Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes Part 4

[UtahMama]

Well I got the fabric and supplies to make DD's Alice costume today.
Also, I got the fabric ans supplies to make DW's and my Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum costumes. I have never done anything adult sized. We shall see how this goes! It should be easier though, no "little" parts and pieces to stitch together!

Geesh!, How much time before we leave? I don't think I will ever get it all done. Too bad I can't call in sick to work for 2 weeks, and then take my week of vacation!

I think I will need to stock up on Dt. Pepsi MAX. (Sorry Aimee, not a big Coke fan here! I tend to side with UMama on her choice of drink! ) It tends to keep me moving and the speed of the surger with the pedal to the medal!

Off to study my patterns, and then cut them out!

I'm doing me a big-girl costume when I'm used to LITTLE patterns. Sheesh! It's a witch costume and I swear I will be wearing like 10 pounds of fabric...in 100% humidity POLYESTER


ok, I LOVE diet Pepsi Max! It has almost 70 grams of caffeine (AIMEE!!!!!) compared to the 30 in regular diet pepsi. It reminds me of that scene in Meet the Robinsons with the caffeine patched lady..."I can stay awake for DAYS with NO side effects! SCREAM!" Which reminds me, I need to replenish my stash of "hootch" (my soda) before tomorrow so i don't have to shop on Sunday.


I can't wait to see your Tweedle Dee/Dum costumes! It made me chuckle because I was ALMOST the Queen of Hearts to Norah's Alice, but I couldn't convince my boys to be the late Rabbit and the Tweedles. My 18 year old graciously consented to being the opium smoking caterpillar (I dont THINK so son!)

 

[aimeeg]

I'm doing me a big-girl costume when I'm used to LITTLE patterns. Sheesh! It's a witch costume and I swear I will be wearing like 10 pounds of fabric...in 100% humidity POLYESTER


ok, I LOVE diet Pepsi Max! It has almost 70 grams of caffeine (AIMEE!!!!!) compared to the 30 in regular diet pepsi. It reminds me of that scene in Meet the Robinsons with the caffeine patched lady..."I can stay awake for DAYS with NO side effects! SCREAM!" Which reminds me, I need to replenish my stash of "hootch" (my soda) before tomorrow so i don't have to shop on Sunday.


I can't wait to see your Tweedle Dee/Dum costumes! It made me chuckle because I was ALMOST the Queen of Hearts to Norah's Alice, but I couldn't convince my boys to be the late Rabbit and the Tweedles. My 18 year old graciously consented to being the opium smoking caterpillar (I dont THINK so son!)

I bet you he thought he was being all slick too. Hannah keeps on going back and forth from Sleeping Beauty to Dorothy. It changes everyday!!!

 

[tnmom25]

You are very brave! I can't wait to see them finished

Clever idea about the separate pieces! Very nice outfit, she looks like she loves it!

Very nice! Isn't it fun?! I'm loving it now that I've got all the good tools. I went to Hancocks today and picked up the Sulky stabilizer, bobbin thread, pressing sheet and lots of other goodies!! Funny thing is I spent $30 and didn't even buy fabric!

I downloaded that Minnie Font a few pages back, now how do install it on my desktop as a True Type Font? I can never remember how to install it. TIA for your help!

If you still need help, PM me and I'll walk you through it. I hope I remember, I just did it yesterday!

ok, I LOVE diet Pepsi Max! It has almost 70 grams of caffeine (AIMEE!!!!!) compared to the 30 in regular diet pepsi. It reminds me of that scene in Meet the Robinsons with the caffeine patched lady..."I can stay awake for DAYS with NO side effects! SCREAM!"

I swear we are long lost sisters or something, I said the exact same thing about diet Pepsi Max to my dd16!!!!!!! I showed her this post and she said "NO WAY"!

My 18 year old graciously consented to being the opium smoking caterpillar (I dont THINK so son!)

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time! I have a ds19, so I can feel your pain!

 

[tnmom25]

I totally CASEd this from several of you, so I hope that's ok! I'm so excited, because it was my first time cutting into my Minnie dot. Ok, it was the Walmart knockoff, but still I swear I could hear the theme for JAWS as I was cutting it!

I finished my Christmas outfit for Emma. Thanks to all of you for your input. I went out and bought all the good stuff for appliquing onto Tshirts and it worked like a dream!

 

[pixiedust_in_ak]

I can't wait to see your Tweedle Dee/Dum costumes! It made me chuckle because I was ALMOST the Queen of Hearts to Norah's Alice, but I couldn't convince my boys to be the late Rabbit and the Tweedles. My 18 year old graciously consented to being the opium smoking caterpillar (I dont THINK so son!)

 

[jessica52877]

Is there a place where anyone has meets set up for all us sewers? or lurkers? I know alot of us are going to be there this month for the MNSSHP. We'll be there the 21st, someone please point me in the right direction if so!

 

[tadamom]

and Tadamom ~ your daughter is such a cutie. I can't find the orig msg to quote but I just had to tell you that!

