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

[Queen of Cumberland]

Here is what I have been working on for the last several days. First up a reversible baby bubble romper. The first side has one of my new designs:

Then I did Heather Sue's Bambi on ther other side:

Then I made a reversible, open backed baby dress with a ruffled diaper cover:

Those are so darling! I wish I had started sewing again when dd was little.

Hi all,

There is so much happening here and I just wanted to officially say hi and I love your work to ALL! Happy sewing!

Hi to you too!

Here is the matching set

Here's a close up of DS9's shirt

And ds4's shirt

And here's DD's matching top

I'll post pics of the others once I finish!

You did a great job!

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr


Emme sundress back by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

Emme sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr


Sophie sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

Your dresses are so cute - I adore your made by mice dress!

 

[Blyssfull]

I've made several of these bags and I really like them. They come out very cute. But I am not letting either one of my girls near my embroidery machine. That's MY toy, not theirs! LOL!

Here is what I have been working on for the last several days. First up a reversible baby bubble romper. The first side has one of my new designs:

Then I did Heather Sue's Bambi on ther other side:

Then I made a reversible, open backed baby dress with a ruffled diaper cover:

Then, this is the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts. To celebrate they are having a huge gathering called Girl Scouts Rock the Mall in Washington DC. I made each of the Girl Scout troop leaders a shirt to wear to the event.

Love everything you posted. I think it's so cute how you make things reversible!

Hi all,

I have been lurking here for a few months. I'm new(er) to sewing - basically became inspired by looking at all of the fun creations here, on Esty, and at the fabric stores lately that I decided it was time to dig out the old Montgomery Wards sewing machine my mom bought me (has a great straight stitch) and really, seriously, give it a try.


I will post some pictures of my first attempts once I get my posts up above 10. We're not going on our first family trip until next October _POR here we come, so I gave myself pleanty of time for DD's outfits, and might even attempt a Phinneas and Ferb outfit for DS if he lets me.

There is so much happening here and I just wanted to officially say hi and I love your work to ALL! Happy sewing!

Welcome to the addiction. Looking forward to seeing the pics of the things you've made.

welcome to all the newbies.

I bought a new serger. I went with a Janome 1110DX. I tried a couple different at the store and I liked this one a little better than the Janome 7034D

I think I wanted to stay away from anything with a 34 at the end.

Going to set it up later tonight and work on some orders

Congrats on the new serger. I've always heard that Janome is a really amazing brand in the sewing business.

Here's the second pillowcase.

Here is the matching set

Here's a close up of DS9's shirt

And ds4's shirt

And here's DD's matching top

I'll post pics of the others once I finish!

Cute! Cute! Cute! I looooooove the dress. What pattern is that? I also ADORE this fabric and I can not find it at Joann's anymore. I also saw they were clearancing out Thomas Kinkade Snow White fabric at Hobby Lobby.

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

I'm SO happy with the way this came out! This was the original dress that I first found and fell in love with on Ollie Girl and my first two (Briar Rose & Rapunzel) were confidence builders to ramp up to this one...just hope that my little one grows in the next 7 months before our trip so that I don't have to hem it up too much

And just for a little extra, I followed the twirly garden dress tutorial that someone posted and combined it with Carla C's jumper top for these sundresses for the girls:


Sophie sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr
(can you tell she didn't want her photo taken that day? )

All the dresses are so cute. (I had to cut some pics, sorry, I had quoted too many) I love see the pics of your little ones too.

I came across this really cool blog about the 12 Household tools for the Machine Embroider.. Thought I would share, some of them are just strokes of genius!

http://dzgns.com/blog/2012/04/12-household-tools-for-the-machine-embroiderer/

 

[dianemom2]

Hi all,

I have been lurking here for a few months. I'm new(er) to sewing

So in the past month I've already cooked up a patchwork camera strap, 2 tops for DD (one that will now be repurposed as a skirt ) and 2 skirts. I work FT so I have to squeeze it in on the weekend.

Welcome and we can't wait to see pictures!

welcome to all the newbies.

I bought a new serger. I went with a Janome 1110DX.

Congratulations on the new machine! What made you decide on this model?

I


Anyway, here are a few pics of what I"ve finished... be gentle

This is the first dress I made for DD.

Here's the second pillowcase.

Here is the matching set

Congratulation on finishing your first bunch of projects. They all look great! I really love the bowling shirts and the matching Mickey top. Your kiddos will look great in them. Can't wait to see pictures of what you make next!

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

I'm SO happy with the way this came out! This was the original dress that I first found and fell in love with on Ollie Girl and my first two (Briar Rose & Rapunzel) were confidence builders to ramp up to this one...just hope that my little one grows in the next 7 months before our trip so that I don't have to hem it up too much



Emme sundress back by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

Emme sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr


Sophie sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr
(can you tell she didn't want her photo taken that day? )

Wow, you've accomplished a lot in s short amount of time! I love all the dresses! I really love the pink dress. How great that you saw something that you liked and learned how to make exactly what you wanted!

