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

[MegaWoman]

When my daughter had to be "patched" in kindergarten, I took a box of patches in and gave one to each of the kids to "try out." I explained that she needed to wear them to help her eyes get stronger and that was why she needed to sit near the teacher when she read to the class. It was money well invested. She never was teased and her teacher said there were no problems.

I teach Pre-K and I find that if you are open and honest with the kids, they are more accepting than adults! I had a child with albinism in my class a few years ago. He needed to wear a hat and prescription sunglasses outside. I sent home a note telling parents that their children could bring sunglasses and hats to wear outside (with the child's parent's permission.)

Also his parents were worried that he would feel bad because he looked "different"--instead, his self-confidence soared because I had several girls tell him how "beautiful" he was (his eyes were a very, very light lavender with pure white eyelashes, brows and hair!)

I love this idea! I will bring it up with the teacher!

and MEGAwoman
OMg I am having flash backs to my childhood!
I was the kid that was patched. I started going to the ophthalmologist at 9 months old. I had lots of eye therapy to straighten and strengthen my eyes. I started wearing my granny bifocals at 18 months, I call them granny glasses because that is the only kind they made back in 1973 that would fit me! I had to take drops for what reason I have no clue but my mom I am sure does. I was legally blind as a kid. Needless to say it was a lot of work my mom had to do to help me see better. At 3 I had one of my lazy eyes corrected in hopes that since I was so young my other eye would fallow. It didn't but the good news is as aI aged my eye site got better! I had the same eye dr from 9 months until I was in my mid 20's ad moved ti GA. Any way my point is I can understand the worry you have about your little girl and other kids. Frankly imo all kids are cruel and you know something your little girl will be just fine! So what if she has a patch she can tel other kids she is a pirate!
To be honest when I see little kids with these adorable glasses now adays I love it! I actually get jealous you should have seen how awful mine were! If I can get my scanner working I will scan some pics for you!

Because of all of this I can do a cool trick I can switch my lazy eyes! It drives my eye drs crazy! Gotta amuse myself some how right

I started seeing a paediatric opthamologist with I was about 9 months too! I started wearing glasses when I was two, and I hear you on the UGLY 70's glasses! So when it was time for DD to get her's in May DH and I decided that $$$ wasn't an option - just get her what made her feel like a princess. So she picked out two pairs, one pink and one purple, and she looks gorgeous!

Hi I just found this thread and love it! Unfortunately I don't sew, but would love to! I did buy a machine last year, that just sits on my floor

Anyway, what made me post was MegaWoman. I patch my duaghter' eye and did it daily back when she was 2 and up. She is now 9 (and a half, as she tells me!) I was able to get a patch and then made quite a few others, that slipped over her glasses. She HATES the patches that stick to the skin. The patches that I made had butterflies, tink.... just about anything... hopefully this helps a little!

I asked about this - but they need her to wear the sticky ones for now. I'm looking for the cute printed ones, but I'm not sure if I can buy them in Canada or if I have to order them from the USA.


Thanks for all your kind words. You are all amazing!

Stephanie

 

[jham]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this outfit. The applique is very similar to the one I plan to do. Where did you get the medium sized Minnie Dot. I love that size but have never found it.

Thanks! I found it at a quilt store near me. It was 60" wide and only $5.something a yard. Sadly I was there last week and they didn't have any more. I may have to go back and beg them to reorder, but I doubt they will. I think they have 3 stores though so maybe I'll have them check the other two.

Congrats Jhammy but you didn't look overweight at all in your pics...where exactly are you finding this "extra weight"??? I hope I can go to the Dismeet too! However I will probably be bringing all of me
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Wow I love the whole thing....the applique and all the details on the skirt...just fabulous. Do you mind if I kinda case the design of the top and skirt? I am making an Ariel and I thought that type of top is so cute with a big twirl patchwork skirt! I bought 7 different fabrics, and rick rack and these cool decorations! Wish me luck!

I don't know what pictures you were looking at, but sadly you are VERY mistaken.

That outfit would be cool in an Ariel theme! I want to make Lily a Cinderella version but my problem is it will be too chilly for that style of top in February (probably). I wonder if it would look weird with a peasant top underneath?

Congrats!!!! That's wonderful! I'm 11 pounds down (goal is 20 before Disney)...so I have 6 1/2 weeks to lose 9 pounds!!! Yikes I'm going to stop WW and do South Beach for two weeks to jump start my system. Two weeks w/o caffeine and carbs...I'm going to be a monster!!!!

You can do it!!! I hate when you hit those brick walls.

