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

[lovesdumbo]

I got a precious 3 day old baby girl!

How exciting for you and how lucky for her!

There aren't many places where you could say that and have people not think you were totally nuts!!!

I love your new bookmarks link in your signature!!!

I Need Help!!
Ok so these are for the party for "mermaid lagoon" to be exact, so the part I need help with is: I don't what to use for the Boy mermaid aka Lucas the mermaids hair! I baked up some ribbon for Sophia the mermaid. Should I paint it on, use ribbon, something else. I'm just not sure!! These seemed like a good Idea at the time and the kids really loved "becoming mermaids" but I don't want his to look silly like it does right now being bald. So PLEASE HELP ME!! I need some creative juices

Those are so cute! Could you stiffen the ribbon and give him a spike hair style?

Kyle' turns 6 next friday and I just can't get into his party! I feel bad but between Rocky and my back killing me I just am not excited about doing anything. Of course i better get excited it is on the 26th!

Hope you find inspiration soon!

I know I need a ruffler foot big time but after the expense of Rocky there is no way. So I am left to do it the old fashioned way but for some reason it isn't working for me!!!!!!

I am making a patchwork twirl and I actually have 4 rows so my last row (which I think it was LisaZoe) said to start from the bottom and work my way up. Well I put my basting stitch in with my machine and I started gently pulling and it just seemed like the ruffle wouldn't keep even though I was holding it so it wouldn't move. Then my thread broke! So I figure I would start from the other end and see what happened and put a new basting stitch in where it broke when I got there. Well it still doesn't seem to be working!!!!

My thought/ question is should I put a basting stitch in only a few sections/patches/squares then ruffle them and then repeat through the whole row?

any idea to help me would be greatly appreciated!

I had lots of trouble with breaking thread on my first twirl skirt too. I now zig zag over dental floss and I do break up my stitching in quarters. It isn't perfect but it still looks fine and I save my sanity.

I forget if it was on this thread or the last one when I was catching up, but someone was talking about towel pants. I decided that they sounded like a great idea for my kids' pool field trip today. So, I picked up some cheap beach towels and went to work last night. I used CarlaC's Easy Fit pants pattern and it was great! I whipped up 2 pairs a little over an hour. I was able to use the hem of the towel for the leg bottom hem so that was one less step. Both kids loved them. Sorry no pictures because it was bedtime when I finished and they went right into their backpacks for the pool trip today.

Sounds cute. Would love to see them.

I just got to my MIL's to start on Lily's peasant top (for her storybook twir) and a mini minnie patchwork twirl and GUESS what was on the doorstep???

That's right! Her beautiful cloud of fluffy heaven from Momas Touch. I it! Thank you so much Lisa (designingmouse) It is perfect!!!! Lily won't take it off. Unfortunately I left her storybook twirl at the house to get packed so I'm gonna have to sew the other one really fast so I can see it underneath a skirt

It is so soft and fluffy and you know what? It even smells good YAY!

Now. I am at T -16.5 hours and I have to

1. cut out her peasant top, my MIL is going to sew it if I don't have time since she is off tomorrow and she's not wearing it until Sat, when my inlaws are joining us.

2. Sew a 2 tier patchwork skirt. I decided to shorten it b/c I am crunched for time and w/ the casing and 2" ruffle that gives it a finished length of 13" which is just about knee length.

3. Attach Lily's appliques to her tees (x2)

4. Return her crocs and drive a half hour away to get her new ones.

I would like to point out here that I am going to WDW CROCLESS

Go to the store for diapers and supplies ( I can do this last cause walmart is open 24 hrs.- I hate that place but sometimes it is a necessary evil)
wash the laundry we need to take w/ us pack and clean out the car.

So, I guess I'd better go sew. I would post pettis pictures but I'm at my MIL's and I don't know how to upload her camera....when she gets home I'll have her do it and maybe we'll have pics of the skirts by then too.....

...t.

You're going to have such a great time no matter what is done! Can you buy Crocs at Disney?