Not quite sure which picture I had on there last but thanks!! I have already shared the pic of her preschool dress but here she is on her very first day (Thursday).

With her cousin Catherine on their 1st day of preschool.

FYI...ever since the day I finished this dress, she has had to wear it EVERYDAY. She wore this dress 8 days straight (I had to sneak and wash it several times)!!!!! She looooooves it that much! I'm about finished with another one so people will know she owns different clothes!

 

[UtahMama]

I totally CASEd this from several of you, so I hope that's ok! I'm so excited, because it was my first time cutting into my Minnie dot. Ok, it was the Walmart knockoff, but still I swear I could hear the theme for JAWS as I was cutting it!

I finished my Christmas outfit for Emma. Thanks to all of you for your input. I went out and bought all the good stuff for appliquing onto Tshirts and it worked like a dream!

Ah-HA! I think we ARE long lost sisters...I picked up several of those exact same shirts at Walmart for dd. I painted some little Minnie heads on the neck line with puffy paint (they turned out too!!!) so maybe I'll copy you and sew in a Minnie Dot skirt.

 

[tnmom25]

Ah-HA! I think we ARE long lost sisters...I picked up several of those exact same shirts at Walmart for dd. I painted some little Minnie heads on the neck line with puffy paint (they turned out too!!!) so maybe I'll copy you and sew in a Minnie Dot skirt.

As I clicked "quote" and was waiting for the page to load, I spotted your edit comment and almost fell out of my chair!

As I was going to say, I stocked up on those cute little shiRts as they are only $2.50 now. Well, I bought all of the 3Ts they had. I only bought white though. Not sure why, mmm, I guess I'll get more tomorrow in other colors.

Anyway, I've not had my diet Pepsi Max tonight, so I'm off to bed!

 

[UtahMama]

THIS is the money shot! LOOK at her attitude....like she OWNS the catwalk!

I totally love the different looks with this one skirt!
Really cute!

 

[tarazandra]

OHH, you are making me cry with these pictures!!! What a sweet heart she is!!! Tell me, did you cry when she got her hair cut? When Arminda did this, I was crying like a baby! She had never had a real haircut before (other than a trim).

I think she looks wonderful with the shorter hair! Such a beauty, inside and out!

And, your baby is absolutely darling! Good job on the dress!

Thanks for your kind words, Teresa! I didn't cry, actually. I was so stinkin' proud of her I just grinned from ear to ear. I took pics of them measuring her hair and then of the first cut and, of course, of my Tabitha holding up her cut-off pony tail. We went to a kids' salon and they have a Locks of Love bulletin board and take their own before and after pics to put up on the board for all to see. I thought that was pretty neat.

 

[tarazandra]

We are going to a Seafood/ Chesapeake Bay Festival this weekend. This is the dress I made for both of my girls. This is the baby's first custom. I am so excited.

I do suggest not learing how to applique with the MD Blue Crab. (They are blue until you steem them. Yummo! Well I don't like them but a lot people do. )

I still have to cut some little threads. I was busy watching Monk and Psych tonight.

All those angles on the crab would have scared me, but you did a great job! Keep watching Psych! (My friend is the creator and I love hearing when people like the show )

Hey everyone -- just letting you know I am still here, lurking here and there. I've been too busy to sew and my fabric stash keeps growing. I did want to share what happened this week at DD's school. Thursday was the school's yearly back to school picnic. All of the teachers came up to me and asked where I was buying DD's clothes because everything she had been wearing to school was so cute. When I told them that I made them, they could not believe it. This made me feel really proud (since I've only been sewing for about 2 months, I also thought "Thank goodness, they are not looking at the inside of the outfits (not too pretty)). Anyway -- if that's not encouragement for a newbie, I don't know what it.

What a great compliment! You should be very proud

What a sweet DD you have! She looks so adorable with her new cut too! Love both the outfits!!!

Thank you!

I made this last night.

I got the idea from ebay. Hmm, I had the auction link but I think that is a no no, search mike custom costume if you wanted see where I got the idea from.

Best friend wanted one for her son. This really isn't for Dallas. It was just a practice run for nothing! But Dallas was asleep and her son is about 14 months old, although I think it would fit.

How cute is that? Good job!

Ok, I know you all are sick of seeing her, but I finally got the cranky one to go get some more thread with me and I finished her outfit. Now that we have a proper custom Florida State outfit I am sure we will do much better than last week! This is totally cased from CastleCreation's cute froggy outfit, which I have been wanting to copy since I saw it. I hope this does it justice:

I think it looks great, not too busy at all! I'm with you on the rick rack and really like how you used it on the straps. I must remember to try that. I too fell in love with the Froggy outfit, I don't blame you for wanting to CASE it.

 

[tarazandra]

Dreadful pictures of Kirsta. But here is her Tinkerbelle outfit. I think I should shorten the skirt so you can see the net. But that may have to come later as I've still tons of stuff to do. I was origionally attach the petals, but decided that I should have 2 looks. So I put the petals on a waistband. I used a purchased tank top.

