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

[MinnieVanMom]

Try #1 at the dress. I am almost there but still need to fix the width at underarm.

How can I get a curve to the bust? Also to the side at the shoulder point before it goes up? I need to attach fringe to the top but this is just a fitting dress so far. Not bad for no pattern.

 

[TravelinGal]

Try #1 at the dress. I am almost there but still need to fix the width at underarm.

How can I get a curve to the bust? Also to the side at the shoulder point before it goes up? I need to attach fringe to the top but this is just a fitting dress so far. Not bad for no pattern.

That is the only problem with elastic. I don't think you'll really be able to get the neckline to curve more. (unless you add weights to the area you want pulled down, but I can't imagine that being very comfortable! ) Good job, BTW! I'm too chicken to sew without a pattern!

 

[twob4him]

I wanted to share some photos of a very short and last minute camping trip Zoe and I made this weekend.

I love your camping pics! How cool! DH has us signed up for some cabins at a campground about an hour away. It has a pool and lake. All three girls can ride bikes and I love to make smores!!! Can't wait.
Love the holloweeeniee pics too! For some reason I can't bring myself to make a costume. It looks hard.


Minnie Van Mom - I am changing your name to skinny van mom! You look great in your costume. The only thing I can think of if you want to get rid of the extra fabric is to make a side dart??? Otherwise it really came out great!!! I am sooo impressed!

 

[MinnieVanMom]

We thought of tying the side with rawhide and then adding a few beads. It would pull the fabric to side more so it doesn't look so cut at the angle.

What kind of fabric should I use to make the dress? I was so fleece today but in late Sept in Florida? Please suggestions? Also the string fringe in the store looks like flapper fringe and I want a more earthy type. Leather is so expensive. Again...options?

I have long dk. brown hair and dark eyes. Mom is spain/American Indian so that is why we thought this would be good. If I tan I get very dark. But at my age, I try to keep out of the sun.

Thanks for posting the pattern and all the support. I need to take it in a few places and then take it apart and use it for a pattern.

 

[kjbrown]

OK, now my question... 2 actually.
1. My Sewing machine is wearing out. Its just a basic Singer, about 6 years old. The bobbin winder thingy broke last weekend, so I have an excuse to get a new one. But not until after out trip in September.
So, I'm looking for a good sewing machine, possibly one that do embroidery. Under $300. Easy to learn. Is that possible?
Also, if I am going to be doing more clothes for my kiddos, I'm thinking about getting a serger. How hard are they to learn to use? I've used one a few times at church when I was a teenager. Can anyone recommend a good one of those, also under $300.
Why under $300 for everything? I need to use my Expotv money, and that only pays around $200 a month!

Okay, this was a zillion pages back, but I wanted to comment. I had a 10+ year old basic singer. Nothing wrong with it, but thought about getting a new one. I got the Brother SE 270, right around your price range, you can get it at Walmart. It has DISNEY embroidery. I really love it. No, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the $$$$ machines, but it also didn't cost $$$$. I really love the bells and whistles that it does have over my old Singer. I now have my Singer for heavy duty stuff (like sewing a tote bag with lots of layers), just because I am not afraid of breaking it. And my brother for everything else.

As an aside, we went to the boardwalk and I rode the pirate ship....I got such motion sickness that I was miserable for the rest of the day I am truely concerned now. I knew I couldnt do spinning rides but now this leaves out swinging rides.....if we go to Disney, I think I will be stuck in Fantasy Land....

Some others already replied, but I will second the fact that I CANNOT do the Pirate ship, but can do everything at Disney except the Tower of Terror.

I am going to attempt to make a pocahontas dress without a pattern since I can't find one I like. The closest is simplicity 2790 for a cave person.

Looks like you've almost got it down. When I read your first question a bunch of pages back, I would have suggested getting a beige colored bustier top (like from Walmart or someplace similar), adding fringe, the "sleeve" and making the skirt and belt myself. But, I've got a large, um, "top" and need a lot of support.

 

[kjbrown]

In case you wanted to see how Disney did it...

 

[MinnieVanMom]

In case you wanted to see how Disney did it...

Thank you for posting that picture! It really gives me a better idea of what I want to achieve. Without a zipper I just cant get that fitted look and I don't want to try a zipper without a pattern. I like that it is modest and to the knee. Her's has a beautiful top curve!

