Disboutiquers Part 15 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew

[Tweevil]

Hello everyone!
I have a question regarding tshirts. When you do an applique for a tshirt do you stitch it right on the shirt or do you do it on a piece of fabric and then sew it on? I am concerned that the backside may be a little itchy for the kids.

Can you share how you do these - I don't want to make the kids uncomfortable.

Thanks for your help

 

[mom2rtk]

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You can find Mr. Penguin at WDW! Here is a photo of DD with them last year. You can usually find him and Mary hanging out in the UK in the afternoons. They rotate with Alice and Pooh characters usually. Just ask the CM when you get there and they should know when to show up.

OK, I thought Epcot was one place I could pass on dragging along the dang costume, but now you KNOW it will be in the bag.... I knew Mary and Alice hung out there, but didn't know Mr. Penguin came out sometimes.......

Now if I could just find those white boots in a larger size.....

 

[mom2rtk]

These next two pics are of Maddie and my niece Victoria, at the Princess Storybook Breakfast at Epcot. Victoria wore a store bought Alice costume and Maddie wore a Provincial Belle that I purchased off of , I believe I bought it from a fellow disboutiquer that has an shop, MOM2TRK, I think that is her id on here. It is a beautiful creation, so professionally done and just gorgeous !!!

What beautiful girls, and what beautiful pictures! I thought I recognized the Belle. Thanks for the mention! I'm glad you had a memorable trip!

 

[mirandag819]

Okay so I finally made a decision about hotels.... as much as I wanted to stay at the Poly and was really looking forward to it, since I now am paying for a 2nd room, I decided to save $2500 and stay at Shades of Green again. I actually do like Shades of Green and just couldn't pass up the $73 a night, plus DH thinks we should stay a few extra days and do Universal and SeaWorld too since we are saving so much on the hotel, and I won't feel as bad paying for the VIP tours. I was able to get both rooms booked today and got DH added to our flights.... I didn't have much luck adding him to ADRs (well no luck really), but I am hoping I can just show up with him at the podium per your alls suggestions. Now I just have to call the Poly and cancel my ressie.

Of coarse after I started adjusting all our plans I realized the other problem with switching to SoG..... now I can't do the in room celebration thing from Disney Florist. I was going to do the big Mickey Birthday Surprise package thing. Have any of you seen it, any suggestions on how I can pull off something similar myself now. I am going to order a bunch of the stuff like the ears and autograph books and stuffed animals from Disney shopping. I can buy birthday banners and stuff myself (maybe get balloons delivered). Since we have 2 rooms now I can send Taylor to my moms room before we leave for the park and decorate it and leave our presents from mickey and the gang.... Any suggestions on what else I should buy to put into presents? Any suggestions on where I can get some sort of cute boxes like the florist uses? I will also need to come up with cute gift tags and maybe mickey footprints I can make on the computer for the floor.

Okay so if that wasn't enough of a dilema for me today to figure out how to change our plans, and pull off a good birthday surprise.... my work decided to tell me today that I have to go to Allentown, PA next week (mon-fri)....we live in NC. Don't they know I still have soooooo much sewing to do, and shopping and packing. Not to mention I am having a terrible time arranging for various inlaws to watch Taylor while I am gone. Sorry just had to vent about that for a min. Maybe I can take hairbow supplies and at least get my bows made from the hotel room.

 

[spongemommie05]

So i am sitting here at 1 am doing Homework and waiting for Mayson to go to sleep so i can and thought i would do a massive qoute round.

This is my babies 1st B-Day obligatory Cake shot!!

This is my two oldest Arianna in The Pirate outfit, Ares The Boy, and my niece Jordynn.

At it's tough to be a bug

Meet-up in Animal Kingdom with Jordynn, Arianna, DH John, Ares and Kaylynn

And at some place eating, I just love the way this shows Kaylynn's red hair and blue eyes.

Love the pictures and the outfits are adorable

That is way cute

wow That is just awesome i missed this picture i guess that means i missed your trip report also

Poor bored penguin.

Run penguin run!

Sometimes he hangs out with Mary.

Strolling with the penguin and Mary.

wow! I did not see the penguin at Disneyland

Then, these are what I have picked out for Snow White using CarlaC Simply Sweet:

And a patchwork twirl dress...there is some tink fabrics and a minnie mouse one...not sure if I'll embroider on it or not. Right now I'll just be happy to make something:

And of course a Minnie Mouse simple simple simple sundress:

And last but not least, and not a bit Disney but that's ok because I love the fabrics, a little pillowcase dress using Jham's tutorial:

Wish me LUCK! Do you think I can get all these done in less than 5 weeks?? Please, if you've gone on marathons or sewn several dresses in a short time, I'd love to know as I find it encouraging.

