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

[Sandi S]

I AM A NEW SEWER, but so far I have felt that the McCall's patterns DO run big. I've learned that I should ALWAYS make a mock-up/muslin one first because I have needed to make adjustments. OF course, I've only tried two different patterns, so maybe it's just the ones I got??

Oh Sandi this is FABULOUS! It's so bright and cheery. I love it! Hope you are enjoying your time off.

Sunshine

The big 4 - McCall's, Simplicity, Butterick, and Vogue all use a standard 5/8 inch seam allowance. Be aware of that and pick a size based on the measurements. Also, I would suggest check out Pattern Review before you sew up something if you have any concerns. There are thousands of reviews. (I have reviewed almost 700 patterns myself - a little bit of everything.)


Thank you! I still haven't finished Arial...tomorrow perhaps - had to go back to work and do a field trip that ate into my last 48 hours pretty badly.

You very creative ladies have inspired me to do my very first ever appliqué. I'll admit, it was an easy one; Lightening McQueen. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.

Please do show us - sounds great!

What is the design ease on the pattern? That could make a difference. Also, did you use a 1/4" seam allowance or a 5/8" seam allowance? Commerical patterns tend to use 5/8" seams. I usually go with the finish garment measurements (those are usually marked along the chest, waist, and hips) to decide which size to make. I also measure the pattern first, substract the seam allowance to make sure the size is correct. I hope this helps.

What she said!

BTW - Sandra Betzina's Fast Fit and/or Palmer/Pletsch's Fit for Real People are excellent resources about fit and pattern ease. They apply mostly to women's patterns, but lots of info is applicable to any pattern.

 

[pyrxtc]

The bowling shirt is probably the one by CarlaC on you can make this. It is an awesome pattern and very easy to follow. Have you bought any of her patterns yet? You will find that they fit better and have MUCH better instructions than the McCalls etc.

Link to carlaC somewhere. Most of my problems end with the button holes. My sewing machine, when purchased, will have an automatic button holer.

I did fix the dress today. I'll have to post pics of before and after. It was a mess with my first fix.

Nevermind, found it.

I don't know if I'm following the pattern correctly or how to read it I guess cuz I didn't know there was a spot to read the finished garment size on it somewhere. Guess I ahve a lot more learning to do.

 

[DMGeurts]

Another fantastic creation by D~! Beautiful as always. Love the lanyard that went with it. That will come in super handy at the parks.

Thanks Sunny! Actually... I used my lanyard a lot in the parks - I just attached my zip wallet to it, that way I didn't have to fish out my wallet from my UPB every 5 minutes. It worked out really well!

You very creative ladies have inspired me to do my very first ever appliqué. I'll admit, it was an easy one; Lightening McQueen. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.

D~ - love the new UPB! Very cute with the ruffle. Because of you, I now have my mother's old Singer.
Looks like it could be a twin to your Precious. Guess I'd better seek out your tutorials.

I cannot wait to see your applique!

And YAY for your mom's old Singer... The model # should be right below the stitch adjuster. I am curious which model you have. I have my favorite restoring links in my PTR Table of Contents, if you need them - and if you have any questions, I am always happy to help.

Hi Everyone!!!! A new Big Give was just posted!!!! Justin has such a rare disorder, that only 1 other living child in the world has it!!! Please come on over and help star wars up this little guy and his brother and rufffle up his sister!!!! Thanks so much!!

He is the big brother!! And his little sister's adoption was made final only a bit ago!!

What a precious picture!!! I love it! I need to get my rear over to the BG site!

D~

 

[Blyssfull]

I'm on my husbands laptop instead of my netbook and boy is reading and quoting so much easier..haha... I might have to take it over.

First bowling shirt(made for DS):

First successful hand applique (made for my nephew):

Molly Peasant for DD:

Love these outfits... Button holes intimidate me, I have yet to do them. Though, I was scared of zippers and it wasn't as hard as I expected. The Peasant is super cute too. I think I love seeing everyone's precious kiddos as much as I do every one's creations!

Hi Everyone!!!! A new Big Give was just posted!!!! Justin has such a rare disorder, that only 1 other living child in the world has it!!! Please come on over and help star wars up this little guy and his brother and rufffle up his sister!!!! Thanks so much!!

He is the big brother!! And his little sister's adoption was made final only a bit ago!!

