small. I cut using a 1/2 inch seam allowance and sewed using a 5/8. I did something wrong but it will work... I will figure out how to fix the edges where there is too much fabric and am open to suggestions.

Girly enough now. Deciding whether or not to make a hood cover ??

Wow! That turned out so great! No advice on the hood, but I think it looks great as-is.

 

[familyabgar]

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Your DD is adorable. That dress looks so cute on her too. - yes, you made it!!! Great job.

Came out great, i predict lots of clothes for her in your future.

Thanks so much.

 

[babynala]

My DS12 did not want to measure his windows yesterday so I got to start the fun stuff sooner than later. I started with my stroller cover to see if I could do it. So, I had created a pattern or something like a pattern from the stroller seat. I had picked out all my fabric and mentally noted where I wanted it two days ago. Last night I cut all the fabric out and pinned together the first part and cut padding out for between the fabric. I also cut all my strips to make ruffles for the edge.Today I sewed it all up (since DS again did not want to measure the windows.) and put it on the stroller. Harder than I thought but only because of the extra large button holes. I thought I made just enough seam allowance but it was a bit too much. I even cut pieces out of my original tracing so i thought it might be too small. I cut using a 1/2 inch seam allowance and sewed using a 5/8. I did something wrong but it will work... I will figure out how to fix the edges where there is too much fabric and am open to suggestions.

Girly enough now. Deciding whether or not to make a hood cover ??

Wow, that came out great. I have no advice for fixing the sides where you think it is too big but it might be nice to have that extra there for more padding??? A hood would be cute but I would be worried it would get ruined too quickly. I know the stroller hoods take alot of extra abuse from when you fold up the stroller and stow it in the car, etc. I think it looks fabulous just the way it is and very girly.

 

[PurpleEars]

I am super behind again so hopefully I grabbed everyone's posts correctly.

And the person who made me catch up.....PurpleEars!!!!!

Thank you for the skirt tutorial!!! I have been wanting to make one, but can't bring myself to buy patterns for myself when I'm spending too much on fabric and patterns for my daughter. Hope I can convince myself to take some time to sew something for me

Thanks. I hope I described it reasonably well since I wasn't at my sewing machine when I typed that up. I totally endorse making something for yourself.

I started the Pirate dresses on the weekend and almost finished one. This one is for the younger niece with ties. The older one is getting a knot strap with the same applique. Just need to top-stitch this one and then it's finished. Once again Pippi had to check out what I had been doing in the spare room for the weekend.



I forgot to post this one last week.

Both those dresses look great!

I finished my second dress last night. I'm really pleased with it! I used the Simply Sweet pattern from CarlaC.

In the picture the bottom topstiching on the bodice looks crooked, but it really doesn't look too bad in person.

I'm still holding onto my Minnie fabric and trying to decide what style of dress to make from it! I'd like to modify the Simply Sweet to add an apron and perhaps a bib/vertical ruffle to the bodice.

Also, I just ordered the Brother CS6000i machine to use instead of my mom's old JC Penney machine. I wanted to get my own before I got too comfortable on the other. The model I purchased comes with many quilting supplies, but the price + reviews were the best I found for the features in general.

Beautiful dress! You did a great job! I am sure you will enjoy the new machine. Please remember to take a picture and give it a name when it arrives!

I wanted to share a few things I have made recently.

Ironing board cover (I also cleaned my iron - which took way longer then it should have).


I made this bag for my mom (I bought this fabric for our last trip two years ago and just got around to making something with it for her) My DD tried to confiscate it. This bag is pretty big but I think she will fill it up! Please ignore the wrinkle in the embroidery (it ironed out).


This is the inside:


I made most of this bag before our Universal trip in the beginning of June. I just needed to add the strap which I did yesterday.

Under the flap:


This bag was based on a Sherpani Milli LE (http://sherpani.com/sherpani-millile.aspx) which was a good size to fit my DSLR, small movie camera, my son's epipen and his glasses cases. I tend to carry a bunch of stuff in the parks and I like to have a pocket to keep everything organized.

I started with this bag pattern and modified it to fit my needs but the inside is a bit of a hack job.
http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m6045-products-10743.php?page_id=104

Your ironing board looks very pretty. Both bags look great. I am sure your mom likes the Bambi bag. The park bag seem very practical. Good job!

I drafted a new Park Bag pattern on Tuesday night... I did not have a chance to make any prototypes at all because we leave on our trip so soon... So, basically, I had to "wing it"...

After my trip last year, and Donald wrecking my first UPB... And my only other Donald bag is my backpack from my trip to Charlotte last year - and it would just be too hot to carry in the parks... This bag is a cross body bag based off of my backpack...