Good Luck i think you could do it if you don't sleep.. J/k good luck and the outfits will be adorable

 

[spongemommie05]

I need to start working on some customs but here's an apron skirt I just made. My DD helped pick out the fabrics

That is so cute

I like those

Our first day we're doing the Pirate League.
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Epcot day
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DHS day (this was a last minute request for a Jessie outfit) Do you think it will pass as a Jessie custom?
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I love these, That is so cool a mother /daughter trip

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way to go

These next two pics are of Maddie and my niece Victoria, at the Princess Storybook Breakfast at Epcot. Victoria wore a store bought Alice costume and Maddie wore a Provincial Belle that I purchased off of , I believe I bought it from a fellow disboutiquer that has an shop, MOM2TRK, I think that is her id on here. It is a beautiful creation, so professionally done and just gorgeous !!!

i love these pictures what awesome memories

great job

cute i need to make some for Jayedyn

 

[spongemommie05]

Hi Everyone!

Such CUTE outfits posted!!! I love them all!!!

Thanks for your comments on Abby's crayon tote bag!! I actually just winged a totebag, and then added a panel for the crayons before I stitched up the bag so I could sew in all those dividers for the crayons/pencils. How do you all stitch them so evenly???? I just finished this little outfit to match the bag - something simple for her....

DH just told me he doesnt thing we will be going to WDW this fall - Im so bummed!! I love Night of Joy, Free Dining and MNSSHP - and will be missing it all - the only good thing, is that we may "have" to help Daniel and his family on his Make a Wish trip in Jan/Feb as soon as he is done his Chemo. Hopefully we would stay a few extra days to recoop after that!! His little brothers are WILD and difficult to control!!!

Now I did find an OT conference about sensory diets in Boston in October - any thoughts on Boston in October??????

i have that fabric just sitting I should make something Great job

 

[VBAndrea]

OK, now that I got the hang of this picture thing, I will post a few of the things I have made so far, I purchased my sewing machine just about a year ago after following this thread religiously for a year prior to that. The first few pics are of my niece and daughter at MVMCP in December 2008, I did mickey heads in red and green buttons, and yes I did sew them all on by hand.

The kids loved their shirts, we saw a few customs on our trip but not many. These shirts were easy to do, and really looked great in person.

Your daughter is gorgeous ~ such beautiful eyes! Your neice is adorable as well. And I love the Mickey button heads. I am so going to case that idea from you as I fear I will have issues doing applique Mickey heads (haven't practiced yet as I can not for the life of me get to the fabric store sans kids!).

 

[VBAndrea]

Ok, this is SLIGHTLY OT (seeings how it's only July), but I am getting ready to start DD's halloween outfit. I have only one more custom to do for our WDW trip in October so Halloween is going to be my next task. I am currently searching through the Oct Thread from 2007 but it seems that nearly all the pics have been taken down ! I would love to see pics from the past to get ideas from. I am thinking about a stripwork jumper but I've only done the simply sweet so far. . . I guess I need to at least read the instructions and see how intimidating it really is. All the strip pieces really scare me!

I would love for the Disboutiquers to post photos as well (I love looking at any of their creations but it's giving me soooo many ideas and I can't even manage to get to the fabric store without the kids -- did purchase some YCMT patterns though). In the mean time, go to etsy and do a search for halloween outfits and hopefully you can get some ideas from what others have done. Also, YCMT has galleries that I enjoy looking at and lots of times I've seen outfits on there that were posted here as well. Hopefully that will give you a start.

 

[JUJU814]

Okay so I finally made a decision about hotels.... as much as I wanted to stay at the Poly and was really looking forward to it, since I now am paying for a 2nd room, I decided to save $2500 and stay at Shades of Green again. I actually do like Shades of Green and just couldn't pass up the $73 a night, plus DH thinks we should stay a few extra days and do Universal and SeaWorld too since we are saving so much on the hotel, and I won't feel as bad paying for the VIP tours. I was able to get both rooms booked today and got DH added to our flights.... I didn't have much luck adding him to ADRs (well no luck really), but I am hoping I can just show up with him at the podium per your alls suggestions. Now I just have to call the Poly and cancel my ressie.

