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

[kjbrown]

Boy, I got WAYYYYYY behind in the last few days...

I pronounce it like shirt with a t, or if you will, like sure, with a "d" at the end!

Either way you say it, yours looks great!! YOur daughter is adorable!!! and, I love the bag!

I knew I must be saying it wrong. Thanks and thanks! She is of course "modeling", that is how she feels she needs to stand whenever I take her picture.

I say it like shirt, but with a "d" at the end.

The shirred dress is so cute and the purse looks great!

Thanks!

way to go i have not done shirring yet i am askeered

It actually wasn't that hard at all! I read the tutorial here in the bookmarks and tried it. The only thing I would do differently next time, is make it a bit fuller. The dress fullness is fine, but I almost couldn't get the shirred part over her to put it on!

I love your creations.I am impressed with your shirring technique. That was very good,and I really like the color combination that was used with the bags. I am the same way about my Disney fabric. I have a ton of it sitting in my sewing room,but I don't want to mes it up!!! However, I have to start getting into it. My Disney trip is in 45 short days and I have a ton of ideas for my outfits.

Thanks!! Those 45 days will probably fly and drag by! I always have WAY more ideas than I have time for!

Love the dress and the bag! I have not tried shirring yet...but after seeing all the beautiful shirred top/dress, I think I am going to try it this weekend after I finish my dd's birthday dress!

Definitely worth trying! They really are easy!

Great job with the shirring! Love the bag I may have to check that one out!

It was the "coming and going bag". Pretty simple, I really liked her technique for sewing it up. I've done several different bags and this was by far the easiest!

Cute dress and I love your bag!

Thanks!

Howdy Ho..fellow Disers..I made this for my coworker's cousin's new baby...or something like that. The baby's name is Macenzie, and is just over 6pounds..This is my first quilt ever and a little bit of a challenge but I got through it.

This is beautiful!!! Your first quilt?! Awesome!!!

Heathersue - AMAZING job on the Pluto applique! I love it!!!

 

[mommyof2princesses]

This is what I've spent most of the day working on today. I ran out of black thread and needed a break. I'm thinking it looks a bit um...."clownish" right now but am hoping the black placket and collar will tone it down a bit. I had thought about red sleeves but I'm leaning toward black now. The Mickey on the back was purchased at JoAnn's.

I think it is looking great! I like the black for the sleeves. That mickey on the back is great! They have those at my Hacocks too!

Hi everyone!! I am still getting used to how fast this thread moves!!! The stuff you all have made looks great! I love seeing the house pics!

Well I have started my first very simple dress for DD, I had to use my mom's machine, so I had to wait until I she was free, so I could go and learn!!

Here is the fabric I used (just cheap stuff for my first try!):

Here is the dress so far, I have cut it and sewn it, but I never had the binding stuff, so I have picked that up, and now I am waiting to go back to my moms to finish! (DH says he will buy me a machine as soon as I am for sure going to continue doing this...lol)

I had bought DD a bucket hat (the only type of hat she will wear) and bought an applique from Wal Mart of Wall E, so I sewed it on the hat! Thought I would share that too, not a huge thing for you pros, but for me it was a big step....lol

And just so you can see who it will be on, here is DD (Abby), she is 4, going to be 5 in the beginning of September. She is the one closest to the camera in the green, black and white dress. This was taken on the way to her preschool grad about a month ago....yes we rented her a limo....lol and we gave her and her friend sparkling apple juice

Thank you all for your support and inspiration!!

I love that material! The dress is coming out cute. Your dd is very pretty.

My cousins ds had his grad party yesterday and I made the watermelon boat
Everyone loved it

We finished the jumpers for sophia and my cousins (from MI) dd to wear to the party. After we dragged them out of the pool we had them pose together.

Everyone loved their outfits!! That whale fabric is so cute!! Isn't it?!?!

That fruit salad boat looks yummy. We eat ALOT of fresh fruit salad in the summer....at least 4 times a week and every once in a blue moon I will make a watermelon boat.. Those dresses look so cute on the girls! They look adorabl together!

