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

[glorib]

First of all, that's a really funny sentence!

Thanks for the info on the red fabric!

Oh my! You can tell I didn't think that through before I typed it out!

 

[Tinka_Belle]

The Devon

The back

Twirling by the sunflower

And a final closeup! I take way too many pics!

That is really cute. Seeing all of these really cute back to school outfits makes me wish that Jenna didn't have to wear uniforms. I am going to try to make her uniforms as cute as possible though.

 

[billwendy]

Yay! I got my camera battery charged. Here are some pictures from our big give meet we had today! I just want to let you all know it was so great so see the kids in person and watch their reactions and see them playing with and looking at everything. I wish you all could have the chance to experience it! The kids were so sweet. Karlyn is adorable. She just got that little stuffed black doggie at her last trip to the hospital and she was so cute with it. She was looking at all the pictures I took on my camera and was pointing out her doggie every time she saw him. Bigdisgrandma and Bigdismom and the whole family were great. My kids made themselves right at home Good thing Denise is a grandma, she took it all in stride. Oh, and she has an AMAZING Disney snowglobe collection!!! I'm SO jealous!

We had a little meltdown when Lily realized she didn't have any presents to open (she knows her birthday is coming up soon, I think she was confused) and Luke got a little upset when he realized that because he left the room HE DIDN'T GET TO HAND KARLYN HER PRESENT!!! Goodness! Okay, on with the pictures:

(Jayden was at a birthday party and Luke was in the other room)

Eating cupcakes (Lily's face may be messy, but she kept her Tink outfit clean!)

Lily and Karlyn:

Lot's more pictures (including twirling) on bigdisgrandma's PTR:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1868674&page=9

Wonderful! That was so cool of you guys to go over and drop things off - how cool was that!!

 

[CampbellScot]

Yay! I got my camera battery charged. Here are some pictures from our big give meet we had today! I just want to let you all know it was so great so see the kids in person and watch their reactions and see them playing with and looking at everything. I wish you all could have the chance to experience it! The kids were so sweet. Karlyn is adorable. She just got that little stuffed black doggie at her last trip to the hospital and she was so cute with it. She was looking at all the pictures I took on my camera and was pointing out her doggie every time she saw him. Bigdisgrandma and Bigdismom and the whole family were great. My kids made themselves right at home Good thing Denise is a grandma, she took it all in stride. Oh, and she has an AMAZING Disney snowglobe collection!!! I'm SO jealous!

We had a little meltdown when Lily realized she didn't have any presents to open (she knows her birthday is coming up soon, I think she was confused) and Luke got a little upset when he realized that because he left the room HE DIDN'T GET TO HAND KARLYN HER PRESENT!!! Goodness! Okay, on with the pictures:

(Jayden was at a birthday party and Luke was in the other room)

Eating cupcakes (Lily's face may be messy, but she kept her Tink outfit clean!)

Lily and Karlyn:

Lot's more pictures (including twirling) on bigdisgrandma's PTR:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1868674&page=9

I tried to make the pictures smaller and DANG IT ALL my computer will NOT cooperate!

Wow!!! What wonderful gifts you gave that darling little girl!! She looked so precious in that dress!!! Lily, as usual, was just too scrumptious for words!!! Seth sure is turning into a little man isn't he? And Luke too...all your babies...man I'd brag non stop if they were mine! I'm classy that way!

I just read today that the girl who played Blossom now has a PhD in something like neuroscience... nothing like the child star stories you usually hear!!

I know right?! Danica McKellar (Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years) is a Phd level Mathematics genius. She's written all kinds of papers on obscure formulas. She's also written a book for girls about how it's cool to like math! (girls are not encouraged in the areas of math and science the way boys are must get in the way of baby making and house cleaning... RAR! GIRL POWER!!! )

I feel your pain! My kids have been doing the same thing lately.


That is SO sad! I think it's a myth that bettas like itty bitty tanks. I had a betta in a 5 gallon tank once and he was as happy as can be. He swam every inch of that tank! He lived almost 3 years!! They're friendly fish, too. Really, they are!!

I can't IMAGINE that any living thing would enjoy 1 inch of footage to live in. It depresses ME just thinking about it! I'll bet your Beta was a happy boy with all that room. He was living in a Beta Mansion!!!

There have been so many cool things posted lately!!!!!

