Disboutiquers Part 7 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[charlinn]

ok...so what am i doing wrong with my "signature"...my images are being cut off. Do I need to re-size them and if so, can anyone tell me the best way to do so? I use Photobucket, should I resize them in "paint" first?? I can't figure it out...

I also want to add a ticker to count down our DL trip in Dec., but when I tried to do that a couple weeks ago...it didn't show either

Any help is much appreciated!!

 

[HeatherSue]

Sorry I haven't been on here much lately!

Just for kicks, I'll post my coincidental how I met my DH before I knew him story.

That is such a cute story!

My DH likes to come over when I'm sewing, ask me about my garment, then walk away saying "Make it work..."

This one's a little more obscure - whenever we're looking for one of our kids, we always say "Where's Andre?"

Too funny!!! I am reading the "Where's Andre" in "Andre's impersonating Tim" voice.

That is so cute and just perfect!!! So sweet of you to make it, too.

That is adorable!! Great job, Michelle!!

[SIZE="3][COLOR="Red"]HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HEATHER AND TERESA [/COLOR][/SIZE]

Heather you made me laugh so much, I see that you "love" beagles as much as I do

Now I have to start sewing for 4 very special princesses and after that I might have to retire for a while as I might have surgery...

Thanks for the anniversary wish, Linnette!
Yes, I am not a big beagle fan. I'm sure there are some lovely ones out there, but my brother's is just mean and obnoxious!
That outfit is adorable! I love that it's reversible!
The surgery sounds kind of scary. I'll continue to pray for you. Let us know if you decide to schedule it.

Pettis are always a great idea, but it looks beautiful without it, and so does your DD!

Finally does anyone else make things from ideas without patterns?

I wouldn't say I make things without a pattern. But, I will draft my own patterns sometimes. Generally if you start cutting without some kind of pattern, it will turn out crooked and crazy looking. There are a few pros on here that can do it, though!

I have skimmed through this thread looking and I have to say...YOU ARE ALL SO TALENTED!!! I wish I could even do this half as good as y'all do!

Thank you!! to our group!

I could mail you the pattern I made for the outfit I made it to fit a size 6/7 but could be adjusted, It did give me a hard time at the beginning trying to get the bottom to match (did lining) after `100 try's I am happy with the outfit...


I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PATTERN I MADE!!!


Linnette

Yes, it's official!! You are the sweetest person, ever!!

Lydia insisted on wearing those shoes! I tried to get her to go barefoot! Lydia had just given Tessa those cheetah shoes. Lydia outgrew them. It was kind of funny, we were in my Mom's closet, measureing the girls on my Mom's scale (Mom has a nice walk in closet and a doctor's scale in there). Mom had something made out of cheetah fabric, which Lydia loves. The girls were trying to figure out if they could try it on, and Tessa said, "I'm sorry Lydia, only people who have cheetah shoes can try that on." Little stinker doodle!

Oh, that girl of mine!! She is so funny!

GUESS WHAT!!!!!
miss sophia is using the potty at least 1/2 of the time now!!!!! Even going #2!! We are giving her stickers as rewards and she is loving it!!! the only down side is I feel like I have been practically living in the bathroom because it feels like she is going every 2 minutes ugh!! I have to remind myself this to shall pass! And "I'm gonna miss this"- to quote one of those songs that get me

I love everyones halloween pictures! I'll share mine later today I must go to bed

Yay!! That's great! Sawyer peed in the potty for the first time last week. I told him he wasn't going to get into the bathtub until he peed on the potty, so he did!! He hasn't done it again since, though.

I all of the Halloween costumes and outfits! This year, DS wants to be Jack from Jack's Big Music Show. I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to do the head. Last year he was NOT cooperative when it came to face painting, and he's not a big fan of things on his head in general, so that makes it a bit more tricky. I'd hate to put tons of effort into something and then have him refuse to wear it, kwim?

My current plan is to build it off of a baseball cap- kind of like a Goofy hat with the ears and teeth that stick off. I'm not sure how I could get the rounded pointy-iness thing to work though- any ideas? Maybe some heavy duty interfacing? I'm afraid if I put anything too heavy on the front, it will tip forward and not stay on his head.

I'm also going to attempt to make a stuffed Mel (the green and purple dog) for him to carry. I have no idea how I'm going to do that either! Am I better of sewing the different fabrics together first, then cutting, or making a muslin dog first, then attaching the fabric stripe by stripe afterwards?

I'm at a loss as to how to help you with this costume. But, it sounds like it'll be really cute! The heavy duty interfacing should help the ears stand up, I would think. I would sew the different fabrics together first and then cut the pattern pieces out for the dog.

Another fave pic from the patch- ignore me trying to hide another kid with my bad, bad clone job

This must be a FANTASTIC clone job because I can't see where you erased the other kid at all!!