I Love!! this picture. I always think "well, I'll take a break from the next Big Give" and I just can't. All these kids have such amazing stories and are such fighters.

 

[pumpkinpatchquilter]

You very creative ladies have inspired me to do my very first ever appliqué. I'll admit, it was an easy one; Lightening McQueen. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow.

They have inspired me to do my first satin stitch applique too!!! Can't wait to see your applique...Lightening McQueen doesn't sound easy! Wow! Nice job!

Here is a picture of the Mickey head applique I did. I ended up making a mini-tote/purse out of it for my youngest. She is only a year old so all she really does is chew on it, lol*, but her older sisters both have their own totes so I decided it should go to her. I'm really pleased considering this was just a practice experiment I did with scraps! Now I feel confident enough to applique on their actual outfits...

 

[queenbeaz]

Hey everybody! Just been lurking lately, gathering tons of ideas for our first family trip in December.

I have matching/coordinating clothing ideas for EVERYTHING except the one day we will be at US. We're going mostly for the minions, but I don't do yellow. Would be fine for the kids, but not really mom or dad. I'm totally drawing a blank. Any suggestions?

Also, the hubs bought me the "super awesome" all-in-one sewing machine that sews, serges & embroiders about 2-3 years ago. It's useless except for the sewing aspect. Can't get the serger part to work at all, and the embroidery part only partially works. It skips stitches all the time. I'm planning on selling it & buying a regular serger which I will use all the time because I love upcyling t-shirts. All that to say, I love the embroidered designs, and can probably do easy appliques manually, but would be interested in who might just do some for me? PM me if you're interested, or just point me in the right direction. Thank you!

Awesome work as always, ladies!!! Thanks for the inspiration!

 

[BBGirl]

Hi Everyone!!!! A new Big Give was just posted!!!! Justin has such a rare disorder, that only 1 other living child in the world has it!!! Please come on over and help star wars up this little guy and his brother and rufffle up his sister!!!! Thanks so much!!

He is the big brother!! And his little sister's adoption was made final only a bit ago!!

I can't get into the bg boards would love to help now that I have some time. I know I signed up awhile ago but. Can't get in now.

 

[SarahJN]

Hi. Remember me? The crazy mom with the triplets. I've been lurking here and there but haven't had time to keep up.

So we finally booked our trip for this year and I've started sewing. Of course, my first dress didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to but it will do. (I think it looks cuter on a kid versus a hanger.)

Cindy sundress


apr17a by 4forSarah, on Flickr

Hopefully, I'll be back with more. (And better photos.)

 

[billwendy]

Maybe the you joined the big give before we changed boards? If you message me your user name, I could check for you?????

Thanks everyone - they are Adorable, arent they???? Mom Loves the kids to match and little Callie is a FRILLY girl!!! Would love it if someone wanted to make or send her a tutu or petti - she is very into princesses!!!!

Also - we need some harry potter fans over there!!!

Plenty of non sewing items available to send too!!

Ship date is May 12th, 2012 ( :

 

[Queen of Cumberland]

Ok. It's time to catch up and hopefully I went back far enough. This board can move quite quickly at times.

I'm working on this pillowcase-type dress right now:

It's from the Spring 08 issue and I am appliquing Alice in Wonderland designs on it.

I love looking at this magazine. I am so tempted to actually get a subscription. The pillowcase dress it super cute and I love what you ended up doing with it!

Here is our DHS... Star Wars theme except for DD who is not a huge fan of the movie.

I love it and I am particularly fond of the Han Solo. Hopefully ds will love the original movie as much as I did (dd refuses to watch it as the boys in her class are all Star Wars crazy and she thinks that the boys are just goofy).

I can't remember if i posted a pic of my grandbabies in their easter dresses...i made the dresses from fabric their greatgrandmother ,G.G.,my ex -mil,had given me when she found out i was learning to sew. she had a rubbermaid tote full of easter fabric ready to make things for her greatgrands and then had a stroke,the fabric sat for a year or so and then she gave it to me last year. So i made things for all the lil girls...dgd Avery and dgs Jackson were not able to come for the egg hunt at Nanna & Pawpaw's { their mom has issues}. there as nothing in the tote for my 2 grandsons or their cousin Conner. but there are several fabric book panels that i am hoping to make quilts with for the next grandbaby Liberty and for my niece and nephew when they have babies in the future...
anyway,here are Chloe-5,Elli - 10 next weekend!,Kensleigh-7,Gracie-7 and Blaze -7! hard to beleive he is only 3 mos. older than the twins! he's so tall and they are so short...but then again his dad is 6'4" and theirs is 5'9"...

thanks for looking and sorry if this is a repost...so much on my mind,cleaning/redoing my sewing room,end of the year at school,granddaughter
s b'day andthen dd's babyshower next month! busy busy...and i wanna sew!

