Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes Part 4

[teresajoy]

My HSM jeans didn't hold up too well! The patches seem to be ok, but the printable fabric that I used is falling apart. I think I can restitch and salvage them, but I haven't tried yet!

What brand was the printable fabric?

 

[Camping Griswalds]

Isn't it nice to be the mother of such a cute teenager?

Truthfully...NO!! He was asked to Homecoming last night by a tenth grade girl. NONONONONO

Hehe, I won't say a WORD!!!

Your house looks a lot like one of the houses Heather use to have (that her hubby built
). Do you have turrets?

Oh that would be nice! No turrets here!!!

I can't believe I missed out on the 1000th page!! See the above response to my sister if you don't know why I wasn't here. I think that alone deserves some taffy, to replenish all the nourishment I lost!

You PM me and I'll get you some taffy too!!! If only for the horror of having someone in your family having to eat a pet. What the Heck were they thinking???

HELLO!!!! Call Disney, we've found the star of High School Musical 3!! What a couple of cuties!

Oh how nice!!! My youngest would die, if you told him he was cute, girls and cuteness are still "Yucko". Now oldest....

 

[teresajoy]

Okay...........I need some reassuring from this wonderful thread. You guys don't know me but I have been reading thru this thread for the past two weeks. My name is Michele, I am here in Tucson, AZ and am married with a DD8. I went out and bought some minnie red dot material and have a pattern pinned to it. It is the sewing for dummies skirt pattern.

I AM SO AFRAID TO CUT IT OUT AND START.........YIKES!!

I have read thru the directions and read thru them, but they still seem a bit confusing. I am determined to do this without calling my mom back home in NY. I have had my sewing machine now for two years, but only bought so I had one when my mom was here to sew with or hem things that I needed.

Can anyone send some encouraging words my way or tips, I would greatly appreciate it!

I am going to read thru some more posts, then maybe go cut. I need to do this we leave on October 5th.

Okay, Michele, deep breaths......deep breaths......you can do it, you can do it.....

You can do it!!!! If you run into trouble, just come back here and post, these ladies are VERY helpful! There is also a section in the bookmarks for sewing tips and techniques, you could take a look at that to help reassure yourself. I thingk the sewing.org site has some pretty good tips for the beginner.

Good luck, I can't wait to see the skirt when you are done!

 

[t-beri]

Yeah, most of my traumatic experiences are humorous. I swear I'm not lyin' about the butter thing. I must have been 22 before someone said, "No, I swear I'm not cooking a rabbit, it's just butter heating in the pan" before I knew. But I'm sure my family get more laughs out of the Cosmo part, my mom get hysterical over it still!!!

Heather, hope you feel better soon!!

...t.

 

[HeatherSue]

Okay...........I need some reassuring from this wonderful thread. You guys don't know me but I have been reading thru this thread for the past two weeks. My name is Michele, I am here in Tucson, AZ and am married with a DD8. I went out and bought some minnie red dot material and have a pattern pinned to it. It is the sewing for dummies skirt pattern.

I AM SO AFRAID TO CUT IT OUT AND START.........YIKES!!

I have read thru the directions and read thru them, but they still seem a bit confusing. I am determined to do this without calling my mom back home in NY. I have had my sewing machine now for two years, but only bought so I had one when my mom was here to sew with or hem things that I needed.

Can anyone send some encouraging words my way or tips, I would greatly appreciate it!

I am going to read thru some more posts, then maybe go cut. I need to do this we leave on October 5th.

Okay, Michele, deep breaths......deep breaths......you can do it, you can do it.....

Go Michele, Go Michele, YAY Michele!!! I know how you feel! I just started sewing a few months ago and I was so scared to cut the fabric that I was shaking! But, it turned out and I only had to use the seam ripper a couple of times. Like Teresajoy said, if you need help, just ask!!

Truthfully...NO!! He was asked to Homecoming last night by a tenth grade girl. NONONONONO

You PM me and I'll get you some taffy too!!! If only for the horror of having someone in your family having to eat a pet. What the Heck were they thinking???