Lookky, Looky what I did today with my new machine! I didn't buy fabric yesterday and I have been wanting to do one of those shirts to dresses. So, while I was out picking up dinner, I went into Fred's and found a shirt and made this today. Not perfect, but Moonk likes it!

Don't pay attention to the pocket that is still kinda there...I can't find my seam ripper...so I have to go buy a new one to finish taking the pocket off.

Congrats on the new machine! So cute!

GOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH!!! You guys are so pushy! But...... If you insist!!
Now.............. I wanna see your houses! Turn about is fair play!! So come on everyone! Let's see where you live to! PLEASE!

Beautiful! I'm too busy sewing to clean so you won't see any photos of my house anytime soon-maybe outside....

 

[HeatherSue]

Hello All!
I am back from our vacation to Lancaster PA and Hershey Park! However...now I am in the midst of DD10's 4H Fair! It's day and night for 3 days so I won't probably be on until Saturday. Then I need to catch up!!!! I missed you all and can't wait read everything and see about catching up on my trip reports too....please be patient.....I don't want anyone to think I am not following along.


A big thank you to all the kind comments about the playroom/sewing room. Its not quite that neat in the midst of a project but I do clean it up after each one and the girls have to clean it up every week so I can vacuum!


I did get to stop at a few quilt shops in Lancaster...specifically in Intercourse and Bird-in-Hand Gotta love the names... It was absolutely heaven to be in a shop with so much gorgeous fabric

My DH got in a big conversation with an Amish Quilt Shop owner and so I started buying up fabric for a someone special! Its a surprise! (Twins and 2 more ) In any case, I am working on uploading and labeling pics and getting organized.

I will see you all soonerish....Love and Hugs

I LOVE the picture of you in the fabric store. How cute!!! Glad to have you back!

TheMoonksMom: I keep trying to add your post to my multi-quotes and it dissapears. I just wanted to tell you congrats on your new sewing machine!! I love the shirt/dress you made, how cute!!!

 

[minnie2]

Have you tried sewing zig zag stitches over an elastic thread? I have found that works the best for me. My thread kept breaking too.

Of course, I'm excited to see everyone's different button shirts!

Riley had been on antibiotics from 6 mos. to 9 years almost non-stop. Everytime she went off she got another infection. A year ago in april she had deflux (a minor surger that injected protein into her uraters to keep them from being able to pull the urine up into her kidney) she went 6 mos. infection free and then almost another 6 mos. after that. I told the nurse yesterday that I want to think about that again. She is having really major bladder spasms that are causing her not to be able to go sometimes. I think that until her bladder gets some relief from all of these infections it is not going to "settle down" and get better.


Now they are saying that overuse of antibiotics is linked to breast cancer. The doctor actually made some ugly comment like "but if you want me to keep pumping her full of antibiotics anyway, we can do that" as if I don't care whether or not she gets breast cancer in the future. Yeah, he caught me! What an #^$&@)! I'd love another option, but he isn't giving me one, so what am I supposed to do. He has decided that I am just a mom who is going to constantly beg for antibiotics (he said this a couple of weeks ago ) so when I am saying she is sick he is treating it like I am just looking for a reason to beg for the meds.

Any word on the Mayo? How is she feeling?

I am so jealous of all these big beautiful houses! I love my old house but some times I really miss the space I could have had if we chose to build instead of going with an old house.

I will try to post some pics either later or tomorrow. not in the mood to fight with Apature and photobucket.

thanks for the help with the old fashioned ruffling technique. I got the bottom row of ruffles done it wiped my back out! So sadly I might have to do a row aday for my health! I figured out the problem though I was pulling it too tight and one of the materials I used was kind of thick so it was hard to ruffle. Why do I always pick the hard projects to start with! No simple beginner stuff for me! UGH!

can you all tell I am in a bad mood! Sorry!

 

[lovesdumbo]

Does anyone have a Husqvarna Sapphire machine? I went to look at new machines at lunch. She told me to sit down and try it out but I was afraid I would walk out with one if I did that.