I have a few things that are ready for pictures, but it seems that I can either make time to sew or time to post pictures, but never both! I'll try to make time soon.

All of these beautiful applique'd things that have been posted have been making me want to get better at that. I hate that I am too lazy and impatient to sit down for a couple of days and work on it. I seem to have trouble turning tight corners. Any tips from the pros!?!?!?!?!?

Well, I just wanted to let you guys know that I will be gone for a few days. I have been overwhelmed with kindness and concern for Riley, and I didn't want anyone to think that she had gotten sick or anything.

My sister is taking Drew for the week. (It's her turn! I had her dd7 for a week a couple back and she owes me!!!!!) So we are going to meet them at the lake to make the drop off. Riley and I decided to stay for a few days while the cabin is empty and have some peace and quiet time. We are going to read, and float in the lake and maybe take the seadoos out for some rides! We are also going to do some back to school shopping at the outlet mall and maybe go to the waterslides one day. I am really looking forward to it. I haven't been able to let Riley get in the lake water this summer because it is just not a good mix with all of her infections, but she recently went on daily antibiotics that I am hoping will protect her from all of those nasty germs.

We may go by my mom and dad's at their lake on the way home so Riley can go tubing for the first and probably only time this summer. It's been such a bummer not letting her do it, so we are really excited. I know some of you often get to go fancy schmancy places like the beach or Disney or even the mountains, but when you live in the midwest, Hillbilly land is about the fanciest place you can get in just a couple of hours! It is seriously the toothless capitol of the world. But we love it!!!!

I hope y'all have a WONDERFUL time!!! Riley deserves some fun free of worrying about infections. It steals your childhood. I'm glad her mama is so smart!!! Have a blast!!! Wear Sunscreen!!! Keep your teeth!!

 

[CampbellScot]

Wow Lisa I just love it....you did a great job!!! I am sure it will be a wonderful gift for your friend!
I keep eyeing up the quilt kits on my favorite website (fatquartershop.com). They have these little ones (27 inches by 36" or so)...I thought it would make a good starting point. But what would you do with a mini quilt?????



I love it as it is but an applique would really make it cute too! Do you think you could seam rip it ok? Make sure you use stablizer. Best stuff I ever spent my money on!








One month till I am officially back in school I am really not ready yet but somehow by the end of the month I get around to it
I bought some Debbie Mum back-to-school fabric. It was on sale I combined a Simply Sweet top and Carla's stripwork skirt into one dress. I still have to make another one for my other DD. Oh and DD insisted on the Cindy tiara today so there you go

The Megan

The Devon

The back

Twirling by the sunflower

And a final closeup! I take way too many pics!

How totally ADORABLE is your little one?! LOVE LOVE LOVE the dress!! It's FABULOUS!!!

 

[sahm1000]

Here are the pictures of my babies when Lilly was 10 days old. I had her take pictures of each of the girls individually since they all just had birthdays (Grace just turned 5 last Saturday and Claire turned 3 in June). Sorry for so many pictures, get ready for photo overload!

 

[Tinka_Belle]

SAHM100-Those pictures are gorgeous. That is a beautiful family that you have.

 

[CastleCreations]

I hit the jackpot!! There is this lady at work, who hurt her knee falling in a grocery store. Since I'm in charge of the schedule, I had been giving her the "easy" assignment, she's an employee there..Anyway today, she wanted to thank me by giving me TONS!!! of movies on DVD. Some of them are still in the theater...like Handcock, and Nim's Island isn't even out yet.;.:confused, I'm not asking but I'm happy to have them. I have had movies running while I'm sewing to pass the time. I may not get to watch them, but at least I can listen to them...

 

[glorib]

Here are the pictures of my babies when Lilly was 10 days old. I had her take pictures of each of the girls individually since they all just had birthdays (Grace just turned 5 last Saturday and Claire turned 3 in June). Sorry for so many pictures, get ready for photo overload!

Beautiful photos and gorgeous family! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Piper]

Here is my Big Give outfit for Sasha (NicoleDisneyFan)

I thought a reverse dot for the middle tier would be a little different...and the fringe looks a little like red dots. The big red button in the middle of the flower echos the red dots, too.

I hope she likes it and it fits. They said a 6x or 7, so I got a 7 shirt and measured a size 7 skirt at the store and used that as the length. Sorry I don't have a model, but I think my cat might object (and she's the only little one I have at home!!!