Oh how nice!!! My youngest would die, if you told him he was cute, girls and cuteness are still "Yucko". Now oldest....

How old is your oldest? He looks like he's in at least 10th grade to me. You poor mommy!

I would LOVE some taffy!! Are you serious!?!! Yes, my Grandma was pretty horrible to my mother (but not her 4 siblings). Now my grandma lives with my mom so my mom can take care of her. How twisted is that?

 

[t-beri]

Okay...........I need some reassuring from this wonderful thread. You guys don't know me but I have been reading thru this thread for the past two weeks. My name is Michele, I am here in Tucson, AZ and am married with a DD8. I went out and bought some minnie red dot material and have a pattern pinned to it. It is the sewing for dummies skirt pattern.

I AM SO AFRAID TO CUT IT OUT AND START.........YIKES!!

I have read thru the directions and read thru them, but they still seem a bit confusing. I am determined to do this without calling my mom back home in NY. I have had my sewing machine now for two years, but only bought so I had one when my mom was here to sew with or hem things that I needed.

Can anyone send some encouraging words my way or tips, I would greatly appreciate it!

I am going to read thru some more posts, then maybe go cut. I need to do this we leave on October 5th.

Okay, Michele, deep breaths......deep breaths......you can do it, you can do it.....

I'll you on too!! I am at best a novice seamstress as well. As a matter of fact I usually use the term "sewer" instead cause I'm so NOT CLOSE to being a professional!!! Those sewing for dummies patterns generally mean just that. They are totally for newbies. and You've gotta start somewhere. Remember, you can do it and we're here for you just holler if you need a hand. Or even just an ear.
...t.

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Good morning…I have some time this am before we are off to EPCOT…and I just feel led to tell my dear friends how my life has been touched. Our youngest of 5 is a recovering crack addict. She was so cute and sweet and adorable, just like all of the dear little girls on this board. We live in PA Dutch country and even have a horse and buggy parking area at our waldemart. Drugs was the last thing I ever worried about in our little middle class lives.


So please excuse my posting so much of DGD. And God bless each of you and your wonderful little miracles…

Susan

Wow what a story. Of course we don't mind looking at that adorable little girl in those cute clothes you have made for her. You seem like a very loving Grandmother. God has blessed you because you never gave up on your DD, you searched for her in the worst places. I hope everything continues to go well. It sounds like you are having a great trip to WDW on top of it all. THank you for sharing your story too!

 

[CheleLynn2]

Okay..........I am going to go cut and try to start this skirt. I am off today and my daugter won't be home from school till around 4:30pm so I have all day to play. Thanks for the encouraging words everyone!!

I am still reading thru all the past posts, I am on page 602, so I am getting there.

 

[adoptionmomma4]

Good morning…I have some time this am before we are off to EPCOT…and I just feel led to tell my dear friends how my life has been touched. Our youngest of 5 is a recovering crack addict. She was so cute and sweet and adorable, just like all of the dear little girls on this board. We live in PA Dutch country and even have a horse and buggy parking area at our waldemart. Drugs was the last thing I ever worried about in our little middle class lives.