The outfits sure are cute!

Great job on the skirts!

This is the one detail I added that made me fall head over heels in with the UPB again!!! I just love it!!!

Back:

Main zipper:

Looking down into the bag... This person ordered an extra zippered interior pocket - not sure if you can see it real well in this picture?

Zip wallet:

Lanyard:

The whole set together again...

D~

I am so going to have to order an UPB whenever we get to go to Disney again! You do amazing workhttp://www.wdwinfo.com/images/smilies/lovestruck.gif

Hi ladies,

So I'll be catching and posting some more pics of previous projects. Here's few to start:

First bowling shirt(made for DS):

First successful hand applique (made for my nephew):

Molly Peasant for DD:

Lovely outfits! Hope that you recover quickly.

Oh no! I'm glad that your DS seems to being doing better and hope he stays that way.

He is doing very well, thank you. For all of the things we could have been hospitalized for, this one, while a little scary at times, was very treatable and it is unlikely to have long lasting side effects. Having said that, there is a small chance that he could have low platelet levels for the rest of his life, but we'll know more for certain next week when we have anther blood test done and see his paediatrician.

For now, he seems to have recovered nicely and is now acting as a healthy 2 yr old should - he is driving me crazy with all of his climbing and jumping.

 

[cogero]

I Love!! this picture. I always think "well, I'll take a break from the next Big Give" and I just can't. All these kids have such amazing stories and are such fighters.

you sound just like me.

Cindy sundress


apr17a by 4forSarah, on Flickr

Hopefully, I'll be back with more. (And better photos.)

Welcome back and I love your dress it is adorable.

 

[Queen of Cumberland]

Hi. Remember me? The crazy mom with the triplets. I've been lurking here and there but haven't had time to keep up.

So we finally booked our trip for this year and I've started sewing. Of course, my first dress didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to but it will do. (I think it looks cuter on a kid versus a hanger.)

Cindy sundress


apr17a by 4forSarah, on Flickr

Hopefully, I'll be back with more. (And better photos.)

Love the Cindy dress - can't wait to see what else you make!

 

[lovemygrowingfamily]

Hi. Remember me? The crazy mom with the triplets. I've been lurking here and there but haven't had time to keep up.

So we finally booked our trip for this year and I've started sewing. Of course, my first dress didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to but it will do. (I think it looks cuter on a kid versus a hanger.)

Cindy sundress


apr17a by 4forSarah, on Flickr

Hopefully, I'll be back with more. (And better photos.)

I love it dress! It is beautiful!

I have been lurking here the past few weeks and busy with shirts for friends kids since they are all heading to Disney next week and want matching shirts for the kids. Here is a few of the things i have done.

Easter dress for my girls. Simply sweet pattern the oldest 2 have fully lined dresses since the floral fabric is thin.

DD in her dress

A onesie dress for a friends neices first trip to Disney.

A Marie onesie for my DD who loves her to death

This is a simple crossover bag that my dd 9 made in the hoop

Now that I am done with shirts for friends i can start on our families clothes for our Disney trip in August. I got 1 done and 1 shirt is in the process only 78 planned to go. We will see how far i get

This is DS 8 who has Aspergers. He loves Phinneas and Ferb

Currently running in my embroidery machine is a shirt for DS 12 with Luke skywalker, yoda and Darth vadar on it.

QUESTION I have read that several of you are heading to Disney in the beginning of August. Just how many of you are? We will be checking in and Pop on August 5th for 1 night and then from August 6th to the 15th we will be a the Carribean.

Now back to work. Its going to be a long 3 1/2 months

 

[Sandi S]

I love it dress! It is beautiful!

I have been lurking here the past few weeks and busy with shirts for friends kids since they are all heading to Disney next week and want matching shirts for the kids. Here is a few of the things i have done.

Easter dress for my girls. Simply sweet pattern the oldest 2 have fully lined dresses since the floral fabric is thin.

DD in her dress

A onesie dress for a friends neices first trip to Disney.

