Disboutiquers Part 19 Kids Disney Boutique / Customs Clothes psst..we sew ;-)

[soccermomof3]

Can anyone help me find a pattern? My 11 yr old wants to wear a pirate costume that has a petti skirt as the skirt with a pirate bodice that laces up. I figured this would be the place to ask!

Thanks!!!!

 

[tvgirlmin]

Beautiful outfit! Love it!

We had breakfast at Ohana's.

Alice Customs- I did not smock the top on my youngest DD. Bengalbelle smocked this top and it is AMAZING! I cannot tell you how much I adore it. My older daughter pants have the Queen of Hearts and a Card on the legs of the pants.

One of my daughter's favorite characters is the Evil Queen. Last year she even had an Evil Queen 5th Birthday. This outfit I also had from the fall. The Queen told her to look straight ahead and DO NOT smile.

Love all your creations! Your daughters are too cute and your sewing is just beautiful! Thanks for sharing. And the Poly looks AWESOME, too! I would love to stay there one day...

Hi all, I never introduced myself. I'm Katra - former boutiquer that still sews when I have the time or the cause to do so. I'm married and have two boys ages 6 & 3. I'm kind of sad seeing all the girly boutiquey cuteness going on in this thread *sniff*, but I'll survive somehow. Disney's GAD have given me a moment of girly goodness and joy... I'm laying out two princess quilts right now with some fairytale fabric that has been on my shelves since before I was preggers with younger boy. The third blanket I'm doing will be more space themed in honor of TS3 coming out. My older DS is helping with that one

Hmm what else. We live in the CHicago suburbs, and it's wet and cold right now. Yuck.

Welcome Katra! And I would love to pic your brain on the Chicago area - we are being transferred to Naval Station Great Lakes this fall, and will probably be in the Ft. Sheridan area, so if you have any info on that area I would love to chat! I feel like this is a very blind move as I know very little about the whole area - but at least it will be adventure!

I wanted to share a few photos from Samuel's 5th birthday party this morning.

Here is the cake we made for the party.

Dawn

All the outfits are so cute, and the boys are always adorable. My Jack turns 5 on March 28 - where does the time go?

The cake was way cool - trying to convince myself I can make Jack's too, but I have never worked with Fondant and I need to use that for Darth Vader's head. Hmmm....

It all looks great, but I really wanna give that tote a try! It would be so convenient - that may be the next pattern I buy...

Your daughter is so cute! I wanna see a now pic - she looks just like my little Emmy in these pics, and I wanna see how she looks now as a "big girl" of 9!

 

[iluvwdw4ever]

We just arrived home from our first Disney Cruise and here is a picture of the outfits that Lisa made for my kids for the Pirates in the Caribbean Party...

 

[Tallent]

Anyone have any ideas or pictures for an 8 (going on 14) year old girl? She'd do something Minnie-ish but probably not princesses :-( She's a tall girl and already wears a 10-12. Ideas for something I could buy or make if it's super easy?

 

[Mom2SamandJames]

We just arrived home from our first Disney Cruise and here is a picture of the outfits that Lisa made for my kids for the Pirates in the Caribbean Party...

I think the outfits are almost as adorable as your precious children! So tell us how the cruise was. I am dying to try one, and I would love to hear Disney's standard for a cruise.

Dawn

 

[NaeNae]

Can anyone help me find a pattern? My 11 yr old wants to wear a pirate costume that has a petti skirt as the skirt with a pirate bodice that laces up. I figured this would be the place to ask!

Thanks!!!!

Here is a picture of the corset I made for DGD. She just wore a peasant type shirt underneath it and wore her petti.

 

[iluvwdw4ever]

I think the outfits are almost as adorable as your precious children! So tell us how the cruise was. I am dying to try one, and I would love to hear Disney's standard for a cruise.

Dawn

Thanks so much!!!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The cruise was ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everything about it was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We will definitely be going again soon!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish we wouldn't have waited so long......DO NOT PUT IT OFF.......GO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is SOOOOOO WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[soccermomof3]

Here is a picture of the corset I made for DGD. She just wore a peasant type shirt underneath it and wore her petti.

AWESOME!! This is exactly what I am looking for!!! What pattern did you use for the bodice?

 

[NaeNae]

AWESOME!! This is exactly what I am looking for!!! What pattern did you use for the bodice?