Ok, I will first start off I wish I was half as talented as you ladies!! You have inspired me to try to sew something I am needing your help. I about a basic white tshirt and black material to sew a mickey head on it. Doing the stitching on the outside I know you are all going to laugh because i have no idea what I am talking about the close together stiching and a bit wider. Is there a trick to keeping the material from moving around while sewing it besides pinning it? Also how do you keep a straight line and keep it so smooth. I found myself having to keep moving it. From far away its ok looking, but up close it is a bit humorous. I don't even want to post a pic of it if that tells you anything. Any suggestions would be great!!

Thanks
Kelli

You need to take a gander at my applique tutorial!! You can look at it online, in Teresa's blog. Or, you can also download it from there in pdf format. Here's a link:
http://disboutique.blogspot.com/2008/04/bestest-applique-tutorial.html

 

[t-beri]

Yeah, Heather, we already told her. Keep up, man!

...t.

 

[TravelinGal]

ok...so what am i doing wrong with my "signature"...my images are being cut off. Do I need to re-size them and if so, can anyone tell me the best way to do so? I use Photobucket, should I resize them in "paint" first?? I can't figure it out...

I also want to add a ticker to count down our DL trip in Dec., but when I tried to do that a couple weeks ago...it didn't show either

Any help is much appreciated!!

because some people had insanely long signature lines (to the extreme of filling a whole page! Seriously!) they had to put some limitations on the size. After a couple of various rules, the current one is an automatic default that your signature space cannot exceed 250 pixels in height. There are other rules too. This post would help you quite a bit I think.

As far as resizing goes, have the photo open and select resize. Make sure your proportions are constrained so your picture doesn't get 'smushed' (*technical term... ) If you have nothing else in your siggy, your picture can be 250 pixels tall. If you have text you will need to make the picture even smaller or the bottom will be cut off. To give you a bit of an idea on size, the Big Give image in the post directly above this one is 200x200 pixels.

If you can't get it worked out, I would be happy to help you resize an image or two. Just drop me a PM with the image(s) and I'll get them done for you. I don't know how to resize in 'paint', so I'm of no help there. I use Photoshop Elements.

 

[Disneysnel]

I have been lurking here for months and just had to say that y'all are amazing! The outfits you come up with are just too cute!

My children are grown and I don't have any grandkids yet but I do have to admit I steal some of your pics for the little child figures I sculpt from clay. Hope you don't mind.

You guys are GREAT inspiration!
Thank you!

Kelley

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Well, not for about 10 weeks but I'm almost there.

Seriously...You do NOT look 46...you don't look 36! I'd like to look like you at 31!!!! Speaking of which, I will be coloring my hair tonight so that I will actually look 31 for my Disney trip. The grey is pretty bad right now

I have been lurking here for months and just had to say that y'all are amazing! The outfits you come up with are just too cute!

My children are grown and I don't have any grandkids yet but I do have to admit I steal some of your pics for the little child figures I sculpt from clay. Hope you don't mind.

You guys are GREAT inspiration!
Thank you!

Kelley

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I have been lurking here for months and just had to say that y'all are amazing! The outfits you come up with are just too cute!

My children are grown and I don't have any grandkids yet but I do have to admit I steal some of your pics for the little child figures I sculpt from clay. Hope you don't mind.

You guys are GREAT inspiration!
Thank you!

Kelley

Welcome to the group and now we need pictures!!!

 

[t-beri]

Just got the baby shower invitation for Danica ( the micro preemie) and I am looking for gift Ideas. I'd like to make her some unique baby things. I am going to do some cool decoupage wooden blocks and Angie has asked me to make her a "hooter hider"-esque nursing cover up. was thinking of also making some burp clothes w/ matching fabric. BUT what about baby. I have baby bootie patterns. BUT I don't have many other infant patterns. Any suggestions?

...t.

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Just got the baby shower invitation for Danica ( the micro preemie) and I am looking for gift Ideas. I'd like to make her some unique baby things. I am going to do some cool decoupage wooden blocks and Angie has asked me to make her a "hooter hider"-esque nursing cover up. was thinking of also making some burp clothes w/ matching fabric. BUT what about baby. I have baby bootie patterns. BUT I don't have many other infant patterns. Any suggestions?

...t.

Teresa has a bunch of baby patterns in her bookmarks. My favorite is the swaddler blankets.

 

[sheridee32]

walmart has premie onsies that had embridery on them for about 3.50 I cut the bottom off and made t-shirt dresses and put elastic in the bottoms and made panties to match can send you a picture if you want I cant remember if it was a girl or not, they also had some for boys that you could make a pair of shorts for

 

[tadamom]

walmart has premie onsies that had embridery on them for about 3.50 I cut the bottom off and made t-shirt dresses and put elastic in the bottoms and made panties to match can send you a picture if you want I cant remember if it was a girl or not, they also had some for boys that you could make a pair of shorts for

That is an awesome idea! And I never would have thought to put some elastic in the cut off part for some bloomers -- that is genius! If you have a pic I would love to see it.

 

[charlinn]

Thank you so much..I will give it a try in paint...if no luck..I'll definately PM ya

 

[LisaZoe]

Seriously...You do NOT look 46...you don't look 36! I'd like to look like you at 31!!!! Speaking of which, I will be coloring my hair tonight so that I will actually look 31 for my Disney trip. The grey is pretty bad right now

Thank you! I feel like I definitely look my age most days. I don't yet have a lot of gray but it's there although it doesn't show a lot because of my natural hair color.