I like how it can have two different looks, I think that's a great idea!

You put my crab to shame!!! This is fantastic!!! I thnink I will try the bobbin thread. That is the only thing I did differently. Great work, you should be very proud!

Thank you! I was rather proud of myself I thought your crab came out great! Especially when you take all those leg angles into account.

Very nice! Isn't it fun?! I'm loving it now that I've got all the good tools. I went to Hancocks today and picked up the Sulky stabilizer, bobbin thread, pressing sheet and lots of other goodies!! Funny thing is I spent $30 and didn't even buy fabric!

It was definitely fun, though I was rather nervous. Next up will be something with more pieces, but still large, I'm not ready for details!

I totally CASEd this from several of you, so I hope that's ok! I'm so excited, because it was my first time cutting into my Minnie dot. Ok, it was the Walmart knockoff, but still I swear I could hear the theme for JAWS as I was cutting it!

I finished my Christmas outfit for Emma. Thanks to all of you for your input. I went out and bought all the good stuff for appliquing onto Tshirts and it worked like a dream!

Everything came out great! Good job!

 

[LisaZoe]

I haven't read since last night but I absolutely had to share that I just finished my first applique! I am quite pleased with it and think it went well, other than the detail straight stitches. I kept the shape simple, which helped. I used all the tips I've read here and used bobbin thread, heat n' bond lite, and sulky, tear-away stabilizer. I did not use a pressing sheet because neither Joann's I went to seemed to carry it so I guess I'll order it. Anyway, here's the applique, I'll share the full dress later when I have a model for it. Although I like it, do any of you pros see something wrong that I need to do different next time?

That looks great! I can't see anything that I would say to do differently. Just keep going on the way you are and you'll be ready for princesses in no time!

I finished my Christmas outfit for Emma. Thanks to all of you for your input. I went out and bought all the good stuff for appliquing onto Tshirts and it worked like a dream!

Another great job!

All those angles on the crab would have scared me, but you did a great job! Keep watching Psych! (My friend is the creator and I love hearing when people like the show )

Oh I love Pysch! Both of the main characters are great (and the actors are very cute). I love the little "out-takes" at the end of the episodes... like this week's when they were singing Caribbean Queen while floating in water. LOL Please tell your friend to keep up the good work! I hope following Monk really helps Psych get the attention (and ratings) it deserves.

 

[glorib]

Oh, I love that skirt! I've been wanting to make DD a petal skirt for a while now - yours is awesome! Love that the petals are separate and the skirt has multiple looks!

I totally CASEd this from several of you, so I hope that's ok! I'm so excited, because it was my first time cutting into my Minnie dot. Ok, it was the Walmart knockoff, but still I swear I could hear the theme for JAWS as I was cutting it!

I finished my Christmas outfit for Emma. Thanks to all of you for your input. I went out and bought all the good stuff for appliquing onto Tshirts and it worked like a dream!

Both of these are great! I have yet to do a t-shirt dress, I'm going to have to add that to my list! They look so comfy!

 

[rie'smom]

I too am a DVC member and LOVE it. Now since I do go so often is why I have to have the custom outfits!!! LOL

But seriously, it is a family investment I am glad we purchased for the many memories it creates.

We are DVC members and own at BWV. My daughter and I go 2x a year. She's 13 and always brings a friend. We leave for our trip the last day of school every year. Then we go again during Thanksgiving. My husband comes on one trip with us.

 

[dance2874]

I totally CASEd this from several of you, so I hope that's ok! I'm so excited, because it was my first time cutting into my Minnie dot. Ok, it was the Walmart knockoff, but still I swear I could hear the theme for JAWS as I was cutting it!

I finished my Christmas outfit for Emma. Thanks to all of you for your input. I went out and bought all the good stuff for appliquing onto Tshirts and it worked like a dream!

I love them both! I bought up a bunch of those white tees too. I love the minnie dress idea, the flowers are a cute touch! I may have to copy that!

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

Dreadful pictures of Kirsta. But here is her Tinkerbelle outfit. I think I should shorten the skirt so you can see the net. But that may have to come later as I've still tons of stuff to do. I was origionally attach the petals, but decided that I should have 2 looks. So I put the petals on a waistband. I used a purchased tank top.

Very cute, and I think having 2 looks is a great idea! Did you embroider Tink on the shirt?

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

My 18 year old graciously consented to being the opium smoking caterpillar (I dont THINK so son!)

Bahahaha!!! Come on mom, where's your sense of adventure, lol.

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

I totally CASEd this from several of you, so I hope that's ok! I'm so excited, because it was my first time cutting into my Minnie dot. Ok, it was the Walmart knockoff, but still I swear I could hear the theme for JAWS as I was cutting it!

I finished my Christmas outfit for Emma. Thanks to all of you for your input. I went out and bought all the good stuff for appliquing onto Tshirts and it worked like a dream!

Both of these turned out great! The basic t-shirt is so pretty with the lace...did you do that too?