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

[minnie2]

My random pictures of the day.
Nik and Kyle meeting Aurora. Nik LOVES her! This was the last time we went to WDW Nik was 4 Kyle was 20 months.

the opening of the Princess Breakfast. Can you find Nikki???

One of my Fav pictures of George and Kyle at the World. Yes he has a camera fanny pack!

Giving Minnie a big ol' kiss!

Kyle with blankie as a baby I love how he used to sleep with the butt in the air!

Nikki holding Princess Daisy Mae for the 1st time

George and I meeting the members of Journey a few yrs ago. I am the fat one in the front with the black coach purse and blonde hair. It was HOT and may hair frizzed!

Meeting some members of Def Leppard

This one is For Either Teresa or Heather I can't remember which one we had the Corey hart talk and I said George lets me have my Dl guitarist crush well my hubby is so good he got me seats for a show this close! Front row!

Yeah I am a nerd and proud of it! And YEs He knows I would leave him for this man too. Heck he would leave me for Jennifer Love Hewitt

Back to your regularly scheduled sewing!

 

[minnie2]

grrrrr. I just got a speeding ticket on my way home from work. I haven't gotten a ticket since high school. And that was a long time ago. I was soooo tired and just distracted thinking about one of the babies I took care of last night - did I chart that med? I know I gave it, but did I chart it . . . flashing lights. . . ma'am did you know you were speeding? I'm so mad at myself. There goes my fabric money for the month. . .

good night, all. I need some sleep!

sorry about the ticket!

 

[snubie]

Playing pirates with her Nana at the DTD toy store

Waving to her peeps from the train - she did not understand why they weren't waving back

Prince Charming - and not bad looking either
Do you wonder what his mother must think of his job? She must be so proud to tell everyone her son is Prince Charming.

Tired little girl on the plane home from WDW

 

[revrob]

This tutorial is decent and jham's 30 minute skirt looks good as well.

The simplest skirt in my opinion, you cut a peice that is whatever your desired length is and double (or 1.5, depends on how full and twirly you want it to bo) your waist measurement. Sew up the side seam, and make a casing for elastic. You can add a contrast band if you desire.

Thats how I made this skirt

THANKS! Do you mind if I cut/paste this to post in her thread? I'll credit you for sure!

I love all of the new stuff listed. Great Peter Pan shirt. It's stunning. I would totally wear it.
I just wanted to tell all of our Texas friends to please stay safe today!! We will be praying for you all...

Thanks for thinking of us! It looks like a Cat 1 to come ashore between 10-12. We're hoping for little effect. My dad is on-site as a part of the response team, and my DH is on standby to respond (depending upon the severity of damage and need). Praying for little damage!



SNUBIE!
I somehow missed your question about the Big Give, so I thought I should call you out. If it eases your DH's mind (or yours) about the validity of the give, I thought I'd give you just a few basics.
1. We are working with families that have a verified trip through Make A Wish. All families must provide the names and contact information of the MAW coordinator that is sponsoring their trip. If a family isn't willing to provide this information, or the trip isn't verifiable, then they're not chosen.
2. In real life, I work for a major charitable organization. I work in the area of helping people every single day. Because of this, I have experience that helps me to (try to) be a step ahead of issues that could be detrimental to this project.
3. I'm happy to share copies of the application that is used for the families, as well as copies of my credentials if it would help someone feel more secure.
4. Does that mean that there is NO possibility that someone could take advantage of this system? NO. I've learned that every single thing that I do to stop people from scamming can be gotten around one way or another. BUT, it does greatly lesson the possibility. AND, the one in 100 people that are going to scam are going to be way outweighed by the joy that I receive from helping the other 99.

PLEASE feel free to ask ANY questions you may have about the Give. Im happy to do whatever I can to make sure people feel comfortable about this venture.

 

[luvinyou]

THANKS! Do you mind if I cut/paste this to post in her thread? I'll credit you for sure!

Go right ahead!

 

[karebear1]

OK everyone- are you ready for today's trip?? Well, if you're not- then get ready! It's gonna be a long day as we will walk around Portland, OR then go to the coast in Oregon and back to see some scenic beauty at Multnomah Falls.


We begin our journey with a lovely sunset viewed from our overnight accommadations at Hotel Happy Valley- ah!