 

[100AcrePrincess]

Have you seen the Twilight calendar that is only available at Border out today ?
While i am in Vegas for my anniversary i am hitting the Breaking Dawn party at one of the B&N .. it is a masquerade ball .....
i figured it out,, after all is said and done i will own 5 copies of BD , i pre-ordered it when you 1st could and 3 of my friends did the same for my b-day today and then my copy in vegas.
So if ya need one let me know

I haven't seen the calendar. I'll have to go check it out. I'm trying to be good & wait. We generally buy paperbacks ('cause they're cheaper) & my copy of Twilight is paperback so I'd like to have them all match. At least I work at the library so I can pretty much get whenever.
Hope you had a good birthday!

Just saying HI!!! I really don't post often, just don't really have the time to keep up! But I did want to show off my latest project! Mind you I haven't sewn in like FOREVER, but I ordered this fabric and had to use it! So here is my first attempt EVER at a pettiskirt! Be honest and tell me what you think!

I know I need to clip threads, and I am also adding a bow and making a top to go with it! Maybe soon I can post a pic of Sydni actually wearing it!

It looks good! I'm planning on trying one for girls' Halloween costumes this year.

Here's what I stayed up half the night to finish:

The girls are going to wear them to my cousins grad party tomorrow.
Grams has the skirt parts all done we just have to "join" the two.

Those look great! The whales are so cute.

Okay- I have got to figure out how to make my qoute pictures smaller. Anywho, I just finished my newest outfit. I am very proud of it.

Twirl factor

Great job! I just love pink & brown. And butterflies.

I think it is cute, everyone should have a healthy obsession at least yours is a real person, mine is a fictional vampire..

So what does it say about me that I have one of each?

 

[LisaZoe]

Lisazoe- I love your house. I am wondering is that hail on the ground? Can you put that mickey head in the photobucket. Please. If it is already there Thank you!

The stuff on the ground is cherry blossom petals. We have 2 smallish trees in the area between the sidewalk and street. The local garden club plants them free of charge in that area of a home's yard if the owners want. They're all over the neighborhood and it's so cool when the petals start to fall because it looks like pink snow.

Yes, I'll add the image to Photobucket!

I was going to ask if you added that to the photobucket site, but Anna already did! Thanks, that will save me some ink. I don't print in black/white because the black ink costs the same as the colored ink. But, my question to you is, does it use less ink to print in black? If it does, I'll change my ways!

Black is cheaper for my printer which is why I use it if I don't need color. However, my theory is that using color to get black, or close to it, uses more toner as each color needs to be used to get that deep color so in the end it probably uses more total. I don't know for sure but I always seems to run out of the colors quicker than black even though mostly I print images that should be just black and white (I too often don't think to set the print job to just the black cartridge).

 

[MouseTriper]

This is what I've spent most of the day working on today. I ran out of black thread and needed a break. I'm thinking it looks a bit um...."clownish" right now but am hoping the black placket and collar will tone it down a bit. I had thought about red sleeves but I'm leaning toward black now. The Mickey on the back was purchased at JoAnn's.

I LOVE THIS....i think it is adorable!!!! Is this the CarlaC pattern?? I wonder how small this could be made?? I love the black sleeves too. I want one!!!

 

[Tinka_Belle]

My cousins ds had his grad party yesterday and I made the watermelon boat
Everyone loved it

We finished the jumpers for sophia and my cousins (from MI) dd to wear to the party. After we dragged them out of the pool we had them pose together.

Everyone loved their outfits!! That whale fabric is so cute!! Isn't it?!?!

Those are both so cute. That second picture looks like they are mad at each other. I love that whale fabric.

 

[jessica52877]

Just want to comment on the school question.

We went through this this year, deciding whether to do public or private since Dallas will start K this year. We have opted to go public, see how it goes and if there is an issue then revisit the private thing again.