I didn't use a pattern. She was 20" in the chest so I made the top section 20" around. The bottom section was 60" around and gathered to fit the top section. On the top section I made 2 button holes on each side and used ribbon to lace it up. She was only 4 at the time and my notes are showing I made the top section 4 1/4" tall, the main part of the bottom tier was 6" tall and the bottom color was 2".

You should be able to measure your DD and figure out how tall you want the top section and then how long you want the skirt portion of the corset and adjust the skirt portion by how much you want the bottom fabric. Clear as mud right? If you have anymore questions I will do my best to help you out.

 

[Astro Orbiter]

Anyone have any ideas or pictures for an 8 (going on 14) year old girl? She'd do something Minnie-ish but probably not princesses :-( She's a tall girl and already wears a 10-12. Ideas for something I could buy or make if it's super easy?

My DD is 7 and has moved beyond all the frills. She assures me daily that she's casual girl these days. Generally, she prefers to only have one piece 'Disney-ified'. If the bottom is Disney'ed, the top is a plain T, possibly with a Mickey applique in a coordinating fabric. If the top is done, we pair it with a pair of plain bermudas.

Her ongoing faves are:

Twirl skirts (you can do a minnie dot or any red/white polka dot). Beyond easy! No pattern required!

A peasant top in blue with Peter Pan characters shadowed in front of a yellow moon (DD loves her Peter Pan). Worn with plain bermuda shorts. Lots of people here can recommend ones that fit - I ended up with a Butterick.

I also like a simple dress in Minnie dot fabric - we love Butterick 4718 http://butterick.mccall.com/b4718-products-5624.php?page_id=376

Sorry, no pics...I'm on the wrong computer.

Deb

 

[livndisney]

My DD is 7 and has moved beyond all the frills. She assures me daily that she's casual girl these days. Generally, she prefers to only have one piece 'Disney-ified'. If the bottom is Disney'ed, the top is a plain T, possibly with a Mickey applique in a coordinating fabric. If the top is done, we pair it with a pair of plain bermudas.

Her ongoing faves are:

Twirl skirts (you can do a minnie dot or any red/white polka dot). Beyond easy! No pattern required!

A peasant top in blue with Peter Pan characters shadowed in front of a yellow moon (DD loves her Peter Pan). Worn with plain bermuda shorts. Lots of people here can recommend ones that fit - I ended up with a Butterick.

I also like a simple dress in Minnie dot fabric - we love Butterick 4718 http://butterick.mccall.com/b4718-products-5624.php?page_id=376

Sorry, no pics...I'm on the wrong computer.

Deb

I think I missed the original question-but I have to second the twirl skirts. I was laughing the other day to see Old Navy has the twirl skirt commercial. Who knew we were "high fashion". LOL

Maybe a simple A line with a small character border or Mickey head?

 

[emcreative]

Hannah (8) doesn't even tend to like skirts anymore. Will she be more willing to "Disney" if it's something like capris? I know last time with Lizzie (she was 9) she was fine with capri's with a few characters and an applique top with a character and her name.

I know my kids will do a lot more "crazy" dressing on a trip than they will at home, though- it's a bit of a family tradition with us! Before I "knew" about customs they knew they would have a "new" wardrobe and we'd all be coordinating anytime we took even a weekend trip!

 

[karamat]

WOW - I had no idea I had gotten so far behind! I'm co-chairing a fundraising event next month and at times it feels like it has taken over my life Loved all the great things posted!!

Ok so I showed you these 2- Woody & Jesse

Now - Here is my youngest DD's Bullseye Dress! It is my first twirl. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I made it with waist length Simply Sweet jumper top with short ties.

LOVE IT!! My DD2 is so into Toy Story and Toy Story 2 right now. She would watch it 24/7 if I let her!!


The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is going on right now and we took a day off this week to go. We did the same thing last year and practically had the place to ourselves. But this year the day we picked was the same day that the local elementary schools brought students. There had to have been thousands of kids! We couldn't get into the petting zoo and the Borden guy snapped when DD2 stopped to "talk" to Elsie. We still had fun, but I hope next year we pick a better day to go!

(Pattern: Faith Double Layer from YCMT; Fabric: Wanna Be A Cowboy by Samantha Walker for Riley Blake Designs)

 

[Tracie]

WOW - I had no idea I had gotten so far behind! I'm co-chairing a fundraising event next month and at times it feels like it has taken over my life Loved all the great things posted!!



LOVE IT!! My DD2 is so into Toy Story and Toy Story 2 right now. She would watch it 24/7 if I let her!!


