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

[98happy]

I knew if I asked I would get great answers and I am glad I did so thank you all so much for helping out with the peasant top pattern. I think I am going to wait til DH gets paid and go for the gold and get the bundle pack that way I feel like I am getting WAY more for the $$$. It really isn't that expensive when you think about how much better the pattern will be but MAN...I just struggle. I have the faith top from YCMT and LOVE it. It was sooooo easy I just couldn't believe it!!! I wanted the insa pattern by Farbenmix but too much $$$ so I am trying to make one by eye...I will let you know how that goes...

And a while back I had asked about that mini serger..... everyone said don't do it!!! Well I didn't but guess what I got on sale last night at Hancock????? A SERGER

I don't know anything about it yet and it probably isn't a great brand. (I think I figured that out when I realized the video to help was VHS not DVD!!!) Forgive me but I just assumed in this day when you can not even buy VHS movies that this tut would be DVD. Am I crazy?

It is a White Speedylock I think, I don't have the box in front of me. But I got so nervous purchasing it because I have wanted one for soooooo long. I only paid $160 as it was a sale item. We will see how it goes.

Michelle your little girl had more hair at 5 days than Lillian did at over a year!!!

2cutekids I will so be pming you. I got a little crazy trying to get my hands on that toy yesterday. I had to drive almost an hour to get it.

There are so many cute things just since I posted you guys are fast.

 

[luvinyou]

I finished my MAW Big Give #3 outfit. Since a lot of you said the skirt would be okay for a 9 year old, I decided to send it and just make myself a purple one I also made a tshirt to match.

 

[HeatherSue]

I finished my MAW Big Give #3 outfit. Since a lot of you said the skirt would be okay for a 9 year old, I decided to send it and just make myself a purple one I also made a tshirt to match.

We need a bigger picture! Do you have a close up of the shirt? It looks great!!!! Which family is #3? I am losing track!

I am almost finished with an outfit for Morgan, Robin+5's DD. I just need to add some trim! I also ironed the applique for BigDisGrandma's (is that the right name) grandson, Brody. I "just" have to zig-zag around it now.

ETA: I just checked out your blog and saw a closeup!! HOW COOL! I love it!!

 

[CastleCreations]

I'm so excited...I finally learned how to snorkle...well I mean, I know the logistics of it, but I've been terrified of the "breathing under water" thing, well I really want to snorkle on Castaway Cay, and I went out and bought one and the first time didn't go so well, this time it was fun. I managed to figure it out, and got a nice sunburn on my back. Next time, I want to try it, where there is actually fish, and not just the bottom of my pool. I did manage to see a dead wasp, bee, and a piece of a noodle that broke off...I though those things were supposed to float..

 

[CastleCreations]

Please check out my ticker..... when I first posted it, it was over 6 months...now we're almost 2 and change...

 

[HeatherSue]

I did manage to see a dead wasp, bee, and a piece of a noodle that broke off...I though those things were supposed to float..

Congrats on figuring out the snorkeling thing! Henry and I snorkeled in Hawaii, but I was so worried about sharks that I didn't enjoy it a whole lot!

 

[jham]

The pants to this outfit that I had made were too hot for when we go, so I made a skirt to match the top.

Wow! everything looks great!

Love everything! Especially the Lilly hat! You never told us you were only 18! You are gorgeous! Now I see why your girls are so cute!

Here is Irelands Toy Story outfit for the cruise. She is waiting for the red hat that I bought her to get here, and I have added detail to the cuffs since the photo.. the belt isn't finished, I'm putting velcro on the back, so it will be adjustable...

That turned out so cute! When Jayden was younger she LOVED Jessie! She would sit in the window and stare out it wistfully and sing "when somebody loved me..."

Cute stuff! I really love the guitar. I have got to get Jham to post close ups of the boy one she did. Jackson would love that.

um, there's a reason there are no closeups of that shirt

So cute! And I love "SO BIG!" It reminds me of my mom

I'm so glad my child is not the only one with this annoying habit. When she does this, she won't talk, just pant! Sometimes it is accompanied by jumping, pointing, and grunting. (that's for you, Jeanne)

I finished dd's and ds's Wall-E dress and shirt. I also finish the BIG GIVE outfit for Isabel.>I will have to take a picture of it later, but here is dd and ds Wall-E outfit..I also made a matching one for her doll.

