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

[eeyore3847]

These are beautiful outfits! did you make them or order them? I love the smocking!

I made Josephine's jeans .. the rest were from other designers.. They are awesome arn't they!! Love them!

 

[jham]

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)

 

[eeyore3847]

Did you make this one? I'm wondering about the hem on the jeans. Did you (or the designer) cut off the hem, open the leg, and then add ribbon to cover the raw edge? It looks like this could be a great option to the attached ruffle on the hem, but I'm trying to figure out how to do it? Can you help?

sorry, I was so dang busy this morning with BTS stuff. and then we are getting ready for the dbacks cubs game tonight..
that hem is deceving. it is actually a cut off jean with a tiny stitch right above the frey line on the bottom of the hem and then just an added trim on the top of the bottom part of the jeans. does that make sense?

 

[t-beri]

Well, duh, I posted that picture cause it was a good one.
I took this picture for Teresa and Heather but was waiting until I got the better one off my dad's camera.
BUT here, I need to lose 30 pounds too. For the sake of accountability I'll even let you know that I am 5'5" and just weighed in at 168. (I was 147 and 149 respectively full term w/ the kids) I am a good solid size 12 (women's NOT juniors) but recently bought a juniors 15 When I met my husband Gavin was 6 months old and I wore a size 5. , well 6 but I had a few 5's to be fair.

My plan is to go back on south beach, start doing pilates (to flatten out my tummy, where I gain ALL of my weight) and walking Lily to school in the mornings.

...t.

 

[mytwotinks]

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)

[QUOTE]
That is great! I think that hem on the skirt looks perfect.

 

[revrob]

You may have a career in modeling after all!

Well ladies today my baby boy is 13 years old!!!! Last night he made DH and I cry because it was the first time we had seen him walk as far as he did. About 20 feet which was SUPER cool.

DH got my sewing room finished enough to sew in so now I just have to clean up the mess he made to get it that way. I am hoping to get in there and start sewing by this weekend it would be really cool!

OK and even though I should not get myself in this mode I will. Did you do customs if you had an infant in the park with you? And if you did what would you do for a 5 month old?

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've been meaning to ask this question:

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

I 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.

Ok. Here are some pics from the party. My MIL just e-mailed me. I haven't had a chance to upload my dad's or my camera.

I'm glad to see you made it home ok! I thought about you several times this weekend - hoping you were having a great time! I LOVE the Cinderella skirt!

Weith losing ladies:

I don't usually post about stuff like this, cause I don't want people to think I'm a weirdo hippy or something, but have you already or have you considered taking all of the HFCS and Hydrogenated oils out of your diets?

Artificial sweeteners are one of the things that Riley has to avoid and in the process I read up and learned a lot about HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) and it is some nasty stuff. It makes you crave more and more and more.........

We recently got back on track after a week of eating too much junk and I can't even tell you the difference I see in the way my girls eat when they have "detoxed." I can make anything with real sugar and while it sounds good and we like it, it isn't the same as when we have HFCS in our systems and we think we're gonna die if we don't get something sweet! Drew ASKED for salad for dinner last night and lunch today.

We'll never be able to cut it out 100%. I won't make my kids live like hermits, but I can sure tell when I haven't been careful enough. I can sooooo tell the difference in myself too. I made peanut butter cookies (my favorite!!!!) and the batch lasted a week and I think I ate 2. That is not like me! I'm the girl who just can't back away from the cookies!!!

When we originally did this, I lost 10 pounds just because. I didn't change anything else. It has also given me the control to eat better when I need to drop a few here and there. You'll be amazed where you find that nasty stuff when you start looking for it.

I can help you find stuff without it if anyone is interested.

I would LOVE more information on this! I've heard bits and pieces about eating this way. But honestly, I have no idea how to even start.

 

[luvinyou]

I finished my Robin+5 BIG GIVE outfit today!! This is for her 11 year old daughter, Morgan. She's big for her age, so I wanted to make her something that looks like a kid outfit because she has to buy grown-up sizes. I'm hoping she doesn't think it looks too "little kid-ish".

I used the tween flare skirt pattern from ycmt as a base shape for the panels in the skirt. But, I made them flare out a lot more and I added 2 extra panels to make it big enough.