One of my biggest drawbacks about private was the cost for one, it would mean no more vacations and honestly, I don't think that the education will be that big of a difference to have no family memories. I don't remember what I did in school, I remember family memories. Secondly, which is really the main one was the distance, the closest one we would consider is about 25-35 miles, in traffic anywhere from 40 - 60 minutes, the morning we would be fighting direct traffic all going in the same direction. That adds alot of time to a school day. And honestly, the thought of traveling so far everyday adds to the idea of accidents, the road we would take is horrible and I HATE it, in fact someone hit DH and Dallas just last September on that road.

So really, it is so personal and depends on the circumstances so much. If things don't go well I will even consider home schooling.

 

[kpgriffin]

Everyone's outfits look great. We have been busy around here getting ready for "back to school" I wanted to share our 4th of July outfits that we will be wearing to Epcot.

I resized and rotated but it is still not cooperating.

I also finished my first pettiskirt. I love it. The ruffler made it so much easier.

This is my first attempt at shirring. I love how it pulls the outfit together. I really didn't think I could do it but it was so easy. Thanks for the encouragement.

Question? I remember seeing a Buzz Lightyear comic strip fabric outfit with the green alien applique. Does anyone remember which thread or post it was in. I really want to CASE (or more likely CAB) it for our upcoming trip. It was so cute and I really liked the way it looked. Any help?

I really enjoy the board and I know I should post more often. Thanks for all the inspiration.

 

[SallyfromDE]

I'm just glad we have high fences around the backyard so the neighbors can't see the height of the weeds. I've hired a local kid (young adult?) to tackle the worst of the weeds. So far he's done an OK job in the front but the back is where the real work is. Once he's done, I'm hoping I'll be more inclined to keep things in check. I really should have put down bark this spring but never got to it. I got kind of discouraged, too, about doing more after I put in several hundred flower bulbs and only a small percentage continued to bloom after the first spring. I think I may focus on fixing up the front yard more this year and let the back wait.

You should see our neighbors yard!! You wouldn't know we live in a nice neighborhood, or that the man is a dentist and has money. His fence is falling apart and half in our yard. What ever weed he has, has spread to our yard, and we can't get the crap to die. Some times, he lets his grass get so high, you can see it over the fence (the 6ft kind) and we get field mice. No, I don't live in the country! I'm going to have to complain. They are quick to complain when they can smell the smoke when my sister is in our own back yard smoking. Which even she agrees is disqusting, but she's been having a hard time quiting with her exams (she's studying to be a nurse).

This is what I've spent most of the day working on today. I ran out of black thread and needed a break. I'm thinking it looks a bit um...."clownish" right now but am hoping the black placket and collar will tone it down a bit. I had thought about red sleeves but I'm leaning toward black now. The Mickey on the back was purchased at JoAnn's.

I think it looks awesome! I think it looks Mickey Mousish. I had said the same thing about Kirsta's petti.

My cousins ds had his grad party yesterday and I made the watermelon boat
Everyone loved it

We finished the jumpers for sophia and my cousins (from MI) dd to wear to the party. After we dragged them out of the pool we had them pose together.

Everyone loved their outfits!! That whale fabric is so cute!! Isn't it?!?!

Great fabrics! The dresses are adorable!

Same here!


We are doing the same thing.DH wasn't sure about going again in Nov209 and when I showed him to cost effectiveness of it he agree! I can't book until Dec but I know I am going again so I am still thrilled!

When in Nov 2009 are you going? I believe right now we are planning the 1st week.

Ok here are some floor pictures of my house. We were told they were original to the house. We also have wrought iron vents. but please ignore them since I can't get the ick out of them! Oh and my toes!
This is the boarder in the dinning room which we use as a playroom.

This is a picture of the floors in the office and part of the living room. The living room doesn't have inlay but it is laid out really pretty with a boarder of wood. The office has a funky boarder then all in the center we have those diamond pieces.

The above picture comes with a question.
I am making a Minnie skirt for Nik and my niece for Chef Mickey's should I add a black and white polka dot ruffle in between the red and yellow dot? The yellow wasn't going to be a ruffle just a boarder.

I love your flooring! I think I'd use some black to break up the red and yellow.