Those turned out great! I love the contrasting white.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i45/hbbknits/disney/th_100_2632.jpgI am not sure that I love the fit. I guess my kids are in between sizes. Jackson's is a 3-4 and he is almost 6!! But I tried the 3-4 on Cooper and it swallowed him whole. I really, really don't like the shorts, esp. the yellow ones. I guess I am just used to seeing really embellished girly stuff and these seem plain.[/QUOTE]

Love the brother photos! Those two are so cute! I think I'll try Heather's idea of lengthening the bowling shirt too.

[quote="HeatherSue, post: 26361868"]Remember folks, th_ is our friend! [/QUOTE]

:headache: but I'm too lazy!

[quote="luvinyou, post: 26362783"]I finished my MAW Big Give #3 outfit. Since a lot of you said the skirt would be okay for a 9 year old, I decided to send it and just make myself a purple one :P I also made a tshirt to match.
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Great job! I love Goofy.

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Here's a pic of my house too. lol

Here's a top I finished last night for breakfast at CP:

You have a beautiful home!
I love your top! It is really cute1 I have been tempted to buy that material, but dd has enough pooh outfits!

Oh my gosh I can't believe I finally caught up to the end of the thread! It moves so fast!

ETA: AND I have to figure out the ruffler foot I was gifted and pick out some thank you fabric from the stash for the person who gave it to me!

There is a great, FREE tuturial on YCMT that I downloaded. I have only glanced at it, but I need to learn how to use it soon, as I want to use the next time I make a dress.

Okay, here's my house when I bought it 4 years ago. Lookout, photobucket is being really fast and cooperative today so lots of pictures! My apologies in advance if you like some of the stuff I may criticize or make fun of. I'm just saying it was NOT decorated in my tastes.

We bought this house for a few reasons but we really liked the open feel of it and all the windows!
Front of house: (the garden looks better now!) It has a sort of porch but I would love to knock down the brick wall and replace it with a wrought iron railing.

Back:

Backyard: (the kids agreed to move because it had a trampoline)

Whew! That's a lot of pictures! We have since finished the basement also so I'll eventually have to post pics of the upstairs (bedrooms and laundry room) and the basement (toy room, craft room, storage, and big kid (DH) play room w/mini kitchen).

You hae a very nice house! Is that trampoline built into the ground? That is really cool! I think that wallpaper was a little over the top! Glad you ripped it down!

Big Give sets!!!

Minnie AK set - still needs a bow!!

SpongeBob set. This is not from me!!!! This is from Emily. It was her idea and it's what she helped me with last night. (I should have let her help with the skirt instead of the tank!!) Poor SpongeBob's nose and cheeks are a little wonky!! I couldn't see what I was doing with her on my lap!! Oh well, just gives it more character!

Those are both darling! I love them! The spongebob is really cool. DD doesn't watch it, but she likes the skirt! I love the top!

Well I just wanted to let you guys know that I have been inspried by you guys! You are all so absolutly amazing, and I can only dream of being half as talented as you all are!! I have decided to take up sewing!! I have bought a very easy pattern and some cheap fabric to use. The fabric is really nice actually so if it all turns out, DD will have a cute dress!!

I really hope to be able to make DD a couple of Disney themed outfits by the time our vacay rolls around...not too sure about that though!! :So far I have sewed on an applique of Wall E to a bucket hat and we have the tie dyed Mickey Head t shirts sitting with the dye on them as I type.

So once again a huge THANK YOU to everyone for being such an ispiration to me!!!

Welcome! Glad you can join us! I started with tye dye mickey shirts too! So, you are going in the right direction! Be sure to share everything!

I made something tonight!!!! I made two bowls, but one of them is really awfull so I won't show ya'll that one.
This is Amber holding my bead bowl.

