Disboutiquers Part 28 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[Eyore4Ever149]

Hi Folks!
It's been...a very long time since I've been over here. I first joined this thread in 2008 I think it was....
I thought I would share some stuff. I recently participated in the same launch as Mommyof2Princesses (geeze I"d forgotten that was your DIS name Nicole!) LOL!
Here is one of the dresses I sold....I'll let this be my test post to see if I still remember how to post!
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[pyrxtc]

I purchased a t-shirt from someone on etsy...the shirt is way too small for my sister who is a womans 2X....it has "bling" on the front of it. I am going to try and salvage it by taking the design off the t-shirt (cutting it off as a square or circle) and sewing it on to the back of a light cotton jacket that I bought that will fit her.
Has anyone done this and do you have any tips to help me make it as nice as possible. I paid about 50$ for the t-shirt....so I don't want to ruin it by making any mistakes.
The directions that came with the shirt, say not to iron near the "bling design", so I'm hesitant to use wonderunder or anything like that to keep it in place.
I so hope someone out there can give me some good advice....I'm really at a loss here what to do!
I love all your designs...and all the time and effort that you put into the things that you create.
I hope someone can help me save this shirt!! Thanks in Advance!!
barb in Texas

If you post a picture then somebody here may be able to help you but it's hard to know what to do when you have nothing to look at, to figure out what it is you are starting with.

Hi Folks!
It's been...a very long time since I've been over here. I first joined this thread in 2008 I think it was....
I thought I would share some stuff. I recently participated in the same launch as Mommyof2Princesses (geeze I"d forgotten that was your DIS name Nicole!) LOL!
Here is one of the dresses I sold....I'll let this be my test post to see if I still remember how to post!

IMG_8106 by darbyjessielabs, on Flickr

The dress is adorable. I love Monster's inc. Is the blue around the neck part of the dress ? It seems high ? It's hard to see what the sleeves look like in those pics too.

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

yes, the blue is all part of the bodice. It fits like a traditional little girl's party dress (like a collared dress minus the peter pan collar) the sleeves have the same style as the front.
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[Eyore4Ever149]

Here's the other dress I sold in the launch
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[pequele]

VENT: Sorry!

How bad is it that I wanted to hop on a plane this weekend and go to Disney? But nearly $1000 for plane tickets brought me to my senses. I looked at cheap fares for January and still VERY tempted. Just wish the cheap stuff was direct oh well guess I'll just go work on the Octonauts shirt at nap time. I've just been so miserably depressed this last week/2 weeks. Dealing with my DS's immunology problems and dealing with doctors plus having his surgery that was scheduled for Aug 23 to be moved to Sept 19 and then to Aug 17 after throwing a huge fit and appointment after appointment and now having to likely transfer from Dartmouth back down to Children's in Boston, I JUST WANT TO SCREAM AND RUN AWAY! My DS would love it (I'd probably melt in the August heat haha). I guess we will just have to wait til our 2 week trip in Dec. Sigh..

Sorry I just had to get it off my chest.

 

[dianemom2]

I purchased a t-shirt from someone on etsy...the shirt is way too small for my sister who is a womans 2X....it has "bling" on the front of it. I am going to try and salvage it by taking the design off the t-shirt (cutting it off as a square or circle) and sewing it on to the back of a light cotton jacket that I bought that will fit her.
Has anyone done this and do you have any tips to help me make it as nice as possible. I paid about 50$ for the t-shirt....so I don't want to ruin it by making any mistakes.
The directions that came with the shirt, say not to iron near the "bling design", so I'm hesitant to use wonderunder or anything like that to keep it in place.
barb in Texas

Is the jacket a t-shirt material? If so, I might try a reverse applique. To do that you basically just cut the design off the too small shirt. Sew it to the inside of a new t-shirt (or jacket) and then cut away enough of the new shirt so that the design shows. It should look really good that way. Here is a good tutorial. I'd just skip the part with the fusible. I've done reverse appliques before and there is no need for the fusible at all.
http://sweet-verbena.blogspot.com/2011/08/reverse-applique-tutorial.html

Hi Folks!
It's been...a very long time since I've been over here. I first joined this thread in 2008 I think it was....
I thought I would share some stuff. I recently participated in the same launch as Mommyof2Princesses (geeze I"d forgotten that was your DIS name Nicole!) LOL!
Here is one of the dresses I sold....I'll let this be my test post to see if I still remember how to post!
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I loved your Monsters Inc dress. It is so different!

