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

[Sally]

I generally do a good job of keeping up with my sewing friends, but the past few months have been a bit rough. The end result is, the first grandbaby:

Tristan was born on 5/15/14 at 5:15pm

Now to find baby boy patterns

sorry for the huge picture, photo bucket and I do not play well together

 

[goteamwood]

Anyone have any patterns/ideas for prince outfits for boys? Now that we have a time frame on our return trip I am starting to plan outfits ( ) I saw the CUTEST embellished t-shirt on a little boy in MK on our trip, he just wore some navy shorts with it and it was adorable. I am hoping that even at 4 and almost 6 my boys will be okay wearing something like that. I am hoping for a sale on a pirate costume pattern too at some point. Excited to start planning! Will probably start planning the girls stuff a little closer to time since they change their minds so much. That AK skirt posted a while ago has inspired me to create some skirts/shorts in an animal print fabric for them. I love thinking up Disney outfits!

I made Prince Charming outfits for my twin boys when we went around Halloween last year. They were modified from the Scientific Seamstress Bowling shirt and Easy Fit pants patterns. froufroubyheathersue now has the princely braiding things. I used upholstery trim for the pants and epaulets, which snap on for removal to wash. These were a HUGE hit with the Step Sisters, Fairy Godmother and Cinderella and the other princesses at CRT. <3

Is there a place to find patterns for costumes? I looked at the usual sites (McCalls, Simplicity) but I can't seem to find one for an Aurora Dress. My DD wants to be Aurora for the MNSSHP and she wants it be part blue and part pink. This will be my first project so I am not sure where to look. You all are so talented.

Seconding Scientific Seamstress blog for princcess-ifying the simply sweet pattern. I have made Cinderella and Tiana using that same pattern.

My first Simply SweetIt is such a great pattern to follow I'm not a very experienced sewer, but the directions are so clear!

Adorable! I love that fabric and the modifications you made to the standard simply sweet. Adorable.

Is this person who made this quilt still on the boards

I don't know if she ever stops by here anymore, this thread has died down significantly lately.

Hi, I am new to this thread. I have been sewing awhile, but am still probably a beginner level. We have booked our next Disney trip, for November, so I need to start working on outfits for the girls. I did a few things for our last trip, but mostly stuck with Iron on shirts. Now that my Mom and MIL know how to do appliques on their machines I would like to do some of those. So I have two questions

1. Where are your favorite places to buy applique designs? So far I have only used Etsy.

2. I would really like to sew one of those panel skirts that have vertical panels with a different character appliqued on every other panel. Does anyone know where I can find a pattern or tutorial on how to make those?

Thanks.

froufroubyheathersue.com is my favorite. great selection and most importantly they stitch out great. she is having a 5 year anniversary sale this month 55% off $55.

I generally do a good job of keeping up with my sewing friends, but the past few months have been a bit rough. The end result is, the first grandbaby:

Tristan was born on 5/15/14 at 5:15pm

Now to find baby boy patterns

sorry for the huge picture, photo bucket and I do not play well together

Congrats! Check out Fishsticks designs for baby boy patterns, and I LOVE the Scientific Seamstress reversible romper for when he's a little older. I have made a half dozen or so of them and they are stink in' adorable. This is one I made for a friend's baby. He's 4 months, but this is the 6 month size, so it is a little roomy.

 

[Sally]

Congrats! Check out Fishsticks designs for baby boy patterns, and I LOVE the Scientific Seamstress reversible romper for when he's a little older. I have made a half dozen or so of them and they are stink in' adorable. This is one I made for a friend's baby. He's 4 months, but this is the 6 month size, so it is a little roomy.

With all the Sis Boom patterns I have, you would think I'd looked there already. I will for sure look at Fishsticks. Thank you so much!!

 

[think-like-tink]

I generally do a good job of keeping up with my sewing friends, but the past few months have been a bit rough. The end result is, the first grandbaby:

Tristan was born on 5/15/14 at 5:15pm

Now to find baby boy patterns

sorry for the huge picture, photo bucket and I do not play well together

Oh how precious. Congratulations

 

[Sally]

Oh how precious. Congratulations

Thank you so much, I hated to come back home and leave him.

 

[Ilovemyprincesses]

My first Simply SweetIt is such a great pattern to follow I'm not a very experienced sewer, but the directions are so clear!

I LOVE that dress. I have a sewing machine but I don't know how to sew. I wish I could make that for my daughter.

 

[DisneyTeacher01]

Yes the lady who made the quilt is still on the boards…isn't it amazing!!

 

[PurpleEars]

Is this person who made this quilt still on the boards

A little bird told me that you were looking for me (Thanks little bird, by the way!)

I have hardly been on here lately. Unfortunately life just got in the way of fun things like reading the boards!

I saw your PM about the size of the squares. I went back and measured the blocks. They were 6" by 6" squares - with 1/4" seam allowance, that means the finished "squares" are 5.5" by 5.5". I chose that size simply because of my embroidery machine at the time could only do 4" by 4". By having squares that size, I can still have nice little "white space" around the embroidery. I just bought white cotton fabric and cut the squares with a ruler and rotary cutter.

I collected and digitized all the signatures in that quilt. It actually wasn't too hard since the signatures were all lines.

Good luck and have fun collecting all the signatures! That is part of the fun!

 

[BuzzyBelle]

I LOVE that dress. I have a sewing machine but I don't know how to sew. I wish I could make that for my daughter.