I love this! So cute, Morgan is going to adore it!

I just finished up Joy's Minnie Dress, Minnie is her favorite Disney character, really the only one she recognizes (she's only 15 months!) When we went last time, she got sick and had a pretty rough trip, and we bought her this large, soft, pink, plush Minnie doll and she sleeps with it now and just loves her Minnie. It's one of the few words she can say! So I made her a Minnie dress and cannot wait until we go again in Sept and she sees real life Minnie!

Renae

Great dress, I love it!

Whew! It was a BUSY weekend. We all survived the party even though mother nature was threatening to drowned us in buckets and buckets of rain!! It did finally stop raining after about the first hour of the party and then the sun came out and the kids got to play on the pirate ship. We also went to see Wall- E yesterday. Although I forgot to have lucas wear his wall-e outfit-
Here's the pictures

What a cute casual tink out fit! I love this, and the pirate ship is too cool!

kinda boring, but I was going through my photos and I don't think I posted this one. I made this skirt for DD10's friend. I made a similar skirt for this girl's little sister. (oh and this is my pseudo dress form from Hobby Lobby that Sugarbees picked up for me on sale for $25, she has a smaller one that works better for little stuff)

I love the fabric, and this style of skirt is becoming one of my favourites.

Ok. Here are some pics from the party. My MIL just e-mailed me. I haven't had a chance to upload my dad's or my camera.

Lily looks so sweet in her petti and Cinderella oufit. Its just perfect!

 

[karebear1]

kinda boring, but I was going through my photos and I don't think I posted this one. I made this skirt for DD10's friend. I made a similar skirt for this girl's little sister. (oh and this is my pseudo dress form from Hobby Lobby that Sugarbees picked up for me on sale for $25, she has a smaller one that works better for little stuff)

That is not boring- I LOVE IT! Love those fabrics and their combo.

 

[revrob]

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)

I think it looks great! If you really don't like the hem, what about adding bias tape? I think I would leave it alone - I think it's very cute!

sorry, I was so dang busy this morning with BTS stuff. and then we are getting ready for the dbacks cubs game tonight..
that hem is deceving. it is actually a cut off jean with a tiny stitch right above the frey line on the bottom of the hem and then just an added trim on the top of the bottom part of the jeans. does that make sense?

SO... the ribbon is just above the frey line, where the stitch line is? Is that right?

 

[karebear1]

Sure! I don't think I can get my twirl on quite as well as Heather though!

Can't get your twirl on!!!

So sweet! I love your DD's hair!!

I do know what you mean about CPS being in your home. I cannot imagine homeschooling and having them here. Thinking about that and the rollercoaster ride they put you through. We have been fairly certain from the start that Little D is not staying though we would love him to. I had come to have this same feeling about Miss D. Well between what the investigator said to me Friday and what the transporter said to me Friday night they have already gotten my hopes up that she is the "one". Course she was VERY free on info that she had. I am so irratated with myself for thinking that way and letting them get me started because I so know better. I looked at her last night and then said to DH that when the new Princess comes to Disney we will have to take her. DH reminded me that we have not been to even a two week trial yet and that we have not seen for ourselves what is going on with the case yet.

So cute that Katie wants to go to China to pick up a baby sister. Maybe she is right lol.

I cannot believe that strangers try and take her binky!!!! I have always hated when people got near my children. Alex has gotten so many people who put hands on him to pray over him. I understand that they are doing a positive thing but they rarely ask before doing it. I just am shocked though that someone would try and take her binky out of her mouth! How scary for her!

Saying prayers how horrible for her and her family.

Thanks I am going to check it out. My only thing is I want straight edges without ruffles so I am hoping I can find something like that.

Wow am i jealous! We are trying to get Little D on a schedule! He is fighting up tooth and nail! lol. I will check into that monitor. Princess has ruined us for all other children ... I am constantly checking these two to see if they are breathing.

So so cute! I think Sponge Bob looks great!

Hugs to you hun I hope things get better soon!

LOL I like your picture even better than the one from online!

Very very cool! Love the colors!

Hugs to you! We think DD will have TMJ eventually as well because of her jawline they are waiting till she completely develops to do anything.

I really likehow you changed this aorund! It looks really good ! I love the other sets too!