 

[lovesdumbo]

Hello All!
I am back from our vacation to Lancaster PA and Hershey Park! However...now I am in the midst of DD10's 4H Fair! It's day and night for 3 days so I won't probably be on until Saturday. Then I need to catch up!!!! I missed you all and can't wait read everything and see about catching up on my trip reports too....please be patient.....I don't want anyone to think I am not following along.


A big thank you to all the kind comments about the playroom/sewing room. Its not quite that neat in the midst of a project but I do clean it up after each one and the girls have to clean it up every week so I can vacuum!


I did get to stop at a few quilt shops in Lancaster...specifically in Intercourse and Bird-in-Hand Gotta love the names... It was absolutely heaven to be in a shop with so much gorgeous fabric

My DH got in a big conversation with an Amish Quilt Shop owner and so I started buying up fabric for a someone special! Its a surprise! (Twins and 2 more ) In any case, I am working on uploading and labeling pics and getting organized.

I will see you all soonerish....Love and Hugs

That quilt shop look amazing-what a great photo! Goodluck with 4H.

Most of the finished pictures of our house are the ones titled 4-24.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v...all&special_track=album_paginate_top_view_all

I got a lot of the stuff for my house (sinks, light fixtures, mantel, stained glass transoms) off of the internet, ebay in particular!!

Another beautiful home!

 

[SallyfromDE]

I finished my MAW Big Give #4 outfit today! I will probably ship it on Friday

What a brilliant idea!! Love it!

I Need Help!!
Ok so these are for the party for "mermaid lagoon" to be exact, so the part I need help with is: I don't what to use for the Boy mermaid aka Lucas the mermaids hair! I baked up some ribbon for Sophia the mermaid. Should I paint it on, use ribbon, something else. I'm just not sure!! These seemed like a good Idea at the time and the kids really loved "becoming mermaids" but I don't want his to look silly like it does right now being bald. So PLEASE HELP ME!! I need some creative juices

Such a cute idea. What about curling some pipe cleaners and glueing them on. A brisseled brush. Loopy stuff. I forget the name of it. It's on a wire and has a loopy nylon on it. My sister uses it to make Easter baskets. Glue it across the top.

 

[sahm1000]

I need some pixiedust sent my way! Something I ate has upset Lilly's stomach and she has GAS! It happened with both of my girls when they were infants and I was able to figure out that cabbage (from Cole Slaw and Chinese food) upset Grace so I never ate that again and I still won't eat it when I am nursing and corn upset Claire. So clearly I have been avoiding those foods this time around. But I haven't eaten anything that I can think of that should have upset Lilly. The only thing that I can think of that might have upset her is onions. I made shrimp fried rice last night and it had some onions in it, but not a huge amount. Poor baby has had two bouts of bad gas and she will finally poop but scream when she does. We are giving her mylicon which seems to help but I really can't figure out if it is the onions. How do you avoid eating onions - they are in everything it seems!

I just put her down for a nap and I am hoping she stays asleep. My DH just went to the gym and took Grace and Claire so I have the time if Lilly cooperates to cut out fabric for the girls back to school dresses. Wish me luck!

 

[lovesdumbo]

I need some pixiedust sent my way! Something I ate has upset Lilly's stomach and she has GAS! It happened with both of my girls when they were infants and I was able to figure out that cabbage (from Cole Slaw and Chinese food) upset Grace so I never ate that again and I still won't eat it when I am nursing and corn upset Claire. So clearly I have been avoiding those foods this time around. But I haven't eaten anything that I can think of that should have upset Lilly. The only thing that I can think of that might have upset her is onions. I made shrimp fried rice last night and it had some onions in it, but not a huge amount. Poor baby has had two bouts of bad gas and she will finally poop but scream when she does. We are giving her mylicon which seems to help but I really can't figure out if it is the onions. How do you avoid eating onions - they are in everything it seems!

I just put her down for a nap and I am hoping she stays asleep. My DH just went to the gym and took Grace and Claire so I have the time if Lilly cooperates to cut out fabric for the girls back to school dresses. Wish me luck!

Poor baby Lilly!

