Disboutiquers Part 30 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[jleighda]

Good Evening,

I was on here several years ago and have been in periodically since. (I actually had to get a new user name it had been so long )
I am planning another large trip with several kids so I searched for this thread and was kinda sad to see it so quiet. I received so much inspiration from it the last time and will have to still go through the older threads. I just wanted to say Hi!

 

[4HppyCamprs]

Good Evening,

I was on here several years ago and have been in periodically since. (I actually had to get a new user name it had been so long )
I am planning another large trip with several kids so I searched for this thread and was kinda sad to see it so quiet. I received so much inspiration from it the last time and will have to still go through the older threads. I just wanted to say Hi!

Hello! It is sad it is so quiet. We are also making a trip and I have some Disney sewing coming up! Maybe others are also watching for new activity.

 

[DMGeurts]

I haven't stopped in for a long time... Still sewing Disney! Always sewing Disney - it seems. I haven't had a notification from this post in ages, until this morning, but I am still very active on The Dis - just in the TR/PTR section.

D~

 

[OrlandoBelle]

I haven't been on here for a few years either. I'm in the UK and found the Dis through this thread, so it's a shame it's so quiet here now. I am hoping to book another trip later this month for October 2017, so I will be back at the sewing machine making my daughter's Disney dresses soon hopefully. Just popping over now for some inspiration as she's getting older now. She will be 7 on our next trip. Can't wait to get planning and sewing!

 

[MouseLovingMom]

I LOVE this thread! SO glad I found ya'll! As you can see by my pic we LOVE stitching Disney inspired too.

 

[cyneswith]

Everything means even non-Disney stuff, right? And photobucket is being a pill - how are non-resized photos?

 

[cyneswith]

shirt for DS

Viking treasure beads (I do medieval re-enactment type stuff.)

painting over iron-on-transfer - first attempt with fabric paint brushes, which are AWESOME.

My viking outfit, horrifically clashing, but I love it anyway.

 

[MandiC]

This thread needs a revival! I haven't had much time for sewing lately, I went back to school this winter so between that, 4 kids and their activities and working part-time...
I do need some inspiration. My girls will be 12 and 10 by the time we make it back, I doubt they will want anything too princessy or 'cutesy' but I'd like to do some sort of disbounding with them, cute sundresses in the same colors as some of the princess dresses. My boys I am not sure...they love Star Wars right now so I am not sure but definitely something will need to be sewn for that

 

[Nevada Jen]

10 and 12 is a good age for bags, purses and backpacks! Also I feel like any time is a good time to subject the entire family to matching t-shirts.

 

[TinaLala]

After years away from my sewing machine I am getting ready for another trip for DD17's graduation trip. Desperately want to make her a good backsack as Pluto! I've found a few patterns, just looking for unique idea. Anyone have a pluto bag they've made they could share to inspire?

 

[TinaLala]

I've done some cami-like tops for my girls that look like princesses dresses. I saw them here once years ago made out of polyester.

 

[Chrystmasangel]

Been a while but I have been a busy sewing bee! I have some on Disney stuff to add and some Disney stuff.
First up, the Not Disney stuff:

A friend that I work with just found out she is going to be a grandma. She asked me to make her daughter a blanket. I love making baby stuff...so this is what I did. But of coarse I heard her say "blankets", not blanket! LOL
Receiving blankets: They are about 36"X38" completed size and so easy since they are self binding! Once I had the fabric all cut to size, sew time was about 20 minutes per receiving blanket. So easy!

And then I made burp cloths from the left over flannel from all the receiving blankets. I was able to piece together enough fabric to make 5 of these in different patterns...
They are about 14" long and widest part is about 8" and slimmest part where it lays over your shoulder is about 6" completed. I just made up my own pattern for these. Sew time was maybe about 25 minutes total and that is only because of the added time to press before adding the top stitch once they are turned.

And then the quilt which I really liked alot: The back was Fleece and the front was cotton: the girl that is having the baby wants to do her nursery in Jungle theme.

Next up are 4 quilts that I made Have made. 1 for my Neice to take to football games with her, 2 for my sisters for Christmas, and 1 for a "prize" for a contest we did where I work:

First, the stadium blanket: With the left over flannel, I made a shoulder bag for it, so she can easily carry it to games. She is a huge football fan!