Ok guys, I am posting this b/c I need some advice. It big debate around here right now is public or private school for DD for next fall. She will be in K4 this year and K5 next year. If I want her in private school for K5 I need to decide that by sept. to have a resonable shot at getting her in. The public schools here are not bad by any means, but you can never be sure what you are getting as far as individual teachers. Some will be brand new teachers, some will be burned out ect. The private school I am considering is a little pricey. It would run us about $200 a month more than we are currently paying for daycare If I include before/ after school care. We could swing it without much problem, but we wouldn't have as much "disposible income" If i send her to public school I will still have to keep her in before/ after school care at he current daycare. Doing this would save us about $350 a month over the private school. The private school offers several programs not availible in public school, spanish in K, computer, paino or violin ect. I would also know a lot more about the teachers and I have more confidence in the fact that DD would be getting a good teacher. What are you guys opinions? I know from reading that there is a wide spectrum here. AEverything from home school to public school. I am really intreseted in the perspectives of someone who has been through this and is not someone at the school or who's child is there. I forgot to mention that I teach in a public high school, so that colors things a little. I am looking at this particular school b/c it is an Episcopal school (which we are) and the have one of the strongest acedemic programs. There are other private schools in town that are cheaper, but they are either highly evangelical( insert really pushy) about the religious aspect or not on par acedemically or both.

Do you have charter schools? They are pretty popular around here. They are public school, but they specialize in something. The one Kirsta goes to, is a greek school. She takes Greek classes. Which will be a big help when she has SATS and college. The class size is smaller. And for 1st grade, we had the teacher calling us constantly to tell us about problems or updates. Well, not constantly, just frequently. Once we discovered that part of her problem was medical and that was resolved, her teacher was calling with positive results.

 

[jham]

Okay, I'm back! I had my sister's 2 kids over the weekend, and lemme tell ya, I can't get much done with 6 kids! Especially a 21 month old. I forget how much work they are. I just want to say you have made some really great things! And I LOVE the house pictures! I'm jealous of all of the beautiful old homes, ESPECIALLY the ones with great front porches!!! And the beautiful yards and barns... love it all. I just got back from WW, I lost another 2.2 lbs. I'd put a weight loss thing in my siggy if I had room I did manage to get this outfit made (my SIL made the hat, I just put the buttons on). I need to make a bunch of fall stuff. Jen and I have another boutique in September.

 

[luvinyou]

Everyone's outfits look great. We have been busy around here getting ready for "back to school" I wanted to share our 4th of July outfits that we will be wearing to Epcot.

I resized and rotated but it is still not cooperating.

I also finished my first pettiskirt. I love it. The ruffler made it so much easier.

This is my first attempt at shirring. I love how it pulls the outfit together. I really didn't think I could do it but it was so easy. Thanks for the encouragement.

Question? I remember seeing a Buzz Lightyear comic strip fabric outfit with the green alien applique. Does anyone remember which thread or post it was in. I really want to CASE (or more likely CAB) it for our upcoming trip. It was so cute and I really liked the way it looked. Any help?

I really enjoy the board and I know I should post more often. Thanks for all the inspiration.

I love all the outfits! The shirred one is my favourite, I think.

Okay, I'm back! I had my sister's 2 kids over the weekend, and lemme tell ya, I can't get much done with 6 kids! Especially a 21 month old. I forget how much work they are. I just want to say you have made some really great things! And I LOVE the house pictures! I'm jealous of all of the beautiful old homes, ESPECIALLY the ones with great front porches!!! And the beautiful yards and barns... love it all. I just got back from WW, I lost another 2.2 lbs. I'd put a weight loss thing in my siggy if I had room I did manage to get this outfit made (my SIL made the hat, I just put the buttons on). I need to make a bunch of fall stuff. Jen and I have another boutique in September.

Gorgeous! Is that Lily, she looks so much older in these pictures!

 

[disneymommieof2]

The stuff on the ground is cherry blossom petals. We have 2 smallish trees in the area between the sidewalk and street. The local garden club plants them free of charge in that area of a home's yard if the owners want. They're all over the neighborhood and it's so cool when the petals start to fall because it looks like pink snow.