I just started back on WW again as well couple weeks ago after re-joining...who knows how many times, and kept telling myself that I must stick to it and no more quitting!!! Everytime I quit, I gain some..and now I need to lose at least about 25 lbs...!

You don't quit and I won't either, deal?? I am laughingly (because of how overweight I am now) a lifetime member. They didn't even charge me for all new materials

here is my latest creation i am taking it to a show labor day if i dont sell it first, if it doesnt sell then my dgd will take it on our trip
sheri

That's really cool! I love the dwarves.

ohhh, ooohhh, pick me, pick me! I wanna play the random picture game! Here are some things I have in photobucket-

Okay, I'm too lazy to th_ all those but Lily really loved the pictures of the boys! I was telling her about them and she said "Cooper? That's my Cooper!" Somehow she knows we've been talking about them behind their backs.

 

[jham]

Just because it's cute...

A few days ago I was in the other room and went to check on Lily and found this:

She said "We're having a tea party!" She set everything up and somewhere found bibs for all her babies all by herself.

 

[mytwotinks]

Heard about the HFCS but not the oils...gotta check that one out. My problem is that we don't eat sweets (I'm a salty snack kinda gal) but you don't realize what's actually in some of the stuff you are eating. Like the popcicle that i had the other day with "sugar alcohol" in it...what is that??? (googled it...turns out to be like splenda)

You'd be amazed how many things the HFCS is in. Bread crumbs, tomato sauces, salad dressings, bread, really almost everything.

The hydrogenated oil is really bad stuff. I learned a lot in the book, "You on a Diet." It scared me off of the stuff. It is so bad for you that it is actually not legal to sell it in Europe.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Sorry I have fallen behind again......SO many cute outfits have been posted.

oh thanks...that reminds me...nobody answered the 2nd part of my question. Do you need a ruffler for the Simply Sweet pattern on YCMT? I have rediculously old sewing machine (guess what I'm asking for for my bday???).

Absolutely NOT!!!

I picked up the tees for the family tonight. I was able to get the favorite colors for most of them but couldn't find any dark purple. I'm considering dying a blue tee to see how it comes out.

I have had very good service from www.jiffyshirts.com

 

[mytwotinks]

Once you get used to reading the labels you will know what to look for and it will go much faster!

You are right. I shouldn't discourage people from trying. Honestly after a few trips to the store, you can get through pretty quickly. Riley even knows what to look for. She knows that she feels better when she is careful and she very rarely complains. Whatever she can't have, we find another option.

 

[LisaZoe]

I've been meaning to ask this question:

What does your stash look like? How much fabric do you have, and how is it stored/organized? Any photos to share?

I'm afraid my stash has outgrown my current organization/space. Here's a photo of about half of what I have - this is what I consider my working stash. The other fabric is older stuff that I need to purge soon. It's so hard to let go of any fabric - even when I'm unlikely to use it in my lifetime. You never know, with the prices vintage fabric gets, my stash could be Zoe's nest egg for when I'm gone.

I have the cards from www.polarnotions.com I LOVE them! I roll my fabric on to the cards, and stand them up like books on a bookshelf. I have one 5 shelf bookcase full. I need to purchase a second bookcase - I am fairly sure that I could fill a second at least half way.

Oh man, I need some of those but I think I'd have to get 3 or 4 cases at least. Of course then I'd need to remove the books from my bookcases and find a new home for those. Hmm, maybe I can sell the books at a local used book store and use that to help finance the purchase of the fabric bolt thingies. I've also seriously considered purging most of my clothes that are in the armoire in the photo above so I can put fabric in that. I am so tired of having to try to pull fabric from the bottom of a 3+ foot stack of fabric. On more than one occasion, I've had small avalanches of cotton as I tried to extract fabric near the bottom.

 

[Astro Orbiter]

oh thanks...that reminds me...nobody answered the 2nd part of my question. Do you need a ruffler for the Simply Sweet pattern on YCMT? I have rediculously old sewing machine (guess what I'm asking for for my bday???).

Nah. I have a ruffler but prefer to do it old-school. The ruffler is never at the right length for me and looks a bit more like pleating than ruffling.

Run a basting stitch inside the seam line. (longest stitch length you've got). Pull on one end of one thread and start to gather. Carefully, because if the thread snaps you'll not be happy! Gather it to the length you want, tie off the ends. Pin it to the bodice and sew away.