The quilt I made for work. It was for Halloween, that's why it's in fall leaves:

The quilt I made my 1st sister: neither of my sisters had their Shams on yet. They both were wanting to buy new pillows to put in them and not use them all the time. I also forgot to get the finished inscription on this one so I included a pic of it before it was actually sewn on. ( I put something on EVERY quilt I make)

The quilt I made my 2nd sister:

And some of the bags I have been making! I even got a printed label made up to put inside of them. =)

First, the nurses bag I made for my sister. She does Home health and had been looking for a bag that she can take into patients homes. She couldn't find exactly what she wanted, so after talking to her, I designed this bag from scratch for her. It was quite the challenge, but I am sooo happy with the results. She loves Minnie and animals and wanted something that was inspired by that, so I came up with this. It has a quilted pocket on the front for her small lap top she uses for work and the back side has a pocket big enough where she can slide patients files in it easily, then inside has 3 compartments and all the sides are lined with pockets. I made small zipper bags that match inside. I think I made her 4 of them for things like needles and sharps that can't be in plain view.

Then for all of my Nieces for Christmas, I made them back pack purses or my small nephews, I made them back pack diaper bags:

 

[Chrystmasangel]

And now for the Disney stuff! Costumes from Lion King Jr.... These brought a lot of blood sweat and tears! HAHAHA The director of the program here for our middle school said she wanted to shoot for the same feeling as the Broadway musical. So research I went a hunting! I could find next to nothing! NOTHING! I could find all the pictures I wanted....but the how too's... non existant. So to the drawing board I went. Thank goodness for cheap brown packing paper at dollar tree for all the patterns I had to create.

We shall start with Scar. I had to make this costume in its entirety. From the mask to the shoes! (well, I didn't make the shoes, but I painted them) The part of this that was sewing was the body suit and chaps and the hair onto the body suit. The masks were paper mache, but I had to sew most of the main pieces on, as glue was not holding them on. I had to make patterns for all of this, as there was just nothing that could be bought. I had to hand sew the "bone" corset together and then sew and tie the "bone" to the cage over him which I unfortunately don't have a great picture of. =(

Next is Zazu. Man was he a challenge too! The velvet jacket was something that we had on hand. One of the art teachers helped out with the painting on the jacket and she picked out the fabric to match. I then had to create the pants and tails from scratch as well as make the working puppet. The pants I actually made a variation of Scars chaps, but instead of folding up the sides, I put interfacing in them to make them stand out. Then added the tails in the back to the actual pants so they were all 1 piece. For the puppet...Those feathers! I was going to try to just glue them with hot glue... but it kept getting all messed up and nasty in the feathers and I couldn't press on them to get them into the glue... so I actually ended up using thread and needle through the paper mache to hold them on, and then used glue to make them lay flat.

Next up: Bird girls. Again, no patterns. I had to create these all on my own again. The dresses are just sleeveless tunic dresses, and then they wore white shirts and gloves under them. I pleated the fabric about every 2 " and put a 1/2" pleate in and then ironed it flat. Then for the "tails" I did strips of flags on interfacing to make them stick out. The bird "batons" themselves, Again, I couldn't get glue to hold them together, so I had to sew the heads to the bodies and then the feet of the birds to the "batons"

Grass lands chant costumes. My team loved me for these! Again, I had to create these from nothing! It was so hard figuring out what could be used to make these, stay in budget and also look great!.... So... why not Twine! That's grass landsy! (is that even a word?) The hats were turbans with elastic bands under the chin sewn on to hold them on with and 2 pieces of that thick poster board cut 12x8 and pieces of artificial onion grass pushed in every 2 inches and bent to slide between the 2 pieces of board. Then the tops of the turbans were hot glued to the bottom piece of board. Then, Each Skirt Had a stripped fabric skirt underneath and the tops are 50 pieces of 2 1/2 foot strips of twine tied around a 1/2 inch hula hoop (which we made ourselves using hosing and joiners) at that bottom to make the hoop part and then sewn around the upper hem of the under skirt. Then the corsets were hand made by another wonderful mom who weaved them together! The guys had the same hat, but we cut theirs 8x8 instead of 12x8 and then the shirts they wore were long sleeved tan shirts... I cut v's in the neck and then stencilled them to look like vines running down them with twine glued on to a "stamp" and then acrylic paint and then the pants were all hand made. I designed those as well. They were made to balloon out at the bottom and make the twine "bell" at their feet. Each pair of pants had then 50 pieces of twine sewn on them at the top and then 25 pieces running to the bottom of each leg and sewn in the hem of the leg. We had to make 21 of these for the girls and we had to make 11 of them for the boys. There presence on stage for this part of the show was just amazing!