I'm gonna make some more for Jenna's birthday next month. I'm going to make them in other sizes to hold chips and dip and stuff. I'm even going to try to make a few plates for hotdogs and stuff like that.

That is really cool! I was going to ask how, but I see you purchased the directions from YCMT! My dd would love to make those.

Wow, you girls move so fast! We had a rough week or so around here, and I fell behind on the thread, and now I have 130 pages to catch up on!! :
My husband and girls got sick with colds, then my oldest dd hyperextended her foot and ended up in the ER (she's ok now), then I had my 2 bottom wisdom teeth extracted and since I have TMJ, I've been in a world of pain before and after the extraction. I'm finally feeling better, although the wisdom teeth had cracked the molars next to them and they still hurt some. I have to have all this dental work done before Disney, that's for sure!

So anyway, I've been busy sewing to pass the time while everyone was on the road to recovery. I wanted to share a couple of outfits I've finished.

This is my oldest's outfit for when we go to AKL and eat at Boma (little sister will be getting a Zebra outfit too! I just ran out of material!)

Here is Belle's pirate outfit, she has been so excited about this one! At first it was a corset and skirt with a white shirt, but it was not flattering to her at all, so I tore it apart and made it into a dress. It will be cooler for the summer heat anyway. I found some coin ribbon to embelish it at Hancock's Fabric.

We picked up this hat at Hobby Lobby for $3 and I sewed on the ears, the red Mickey Material, the skull & bones and one of the coins that matches her dress.

Here is her Hannah Montana outfit. I got the idea for the guitar from the Disboutiquers Photobucket account, my daughter loves it! She "plays" guitar on her shirt!

The pants to this outfit that I had made were too hot for when we go, so I made a skirt to match the top.

That's all I have for now! I look forward to catching up on the thread as much as I can and see what you've all been up to!

Editing to add in these pictures that I forgot-

I made Belle a Wall-E shirt and she and her Daddy went to see the movie and loved it!

Sorry the quality is so poor, I don't know what happened!

And this is my very first bow, made to match her Wall-E shirt

It turned out ok, but now I realize what kind of ribbon to use and what not to use! :lol:

First, for your week. I have had a lot of dental issues, so I really know your PAIN! I hope you get everything taken care of quickly and I hope it doesn't hurt too much!

Second, I love all your outfits! That pirate hat is really cool! And you did a great job on your first bow! WOW! I hope my first try comes out that great! the hannah montana guitar came out great! And the pirate outfit is cool! Great outfits!

 

[twob4him]

Hi ladies! I love all the beautiful things posted today! I am still trying to catch up on posts from when I was away!

 

[mommyof2princesses]

We still haven't been able to go see the movie. Tessa REALLY wants to see it!

Will you please take that darling child to see Wall-E! It was sooo good!

OMG YAY I found you all I'm loving all the pics - now I need to go back over 50 pages and see what I'm missing hehe


This is a "Scoodie" hooded scarf for my girls from the tutorial on indietutes blog

A bag for my lil sisters birthday

oooooh and I got some fabric the other day. I love Michael Miller and I'm hoping to disneyfy these fabrics by teaming with some disney fabrics I'm having sent to me by a lovely diser Exciting

Keep up the good work ladies - you always keep me inspired

My mom made me one of those scoodies when I was younger. It kept me sooo warm! Yours came out really cute! That bag is neat too! And I love your fabric. I need to get myself some nice, non-disney fabric. I can't wear Disney every day...can I?

Welcome to thread #7!

I was curious if the name Lily was only popular on our little thread. Turns out it's not just us! It ranked #27 in popularity last year in the US, and has been in the top 100 baby names since 2002. I love this website to find out the popularity of baby names and the top 10 baby names each year. It's an official count from the social security office.

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

Of course I had to check my kid's names, too. Tessa was #280 the year she was born and Sawyer was #247 in 2006. Then, I checked Teresa's kids. Lydia was #137 in 2002, Corey was #65 in '92, and Arminda was not in the top 1000 baby names- ever! What fun (for me, at least)! ETA: Wait! The last time Arminda made the charts, it was ranked #637 in 1886! I'd like to see someone top that name in uniqueness, without having completely made the name up, or just changing the spelling!

