Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes Part 4

[Camping Griswalds]

Where do you guys get the "For Dummies" patterns?

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

Disney Halloween Overalls.

I finally got a willing model.. well okay I had to bribe her with candy. DS has gone to bed. He was so tired!

Here is DD in her overalls

DS's Overalls

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[jham]

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Well here is my skirt, I am not sure when I will be able to do the elastic, my daughter has a soccer game tonite and I have to work 10-7 tomorrow, maybe sunday I can finish it and get a pic of my daughter in it. I just hope it fits her now that it worked out for me.

Now I have to decide if I should just glue on the minnie head on a white tshirt or try to applique?? I don't think I will push my luck and maybe just glue it down and pin on a cute little bow?? Good thing I picked up three tshirts in case I make a mistake. If I can get hers down, I would love to make one for my mom who is going with us, and maybe one for me??

It looks great! And it's bound to fit. This style of skirt is pretty flexible, especially with an elastic waist! I've had to take my elastic out, resize it and try it on again before. Just don't close your casing until she has tried it on and you know the elastic is a good fit. For my Mickey head applique shape I have a Mickey head paper punch in my scrapbooking stuff. It is about 1 1/2" or so big, so I punched out a black Mickey head then enlarged it (a lot) on my printer/scanner and printed it out.

 

[jham]

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!!!

Hey, our trips overlap 4 days! Now you need to make something so I can spot you in a crowd I bought my sewing machine several years ago. It was just an inexpensive Singer from Wal-mart and it works great. I definitely try to find fabric at Wallys first because it is usually cheaper, but you can find some good sales and coupons. Sometimes I will stare at a shelf forever and see one or two Disney prints, then walk back ten minutes later and see a couple more I missed. Okay, not sometimes, pretty much every time. I found some light blue fabric with teeny white polka dots for $1 at Wally's the other day. It definitely says Cinderella to me.

 

[jham]

Disney Halloween Overalls.

I finally got a willing model.. well okay I had to bribe her with candy. DS has gone to bed. He was so tired!

Here is DD in her overalls

DS's Overalls

Back

Very cute! And I love the dog in the photo! It makes me want a dog. My DD loves dogs so much but ours died a year ago.

 

[PiperPizzaz]

Too funny!! You sound so much like me.. When I taught myself to knit, I sat on the couch saying "hey look, I'm knitting" or "in case you haven't noticed, I'm knitting" My DH and MIL were in stitches over it.

Any other knitters out there? I taught myself to knit last Oct. and I started a local knitting group in Jan. I love it! Anyone here on Ravelry? It is a new knitting community site and very very cool!
<-----------see my knit socks. 8)

 

[dopeysgirl]

YAY GOD! (that is what I always say when something amazing happens...)What an amazing story! Praise God that she is fine now. I can't imagine the horrors you went through.
Thanks so much for sharing this with us---it really touches me.
Many blessings to your family.

how funny! we always do the "yah Jesus" dance at our house when something good happens! susan, what an awesome story!

 

[2cutekidz]

So am I correct that with the shirt all you did was cut out the material and ribbon and glue it to the shirt??? I wanted to applique a black mickey with a bow pinned on (minnie ) to go with the skirt I am doing today, but I really don't want to mess it up, maybe I could just do that???

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Yep, this is just glued on. I haven't washed this set yet, but I did wash another top with ribbon glued on and that one held up ok in the wash. The fabric is at Joann's. It is expensive I think $9 a yard. For this outfit you wouldn't need much - not even half a yard.

 

[jennwdw]

I received an email today to enter a contest to win a trip to WDW. It's a Halloween costume contest. I figured one you could win this. Here's the link if interested:

http://family.go.com/Halloween-Costume-Contest/?CMP=NLC-S768F6068345

I've never posted a link before. I hope it works! Good luck. Let us know if you entered. It would be great if one of us DisBoutiquers won.

Aimee G....I hope you plan to check this out....Your costumes are fabulous and would probably do well!!!