 

[jham]

Hi all!

Loving all the Halloween pics!

I've been crazy busy getting ready for our trip-so NOT ready to fly out Thursday morning. Lots to do at work too. I'll be out of the office until Sept 2nd. I'm hoping to get work done today and take tomorrow off too.

I've been taking the antibiotic since last Thursday and my ear still hurts. The antibiotic is making me feel lousy and the alergery med he prescribe is making me feel all loopy and sleepy. I've been practically falling asleep at my computer at work today. I know I'll be fine once we land in Orlando but I'm ususally so much more pulled togethered than I am this time.

Have a great couple of weeks everyone. I'll tell Mickey you all said "HI!".

Woo Hoo! Have a great trip! I hope you feel better!

I have been lurking here for months and just had to say that y'all are amazing! The outfits you come up with are just too cute!

My children are grown and I don't have any grandkids yet but I do have to admit I steal some of your pics for the little child figures I sculpt from clay. Hope you don't mind.

You guys are GREAT inspiration!
Thank you!

Kelley

Um...ditto on the "we need pictures"! And your DS is handsome, post often so we can see his picture!

 

[mrsmiller]

since yesterday I kept getting "need to log in" even though at the top page it said welcome,mrs miller so I was unable to post Anybody else had the same problem?


MINNIEVANMOM :

i am glad you like the dress, it was not difficult to do (less than 1hr) I did cut it free hand in the fabric (for my niece) but I will try to do another and take more pictures for a better tutorial, the casing for the elastic was easy , just make sure that you sew the casing big enough for the elastic to fit thru

I put the elastic , before closing the final side seam of the dress
I will work on this today or tomorrow morning , you can pm me or email me at linnettevl@yahoo.com

I have this cotton fabric that might work for you (let me know what color)

about 3 yds of each, if you want I can send you the fabric for your costume, is cotton but it works fine as is lined, I also have the fringe that I could send you too...(somewhere in my pile of mess!!)

I hate to do zippers this is how mine usually look
(I know, I know !!! bad, bad )

(Sorry but did not have a yellow zipper so had to use a white one)

If I could only glue them to the outfits

linnette

 

[spongemommie05]

Okay so i tried something a lil different for dinner and my kids hated it but they kept on eating (Bless there hearts) i tried a healthy recipe with chicken, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives & Bacon crumbled .. they picked off all the vegtables and ate the rest which i also tried and know now, why they did not like it Cream cheese mixed with mayonaisse is not that great without all the toppings
so i am off to mcdonalds to feel there tummies with fatening food instead ....

 

[longaberger_lara]

wow what a fun cake and did you make his shirt?

Thanks! I had the hardest time deciding how to do his cake, but I found several on cake central that I liked, and just combined ideas. Yes, I did make his shirt and one to match for his boy AG bitty baby that he got for his birthday. Yes, my son plays with dolls! He plays with his big sisters, so I had to find a boy baby doll for him!

walmart has premie onsies that had embridery on them for about 3.50 I cut the bottom off and made t-shirt dresses and put elastic in the bottoms and made panties to match can send you a picture if you want I cant remember if it was a girl or not, they also had some for boys that you could make a pair of shorts for

You could even just attach a little skirt to the onesie as is. I did it several times for my girls when they were babies.

 

[MoeFam]

I am not sure what is legal- but can I ask if anyone has ever worked with a particular seller on Etsy?

We are preparing for an April 2009 trip- but I am also due with baby #3 in November, so I am trying to get a jump start on Disney customs.

Now to narrow down what I want to do- and what characters to pick!!!

Not to mention getting on the horn with Laila's holiday and fall customs.

Also wondering if anyone has ever made a Disney inspired sling to use for a baby at the parks?

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I am not sure what is legal- but can I ask if anyone has ever worked with a particular seller on Etsy?

We are preparing for an April 2009 trip- but I am also due with baby #3 in November, so I am trying to get a jump start on Disney customs.

Now to narrow down what I want to do- and what characters to pick!!!

Not to mention getting on the horn with Laila's holiday and fall customs.

Also wondering if anyone has ever made a Disney inspired sling to use for a baby at the parks?

Who is the seller on Etsy? Congratulations on the new baby. November is a good month to have a baby. I know I was born in November. I think someone on here has made a sling and I am sure that it can be made using Disney fabric.

 

[jham]

Okay, so my kids are narrowing down their Halloween costumes. Luke wants to be Indiana Jones I hate the little cheap all-one-piece kids' costume I've seen, so I found him this hat and jacket: (hopefully, assuming the backorder is filled in a timely manner )

I'm not too worried about the pants (yet) but I have been searching all over for a shirt like this:

So PLEASE keep your eye out for a boys' shirt like this or a pattern that is really similar to this shirt. I am not talented enough to transform Carla's bowling shirt into this so don't even go there Let me know if anyone has any ideas. THANK YOU!!!