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

[dianemom2]

Boy's Shirts:

Dress:

Some close ups:

Andrea the shirts are great and the dress is just beautiful. I see what you mean about the colors lining up but it doesn't take anything away from this special creation! yOu did a great job!

two questions....

1) if I make a reversible dress then what kind of zipper do I get ? Should I try to use snaps instead of a zipper? I don't know how that would work.

2) Why does it seem that the majority of you use patterns that you've downloaded instead of buying them and using paper ones ? I can not even fathom taping together pieces of paper so cut out a pattern ? And all of the ink.... Why, for those of you who do, do you buy them that way ? It seems like more of a pain than going out and buying the paper pattern.

A lot of reversible dresses use buttons instead of zippers. I am not sure how you'd do the zipper for a reversible dress. I'd google it and see if you come up with a good tutorial.

I used to always buy the patterns from the major pattern companies. However, I started buying e-patterns because the designs are usually so different and you can use the pattern over and over and over. Each time I want to use it, I just print it out in the size that I need. They seem more expensive to start out with but since I use the e-patterns so many more times, it is actually more cost effective. There are two e-patterns that I bought from CarlaC (the Easy Fit pants and the Simply Sweet dress) that I've probably made 100 times now.

This is a long weekend for us. My weekend project was to plant a few annuals and work on a set of baby shower gift. This is the baby shower gift (bibs, burpies, and a crayon roll for the older sibling). One burpie is partly flipped over to show the back:

Those turned out super cute. I hope that the family loves them. They will certainly get plenty of use.

I figured out the problem!!!

Google is my friend!! There are plastic gears at the top that drive the hook and bobbin mechanism, and apparently one of them is prone to breaking esp if it is old and the plastic degraded....

Glad you were able to figure out the problem. I hope that it is an easy repair!

Ok ladies, here is my first attempt at an American Girl dress. I am very happy with how it turned out, especially considering I just learned how to make this dress and do appliques in the past few days!

Great job! That is very cute!

Here is a shirt I made for Tori tonight..Want to try a skirt I think to match.

I love the Bald is Beautiful shirt. That looks adorable. You did a super job on the applique. Wasn't it easy?

Nursing-Cover-O-Rama continues here. Since I only have a couple hours a few nights a week, I think I need about two more weeks to be completely done.

Regards,
C.

I hope that you get done with the nursing covers very soon. I hate having to make so many of the same thing! How many more until you are finished? I think you should put a countdown ticker in your signature.

 

[DMGeurts]

Ok ladies, here is my first attempt at an American Girl dress. I am very happy with how it turned out, especially considering I just learned how to make this dress and do appliques in the past few days!

I need to go back over the white stitching on the bottom, but other than that, I am happy with it!

This turned out awesome and your applique is just magnificant!

Here are some items I recently did for Justin's BG that the family has received. Amy helped by buying the shirts, Heather helped by giving us all the designs, and Amy paid for the shipping. Amy's dd Allison also enclosed an AWESOME picture in the package.

Peter Pan is for Justin, Captain Hook is for Hayden and Callie naturally gets twirly Tink.

I am not thrilled with the Tink -- the greens all lined up as did the lavenders but there was no way to make it look good -- I like the Tink I did for Glo much better. I still think it's decent though and hope Callie enjoys the dress (she's modeling it in the ptr).

Boy's Shirts:

Dress:

Some close ups:

I absolutely love everything Andrea - and I especially love that tink dress - sooooo adorable!!!

Thank you..if I cant get ti moving myself I will look for somewhere to take it

here she is:

and the problem area:

its the round thing that spins under the bobbin..if my goggle skills are correct..called the hook? It spins so far..then stops...i can push it past the stuck spot and it spins to get stuck in the same spot again, forwards and back. Id like to try to troubleshoot myself..because to take it somewhere would have to wait..I doubt after what i spent on fabric this weekend DH would let me spend any more on sewing stuff for a bit

What an amazing gift!!! You are soooo lucky to be gifted an vintage machine like that! It sounds like you've figured out the problem - which is awesome and very resourceful of you. I am sorry that I am so late in checking in on this thread - I try to keep up - honest.