Then there is Timon...Again, there is nothing anywhere that I could find on the inter webs to help me with this. I had to create a pattern for him by looking at pictures of the Broadway show. Then I had to figure out how to make his mouth move... neck move, arms and legs move and how to attach him so that he moved in conjunction with the person who was working him.

Then the rest of my puppets.... Life size "chinese dragonesk" (again, is that a word?) type puppets that had to be sewn together and then draped over frames for the kids to carry!
The giraffe, and momma and baby elephant ( I made Pumba too, but he had no sewing involved, s well as masks for Simba, Nula, Mufasa, and Sarabi, but again, no sewing... so don't belong here). sadly, I don't have a very good picture of just the elephants, so Have to use one where there are others in front of them, but this is the best I have.

 

[squirrel]

Chrystmasangel those costumes are great. What a lot of work you did. How many shows did they perform using the costumes?

 

[TinaLala]

And now for the Disney stuff! Costumes from Lion King Jr.... These brought a lot of blood sweat and tears! HAHAHA The director of the program here for our middle school said she wanted to shoot for the same feeling as the Broadway musical. So research I went a hunting! I could find next to nothing! NOTHING! I could find all the pictures I wanted....but the how too's... non existant. So to the drawing board I went. Thank goodness for cheap brown packing paper at dollar tree for all the patterns I had to create.

We shall start with Scar. I had to make this costume in its entirety. From the mask to the shoes! (well, I didn't make the shoes, but I painted them) The part of this that was sewing was the body suit and chaps and the hair onto the body suit. The masks were paper mache, but I had to sew most of the main pieces on, as glue was not holding them on. I had to make patterns for all of this, as there was just nothing that could be bought. I had to hand sew the "bone" corset together and then sew and tie the "bone" to the cage over him which I unfortunately don't have a great picture of. =(

Next is Zazu. Man was he a challenge too! The velvet jacket was something that we had on hand. One of the art teachers helped out with the painting on the jacket and she picked out the fabric to match. I then had to create the pants and tails from scratch as well as make the working puppet. The pants I actually made a variation of Scars chaps, but instead of folding up the sides, I put interfacing in them to make them stand out. Then added the tails in the back to the actual pants so they were all 1 piece. For the puppet...Those feathers! I was going to try to just glue them with hot glue... but it kept getting all messed up and nasty in the feathers and I couldn't press on them to get them into the glue... so I actually ended up using thread and needle through the paper mache to hold them on, and then used glue to make them lay flat.

Next up: Bird girls. Again, no patterns. I had to create these all on my own again. The dresses are just sleeveless tunic dresses, and then they wore white shirts and gloves under them. I pleated the fabric about every 2 " and put a 1/2" pleate in and then ironed it flat. Then for the "tails" I did strips of flags on interfacing to make them stick out. The bird "batons" themselves, Again, I couldn't get glue to hold them together, so I had to sew the heads to the bodies and then the feet of the birds to the "batons"

Grass lands chant costumes. My team loved me for these! Again, I had to create these from nothing! It was so hard figuring out what could be used to make these, stay in budget and also look great!.... So... why not Twine! That's grass landsy! (is that even a word?) The hats were turbans with elastic bands under the chin sewn on to hold them on with and 2 pieces of that thick poster board cut 12x8 and pieces of artificial onion grass pushed in every 2 inches and bent to slide between the 2 pieces of board. Then the tops of the turbans were hot glued to the bottom piece of board. Then, Each Skirt Had a stripped fabric skirt underneath and the tops are 50 pieces of 2 1/2 foot strips of twine tied around a 1/2 inch hula hoop (which we made ourselves using hosing and joiners) at that bottom to make the hoop part and then sewn around the upper hem of the under skirt. Then the corsets were hand made by another wonderful mom who weaved them together! The guys had the same hat, but we cut theirs 8x8 instead of 12x8 and then the shirts they wore were long sleeved tan shirts... I cut v's in the neck and then stencilled them to look like vines running down them with twine glued on to a "stamp" and then acrylic paint and then the pants were all hand made. I designed those as well. They were made to balloon out at the bottom and make the twine "bell" at their feet. Each pair of pants had then 50 pieces of twine sewn on them at the top and then 25 pieces running to the bottom of each leg and sewn in the hem of the leg. We had to make 21 of these for the girls and we had to make 11 of them for the boys. There presence on stage for this part of the show was just amazing!

