Disboutiquers Part 18 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[livndisney]

It is 40 degrees in Florida and I am thinking of SUMMER dresses LOL. I am putting the Christmas fabric away (may keep out some of the flannel) and moving forward to summer things!

 

[karamat]

I did an applique the other day with a stitch time of 140 minutes or something...which of course doesn't include the time it takes to change thread...you have to double the time for thread changes.....which brings me back to Heather Sue's designs....just enough detail without all the extra!

OK - I've got to see the 140 minute stitch-time applique!!

A first birthday shirt for my nephew - I think it is super cute, but my hubby hates it and says it is hideous!!! I dunno - hopefully they will like it. His brother and wife are weird, have very little contact with us...just odd people who don't treat others very well. I want them to know how much we love our nephew and hopefully keep the door open for them to be a bigger part of our lives...

We love that dog fabric around here!! I used 3 of the prints (yellow dog bone and green squares along with one other I don't think you used there) to make us napkins for the dinner table. DD2 loves them! And it gets her to help set the dinner table.

I finally have a few pics to share of my recent projects. When I finally get to doing laundry I will take pics of the boys actually wearing their shirts.
Brandon is on a Snoopy kick lately and this print is perfect for him, both pirates and Snoopy.

Love that Snoopy fabric! I've never seen that one before.

And I told Megan if she wanted something new for Valentine's Day I'd better do it now so she picked out this puppy fabric and I used Carla's skort pattern to make a double layer skort. What I love about Carla's skirt/skort pattern is that I've made it dozens of times and each one looks different. And it's so easy, of course!

Cute skirt! I bought that fabric this weekend - haven't yet decided what to make with it.

 

[PrincessKell]

wooohoooo for computer at home. Now I can actually see everything posted and not get major squinting wrinkles on my face. I loooooove all the dolly outfits that have been posted. as well as everything else.

SOOOO, its been planned and for sure this time....We will be going to my mom's for Christmas this year, and Santa's going to be taking Peach to DISNEYLAND! Im super excited. She will have NO CLUE... now that is gonna be super hard for me. I need to get on the ball and start planning on outfits. there will only be a few days in the park and some other places maybe Sea World and the San Deigo zoo Im gonna try to talk my mom into Lego Land. we will see. Beach for sure though. She is only 30 minutes away from the Mouse House.

Now its time to plan a birthday outfit...Peach will be 8 in a month! I can't believe how fast these kids grow up. And then Valentines day outfit. I have seen a few on here already and love them.

I hope to be back on the boards more now that there is a computer in the home. Its still gonna be hectic and crazy for a few months. My room mate couldn't pay her rent in fact she has nearly $1000 in back rent from May of last year.... But she had nothing for Jan. So I sadly had to tell her that she had to move I couldn't keep supporting her with no payback insite. So we will be moving, just not sure where to or when....its gonna be tight tight tight for a bit while my dr decides if I need surgery on my ankles. Ugh.... BUT we will have a great year no matter what!

 

[AlternateEgo]

Hello everyone! My backlight on my laptop is going out, so I find it difficult to post at home, but it has been working for about an hour now... so I am pressing my luck to get this posted

Thanks for all the suggestions and well wishes for the projects I am working on for my sister's baby

All the newest customs look great! Everyone is such an inspiration.

And I have been working on two dresses. One I have a picture of, I just LOVE this fabric.

I also made a Princess one for my middle daughter who never did pose for me

Thw simply sweet pattern was so easy, but... I found that it was so easy... that as I was making the second dress I wasn't following along directions... and I literally has to rip 4 seems... plus I sewed the shirt on inside out.. so I just cut that apart and now its about an inch shorter than its supposed to be.

I have a birthday profect for my niece. I figured I would practice on these dresses before starting hers. She loves Cinderella, so I am going to do a Simply Sweet, same design, and I "might" finish it out with CarlaC's directions on making it into Cinderella. I am wondering if her mother will let her wear it to school if I do that though.

