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

[rushing]

Everyone is so creative, i LOVE it.

 

[minnie2]

You know, you guys are the best. I've just sat in the bath having a little cry because I feel rubbish, fat and a mess (OK so wrong time of the month probably accounts for a majority of this). I'm Diabetic and have Coeliacs so following a diet 'plan' is a complete waste of time. However, I'm sure there is loads I could do in terms of eating better (less!) and excercising more. Reading your posts (esp. Tifani's) I feel so much better and am determined to give this a decent try ready for December.

My dd8 has celiac so I know how hard that diet is! Hang in there! I am in a great yahoo group for Celiac if you want I can pm you they are a wealth of info! Heck my puppy Daisy even has a wheat allergy!!!!! So she is on wheat free food!

To everyone going through such rough times right now.

Thanks to HeatherSue for letting me use her Big Give tee as inspiration for this one:

Stunning as usual!

Again pics are posted with parent's permission.

Whoops: Sorry pics are so big. Let me see if I can resize them.

Really cute! Is that a YCMT pattern? If so which one I might need to add it to my wish list! I am hoping DH lets me order a bunch for my bday!

Update on my mom
The last couple of days have been touch and go but now she is doing much much better she has had a couple of dialysis treatments now and the DR. say most of the poison is out of her system,the pneumonia has cleared up so now they will take her off her blood thinners and get her prepared for the stint surgery she has to go without the blood thinners for 6 days before they will do surgery.this has got me Little concerned the heart Dr's. don't think this is a good idea but at the same time she has to have this surgery . we still have a long way to go before all this will get somewhat back to normal.
I hope all this does go well here lately I don't know if I'm coming or going.DD is doing OK. she went and spent 3 hours yesterday at the hospital with me and that helped alot the Dr took the time to chat with her and answer all her questions the best he could it really meant alot to me and dd. DD is in much better spirits about it all she is starting to bug me about getting started on all her school clothes,I told her it would have to wait another week or so.
I will update when I can havent had alot of time for the computer have been staying at the hospital mostly.Thanks for all the prayers I do believe they have helped

Glad she is doing better I of course will continue to pray she keeps doing well. Please keep us posted when you can.

 

[revrob]

Big Give Update!
I will posting a new family very soon (probably tomorrow)

BEFORE I DO SO, I would like to make a list of those that are interested/willing to serve as Give Coordinators. The responsibilities include:
1. Keeping the thread for the family that is assigned to your care updated.
2. Make announcements on this board regarding needs that are filling slowly in your particular give.
3. Become the "go between" person for those participating in the give and the family. The coordinator will communicate with the family on behalf of givers to help streamline communication.


If you're interested in serving in this capacity, please PM me so that I can add your name to the list! Thanks so much!

 

[t-beri]

Alright ladies it's time for me to go home. My sugar craving did pass after a couple spoonfuls of Dark Chocolate Dream peanut butter. Now I'm just hungry- it's dinner time.

I am off to go home and figure out my plans for our trip to WDW in 3 weeks. To see whether or not I want to try to put together a twirl for Lily or work on some of my plans for our OCT. trip and let her wear them more than once.

Maybe I'll work on something tonight- If I don't crash on the couch

...t.

 

[esab4]

Thanks for the nice compliments on the outfit and jewelry for Shay Lynne!

I made the barrette from the YCMT instructions by So*Very*Gigi. I bought her bundle pack and so far I love it! Her ebooks have good, close-up photos of each step. The barrette and necklace were my first attempts at any kind of beading/jewelry making.

The barrette is basically a bunch of "charms" strung on wire wrapped around the barrette. It took a few tries before I got the balance right, but it is simple to unwrap a row or two and rearrange the beads. I don't know if I would have ever been able to figure it out on my own, however. I definitely needed the wire wrapping ebook to learn how to make the charms. The hardest part was choosing the beads.

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Update on my mom
The last couple of days have been touch and go but now she is doing much much better she has had a couple of dialysis treatments now and the DR. say most of the poison is out of her system,the pneumonia has cleared up so now they will take her off her blood thinners and get her prepared for the stint surgery she has to go without the blood thinners for 6 days before they will do surgery.this has got me Little concerned the heart Dr's. don't think this is a good idea but at the same time she has to have this surgery . we still have a long way to go before all this will get somewhat back to normal.
I hope all this does go well here lately I don't know if I'm coming or going.DD is doing OK. she went and spent 3 hours yesterday at the hospital with me and that helped alot the Dr took the time to chat with her and answer all her questions the best he could it really meant alot to me and dd. DD is in much better spirits about it all she is starting to bug me about getting started on all her school clothes,I told her it would have to wait another week or so.
I will update when I can havent had alot of time for the computer have been staying at the hospital mostly.Thanks for all the prayers I do believe they have helped

Glad to hear that things are improving...hope things continue to go well

 

[SallyfromDE]

Those mailed though USPS should be delivered without problem but it might be an issue if people want to use UPS or FedEx.

hm........ i've no clue where to even find the ups office.