 

[AQW]

I hope Lilly feels better soon - for my DD, it was dairy. I had to give up dairy entirely - including "hidden" dairy in things like Wheat Thins crackers, medication coatings, etc. - until she weaned at 21 months. And on that bittersweet day - well, let's just say you've never seen a woman run so fast toward a bowl of ice cream!

 

[AQW]

Help: I NEED HEATHERSUE'S APPLIQUE TUTORIAL PDF!

The link in the bookmarks isn't working; when I get to 4shared it says the file name is not valid. Help please? I have THREE HOURS of an empty house; I'd like to take my first shot at applique without little "helpers" if you know what I mean!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

Here's oneside of the kitchen: We plan on taking the counters off and replacing them with granite.

Kitchen view from the morning room:

Morning/Breakfast room: This is where we eat- I love this room- it's so beautiful in the morning with the sun coming through!

That's it for the most part. You've already seen my craft room right??

Now.............. I wanna see your houses! Turn about is fair play!! So come on everyone! Let's see where you live to! PLEASE!

It's official...you live in my dream house!!! I won't scare you with pictures of my house...but let me just say that it was built in 1845 if that gives you a clue...and if you are thinking that it's filled with all kinds of cool New England charm...it's not! We are looking to move within a year or so so that we'll be my next project!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

YOU AND Heather live in my dream houses!!! Wow ladies!

The only kinda "nice" part of my house is my backyard

 

[karebear1]

Oh! You have my door! I so want that Pantry door but can't talk DH into it!

The house is beautiful and CLEAN! Jealous!

Only clean '*** there are no kids livin' here! They're all grown!

 

[karebear1]

Hello All!

I am back from our vacation to Lancaster PA and Hershey Park! However...now I am in the midst of DD10's 4H Fair! It's day and night for 3 days so I won't probably be on until Saturday.

I did get to stop at a few quilt shops in Lancaster...specifically in Intercourse and Bird-in-Hand Gotta love the names... It was absolutely heaven to be in a shop with so much gorgeous fabric

My DH got in a big conversation with an Amish Quilt Shop owner and so I started buying up fabric for a someone special! Its a surprise! (Twins and 2 more ) In any case, I am working on uploading and labeling pics and getting organized.

You sneaky , sneaky girl! Good job!!! We wanna see those fabrics you bought! That is one beautiful site that fabric store is.

I love 4-H fairs. Is your DD showing anything projects/animals at the fair. The thought of a 40-H fair is just so romantic to me!

WOW KAREN!!!! It's absolutely gorgeous!! We have the same color walls in our kitchen/breakfast area!! We also have the same color of wood furniture in our living rooms and the same color of leather chair! If you'd like to see some pics of my house right after we finished it, here's a link to my photobucket album. There are some pictures in there of houses we've rehabbed, too. If you see a REALLY GROSS toilet, that's a "before" picture! Most of the finished pictures of our house are the ones titled 4-24.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v...all&special_track=album_paginate_top_view_all

I got a lot of the stuff for my house (sinks, light fixtures, mantel, stained glass transoms) off of the internet, ebay in particular!!

Well then it is official..... if our wall color, wood furniture colors,and leather chair colors are all the same,....... then............You really are cool!

I went to your pics- all I can say is WOW! I love your garage doors- and the way they angle out the way they do. I've always wanted to own a home with a garage like that. It's really comfortable looking to me.

Love your floors- Brazilian cherry by any chance? I wanted BC floors, but like I said, this was a model home and we took it the way it was. I actually have never really liked light colored floors, but in this house because of all the windows etc. the light wood looks good. But I love me some Brazilian Cherry wood floors for sure!

The mosiac work on the floor is outstanding! Did you do that?? Loved the sinks..... ah heck! I LOVED THE WHOLE HOUSE! Beautiful, beautiful home.

You have a beautiful home! I'm so glad you posted your pictures because I've been contemplating that green color for my entry/kitchen/dining room and I have such a hard time visualizing it. My trim and cabinets are the color of your trim and I love how that looks!! Thanks for sharing!

Glad the picture posting helps you with your color choice- but now we need to see pics when you're done painting. Make them before and afters so we can see the change - ok??

Beautiful! I'm too busy sewing to clean so you won't see any photos of my house anytime soon-maybe outside....