I like the fringe so much. I hope I can find something close to it. Now, what type of fabric?

 

[dkshan96]

Ok, I am the new one that posted this morning needing help doing an applique. Thank you again for all of your help. I went to the local fabric store, and she helped me find something I needed. She asked what I was making and told her it was just the black fabric cutting out the outline of the mickey head and sewing it on a shirt. She told me that I should watch out because that is Disney copyrighted and when she was there on vacation she saw Disney people take a family aside and remove the shirts. I went 3 years ago and saw nothing of this sort. She said it starts at a $10,000 fine. Does this sound right? I just wanted to cut out the Mickey head outline and sew it on a tshirt, is that copyrighted? Kinda freaking out now cause I don't want that to happen. But would like some shirts for the kids.

Kelli

 

[TravelinGal]

We thought of tying the side with rawhide and then adding a few beads. It would pull the fabric to side more so it doesn't look so cut at the angle.

What kind of fabric should I use to make the dress? I was so fleece today but in late Sept in Florida? Please suggestions? Also the string fringe in the store looks like flapper fringe and I want a more earthy type. Leather is so expensive. Again...options?

I have long dk. brown hair and dark eyes. Mom is spain/American Indian so that is why we thought this would be good. If I tan I get very dark. But at my age, I try to keep out of the sun.

Thanks for posting the pattern and all the support. I need to take it in a few places and then take it apart and use it for a pattern.

We did a Peter Pan theme last year and our nanny was Tiger Lily. (not very authentic, but it worked LOL) I found the perfect fabric one day at the store (even in the clearance bin!!) but it was fleece. I was nervous using it, but the girl I made it for was fine. Remember, it's mostly at night (it's for MNSSHP, right?) so you won't be out in the brutal heat of the day too long. It's also a small outfit, so it's not like you're completly wrapped in it from head to toe.

For the fringe, I just cut the hem line in thin strips, but that would be more tricky with a fringe on top. I'd suggest a leather fringe, but it sounds like you might not be able to find one...

Here are a couple of shots of the dress I made last year. Again - a different style, but the fabric looked SO good! (and Ashliee was even wearing a hot wig, so she certainly would have had a right to say she was hot but she didn't.)

 

[TravelinGal]

Ok, I am the new one that posted this morning needing help doing an applique. Thank you again for all of your help. I went to the local fabric store, and she helped me find something I needed. She asked what I was making and told her it was just the black fabric cutting out the outline of the mickey head and sewing it on a shirt. She told me that I should watch out because that is Disney copyrighted and when she was there on vacation she saw Disney people take a family aside and remove the shirts. I went 3 years ago and saw nothing of this sort. She said it starts at a $10,000 fine. Does this sound right? I just wanted to cut out the Mickey head outline and sew it on a tshirt, is that copyrighted? Kinda freaking out now cause I don't want that to happen. But would like some shirts for the kids.

Kelli

That doesn't sound right at all! With as many people here who make customs and do that kind of design, we'd hear about it in a flash! Make your shirts and enjoy them!

You just are not supposed to profit from Disney copyrighted images.

 

[MinnieVanMom]

The fabric is beautiful and so perfect! You are very talented and such a lovely family.

I only have our local hardware store and if I got 40 miles into another small town they have a quilting store that has fabric. I am going to keep working in the sheet until I get the fit perfect and then hopefully find something in the hardware store to use.

Fleece was not too hot? I have long hair, not as long as the Disney one but mine is 3" below my shoulder. I am just going to brush it out and wear it as I normally do.

Thanks for posting the picture of your family and the dress. I would kill for that fabric.

 

[dkshan96]

That doesn't sound right at all! With as many people here who make customs and do that kind of design, we'd hear about it in a flash! Make your shirts and enjoy them!

You just are not supposed to profit from Disney copyrighted images.

THANK YOU!! I didn't think so but this is all kinda new to me!!

