Disboutiquers Part 4ish Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[LouiesMama]

That is a great idea, Lisa!

I'm always running out of 3/4" wide, and I have tons of 1/4" elastic from my "dolly days" !

I love those adjustable waist pants! Louie has a few pairs, and they are so nice because I can tighten them up and they will actually stay on his skinny body. He is still a 2T in the waist/hips, but his length is definitely 3, pushing 4. I'm going to have to turn most of his pants into shorts soon. But, yes! that would be a great way to make those dresses grow with the child!

I haven't used this pattern but I have noticed when I make things fit across the back using elastic rather than shirring, it didn't have as much "give". I have a dress I made for Zoe almost 2 years ago that she still wants to wear because it's so full. However, the elastic makes it too tight... otherwise it would fit fine if a bit shorter than I like. What I've been doing where shirring won't work is to use narrower elastic, usually 1/4". Since the narrower elastic stretches more easily, I use 2 - 4 rows of it with separate casing for each so the back doesn't sag from the weight of the skirt. It still doesn't stretch as easily as shirring but it does stretch more easily than wider elastic.

You know, an idea that just occurred to me is to do something like they do in jeans for kids with the elastic and buttons. You could make a couple button holes in one end of the elastic and a buttonhole in the the casing so the end of the elastic goes through it to allow you to adjust the elastic as needed. With that method, you could get a lot more wear out of the dress... even until it becomes a top.

 

[CampbellScot]

Just wait for the day that they come looking in our closets..my dd is already eyeing my shoes..

I know right?! I can't keep Teddy out of my red heels!



too bad I'm not kidding...

This is not a new dress but we just got this beyond cool headband in the mail today. Hannah did a little retail therapy on . There is a kid that is picking on her at school.

What WRETCHED soul would dare to pick on darling Hannah? Oh they are lucky they aren't students at my school! Five minutes in my office and the bully would NEVER dare to bully anyone again. (I consider "picking on" and "bullying" to be the same dang thing! Semantics!) I do NOT play when it comes to that.

hugs to Hannah! I'm glad she has discovered retail therapy! It does help!

I didn't find the halter top too small either. I made the ruffle longer because she is long-waisted but it actually hit close to her waist, much closer than store bought patterns. It does just fit her, but I think if I adjusted the elastic it would be fine if I needed it a tad bigger around.

I spy a Scrappy!!!! And a cute Megan!

 

[jham]

I haven't used this pattern but I have noticed when I make things fit across the back using elastic rather than shirring, it didn't have as much "give". I have a dress I made for Zoe almost 2 years ago that she still wants to wear because it's so full. However, the elastic makes it too tight... otherwise it would fit fine if a bit shorter than I like. What I've been doing where shirring won't work is to use narrower elastic, usually 1/4". Since the narrower elastic stretches more easily, I use 2 - 4 rows of it with separate casing for each so the back doesn't sag from the weight of the skirt. It still doesn't stretch as easily as shirring but it does stretch more easily than wider elastic.

You know, an idea that just occurred to me is to do something like they do in jeans for kids with the elastic and buttons. You could make a couple button holes in one end of the elastic and a buttonhole in the the casing so the end of the elastic goes through it to allow you to adjust the elastic as needed. With that method, you could get a lot more wear out of the dress... even until it becomes a top.

You are a genius Lisa! I may have to try that.

. I always worry that I'm sounding like a commercial if I recommend too many specific products, though (I'm really NOT taking kickbacks from the makers of wondertape )!

You should be! You made me run out and buy some and I about had a panic attack the other day when I couldn't find mine (my heat 'n' bond wasn't sticking on one of my fish )

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Thanks!



KWIM=know what I mean

Thank you. I had only seen it twice and it was from the same person. When I was trying to figure it out I realized that I don't know many words that start with a K.

This is not a new dress but we just got this beyond cool headband in the mail today. Hannah did a little retail therapy on . There is a kid that is picking on her at school.

That's not very nice of that kid. Hannah is adorable and so are her new pretties.

 

[my*2*angels]

Lisa that is a GREAT idea!!!! I think I am going to have to try that! GENIOUS!!!!!! Thanks again Carla for all of your help and advice! And I don't think you sound like a commercial at all! I love all of the great advice you give!!!!!

 

[jham]

Okay seriously...your baby is the most SCRUMPTIOUS little cupcake I have EVER seen!! That outfit is to DIE for!!! Love it love it love it!!! Love the bows, love the flip flops...love it! I coach a little girls cheer squad so I'm very used to seeing GIGANTIC bows on their heads. I think it looks spunky and fun!!