To make a long story short…after 2 years of trying everything, we finally resorted to tough love..but the drugs meant more to DD than anything and she just walked out…for a while we knew she was with a 50 year old drug dealer (she was 20 by then) but then I lost touch with her. I did everything I could to try to find her, and discovered she was in North Phila, left there by him, and selling herself for drugs – a horror a mother and father can’t imagine…I just remember being hysterical at the time. DH would drive 100 miles to N Phila and walk the streets Fri and Sat nights looking for her or for clues…it was a war zone..helicopters, guns, knives, drugs, prostitutes, murders…everyone knew her..she was one of the few persons of noncolor in the area…but no one would talk…the police had picked her up twice for prostitution but wouldn’t hold her…so we lost her…she was in shelters..crack houses…and even the city detectives told us that white prostitutes were being beheaded and we should check the morgues. I cried myself to sleep everynight…and the only thing that kept DH and I from losing our minds and our lives was the birth of Makayla. I would hear my DH sobbing softly as he rocked her to sleep, remembering how he always rocked DD to sleep…we spent every minute we could with Makayla as it was our only joy in life…she is truly my angel…the last straw for me was going into a little shack of a barbeque place in N Phila and asked a man working there if he knew DD and he said yes, he fed her a few times because she was hungry. I died…thinking that my beautiful DD was begging for food when all she had to do was pick up the phone and call me…that night I went to my oldest DD’s church in the suburbs and we prayed in a communal prayer session for 3 hours, and I asked God (as I always did) just to keep her safe, that’s all, just be with her…and for all the other young girls and boys who are addicts..there were so many parents at this church praying for their teens and young adult children addicted to drugs that it was an eye opener. I really couldn’t take it anymore and I was going to go home in the am…at 5:45am DD left a tearful message on my cell phone while I slept that she was ok and wanted to come home…praise God. He kept DD safe…long story short she is clean for 18 mo, went to rehab, halfway house, married the man who saved her from the streets, and has a 6 month old baby boy. DD knows it was God who saved her and her faith in Jesus that kept her from dying numerous times..she is neg for HIV, hepatitis and all STD’s a true miracle.

And to this day, our little Makayla has been our gift from God who kept us going when we thought we couldn’t cry one more tear or take one more breath from the pain of all DD was going through….

So please excuse my posting so much of DGD. And God bless each of you and your wonderful little miracles…

Susan

What a wonderful new beginning your daughter has. It is a blessing to hear how God turned your daughters’ life around. I am so happy she was able to make those changes.

Without going into too much detail, that is exactly the life my kids birth mom was leading when we received our precious gifts from God. We have had them in our home for 4.5 years (though is seems like forever). I just received a call from their birth mom a few weeks ago (imagine my shock when I answered the phone and she told me who she was. I almost hung up.) and she also has cleaned up her life. She is sober, drug free and recently married. She is also expecting a new baby in about 5 months. I really think the Lord is blessing her for all of the sacrifice she made in giving us these three beautiful children. As sad as it was for her to let them go (she gave up rights to us) she was giving us the three children God wanted us to have. They were always meant to be ours. I can not imagine the hurt it caused her to walk away from the only thing in this world she loved. When she called I thanked her for being so selfless and for giving Chad and I three of the four best things we have in our lives. I just sent her some pictures and video of the kids I just took. I also sent her some samples of schoolwork, stories they have written and pictures they have drawn. I think she will love seeing all of it. She doesn’t want to see them right now, but it is a possibility in the future. She just want's to see what they look like and see how well they are doing.

Sorry to get so sappy I just sent the letter and pictures today. I logged on here and saw this post so I thought I would respond.

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Okay...........I need some reassuring from this wonderful thread. You guys don't know me but I have been reading thru this thread for the past two weeks. My name is Michele, I am here in Tucson, AZ and am married with a DD8. I went out and bought some minnie red dot material and have a pattern pinned to it. It is the sewing for dummies skirt pattern.

I AM SO AFRAID TO CUT IT OUT AND START.........YIKES!!

I have read thru the directions and read thru them, but they still seem a bit confusing. I am determined to do this without calling my mom back home in NY. I have had my sewing machine now for two years, but only bought so I had one when my mom was here to sew with or hem things that I needed.

Can anyone send some encouraging words my way or tips, I would greatly appreciate it!

I am going to read thru some more posts, then maybe go cut. I need to do this we leave on October 5th.

Okay, Michele, deep breaths......deep breaths......you can do it, you can do it.....

You can do it! For me pinning it is one of the hard parts. If things don't look right you can repin it before you start cutting! Luckily Minnie Dot doesn't have any patterns or stripes to match. Some fabric has a one way design and if you don't cut it out right you have upside down Mickeys! Take a photo too and post it here if you get stuck.

Good LUCK!