 

[casper_jj11]

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

I'm SO happy with the way this came out! This was the original dress that I first found and fell in love with on Ollie Girl and my first two (Briar Rose & Rapunzel) were confidence builders to ramp up to this one...just hope that my little one grows in the next 7 months before our trip so that I don't have to hem it up too much

)

Oh my! I love the princess aurora dress! Where did you get the pattern for it?

Cute! Cute! Cute! I looooooove the dress. What pattern is that? I also ADORE this fabric and I can not find it at Joann's anymore. I also saw they were clearancing out Thomas Kinkade Snow White fabric at Hobby Lobby.

Thanks! The pattern is a blend between the Aesthetic Nest pillowcase dress here http://www.aestheticnest.com/2010/06/sewing-patriotic-pillowcase-dresses.html that a Disboutiquer recommended and the pillowcase dress pattern called Caroline I found on YCMT by Frog Legs and Ponytails. I used the sizing and arm hole cutting pattern from Frog Legs, then joined the sides together and finished the armholes as done at AN, then made and attached the trim band, did the topstitching, made the tie casing for the ties and made the ties as per Frog Legs. I really liked the finishing touches using french seams for the sides and using bias tape and rolling it inside the armholes to finish them like AN pattern shows. Made it very easy and neat for a first project.

 

[DiznyDi]

Boy does this thread ever move quickly!

Let's see, there are several new folks; ColonelHathi and HHI_DisFans, WELCOME.

pumpkin patch quilter, you and I both have something in common and something to celebrate.... we've done our first appliqués!

I did this cute crayon tote:

Next time I need to trim the fabric a little closer.

Here's the inside

My kids are grown and out of the house and there's no grandkids yet, so I've been making these for the great nieces and nephews. I sent a similar one to Justin for his Big Give.

dianemom2 The Minnie hat turned out quite nicely! Love your baby things!

Mom In Heels I wish the mice at my house were as productive as the mice at your house! Beautiful dress for your little princess! Just lovely.

 

[BBGirl]

You do good work hon. Everything looks great

I want to thank everyone so much for your help over the last week or so. From big questions to small questions, I've had so many responses. You're all so helpful! If it wasn't for you I'd still be trying to get a lining in the bowlings shirts and I'd have wire wrapped inside my buttons.

I haven't posted much other than questions because I've been waiting to contribute a bit more first. I do want to say that the clothes I see here is just amazing. You're all so talented!

So, here goes... Until now, I've only ever sewn costumes for the kids. Nothing elaborate at all and they all had fur so the sewing was very forgiving. I haven't made a costume in years though so even my basic skills are weak. I got interested in making customs for the kids and participating in the Big Give when my kids were fortunate enough to have been chosen to receive a Big Give for DD's wish trip. Everything was so cute on the kids! A few months after we returned, I made my first drive across the border trip to the US to visit Joann's and a Walmart there that sells disney fabric (there's absolutely nothing here). I bought oodles and had great ideas... and then the fabric sat. Well, we're going to Disney again in May and I kept putting off the sewing saying that I didn't really know what I was doing. The week before Easter, I took the plunge and decided to find a pattern for a pillowcase dress... I figured that would at least be straightforward. Who would have thought someone could learn so much on something so simple LOL. I learned how to do french hems, I learned how to topstitch, I learned how to use my zigzag stitch... what a learning curve! But I made my first pillowcase on Good Friday and DD loved it so I was hooked. I made another pillowcase from Tiana fabric and then decided to do some bowling shirts for the boys and a matching top for DD. I'm working on another dress for DD but the Marissa pattern by CarlaC for this one... hoping to have it done tomorrow. And I still have a stripwork twirl skirt to make. I have fabric for another bowling shirt for DS4 but I'm not sure if it'll happen. Those Bowlings shirts took almost a week on their own! Boy they're intricate! You all were so helpful though!

Anyway, here are a few pics of what I"ve finished... be gentle

This is the first dress I made for DD.

Here's the second pillowcase.

Here is the matching set

Here's a close up of DS9's shirt

And ds4's shirt

And here's DD's matching top

I'll post pics of the others once I finish!

 

[cogero]

This is the first dress I made for DD.

Here's the second pillowcase.

Here is the matching set

Here's a close up of DS9's shirt

And ds4's shirt

And here's DD's matching top

I'll post pics of the others once I finish!

okay I love it all but love the matching Mickey bowling shirts and dress adorable.

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

I'm SO happy with the way this came out! This was the original dress that I first found and fell in love with on Ollie Girl and my first two (Briar Rose & Rapunzel) were confidence builders to ramp up to this one...just hope that my little one grows in the next 7 months before our trip so that I don't have to hem it up too much

And just for a little extra, I followed the twirly garden dress tutorial that someone posted and combined it with Carla C's jumper top for these sundresses for the girls:


Emme sundress back by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

Emme sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr


Sophie sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr
(can you tell she didn't want her photo taken that day? )

Stunning.

Welcome and we can't wait to see pictures!