 

[bsusanmb]

So sweet, Snow White is beautiful and Makayla just went running to her and Dopey..what a great vacation...and what wonderful memories...unfortunately I never finished her Snow White or Belle dresses, so she wore this one. Next year...

Now to start on Nicholas's outfits...a 3 year old boy...hummm...Handy Manny here I come...

Susan

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

I finished my bag!
I think these photos turned out better than the ones of my DD. I should have taken her picture in the kitchen. I'll post a better picture of both kids in their overalls outside.

Here is the bag

I love making bags. I used Butterick 4823. It is a great pattern I will use it again to make a Christmas themed bag.

 

[tadamom]

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Well here is my skirt, I am not sure when I will be able to do the elastic, my daughter has a soccer game tonite and I have to work 10-7 tomorrow, maybe sunday I can finish it and get a pic of my daughter in it. I just hope it fits her now that it worked out for me.

Now I have to decide if I should just glue on the minnie head on a white tshirt or try to applique?? I don't think I will push my luck and maybe just glue it down and pin on a cute little bow?? Good thing I picked up three tshirts in case I make a mistake. If I can get hers down, I would love to make one for my mom who is going with us, and maybe one for me??

This is adorable!! I'm not a professional seamstress but I can sew and I am scared to attempt one of these! GREAT JOB!

 

[tadamom]

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Sorry the pics are so big, I will have to work on that, but here is the outfit I made no sew this morning. The capris I got at Target (my favorite) for $8.99 and they already said cutie and had the heart on them. Also sorry the second pic is so blurry, my red and white ribbon where the white dots are turned kinda light pink, I think because it is on a red shirt??

Otherwise I really like it, like I said before, let's just hope everything stays on.

Great job on the shirt!! It's super cute!

 

[Dreamer & Wisher]

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Well here is my skirt, I am not sure when I will be able to do the elastic, my daughter has a soccer game tonite and I have to work 10-7 tomorrow, maybe sunday I can finish it and get a pic of my daughter in it. I just hope it fits her now that it worked out for me.

Now I have to decide if I should just glue on the minnie head on a white tshirt or try to applique?? I don't think I will push my luck and maybe just glue it down and pin on a cute little bow?? Good thing I picked up three tshirts in case I make a mistake. If I can get hers down, I would love to make one for my mom who is going with us, and maybe one for me??

It looks adorable! If you have three shirts why not try to applique? For me it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. As long as you can get your machine to do what you want it to do which is a satin stitch (zig zag stitches close together) Some of the ladies have used Ultra Bond to iron on the Mickey head to the shirt and then used fabric paint around the edges.

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.

Very cute! I will have to try the Sulky Thread. It looks really professional.

So sweet, Snow White is beautiful and Makayla just went running to her and Dopey..what a great vacation...and what wonderful memories...unfortunately I never finished her Snow White or Belle dresses, so she wore this one. Next year...

Now to start on Nicholas's outfits...a 3 year old boy...hummm...Handy Manny here I come...

Susan

Wow! That is an Adorable photo of Makayla and Snow White. I am jealous you got to see Dopey too. Five trips to WDW in 2 years and we have yet to see any of the Seven Dwarfes (how do you spell Dwarves?).

 

[tadamom]

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.

These are GREAT!! I sooo need to get my Halloween fabric out soon!

 

[tadamom]

I finished my bag!
I think these photos turned out better than the ones of my DD. I should have taken her picture in the kitchen. I'll post a better picture of both kids in their overalls outside.

Here is the bag

I love making bags. I used Butterick 4823. It is a great pattern I will use it again to make a Christmas themed bag.

I loooove this bag! GREAT JOB!

 

[tadamom]

Disney Halloween Overalls.

I finally got a willing model.. well okay I had to bribe her with candy. DS has gone to bed. He was so tired!

Here is DD in her overalls

DS's Overalls

Back

Awesome job!!!

 

[tadamom]

So sweet, Snow White is beautiful and Makayla just went running to her and Dopey..what a great vacation...and what wonderful memories...unfortunately I never finished her Snow White or Belle dresses, so she wore this one. Next year...