It looks like your bobbin area might need a thorough cleaning too... I'll see if I can find some of the proper links to help you out with that...

Here's the link to all my links... LOL

All my links in one place

I am trying to find links specifically to your bobbin area, because it's the exact same horizontal bobbin that Mr. R has - and when I refurbed him - I had it completely torn apart, so I could clean it. The links you need might be buried in my links page...

Just remember - just because a tutorial isn't for your model of machine doesn't mean it won't apply to you... Since every single machine from 1890 until about 1970 was the exact same thing - just a different cover. As long as it has the same bobbin orientation (horizontal vs. vertical) and whether it has the zig-zag feature or not... As long as those two things are the same - you should be able to use that tutorial for refurbing your machine.

Go through my links and then let me know if you need more specific information, but honestly, it looks to me like you figured it out before I got here.

D~

 

[Blyssfull]

Boy, you ladies have been chatty. Everything posted looks great!

Here is a shirt I made for Tori tonight..Want to try a skirt I think to match.

So cute! I bought this design and the lil boy awhile ago but have yet to stitch it out. She donates money to St. Jude's from the sale... I think that's really awesome!

I think I've finally gotten my machine to behave. All of a sudden she's just decided to only like Schmetz needles. Which is fine with me if that's the only thing I need to fix. It was so weird that she would embroider on felt but not regular fabric.

Last week of school for us! YAY! We head to the beach in two weeks so I need to get moving on some shirts for my own kids...hehe. I hardly ever make them anything but I bought some really cute summer designs I'm excited to stitch out for them.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Good Morning all!


FYI I started a PTR for our DISmeet in Charlotte and a couple we are meeting up with in Atlanta...stop on by and feel free to post updates and photos so we know what we all look like

link is in my siggie!

 

[cogero]

Just to prove to you all I do still sew I am posting some new things I made. I have been working on orders which are recreations of previous items I made so I don't post those

These were for an emergency Big Give on Facebook

Off to a meeting at Js school and then home to work on some orders.

 

[Queen of Cumberland]

A girl goes away for a wedding out of town and the board runs away. There has been so much posted lately that there is way TMTQ, but it has been lovely to see everyone's creations.

I must say that my niece's wedding was very nice and my dd was the flower girl, but it was a bit of a long trip for such a short time (we had to fly for 5.5 hours and drive for 4 to get there - luckily the flight back was shorter (only 4 hours) as it was more direct - the drive was still the same). And we were lucky to see 2 moose on the drive (they were in the swamp to the side of the road and not right in front of us). Now we need a vacation from the wedding.

On an exciting note, I get to pick up a package from the post office today - it is from my cousin and it will be my Aunt's serger! I am looking forward to getting it unpacked and figuring out how to use it!

 

[Teamtori]

Great job. How did you like appliquing this? Did you find it straight forward after you started it?

I loved it and it was so simple! I don't love the way the words came out, I would like them a little easier to read, but that is the way it sewed it. I love the little bald princess though, and I think I might use her on other things. The applique process was easy once I got it through my head. They also included a little guide that said what each step was doing so that really helped.

 

[tricia]

Ok ladies, here is my first attempt at an American Girl dress. I am very happy with how it turned out, especially considering I just learned how to make this dress and do appliques in the past few days!

I need to go back over the white stitching on the bottom, but other than that, I am happy with it!

Looks awesome.

Here is a shirt I made for Tori tonight..Want to try a skirt I think to match.

Looks like you got it figured out just fine, good job.

Just to prove to you all I do still sew I am posting some new things I made. I have been working on orders which are recreations of previous items I made so I don't post those

These were for an emergency Big Give on Facebook

Off to a meeting at Js school and then home to work on some orders.

Super cute.

 

[tricia]

Got some Applique done for a fellow Diser (Can't remember her dis name now)
The 3 bears from the new movie Brave


IMG_8462 by tricialee22, on Flickr

Angus the horse


IMG_8468 by tricialee22, on Flickr

And Merida;s little brothers.