 

[LisaZoe]

I have had very good service from www.jiffyshirts.com

THANK YOU!!! I'd never seen that site and will definitely be bookmarking it. I'm trying to wean myself off using purchased tees to make more of my own because it's just gotten so hard to find the colors/sizes/style I need when I need them. However, I do sometimes get requests for adult sizes so this would be a good resource.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Thanks! I found it at a quilt store near me. It was 60" wide and only $5.something a yard. Sadly I was there last week and they didn't have any more. I may have to go back and beg them to reorder, but I doubt they will. I think they have 3 stores though so maybe I'll have them check the other two.

I got one that looks a lot like that at www.fabrichound.com thanks to someone who posted here. Of course it is more than $5/yd.

 

[mytwotinks]

Denise.
Sugar is a huge problem for me. I am a total addict. We struggle constantly between the way I'd like to eat and the way my husband LIKES to eat. The sugar is one reason I've started back on SB- I have to cut it out. WW works for some people b/c it is flexible. BUT not me, if I know that I can eat it I will and I will probably eat more than I should. There are some things that are never allowed in my house, like OREOS. I can't eat 2 of them, I have to eat like, an entire sleeve of them I know better, I leave them alone.

I really struggle w/ cutting out the sugar. I HATE using chemically altered stuff BUT by the same token I don't want all of the calories from the real stuff either. And I am a sugar JUNKIE so cutting it out flat is UNTHINKABLE. I like some "raw" type sugars or cane juice but I really don't know where to stand on using them. Diet systems and books never mention them and health food guides never want to consider a middle ground...which is why you're afraid you'll sound like a nut. I feel the same way. We cut out chemical cleaners and are trying to limit processed foods too, but we're busy and you can't always cook the way you'd like due to time or financial restraints and in that naturalistic world very few people will help guide you to a middle ground. I know Clared can probably shed a little light on that....I noticed she uses organic fabrics (another thing I'd like to look into....I found some great biodegradable screen printing inks and would like to do some organic kids stuff) so she probably eats more organically too (just an assumption) so if you have something to offer us Clare, speak up!!

Tiffani, I bet that what you are really addicted to is the HFCS! Honestly. I think it is worth a try. If you really watched EVERYTHING and cut it out I really think that you would be surprised by the fact that you could eat A cookie and drink A soda without binging. I speak from experience. I have battled an addiction to sugar for years. I couldn't even have cans of soda in my house because I would drink them until I had sores from the sugar in my mouth. I had zero self control. I was really ashamed of it too. You don't have to cut out sweets, just the fake, overprocessed stuff. It's all still junk food, but it can be junk food that doesn't call your name at night!

You sound so much like me. I really want to encourage you to try it. I have gone from a 12 to a 6 and have changed nothing but this. I'm not an especially healthy eater either. I do crave much healthier things now than I did before though. One of my favorite treats right now is a sliced up apple with organic peanut butter to dip it in. I was thirsty when we got home from the pool and I WANTED water even though we had soda (Fritz's made with sugar not HFCS) in the fridge. It sounds so silly to even say, but it changed my life.

I think that by eating "real" foods, you are more satisfied and therefore craving less. I used to eat a cookie (processed and full of chemicals0 and then keep going back all night for "one" more over and over. Now I can eat a cookie and for the rest of the night I am satisfied.

I sound like a cheerleader right now. I don't want to come across like I think other people are "wrong", it just amazed me how easy it can be to stop filling myself full of garbage! I never thought I would get there.

 

[sheridee32]

Lisazoe my stash looks like yours and i just keep buying it, if none of children take up my habit than i hope one of my grandaughters takes an intrest
Sheri

 

[mytwotinks]

I'm interested in all that you do. I pretty picky on what my kids eat. Also my DD2 is allergic to milk, so i'm sosoososososo use to reading labels. There is alot of food out there that contains milk or a form of it. You could PM me if you like.

You would probably not have a hard time since you are already reading labels. I have cut out HFCS and all hydrogenated oils. When I buy oil for baking I buy canola, but I try to use butter whenever I can. Basically it means making some things myself. I have a breadmaker that I have started using again. I can buy bread, but that is one of the hardest things to find. I have to go to Wild Oats or a bakery. Target has one (archer farms brand), but it is sold out a lot of the time.

If you try to think "real" food, that will be it basically in a nutshell. Real maple syrup is o.k., Mrs. Butterworths is not. Real butter is o.k., Parkay is not. Lots of convenience foods are made with "fake" stuff, but there is getting to be more and more available. Looking for organic is good. Those are generally within our guidelines. I find a lot at Costco.

A lot of the stuff is more expensive so it will seem at first like you are going to be spending tons more on food. What I have found is that when you factor in the lack of craving it 24/7 the stuff lasts longer. We have some fruit leather (our replacement for fruit snacks) that I bought at the begining of summer that the girls forgot were there. It's not that they don't like them, they just don't beg for snack food the way they used to.