 

[Cheeseball]

Wow, that's great! I love it!

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That's gorgeous!! Great job!!

Update on my mom
The last couple of days have been touch and go but now she is doing much much better she has had a couple of dialysis treatments now and the DR. say most of the poison is out of her system,the pneumonia has cleared up so now they will take her off her blood thinners and get her prepared for the stint surgery she has to go without the blood thinners for 6 days before they will do surgery.this has got me Little concerned the heart Dr's. don't think this is a good idea but at the same time she has to have this surgery . we still have a long way to go before all this will get somewhat back to normal.
I hope all this does go well here lately I don't know if I'm coming or going.DD is doing OK. she went and spent 3 hours yesterday at the hospital with me and that helped alot the Dr took the time to chat with her and answer all her questions the best he could it really meant alot to me and dd. DD is in much better spirits about it all she is starting to bug me about getting started on all her school clothes,I told her it would have to wait another week or so.
I will update when I can havent had alot of time for the computer have been staying at the hospital mostly.Thanks for all the prayers I do believe they have helped

I am making my oldest daughter a Minnie Mouse dress. It's red/white polka dots and white stripwork with a small white ruffle in the middle and a red/white polka dot top. I made the skirt soooooo big and made the bottom of the strips larger than the top and I pleated it by hand. It's about knee length. I though with so many strips that it would flare out more, but it just hangs there. I'm so not happy with it!! It twirls nicely, but does not flare out at all. We're going in Sept, so it's too hot for a petticoat, so other than that is there anything I can do to make it fluff out?? Joy's Minnie dress that I posted yesterday flares out, but for some reason Belle's won't. I want it to do this-

Any suggestions?

TIA, Renae

 

[NewmanFam6]

I can not sew a lick but my DD 7 would really like a Blue Belle dress to wear to the Princess breakfast. Is there anyone on this thread that could make one? I would definitely pay whatever it is worth I have not been able to find the blue outfit anywhere only the ball gown Feel free to pm if you want to-Thanks

 

[i12go2wdw]

Hello all you wonderfully talented people. I have been reading all these posts for a couple of weeks and I am amazed and inspired by all of you. I do sew but for the past few years just quilts. I am beginning to get stoked to do some sewing for my kids now.
The reason I am posting is because I may have a solution for the "non flared skirt". I made a formal dress for my daughter a few years ago and to have the bottom flare without a crinolin (sp?) I was instructed to sew horsehair braid into the hem. It is a woven braid that is about 3/4 of an inch wide and it gives a bit (not too much) of stiffness to the bottom of the skirt causing it to fan out. I am not explaining it very well here is a tutorial on using it and she does a better job. http://www.expertvillage.com/video/16290_sew-horsehair.htm
Hope that help and keep up the good work everyone
Christine

 

[ncmomof2]

Ok, here are a few more.

Front:

Back:

This is an attempt at a pattern before I use my Disney fabric. I really do better without a pattern. They confuse me since I don't know what they are talking about half the time

Here is my shirred Ariel, my daughter's favorite princess.

I love the patchwork skirts. Is that a pattern?

 

[2cutekidz]

I am making my oldest daughter a Minnie Mouse dress. It's red/white polka dots and white stripwork with a small white ruffle in the middle and a red/white polka dot top. I made the skirt soooooo big and made the bottom of the strips larger than the top and I pleated it by hand. It's about knee length. I though with so many strips that it would flare out more, but it just hangs there. I'm so not happy with it!! It twirls nicely, but does not flare out at all. We're going in Sept, so it's too hot for a petticoat, so other than that is there anything I can do to make it fluff out?? Joy's Minnie dress that I posted yesterday flares out, but for some reason Belle's won't. I want it to do this-

Any suggestions?