Like I said- it's easy to keep clean when you stay home and your kids are grown. What else is there to do but clean? But.... did you notice I did not do a close up of everything?? Maybe not as clean as it looks -huh?!?!?!

Let's see those outside pics!! Woooohooooo!

I am so jealous of all these big beautiful houses! I love my old house but some times I really miss the space I could have had if we chose to build instead of going with an old house.

I will try to post some pics either later or tomorrow. not in the mood to fight with Apature and photobucket.

I love old homes! They have a character that newer homes just don't have.Unfortunately, I just don't have the patience to restore one! I have a friend that owns a big ol' beautiful Victorian home that she has turned into a B&B (www.honeybeeinn.com)- it's gorgeous.... but I sure as heck wouldn't want to do all the work she's done to make it that way! I've often said that if I could buy an old home that was already restored, I'd do it in a minute. It takes a special kind of person, with the patience of Job to restore one of these kinds of houses! Anyway- I would love to see pics of your home!

Does anyone have a Husqvarna Sapphire machine? I went to look at new machines at lunch. She told me to sit down and try it out but I was afraid I would walk out with one if I did that.

Such control! You are one smart cookie! Way to walk outta there without sitting down to try it!!

I need some pixiedust sent my way! Something I ate has upset Lilly's stomach and she has GAS! It happened with both of my girls when they were infants and I was able to figure out that cabbage (from Cole Slaw and Chinese food) upset Grace so I never ate that again and I still won't eat it when I am nursing and corn upset Claire. So clearly I have been avoiding those foods this time around. But I haven't eaten anything that I can think of that should have upset Lilly. The only thing that I can think of that might have upset her is onions. I made shrimp fried rice last night and it had some onions in it, but not a huge amount. Poor baby has had two bouts of bad gas and she will finally poop but scream when she does. We are giving her mylicon which seems to help but I really can't figure out if it is the onions. How do you avoid eating onions - they are in everything it seems!

I just put her down for a nap and I am hoping she stays asleep. My DH just went to the gym and took Grace and Claire so I have the time if Lilly cooperates to cut out fabric for the girls back to school dresses. Wish me luck!

Sending all the pixiedust a new mommy and baby need! My grandson was the same way for a while. Sometimes it's really confusing isn't it? Hoping she's feeling better really soon!

YOU AND Heather live in my dream houses!!! Wow ladies!

The only kinda "nice" part of my house is my backyard

LOVE the lake in the back! How fun to have that there!! Isn't it everyone's dream to have a river or lake or some kind of water right by their homes? It's always been that way for me. ANd Those little paths are adorable- I can see they took a lot of time to lay out etc. Good work!BUT- we still wanna see your home- it'll be fun!

 

[jessica52877]

I forget if it was on this thread or the last one when I was catching up, but someone was talking about towel pants. I decided that they sounded like a great idea for my kids' pool field trip today. So, I picked up some cheap beach towels and went to work last night. I used CarlaC's Easy Fit pants pattern and it was great! I whipped up 2 pairs a little over an hour. I was able to use the hem of the towel for the leg bottom hem so that was one less step. Both kids loved them. Sorry no pictures because it was bedtime when I finished and they went right into their backpacks for the pool trip today.

I had asked about them and whipped up 2 pairs yesterday too! i loved them and can't wait to make more. The kids loved them and put them on after playing on the water slide and wouldn't take them off all night!

i'll try and post pictures later!

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I need some pixiedust sent my way! Something I ate has upset Lilly's stomach and she has GAS! It happened with both of my girls when they were infants and I was able to figure out that cabbage (from Cole Slaw and Chinese food) upset Grace so I never ate that again and I still won't eat it when I am nursing and corn upset Claire. So clearly I have been avoiding those foods this time around. But I haven't eaten anything that I can think of that should have upset Lilly. The only thing that I can think of that might have upset her is onions. I made shrimp fried rice last night and it had some onions in it, but not a huge amount. Poor baby has had two bouts of bad gas and she will finally poop but scream when she does. We are giving her mylicon which seems to help but I really can't figure out if it is the onions. How do you avoid eating onions - they are in everything it seems!