 

[t-beri]

Ok, I am the new one that posted this morning needing help doing an applique. Thank you again for all of your help. I went to the local fabric store, and she helped me find something I needed. She asked what I was making and told her it was just the black fabric cutting out the outline of the mickey head and sewing it on a shirt. She told me that I should watch out because that is Disney copyrighted and when she was there on vacation she saw Disney people take a family aside and remove the shirts. I went 3 years ago and saw nothing of this sort. She said it starts at a $10,000 fine. Does this sound right? I just wanted to cut out the Mickey head outline and sew it on a tshirt, is that copyrighted? Kinda freaking out now cause I don't want that to happen. But would like some shirts for the kids.

Kelli

No. Not right. You are allowed to use Disney images for personal use only. You cannot try to commercially sell you're very unique mickey head shirt, but feel free to wear it at the parks. People should really know what they are talking about before they scare someone half to death!
The CM's will not be calling the Copyright cops, they will be ADORING your children in their custom designed WDW gear!!!
You can check out this site if you want more info on copyright law...
http://www.tabberone.com/Trademarks/trademarks.html


Hope this helps you sew w/ confidence!!!

MAKE SURE YOU POST PICS!!!
...t.
ETA: Did she really say she SAW them force a family to take off their NON official Dis clothes????? GET OUT OF HERE!!!! She was clearly reciting a story she'd heard but making it 1st person so it seemed like she actually KNEW firsthand. THERE IS NO WAY that happened!!! That would be a law suit waiting to happen. Not to mention the CM's don't even know what merchandise they carry in their stores half the time how could they know every authorized disney item in the world OR anything about copyright infringement...heck, half of the people who have copyrighted items don't understand the copyright laws LOL

 

[MouseTriper]

Halloween pics!

First of all, I am not a Halloween person. I have always been a scaredy cat but I used to work in a bank and was robbed at gunpoint by a pair wearing scary Halloween costumes. Last year Jacob and I had the biggest fight when it was he picked out the exact same costume as the guy who robbed me. So I mostly like "cute" Halloween, not scary!

My mother made this fairy costume for Megan and Jacob wanted to be Batman:

These are both storebought:

This Aurora we bought Megan for deciding to potty train and you can see this is the end of cute costumes for Jacob :

Also, my mom embroidered these cute polos for them to wear to school. Jacob's teacher was very impressed! He is squinting from the sun even though they are in the shade.

Last year my mom made Megan's costume and this is the fought over scream costume (he was not allowed to wear the mask around me):

To fulfill my "cute: requirements. I made lots of customs:

Way too many Jacobs and Megans!

OH MY GOSH Steph...I can't believe you were robbed at gunpoint. How scary for you. How long ago was that? I am so glad nothing happened to you. How awful. I don't blame you for not liking scary Halloween costumes now. Hugs to ya!!

(ohhhh I forgot to say I love all the pics of Megan and Jacob)

 

[glorib]

Oh, everyone's kiddos look so cute in their costumes! What kind of mom would I be if I didn't share? Making costumes is how I started out in this crazy world of sewing! Get ready for too many Calebs and Ellas!

Caleb's first costume - he was a dinodaur - I don't have a great shot of the tail part:

Caleb's second - he was Elmo and that red fur was HARD to sew! I had intended to make him a trick or treat bucket that was a fishbowl with Dorothy, but never got around to it. I was newly pregnant with little miss Ella and had little to no energy! In fact, under Caleb's Elmo costume is a t-shirt that says "I'm a big brother!" and that is how we announced our pregnancy to the fam!

Caleb's third and Ella's first - a Fireman and what was supposed to be a dalmation, but looked more like a cow - I just couldn't get those ears to turn out right! One of my co-workers' husband was a fireman and she gave us an old helmet for caleb to wear and a real patch for me to sew onto his costume. The real helmet was pretty heavy, though, so he only wore it for a while before he switched to the plastic one!

Caleb's fourth and Ella's second - Caleb was a pirate - Ella was going to be a parrot, but then I found this costume online and it was just too cute to pass up - plus it was only $25 and I couldn't have made the parrot costume for that! And, if you really stretch your imagination, you can get the two to go together - a pirate on a boat, at sea - fish in the sea - following me?

Finally - last year - Caleb was a mummy and Ella was a "scary princess" - her words. I just fused torn muslin (LOTS of it) onto a sweatsuit for the mummy - it took FOREVER but it was worth it, I think!

The fish costume is the only one I didn't make. I have so much fun doing it! I just hope they continue to let me! this year, they're thinking of being Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia, but not sure yet! Ella doesn't have near enough hair for those buns!