The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is going on right now and we took a day off this week to go. We did the same thing last year and practically had the place to ourselves. But this year the day we picked was the same day that the local elementary schools brought students. There had to have been thousands of kids! We couldn't get into the petting zoo and the Borden guy snapped when DD2 stopped to "talk" to Elsie. We still had fun, but I hope next year we pick a better day to go!

(Pattern: Faith Double Layer from YCMT; Fabric: Wanna Be A Cowboy by Samantha Walker for Riley Blake Designs)

Too Too cute and I Love the outfit too!

Tracie

 

[kittycat9]

You can always joing the Big Give too!

Yes, I read about that last night from the link on the front page. I will have to look at that for certain. Should I wait to register until after I finish my GAD blankets, or go ahead now? I wasn't sure if it was something that I had to be prepared to start sewing for that moment. I'm probably a couple weeks out, with the projects I'm working on right now (and finishing the boys rooms).

 

[fairygoodmother]

Just completed outfits for yinyanggirls Big Give. I used the same fabrics as before for Sea World outfits.
for Phoebe (Wish Child):

for Tessa (little sister)

together:

Now I'm off to create an Alice in Wonderland dress for poohnpigletCA's daughter's birthday next weekend

 

[Tinka_Belle]

Friday night I was told that no one in this group will make a Tiana dress because they are afraid of me! Could you let me know if this is true or not? I have been copied before and did not call the people out or make any reference to what was copied, just a vague reference to being upset over being copied. So I'm not understanding where this is coming from. I have made two Tiana dresses. The first one that I made was made using the ideas and vision from a child and both the mother of the child and I expressed our wishes for the dress to not be copied. The second dress that I made I don't care if every single stitch on the dress is copied, It was my own interpretation of the dress.

 

[mom2rtk]

We just arrived home from our first Disney Cruise and here is a picture of the outfits that Lisa made for my kids for the Pirates in the Caribbean Party...

So how CUTE are you guys????

Absolutely adorable!!!!

 

[livndisney]

Friday night I was told that no one in this group will make a Tiana dress because they are afraid of me! Could you let me know if this is true or not? I have been copied before and did not call the people out or make any reference to what was copied, just a vague reference to being upset over being copied. So I'm not understanding where this is coming from. I have made two Tiana dresses. The first one that I made was made using the ideas and vision from a child and both the mother of the child and I expressed our wishes for the dress to not be copied. The second dress that I made I don't care if every single stitch on the dress is copied, It was my own interpretation of the dress.

I don't think it is true. There have been several Tianas posted on here.

 

[TinkerbelleMom]

Friday night I was told that no one in this group will make a Tiana dress because they are afraid of me! Could you let me know if this is true or not? I have been copied before and did not call the people out or make any reference to what was copied, just a vague reference to being upset over being copied. So I'm not understanding where this is coming from. I have made two Tiana dresses. The first one that I made was made using the ideas and vision from a child and both the mother of the child and I expressed our wishes for the dress to not be copied. The second dress that I made I don't care if every single stitch on the dress is copied, It was my own interpretation of the dress.

I sort of remember a post a while back from someone who made a really pretty Tiana dress, before the movie even came out, and she requested it not be case'd exactly because she is a seller, and wanted to be able to do that design without possible competition. Now that the movie is out (and almost on DVD) there have been lots of similar designs, both on and off this board that I've seen recently. I think if anyone is wanting to sew for their own child and not to sell, they can do whatever they'd like. I'll admit to doing the same (though not a Tiana dress yet) I love being here for the inspiration to help me create fun garments for my kids, and I also will buy from others when I see something on Ebay or Etsy that I fall in love with, and know its beyond my capabilities. (Hello LisaZoe!!!) I do not sell, but I do use my sewing abilities for the Big Give.

That being said...I will admit to case-ing something recently for a current Big Give, but not an exact case because I changed it a bit. This is a pic of Rebecca at MK yesterday. This was a trial run dress to see if I could make it work. The pattern is CarlaC's Portrait Peasant, princessified like she did to the Simply Sweet, but I wanted sleeves so I went with the peasant instead. I aded the white collar by creating a pattern piece shaped the way I wanted. It has 4 layers of fabric and 2 of interfacing, so they stood up nice all day. They're just connected at the edge of the front panel and back shoulder seam. Rebecca loved this dress, and said it was comfy even with the weird collar. When we were waiting for her big sister who was on Splash, there was a little girl on the playground who insisted Rebecca was really Sleeping Beauty, and she got mad because Sleeping Beauty wouldn't dance with her. She didn't believe her mom that this was just another little girl.