Heather was #4 in 1974. No wonder there are so many Heathers the same age as me!

I just checked it out. The year dd13 was born her name was #2! Ashley...yeah it was quite popular in 1995! Dd4 - Sara beth...was no where to be seen. I even tried Sarabeth...nope! Now, Sara was #65 the year she was born, but she is really Sara Beth. My name was #11 th year I was born...Nicole. Yeah another popular name!

Here is Irelands Toy Story outfit for the cruise. She is waiting for the red hat that I bought her to get here, and I have added detail to the cuffs since the photo.. the belt isn't finished, I'm putting velcro on the back, so it will be adjustable...

And a close up of the hidden Mickey on the leg...

It came out really cute! I love the belt!

Here are some pics of the frist dress I made for Claire. It is the pre-shirred Tink fabric from Wally World, so it wasn't anything too complicated. I made it Thursday night and she wore it all day Friday.

I have the bodice done on a CarlaC Criss Cross dress for Claire for Crystal Palace. She has already put in dress requests for a Bengals dress, a baseball dress, a basketball dress and a UC Bearcats dress. Yup, we love us some sports in this house and my making her a dress made her realize she can support our teams and wear a dress at the same time!

Here are some poses she insisted on doing. Why are 5 year olds so odd?


And just so she is not left out...here is Molly doing her latest trick...can you figure out what it is?

Off to cut, ruffle and attach the skirt part of the Pooh dress and I will be back later to post it!

The tink dress came out great! And both your girls are precious!

Well, ladies and tom, I am off to do some sewing. We are couped up again today because Riley isn't feeling up to going to church. It's hard to sit through church when you can't sit!

Hopefully I'll get a bunch finished today. I am trying to do some sewing without shopping!: Seriously! I have bought the "fixins" for tons of stuff I have never made, so I should have enough stuff to finish some projects, right?

Does anyone else enjoy the buying and planning part more than the constructing part? I just love fabric shopping!!!!!!! I have got to get to work on some of this stuff that I have bought before I buy more and more and more and more...... You get the picture!

I love to buy fabric and plan outfits...then I remember I actually have to put them together! I do the same with scrapbooking. I have enough paper I can open a store!

Sorry Riley is having a bad day.

I finished dd's and ds's Wall-E dress and shirt. I also finish the BIG GIVE outfit for Isabel.>I will have to take a picture of it later, but here is dd and ds Wall-E outfit..I also made a matching one for her doll.

They both came out great! I love the material you choose to go with the wall-E material!

Here is Claire in her Pooh Criss-Cross dress I made for our dinner at Crystal Palace. This is my first project that was not a pillowcase or pre-shirred

Front view

Close-up so you can see Pooh bear in the green fabric...do all 5 year olds have this cheesy smile?

Back view, although her hair is in the way and she fights me on pulling it up.

I am going to make one for Molly to match but am waiting until September when it is a little closer...I am afraid she will have a major growth spurt and it won't fit. Claire only gained 4 pounds and grew 2 inches from 4-5, so I am not worried about hers not fitting.

Thanks for looking!
Jen

Hopefully Photobucket will catch up and the photos will turn

It came out great! I love that fabric! Where did you find it? And you did a great job on your first pattern dress!

Finally got the Wall-e shirts off of my old camera. They wouldn't let me bring the camera into the movie theatre, so I put my old/smaller camera in my bag. The kids really wanted a pic with a wall-e poster. Poor spoiled "city" kids went to see the movie in a podunk Mississippi town that had NO posters. I tried to take one on a bench, but it came out terrible. I can literally see cooper's tonsils! OK, so the ones that I got after the movie

I am not sure that I love the fit. I guess my kids are in between sizes. Jackson's is a 3-4 and he is almost 6!! But I tried the 3-4 on Cooper and it swallowed him whole. I really, really don't like the shorts, esp. the yellow ones. I guess I am just used to seeing really embellished girly stuff and these seem plain.