I will mail that and the family t-shirts for BigDisGramma on Monday. I would show those, but I packed them for shipping before I thought to take a picture.

 

[kimmylaj]

so i have attempted some bows and so far i am terrible at, i'll keep trying though because they look so cute, i gave up on them for the afternoon and finished ryans pirate shirt. i told him he could pick a character and i would try to do it for him. so he picks captain jack sparrow. aaaaaargh. after 10 attempts to get the hair and jawline right this is what ive got.

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maybe with some practice my stitches wont be so wobbly, or maybe i just need to be more patient

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Anyway, here are a few photos of my finished one. I use all scraps that I had in my scrap bucket. I think I will do a couple of things different the next time I make it. Definitely use the paper piecing technique that is in the pattern. I tried it the other way and it turned out all wopperjawed or cattywhampus! That ended up back in the scrap bucket!

Showing it with the brim rolled up and looking silly with the hat inside out!

It came out adorable! I really like that pattern. I wonder if I can convince dh that I need yet another pattern!

I am finished my Big Give #6 [Nicoledisneyfan] SeaWorld Custom for Victor. At first I tried to wing the pants and made them about 3 sizes to small, so I used the sewsensible Tween boutique pant pattern, since it was the only one I had handy.

this came out really cool! I love the shorts!

Hey all! Happy Friday! I finally finished up Baby Jack Jack! I don't have a model at the moment - she's asleep!

Here's the front -

It's sort of a case of LisaZoe's Snow White dress - thanks Lisa for the inspiration!

Tonight, I'm working on underwear! Yes, underwear! From this website: http://darnkat.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/check-it-out/

It's That*Darn*Kat's (of roundneck top fame) pattern and I just think they look so cute! So, I caved and bought the pattern and am going to try it out tonight!

I LOVE that dress! It is so cool! It has to be one of my favorites! All those ruffles! so cool! And I think it is neat to make undies. You must post a pair when you are don!

The walking foot is awesome! I don't use it as often as I should out of laziness, but it is so great for stretch knits.

My mom has it on her machine and she loves it! She doesn't use it at much because she forgets it is there, but I got to use it a few weeks back and loved it!

Whew! I got the quilt done. I'm going to toss it in to wash & dry so the cotton batting does it's slight shrinking - I like to do that before giving the gift so it's not a shock. Here it is before the wash:

I like it more now that it's done but there are things I'd do differently if I did it again.

BTW - It's not as misshapen as it looks in the photo. LOL I can never get my quilts to come out perfectly but it's closer to a straight rectangle than it looks.

This is very pretty! I don't know how to quilt and don't have any time to learn right now, you did a great job!

I can't believe George and I waited on line at the Apple store for 2 hours yesterday for a darn Iphone! Yup we are crazy! I also can't believe how good the kids were the whole time. George ahs been itching for one since the 1st one came out but he never made the jump because they were soooo$$$. Then when they dropped the price he wanted it even more. We both hated our razors and frankly even though I didn't really care aout having one( at 1st ) there was no way he was going to have this cool new phone when he barely uses his reg phone.: So we broke down and bought 2! I am a convert I LOVE mine!

Does any one else get crazy when their sewing machine jams up. It drives me nuts! Am I the only one this happens too? Maybe am I doing something wrong?

You didn't buy the imac to get your free ipod? What were you thinking! I think the iphone looks really cool and will be the phone of tomorrow, but for now I like my $30 for 2 months phone!

And I HATE when my machine jams. It did this morning and I was ready to accidently through it off my table!

I bought some Debbie Mum back-to-school fabric. It was on sale I combined a Simply Sweet top and Carla's stripwork skirt into one dress. I still have to make another one for my other DD. Oh and DD insisted on the Cindy tiara today so there you go

The Megan

The Devon

Love it! Very school like! I do that alot, combine the stripwork jumper with the simply sweet dress. they work so well together!

First of all, that's a really funny sentence!

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This is hysterical. I need to share what one of the assistant managers said today. We have a stand where they sell roasted nuts in the mall. Today, she said.... "I love that guys nuts..." Yeah, um perhaps not worded right!

Here is my Big Give outfit for Sasha (NicoleDisneyFan)

This came our really pretty. I like the reverse minnie in the middle!

SAHM1000 Love those pics of your children. They are beautiful!

 

[ncmomof2]

Well I decided to do the applique.