Now to start on Nicholas's outfits...a 3 year old boy...hummm...Handy Manny here I come...

Susan

She is absolutely adorable!!!!! You can tell that she is just having the time of her life!!!! Great pics and thank you for sharing your vacation with us (while you are on it). I miss Disney so much and I have felt like I was there with you!!!

 

[CheleLynn2]

Where do you guys get the "For Dummies" patterns?

I bought mine at Walmart, I'm sure they have them at Joanne's and other fabric stores.

It looks great! And it's bound to fit. This style of skirt is pretty flexible, especially with an elastic waist! I've had to take my elastic out, resize it and try it on again before. Just don't close your casing until she has tried it on and you know the elastic is a good fit. For my Mickey head applique shape I have a Mickey head paper punch in my scrapbooking stuff. It is about 1 1/2" or so big, so I punched out a black Mickey head then enlarged it (a lot) on my printer/scanner and printed it out.

I did put the elastic in and then measured it on her when she got home. The length hit her right where I wanted it to. She was so excited to see it when she got home. I have a Mickey head cut out in the size I want, now I just have to do it.

Back pocket

Yep, this is just glued on. I haven't washed this set yet, but I did wash another top with ribbon glued on and that one held up ok in the wash. The fabric is at Joann's. It is expensive I think $9 a yard. For this outfit you wouldn't need much - not even half a yard.

It looks so nice, I LOVE IT! I am going to try one this weekend, I just hope I can keep a steady hand to cut it out evenly.

I finished my bag!
I think these photos turned out better than the ones of my DD. I should have taken her picture in the kitchen. I'll post a better picture of both kids in their overalls outside.

Here is the bag

I love making bags. I used Butterick 4823. It is a great pattern I will use it again to make a Christmas themed bag.

This bag is sooooo great. I really liked the overalls you did too!!

 

[bsusanmb]

That is beautiful!

When did this all happen? Did you just recently get your dd back in your life?

yes, we did. I truly have faith that DD will be ok. DH takes one day at a time.
Unfotunately DD and her DH and DS live in North Phila in a terrible place. Your worst imagination can't even touch how horrible the place is. BUT, DD is happy, is clean, and she is such a loving mother. No sooner did we get DD home and clean that she left to go to North Phila to stay with the man who took her off the streets and convinced her to come home. He would not have been our choice for DD, but we have come to accept this. I believe Psalm 139 All your days were written in my book before you were one day old.
DD calls me several times a day and she is truly happy. DH and I have provided everything the baby could need, except a home. DD's DH is a convicted felon and he works for the city of phila..and he would never be able to get a job anywhere else for quite a long time, if ever...so it is DD's live and I am here to support her and love her...I truly am at peace with all of it...DD's husband is black and of course our grandbaby is mixed race...he is adorable and we just love him...

One of the consequences of having a child who is an addict is how it affects the rest of the family. My oldest DD and SIL were unable to conceive and eventually adopted a baby from a Russian orphanage. And then her baby sister is able to conceive...it was a tense situation until the adoption came through...and our middle DD resents the pain that her sister put us through..she was with us through all of this and she has a lot of anger towards her sister. All I can do is pray about it...and I try very hard to help the DD's understand that the babies are not to blame for any of this, and they need to know one another...and they do...so, that is my story...and I suppose I just had to tell it because I know now that none of us is safe from the horror of addiction and that I nearly lost my DD forever. There are so many twists and turns to this story and God truly intervened when He knew I couldn't take another day...including when we finally brought DD home, with only one outfit and no shoes...at 95 pounds and suffering from the effects of the drugs...no one would fund her rehab because of the bench warrants from Phila for prostitution...but I prayed and God opened a door...a friend called a friend and his county paid for her rehab because she was homeless...praise God. The entire story is so long that I should probably write a book ..it would probably help nonbelievers to believe...

Thanks to all of you for your kind words. My extended family is really embarrassed and ashamed of all of this, but I truly owe all the glory to God and the power of prayer and a mother who refused to give up...

Susan