 

[PiperPizzaz]

Michele, You can do it! Just go slow and know that you will make some mistakes but, it will turn out ok. Everytime you make something you will get better and better and it will get easier. (trust me I am in the middle of that process lol)


Here are my overalls, (I know not Disney but oh well) I finally found my card reader:

I used quilters fat quarters from JoAnn's and I bought that Sulky thread (not cotton) it was really nice, very shiny. Denim is so easy to sew on I was suprised. I didn't put anything on the back yet, I might add a leaf I don't know.
Oh I wanted to add I did the bib part with the button holes. Something we had talked about on here about 500 pages ago at least. It was a little fiddley but, not too bad. I think I would do it again. It is worth it to me to have the whole bib covered.

 

[Stephres]

And, as Heather and I found out, upside down patterns mean the kid wearing them can see them better so it's all good!

 

[Caitsmama]

Hi everyone, i have been lurking on this thread for a while.. I am just in so much awe! You guys are so talented!!
I don't sew, but i have a great sewing machine that was a gift from my aunt ( didn't she know she was supposed to get me lessons too?!) and it is sitting here collecting dust.. I would love to learn someday though..

I saw a post mentioning "decoupoge jeans", can someone point me to some directions for those, they peaked my intrest.. are they a "no sew" thing??

TIA!

 

[PiperPizzaz]

OT, today is my birthday. I am 39 yrs young. UGH. My last yr of being 30 something.

Happy Birthday! Hope it was a good one!

Captain Jack Sparrow. DN10, DN6 and DD4. You can see the back of DN6's top that I made. She was a last minute add on and that's what I whipped up for her. It ties in the back.

Cute! I especially like these outfits!
My oh my isn't someone standing mighty close to the Capt?!

Cool outfit, is that one of the Disney Store patches? It is hard to see. I have some of the Mickey ones I am trying to figure out what to do with.

Ok, here's what I've been up to:

For dgd2 - she's so excited about going to wdw! She tells everyone that her Nana is taking her in December! She goes wild over Mickey Mouse!

And this is one of my favorites! This is for dd7 to wear to CRT.

Wow I especially like that swirly one, it is very different.

 

[EnchantedPrincess]

Wow..I am loving all those disney customs! I have always wanted to learn to sew and my dh bought me a really nice machine couple years ago, and I haven't really done much with it. If I start now, maybe I can get a few things done for my dd and ds for our next trip. I wish I can be so talented like all of you ladies over here!

 

[t-beri]

OK, so if one more non- sewer says they have a really great sewing machine lying around when I have to go to my MIL's to sew I'm gonna join Heather's puking!!!
...t.

 

[karenbg]

i have seen some cute smocking pieces here, cnd any one tell me where the plates were purchased?

 

[jham]

Hi!! Im new to the boards. My family is going to Disney World for the first time in January. Can any of you tell me how to find some of these outfits to buy for a size 12-18 months?? Eveything I see on ebay is larger or they have a picture for a 3 year old. Its hard to tell what it would look like on a smaller size. I dont know how to sew. Thanks for any help.

Thanks,
Melanie

DD 04/25/94
DS 02/27/96
DS 02/28/05
DD 10/19/06


Trip to Disney is only 107 Days away!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome! I have found some patterns and made a few things for my daughter (2) and my neice (12 mo). I am not much of a "sewer" myself, but it is fun and who cares if it's not perfect. Hang around here too long and we might talk you into making something yourself! When are you going in January? I also have a DD,DS,DS, and DD in that order. We will be in the World Jan 18-25, second trip for me, DH, DD10 and DS8 (he was almost 2 the first time) and first trip for DS4 and DD2.

 

[Caitsmama]

OK, so if one more non- sewer says they have a really great sewing machine lying around when I have to go to my MIL's to sew I'm gonna join Heather's puking!!!
...t.

You can always make me an offer! I have Hannah Montana tix that i need to recoop from!!

 

[angelfallenhere]

We are going Jan. 14-21. Im considering buying a sewing machine. But I wouldnt know where to start. Ive never touched one. On another note I went to Hobby Lobby today. I bought a clearanced 3/4 of a yard princess fabric I paid a dollar for it. I dont know what to do?? But I know I LOVE ALL the outfits you all have I have been through all the pages.

Thanks,
Melanie

DD 04/25/94
DS 02/27/96
DS 02/28/05
DD 10/19/06

107 More Days Till Disney!!!