Congratulations on the new machine! What made you decide on this model?

I have 2 sewing stores about 3 miles from my house on specializes in Janome, elna, Singer, Pfaff the other in BabyLock, Bernina and Viking but only has BabyLock sergers.

The store that I went to I went to because they are much more helpful and nicer. Also they were willing to quote me prices over the phone and tell me what they had in stock. they also did not try to sell me more than I needed.

I tried out a Janome 7034D and it serged way better than my Brother did but it sounded off and clunky to me, I know it was the demo machine but still.

I then went to the midrange Janome and you could hear the difference in the machine.

I did like an Elna but it would be about a 2 week wait but really wasn't any better than the Janome. He did show me a professional Janome but it really was way too much for me.

Okay and he showed me how to thread it in the store and I was able to come home change my thread and it worked instantly.

I have had to play with the tension slightly but it is really easy and the instruction book is straight forward and tells you what to adjust for tension issues.

I am quite pleased so far with it. Oh and the rolled hem is lovely.I will definately be playing with those soon.

 

[Gryffinclaw]

Here is what I have been working on for the last several days. First up a reversible baby bubble romper. The first side has one of my new designs:

Then I did Heather Sue's Bambi on ther other side:

Then I made a reversible, open backed baby dress with a ruffled diaper cover:

http://i879.photobucket.com/albums/ab356/dianemom2/th_P4190021.jpg[/QUOTE]

Love everything! I wish I had a baby girl to make cute ruffled diaper covers for, my DD is almost 4 and both my sis and SIL are having baby boys this summer. Great work!

[quote="ColonelHathi, post: 44639544"]Hi all, :wave2:

I have been lurking here for a few months. I'm new(er) to sewing - basically became inspired by looking at all of the fun creations here, on Esty, and at the fabric stores lately that I decided it was time to dig out the old Montgomery Wards sewing machine my mom bought me (has a great straight stitch) and really, seriously, give it a try. :scratchin

Background, I am the daughter of an [I]EXTREMELY [/I] accomplished seamstress - she's done it ALL, literally. I also grew up in the local fabric store where my DAunt worked PT. My MIL is also quilter. :worship: So I finally just had to come to the realization that I can't live up to that perfection... yet! :hourglass But my life has been filled with ideas and inspiration long enough and it's about time I get started! :thumbsup2 So in the past month I've already cooked up a patchwork camera strap, 2 tops for DD (one that will now be repurposed as a skirt :rotfl2:) and 2 skirts. I work FT so I have to squeeze it in on the weekend.

I will post some pictures of my first attempts once I get my posts up above 10. We're not going on our first family trip until next October _POR here we come, so I gave myself pleanty of time for DD's outfits, and might even attempt a Phinneas and Ferb outfit for DS if he lets me. :confused3

There is so much happening here and I just wanted to officially say hi and I love your work to ALL! Happy sewing! pixiedust:[/QUOTE]
Welcome pixiedust: can't wait to see your pics!

[quote="casper_jj11, post: 44640976"]I want to thank everyone so much for your help over the last week or so. From big questions to small questions, I've had so many responses. You're all so helpful! If it wasn't for you I'd still be trying to get a lining in the bowlings shirts and I'd have wire wrapped inside my buttons. :rotfl2:

I haven't posted much other than questions because I've been waiting to contribute a bit more first. I do want to say that the clothes I see here is just amazing. You're all so talented!

So, here goes... Until now, I've only ever sewn costumes for the kids. Nothing elaborate at all and they all had fur so the sewing was very forgiving. I haven't made a costume in years though so even my basic skills are weak. I got interested in making customs for the kids and participating in the Big Give when my kids were fortunate enough to have been chosen to receive a Big Give for DD's wish trip. Everything was so cute on the kids! A few months after we returned, I made my first drive across the border trip to the US to visit Joann's and a Walmart there that sells disney fabric (there's absolutely nothing here). I bought oodles and had great ideas... and then the fabric sat. Well, we're going to Disney again in May and I kept putting off the sewing saying that I didn't really know what I was doing. The week before Easter, I took the plunge and decided to find a pattern for a pillowcase dress... I figured that would at least be straightforward. Who would have thought someone could learn so much on something so simple LOL. I learned how to do french hems, I learned how to topstitch, I learned how to use my zigzag stitch... what a learning curve! But I made my first pillowcase on Good Friday and DD loved it so I was hooked. I made another pillowcase from Tiana fabric and then decided to do some bowling shirts for the boys and a matching top for DD. I'm working on another dress for DD but the Marissa pattern by CarlaC for this one... hoping to have it done tomorrow. And I still have a stripwork twirl skirt to make. I have fabric for another bowling shirt for DS4 but I'm not sure if it'll happen. Those Bowlings shirts took almost a week on their own! Boy they're intricate! You all were so helpful though!

Anyway, here are a few pics of what I"ve finished... be gentle :goodvibes

This is the first dress I made for DD.

[IMG]http://i858.photobucket.com/albums/ab144/casper_jj11/th_DSCN2388-1.jpg

Here's the second pillowcase.