And sorry for the duplicate posts - I posted this on FB too...

Front (or back...)

Under Donald's collar:

Inside the front zippered pocket:

The bow:

Inside the main pocket of the bag... My only annoyance with this bag is that I use my "Duck Butt" hat as the legs - but it's just too bulky inbetween the exterior and the lining... So, I will purchase a "new Donald" when we are in Disney, so I can sacrafice him to become the legs of this bag.

And as long as I am here... A few months back, I had asked Chiara to make a few appliques on felt for us - and then she could mail them to me, and I would straight stitch them on to our shirts... So, she sent me this awesomeness of Pixie Dust and I am slowly attaching them to the proper tanks... Again - THANK YOU CHIARA - we love them!!!

D~

I know I commented on FB, but that bag looks super! Did I read correctly that you are going to "harm" a Donald for your bag?

I just finished my daughters Halloween costume. It's inspired by Jessie from Toy Story but my girly girl insisted on a skirt.



Next up a Woody costume for her twin brother.

She looks super cute in her costume! The skirt look works very well!

V's customs ar done. We are in Florida, and check in to Disney on the 19th. My mom and. Finished all but two dresses (a second one for Hollywood studios and a princess skirt for Epcot we added a Wendy dress last minute but that didn't get done oh well!

Have fun on your trip!

Hi Ladies,

Thought I would come out of lurkdom to ask for your help. My dh is deployed and should be home sometime in feb. We originally planned to take a trip to the world end of may/beginning of june but as it turns out he will have to report to a school the first week in june sooooo we decided on doing a spring break trip in march. I would like to do some sort of matching t-shirts for my family. I've seen the ones that say "welcome home daddy your princess missed you" wich works great for our 8yo dd but not so much for the 18yodd and our 5 and 12yo ds's. So I guess what i'm asking is what would you do? I'm hoping i could get some clever ideas from you wonderful ladies here.

TIA
Jodi

Welcome. I would support the idea of camo Mickey heads, or how about something like "We are celebrating a hero's homecoming"?

Running out of adjectives to describe how awesome your bags are. Have a GREAT trip!

I actually got something done for our trip! These are my boys' Wilderness Explorer outfits for AK day, they will have sashes but those are not done yet. I dyed the hats from white to yellow and managed to not destroy them on my PE770 w/o a hat hoop. The shirts I just finished up today. When they saw I was working on them they asked if they could wear them on Halloween so we will be going as characters from UP. My hubby and I will be the kid versions of Carl and Ellie, and the boys will be wilderness explorers.


Plus I finished up the other princess dress for the sister after I made the Tiana dress. They are leaving in a couple weeks for Disney World and will be wearing these to breakfast in the Castle. The girls are 5 and 3.


And since I could not resist and no event should go without a custom outfit, these are my kids' first day of preschool shirts. (they start after labor day.)

Mostly decided to make shirts with their names because it bugs my husband and I when people call him Josh, so I thought this might help, since he's 3 he won't correct someone, but he also doesn't answer to it.

Now back to the sewing room. After going back and forth, I decided I am going to go to the Sewing Summit in Salt Lake City next month. I wasn't sure I would and I tried unsuccessfully to sell my ticket, but bought a flight yesterday and will be going. I am hoping to make a few things for myself for the trip, I would like to make the Jamie dress for the reception, and they have this "travel handmade" campaign encouraging people to make their own bags, etc. So I have cut out a messenger bag. I am making it so I can use it there but it will still be disney-ish. Because what I needed more than anything was a new project!

Looks like you have been busy. Your boys are super cute as per usual. I am sure the girls will feel like princesses in the dresses you made. I hope you will have a great trip at Utah. I am sure you will look fab in a Jamie dress!

I made myself a little messenger bag today. I had to sort of improvise because the fabric I had was left over from the pirate dress that I made twice in two weeks (the first one was too big so I made it again!) but some of the pocket pieces are supposed to be 15x15 and I only had enough to make them 12X15, etc. the flap is shorter by about 3 inches than it is supposed to be, but I think it works. And, I didn't have interfacing or fusible fleece like the pattern called for, so I used quilt batting scraps. The pattern is the Aivilo Messenger bag, I found the pattern to be super easy to follow, having never made a bag before. I think it took me about 2-2.5 hours. I had done the appliqué earlier while I was working on the Wilderness Explorer shirts.


It is big enough for my laptop, though I am not sure I will use it for that, I think I will carry my DSLR at Disney at least a couple days (CRT for sure) and it doesn't fit in my Toy Story UPB (well, it does, but then nothing else will and I can't zip it...)and I intend to use this as my bag carryon for my trip to Salt Lake. (which I am pretty excited about.) I mentioned before, it's a sewing conference, I signed up for MONTHS ago when my business was great, then my machine broke and I've all but shut down. So I wasn't going to go. But my husband said I should do it. It will be a nice break, and the first time I have ever been away from my kids for more than a couple hours. I will probably sleep the entire time because I have a quiet room all to myself!