Up bright and early for our big walk! Off we go to the Portland Marathon. Don't worry- we're just gonna do the Mayor's Walk portion of it- and we'll take it slow so everyone can enjoy! Portland is PROUD of all it's steel bridges that cross over the Willamette River that flows through downtown Portland.

DANG IT!! I forgot my fanny pack!

There now- we're finished! See?? I told you it wouldn't ake long!

Now that we're done, we can change our clothes and head off to the coast... but look what we find along the way: Isn't this just perfect?

FINALLY! We arrive at the coast. Now- it may be gray and cloudy, but it's still rather romantic isn't it?

5 fanny packs to anyone that can guess what this is!

And look who else we met there! this poor little Sock Monkey was sitting on the beach in TEARS, SOBBING something about Dis something or others not liking him. I felt so bad for the little guy, that we picked him up and took him home.

We'll now leave the coast and head back inland to Multnomah Falls- This place is absloutely breathtaking! A look from the bottom:

And from the top!

That's it for today's trip. Tomorrow- it's a SURPRISE! But here's a clue.... we're heading back towards the East to a place that some of our friends here are very familiar with!

 

[revrob]

Go right ahead!

Thanks so much! I posted it!

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Those pictures are fabulous. My guess is that the blob is a Jellyfish who acidentally beached himself because he ate to much fish.

 

[snubie]

SNUBIE!
I somehow missed your question about the Big Give, so I thought I should call you out. If it eases your DH's mind (or yours) about the validity of the give, I thought I'd give you just a few basics.
1. We are working with families that have a verified trip through Make A Wish. All families must provide the names and contact information of the MAW coordinator that is sponsoring their trip. If a family isn't willing to provide this information, or the trip isn't verifiable, then they're not chosen.
2. In real life, I work for a major charitable organization. I work in the area of helping people every single day. Because of this, I have experience that helps me to (try to) be a step ahead of issues that could be detrimental to this project.
3. I'm happy to share copies of the application that is used for the families, as well as copies of my credentials if it would help someone feel more secure.
4. Does that mean that there is NO possibility that someone could take advantage of this system? NO. I've learned that every single thing that I do to stop people from scamming can be gotten around one way or another. BUT, it does greatly lesson the possibility. AND, the one in 100 people that are going to scam are going to be way outweighed by the joy that I receive from helping the other 99.

PLEASE feel free to ask ANY questions you may have about the Give. I'm happy to do whatever I can to make sure people feel comfortable about this venture.

Thank You. I tend to be a very trusting person but DH is not. He tends to suspect the worst in people. He has been burned by people before (not charity related situations though) and is a bit gun-shy. I will show him this message.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Loving all the "random" photos!

Not to totally hijack us to the nutrition thing but....

There's a great deal at target right now on skippy natural peanut butter (after the $1 coupon at afullcup.com)

Here's my question...I had previously stocked up on regular peanut butter so I donated it to a food pantry...should I feel bad for passing on the hydrogenated oils to someone else who they aren't good for either?

Sorry....I now return you to your regularly scheduled cute kids in custom clothes...

I am sure there are some folks who prefer the "bad" stuff. I wouldn't feel bad about donating it.

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?

Those are great!

There are tutorials for the patchwork skirts but I did buy Carla's pattern from www.youcanmakethis.com and even though I probably could have figured it out from the tutorials I don't regret spending the money on her pattern-her directions are just wonderful and she had a few "tricks" to make it a bit more simple.

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

Welcome! Hope we can see some photos of your creations soon.

I've finally made some new things to share.

The first is a bowling shirt for Sam for our trip to WDW Sept. 19th-26th
The Donald on the front is one of the designs that came with my embroidery machine. I had forgotten what poor quality these designs are. It puckered something fierce!

The back is my first pieced applique. It's a little wonky looking, but was really fun to do!

Here is a picture of my Sammy modeling his new shirt (over his pirate pajamas)!

Finally here is a picture of Jack in his Batman cape. I just threw this together last night, it's a little wonky too. It looks terribly wrinkled since he insisted on sleeping in it (but, I think he likes it).

Love your Donald shirt! Your DS looks so cute in his Batman cape!

Just wanted to give a big thank you to you all! Due to the constant inspiration, I downloaded my first CarlaC pattern tonight! I can't wait for DD to go stay with my mom (my mom is taking her on vacation to Maine for the first week of August) so I can work on it. I'm hoping to finish my Epcot and Animal Kingdom outfits and another tiered twirl skirt with some fun Mickey Mouse fabric I got while she is gone. Too ambitious?? I do have to work during the day and get to the gym.