Here is the matching set

I'll post pics of the others once I finish!

It all looks great! My fav is the mickey shirt for your DD. I need to try making a top like that.

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

I'm SO happy with the way this came out! This was the original dress that I first found and fell in love with on Ollie Girl and my first two (Briar Rose & Rapunzel) were confidence builders to ramp up to this one...just hope that my little one grows in the next 7 months before our trip so that I don't have to hem it up too much

And just for a little extra, I followed the twirly garden dress tutorial that someone posted and combined it with Carla C's jumper top for these sundresses for the girls:


Emme sundress back by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

Emme sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr


Sophie sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr
(can you tell she didn't want her photo taken that day? )

everything looks fabulous! My DD would absolutely go nuts for the Cindy dress. How did u make it? Which pattern/tutorial did u use?


Thanks all for the well wishes and comments on my past projects. I am feeling a little better every day and starting to get some use out of my left arm. I will post some more pics of some of my previous projects later...on the iPad now. When I can steal the laptop from DH I wil post some pics.

 

[PurpleEars]

So I have been reading about Segers again this morning. My 1034d is a lemon and needs to go to the shop but I can't fathom paying $60 to have them look at a 200 machine LOL.

So I am debating a higher end Brother and am now reading about a Juki machine which gets good reviews.

So sorry to hear about your serger. I hope the new one will work out for you.

Here is what I have been working on for the last several days. First up a reversible baby bubble romper. The first side has one of my new designs:

Then I did Heather Sue's Bambi on ther other side:

Then I made a reversible, open backed baby dress with a ruffled diaper cover:

Then, this is the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts. To celebrate they are having a huge gathering called Girl Scouts Rock the Mall in Washington DC. I made each of the Girl Scout troop leaders a shirt to wear to the event.

Great job like usual!

Hi all,

I have been lurking here for a few months. I'm new(er) to sewing - basically became inspired by looking at all of the fun creations here, on Esty, and at the fabric stores lately that I decided it was time to dig out the old Montgomery Wards sewing machine my mom bought me (has a great straight stitch) and really, seriously, give it a try.

Background, I am the daughter of an EXTREMELY accomplished seamstress - she's done it ALL, literally. I also grew up in the local fabric store where my DAunt worked PT. My MIL is also quilter. So I finally just had to come to the realization that I can't live up to that perfection... yet! But my life has been filled with ideas and inspiration long enough and it's about time I get started! So in the past month I've already cooked up a patchwork camera strap, 2 tops for DD (one that will now be repurposed as a skirt) and 2 skirts. I work FT so I have to squeeze it in on the weekend.

I will post some pictures of my first attempts once I get my posts up above 10. We're not going on our first family trip until next October _POR here we come, so I gave myself pleanty of time for DD's outfits, and might even attempt a Phinneas and Ferb outfit for DS if he lets me.

There is so much happening here and I just wanted to officially say hi and I love your work to ALL! Happy sewing!

Welcome! I look forward to seeing pictures of your work!

I'm almost finished with my skirt, I will post when I'm done. But I had to share real quick, I have job interview on Wednesday!!! I took a test two weeks ago and I made it through to the interview. There's still several more steps after the interview and if I make it all the way thorugh it won't start until mid June but I'm super excited. Although I have been enjoying these last few weeks of staying at home and having more time to sew but I really do need a job.

Congrats on getting to the interview stage. I hope this position will work out for you.

I want to thank everyone so much for your help over the last week or so. From big questions to small questions, I've had so many responses. You're all so helpful! If it wasn't for you I'd still be trying to get a lining in the bowlings shirts and I'd have wire wrapped inside my buttons.

I haven't posted much other than questions because I've been waiting to contribute a bit more first. I do want to say that the clothes I see here is just amazing. You're all so talented!

So, here goes... Until now, I've only ever sewn costumes for the kids. Nothing elaborate at all and they all had fur so the sewing was very forgiving. I haven't made a costume in years though so even my basic skills are weak. I got interested in making customs for the kids and participating in the Big Give when my kids were fortunate enough to have been chosen to receive a Big Give for DD's wish trip. Everything was so cute on the kids! A few months after we returned, I made my first drive across the border trip to the US to visit Joann's and a Walmart there that sells disney fabric (there's absolutely nothing here). I bought oodles and had great ideas... and then the fabric sat. Well, we're going to Disney again in May and I kept putting off the sewing saying that I didn't really know what I was doing. The week before Easter, I took the plunge and decided to find a pattern for a pillowcase dress... I figured that would at least be straightforward. Who would have thought someone could learn so much on something so simple LOL. I learned how to do french hems, I learned how to topstitch, I learned how to use my zigzag stitch... what a learning curve! But I made my first pillowcase on Good Friday and DD loved it so I was hooked. I made another pillowcase from Tiana fabric and then decided to do some bowling shirts for the boys and a matching top for DD. I'm working on another dress for DD but the Marissa pattern by CarlaC for this one... hoping to have it done tomorrow. And I still have a stripwork twirl skirt to make. I have fabric for another bowling shirt for DS4 but I'm not sure if it'll happen. Those Bowlings shirts took almost a week on their own! Boy they're intricate! You all were so helpful though!