I am also planning to do matching jeans with a ruffle and a short sleeve white shirt with a heart appliqued on it, so she can wear the combo while its colder out and then the dress when it gets warmer.

Also, does anyone know where I can get the Riley Blake "stars" fleece and cotton for a decent price without buying 15 yards at once?

Thanks!

 

[NiniMorris]

UGH!!!

How can an apartment that no one has officially lived in for a year be so dirty??? I have now spent the better part of three days on it! I still have to clean the carpets before we can start moving my studio down on Saturday. But almost all the furniture is moved out of the bedroom and everything is ready to be moved up to my current studio once I can start moving things out of there...it is going to be a long week!

I've been working on my budget for the coming year. I think on Feb 1 I should be able to get the Brother machine from HSN. As long as they still have it in stock then and they still have 5 monthly payments...Hubby might not be happy...but I sure will !!!!

But, I have learned the hard way not to count my chickens...so I will pretend it isn't going to happen for now.

I REALLY want to get started sewing! I can not stand having fabric, and patterns and not sew! This is just going so much against my normal way of doing things. I normally plan and plan and then wait until I have the money to buy the fabrics, then do a marathon sewing session! Now I have to wait until my machine is set up again! Tomorrow I have to take apart my sewing machine. Then it will be out of commission for at least a week.


Poor pitiful me! I guess I'll just have to spend my time planning my Disney trip! (and cleaning...yuk!

Nini

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

Henry took almost 2 weeks off from work. So, I've been enjoying spending time with him and the kids since Christmas Eve. So, I've missed a lot of good stuff on here!



I like the prewound bobbins best. Like everyone else said, they last a lot longer and are less hassle. Bobbin thread really helps to make your appliques look better, too. It's thinner and lets the threads lie closer together. As for thread, I recommend the rayon thread from Marathon Thread:
http://marathonthread.com/collection.shtml

I have the 50 most popular colors. I've had them for a year and just finally ran out of my first spool of black thread a couple of months ago They'll let you customize your own 50 colors if you call them on the phone, too.


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Wondered where you were but glad you were able to spend time with Henry!

Thanks for the advice. Do you recommend exchanging a few colors for something else with the 50 most popular colors?

I just about always use white. Because the bobbin thread is lighter weight than the embroidery thread, most of the bobbin thread is not even seen on the back any way. The only time that I don't use white is when I'm doing an in the hoop project and the back of the item needs to have matching thread.

Good to know! Thanks!

Everything is fabulous! But WHERE oh where did you get Bitty Baby's Minnie Mouse shoes! We need those! Lily has the matchy big girl version!

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We purchased the whole minnie set that matches exactly the set you probably got from your daughter when we were at disney a few years ago. Disneyshopping is now selling the sets online too. They fit the AG dolls really well. We know have snow white, belle, and minnie. the minnie is buy far my favorite! It even comes with little ears for the dolls to wear.

I noticed that project Linus was available all over the place by us, too! Do you know how many blankets they'd like you to make? One per person in your family?
!

I was wondering about project linus too so if you find out any details, would you mind sharing them with me?

yep, one per person.
!

Do you know how big they need to be...are they for adults or kids? Can you make tie blankets? Any details you can share would be much appreciated!

 

[NiniMorris]

I was wondering about project linus too so if you find out any details, would you mind sharing them with me?



Do you know how big they need to be...are they for adults or kids? Can you make tie blankets? Any details you can share would be much appreciated!

I just spoke with our project leader. You can make crochet, quilt or fleece. There is a minimum size and a maximum size. One and a half yards is about perfect. Our local chapter is asking for single thickness fleece blankies. (just requested you cut off the selvage, and cut straight...then tie so as not to bunch up...)

From my understanding, Project Linus is always kids...no adults.

We are doing two fleece and two quilts. We are all pretty excited!

Nini

 

[revrob]

Love this group! I went and looked but there is really nothing in our area

Aren't you disappointed? I looked too, and nothing. I wonder if we could go through another group in another area?