You should be able to do it in a week. Can you cut some of it out before she goes?

And on a sadder note, my DH's dentist's 20 yr old son was riding his motorcycle and was hit by an oncoming car driven by an 18 yr old, high as a kite. He didn't make it I feel so bad for the family....I am sure prayers would be greatly appreciated

How sad.

No she had a cough that showed up half way through our trip. On Friday evening it had gotten so bad she couldnt breathe. When she was 6 monthes old she got RSV and ever since if she gets a simple cold she has to have breathing treatments, in fact her Dr told us her lungs are scarred like a childs with asthma. A strange thing on our trip was the Chef at Chef Mickeys did not come out to let us know what she could and couldnt have off of the buffet, She is allergic to Peanuts, and eggs. She only ate watermelon and honeydew.
On a Happy note she is much better and her 3rd birthday was this weekend!

Poor thing! Hope you still managed to have some fun.

So sorry about your Desntist's son. My db was recently in a motorcycle crash and he is still in the hospital/rehab. He is just not healing as they thought he would. I will keep his family in my prayers.

Prayers and for your DB.

grrrrr. I just got a speeding ticket on my way home from work. I haven't gotten a ticket since high school. And that was a long time ago. I was soooo tired and just distracted thinking about one of the babies I took care of last night - did I chart that med? I know I gave it, but did I chart it . . . flashing lights. . . ma'am did you know you were speeding? I'm so mad at myself. There goes my fabric money for the month. . .

good night, all. I need some sleep!

That stinks!

 

[minnie2]

Karen have i told you how cute you are?!?!? Fanny packs or not! Love the trips you are taking us on!

 

[snubie]

The geeky librarian in me had to do a search for seam rippers used as murder weapons:
http://books.google.com/books?id=qI...&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result

 

[MegaWoman]

I have a favour to ask you ladies! The next time you're at Target / WalMart / CVS / Walgreens / someplace similar can you look at the adhesive eye-patches? Would you be able to let me know if any stores carry the cute printed ones & how what the cost is? I payed 10,99$ for one box of 20 Nexcare junior orthoptic eye-patches. If I can get them printed I know that DD would prefer them! Thanks so much - a big Montreal two cheek kiss to you!

Stephanie

 

[mrsklamc]

Stephanie, I am pretty sure I have a sinus infection so after my doctor's appt this afternoon (4:15 eastern time) I will probably be at the pharmacy, and I will take a look.

 

[t-beri]

Unfortunately, I buy way too much with no specific plan for it. That's why I have so much in my stash - it hasn't decided what it wants to be when it grows up. I used to buy 3-5 yards of a print I liked but soon realized it just didn't make sense (like buying as much as I do does make sense ). Unless I really like a print and think it would work well with several other prints, I now mostly just buy 2-3 yards or less. Believe it or not, I've started buying 1 yard or less of some prints that I just plan to use as one of several others for a set, i.e. a patchwork skirt.

This doesn't apply to fabric I buy solely for appliqué. For those I buy fat
quarters of most but sometimes go up to 2 yards if it's a fabric I'd use a lot, like flesh tone, black and white.

I never walk away w/ less than 2 yds. Especially if it's a clearance fabric (I got flannel for $1.00 yd a couple of weeks ago...B was like it's JULY IN FL. do you really need flannel???) and most of the time I leave w/ between 3-5 if I think I might make something to put online w/ it. My stash isn't that huge but it is growing quickly and once it is any kind of organization I'll take a pic or two.
And NO I don't ever wait until I know what to do w/ the fabric. There is some cute fabric at Joanns that I have been avoiding b/c I just didn't know what to do w/ it but every time I go I pick up the bolt then make myself put it back. If I weren't broke I'd have already bought it

That sounds super yummy! I can't wait to try it. There are treats out there, you just have to look a little harder.

I wasn't even really looking. DH and I had been talking about how some things say "natural" but really aren't so he picked it up, it was on the shelf w/ all the other PB. Who knew it was the yummiest PB ever. It is my example for label reading for him and Mac...it has about 8 ingredients (the regular PB has 2- peanuts and salt!!) and you can pronounce all of them w/out a phd in phonetics.

just checking....are we all still dieting before our Feb Dis Meet?...please let me know if we're not...7-11 just got in these fabulous looking Pina Colada muffins...and I'm dying to try one...There is even a cherry on top..who can resist..