Here's the other dress I sold in the launch
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But I have to say that this one was my favorite. I love the colors and the design. So perfect together!

 

[goteamwood]

Hi Folks!
It's been...a very long time since I've been over here. I first joined this thread in 2008 I think it was....
I thought I would share some stuff. I recently participated in the same launch as Mommyof2Princesses (geeze I"d forgotten that was your DIS name Nicole!) LOL!
Here is one of the dresses I sold....I'll let this be my test post to see if I still remember how to post!
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I love the Monsters Inc dress, that's my all-time favorite Pixar movie. My friend who is joining us at Disney requested a Monsters inc bowling shirt and I searched high and low for any fabric. I got one fat quarter on eBay. And found a bunch of teal and purple. Yours is very inspiring. I hope my adult bowling shirt is even a fraction as cool as that.

 

[BabyRapunzel]

I love so many of these posts but especially the monsters inc dress. It is on my ever growing list of to do items.

I need help....
I would like to embroider a name "Donald" onto a baby blanket. I have the brother PE770. I would prefer not to purchase software, because I do not have the money right now. Does anyone sell the name or know how I could do this?

 

[Yoshiandi]

So I have the dinosaur outfits for AK:

and finished Abby's bambi skirt for MK

Few more things and we are ready to go in 24 days!!!

 

[goteamwood]

I love so many of these posts but especially the monsters inc dress. It is on my ever growing list of to do items.

I need help....
I would like to embroider a name "Donald" onto a baby blanket. I have the brother PE770. I would prefer not to purchase software, because I do not have the money right now. Does anyone sell the name or know how I could do this?

Can you use the built-in 6 fonts? I think the largest is about 1 inch tall letters. Sure the fonts are limited but you can't beat the price or convenience.

 

[kdzbear]

Does anyone know of a pattern that they are willing to share to cover a Disney Wave phone? If not, I may create one. Thanks in advance.

 

[DisneyMom5]

and finished Abby's bambi skirt for MK

Few more things and we are ready to go in 24 days!!!

I love that! So unique.

 

[Yoshiandi]

The Ruffle Pop skirt is soo easy to do.. I managed this skirt in this afternoon also

Thank you ladies for introducing it to me!!

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

I love so many of these posts but especially the monsters inc dress. It is on my ever growing list of to do items.

I need help....
I would like to embroider a name "Donald" onto a baby blanket. I have the brother PE770. I would prefer not to purchase software, because I do not have the money right now. Does anyone sell the name or know how I could do this?

Thank you for the compliment on the Monster dress...
As for your text question, froufroubyheathersue sells the Disney font. While you can't format the name into a curve, you can simply load the alphabet onto your memory stick or dongle (whatever you choose to call it) and then select each letter one at a time. rather than the machine stitching it out say from top to bottom it will do each letter until complete and then move on to the next letter.
Or you can just use the text already formatted on your machine- and use the same technique. Word to the wise- most machines will stitch it out in the order you load it- so don't click on all the words in alphabetical order...not that I would know anything about that

 

[Amyhoff]

Here's the other dress I sold in the launch
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This is so pretty! I love love love the rainbow effect. I might have to try something like this for DD soon.

 

[pyrxtc]

Getting really, really frustrated !!! I have not been able to finish sewing together or do anything to the sweater for my pink Mickey set. It is a spandex/lycra/cotton knit. Really thin and silky.

I sewed in some basic seams, enough to make it look like it should but I couldn't start or end at an edge or it would suck the fabric in the throat plate and get all tangled. I did that with a regular needle. I switched to a ball point/stretch needle and it only made it worse. Now I can't do anything to the fabric at all and it's really ticking me off !!! I tried a different size needle and it still didn't work. i had to take the whole throat plate and everything off because it was tangling underneath and it took me an hour to get it back to where it would even sew straight and catch the bobbin thread and UGH !!!