They came out really cute! I love how the backs of the 2 shirts are different!

I finished my MAW Big Give #3 outfit. Since a lot of you said the skirt would be okay for a 9 year old, I decided to send it and just make myself a purple one I also made a tshirt to match.

The shirt came out great! That skirt is really cute...you do need to make yourself one!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

No pattern, I just cut out the top and shaped it, then two long strips of zebra material and ruffled them on. It has elastic across the back and I tied a couple of zebra strips for the straps. Then I appliqued a piece of zebra material for the Minnie head. It was my first applique, and took forever!

Renae

NO patterns? I don't know how you ladies do it!!!

If you want to use a pattern, the Simply Sweet halter dress on ycmt looks just like that.


Woo-hoo! Poor Arminda, people are forever repeating her name back to her as "Amanda". Then, she has to repeat her name over and over. But, I love her name! It was my grandpa's mother's name. They called her Minnie, though (very Disney)


I don't know if I want to ask this, but how do you pronounce Chetan? I know how I'm saying it in my head and I'm hoping I'm saying it wrong. Anya is a very popular Russian name. I love it! That would have been so cool if your name was Heather Theresa! I would have been Shannon if I was a boy. I'm SOOO glad that didn't happen!

Thank you...are the patterns on YCMT easy to follow? I haven't purchased one yet. Do you need a ruffler for the top???

Aisling spends a great deal of time saying "no not Ash-lee...it's Ash-LING" At 4 she's already upset if people pronounce it wrong. We keeps trying to tell her to get used to it!

I was going to be Shannon too. But i was due at Christmas so it was changed to Kristine (my mom worked with a lady named Christine and couldn't stand her, hence why they changed the spelling). I do have a male friend named Shannon though. You should have seen people staring at the sign at the hotel when he got married reading "welcome to Shannon and Jennifer's wedding!" Here in MA, that isn't that unusual but this was in California...a few years ago.

 

[Cheeseball]

Love them! Great job!! I'm hoping to make a matching outfit for my daughter and her stuffed alligator soon.

I don't know when you are going, but if the weather is going to be a little cool you might consider adding a peasant blouse.

Thanks! We're going in Sept, so it's probably going to be pretty hot!

Adorable!! And my 5 yr old has a cheesy smile too! She's getting better though, now that I have her modeling so much!

LOVE them!! The characters on the pockets are so cute!

Very very cute!!

First, for your week. I have had a lot of dental issues, so I really know your PAIN! I hope you get everything taken care of quickly and I hope it doesn't hurt too much!

Second, I love all your outfits! That pirate hat is really cool! And you did a great job on your first bow! WOW! I hope my first try comes out that great! the hannah montana guitar came out great! And the pirate outfit is cool! Great outfits!

Thanks!!

And I "th_ed" just for you Heather!

Well nuts, I had a question to ask and now I can't remember it! I need some caffeine!!

Renae

 

[princessmom29]

As far as the name thing goes my daughter is Sarah Miriam and Sarah was pretty popular in 2003. I really didn't care b/c she is named after both of her great-grandmothers. My grandmother is the Sarah part and she is the one who stayed with me the most after Sarah was born and was so colicky. I called home the third day and told mom you are going to have to get up here or send somone b/c I haven't slept in 3 days which was literally true. I was nursing this child and she still screamed 24-7. She did not sleep more than an hour and a half at a time for 2 months!! My grandma stayed with me and otherwise I don't know if I would have stayed sane! She would take a night and then i would take a night and we managed. It got a little better bafter I quit nursin at 2 weeks, but it took a while to find a formula she could take. it seems I was not making any real milk and she was constantly starving. So her name altough popular is pretty special b/c it is my grandma's

 

[longaberger_lara]

Lara- I wonder if you painted recently and know what the name of the blue in your bedroom is?

I'm so sorry - I don't remember what the name of it is. It was at Lowe's. I can't find where I put my samples from where we built the house.