Then there is Timon...Again, there is nothing anywhere that I could find on the inter webs to help me with this. I had to create a pattern for him by looking at pictures of the Broadway show. Then I had to figure out how to make his mouth move... neck move, arms and legs move and how to attach him so that he moved in conjunction with the person who was working him.

Then the rest of my puppets.... Life size "chinese dragonesk" (again, is that a word?) type puppets that had to be sewn together and then draped over frames for the kids to carry!
The giraffe, and momma and baby elephant ( I made Pumba too, but he had no sewing involved, s well as masks for Simba, Nula, Mufasa, and Sarabi, but again, no sewing... so don't belong here). sadly, I don't have a very good picture of just the elephants, so Have to use one where there are others in front of them, but this is the best I have.

Wow! That director doesn't know what a goldmine he has in you! I hope they gave you a round of applause. That's a lot of work. Yeah you!

 

[TinaLala]

Been a while but I have been a busy sewing bee! I have some on Disney stuff to add and some Disney stuff.
First up, the Not Disney stuff:

A friend that I work with just found out she is going to be a grandma. She asked me to make her daughter a blanket. I love making baby stuff...so this is what I did. But of coarse I heard her say "blankets", not blanket! LOL
Receiving blankets: They are about 36"X38" completed size and so easy since they are self binding! Once I had the fabric all cut to size, sew time was about 20 minutes per receiving blanket. So easy!

And then I made burp cloths from the left over flannel from all the receiving blankets. I was able to piece together enough fabric to make 5 of these in different patterns...
They are about 14" long and widest part is about 8" and slimmest part where it lays over your shoulder is about 6" completed. I just made up my own pattern for these. Sew time was maybe about 25 minutes total and that is only because of the added time to press before adding the top stitch once they are turned.

And then the quilt which I really liked alot: The back was Fleece and the front was cotton: the girl that is having the baby wants to do her nursery in Jungle theme.

Next up are 4 quilts that I made Have made. 1 for my Neice to take to football games with her, 2 for my sisters for Christmas, and 1 for a "prize" for a contest we did where I work:

First, the stadium blanket: With the left over flannel, I made a shoulder bag for it, so she can easily carry it to games. She is a huge football fan!

The quilt I made for work. It was for Halloween, that's why it's in fall leaves:

The quilt I made my 1st sister: neither of my sisters had their Shams on yet. They both were wanting to buy new pillows to put in them and not use them all the time. I also forgot to get the finished inscription on this one so I included a pic of it before it was actually sewn on. ( I put something on EVERY quilt I make)

The quilt I made my 2nd sister:

And some of the bags I have been making! I even got a printed label made up to put inside of them. =)

First, the nurses bag I made for my sister. She does Home health and had been looking for a bag that she can take into patients homes. She couldn't find exactly what she wanted, so after talking to her, I designed this bag from scratch for her. It was quite the challenge, but I am sooo happy with the results. She loves Minnie and animals and wanted something that was inspired by that, so I came up with this. It has a quilted pocket on the front for her small lap top she uses for work and the back side has a pocket big enough where she can slide patients files in it easily, then inside has 3 compartments and all the sides are lined with pockets. I made small zipper bags that match inside. I think I made her 4 of them for things like needles and sharps that can't be in plain view.

Then for all of my Nieces for Christmas, I made them back pack purses or my small nephews, I made them back pack diaper bags:

These projects are amazing. What pattern did you use for the backpacks? Your stitching is Doctor who bag is wonderful! We just found some fabric at Joanne's yesterday and Dd16 is crazy for a project.

 

[Chrystmasangel]

Chrystmasangel those costumes are great. What a lot of work you did. How many shows did they perform using the costumes?