IMG_8464 by tricialee22, on Flickr

 

[Teamtori]

Got some Applique done for a fellow Diser (Can't remember her dis name now)
The 3 bears from the new movie Brave


IMG_8462 by tricialee22, on Flickr

Angus the horse


IMG_8468 by tricialee22, on Flickr

And Merida;s little brothers.


IMG_8464 by tricialee22, on Flickr

Great job! I am excited to see that movie!!

Question..those of you who sell your items, do you use ebay, etsy, your own site, craft fairs, combination of those? I am worried that Tori won't be able to go back to school in the fall and I might need to be making some extra money!

(P.S. I think I'm going back to the fabric store on my lunch break. Don't tell.)

 

[smile5sunshine]

Ladies, I have a huge problem. I just discovered there is a HUGE fabric store about 2 minutes from my work!!!

I went there during my lunch break! They have a HUGE selection, but it is a little pricey. A lot of stuff was 10.99 a yard but it was so cute! And I found some really cute Wizard of Oz material on clearance for $5.99, so that is cool. The best part is they offer a lot of classes, including a four hour beginning sewing class, including how to do zippers!! And it is $35, so I might do that, just as a good refresher. The last time I sewed a zipper was in home ec, and that was in...1989? They also have a class on sewing cloth diapers and quilting.

Anyway, I'm excited about that. Do you all have any favorites for getting fabric? Do you shop at big stores mostly or from ebay? Etsy? Where can I get good prices?

Also, Tori is going to be an ambassador for the Ride for Wishes, which is a motorcycle ride to raise money for Make a Wish. I'd like to make a "Disney motorcycle" themed outfit for her to wear. Are there any cool "Tough Mickey" appliques or fabrics? I am probably going to get some "flame" kind of fabric since a lot of their bikes have that.

Ok ladies, here is my first attempt at an American Girl dress. I am very happy with how it turned out, especially considering I just learned how to make this dress and do appliques in the past few days!

Here is a shirt I made for Tori tonight..Want to try a skirt I think to match.

oh that shirt is so cute! And your AG dress with the applique looks great too! LOL about the fabric store close by. You'll find that fabric hording is par for the course around here! Welcome to the club Can't wait to see what you come up with for the biker outfit!

Nursing-Cover-O-Rama continues here. Since I only have a couple hours a few nights a week, I think I need about two more weeks to be completely done.

Regards,
C.

Oh my golly Carrie I cannot fathom that you are still plugging away at those nursing covers!!! how many do you intend to make??? You are one dedicated woman that's for sure!

I am only 30 days until my trip and still so much to do Hopefully I can get some stuff done this week.

So sorry to hear about your dog, but what a wonderful ending. I can't imagine the roller coaster of emotions but so glad your doggie is back at home.

thank you for your kind words about my pup. I am SO glad to have him home. FX you get a lot of extra sewing time. Although I agree that you already have such great outfits so whether you are able to finish any more or not, your family will look AWESOME!

I think I've finally gotten my machine to behave. All of a sudden she's just decided to only like Schmetz needles. Which is fine with me if that's the only thing I need to fix. It was so weird that she would embroider on felt but not regular fabric.

Last week of school for us! YAY! We head to the beach in two weeks so I need to get moving on some shirts for my own kids...hehe. I hardly ever make them anything but I bought some really cute summer designs I'm excited to stitch out for them.

Hurray for summer vacation! And HURRAY for getting your machine to work. I swear, I think these machines have a mind of their own sometimes! HA!

Just to prove to you all I do still sew I am posting some new things I made. I have been working on orders which are recreations of previous items I made so I don't post those

These were for an emergency Big Give on Facebook

Off to a meeting at Js school and then home to work on some orders.

Oh Chiara, your stuff always turns out so great! Glad you have been so busy in your shop.

A girl goes away for a wedding out of town and the board runs away. There has been so much posted lately that there is way TMTQ, but it has been lovely to see everyone's creations.

I must say that my niece's wedding was very nice and my dd was the flower girl, but it was a bit of a long trip for such a short time (we had to fly for 5.5 hours and drive for 4 to get there - luckily the flight back was shorter (only 4 hours) as it was more direct - the drive was still the same). And we were lucky to see 2 moose on the drive (they were in the swamp to the side of the road and not right in front of us). Now we need a vacation from the wedding.