Anyway, here are a few pics of what I"ve finished... be gentle

This is the first dress I made for DD.

Here's the second pillowcase.

Here is the matching set

I'll post pics of the others once I finish!

Great job on the pillowcase dresses (can you believe that I haven't made a pillowcase dress in my life?) and the matching set. You are sewing up a strom!

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

I'm SO happy with the way this came out! This was the original dress that I first found and fell in love with on Ollie Girl and my first two (Briar Rose & Rapunzel) were confidence builders to ramp up to this one...just hope that my little one grows in the next 7 months before our trip so that I don't have to hem it up too much

And just for a little extra, I followed the twirly garden dress tutorial that someone posted and combined it with Carla C's jumper top for these sundresses for the girls:


Emme sundress back by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

Emme sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr


Sophie sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr
(can you tell she didn't want her photo taken that day? )

I like all the outfits you made. I am sure your DD will be thrilled with the Cinderella pink dress!

I did this cute crayon tote:

Next time I need to trim the fabric a little closer.

Here's the inside

My kids are grown and out of the house and there's no grandkids yet, so I've been making these for the great nieces and nephews. I sent a similar one to Justin for his Big Give.

Hmmm, crayon tote. Thanks for sharing that idea because I may make that for my niece or my nephew!

Ack, so much for sewing this evening. My computer crashed 3 times this evening (I only use it to transfer embroidery files onto the card for my embroidery machine). Then the boards were slow and I hit the back button which ate my reply the first time. Oh well, off to make lunches for tomorrow! (I am cheap, DH and I bring our lunches to work instead of buying. It is much healthier too.)

 

[4monkeys]

I have had a terrible time with the DISboards lately. Probably a week or so. Even before the change over. Way too much to quote, but love all the things I have seen. I have been making things slowly here. Mom and I made 25 pillow cases for GKTW last weekend. I made a pair of shorts for Christophers 2nd birthday (which is next tuesday) I plan to make a bowling shirt and then Andrea agreed to help me make a t-shirt for under it. So excited. He LOVES mickey mouse! So I decided to go with that for his theme!Just like his mommy

Happy Sewing!

 

[PrincessMickey]

I finally finished my my skirt for myself this afternoon. I picked out the striped fabric, it's shimmery and has gold stitching, brought it home and realized it was a bit on the see through side. So I figured instead of finding something to line it with I would just make it reversable. I'm loving it so much I bought two more fabrics to make another reversable skirt! I love that I can dress it up or down and can wear just about anything with it, tanks, tee, dressier shirts. I apologize in advance for the horrible pics, I don't have a full length mirror so I put the hall mirror on the floor to get a somewhat decent pic of it in action.

 

[DMGeurts]

I agree that it isn't worth $60 to get your serger looked at. I have a Bernina 1200DA that I absolutely love. It works like a dream! I've had it for 3 years and never had a minutes problem with it. And I have never needed to change the knives yet either. I think I am close to needing to get new ones but so far, they are fine! And I use it almost every day.


I've made several of these bags and I really like them. They come out very cute. But I am not letting either one of my girls near my embroidery machine. That's MY toy, not theirs! LOL!

Here is what I have been working on for the last several days. First up a reversible baby bubble romper. The first side has one of my new designs:

Then I did Heather Sue's Bambi on ther other side:

Then I made a reversible, open backed baby dress with a ruffled diaper cover:

Then, this is the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts. To celebrate they are having a huge gathering called Girl Scouts Rock the Mall in Washington DC. I made each of the Girl Scout troop leaders a shirt to wear to the event.

I love everything Diane... but I especially the ruffle butts... Sooo cute!

Hi all, I have been lurking here for a few months. I'm new(er) to sewing - basically became inspired by looking at all of the fun creations here, on Esty, and at the fabric stores lately that I decided it was time to dig out the old Montgomery Wards sewing machine my mom bought me (has a great straight stitch) and really, seriously, give it a try.

Background, I am the daughter of an EXTREMELY accomplished seamstress - she's done it ALL, literally. I also grew up in the local fabric store where my DAunt worked PT. My MIL is also quilter. So I finally just had to come to the realization that I can't live up to that perfection... yet! But my life has been filled with ideas and inspiration long enough and it's about time I get started! So in the past month I've already cooked up a patchwork camera strap, 2 tops for DD (one that will now be repurposed as a skirt ) and 2 skirts. I work FT so I have to squeeze it in on the weekend.

I will post some pictures of my first attempts once I get my posts up above 10. We're not going on our first family trip until next October _POR here we come, so I gave myself pleanty of time for DD's outfits, and might even attempt a Phinneas and Ferb outfit for DS if he lets me.

There is so much happening here and I just wanted to officially say hi and I love your work to ALL! Happy sewing!