Thank you so much. It was a lot of work. I started in November and the show wasn't until the 2nd week of March. Had many a sleepless nights. They performed 4 shows. 1 Friday @7, 2 Saturday @2 and 7, and 1 Sunday @ 2. We originally were only going to do 3 shows, but due to the large puppetry we had to keep more isle space clear as they came from the back down the center of the auditorium so we had to remove about 4 rows of chairs. After selling out tickets for the First Friday show in the first couple days of ticket sales the director decided to add the Sunday Matinee. The director was asked by a person in the audience who organizes the Teachers conference in Columbus Ohio (forget what it was called) If she would bring the cast in their costuming and with their puppetry and perform "Circle of Life" at the conference in August.

Wow! That director doesn't know what a goldmine he has in you! I hope they gave you a round of applause. That's a lot of work. Yeah you!

Thank you so much. The cast and crew all were amazing. I can't tell you how proud I am of these kids. I usually like to stay behind the curtain. Never was one to want to be out on stage. I received countless hugs and thank-yous. The director forced me up on stage on Saturday and then Sunday the cast and crew pulled me up on stage as well to give me a thank you gift.

These projects are amazing. What pattern did you use for the backpacks? Your stitching is Doctor who bag is wonderful! We just found some fabric at Joanne's yesterday and Dd16 is crazy for a project.

Thank you. They are so fun to give as gifts. My neices all loved them, especially when they saw their names sewn on them. Pattern is Simplicity 1388 is the pattern, Style D but I adapted it to what I really wanted. The basic body and working of the bag I used the pattern for, but I didn't like the webbed straps, so I made my own straps out of the fabric. I added about 1/2 yard of fabric to do the straps in the main fabric. It was a bit to much, but I am one that I would rather have just a touch to much than not enough. I also didn't like that the pockets and the flap were velcro on the pattern, so I added a lobster clasp for the main flap and then put buttons on the pocket flaps. for the diaper bags, I added an elastic tri pocket-inside for things like holding bottles up and also added a flat pocket on the back almost the same length of the bag to put something like a burp cloth or changing pad in. Also, the pattern has you leave a gap in the casing when you sew the lining to the outside for the draw string... but again, I did not like that. so I just completed the casing like you would a quilt binding, pulling it tight and then did grommets instead for the drawstring and got a double sided cord stop to put the cord through.

 

[TinaLala]

[QUOTE="Chrystmasangel, post: 55932504, member: 509438]

Thank you. They are so fun to give as gifts. My neices all loved them, especially when they saw their names sewn on them. Pattern is Simplicity 1388 is the pattern, Style D but I adapted it to what I really wanted. The basic body and working of the bag I used the pattern for, but I didn't like the webbed straps, so I made my own straps out of the fabric. I added about 1/2 yard of fabric to do the straps in the main fabric. It was a bit to much, but I am one that I would rather have just a touch to much than not enough. I also didn't like that the pockets and the flap were velcro on the pattern, so I added a lobster clasp for the main flap and then put buttons on the pocket flaps. for the diaper bags, I added an elastic tri pocket-inside for things like holding bottles up and also added a flat pocket on the back almost the same length of the bag to put something like a burp cloth or changing pad in. Also, the pattern has you leave a gap in the casing when you sew the lining to the outside for the draw string... but again, I did not like that. so I just completed the casing like you would a quilt binding, pulling it tight and then did grommets instead for the drawstring and got a double sided cord stop to put the cord through.[/QUOTE]

Showed DD17 the DR Who on and she went crazy! Our next trip isn't for another year so that might be just enough time for me LOL! Did you I
Use grommets for the ties too wow!

 

[LovesTheMagic]

Great costumes for the Lion King! That is amazing. Wish I stopped in here more often - DisBoards won't work on my phone. My DD and DH are there now. She had some great interaction with Kylo Ren and Buzz Lightyear with the shirts I made.

Wish I were there with them. Does anyone do any hand embroidery? I bought myself some cute tank tops and want to try to hand embroider on them, but am worried about how my boobs will stretch the material and make it funky. (I've been overly blessed up top. ) Do you need to use a stretchier material so that it moves with the shirt? Would the type of stabilizer make a difference. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I made a hidden mickey cool max tank top with buttons sewn on, but I don't know how comfortable that will be to wear all day.

good to see some people posting in here every now and then. Keep the ideas coming.

 

[squirrel]

I made two of these dresses (one for my niece and the other for one of my daycare kids).



I am now working on making a rash guard and some swim shorts for myself. The rash guard is almost done.