I just put her down for a nap and I am hoping she stays asleep. My DH just went to the gym and took Grace and Claire so I have the time if Lilly cooperates to cut out fabric for the girls back to school dresses. Wish me luck!

Poor Lilly!!! I hope she gets better soon.

YOU AND Heather live in my dream houses!!! Wow ladies!

The only kinda "nice" part of my house is my backyard

That is a very pretty backyard. All of these pictures of houses and backyards makes me wish we were building our house already.

 

[karebear1]

Poor Lilly!!! I hope she gets better soon.


That is a very pretty backyard. All of these pictures of houses and backyards makes me wish we were building our house already.

When are you planning to build a house? Do you have the land already? Know what kind of house you want to build?? DETAILS GIRL! We need details!

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

LOVE the lake in the back! How fun to have that there!! Isn't it everyone's dream to have a river or lake or some kind of water right by their homes? It's always been that way for me. ANd Those little paths are adorable- I can see they took a lot of time to lay out etc. Good work!BUT- we still wanna see your home- it'll be fun!

Oh I wish it was something as exciting as a whole lake! It's really just a small pond (only about a half mile around) But we do get some interesting wildlife back there. The only part I like about it is that my room is in the back of the house and the way our bed faces I literally look out onto the water when I am in bed. It is pretty. BUT the rest of my house is just downright ugly and rather embarassing. But we rent it (yes, I spend money every year to go to Disney and don't own my home...I'll put on my flame suit now!) But, in my town you can't get a condo for under $400,000 (and we want a single family home) so we are saving and plan to buy next year (when half my pay check isn't going to day care!)

 

[Tnkrbelle565]

here you go...here are some pics of my ugly house!

Here is DD's bedroom

I should explain why there is a palm tree in a HSM bedroom...her room USED to be Lilo and Stitch and I like the palm tree so I left it up

You'll see what i'm talking about by the "no charm" thing...notice how everything is a little crooked? It's not my camera!!!

 

[princessmom29]

I need some pixiedust sent my way! Something I ate has upset Lilly's stomach and she has GAS! It happened with both of my girls when they were infants and I was able to figure out that cabbage (from Cole Slaw and Chinese food) upset Grace so I never ate that again and I still won't eat it when I am nursing and corn upset Claire. So clearly I have been avoiding those foods this time around. But I haven't eaten anything that I can think of that should have upset Lilly. The only thing that I can think of that might have upset her is onions. I made shrimp fried rice last night and it had some onions in it, but not a huge amount. Poor baby has had two bouts of bad gas and she will finally poop but scream when she does. We are giving her mylicon which seems to help but I really can't figure out if it is the onions. How do you avoid eating onions - they are in everything it seems!

I just put her down for a nap and I am hoping she stays asleep. My DH just went to the gym and took Grace and Claire so I have the time if Lilly cooperates to cut out fabric for the girls back to school dresses. Wish me luck!

SOOOOO sorry!!! I had a newborn with colic so I feel your pain!!!!

Oh I wish it was something as exciting as a whole lake! It's really just a small pond (only about a half mile around) But we do get some interesting wildlife back there. The only part I like about it is that my room is in the back of the house and the way our bed faces I literally look out onto the water when I am in bed. It is pretty. BUT the rest of my house is just downright ugly and rather embarassing. But we rent it (yes, I spend money every year to go to Disney and don't own my home...I'll put on my flame suit now!) But, in my town you can't get a condo for under $400,000 (and we want a single family home) so we are saving and plan to buy next year (when half my pay check isn't going to day care!)

Don't feel bad we rented for the first 4 years of our marriage and just built this house in August. DH's job ment that we moved about once a year and I just couldn't go through buying and selling that often. After a quick career change we are now settled only about 10 miles from my parents! I really never thought we would get here, but we are finally settled with a house of our own! My philosophy it the you know when the time is right for you and there is nothing wrong with renting untill then. We could have bought rigt after we married, but we probably would not have been able to make this move to be close to my parents if we had a house to sell.