On an exciting note, I get to pick up a package from the post office today - it is from my cousin and it will be my Aunt's serger! I am looking forward to getting it unpacked and figuring out how to use it!

Welcome back! Wow that's a lot of driving for the wedding. I hope you got some cute pics of your DD as the flower girl. AND SUPER YAY for the serger arriving today!

two questions....

1) if I make a reversible dress then what kind of zipper do I get ? Should I try to use snaps instead of a zipper? I don't know how that would work.

2) Why does it seem that the majority of you use patterns that you've downloaded instead of buying them and using paper ones ? I can not even fathom taping together pieces of paper so cut out a pattern ? And all of the ink.... Why, for those of you who do, do you buy them that way ? It seems like more of a pain than going out and buying the paper pattern.

As a new sewer (well, new-ish to garment construction anyway) I really appreciate the in depth directions and extra tips that the PDF patterns give. Often I am confused by the jargon used in the commercial patterns (even though I am TRYING to learn). the other thing that bothers me about commercial patterns is that they have such a large seam allowance. I have trouble sewing neatly still, so I like to use my presser foot as my guide and with commercial patterns I can't do that. Plus having a 5/8" seam guide seems like such a waste of fabric to me. i do know it's there so that alterations can be made.

My goodness, just reading your story gives me tears in my eyes. I can't imagine living THROUGH all of that. I am glad to hear that you have a wonderful vet and your dog is on the mend.


This is a long weekend for us. My weekend project was to plant a few annuals and work on a set of baby shower gift. This is the baby shower gift (bibs, burpies, and a crayon roll for the older sibling). One burpie is partly flipped over to show the back:

thank you! I still get teary eyed when I think about how kind the vet was to our family. Your baby shower gifts look cute. i am sure the family will appreciate them and they will get PLENTY of use!

I figured out the problem!!!

Google is my friend!! There are plastic gears at the top that drive the hook and bobbin mechanism, and apparently one of them is prone to breaking esp if it is old and the plastic degraded....

I took of the top of the machine and the gear is broken into itty bitty bits...as in pieces i couldnt even take pictures of. There are directions on voldemort (see I read page 1 ) how to replace the gear..which is about $13 so gonna try doing it ourselves...if we fail then bring it to someone.

I also got her ugly avocado green case off her so hopefully I will have her up and running in a week or so, as soon as the gear gets here

My mother said she had it completely serviced and cleaned before storing it...and I think she got ripped off. there were LUMPS of blackish gunk in places that the pictures I see online obviously do not have it! Plus wouldn't they have noticed the gear was in pieces or damaged enough that it needed replacing?

Thank goodness i have my cheapo brother to at least continue working on stuff

Hurray for figuring out what was wrong! I think I'm the only person left in the world who actually LIKES the vintage avocado green color. And I agree that it's likely that the damage is from it sitting unused in the basement over the years. Glad it is something that you can get fixed.



I need to go back over the white stitching on the bottom, but other than that, I am happy with it![/QUOTE]

Just returned from visiting my parents for a week and having NO internet connection. A lot of cute outfits and bags have been posted duriing the week
Sheila

Welcome back!

I know I don't post too often (lurk all the time!), but I knew you guys would commiserate with me. My machine died yesterday!! Luckily I finished DS's pair of patchwork shorts just before it died (probably what killed it), but I still had some shirts to applique. Guess I'll be doing iron-on tees for the rest of their outfits. I do have a second machine, but I don't know it very well, so I'm going to just be done sewing for this trip.

Oh no! So sorry to hear about your machine dying on you. At least it was kind enough to wait until AFTER you finished those shorts. Any chance you could sneak it into the dr before you leave?? I think you should take this opportunity to get to know your second machine better!

Here are some items I recently did for Justin's BG that the family has received. Amy helped by buying the shirts, Heather helped by giving us all the designs, and Amy paid for the shipping. Amy's dd Allison also enclosed an AWESOME picture in the package.

Peter Pan is for Justin, Captain Hook is for Hayden and Callie naturally gets twirly Tink.