I'm getting awesome on cotton but knits are not working for me !!!!!

 

[pequele]

Getting really, really frustrated !!! I have not been able to finish sewing together or do anything to the sweater for my pink Mickey set. It is a spandex/lycra/cotton knit. Really thin and silky.

I sewed in some basic seams, enough to make it look like it should but I couldn't start or end at an edge or it would suck the fabric in the throat plate and get all tangled. I did that with a regular needle. I switched to a ball point/stretch needle and it only made it worse. Now I can't do anything to the fabric at all and it's really ticking me off !!! I tried a different size needle and it still didn't work. i had to take the whole throat plate and everything off because it was tangling underneath and it took me an hour to get it back to where it would even sew straight and catch the bobbin thread and UGH !!!

I'm getting awesome on cotton but knits are not working for me !!!!!

seriously I know nothing BUT what about using a tear away stabilizer like for when you do embroidery or applique????

 

[GlassSlippers]

I just appliqued my first beach towel! It turned out so cute! I'm doing three altogether. Two of them are for teen aged girls, one girly-girl and one pseudo-goth (likes black and studs, etc, but no nasty attitude). I was going to put a pair of pink, green and yellow flip flops on a pink and white striped towel for the girly one and a watermelon slice on a lime green and white striped towel for my pseudo-goth. I mixed myself up and put the melon on the pink, but it's so adorable I can't be sorry I did it! That one will have to go to my girly girl. I've changed things up for the second towel. It's going to have flips in black with white mini dots and lime green straps which I think I'll embellish with black satin bows. The third towel is for a boy, so no mix ups there. It has navy stripes and will have a Saturn-style planet and stars. No pictures yet. One major accomplishment at a time for me! Maybe I'll get my daughter to help me figure that out tomorrow before she goes to work.

Anyhow, I wanted to thank all of you because I would most assuredly have goofed it up big-time if I hadn't been hanging out here learning from you!

I wore myself right out with my project today and I'm going to bed now. Thanks again!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[GlassSlippers]

I purchased a t-shirt from someone on etsy...the shirt is way too small for my sister who is a womans 2X....it has "bling" on the front of it. I am going to try and salvage it by taking the design off the t-shirt (cutting it off as a square or circle) and sewing it on to the back of a light cotton jacket that I bought that will fit her.
Has anyone done this and do you have any tips to help me make it as nice as possible. I paid about 50$ for the t-shirt....so I don't want to ruin it by making any mistakes.
The directions that came with the shirt, say not to iron near the "bling design", so I'm hesitant to use wonderunder or anything like that to keep it in place.
I so hope someone out there can give me some good advice....I'm really at a loss here what to do!
I love all your designs...and all the time and effort that you put into the things that you create.
I hope someone can help me save this shirt!! Thanks in Advance!!
barb in Texas

Ooh! That's a drag! Spray adhesive might work. You can get it at JoAnn Fabrics.

HTH!

Lori in East Podunk

 

[VBAndrea]

Getting really, really frustrated !!! I have not been able to finish sewing together or do anything to the sweater for my pink Mickey set. It is a spandex/lycra/cotton knit. Really thin and silky.

I sewed in some basic seams, enough to make it look like it should but I couldn't start or end at an edge or it would suck the fabric in the throat plate and get all tangled. I did that with a regular needle. I switched to a ball point/stretch needle and it only made it worse. Now I can't do anything to the fabric at all and it's really ticking me off !!! I tried a different size needle and it still didn't work. i had to take the whole throat plate and everything off because it was tangling underneath and it took me an hour to get it back to where it would even sew straight and catch the bobbin thread and UGH !!!

I'm getting awesome on cotton but knits are not working for me !!!!!

Stephanie is correct Take a small piece of tear away stabilizer and fold it over the start and stop points of where you are stitching and it will really help to keep the fabric from being sucked into the throat plate.

BEAUTIFUL WORK LADIES!!!! I did a post with tons of quotes two days ago and it apparently disappeared into Dis cyber space I am sorry I don't have time to go back and requote everything.