Thank you!! I think so too. I just wanna eat her up! She makes me laugh all day long. She is fiesty (she likes to fold her arms and "HMPFF" with a pouty face and sometimes you just look at her and she yells "I'M NOT!!" ) I like to say she is the frosting on the cake that is our family. (there's lots of other good stuff in there too, like cream filling, chocolate, and other stuff ).

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I finally finished the Poodle skirt for my neice. It turned out really cute, but.... The slip that was supposed to go under it and give it some poof was a total bust. I followed the direction that were given to me by the lady at the fabric counter and when Kelsey put the skirt over the slip it looked like she had stuffed her pants to make herself look fat. We were all laughing so hard. So now I have to redo the slip to be more like a pettiskirt (all the fullness on the bottom). Hopefully my sister will take pics when she is all dressed up and I can post one here.

 

[billwendy]

Jackson and Cooper have scutes. I will start off by saying that the Disney crocs that we have are apparently different from everyone elses. Ours are so much smaller than our regular crocs. In regular crocs, Cooper wears an 8/9 and they are a little big. The 8/9 Disney fit, but probably won't last all summer. The 8/9 scutes are HUGE. Jackson wears 10/11 in all of them. They fit similarly to fit of cooper's. His scutes are not huge though.

You can't really flip up the strap. It doesn't fit well like that and looks out of place. I think that 12/13 does not have a strap. The 10/11 does have a strap.

Thanks - Im not sure what to do yet - but shoebuy has a $15 off 2nd pair of shoes - so Im thinking a bit harder now!!!! do you guys put jibbitz in yours? I got a bunch of new "fake" jibbitz at dollar tree yesterday!! so cute!!

Here is a pillocase dress I finished today. I should have been able to just "whip it up" but somehow life gets in the way.

This is soooooo cute!!! How do you keep the ribbons tied?

 

[2cutekidz]

Here's my halter from the simply sweet pattern. I think it's fine. If you raise the arm holes though it might be better. (I think that's what you said you were going to do.)

The triangl over the cotton candy is going to be a pennant that says go team. I haven't finished that yet!!

And Ds's matching set...

And what happens when I try to get a picture together!!

 

[twob4him]

Is anyone else having a hard time with the sizing on this pattern? I'll try to post pictures later.

I haven't had a lot of trouble with it cause I "enlarged" the pattern to fit my 10 year old (who wears a 12 or 14 usually). I just hold the pattern upto the kid....I am quite annoying when I sew cause I keep calling the child in to hold things upto them to adjust. Here is Carla's halter on DD10:

And here is a similiar bodice that I designed by holding paper up to my DD 4 and tracing where I wanted the fabric to be. I then added seam allowance and cut it out...I shirred the back.

Hi!

Sorry to hear that the halter bodice isn't working out for everyone . I design my bodices using slopers (which are 2D, but very accurate), and they looked like they would cover just fine. I also made some test cases in the smaller sizes, and they fit all my models.

I did intend for the halter to be worn with the top of the bodice near the collarbone. I actually started out with a wider top, but it seemed to bag/sag, so I narrowed it. But I have noticed quite a few people tie them such that the top of the bodice is mid-chest, and that might explain the narrowness problem.

Anyway, I will break out my slopers and see if I can rework the halter bodice to allow for more coverage without bagging. Please PM me and I will send an updated version to anyone who wants it.



Carla

Carla can I say again how awesome your pattern and directions are for the Sweet Tops and Dresses. I really love how you did the layers and all....and I could go on and on but I love making stuff with your pattern!!!!

 

[spongemommie05]

what a bunch of cute outfits i was once again at the dentist today so i am drugged and in alot of pain i had to have my left molar pulled and my gums prodded for the prep of implants, one more time for fillings and then my screws.
I tried to post this outfit yesterday i finally finished Jayedyn's Kitty outfit she loves this pattern. and it is so easy to do .

I can't remember who asked about my boy's shirts ? But yes they are super easy to make i used Easy McCall's # 3193 i have made a few so i don't even need a pattern now
Anyways i am gonna hit the hay and take my next dose of pain meds..

Sorry but Happy be-lated birthday Elisa

 

[tadamom]

This is soooooo cute!!! How do you keep the ribbons tied?

I just tie regular bows and when I get them exactly how I want, I be sure to pull them extremely tight. I have never had to put a double knot in them or have they ever loosened up on (unless she has really fiddled with them).

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Here's my halter from the simply sweet pattern. I think it's fine. If you raise the arm holes though it might be better. (I think that's what you said you were going to do.)

The triangl over the cotton candy is going to be a pennant that says go team. I haven't finished that yet!!

And Ds's matching set...

And what happens when I try to get a picture together!!

Those are so cute. They look great together, even though Matthew is crying.

 

[aimeeg]

I know right?! I can't keep Teddy out of my red heels!



too bad I'm not kidding...