YES!!!! It gives me great pleasure to know that my sisters are suffering along side me

A random picture just for Karen!

:

You mean the Fanny Pack went out of style???? WHY didn't someone tell me?!?!?!?

Here are my Random pics of the day:

(i thought that I should give you all fair warning about what happens when I ditch DH and DD and have a girls weekend...this my BF's bachelorette party in New Orleans...oh and I should mention that I don't normally wear a bindi on my forehead, that's for her sake)

Now here is a girl I can get down w/

IS THIS YOU?!?!?!?! I am NEVER putting on a bathing suit EVER again

There were some really pretty things posted today!!! I loved all of them! T!!!! You got CASED!!!!! How cool is that!!!!

One time when Heather was about 3, she came running down the stairs at our house yelling, "David is reading Teresa's brown diarrhea!!!"

1. You sound surprised that I was CASE'd. I make cute stuff. AND it wasn't even my first case thank you very much! Remember the minnie pant set??? It was cased- a few time. JEESH!

Day 3 of the Eat less move more philosophy and the moving part is not so much. I'm doing well w/ the eating. We did get little caesar's pizza for dinner last night but I had stayed away from BAD carbs the rest of the day and I only had 2 pieces. And TRUST me I can pack away some pizza. Still I am feeling skinnier today. I know that I am NOT but I can always tell when I'm doing the right thing b/c I feel thinner and better and less fat and grody. So, I'm good. I have to tackle the move more issue. It's really rainy here now and it's fetchin' HOT. I did get a cardio pilates dvd from my mom....now I have to get up early to do it. TOMORROW. I will do the dvd tomorrow, someone remember to ask me about it- so I'll feel guilty if I didn't.

Now that our pre-trip trip is over I am going to start working on our REAL trip outfits. Mac was upset that I didn't make him something even though I bought him the goofy appliqué tee. So I know I have to sew for both kids. I am looking for cool Buzz fabric btw, if anyone has or knows where to get some. Lily has cool toystory fabric...the same as the halter that ncmomof2 made. But mac just wants a Buzz fabric. I find it hard to believe that he doesn't think Toy Story is childish.
BUT my goal is to be finished w/ the outfits before the day before the trip this time. I am always in a panic and I NEVER sleep the night before we leave playing catch up. My grand warned me all last week that that would happen. My family asked me as soon as they saw me if I went to bed the night before. By 5:00pm I was looking a little glassy eyed and my Dad looked at me and said "t...How do you do this? I can't believe you're still standing!" I was pretty tired. I would like to see what it is like to actually NOT be rushing before our trip. So I am going to start working on stuff NOW. Which means I actually have to CHOOSE the patterns I'm going to use.

...t.

 

[t-beri]

Stephanie, I am pretty sure I have a sinus infection so after my doctor's appt this afternoon (4:15 eastern time) I will probably be at the pharmacy, and I will take a look.

Oh YUCK Hope you're feeling better soon!

 

[MegaWoman]

This tutorial is decent and jham's 30 minute skirt looks good as well.

The simplest skirt in my opinion, you cut a peice that is whatever your desired length is and double (or 1.5, depends on how full and twirly you want it to bo) your waist measurement. Sew up the side seam, and make a casing for elastic. You can add a contrast band if you desire.

Thats how I made this skirt

Is that Wasaga Beach? Where is everyone??

Stephanie

 

[luvinyou]

IS THIS YOU?!?!?!?! I am NEVER putting on a bathing suit EVER again

Ohh there is a reason I am wearing a skirt, you do not wanna see my legs or butt!

 

[LisaZoe]

On that topic, is my DH the only one afraid for me to go? He is worried about me meeting Internet strangers in real life. I am not sure but maybe he thinks you are all a bunch of serial sewers with a tendency for murder. (Has a seam ripper ever been used as a murder weapon?). He's worried about the money too but that is a whole other topic. I admit I am a bit nervous to go myself but it is more because I am a bit on the shy side and get anxious meeting new people. And it would be the first time I travel alone with DD.