 

[mommyof2princesses]

Yikes! Not a lot of rave reviews for the newer Pfaff's. Just from those reviews alone it sounds like I would stay away.
I have a Brother sewing machine (xr-7700 - not a very expensive one from Costco) and an embroidery only machine (PE-750D again, not a very expensive one but all I could afford!) and have nothing but rave reviews for both of my machines! I have really had no problems with either machine and have found them both very easy to use, even for me! I love my embroidery machine and my only complaint is my embroidery field which isn't the machines fault! It doesn't sound like you're going to have that problem though! I'm jealous! If I remember correctly when I bought my machine that the top of the line Brother with a huge embroidery field and that snowman thingy that told the machine where to start to embroider (really cool by the way!) was around $6000 maybe? Still way more than I could afford but it sounds like it's cheaper than the Pfaff's. Good luck and I can't wait to see what you end up with!

My mom did say that the older Pfaffs were made better. Now, hers isn't that old...maybe 6 years? but hers has never broken down. The software for the embroidering part was outdated and it cost her a fortune to update it!

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Have you ever wondered if Disney reads the DisBoards? Well my guess is....Yes they do!!

http://www.disneystore.com/costumes...C-eml&att=20100103_DSI_Roleplay&RRID=13220359

If you look at the details on the dress you can see that each of us have had a hand in the design of this dress. The design on the pink fabric is the little bird pulling a ribbon (like Heather's dress). The white underneath is sheer (like the dresses that I make). I can't remember who, but someone did the white part coming off of the shoulders. WE WERE CASED BY DISNEY!!

 

[disneymomof1]

I'm a little bummed too about the Give a Day Get a Disney Day promo. There is nothing that comes up within 100 miles that will take a 6 year old. But it won't keep us from going back but just thought it would be neat to do something special. To bad the Big Give doesn't qualify.

 

[ADAMANDLISA]

Aren't you disappointed? I looked too, and nothing. I wonder if we could go through another group in another area?

We also signed up for Project Linus and it's a distance away. They got permission for us to mail our blankets rather than dropping them off. Maybe they could do that for you also!

 

[PrincessKell]

Have you ever wondered if Disney reads the DisBoards? Well my guess is....Yes they do!!

http://www.disneystore.com/costumes...C-eml&att=20100103_DSI_Roleplay&RRID=13220359

If you look at the details on the dress you can see that each of us have had a hand in the design of this dress. The design on the pink fabric is the little bird pulling a ribbon (like Heather's dress). The white underneath is sheer (like the dresses that I make). I can't remember who, but someone did the white part coming off of the shoulders. WE WERE CASED BY DISNEY!!

I don't believe i have ever seen that dress in a Disney Store before! Its about time. But I have seen some SUPER DUPER ones that are much more beautiful and sweet right here on the disboards from some super duper ladies!

 

[revrob]

We also signed up for Project Linus and it's a distance away. They got permission for us to mail our blankets rather than dropping them off. Maybe they could do that for you also!

Could you tell me the city or zip code that you entered to be able to access the group that you're working with?

 

[Tweevil]

I just sent my sister the info for being a sponsoring organization for give a day. The kids in the tribal functions are always doing community service. I wonder if she gets to be an approved location and if they were to do blanket drive if they can accept them from people at a distance?
They already do senior lunches, meal deliveries, clean ups, and other outreach programs - I am going to talk to her tonight - I will let you know.

 

[SallyfromDE]

I just about always use white. Because the bobbin thread is lighter weight than the embroidery thread, most of the bobbin thread is not even seen on the back any way. The only time that I don't use white is when I'm doing an in the hoop project and the back of the item needs to have matching thread.

What type of thread do you use in the bobbin when your working on an in the hoop project? A regular sewing thread? or an embroidery? I'm always paranoid. When I was in the store just drooling over wanting a new machine, the shop was looking at one a woman brought in to be fixed. They were talking about how this woman uses too heavy of a bobbin thread, almost like a coat thread, and that she was going to end up burning up her motor. I love to do in the Hoop, but I sure don't want to ruin my new machine.