 

[Tinka_Belle]

That is really cool! I was going to ask how, but I see you purchased the directions from YCMT! My dd would love to make those.

HeatherSue posted a free tutorial on page 53. It is pretty much the same as the one I got. The one I have shows a different way of molding the plastic. The one from YCMT.com also shows other things too. Very helpful! I thought it was worth the $5.

 

[revrob]

Here is Irelands Toy Story outfit for the cruise. She is waiting for the red hat that I bought her to get here, and I have added detail to the cuffs since the photo.. the belt isn't finished, I'm putting velcro on the back, so it will be adjustable...

And a close up of the hidden Mickey on the leg...

This is GREAT! Really, really GREAT work!

I finished dd's and ds's Wall-E dress and shirt. I also finish the BIG GIVE outfit for Isabel.>I will have to take a picture of it later, but here is dd and ds Wall-E outfit..I also made a matching one for her doll.

Love the dress(es)! They turned out really cute!

Here is Claire in her Pooh Criss-Cross dress I made for our dinner at Crystal Palace. This is my first project that was not a pillowcase or pre-shirred

Front view

Close-up so you can see Pooh bear in the green fabric...do all 5 year olds have this cheesy smile?

Back view, although her hair is in the way and she fights me on pulling it up.

Here is a close up on the bodice.

I am going to make one for Molly to match but am waiting until September when it is a little closer...I am afraid she will have a major growth spurt and it won't fit. Claire only gained 4 pounds and grew 2 inches from 4-5, so I am not worried about hers not fitting.

Thanks for looking!
Jen

Hopefully Photobucket will catch up and the photos will turn

You did a fantastic job on your first non-shirred, non-pillowcase top outfit! This dress is so cute!

I finished my MAW Big Give #3 outfit. Since a lot of you said the skirt would be okay for a 9 year old, I decided to send it and just make myself a purple one I also made a tshirt to match.

This turned out very cute! I really like how you did goofy!

 

[eeyore3847]

We got the most fantastic sets and finally got to get some pics of the kdis in them.. I think I already shared anastasia's .. here is the little ones!

 

[HeatherSue]

Thank you...are the patterns on YCMT easy to follow? I haven't purchased one yet. Do you need a ruffler for the top???

Aisling spends a great deal of time saying "no not Ash-lee...it's Ash-LING" At 4 she's already upset if people pronounce it wrong. We keeps trying to tell her to get used to it!

Yes, most YCMT patterns are very easy to follow. I think the clearest ones are written by CarlaC.

I was pronouncing your DD's name Ays-ling! What origin is her name?

And I "th_ed" just for you Heather!

Aw shucks, thanks!!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Yes, most YCMT patterns are very easy to follow. I think the clearest ones are written by CarlaC.

I was pronouncing your DD's name Ays-ling! What origin is her name?

Most people who see it written pronounce it like that. It's a Gaelic name. When I lived in Ireland, I heard the name and loved it. Luckily DH agreed when the time came. Since there are SOOOO many people of Irish decent in Boston, I wanted something that was Irish but a little different. It means "Dream" Which was a complete set up because the kid didn't sleep through the night until she was 2 1/2

Guess I'm going to try my luck at the Simply Sweet pattern. Thank you!!

 

[100AcrePrincess]

Aisling spends a great deal of time saying "no not Ash-lee...it's Ash-LING" At 4 she's already upset if people pronounce it wrong. We keeps trying to tell her to get used to it!

I was going to be Shannon too. But i was due at Christmas so it was changed to Kristine (my mom worked with a lady named Christine and couldn't stand her, hence why they changed the spelling). I do have a male friend named Shannon though. You should have seen people staring at the sign at the hotel when he got married reading "welcome to Shannon and Jennifer's wedding!" Here in MA, that isn't that unusual but this was in California...a few years ago.

Aislinn has the same problem. Ash-LINN not Ash-lee. And then we have to spell it. Poor girl, but I just love the name.

I was supposed to be Tara (yes, like in Gone with the Wind), but Mom changed her mind & I ended up Wendy. I never knew another Wendy until I was in college.