So cool that you knit! I wish I could lol. I love these fabrics they are GREAT!

Oh my I love that! So cute!

She is soooo sweet~! Little D came to us in teh same blanket from teh hospital lol.

So cute! I love that fabric!

I do think most 5 year olds have that same smile lol. Great job on your first project that is not a pillowcase or pre shirred!

I think they are precious!

I love you goofy! Would love to see a closeup!

Congrats on learning to snorkle! I went many many years ago in Grand Cayman and had a BLAST!

Those are beautiful did you make them? I adore smoking!

So so cute! I am sure they look adorable all together!

I love that you added a ruffle to the bottom! Great idea!

Very cute! Great twirl factor!

Happy early bday Kyle!!!

Very very cute I am sure she will lvoe it!

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

Happy Birthday, Karen!

(btw, that's a pink birthday message to match your boa!)

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.

I've been meaning to ask this question:

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

Oh..... Good question! We LOVE pics here.... and love organization even more! Please share with us how you have your stash organized. please???

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)

Absolutely adorable! You do such great work!

 

[jham]

Weith losing ladies:

I don't usually post about stuff like this, cause I don't want people to think I'm a weirdo hippy or something, but have you already or have you considered taking all of the HFCS and Hydrogenated oils out of your diets?

Artificial sweeteners are one of the things that Riley has to avoid and in the process I read up and learned a lot about HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) and it is some nasty stuff. It makes you crave more and more and more.........

We recently got back on track after a week of eating too much junk and I can't even tell you the difference I see in the way my girls eat when they have "detoxed." I can make anything with real sugar and while it sounds good and we like it, it isn't the same as when we have HFCS in our systems and we think we're gonna die if we don't get something sweet! Drew ASKED for salad for dinner last night and lunch today.

We'll never be able to cut it out 100%. I won't make my kids live like hermits, but I can sure tell when I haven't been careful enough. I can sooooo tell the difference in myself too. I made peanut butter cookies (my favorite!!!!) and the batch lasted a week and I think I ate 2. That is not like me! I'm the girl who just can't back away from the cookies!!!

When we originally did this, I lost 10 pounds just because. I didn't change anything else. It has also given me the control to eat better when I need to drop a few here and there. You'll be amazed where you find that nasty stuff when you start looking for it.

I can help you find stuff without it if anyone is interested.

That sounds interesting! But would it mean I would have to give up my Diet Pepsi?

I think it looks great! If you really don't like the hem, what about adding bias tape? I think I would leave it alone - I think it's very cute!

aha! why didn't I think of that? I'll have to get out my bias tape and see if I like it.

 

[mytwotinks]

That sounds interesting! But would it mean I would have to give up my Diet Pepsi?

You could still drink soda, just soda with real sugar. We really like it! Plus once you get over the shakes, it won't even sound good anymore! I can't really talk though because I am a Dr. Pepper addict. You know how it goes, do what I say, not what I do!

I am gonna try to give it up though. It's just what I do when I'm upset though and I've been upset a lot lately so it's been hard.

 

[mytwotinks]

I would LOVE more information on this! I've heard bits and pieces about eating this way. But honestly, I have no idea how to even start.

IT's just a lot of label reading. Go to the store by yourself so you can concentrate! I'll think of some of the things we've started doing to make it easier and post them after I get back from the pool!

 

[Tinka_Belle]

That is just absolutely fabulous dahling!!!!

I love that dress!! Too cute and very girly. Your DD is so cute with her fuzzy Minnie.

That Tinkerbell dress is just too cute!!! It looks like everybody had a great time despite the downpour.

Well ladies today my baby boy is 13 years old!!!! Last night he made DH and I cry because it was the first time we had seen him walk as far as he did. About 20 feet which was SUPER cool.

DH got my sewing room finished enough to sew in so now I just have to clean up the mess he made to get it that way. I am hoping to get in there and start sewing by this weekend it would be really cool!

OK and even though I should not get myself in this mode I will. Did you do customs if you had an infant in the park with you? And if you did what would you do for a 5 month old?

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

 

[minnie2]

FYI, my son is named Kyle, too! He turns two tomorrow!

Great name good taste My Kyle will be 6 on Friday! where does the time go!!!!???