Yes, I'll add the image to Photobucket!

Pink snow sounds lovely!! I bet it is really pretty!

Everyone's outfits look great. We have been busy around here getting ready for "back to school" I wanted to share our 4th of July outfits that we will be wearing to Epcot.

I resized and rotated but it is still not cooperating.

I also finished my first pettiskirt. I love it. The ruffler made it so much easier.

This is my first attempt at shirring. I love how it pulls the outfit together. I really didn't think I could do it but it was so easy. Thanks for the encouragement.

Question? I remember seeing a Buzz Lightyear comic strip fabric outfit with the green alien applique. Does anyone remember which thread or post it was in. I really want to CASE (or more likely CAB) it for our upcoming trip. It was so cute and I really liked the way it looked. Any help?

I really enjoy the board and I know I should post more often. Thanks for all the inspiration.

All the girls look so cute!! Great Job on the petti! I think the buzz comic book fabric was one of those story books that they at Joanns

Okay, I'm back! I had my sister's 2 kids over the weekend, and lemme tell ya, I can't get much done with 6 kids! Especially a 21 month old. I forget how much work they are. I just want to say you have made some really great things! And I LOVE the house pictures! I'm jealous of all of the beautiful old homes, ESPECIALLY the ones with great front porches!!! And the beautiful yards and barns... love it all. I just got back from WW, I lost another 2.2 lbs. I'd put a weight loss thing in my siggy if I had room I did manage to get this outfit made (my SIL made the hat, I just put the buttons on). I need to make a bunch of fall stuff. Jen and I have another boutique in September.

Oh My Goodness is that Lily!! She looks so grown up!! And her outfit is lovely!!
I was at michaels yesterday and it was kind of depressing to see all the fall stuff out. :sigh:

 

[Twins+2more]

Lily looks so cute in that type of hat. Cute outfit.

 

[jham]

Gorgeous! Is that Lily, she looks so much older in these pictures!

Oh My Goodness is that Lily!! She looks so grown up!! And her outfit is lovely!!

Yep, that's my tiny baby Lily She'll be 3 in a few weeks

 

[CampbellScot]

Okay, I'm back! I had my sister's 2 kids over the weekend, and lemme tell ya, I can't get much done with 6 kids! Especially a 21 month old. I forget how much work they are. I just want to say you have made some really great things! And I LOVE the house pictures! I'm jealous of all of the beautiful old homes, ESPECIALLY the ones with great front porches!!! And the beautiful yards and barns... love it all. I just got back from WW, I lost another 2.2 lbs. I'd put a weight loss thing in my siggy if I had room I did manage to get this outfit made (my SIL made the hat, I just put the buttons on). I need to make a bunch of fall stuff. Jen and I have another boutique in September.

I have SO SO SO much to catch up on...but I just wanted to say that if Lily gets any more gorgeous...goodness I don't know what! She sure is growing up fast! I just HATE it when they do that!!!

she's a stunning little girl. truly!

 

[revrob]

BIG GIVE UPDATE!
It's almost time for another launch! Please watch for an update of when the posting will occur. I am currently away from home and unable to work on this project for the next 10 days or so. Lisa has graciously agreed to do the leg work on this give! Thanks so much, Lisa!

Watch for her posts! It's coming soon!

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Great things posted today. I love the new fall dress. I need to start making somethings for Jenna for fall. I want to find some really cute cordurouy fabric to make her some pants with. I saw some at Hancock's, but I thought it was a little too thin for fall/winter pants. Has anybody seen some of the heavier cordurouy fabric??

 

[lori123]

I finally got around to Making Nicholas a Mickey set for our October trip. I am unsure of the weather.... so we can add a long sleeve tshirt under this if it is too cold....

Lori

ADORABLE!!! You did a great job - wish DS was still young enough to wear things like this!

Just saying HI!!! I really don't post often, just don't really have the time to keep up! But I did want to show off my latest project! Mind you I haven't sewn in like FOREVER, but I ordered this fabric and had to use it! So here is my first attempt EVER at a pettiskirt! Be honest and tell me what you think!