A Marie onesie for my DD who loves her to death

This is a simple crossover bag that my dd 9 made in the hoop

Now that I am done with shirts for friends i can start on our families clothes for our Disney trip in August. I got 1 done and 1 shirt is in the process only 78 planned to go. We will see how far i get

This is DS 8 who has Aspergers. He loves Phinneas and Ferb

Currently running in my embroidery machine is a shirt for DS 12 with Luke skywalker, yoda and Darth vadar on it.

QUESTION I have read that several of you are heading to Disney in the beginning of August. Just how many of you are? We will be checking in and Pop on August 5th for 1 night and then from August 6th to the 15th we will be a the Carribean.

Now back to work. Its going to be a long 3 1/2 months

We are checking into AoA on August 5th!

 

[lovemygrowingfamily]

We are checking into AoA on August 5th!

Awesome! Perhaps we will cross paths. We are relaxing and doing nothing our first day since we will be coming off of 2 days at Sanibel Island.

 

[miprender]

I am falling behind on my schedule of getting things done. With Dh being home and all the kids practices I don't know when I will ever get anything done.

miprender - I just love all of the things you made, but I especially love the peace sign/heart/mickey head outfit! So cute!!! You give me ideas.

Thanks. The peace fabric was from Joanne's.

Some people said they had to clean their cookies to log on. I had no trouble logging on but I have a Mac and that may make a difference. I prefer to eat my cookies anyway -- maybe you could try eating some and see if that works

Oh those are both so great! I bet your boys are thrilled over the Star Wars stuff. And I LOVE the peace-love-mickey set too. Such a beautiful skirt pattern!
Sunshine

Thanks. My boys love their SW as much as their Dad. DH keeps buying all these SW ships on ebay that we are going to need a bigger house soon. Now if it was fabric then I would be alright with it

Mares eat oats and does eat oats,
And little lambs eat ivy,
A kid will eat ivy too,
Wouldn't you ?

I thought this was funny, it took me a long time to figure out what those words meant

I don't get it

Here is a picture of the Mickey head applique I did. I ended up making a mini-tote/purse out of it for my youngest. She is only a year old so all she really does is chew on it, lol*, but her older sisters both have their own totes so I decided it should go to her. I'm really pleased considering this was just a practice experiment I did with scraps! Now I feel confident enough to applique on their actual outfits...

Cute little tote.

I have matching/coordinating clothing ideas for EVERYTHING except the one day we will be at US. We're going mostly for the minions, but I don't do yellow. Would be fine for the kids, but not really mom or dad. I'm totally drawing a blank. Any suggestions?

Also, the hubs bought me the "super awesome" all-in-one sewing machine that sews, serges & embroiders about 2-3 years ago. It's useless except for the sewing aspect. Can't get the serger part to work at all, and the embroidery part only partially works. It skips stitches all the time. I'm planning on selling it & buying a regular serger which I will use all the time because I love upcyling t-shirts. All that to say, I love the embroidered designs, and can probably do easy appliques manually, but would be interested in who might just do some for me? PM me if you're interested, or just point me in the right direction. Thank you!

Awesome work as always, ladies!!! Thanks for the inspiration!

I know alot of people will do Dr Suess theme. There are some cute Thing 1 , Thing 2 shirts.

Hi. Remember me? The crazy mom with the triplets. I've been lurking here and there but haven't had time to keep up.

So we finally booked our trip for this year and I've started sewing. Of course, my first dress didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to but it will do. (I think it looks cuter on a kid versus a hanger.)

Cindy sundress


apr17a by 4forSarah, on Flickr

Hopefully, I'll be back with more. (And better photos.)

Welcome back. Love the Cindy dress.
Your mom has been showing us all the great things she has been making

I love it and I am particularly fond of the Han Solo. Hopefully ds will love the original movie as much as I did (dd refuses to watch it as the boys in her class are all Star Wars crazy and she thinks that the boys are just goofy).

Thanks and yes my DD is not much into SW and hates when all the boys in her class start talking about it too.

You've been really busy but everything came out adorable. I love the matching dress.

 

[nowellsl]

Miprender,

I was responding to ivey_family's post...read the two poems under it and you'll see one written like it sounds when you sing it, the other is what it actually says. It was written a long time ago as a sort of novelty song.