I finished my Robin+5 BIG GIVE outfit today!! This is for her 11 year old daughter, Morgan. She's big for her age, so I wanted to make her something that looks like a kid outfit because she has to buy grown-up sizes. I'm hoping she doesn't think it looks too "little kid-ish".

And since I thought you'd all appreciate the humor in it, I'm going to post pictures of my very first customs modeling gig! Tessa was my photographer today and she was very excited that the tables were turned!

I thought I should definitely do "The Megan"!

There is a "twirl factor" photo, but you don't need to see me from the back!

I used the tween flare skirt pattern from ycmt as a base shape for the panels in the skirt. But, I made them flare out a lot more and I added 2 extra panels to make it big enough.

It came out GREAT Love the colors. Wow what a model Hot to trot! Twirl baby twirl!!!!

Did you get your machine fixed? That is so frustrating when you are feeling motivated and your machine gets you stuck!

I love the skirt. Pink and green together are some of my favorites! I should post pics of Riley's room if she ever cleans it. I painted polka-dots all over!

I have given up on our playroom. The girls are just grounded from it a lot because I get so frustrated. I sold a ton of stuff at our garage sale last spring and I really thought that would help, but still it's a disaster.

Riley is having less bladder pain today. She is laying on the couch with a headache. She has been saying that every once in a while lately. I think maybe her medicine dehydrates her. I need to be forcing more water down that girl!

I love pink ad green together too! Hopefully by the tim eI get around to painting Niks room she will still want it pink and green!
Yup the sewing place just exchanged the machine! So I need to go get started on a new project!
I hope Riley feels better!

2.) Thank you! Mom was less than impressed!
3.)thanks!!! I was afraid I was going crazy! It's amazing how much free information is out there!!!

And I wanted to re-emphasize the fact that we like big pictures the first time something is posted! I like to see all the details!


Add me to the
"I Never Get Joanns Emails" club too! I don't know how many times I've tried signing up. It never works! It's so frustrating! I do keep a link to the current coupons in the bookmaks though. (because another lady keeps one on her blog, and I bookmarked her blog!)


That is SO cute!!! I didn't notice that Nikki was in her pajamas, it just looks like a top.

And, I was just thinking how neat your toyroom was and you said it was messy!

It looks like it's white sleeves on a peasant dress. It's really cute, isn't it!


I love that song too!! I have a Corey Hart poster up in my basement. The kids thought it was pretty funny when I hung it up! Now, I need to find my Outsiders poster and recreate my teenage bedroom!

That is so funny you have his picture up! I would have to plaster my walls with Def Leppard or Bryan Adams to recreate my teenage room! Any clue what Corey hart is up to? I know Lep just came out with a new cd and had a single out with Tim McGraw.

Thanks for thinking my playroom is neat that is very kind but yet so untrue!

I just lost my entire reply

Heather, I think your outfit for morgan is very thoughtful. And CUTE I agree, if you intend on getting any serious modeling gigs you're gonna have to get a twirl pose.

We are back. I am tired.

A short list from my trip.
1. I did NOT go to bed Thursday. OR Friday for that matter. We didn't get back to the room until 2:00 Friday which means I was up for 41 hours straight. I was more than tired and my body HURT. I never hurt so much from one day at the park, I know it was just b/c I was running on E.

2. NO minnie skirt. She wore jean shorts and that was fine w/ me.

3. She wouldn't wear her birthday shirt, she found a stupid light up Cinderella shirt at Walmart at like 12:00 the night before. FINE, she wore that.
She also did NOT want to wear her twirl skirt. She wanted to wear her new pettiskirt by itself. B tried to fight with her and threaten her w/ not wearing her crown or that she couldn't wear the pettiskirt at all w/out another skirt b/c you could see her diaper. I put her crown on and told him that I would take the skirt and see if we could coax her into wearing it later. I did and we did. and she got a lot of compliments.

4. JEANNE: Your husband must've been giving my husband notes, b/c we came out of the GF gift shop w/ a pair of glass slippers. She is wearing them today at daycare (with socks b/c I said so!) They are about a half size too big but he didn't want her to outgrow them soon. He said she wanted them, it was her birthday and he wasn't gonna fight w/ her over it. So, you didn't even TRY to say NO? FINE.