Welcome! I can't wait to see what you create!

Hi there! I've never really participated in this forum before, mostly I just admire quitly from the sidelines...BUT... this fiesta set is the CUTEST! I have the three cabelleros, but I would love to have mickey, minnie, and daisy the way you have them for a dress I am making my DD6. Where on earth did you find them? Did you digitize them yourself? Gorgeous!

Welcome! I am not sure who did those (I don't remember seeing them...)

welcome to all the newbies.

I bought a new serger. I went with a Janome 1110DX. I tried a couple different at the store and I liked this one a little better than the Janome 7034D

I think I wanted to stay away from anything with a 34 at the end.

Going to set it up later tonight and work on some orders

Hmmm... No pictures here either... Where did you post them again Chiara?

I want to thank everyone so much for your help over the last week or so. From big questions to small questions, I've had so many responses. You're all so helpful! If it wasn't for you I'd still be trying to get a lining in the bowlings shirts and I'd have wire wrapped inside my buttons.

I haven't posted much other than questions because I've been waiting to contribute a bit more first. I do want to say that the clothes I see here is just amazing. You're all so talented!

So, here goes... Until now, I've only ever sewn costumes for the kids. Nothing elaborate at all and they all had fur so the sewing was very forgiving. I haven't made a costume in years though so even my basic skills are weak. I got interested in making customs for the kids and participating in the Big Give when my kids were fortunate enough to have been chosen to receive a Big Give for DD's wish trip. Everything was so cute on the kids! A few months after we returned, I made my first drive across the border trip to the US to visit Joann's and a Walmart there that sells disney fabric (there's absolutely nothing here). I bought oodles and had great ideas... and then the fabric sat. Well, we're going to Disney again in May and I kept putting off the sewing saying that I didn't really know what I was doing. The week before Easter, I took the plunge and decided to find a pattern for a pillowcase dress... I figured that would at least be straightforward. Who would have thought someone could learn so much on something so simple LOL. I learned how to do french hems, I learned how to topstitch, I learned how to use my zigzag stitch... what a learning curve! But I made my first pillowcase on Good Friday and DD loved it so I was hooked. I made another pillowcase from Tiana fabric and then decided to do some bowling shirts for the boys and a matching top for DD. I'm working on another dress for DD but the Marissa pattern by CarlaC for this one... hoping to have it done tomorrow. And I still have a stripwork twirl skirt to make. I have fabric for another bowling shirt for DS4 but I'm not sure if it'll happen. Those Bowlings shirts took almost a week on their own! Boy they're intricate! You all were so helpful though!

Anyway, here are a few pics of what I"ve finished... be gentle

This is the first dress I made for DD.

Here's the second pillowcase.

Here is the matching set

I love the pillowcase dresses, but I especially love the matching set - it's just adorable!

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr


Emme sundress back by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

I love everything! IT's adorable!

Boy does this thread ever move quickly!

Let's see, there are several new folks; ColonelHathi and HHI_DisFans, WELCOME.

pumpkin patch quilter, you and I both have something in common and something to celebrate.... we've done our first appliqués!

I did this cute crayon tote:

Next time I need to trim the fabric a little closer.

Here's the inside

I love how this turned out - but I especially love the fabrics you chose - you did a great job pairing them up!

I have had a terrible time with the DISboards lately. Probably a week or so. Even before the change over. Way too much to quote, but love all the things I have seen. I have been making things slowly here. Mom and I made 25 pillow cases for GKTW last weekend. I made a pair of shorts for Christophers 2nd birthday (which is next tuesday) I plan to make a bowling shirt and then Andrea agreed to help me make a t-shirt for under it. So excited. He LOVES mickey mouse! So I decided to go with that for his theme!Just like his mommy

Happy Sewing!

THis turned out great!

I finally finished my my skirt for myself this afternoon. I picked out the striped fabric, it's shimmery and has gold stitching, brought it home and realized it was a bit on the see through side. So I figured instead of finding something to line it with I would just make it reversable. I'm loving it so much I bought two more fabrics to make another reversable skirt! I love that I can dress it up or down and can wear just about anything with it, tanks, tee, dressier shirts. I apologize in advance for the horrible pics, I don't have a full length mirror so I put the hall mirror on the floor to get a somewhat decent pic of it in action.

This turned out very nice!

D~

 

[dianemom2]

I did this cute crayon tote:

Next time I need to trim the fabric a little closer.

Here's the inside

My kids are grown and out of the house and there's no grandkids yet, so I've been making these for the great nieces and nephews. I sent a similar one to Justin for his Big Give.

dianemom2 The Minnie hat turned out quite nicely! Love your baby things!

Love the crayon tote. I made crayon roll ups last year for my niece and nephew. I like how they turned out but these are so much cuter! The Minnie hat turned out really well. I had to adjust the ear just slightly after I made it. So now it should be perfect!