Of coarse after I started adjusting all our plans I realized the other problem with switching to SoG..... now I can't do the in room celebration thing from Disney Florist. I was going to do the big Mickey Birthday Surprise package thing. Have any of you seen it, any suggestions on how I can pull off something similar myself now. I am going to order a bunch of the stuff like the ears and autograph books and stuffed animals from Disney shopping. I can buy birthday banners and stuff myself (maybe get balloons delivered). Since we have 2 rooms now I can send Taylor to my moms room before we leave for the park and decorate it and leave our presents from mickey and the gang.... Any suggestions on what else I should buy to put into presents? Any suggestions on where I can get some sort of cute boxes like the florist uses? I will also need to come up with cute gift tags and maybe mickey footprints I can make on the computer for the floor.

Okay so if that wasn't enough of a dilema for me today to figure out how to change our plans, and pull off a good birthday surprise.... my work decided to tell me today that I have to go to Allentown, PA next week (mon-fri)....we live in NC. Don't they know I still have soooooo much sewing to do, and shopping and packing. Not to mention I am having a terrible time arranging for various inlaws to watch Taylor while I am gone. Sorry just had to vent about that for a min. Maybe I can take hairbow supplies and at least get my bows made from the hotel room.

You don't need to use Disney Florist. Oh nooooooo.....have I got a solution for you!!! "Memories by Betsy" Just google it. We used her last year and she was FABULOUS! She also shops outside too and can get some good bargains. She's so helpful in putting stuff together. I don't think she can decorate a room, but she will deliver the surprise package to your resort and just ask them to put it in the room. In addition to the pic below last summer, we also had her do a bathroom basket for the kids with disney toothbrushes, expandable facecloths, disney bubblebath etc. She got all this stuff at Target! I had purchased custom fabric covered autograph books and some other stuff up here. For instance, my teenage daughter wasn't into some of the kiddie stuff. I got her a new Vera Bradley bag and shipped it to Betsy to include in her gift basket. I got some Disney coloring books at AC Moore, bought Disney dollars and disney wallets for the kids..so each of their baskets had their wallet with Disney dollars. I also shipped Emily's cinderella dress. I had her get the disney princess crayons and classic character crayons.

I sent her a list of what she was to buy. And she put it all together. The kids were in awe! What I like was that any "souvenirs" ie: autograph books, pressed penny book, passport, lanyard..they were already taken care of. The kids could use their disney dollars on something, but we were buying all this other stuff. Here is a pic:

I cannot recommend her enough!

Julie

 

[TinaLala]

So I went to Joanne with many coupons with the goal of picking up some fabric for outfits for DD10, but like another poster said EVERYTHING was on sale! Which sounds great, but I didn't have DD10 with me so I didn't dear pick out anything. She's so picky about her fabric now I don't dare get anything.

But I was able to get this pattern for $0.99 and I had this yellow plaid fabric so I think I'm going to do C, which is the bottom right one and I'm going to pick out some black leather for a buckle. Then I'm going to go bck and pick up this purple velvet for another skirt with a sparkly buckle. Anyone else used this pattern?

Ruffles and pleates are what's 'in' right so I'm going to get the most out of this pattern!

 

[Eyore4Ever149]

MOM2RTK- Your dresses are amazing! I was taking a peek at your flicker account. My 3 yr old wants me to go back to see more of the "little girl princess"
Can I ask which pattern you used for Sleeping beauty? Is it Simplicity 9834? I have heard its a complicated pattern...
whats your etsy or ebay ID? Id love to see what you sell (maybe I will skip the pain of making one...I know DD who will be 4 on our next trip would love to be Sleeping Beauty...

I bought one of these on ebay. There were tons of them. I don't know what to do with it. I don't like using them for overalls or anything like that. Not my style.. what were you going to do with them?

I plan to use them in a quilt if I like them, Im going to call walmart today and see if these are in their scrapbooking section, I saw them on ebay and the ebayer was a scrapbook seller
I haven't 100% committed to the idea, but I was thinking if I can find enough of them of all the different Disney movies I could do a "Movie" quilt. Each block is 8.5" square, I have seen Nemo, Buzz, Cinderella, the castle with all the pricesses and snow white so I figure there must be more. I would set the blocks so they "pop" and you eye would focus on them, perhaps doing bars that alternate direction on each side of the block. If I knew how to scan a sketch I would show you what I mean. But there are other patterns I could use too...

Hi Everyone!