What WRETCHED soul would dare to pick on darling Hannah? Oh they are lucky they aren't students at my school! Five minutes in my office and the bully would NEVER dare to bully anyone again. (I consider "picking on" and "bullying" to be the same dang thing! Semantics!) I do NOT play when it comes to that.

hugs to Hannah! I'm glad she has discovered retail therapy! It does help!




I spy a Scrappy!!!! And a cute Megan!

I hate to say but she is being bullied at four! There is a very physical little boy in her class. It got so bad that she was waking up in hysterics in the middle of the night. I *think* we are taking care of it but only time will tell. She loves when she get's presents in the mail! LOL

 

[2cutekidz]

Those are so cute. They look great together, even though Matthew is crying.

He was faking!! The stinker immediately stopped "crying" after I put the camera away!! No tears.

 

[Tinka_Belle]

He was faking!! The stinker immediately stopped "crying" after I put the camera away!! No tears.

That is too funny. Does he not like having his picture taken or is it his sister he's not fond of.

 

[2cutekidz]

He actually loves his sister and having his picture taken. If I'm taking a picture of Emily, he tries to sneak into the picture. I figure it must have been because he was outside (finally!!) and didn't want to sit for a picture.

 

[Tinka_Belle]

He actually loves his sister and having his picture taken. If I'm taking a picture of Emily, he tries to sneak into the picture. I figure it must have been because he was outside (finally!!) and didn't want to sit for a picture.

Oh I see. Well it turned out to be a cute picture.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Aaahhhhhh I finally finished this! I actually had a skirt about 50% done when I put a big hole in the denim as I tried to remove some stitching (stupid hem of the other side got caught in the stitches). Since I couldn't find a plain denim skirt in the right size, I had to improvise and convert a pair of jeans. Anyway, after buying a second pair of jeans, I started over and this time the skirt remained whole. LOL This is the first time I've done the ribbon "fringe"... and I think it will be something I do again soon.

BTW - I'm SO glad Zoe's no longer in the tiny sizes like this set!!! I can't believe how much harder it was to do the applique on this (it's a 2T).

WOW!!!

I finally found the pettiskirt at the Disney Store! They were cleaning out the back room because we had way too many boxes and they were taking them to an offsite storage. I asked the stock manager if he had seen a box labeled pettiskirt. He had just put that box on the cart to go, so I snatched it up, found my dd's size (I got one size larger) and put it to the side. She loves it!

That is really cute on!

Here is a picture of my new outfit I made the other day

So cute! Your DD is such a cutie!

I did some sewing this morning. I finally finished the Cars top. I do not like how it came out. It is uneven in the back. thank goodness, my dd has long hair!

I also made a skirt for me out of a sheet! This is the first thing I made without a pattern! I still need to put in some elastic. Mom has some so I will have to visit tomorrow!

The Cars top is cute and I love your skirt!

Tessa's sick today (throwing up), so I need to give her some extra lovin'. Her kindergarten testing is tomorrow, so I hope she feels better by then!

Hope she's feeling better!

I've decided it might be best to pack while she's asleep or at school so I can pack only what I want.

Great plan!!!

I finished Lily's goldfish skirt. I think I like buying a top and making a skirt to match. These are the bows I ordered on I think they are GINORMOUS but they are cute. Do you think they are too much? I can wait until her head grows into them.

and here's the fake crying face

SO cute! And she's a very good fake!

Here is a pillocase dress I finished today. I should have been able to just "whip it up" but somehow life gets in the way.

Cute!

This was my very first applique effort. It's in red and white for St George's day!

Nice job!

This is not a new dress but we just got this beyond cool headband in the mail today. Hannah did a little retail therapy on . There is a kid that is picking on her at school.

Very cute headband. So sorry Hannah is getting bullied. My DD had some rough boys in her preschool class last year. Her pre K teachers this year are older and they don't tolerate anything. Its a much better environment for my DD.

Here's my halter from the simply sweet pattern. I think it's fine. If you raise the arm holes though it might be better. (I think that's what you said you were going to do.)

The triangl over the cotton candy is going to be a pennant that says go team. I haven't finished that yet!!

And Ds's matching set...

And what happens when I try to get a picture together!!

So cute!!! Another good fake cryer!

I tried to post this outfit yesterday i finally finished Jayedyn's Kitty outfit she loves this pattern. and it is so easy to do .

Very cute!

 

[2cutekidz]

We put sock curlers in DD's hair last night. Her hair was so curly this morning that it was up above her shoulders, and I had to wet it to get it to relax a little. Her hair was actually in ringlets when she came home from school. It was pretty tangled though, so I had to comb it. We went to the library today and took some pictures. Her hair is naturally wavy (curly in the summer), but this is what it looks like after a day or two of school and play!!

And, after the sock curlers...