You just have to read every label at first. I have been shocked at the places I have found it. Some things that I considered healthy are hiding a lot of "junk" in them! I just wanted to do this for my girls. I want them to want to eat right. I don't want it to be a punishment like it was for me when I was a kid.

 

[revrob]

I'm afraid my stash has outgrown my current organization/space. Here's a photo of about half of what I have - this is what I consider my working stash. The other fabric is older stuff that I need to purge soon. It's so hard to let go of any fabric - even when I'm unlikely to use it in my lifetime. You never know, with the prices vintage fabric gets, my stash could be Zoe's nest egg for when I'm gone.

Oh man, I need some of those but I think I'd have to get 3 or 4 cases at least. Of course then I'd need to remove the books from my bookcases and find a new home for those. Hmm, maybe I can sell the books at a local used book store and use that to help finance the purchase of the fabric bolt thingies. I've also seriously considered purging most of my clothes that are in the armoire in the photo above so I can put fabric in that. I am so tired of having to try to pull fabric from the bottom of a 3+ foot stack of fabric. On more than one occasion, I've had small avalanches of cotton as I tried to extract fabric near the bottom.

I started with one set, then ordered a second, and was sick when I had to order a third. I'm not ordering any more. I'm trying to convince myself that I won't buy any more - that if I have more fabric than cards, that I'll have to use up fabric to make room for new. We'll see how that works!

 

[mytwotinks]

I started with one set, then ordered a second, and was sick when I had to order a third. I'm not ordering any more. I'm trying to convince myself that I won't buy any more - that if I have more fabric than cards, that I'll have to use up fabric to make room for new. We'll see how that works!

I am totally getting some of those!!!!!

I try and try to keep all of mine folded, but I am going to have to admit defeat! It is a losing battle and I am giving up. I already have my stash on book shelves, so those will be perfect.

 

[revrob]

You would probably not have a hard time since you are already reading labels. I have cut out HFCS and all hydrogenated oils. When I buy oil for baking I buy canola, but I try to use butter whenever I can. Basically it means making some things myself. I have a breadmaker that I have started using again. I can buy bread, but that is one of the hardest things to find. I have to go to Wild Oats or a bakery. Target has one (archer farms brand), but it is sold out a lot of the time.

If you try to think "real" food, that will be it basically in a nutshell. Real maple syrup is o.k., Mrs. Butterworths is not. Real butter is o.k., Parkay is not. Lots of convenience foods are made with "fake" stuff, but there is getting to be more and more available. Looking for organic is good. Those are generally within our guidelines. I find a lot at Costco.

A lot of the stuff is more expensive so it will seem at first like you are going to be spending tons more on food. What I have found is that when you factor in the lack of craving it 24/7 the stuff lasts longer. We have some fruit leather (our replacement for fruit snacks) that I bought at the begining of summer that the girls forgot were there. It's not that they don't like them, they just don't beg for snack food the way they used to.

You just have to read every label at first. I have been shocked at the places I have found it. Some things that I considered healthy are hiding a lot of "junk" in them! I just wanted to do this for my girls. I want them to want to eat right. I don't want it to be a punishment like it was for me when I was a kid.

I hate to sound stupid - but when I'm reading the labels, what am I looking for? I want to make sure that there is no HFCS (is it listed like that? or is it listed as High Fructose Corn Syrup?) and no hydrogenated oil? Is there a place to find a list of things that are good? Or do you just have to check everything?

 

[Cheeseball]

Wow, that is a lot of fabric!!! Feel free to send some my way, I thought I had a big stash since I raided Hancocks last week, but it's not even a tote full! I can't show my husband that picture, he would freak out (because he knows that is our future!!)

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I wanted to throw in my 2 cents about HFCS. A few times in the past couple of years, I have gone "all natural" in my eating. I cut out ANYTHING that has any sort of chemical or unrecognizable ingredient in it. It immediately gets rid of all of my chocolate cravings (which is what has caused my weight problem) and I always lose a few pounds. But I find that I get sick easier, I'm more moody, feel depressed more, and have very little energy. It's so strange, it's the opposite of what I would expect and eventually I give it up and go back to eating whatever. I love the fact that my cravings clear up and that I lose a few pounds, but I hate feeling moody, sad and low on energy because I'm normally a pretty happy go lucky, laid back person. I feel the best when I go vegetarian/vegan. I eat a lot of raw, natural, organic foods, but I keep my chocolate around!!