Such CUTE outfits posted!!! I love them all!!!

Thanks for your comments on Abby's crayon tote bag!! I actually just winged a totebag, and then added a panel for the crayons before I stitched up the bag so I could sew in all those dividers for the crayons/pencils. How do you all stitch them so evenly???? I just finished this little outfit to match the bag - something simple for her....

DH just told me he doesnt thing we will be going to WDW this fall - Im so bummed!! I love Night of Joy, Free Dining and MNSSHP - and will be missing it all - the only good thing, is that we may "have" to help Daniel and his family on his Make a Wish trip in Jan/Feb as soon as he is done his Chemo. Hopefully we would stay a few extra days to recoop after that!! His little brothers are WILD and difficult to control!!!

Now I did find an OT conference about sensory diets in Boston in October - any thoughts on Boston in October??????

The Littlest petshop stuff is awesome!!
You will love Boston in Oct! Let me know when you are coming, maybe if you have time, I can drive up to visit! I used to live there. I love Faneuil Hall for shopping and enjoying nice weather. Or try a duck tour! Or a carriage ride from faneuil hall. Food is great at the White Elephant (different part of the city)
Visit Comm Ave for trendy, vogue shops (and fun bars at night Thur-Sat)
it's beautiful there in the Fall!

 

[revrob]

I would love for the Disboutiquers to post photos as well (I love looking at any of their creations but it's giving me soooo many ideas and I can't even manage to get to the fabric store without the kids -- did purchase some YCMT patterns though). In the mean time, go to etsy and do a search for halloween outfits and hopefully you can get some ideas from what others have done. Also, YCMT has galleries that I enjoy looking at and lots of times I've seen outfits on there that were posted here as well. Hopefully that will give you a start.

I must have missed this request - I think I have some pics of AbbyGrace's MNSSHP set from last year - let me see

Here's the whole thing

Here's close ups of the applique on the legs

You don't need to use Disney Florist. Oh nooooooo.....have I got a solution for you!!! "Memories by Betsy" Just google it. We used her last year and she was FABULOUS! She also shops outside too and can get some good bargains. She's so helpful in putting stuff together. I don't think she can decorate a room, but she will deliver the surprise package to your resort and just ask them to put it in the room. In addition to the pic below last summer, we also had her do a bathroom basket for the kids with disney toothbrushes, expandable facecloths, disney bubblebath etc. She got all this stuff at Target! I had purchased custom fabric covered autograph books and some other stuff up here. For instance, my teenage daughter wasn't into some of the kiddie stuff. I got her a new Vera Bradley bag and shipped it to Betsy to include in her gift basket. I got some Disney coloring books at AC Moore, bought Disney dollars and disney wallets for the kids..so each of their baskets had their wallet with Disney dollars. I also shipped Emily's cinderella dress. I had her get the disney princess crayons and classic character crayons.

I sent her a list of what she was to buy. And she put it all together. The kids were in awe! What I like was that any "souvenirs" ie: autograph books, pressed penny book, passport, lanyard..they were already taken care of. The kids could use their disney dollars on something, but we were buying all this other stuff. Here is a pic:

I cannot recommend her enough!

Julie

THAT is so cool! I think I need to check this out! Amazing!

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

This question is OT and not really related to sewing so please forgive me....but I am looking for something different/cheaper for my kids autograph books. In the past I have let each of them have a 7x7 creative memories album with a TON of pages in it and they get a TON of autographs!!!!! So the character signs one page and then on the opposite page I put a picture of them with the character and scrapbook around it to match the character. My kids love those books, but it does get to be costly with all of those pages and albums and they are rather cumbersome to carry around. My kids love those albums though. So I thought all of you crafty people might have another idea. I haven't been able to find other albums that extend that big. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[My2Qtz0205]

This question is OT and not really related to sewing so please forgive me....but I am looking for something different/cheaper for my kids autograph books. In the past I have let each of them have a 7x7 creative memories album with a TON of pages in it and they get a TON of autographs!!!!! So the character signs one page and then on the opposite page I put a picture of them with the character and scrapbook around it to match the character. My kids love those books, but it does get to be costly with all of those pages and albums and they are rather cumbersome to carry around. My kids love those albums though. So I thought all of you crafty people might have another idea. I haven't been able to find other albums that extend that big. Any ideas? Thanks!