Great job on the bag! I hope you will get lots of R&R at the conference!

Here is my latest accomplishment. My daughters Cinderella Dress for halloween. I used the simplicity pattern, but added the silver on the top (it is actually around her waist as well) and I put the overlay on her skirt.



Extremely proud of myself with this one as I did it 100% on my own (no help from "mommy" this time) and I was done quickly. cut it all out one day, had the entire dress together on day 2 and day 3 was just shortening it to the length I wanted. (didn't want to cut it so that as she grows I can lengthen it again for dress up). Maybe if I am lucky it and her snow white costume will still fit her and she can wear them when we go to disney for her birthday next year.

Now time to make some fairies, sleeping beauty and tangled outfits for her (one of which I need to keep as a surprise for her BBB appointment on her birthday)!!!

You did a great job on the dress! I can't wait to see the other outfits you have planned!

Finally, here is a picture of DD in the dress:

I just kept saying to my DH, "I can't believe I made that!"

The dress looks even better on the model! I am sure other people will be amazed by the fact that you made the dress! Can't wait to see pictures of your next project!

My DS12 did not want to measure his windows yesterday so I got to start the fun stuff sooner than later. I started with my stroller cover to see if I could do it. So, I had created a pattern or something like a pattern from the stroller seat. I had picked out all my fabric and mentally noted where I wanted it two days ago. Last night I cut all the fabric out and pinned together the first part and cut padding out for between the fabric. I also cut all my strips to make ruffles for the edge.Today I sewed it all up (since DS again did not want to measure the windows.) and put it on the stroller. Harder than I thought but only because of the extra large button holes. I thought I made just enough seam allowance but it was a bit too much. I even cut pieces out of my original tracing so i thought it might be too small. I cut using a 1/2 inch seam allowance and sewed using a 5/8. I did something wrong but it will work... I will figure out how to fix the edges where there is too much fabric and am open to suggestions.

Here it is, before and after.



Girly enough now. Deciding whether or not to make a hood cover ??

Beautiful! I think it looks great the way it is!

Ok, now that I am caught up, I am going to lock myself in the sewing room to work on the quilts!

 

[disneychic2]

The stroller cover turned out really cute! Great job!

Here is an outfit I made for my 10 month old granddaughter earlier in the season. They live in Colorado, so this is the first I had pics of her in it.





And I made a dozen envelope pillow cases for some ladies who own a shop. They wanted "popular" initials in different colors. Not sure they will sell for them, but that is what they wanted.



Don't know why that first photo didn't resize for me. Sorry about that! I'm meeting with those ladies today for them to tell me other things they want me to make for their shop. They and their shop(s) are in Virginia, so I'm trying to get everything settled before going back to Ohio on Friday. I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

 

[familyabgar]

Here is an outfit I made for my 10 month old granddaughter earlier in the season. They live in Colorado, so this is the first I had pics of her in it.

Oh my! She is the cutest little thing! I love her outfit!

 

[ABCastillo]

The stroller cover turned out really cute! Great job!

Here is an outfit I made for my 10 month old granddaughter earlier in the season. They live in Colorado, so this is the first I had pics of her in it.

Beautiful dress and little one!

 

[Mom2kmta]

This is Awesome!! Great job. May I ask how you did it??

I too recently finished my daughter Halloween costume. Cinderella. Although I used the pattern by simplicity.

For the skirt I just made a no sew tutu (I did sew the elastic), then I made the a cow print circle skirt with a slightly larger waist and shorter length. The belt is just a felt strip with a Velcro closure and a felt belt buckle hot glued on. I traced the lines of an old button down shirt for the yellow part and I used heat bond and a stitch to attach it. Then I just free handed the embellishments. For the cuffs I just made tubes from the same yellow fabric and stitched them on along the bottom. I bought a dollar store cowboy hat and used a hole punch to put a hole about every inch and weaved white yarn all the way around the brim. Then I just made a braid out of red yarn and attached it to the inside of the hat with duck tape. I hope that makes sense! Sorry for rambling!

 

[pyrxtc]

The stroller cover turned out really cute! Great job!

Here is an outfit I made for my 10 month old granddaughter earlier in the season. They live in Colorado, so this is the first I had pics of her in it.



And I made a dozen envelope pillow cases for some ladies who own a shop. They wanted "popular" initials in different colors. Not sure they will sell for them, but that is what they wanted.

that dress is adorable and she is too. Great job !