TIA, Renae

If I had to guess, I'd say that dress has a petticoat/slip under it. A second layer will help it fluff a bit too. But in the heat - I don't know. I make my strips the same at the top and the bottom, maybe there's not enough fabric at the top to make it full?!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

I can not sew a lick but my DD 7 would really like a Blue Belle dress to wear to the Princess breakfast. Is there anyone on this thread that could make one? I would definitely pay whatever it is worth I have not been able to find the blue outfit anywhere only the ball gown Feel free to pm if you want to-Thanks

Hello all you wonderfully talented people. I have been reading all these posts for a couple of weeks and I am amazed and inspired by all of you. I do sew but for the past few years just quilts. I am beginning to get stoked to do some sewing for my kids now.
The reason I am posting is because I may have a solution for the "non flared skirt". I made a formal dress for my daughter a few years ago and to have the bottom flare without a crinolin (sp?) I was instructed to sew horsehair braid into the hem. It is a woven braid that is about 3/4 of an inch wide and it gives a bit (not too much) of stiffness to the bottom of the skirt causing it to fan out. I am not explaining it very well here is a tutorial on using it and she does a better job. http://www.expertvillage.com/video/16290_sew-horsehair.htm
Hope that help and keep up the good work everyone
Christine

Ok, here are a few more.

Front:

I love the patchwork skirts. Is that a pattern?

You are seriously way too good for a newbie! Patchwork skirt tutorial is in the bookmarks on page 1 if you are interested. Personally I can't do them (too much patience and MATH!) so I beg other disboards to do them for me

 

[ms_mckenna]

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

This is my stash. There is another large clear bucket with scraps etc. This is all that is done of my sewing room lol. Don't look at the shelf under the fabric because that is not done yet lmao.

For a girl I would do little bloomers with a mickey head on the rear! That with a really cute tank top.

Probably for a boy I would just do little shorts and a mickey applique'd onesie or t-shirt.

For a girl you could do some really sweet little dresses too! Maybe not with the applique's , but some comfy cotton dresses that were interpretations of the princesses. Like a blue skirt with the little side flounces in lighter blue for cinderella. You could also do the princess skirts and just do plain t-shirts with them.

You could have so much fun!!!! Oh, and don't forget those binkies!!!!!

No worries we are now vey much on the binkie band wagon!!! I love the ideas of making a little version of the princess dresses.

She is just so stinking cute!

My DH has made a mess of things too around our house. We decided that with the arrival of Lilly that we needed to make the second bedroom on the first floor of our home a true bedroom instead of my DH's office. But to do that it meant walling off our formal living room and making it an office. Of course, we decided to do this in January and my DH just got around to getting the ball rolling on it! Grr! So last Wednesday the carpenters showed up to wall it off, Saturday the electrician was here and today, joy of all joys, the drywallers are here. My house is a disaster! Don't you always want your home torn up two weeks after having a baby during the summer (with the door open during 100 degree heat with your a/c running) with your two oldest children home instead of at school?

I know rigth lol. I am sorrry taht your hubby decided to wait till the last minute too!

I finished my outfit for Karlyn! I think...I sorta wish the hem was different on the skirt but not much I can do about that now. Unless I add yellow ricrac around the bottom And the Minnie head is supposed to be a little tilted. It's my first major pieced applique (I think the only other one I did was Cinderella's slipper on the pillow on Lily's zuma pants)

That is adorable! I just love it!

I think little onesies with embroidered characters with easy fit type pants would be really cute for a boy. For a girl, I keep seeing this image of a onesie with a tinkerbell petal skirt attached. There are so many cute things you could do just with onesies! PM me - I think I can help!



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.

Very cute ideas Shannon. I will pm you. Unfortunately I will not know for some time who I really will have with me.

I LOVE those cards you are making me want to redo my shelf lol. I bet I could get more in with them!

I think you just won FIRST PRIZE for longest multi-quote on a thread!

Thank You for the pink B-day Wish.... and thanks to everyone else that sent their wishes along as well. You're all so sweet.

LOL sorry. I just get up and down and keep going lmao.

Happy BDAY! I am sorry I missed it! You share a great great BDAY day lol!

Happy Birthday to your DS and Congratulations to him also for walking so far. I can imagine that it was a real heartwarming moment.

TY it was beyond heartwarmign and a moment I have dreamed about for years. My DH is a big old "hard" man and he was crying.

HAPPY BDAY to your son! on walking 20 feet that is such a wonderful gift to his parents on his bday .

Thank you.

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

I think a onsie with matching shorts (or skirt for a girl) would be really cute and simple. The onsie could have a Mickey silhouette of the fabric from the shorts.

Cute ideas! I am going to seriously use the onsies I never thought of them sadly lol.