Thanks! My sewing machine sat in the box for a few years and then I finally took a few classes at Joann's. I haven't made many things, but the Scientific Seamstress pattern explained everything so clearly

 

[2inpink]

Hi! I'm new here and just wanted to introduce myself. I am going to have to take an evening to try and sit down and go through all the posts! I'm Stacey and I have a hubby and 2 little girls ages 3 and 5. We're a disney obsessed family! We live in Southern California and go to disneyland a minimum of once a month and are going on our 3rd disney cruise in 2 weeks as well as taking them to Disney World for the first time! I grew up sewing but now do it a LOT more than ever. I'm trying to fit in time to make my girls as many cute outfits for our next trip!

 

[MandiC]

I LOVE that dress. I have a sewing machine but I don't know how to sew. I wish I could make that for my daughter.

You'd be surprised how simple some of the patterns make it! Don't scare yourself with a store bought pattern off the bat, I recommend buying one off one someone on Etsy with a good rating. I believe my first one was by FooFooThreads and the pattern was so detailed and had pictures and it just really broke it down. You have to start somewhere I taught myself to sew, though I would really like to take a class to perfect things a bit.

 

[Ilovemyprincesses]

You'd be surprised how simple some of the patterns make it! Don't scare yourself with a store bought pattern off the bat, I recommend buying one off one someone on Etsy with a good rating. I believe my first one was by FooFooThreads and the pattern was so detailed and had pictures and it just really broke it down. You have to start somewhere I taught myself to sew, though I would really like to take a class to perfect things a bit.

Thanks for the advice. My mom can sew and has tried to show me once before. Doll clothes were hard because of the size. I really want to sew some things for my girls to wear to disney.

 

[paigeag]

We are going to DW for Thanksgiving this year and I'd love to make both of my girls a cotton princess dress. After reading through the thread I'm probably going to go with the simply sweet pattern. I need to make a Cinderella and a Belle. What type of fabric should I use so that it isn't too stiff? I'm pretty new to sewing (I have done a dress and skirt so far). I have a JoAnn very close to me. Some of the inspiration pictures I've found on the web look so drapey and soft. Thanks!

 

[NiniMorris]

We are going to DW for Thanksgiving this year and I'd love to make both of my girls a cotton princess dress. After reading through the thread I'm probably going to go with the simply sweet pattern. I need to make a Cinderella and a Belle. What type of fabric should I use so that it isn't too stiff? I'm pretty new to sewing (I have done a dress and skirt so far). I have a JoAnn very close to me. Some of the inspiration pictures I've found on the web look so drapey and soft. Thanks!

For soft comfortable dress use quilters cotton. Pre wash the fabric to remove the finishing chemicals and such. You will have a very soft product. Goods luck!

Nini

 

[Dittz]

We are going to DW for Thanksgiving this year and I'd love to make both of my girls a cotton princess dress. After reading through the thread I'm probably going to go with the simply sweet pattern. I need to make a Cinderella and a Belle. What type of fabric should I use so that it isn't too stiff? I'm pretty new to sewing (I have done a dress and skirt so far). I have a JoAnn very close to me. Some of the inspiration pictures I've found on the web look so drapey and soft. Thanks!

I have just been using broadcloth when I make princess dresses for my daughter. This way they aren't too expensive and great for her to play in later...

 

[BuzzyBelle]

We are going to DW for Thanksgiving this year and I'd love to make both of my girls a cotton princess dress. After reading through the thread I'm probably going to go with the simply sweet pattern. I need to make a Cinderella and a Belle. What type of fabric should I use so that it isn't too stiff? I'm pretty new to sewing (I have done a dress and skirt so far). I have a JoAnn very close to me. Some of the inspiration pictures I've found on the web look so drapey and soft. Thanks!

I like quilter's, too. Have you seen the scientific seamstress tutorials for the princess dresses using the simply sweet pattern? She has them on her blog for free I'm working on the Aurora one now

 

[Ripey]

My first Simply SweetIt is such a great pattern to follow I'm not a very experienced sewer, but the directions are so clear!

This is a beautiful dress! Do the instructions for this style come with the original Simply Sweet pattern?

 

[PurpleEars]

We are going to DW for Thanksgiving this year and I'd love to make both of my girls a cotton princess dress. After reading through the thread I'm probably going to go with the simply sweet pattern. I need to make a Cinderella and a Belle. What type of fabric should I use so that it isn't too stiff? I'm pretty new to sewing (I have done a dress and skirt so far). I have a JoAnn very close to me. Some of the inspiration pictures I've found on the web look so drapey and soft. Thanks!

I second what Nini said about quilters weight cotton. That's what I use for most of my projects. From time to time I use polyester blends but they are not as soft and they tend to be thinner. On the other hand, blends tend not to require ironing whereas I ended up ironing some of my cotton dresses while on vacation!

 

[MandiC]

I use quilter's cotton for most of my girls dresses too. Broadcloth is a good idea also.

 

[NiniMorris]

This is a beautiful dress! Do the instructions for this style come with the original Simply Sweet pattern?

The instructions to princess-fy the Simply Sweet does not come with the pattern, but can be found for free on her blog (Scientific Seamstress). However, this looks like an over skirt added to the top.

The way I do it is to add an overskirt that is 2 inches shorter than the original skirt...and just put it on top. The main problem I find is the weight of the skirt is difficult to manage on a hot day. Now, I am not sure exactly how this one was made, but if I ever make another one I would try to find a lighter weight fabric for the over skirt...

But I LOVE the look of this style!

Nini