5. THERE WAS NO CAKE. Okay, maybe you didn't hear me...THERE WAS NO CAKE!!!!! Somehow the cake order was NOT made and there was no cake. The manager gave us 2 of their pre-made cakes free but they were still cold from being in the freezer and noone was impressed. Which made me sad. But what could I do, they couldn't pull a cake out of thin air and they didn't charge me for the other cakes so why not...

I'll try to get some pics up for you guys later.
...t.

OMG no cake Are you @#$! me???

great twirl factor!

FYI I learned to resize just for you Ok I hope it works if it didn't I tried!

 

[MegaWoman]

Hey there, I got back from visiting my parents in the country this weekend and I'm amazed at just how many STUNNING outfits have been posted! I'll try to do a multi quote later. Today was doctor appointment day for the kids. DD (Niamh) saw an Orthoptist. She already sees an Opthlamologist, and wears glasses, but today they recommended an eye patch as well. She starts Junior Kindergarten this fall, and now I'm thinking of waiting to send her to school until the following year. And she asked if I can sew her some patches - I had to tell her no, they need to be the sticky ones. Man, I feel like merde. I wore a patch, but I no longer needed it by the time I started Kindergarten. Kids can be really nasty, so I'm not sure what I'll do.

Anyway - lots of laundry to do after a great weekend at my parents. The drive home was awful. Cottage country traffic, rain and tired people. We didn't get home until 11pm - I really wish that my parents had moved closer to us. We're still a 4 hour drive away (towing a tent-trailer, no stops.)

(Is the disMeet really gonna happen in February? I've gotta convince DH?)

Stephanie

 

[t-beri]

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

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


Alright. a journey for us. Because Heather said we aren't posting enough random pictures.

Nov. 2003. This is ME. 5 years after Mac and pre Lily SQUEEZING into my size 8 wedding dress.

Dec. 2004 Here is me at a party announcing our pregnancy (still an 8!)

June 2005 8 months preggers

August 2005-9 months (moving out of our tiny house! )

Easter 2006- Here I am post Lily (not quite a year) This was the last bathing suit I've bought. My legs have not seen the sun since the summer of 06. They are SCARY WHITE!!!! My family has naturally olive skin, my dad said it's hard to believe these white legs belong to me. Probably about a 10 here, but a good solid 10. I'd take a 10, maybe a little more toned 10 than I was here.

I have some good pics of me when B and I first started dating. I'll dig them up and scan them this week sometime. Just to torture myself.

...t.

 

[karebear1]

Size 8??? Size 8??????? I can't remember the last time I wore a size 8!!
You look great!

I didn't know Heather wanted random photos! I think I cna find some of those around here somewhere!!

 

[t-beri]

Yeah, I know, I was HOT! That's why I'd like to be a size 8 again, but with hair like in the beach pic That'd be my perfect me. Either that or I wanna look like Jennifer Love Hewitt but that might require some surgery and after the foot surgery I'm kind off wanting any elective surgeries

 

[t-beri]

Ya wanna know something else that's funny. I look at that beach pic and think "WOW, that wasn't so bad, I thought I was fat, but I looked pretty darn good" But when we got back from that trip and I saw those photos I swore I was gonna start working out. I HATED them I thought I was so fat and ugly. If I had buckled down and started eating right and exercising then I would probably be way hot now. And I know I was disgusted that I wasn't ordering a perfect 6 for my wedding dress. I was married before. When I was 19 and even though I ended up not having a wedding ( my ex didn't want one) I had gone and tried dresses on just in case and I remember the woman saying it would be easy for me to get a dress in a pinch b/c I was a "perfect 6" so most of the stores would have dresses on hand that would fit me.
Just goes to show we're never happy w/ what we've got. I'm refusing to pin myself into some dieting hole this time. I am going to follow the South Beach philosophy b/c I know it works for me and I believe it is nutritionally sound. But I am not going to say "I'm on the South Beach Diet" I want to work out regularly and it is my goal. But exercise philosophy for now is MOVE MORE. Do something, anything. If I say I'm going to do XYZ exercise 3 x a week and walk X amount of miles a week and I don't or can't or LIFE happens then I get all bummed out and do NOTHING...that's not gonna help. So eating better, moving more. That's my goal.

...t.