I am glad that you like your new machine so much. I think with sergers, you really get what you pay for. I use mine so much, that I think if I had bought an inexpensive serger I would be replacing it already. It sounds like you got a great new machine. It is really nice that you could go home and thread the serger immediately. Sometimes threading them is so intimidating. I love doing rolled hems and lettuce edging. They are super easy on my Bernina. I just flip a switch and change the tensions. My serger came with a bunch of feet that I still haven't played with and don't quite understand. LOL!

Love everything! I wish I had a baby girl to make cute ruffled diaper covers for, my DD is almost 4 and both my sis and SIL are having baby boys this summer. Great work!

No baby girls at our house either. My girls are 11 and 12. They are definitely not wearing diaper covers anymore. In fact, they won't even wear anything that I sew for them. Right now I have these outfits in my Etsy store but I will probably end up using them as baby gifts later this summer. I made them early figuring that if they sell, then I will make something else close to when I will actually need the baby gifts. If they don't sell, then I will have the baby gifts all ready to go when I need them.

I have had a terrible time with the DISboards lately. Mom and I made 25 pillow cases for GKTW last weekend. I made a pair of shorts for Christophers 2nd birthday (which is next tuesday) I plan to make a bowling shirt and then Andrea agreed to help me make a t-shirt for under it.

Happy Sewing!

I was having trouble with the Disboards too. Andrea told me to take the cookies off my computer and it that took care of the problems I was having. How great that you made 25 pillowcases for GKTW! I love the shorts. I have a customer order for shorts made from the exact same material. I am waiting for the shirt that I ordered to arrive and then I will make the whole outfit. I can't wait to see a picture of your completed outfit!

I finally finished my my skirt for myself this afternoon.

I love your skirt. It looks great on you. The fabric you chose is really pretty and it was super smart to make it reversible. It would be especially good if you are traveling anywhere. You can pack one skirt, but kind of have two!

My pattern for the t-shirt dress arrived yesterday. I ordered some fabric but it hasn't arrived yet. The pattern looks super easy and I can't wait to start on it. I also got the kids version and when I get some free time, I plan to make a few things with that too. I have a couple of t-shirt that my girls outgrew and I want to play around with upcycling them into t-shirt dresses for my niece.

 

[SallyfromDE]

Here is the matching set

I'll post pics of the others once I finish!

They will look adorable all matching! And so easy to spot which kids are yours if you get turned around in the park. Everything is wonderful and you are on a roll!!

Sophie sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr
(can you tell she didn't want her photo taken that day? )

Your dresses came out really nice! They really look good on them.

The store that I went to I went to because they are much more helpful and nicer. Also they were willing to quote me prices over the phone and tell me what they had in stock. they also did not try to sell me more than I needed.

I tried out a Janome 7034D and it serged way better than my Brother did but it sounded off and clunky to me, I know it was the demo machine but still.

.

We only have a couple places here to shop. I got the Janome, I want to say 7034D, although it doesn't say on the machine. It's very quiet. The shop only had 3 machines to chose from. One was a brother, and she told me to stay away from it, they need to be sent to Brother for repair, frequently. She did inshop repairs, but they coudln't repair the Brother issues. I got what she had, and it was in my budget anyway. The other shops had the Babylock, Bernia and Husky. Way too much for me and my use.

 

[Meshell2002]

Hi all,

I have been lurking here for a few months. I'm new(er) to sewing - basically became inspired by looking at all of the fun creations here, on Esty, and at the fabric stores lately that I decided it was time to dig out the old Montgomery Wards sewing machine my mom bought me (has a great straight stitch) and really, seriously, give it a try.

Background, I am the daughter of an EXTREMELY accomplished seamstress - she's done it ALL, literally. I also grew up in the local fabric store where my DAunt worked PT. My MIL is also quilter. So I finally just had to come to the realization that I can't live up to that perfection... yet! But my life has been filled with ideas and inspiration long enough and it's about time I get started! So in the past month I've already cooked up a patchwork camera strap, 2 tops for DD (one that will now be repurposed as a skirt ) and 2 skirts. I work FT so I have to squeeze it in on the weekend.

I will post some pictures of my first attempts once I get my posts up above 10. We're not going on our first family trip until next October _POR here we come, so I gave myself pleanty of time for DD's outfits, and might even attempt a Phinneas and Ferb outfit for DS if he lets me.

There is so much happening here and I just wanted to officially say hi and I love your work to ALL! Happy sewing!

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

I'm SO happy with the way this came out! This was the original dress that I first found and fell in love with on Ollie Girl and my first two (Briar Rose & Rapunzel) were confidence builders to ramp up to this one...just hope that my little one grows in the next 7 months before our trip so that I don't have to hem it up too much :

great job on all of them....but this is my favorite!


Didn't grab the quote but the ruffle baby butts are sooo cute!

 

[Mom in Heels]

Oh my! I love the princess aurora dress! Where did you get the pattern for it?

Thanks so much everyone! All three costumes used the Carla C Simply Sweet dress pattern as a base - what an awesome tip from the DISers!! I'm going to have to check out her other patterns as well - definitely worth every penny! :

 

[Mom in Heels]

everything looks fabulous! My DD would absolutely go nuts for the Cindy dress. How did u make it? Which pattern/tutorial did u use?