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.

You are right she is too cute!

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 WOW! You know I do not feel so bad now lol!

Aww, that is wonderful Callie!!!!!

!

TY

I thought I would add some pictures from the 4H Fair that DD10 was in. She got to show a friend's pony who was pretty tiny but they managed!
***************Clown Alert Ahead!!! ****************

Last pic! She had a wonderful time. It was something she did from beginning to end. But it was a lot of work!!! We aren't sure about doing it again at this point!

LOL at the clown alert! Your DD 10 is such a pretty girl.

 

[ms_mckenna]

Update on the evening. Heather (Amber and Meranda's mom) called and said that Destiny's mom was coming to pick Destiny up. So she has left for the evening. The only damage done was one broken glass. So no real harm, but a little later Amber tells me that they are getting kicked out of their apartment tomorrow. I asked her where they were going to go to and she said that she didn't know. I could have cried right then. Heather got evicted from a house that she was living in a couple of years ago and because she had nowhere to go to she left her kids with someone in her family. The family member turned her in to Child Protection and it took her a year and a half to get the kids out of Foster Care. Then Amber mentions staying here with me. Of course my heart says yes, but DH says no. I don't know if this is what her mom is wanting or if this is just what Amber wants. Amber has been wanting to live with us for awhile now. If this is asked of me I really don't know how to answer this. I would never turn a child away especially if turning them away means uncertainty for them. I don't think that DH understands this. I really don't know how to deal with this kind of a problem. Prayers my way would be real nice right about now.

Oh my hun my heart just breaks for her. You will be in my thoughts and prayers along with the family.

I'm pretty sure that if you ask, Joanns (and probably hobby lobby) will give you the cardboard from the bolts of fabric. Cut them in half (lengthwise) and they will fit in a bookcase. I plan on organizing my sewing space and doing this.

They do ! I have about a billion from there and other places lol.

Shoulda been a SOCK MONKEY!


And now, to end our day of touring , let's meet our tour guide. Yes, indeed, not only a superior tourguide, but a fashionista as well!

LOL I agree about the monkies! I love your pictures too beautiful!

BTW notice I breaking up my multi quote aren't you proud?

Yeah for the walking. What a great gift to give you on his birthday! And from my dd to your ds! (My other dd turned 13 in February and I felt old...how are you doing!)

Thank you yes it was a great great gift! Older lmao is how I feel. I do alreayd have one that will be 15 on 8/3 though so she is my one that makes me really old.They are both always takign stabs at me about it lol.

Here are my first attemps at sewing clothes (Istarted a week ago after finding this thread). My daughter is not the best model as you will see, she is pretty grumpy about it!
My first shirred top! I am pretty excited to learn how to do this. It took a few attempts.

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Wow I am sooo impressed! Very good first time!

Following are pics of what I sent to eight year-old Shay Lynne of the GoofyDoo family Big Give. My eight year-old picked out the pattern (I confess that I steered her toward one that I'd made for her before so that I wouldn't have to attempt anything new). She also helped with the design of the necklace and the bling barrette. I don't love the necklace, but she does so I hope that Shay Lynne will like it as well. We were going for a "Limited Too meets the princesses" look. The yellow knit pants should hit at her knees. So, anyway, it's not as fantastic as some of the other outfits she'll have received, but it should be nice and cool in the heat.

I love the barrette and the necklace! The whole thing is precious!

Hi everyone...you know this is the place we all share, good, bad, ugly...I want to ask for prayers for my family...I just got news that my cousin was shot and killed last night in Pittsburgh. Even though he is 31, he is still that little boy to me with a great big smile. We will need lots of prayers for his Mom, Dad and sister.

I am saying prayers. I hate that for your family. I hope things get better.

No offense taken. I know that when people talk SMACK about my fanny pack, that they are just JEALOUS of it!

LOL I love mine too. I actually just bought a side carrier for baby with one built in! My older children are mortified lol!

Here's my pic of the day...well pictures actually:

A wave destroying their sandcastle

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I LOVE this pciture!

To everyone going through such rough times right now.

Thanks to HeatherSue for letting me use her Big Give tee as inspiration for this one:

This is great!

 

[AQW]

Is it bad that my stash is more than half the size of LisaZoe's stash, and I've only made about 7-8 garments total? I just hate the idea of *missing* a fabric that I like - what if I want it later and it's not available anymore? Like many here, I did the same thing with scrapbooking supplies (or, as my DH termed it all, "scrap cr*p") Now I've become a fabric collector... heck, the scrap stuff was easier to store. I really should just stop buying fabric until I've used a LOT of what I already have. But... But... But... Joann's... coupon... burning... hole... in pocket...