That's what I was thinking of doing. I was going to make my kids share an autograph book, though. Is that horrible? Do they each need their own? My scrapbooks remain in my office. They will not be keeping them in their rooms. How many pages did your 7x7 end up being? (sorry to hijack)

 

[Stephres]

Hello everyone!
I have a question regarding tshirts. When you do an applique for a tshirt do you stitch it right on the shirt or do you do it on a piece of fabric and then sew it on? I am concerned that the backside may be a little itchy for the kids.

Can you share how you do these - I don't want to make the kids uncomfortable.

Thanks for your help

When I first started I appliqued onto fabric and then sewed it onto the shirt. That worked ok.

They make iron on interfacing that is silky on one side so that's what I use when I applique directly onto the shirt. It works really well!

This question is OT and not really related to sewing so please forgive me....but I am looking for something different/cheaper for my kids autograph books. In the past I have let each of them have a 7x7 creative memories album with a TON of pages in it and they get a TON of autographs!!!!! So the character signs one page and then on the opposite page I put a picture of them with the character and scrapbook around it to match the character. My kids love those books, but it does get to be costly with all of those pages and albums and they are rather cumbersome to carry around. My kids love those albums though. So I thought all of you crafty people might have another idea. I haven't been able to find other albums that extend that big. Any ideas? Thanks!

I used a sketch book and decorated the pages. It wasn't as big, 5x7 I think, but I wanted it small enough my daughter could carry it around in her bag.

Halloween!

Hello Kitty Vida:

Little spider skirt and t-shirt (I made one for a friend):

Bat shorts and t-shirt:

Hello kitty top and decoupaged jeans:

Bat peasant top and pants:

Look how little she looks!

 

[mom2rtk]

MOM2RTK- Your dresses are amazing! I was taking a peek at your flicker account. My 3 yr old wants me to go back to see more of the "little girl princess"
Can I ask which pattern you used for Sleeping beauty? Is it Simplicity 9834? I have heard its a complicated pattern...
whats your etsy or ebay ID? Id love to see what you sell (maybe I will skip the pain of making one...I know DD who will be 4 on our next trip would love to be Sleeping Beauty...

MANY THANKS! Some of the Sleeping Beauty pics on Flickr are from Simplicity 9384. Another picture in there (the blue satin Sleeping Beauty) is from Simplicity 5835. 9384 IS more complicated, but it's the real McCoy. These are 9384:

9384 has the full circle flare skirt, which I love!

This one is from 5385:

The key to getting ANY of those Sleeping Beauty gowns to fit properly is to not be afraid to make them snug through the chest and waist. (Cut it with plenty of allowance along the back seam where the zipper goes, so you have plenty of room, but then trim away when done to get the nice close fit). Otherwise they fall off the shoulders and don't look right.

I do sell on both of those sites under the same ID I use here, although not necessarily from the exact same styles shown on Flickr. I usually do things on my own daughter's gowns that I would never want to replicate! Usually these are small things that result in many additional hours of work!

Happy sewing!

 

[ncmomof2]

That's what I was thinking of doing. I was going to make my kids share an autograph book, though. Is that horrible? Do they each need their own? My scrapbooks remain in my office. They will not be keeping them in their rooms. How many pages did your 7x7 end up being? (sorry to hijack)

I took a CM album our first year. I did not put all the pages in at once. I just put some in then swaped out at night so I was not carrying a huge album. SInce then I have just brought a small clip board and photo matt paper so that I can add the autographs to my large album. I do one for the family, not per kid. If I was doing the ones you don't add photos to, I would do one per kids but having the photos make it extra special and I my kids did not mind sharing.

 

[ncmomof2]

9384 has the full circle flare skirt, which I love!

This one is from 5385:

Happy sewing!

THose are amazing! I don't think I will ever be at that level. WOW!

 

[disneygirlsanddrew]

I took a CM album our first year. I did not put all the pages in at once. I just put some in then swaped out at night so I was not carrying a huge album. SInce then I have just brought a small clip board and photo matt paper so that I can add the autographs to my large album. I do one for the family, not per kid. If I was doing the ones you don't add photos to, I would do one per kids but having the photos make it extra special and I my kids did not mind sharing.

What size paper do you take with you? Do you keep them in baggies or anything so they don't get wet? Any other advice? Hmmmm....I wonder if I can convince my kids that they don't each need their own this year since they are used to having their own? I've been concentrating on sewing this year so I haven't even thought of these yet!!!! I've always done the 7 x 7's for the kids and then a large 12x12 one for our family of the whole trip. But I am really far behind and never did the 12 x 12 from our last trip!