I am not thrilled with the Tink -- the greens all lined up as did the lavenders but there was no way to make it look good -- I like the Tink I did for Glo much better. I still think it's decent though and hope Callie enjoys the dress (she's modeling it in the ptr).

Boy's Shirts:

Dress:

Oh Andrea these came out wonderful! I love the boys' shirts! And I think the tink twirl looks fabulous. The color combo looks fine to me! I LOOOOOOVE the detailing embroidery on some of the squares. GREAT JOB!!!!

Sunshine

 

[mhaddon]

What an overwhelming thread, lol! I've loved looking through for inspiration

We are planning our first trip for the week after Thanksgiving and plan on making all the girls clothing for each day (7 days) and a few spares. Also some things for the boys. DS 7, DS 5, DD 4, DD 2.

When you make your clothing do you plan for which parks you will be in?

 

[cogero]

What an overwhelming thread, lol! I've loved looking through for inspiration

We are planning our first trip for the week after Thanksgiving and plan on making all the girls clothing for each day (7 days) and a few spares. Also some things for the boys. DS 7, DS 5, DD 4, DD 2.

When you make your clothing do you plan for which parks you will be in?

I try to plan for each park. When we went to Hollywood studios DS will wear Cars or P & F and DD will see what she likes this last trip it was Disney Nerds (big Hit). this next trip she wants Muppets.

Oh and We did a Test Track outfit for Epcot

 

[ItsyBitsy]

Here is a shirt I made for Tori tonight..Want to try a skirt I think to match.

I thought you might be interested in this picture. It may be a VERY complicated applique but it would be soo cool.

 

[Teamtori]

That is so cute! I am printing it for Tori. I have no idea how to digitize pictures like that, but if anyone does, let me know!!!

Also, I need a cloth diaper pattern...any recommendations???

 

[dianemom2]

Great job! I am excited to see that movie!!

Question..those of you who sell your items, do you use ebay, etsy, your own site, craft fairs, combination of those? I am worried that Tori won't be able to go back to school in the fall and I might need to be making some extra money!

(P.S. I think I'm going back to the fabric store on my lunch break. Don't tell.)

Have fun at the fabric store! I usually stick to Etsy. I did several craft shows but they are so much work to pack everything, transport it, unpack it and set up. And then to have to do everything in reverse. Plus some craft shows have very high prices for each table. But some are free too.

What an overwhelming thread, lol! I've loved looking through for inspiration

We are planning our first trip for the week after Thanksgiving and plan on making all the girls clothing for each day (7 days) and a few spares. Also some things for the boys. DS 7, DS 5, DD 4, DD 2.

When you make your clothing do you plan for which parks you will be in?

You will have lots of fun making stuff for your kids. Most people do plan for which park they will be in each day. They also think about any special activities they might do like Princess dinners or BBB.

I thought you might be interested in this picture. It may be a VERY complicated applique but it would be soo cool.

That would make a great iron on for a t-shirt.

 

[VBAndrea]

Just to prove to you all I do still sew I am posting some new things I made. I have been working on orders which are recreations of previous items I made so I don't post those

These were for an emergency Big Give on Facebook

Off to a meeting at Js school and then home to work on some orders.

Beautiful work as always! I don't do the FB thing but it's nice you all helped someone via it.

I loved it and it was so simple! I don't love the way the words came out, I would like them a little easier to read, but that is the way it sewed it. I love the little bald princess though, and I think I might use her on other things. The applique process was easy once I got it through my head. They also included a little guide that said what each step was doing so that really helped.

Are the words the last thing to stitch out? If so, you could leave them off and do your own wording -- I can do straight lines with my machine's built in function for a few fonts. Or you could e-mail the designer and see if she would re-do the words a bit to make them more legible. I can read them, but I totally see what you mean in that while wearing the shirt someone might have to get too close to Tori to actually see what it says.

Got some Applique done for a fellow Diser (Can't remember her dis name now)
The 3 bears from the new movie Brave


IMG_8462 by tricialee22, on Flickr

Angus the horse


IMG_8468 by tricialee22, on Flickr

And Merida;s little brothers.