New fabric question: Do you only buy fabric when you have a specific purpose for it in mind? And if you do NOT have a specific purpose in mind, how do you decide how much of a particular fabric to buy????

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I love the t-shirt. I missed HeatherSue's because this thread goes too fast and I just can't keep up. I know that I'm missing some good stuff though.

I love the silhouette though. In fact, I made this dress. I actually started it late spring and finished it up a few weeks ago.

Again pics are posted with parent's permission.

Whoops: Sorry pics are so big. Let me see if I can resize them.

That is very pretty. I love the back of that skirt.

Update on my mom
The last couple of days have been touch and go but now she is doing much much better she has had a couple of dialysis treatments now and the DR. say most of the poison is out of her system,the pneumonia has cleared up so now they will take her off her blood thinners and get her prepared for the stint surgery she has to go without the blood thinners for 6 days before they will do surgery.this has got me Little concerned the heart Dr's. don't think this is a good idea but at the same time she has to have this surgery . we still have a long way to go before all this will get somewhat back to normal.
I hope all this does go well here lately I don't know if I'm coming or going.DD is doing OK. she went and spent 3 hours yesterday at the hospital with me and that helped alot the Dr took the time to chat with her and answer all her questions the best he could it really meant alot to me and dd. DD is in much better spirits about it all she is starting to bug me about getting started on all her school clothes,I told her it would have to wait another week or so.
I will update when I can havent had alot of time for the computer have been staying at the hospital mostly.Thanks for all the prayers I do believe they have helped

I'm so happy to hear that she is doing better. I hope she continues to get better.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Thanks for the nice compliments on the outfit and jewelry for Shay Lynne!

I made the barrette from the YCMT instructions by So*Very*Gigi. I bought her bundle pack and so far I love it! Her ebooks have good, close-up photos of each step. The barrette and necklace were my first attempts at any kind of beading/jewelry making.

The barrette is basically a bunch of "charms" strung on wire wrapped around the barrette. It took a few tries before I got the balance right, but it is simple to unwrap a row or two and rearrange the beads. I don't know if I would have ever been able to figure it out on my own, however. I definitely needed the wire wrapping ebook to learn how to make the charms. The hardest part was choosing the beads.

Those were awesome. I may have to buy here books as I've never done any bead work either.

 

[ms_mckenna]

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I love this especially the back!

Update on my mom
The last couple of days have been touch and go but now she is doing much much better she has had a couple of dialysis treatments now and the DR. say most of the poison is out of her system,the pneumonia has cleared up so now they will take her off her blood thinners and get her prepared for the stint surgery she has to go without the blood thinners for 6 days before they will do surgery.this has got me Little concerned the heart Dr's. don't think this is a good idea but at the same time she has to have this surgery . we still have a long way to go before all this will get somewhat back to normal.
I hope all this does go well here lately I don't know if I'm coming or going.DD is doing OK. she went and spent 3 hours yesterday at the hospital with me and that helped alot the Dr took the time to chat with her and answer all her questions the best he could it really meant alot to me and dd. DD is in much better spirits about it all she is starting to bug me about getting started on all her school clothes,I told her it would have to wait another week or so.
I will update when I can havent had alot of time for the computer have been staying at the hospital mostly.Thanks for all the prayers I do believe they have helped

Continued prayers for you and your family.

Ok, here are a few more.

Front:

I LOVE that! I have that fabric lol.

So here is my random picture! DD dared my son yesterday to take a bit out of his cake.... Of course he did.

And then thought it was rather funny!

Thankfully I adore him and it was his bday lol. Otherwise he would have been in a LOT of trouble!

 

[jessica52877]

Wow! i think there have been about 50 pages in less then a week! i wasn't gone that long!

i wanted to chime in on the hfcs talk. i had read a while back about how bad it was for you and started watching it and reading our labels. i was pleasantly surprised to find that most of what i had been buying did NOT have it and most of those items are store brand from walmart.

i then recently looked at some others only to find the quaker nutrigrain bars had it, where walmart's did not. it is hard to find a bread without, but whole wheat from walmart again doesn't, same with the oatmeal.

i almost wish we had been eating more of it because i notice no difference in how we feel since not much changed at all.

i also wanted to say what great items have been made, especially for the big gives! i love seeing all of them and looking forward to more of them!