 

[dkshan96]

No. Not right. You are allowed to use Disney images for personal use only. You cannot try to commercially sell you're very unique mickey head shirt, but feel free to wear it at the parks. People should really know what they are talking about before they scare someone half to death!
The CM's will not be calling the Copyright cops, they will be ADORING your children in their custom designed WDW gear!!!
You can check out this site if you want more info on copyright law...
http://www.tabberone.com/Trademarks/trademarks.html


Hope this helps you sew w/ confidence!!!

MAKE SURE YOU POST PICS!!!
...t.
ETA: Did she really say she SAW them force a family to take off their NON official Dis clothes????? GET OUT OF HERE!!!! She was clearly reciting a story she'd heard but making it 1st person so it seemed like she actually KNEW firsthand. THERE IS NO WAY that happened!!! That would be a law suit waiting to happen. Not to mention the CM's don't even know what merchandise they carry in their stores half the time how could they know every authorized disney item in the world OR anything about copyright infringement...heck, half of the people who have copyrighted items don't understand the copyright laws LOL

I should have figured. I think she was trying to scare me since I didn't know what I am doing. I asked her are you sure? It is me free hand cutting out the mickey head can't see how that is copyrighted. Yep she really did say she saw them escort them aside and they had to remove there shirts. That is what I thought lawsuit!! She said you have to watch stuff like that, got worried but then have never seen anything on this thread but had to ask. I don't think I will be going back there again. You are right she shouldn't open her mouth if she doesn't know. She was asking why I was buying the tearaway stablizer, is how we got on the whole thing and asking what I was making. She was saying professional wise she doesn't use the tear away stablizer she uses another kind that is very expensive

Thanks again!! Hopefully I will do one that looks half way decent and will post a pic

 

[mrsmiller]

i see that you made one better looking than mine!!!!


front cut 2

back cut 2

sew together front and back in both pieces (dress and lining)

added a strap for the back, sew around neck and back for elastic casing


front dress

back

still have to finish the sash and add a few beading

Linnette

 

[Disney 4 Me]

I should have figured. I think she was trying to scare me since I didn't know what I am doing. I asked her are you sure? It is me free hand cutting out the mickey head can't see how that is copyrighted. Yep she really did say she saw them escort them aside and they had to remove there shirts. That is what I thought lawsuit!! She said you have to watch stuff like that, got worried but then have never seen anything on this thread but had to ask. I don't think I will be going back there again. You are right she shouldn't open her mouth if she doesn't know. She was asking why I was buying the tearaway stablizer, is how we got on the whole thing and asking what I was making. She was saying professional wise she doesn't use the tear away stablizer she uses another kind that is very expensive

Thanks again!! Hopefully I will do one that looks half way decent and will post a pic

We had the whole copyright conversation way back in the beginning of the very first thread. I think I remember one poster getting pretty animated about it. Ah, the memories!

 

[disneymommieof2]

I should have figured. I think she was trying to scare me since I didn't know what I am doing. I asked her are you sure? It is me free hand cutting out the mickey head can't see how that is copyrighted. Yep she really did say she saw them escort them aside and they had to remove there shirts. That is what I thought lawsuit!! She said you have to watch stuff like that, got worried but then have never seen anything on this thread but had to ask. I don't think I will be going back there again. You are right she shouldn't open her mouth if she doesn't know. She was asking why I was buying the tearaway stablizer, is how we got on the whole thing and asking what I was making. She was saying professional wise she doesn't use the tear away stablizer she uses another kind that is very expensive

Thanks again!! Hopefully I will do one that looks half way decent and will post a pic

You know we have a nice mickey head if you want to use it:

I did tie dye mickey heads and we were not approached and asked to remove them! Nor have I heard of anyone being asked to remove there homemade custom outfits!!
Have fun and be sure to post pics!!

 

[MinnieVanMom]

i see that you made one better looking than mine!!!!
still have to finish the sash and add a few beading

Linnette

Oh No! Yours is so much better. I love it. Can you please PM me details as I like the way your has the correct curve on the bust. It is so beautiful that I am going to stop now until I hear from you. How did you get the elastic casing to work? So many questions!

Linnette, you are so talented, God love you.

MVM