Do you think it might help if you talked to one or two of the ladies on the phone a few times before the trip? I'm wondering if your DH might be a bit more comfortable knowing you'd done more than chat online. Obviously a phone call - or even meeting IRL - is no guarantee a person won't go off the deep end and rip some seams in you but hearing a real voice might be reassuring.

And more on a similar topic - DH did not like me participating in the first BIG GIVE. He is very skittish about sending things to people online with the idea that it could all be a scam. I have not participated in any of the follow-up gives as DH asked me not to and I feel I should respect his wishes on this. Any advice on how I can convince DH that this is not a scam?

Shannon just answered much better than I could but I wanted to add that we've discussed just the kind of scams your DH is suspicious of happening. I tend to be skeptical by nature so I wanted to be sure we're doing what we can to ensure the families have already been screened by MAW. It's not that I don't trust them but I've seen too many cases of people online claiming hardship/crisis/etc. that turned out to be false. Since MAW is a well established and reputable organization, I'm so much more confident if they select a family to send to Disney. I don't like to be distrusting but it's wise to be cautious IMO and perfectly understandable if your DH is. I'm sure he just doesn't want people to take advantage of your generosity.

Even if he doesn't want you to send larger gifts, maybe he'd be OK if you sent some "pixie dust". Many of these wouldn't cost more than the price of a stamp. You could send it without a return address, too, if your DH is concerned the person would try to get more out of you. If your DH sees that such small gifts are so appreciated (show him the PTR photos, maybe), eventually he might be more comfortable if you do more in the future (if you want to, of course).

SNUBIE!
I somehow missed your question about the Big Give, so I thought I should call you out. If it eases your DH's mind (or yours) about the validity of the give, I thought I'd give you just a few basics.
1. We are working with families that have a verified trip through Make A Wish. All families must provide the names and contact information of the MAW coordinator that is sponsoring their trip. If a family isn't willing to provide this information, or the trip isn't verifiable, then they're not chosen.
2. In real life, I work for a major charitable organization. I work in the area of helping people every single day. Because of this, I have experience that helps me to (try to) be a step ahead of issues that could be detrimental to this project.
3. I'm happy to share copies of the application that is used for the families, as well as copies of my credentials if it would help someone feel more secure.
4. Does that mean that there is NO possibility that someone could take advantage of this system? NO. I've learned that every single thing that I do to stop people from scamming can be gotten around one way or another. BUT, it does greatly lesson the possibility. AND, the one in 100 people that are going to scam are going to be way outweighed by the joy that I receive from helping the other 99.

PLEASE feel free to ask ANY questions you may have about the Give. Im happy to do whatever I can to make sure people feel comfortable about this venture.

Thank You. I tend to be a very trusting person but DH is not. He tends to suspect the worst in people. He has been burned by people before (not charity related situations though) and is a bit gun-shy. I will show him this message.

Just wanted to have this posted again because I'm sure Snubie is not the only one who might be helped to know what kind of screening is done.

grrrrr. I just got a speeding ticket on my way home from work. I haven't gotten a ticket since high school. And that was a long time ago. I was soooo tired and just distracted thinking about one of the babies I took care of last night - did I chart that med? I know I gave it, but did I chart it . . . flashing lights. . . ma'am did you know you were speeding? I'm so mad at myself. There goes my fabric money for the month. . .

Sorry about the ticket! I've only gotten 2 in the almost 30 years I've been driving (ack, I'm OLD!!!). Both happened in similar situation as yours. My first was when I was making a 2 hour drive I made often. The other was on a business trip at the end of a long day which was the end of a very long week.

OK everyone- are you ready for today's trip?? Well, if you're not- then get ready! It's gonna be a long day as we will walk around Portland, OR then go to the coast in Oregon and back to see some scenic beauty at Multnomah Falls.

FINALLY! We arrive at the coast. Now- it may be gray and cloudy, but it's still rather romantic isn't it?

Do you live in the Pacific Northwest or just visiting? Seeing Haystack Rock and Multnomah Falls makes me realize Zoe and I need to take a trip to see more of the local areas. We live 2 hours or less from both but Zoe's seen neither. I haven't been to Multnomah Falls in 20+ years!

 

[Disney 4 Me]

Ohh there is a reason I am wearing a skirt, you do not wanna see my legs or butt!

Does anyone have those swim dresses? I don't know if it would be too much material in a pool. I would like one because no one wants to see my legs or butt, either!