Carla C's Simply Sweet dress as a base and just did the extra trims on the top. For the skirt, I pretty much did two skirts - the white as the "hemmed" bottom at calf length, and for the pink overskirt, I did a "cuffed" bottom at knee length. The bows took me the longest because I had never made fabric bows before - I added in an extra layer of white cotton when I sewed them together just so they had a little extra puffiness My DH is convinced that I should go into business...yeah, I wish!

PrincessMickey - love the skirts
DiznyDi - the crayon tote is so cute! I've made one for my oldest too and its awesome for travel!!

 

[miprender]

And yes, I am a bit of a HP fan...as I type this wearing my Gryffindor PJ pants...

Miprender-I thought about the Dr. Seuss ones but since HP is at the same park, we are going w/ HP stuff that day. But, thank you!

HP is always great too!

Love the Star Wars. I can't show my boys or they will want one too!

Thanks!

So I have been reading about Segers again this morning. My 1034d is a lemon and needs to go to the shop but I can't fathom paying $60 to have them look at a 200 machine LOL.

So I am debating a higher end Brother and am now reading about a Juki machine which gets good reviews.

Congrats on your new one... too bad that one didn't last.

I
Here is what I have been working on for the last several days. First up a reversible baby bubble romper. The first side has one of my new designs:

Then I made a reversible, open backed baby dress with a ruffled diaper cover:

Great job on everything. Love the cute little diaper covers.

Hi all,
I have been lurking here for a few months. I'm new(er) to sewing - basically became inspired by looking at all of the fun creations here, on Esty, and at the fabric stores lately that I decided it was time to dig out the old Montgomery Wards sewing machine my mom bought me (has a great straight stitch) and really, seriously, give it a try.

Background, I am the daughter of an EXTREMELY accomplished seamstress - she's done it ALL, literally. I also grew up in the local fabric store where my DAunt worked PT. My MIL is also quilter. So I finally just had to come to the realization that I can't live up to that perfection... yet! But my life has been filled with ideas and inspiration long enough and it's about time I get started! So in the past month I've already cooked up a patchwork camera strap, 2 tops for DD (one that will now be repurposed as a skirt and 2 skirts. I work FT so I have to squeeze it in on the weekend.

I will post some pictures of my first attempts once I get my posts up above 10. We're not going on our first family trip until next October _POR here we come, so I gave myself pleanty of time for DD's outfits, and might even attempt a Phinneas and Ferb outfit for DS if he lets me.

There is so much happening here and I just wanted to officially say hi and I love your work to ALL! Happy sewing!

Now that you have ten posts can't wait to see everything.

Anyway, here are a few pics of what I"ve finished... be gentle

This is the first dress I made for DD.

Here is the matching set

Great job on the bowling shirt. I have had that pattern for over a year and I am afraid to try it. The dresses came out really cute too.

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared


Cinderella's Made by Mice Dress by S & J Harrison, on Flickr


Emme sundress back by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

Emme sundress front by S & J Harrison, on Flickr

Love the Cindy dress... it's so adorable. And the other dresses are beautiful.

pumpkin patch quilter, you and I both have something in common and something to celebrate.... we've done our first appliqués!

I did this cute crayon tote:

Great job on your first applique. I use the Friskars curved scissors which help with getting really close to the tack down stitch.

I have had a terrible time with the DISboards lately. Probably a week or so. Even before the change over. Way too much to quote, but love all the things I have seen. I have been making things slowly here. Mom and I made 25 pillow cases for GKTW last weekend. I made a pair of shorts for Christophers 2nd birthday (which is next tuesday) I plan to make a bowling shirt and then Andrea agreed to help me make a t-shirt for under it. So excited. He LOVES mickey mouse! So I decided to go with that for his theme!Just like his mommy

Happy Sewing!

Cute shorts... I love the pockets

I finally finished my my skirt for myself this afternoon. I picked out the striped fabric, it's shimmery and has gold stitching, brought it home and realized it was a bit on the see through side. So I figured instead of finding something to line it with I would just make it reversable. I'm loving it so much I bought two more fabrics to make another reversable skirt! I love that I can dress it up or down and can wear just about anything with it, tanks, tee, dressier shirts. I apologize in advance for the horrible pics, I don't have a full length mirror so I put the hall mirror on the floor to get a somewhat decent pic of it in action.

What a pretty reversible skirt.

 

[tricia]

Awesome, so cute with the ruffled diaper cover.

And what pattern did you order for T-Shirt dresses?

Super job. They look great.

Oh my goodness - the mice must have been busy at our house because this creation for my youngest just appeared

Everything is super cute, and you did a great job on this one.

Looks awesome.

Happy Sewing!

Super cute, love the pockets.

Great job ans super cool idea about it being reversible.

 

[miprender]

So I finished another day... our 4th of July day

This was my first time doing a stripwork skirt but I love how it came out.