I'm actually going to go back to being a vegetarian I told my husband tonight. I've been an off/on veggie for years, since I was 13. I'm tired of meat, it's making me sick when I eat it, and I'm reading to try to get some weight off again. I've been overweight since I was a child, so I'm so sick of dieting that I have a hard time sticking to one, but I'd love to get a few pounds off before Disney in Sept. We have a Wii Fit now, and I love it! It'll help me tone up without suffering out in the July/August heat.

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I had something else to say, but I forgot what, so I'll leave it at that.

Renae

 

[mytwotinks]

I hate to sound stupid - but when I'm reading the labels, what am I looking for? I want to make sure that there is no HFCS (is it listed like that? or is it listed as High Fructose Corn Syrup?) and no hydrogenated oil? Is there a place to find a list of things that are good? Or do you just have to check everything?

Honestly "good" is so subjective with all of the crazy diets out there that I haven't found a really great list so far. Plus companies change formulas so the list may not be accurate after a little time had passed.

The label will say either HFCS or High Fructose Corn syrup. Sometimes things have this and sugar, sometimes it replaces the sugar all together.

The oil will be listed as Hydrogenated oil or partially hydrogenated oil. You can also make sure that there are no trans fats, but this isn't a completely safe way to check because they are not obligated to list it if it is under a certain amount and any is HORRIBLE!

I know that a lot of people count grams of sugar in stuff too. I'm sure that is great and I should probably be doing it, but I don't because we honestly just don't pig out on stuff the way we used to. I know when we are eating sugar and I limit how often and how much, I just don't stress over it.

 

[mytwotinks]

:I wanted to throw in my 2 cents about HFCS. A few times in the past couple of years, I have gone "all natural" in my eating. I cut out ANYTHING that has any sort of chemical or unrecognizable ingredient in it. It immediately gets rid of all of my chocolate cravings (which is what has caused my weight problem) and I always lose a few pounds. But I find that I get sick easier, I'm more moody, feel depressed more, and have very little energy. It's so strange, it's the opposite of what I would expect and eventually I give it up and go back to eating whatever. I love the fact that my cravings clear up and that I lose a few pounds, but I hate feeling moody, sad and low on energy because I'm normally a pretty happy go lucky, laid back person. I feel the best when I go vegetarian/vegan. I eat a lot of raw, natural, organic foods, but I keep my chocolate around!!

I'm actually going to go back to being a vegetarian I told my husband tonight. I've been an off/on veggie for years, since I was 13. I'm tired of meat, it's making me sick when I eat it, and I'm reading to try to get some weight off again. I've been overweight since I was a child, so I'm so sick of dieting that I have a hard time sticking to one, but I'd love to get a few pounds off before Disney in Sept. We have a Wii Fit now, and I love it! It'll help me tone up without suffering out in the July/August heat.

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I had something else to say, but I forgot what, so I'll leave it at that.

Renae

I've never gotten ambitious enough to cut out EVERYTHING! I don't know what we'd eat if I did!!! I'm sure I should, I just have to take the some is better than none approach.

I have just the opposite reaction though. When I am eating too much junk I just can't even get excited about anything. I have done a ton of sewing this week and I really believe it's because last week we got back on track.

I read a book that basically said you shouldn't be eating anything that won't rot. I believe it, I just couldn't do it.

We got wii fit in May too! I am the hula hoop champ in my house!!!!!

 

[livndisney]

Honestly "good" is so subjective with all of the crazy diets out there that I haven't found a really great list so far. Plus companies change formulas so the list may not be accurate after a little time had passed.

The label will say either HFCS or High Fructose Corn syrup. Sometimes things have this and sugar, sometimes it replaces the sugar all together.

The oil will be listed as Hydrogenated oil or partially hydrogenated oil. You can also make sure that there are no trans fats, but this isn't a completely safe way to check because they are not obligated to list it if it is under a certain amount and any is HORRIBLE!

I know that a lot of people count grams of sugar in stuff too. I'm sure that is great and I should probably be doing it, but I don't because we honestly just don't pig out on stuff the way we used to. I know when we are eating sugar and I limit how often and how much, I just don't stress over it.

I read labels now due to allergies (I read more in the grocery than the libraryLOL), but I don't know that I could go without my diet pepsi. And if I could I don't think I would be a nice person. I never really thought of it as an "addiction". Maybe more as world peace LOL. I guess I should not mention that I have recently gone from Diet Pepsi to Diet Pepsi MAX

The problem I have is always having to tell Morgan she can't have something. I was surprised at the number of things that have apple in them. And they don't always say APPLE sometimes they just say "natural flavors" and we find out too late what they REALLY mean is Apple!