IMG_8464 by tricialee22, on Flickr

Fabulous work as usual

Great job! I am excited to see that movie!!

Question..those of you who sell your items, do you use ebay, etsy, your own site, craft fairs, combination of those? I am worried that Tori won't be able to go back to school in the fall and I might need to be making some extra money!

(P.S. I think I'm going back to the fabric store on my lunch break. Don't tell.)

I don't sell but if I ever do I will likely do it via etsy. I know some people have FB shops set up too -- but I'm not FB savvy nor paypal savvy, and in my state I think it would be easier to keep track of income via etsy. You have to have a business license here even to sell at a craft fair.

What an overwhelming thread, lol! I've loved looking through for inspiration

We are planning our first trip for the week after Thanksgiving and plan on making all the girls clothing for each day (7 days) and a few spares. Also some things for the boys. DS 7, DS 5, DD 4, DD 2.

When you make your clothing do you plan for which parks you will be in?

I did our based mainly on character dining. I also did a couple of things my kids just liked and a couple of things park based. I also took into account that we did some park hopping so standard Mickey / Minnie outfits work well for that.

 

[smile5sunshine]

That is so cute! I am printing it for Tori. I have no idea how to digitize pictures like that, but if anyone does, let me know!!!

Also, I need a cloth diaper pattern...any recommendations???

Okay, if you are wanting some cloth diaper patterns I recommend you visit the CD sewing board on BabyCenter: http://community.babycenter.com/groups/a4718385/cloth_diaper_sewing_101?pg=1

If you look under the featured post (Everything you need to know) you will find a link to a spreadsheet that has a whole list of diaper patterns (some free, some that you purchase). You can ask specific questions and get a lot of help and inspiration on making diapers. I sewed many of our own CDs. that's actually when I first started sewing! I only ever used the available free patterns, so I can't speak for the ones that you buy, but if you are interested in any particular pattern you could run a search to see reviews for it. Hope that helps!

Got some Applique done for a fellow Diser (Can't remember her dis name now)
The 3 bears from the new movie Brave


IMG_8462 by tricialee22, on Flickr

Angus the horse


IMG_8468 by tricialee22, on Flickr

And Merida;s little brothers.


IMG_8464 by tricialee22, on Flickr

WOW those came out amazing and SO CUTE!

What an overwhelming thread, lol! I've loved looking through for inspiration

We are planning our first trip for the week after Thanksgiving and plan on making all the girls clothing for each day (7 days) and a few spares. Also some things for the boys. DS 7, DS 5, DD 4, DD 2.

When you make your clothing do you plan for which parks you will be in?

Yes for our clothing I based my ideas off what park we will be visiting for the day. We don't have any table service meals planned, but if I had something special then I would probably want to make an outfit for that too! (Like CRT or Ohana)

Sunshine

 

[celerystalker]

Hello! I used to post on this thread way back in 2007/2008, but since I don't have kids of my own, Disney customs aren't that fun!
Not that I haven't made my own Giselle dress in the past.

Anyway, the staff of the preschool ministry at my church like to do coordinated costumes for our fall festival.
I think one of the women would be a perfect Ariel and she said she'd wear the costume if I make it. That means that someone would see the INSIDE of one of my creations!

Needless to say, I'm petrified, but I can do it.

What's the best adult mermaid pattern out there? Any tips you can offer?

 

[mhaddon]

I try to plan for each park. When we went to Hollywood studios DS will wear Cars or P & F and DD will see what she likes this last trip it was Disney Nerds (big Hit). this next trip she wants Muppets.

Oh and We did a Test Track outfit for Epcot

Oh P&F! Great idea for the boys

And the disney dining idea is great too! I will have to look at our reservation list.

I know we are eating at CRT and will have all out princess gowns, but an not sure for the boys, anyone done anything special?

The other places we will eat are: 50's prime time, Whispering Canyon, Ohana, 1900 Park (breakfast), Cape May (dinner), and possibly Hollywood and vine.

So I'm thinking park may be better plan

I'll pop in and out and add pictures as we make things. (or be back for questions lol).