In other news, I have finally thought of (most of) a name for my sewing venture. There is a special song called "Mairzy Doats" from the 1940s that dh's grandfather sings to all the babies, including his own girls when they were little. I hadn't heard the song until my first son came along, but I'm guessing my own grandparents at least knew it. Words from this song were even used in WWII as passwords by US soldiers. My degree is in US History, so I love that this song and hence my shop name has such a connection back to my grandparents' generation. It even has my last name in there. The name is: Kiddley Divey. I'm trying to decide if it needs one more word and what that should be. Ex. Kiddley Divey Duds, Kiddley Divey Boutique, etc.
C.

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?


Mares eat oats
and does eat oats,
And little lambs eat ivy,
A kid'll eat ivy too,
Wouldn't you ?


We used to sing this song when I was little, back in the olden days
Ivey_family, I think that would be an awesome name for a Boutique!

 

[PurpleEars]

I don't know if I'm following the pattern correctly or how to read it I guess cuz I didn't know there was a spot to read the finished garment size on it somewhere. Guess I ahve a lot more learning to do.

The finished sizes should be printed on the envelope. Also, when you break out the paper pattern, the finished sizes for chest, waist, and hip should be printed on the paper pattern. You may need to dig around to see them because they only show up once across all pattern pieces.

Here is a picture of the Mickey head applique I did. I ended up making a mini-tote/purse out of it for my youngest. She is only a year old so all she really does is chew on it, lol*, but her older sisters both have their own totes so I decided it should go to her. I'm really pleased considering this was just a practice experiment I did with scraps! Now I feel confident enough to applique on their actual outfits...

Great job on the bag. I like the colour combo you chose!

Hi. Remember me? The crazy mom with the triplets. I've been lurking here and there but haven't had time to keep up.

So we finally booked our trip for this year and I've started sewing. Of course, my first dress didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it to but it will do. (I think it looks cuter on a kid versus a hanger.)

Cindy sundress


apr17a by 4forSarah, on Flickr

Hopefully, I'll be back with more. (And better photos.)

Welcome back! I would have chosen the word "busy" instead of "crazy" mom with triplets! The dress looks great. I can't wait to see the other outfits!

I have been lurking here the past few weeks and busy with shirts for friends kids since they are all heading to Disney next week and want matching shirts for the kids. Here is a few of the things i have done.

Easter dress for my girls. Simply sweet pattern the oldest 2 have fully lined dresses since the floral fabric is thin.

A onesie dress for a friends neices first trip to Disney.

A Marie onesie for my DD who loves her to death

This is a simple crossover bag that my dd 9 made in the hoop

Now that I am done with shirts for friends i can start on our families clothes for our Disney trip in August. I got 1 done and 1 shirt is in the process only 78 planned to go. We will see how far i get

This is DS 8 who has Aspergers. He loves Phinneas and Ferb

Currently running in my embroidery machine is a shirt for DS 12 with Luke skywalker, yoda and Darth vadar on it.

QUESTION I have read that several of you are heading to Disney in the beginning of August. Just how many of you are? We will be checking in and Pop on August 5th for 1 night and then from August 6th to the 15th we will be a the Carribean.

Now back to work. Its going to be a long 3 1/2 months

Looks like you have been busy! I like the Marie shirt the most! Unfortunately we won't be there until after you leave.

 

[Gryffinclaw]

Maybe the you joined the big give before we changed boards? If you message me your user name, I could check for you?????

Thanks everyone - they are Adorable, arent they???? Mom Loves the kids to match and little Callie is a FRILLY girl!!! Would love it if someone wanted to make or send her a tutu or petti - she is very into princesses!!!!

Also - we need some harry potter fans over there!!!

Plenty of non sewing items available to send too!!

Ship date is May 12th, 2012 ( :

Did someone say Harry Potter??? I would LOVE an excuse to buy some HP appliqué files....unfortunately I will not be able to sew in time for this one...I'll look into some HP pixie dust though!! And yes, I am a bit of a HP fan...as I type this wearing my Gryffindor PJ pants...

 

[billwendy]

Did someone say Harry Potter??? I would LOVE an excuse to buy some HP appliqué files....unfortunately I will not be able to sew in time for this one...I'll look into some HP pixie dust though!! And yes, I am a bit of a HP fan...as I type this wearing my Gryffindor PJ pants...

HAha - yes - I dont think the boys even know they are going to WWoHP!!!


I keep getting logged out of the DIS!!! Grrrrrr driving me crazy!!!!