Have you ever wondered if Disney reads the DisBoards? Well my guess is....Yes they do!!

http://www.disneystore.com/costumes...C-eml&att=20100103_DSI_Roleplay&RRID=13220359

If you look at the details on the dress you can see that each of us have had a hand in the design of this dress. The design on the pink fabric is the little bird pulling a ribbon (like Heather's dress). The white underneath is sheer (like the dresses that I make). I can't remember who, but someone did the white part coming off of the shoulders. WE WERE CASED BY DISNEY!!

I saw these in the store around Thanksgiving. I thought they looked really nice for the price. And it wasn't the $79. I think they had it at the $49 or so. And that was my thought to, that they must have seen a bunch of kids in the pink dresses, so they had to case everyone.

 

[PrincessKell]

I'm a little bummed too about the Give a Day Get a Disney Day promo. There is nothing that comes up within 100 miles that will take a 6 year old. But it won't keep us from going back but just thought it would be neat to do something special. To bad the Big Give doesn't qualify.

Really that is a bummer!

 

[ireland_nicole]

Hello Again!

I finished Isabella's dress last night and her AG dolls this morning. I let each girl pick the top of the CarlaC simply sweet dress. I know we like big pictures, so here we go.

I used a embroidery from Heathersue (Thank you, Heathersue! I think they turned out fantastic!)

Front:

and the back:

Here is the dress I did for Bianca last weekend. Forgot to take the picture of the AG doll with her, so it is separate.

Front:

Back:

and the AG doll:

You all have been such an inspiration for me. Thank you

I realized today that I did forget to mention that I have an upcoming trip that I plan on having customs done for each day! We are doing three days at the parks, then a five day Disney cruise!! I was going to do them for our trip last year, but time just got away from me. I am going to just go one day at a time. I know I need a pirate costume for each girl, but other than that, no decisions have been made.

Can't wait to see what you make for your trip! I love what you posted; I always love girl/doll matching outfits- super cute!

Hello everyone! My backlight on my laptop is going out, so I find it difficult to post at home, but it has been working for about an hour now... so I am pressing my luck to get this posted

Thanks for all the suggestions and well wishes for the projects I am working on for my sister's baby

All the newest customs look great! Everyone is such an inspiration.

And I have been working on two dresses. One I have a picture of, I just LOVE this fabric.

I also made a Princess one for my middle daughter who never did pose for me

Thw simply sweet pattern was so easy, but... I found that it was so easy... that as I was making the second dress I wasn't following along directions... and I literally has to rip 4 seems... plus I sewed the shirt on inside out.. so I just cut that apart and now its about an inch shorter than its supposed to be.

I have a birthday profect for my niece. I figured I would practice on these dresses before starting hers. She loves Cinderella, so I am going to do a Simply Sweet, same design, and I "might" finish it out with CarlaC's directions on making it into Cinderella. I am wondering if her mother will let her wear it to school if I do that though.

I am also planning to do matching jeans with a ruffle and a short sleeve white shirt with a heart appliqued on it, so she can wear the combo while its colder out and then the dress when it gets warmer.

Also, does anyone know where I can get the Riley Blake "stars" fleece and cotton for a decent price without buying 15 yards at once?

Thanks!

Cute! I know your pain re: the simply sweet; I have sewed more pairs of easy fits upside down or backwards because I just zone out LOL.

 

[charlinn]

Just found out there is a "Project Linus" in my area!! Yay!! I sent my email address for the additional info! I am so excited. We are planning another trip (Disneyland) for my DD's 6th Birthday in March! This will give us an extra day in the Park! whoohoo!

 

[charlinn]

Hello Again!

I finished Isabella's dress last night and her AG dolls this morning. I let each girl pick the top of the CarlaC simply sweet dress. I know we like big pictures, so here we go.

I used a embroidery from Heathersue (Thank you, Heathersue! I think they turned out fantastic!)

Front:

Front:

and the AG doll:

So so cute!! Love it.