I know I need to clip threads, and I am also adding a bow and making a top to go with it! Maybe soon I can post a pic of Sydni actually wearing it!

WOW - great job - I heard petti's are super difficult!

Here's what I stayed up half the night to finish:

They are bodices to twirly jumpers my grams and I are making for sophia and my cousins dd (who just got here today from MI)

Can't wait to see the finished product!!

Okay- I have got to figure out how to make my qoute pictures smaller. Anywho, I just finished my newest outfit. I am very proud of it.

So sweet - looks like DD is super proud of it too!

Okay, so my first shirred dress. How do you guts pronounce that? I say sheered, but I wonder if it's shirred, like shirt with out the "t".

And here are a couple of pics of a bag I made from a pattern on YCMT...

A peek of the inside...

I know none of this is Disney, but the dress was "practice" on fabric I didn't care about. Didn't want to ruin my good Disney fabric!

Thanks to all of you awesome Disboutiquers, I have started sewing again. This dress and bag, and two more dresses complete, just waiting for my model to get back from her grandparent's house for pics!

Cute dress! I tried shirring once - never got it right and gave up - LOL. I have also been wanting to try the purses - I figure I will start on those when my kiddos don't let me sew for them anymore -

 

[lori123]

Here are my outfits for the day. I used a pattern for this one. It was touch and go at times on the shirt but it turned out ok. I am going to add a ruffle to the shirt though.

This one turned out ok but I would make it longer next time and do the straps different

I love all the pictures of Europe! I am so jealous. Canada is the only country I have been in outside the US Someday...

Those both turned out super cute - Great Job!

Howdy Ho..fellow Disers..I made this for my coworker's cousin's new baby...or something like that. The baby's name is Macenzie, and is just over 6pounds..This is my first quilt ever and a little bit of a challenge but I got through it.

That's BEAUTIFUL!

I finished a BIG GIVE shirt this morning. This is for Brody, BigDisGrandma's grandson.

He likes Pluto, Texas Longhorns, and the Dallas Cowboys. So, I drew them all together and appliqued it onto a shirt!

This applique was just about as fun to do as baby Simba. But, it'll be worth it if he likes it!

What a neat idea - he's going to LOVE it!

All the older homes are beautiful! I can't imagine the work! I think the oldest home around me is about 10 years old. I am told often that our home was a cow pasture about two years ago

Here is what I have been busy doing this weekend:

Very CUTE!

Well it only took two weeks to get "back on the horse" so to speak. I actually sewed last night. I finished her AK outfit. Only it makes her look about 8 which is a little scary.

Great job - love the hand onthe hip pic!

Yesterday I made a few bibs (worked on burp cloths last weekend).

So FUN! I have been wanting to make some bibs and burp clothes for baby gifts.

This is what I've spent most of the day working on today. I ran out of black thread and needed a break. I'm thinking it looks a bit um...."clownish" right now but am hoping the black placket and collar will tone it down a bit. I had thought about red sleeves but I'm leaning toward black now. The Mickey on the back was purchased at JoAnn's.

VERY CUTE! You are doing a fantastic job - can't wait to see it all finished!

 

[PrincessLeighsDaddy]

Okay, I'm back! I had my sister's 2 kids over the weekend, and lemme tell ya, I can't get much done with 6 kids! Especially a 21 month old. I forget how much work they are. I just want to say you have made some really great things! And I LOVE the house pictures! I'm jealous of all of the beautiful old homes, ESPECIALLY the ones with great front porches!!! And the beautiful yards and barns... love it all. I just got back from WW, I lost another 2.2 lbs. I'd put a weight loss thing in my siggy if I had room I did manage to get this outfit made (my SIL made the hat, I just put the buttons on). I need to make a bunch of fall stuff. Jen and I have another boutique in September.

This turned out so cute! I have been trying to get the new Farmers Market fabric, but it seems to be sold out or on backorder from most of my sources. Lily is getting so big! What a beautiful girl she is!