SAHM1000 - I love the family photos!

 

[billwendy]

Well I decided to do the applique.

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It came out GREAT!~ Are you glad you did it?

Those family pictures are so special!

 

[jessica52877]

so i have attempted some bows and so far i am terrible at, i'll keep trying though because they look so cute, i gave up on them for the afternoon and finished ryans pirate shirt. i told him he could pick a character and i would try to do it for him. so he picks captain jack sparrow. aaaaaargh. after 10 attempts to get the hair and jawline right this is what ive got.

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maybe with some practice my stitches wont be so wobbly, or maybe i just need to be more patient

I could have never in a million years done Jack that good! He looks awesome and I am sure your son is thrilled with him. I thought the non straightness was just the jacket, upon further inspection, after reading, I can see a bit of fabric outside of it, but it just looks like his jacket! And his shoes were really straight which made me think even more it should be like that.

 

[sheridee32]

You can get the buttons to cover at most stores that carry fabric. They usually seem to be with the notions rather than with the buttons. They are very easy to do, basically you cute a circle of fabric the right size, put it over the button top so it wraps to the back and snap the back section of the button in place.



I hadn't thought of finding apple fabric! Thanks for the suggestion. I did, though, consider trying to applique small apples on fabric to use for the buttons. I think I might try it since apples are fairly simple shapes so shouldn't be too hard to do small. (I think.)



I think it would fit sizes 4/5/6. I've tried it on my size 4 & 6 dress forms. It's got quite of flexibility in size - which seems to be the case with jumpers. I made the straps kind of long, too, so they can be adjusted if needed.

Lisa I love your shirt and short sets I had thought about doing that and you made me realize how great they would look, I had wanted to make dgd a Alice outfit for our breakfast at 1900 I got the fabric for the skirt but wasnt sure about the shirt I had a black tank top but wasnt sure about it but seeing yours made me realize it would be great

 

[Tinka_Belle]

so i have attempted some bows and so far i am terrible at, i'll keep trying though because they look so cute, i gave up on them for the afternoon and finished ryans pirate shirt. i told him he could pick a character and i would try to do it for him. so he picks captain jack sparrow. aaaaaargh. after 10 attempts to get the hair and jawline right this is what ive got.

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maybe with some practice my stitches wont be so wobbly, or maybe i just need to be more patient

That's pretty cool. It's better than I would have been able to do.

Well I decided to do the applique.

SAHM1000 - I love the family photos!

That is so cute.

 

[Tinka_Belle]

I am finally home from 4 hours of back to school shopping. I have been to 5 different stores and still don't have everything that is on Jenna's school list. My question is why does Wal-Mart not stock enough construction paper? Every year it's the same thing No construction paper at Wal-Mart. You would think that after not having enough the last three years they would think and order more than normal. Ok Rant over. How is everybody else's back to school shopping going?

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Please help me. I am begging you. I made a long skirt tonight out of eyelet (for me). I am trying to make flowy etc. Here is what I did. I doubled the length around me. I sewed the lining to the eyelet. I folded over the top of the eyelet w/lining and sewed it to make a pocket for the elastic. I seamed up the back to connect the skirt. I put the elastic in and tried it on. Here is my reaction.

I look like a killer crazy bride. Seriously I look about 500lbs. Nothing against those that are 500lbs but I am not and I prefer to look my size. It is big enough. What can I do? I cannot make a typical circle skirt because of the eyelet design on the bottom. What will make this look less like an overstuffed bed comforter that has come to life? Thank you so much.

ETA_ SAHM those photos are gorgeous!

 

[twob4him]

Sahm - I just adore your family pics....what great lighting and the girls eyes just pop and how cool to capture that day in pics. Lilly is so adorable too....I hope you are getting enough rest...is she sleeping pretty well yet? Thanks for sharing!

Tinkabell - back to school supplies are my favorite part of August. I walk into Staples and go crazy over the pencils and highlighters and paper and all that stuff. Its all I can do to not overbuy. hehehehe. I hope you find what you are looking for. Where I live, I never do

ncmomof2 - love the applique....it looks like its lived there the whole time...your dd is just so adorable!

Piper - I love the Minnie outfit and the colors!!! Wow she will love it!

Thanks to everyone for your kind comments about the bts outfit for DD! It really helps to have such nice encouragement! Now I just have to make another one!