Halloween is over...

Halloween is over thank goodness. This was definitely a rough year! Elaina's costume went through two different changes; from Astrid to her My Generation Doll to the present incarnation--an original interpretation of a MONSTER HIGH character. We went through McDonald's for a Happy Meal and they had the Monster High bucket/stickers for the girl toy. Elaina loves them but I really don't get the dolls or anything for her because they look like $2.00 hookers. She said she would love to have an outfit for Halloween to match her bucket so I decided that would be the easiest thing to do. I went through the fabric stash and found some odds and ends that worked perfect. It came out really cute. Not perfect but cute. I will post some pics up soon. My son ended up needing a costume last minute and on the night before we came up with a 4 hours Final Fantasy special inspired by the character Cloud. Will post pics of that as well. Now... onto Christmas sewing **shiver**

The calamity begins.

I absolutely love and hate Halloween in equal measure. It seems no matter how much I TRY to plan ahead things just do not work as intended then I spend days before in a sewing frenzy **sigh**.  I left my leather sides at my mother's house in another state and she cannot find them. I do not have the time or funds to get together more for Astrid so for now she has to go on the back burner. Elaina was very good about it as I promised to make it for another event. What we think we are going to do is turn her into a live version of her American Girl Doll :)  Well, technically it is Target's MY GENERATION but they are produced by the same company and for $70+ dollars less, I will take it.

Halloween is fast approaching and of course the kids cannot pick anything quick and simple.  I am starting with the little one's costume, as I am having to utilize my VERY LIMITED knitting skills. She wants to be Astrid from how to train your dragon.

Goodies were found at garage sale!

My daughter insisted on stopping at a garage sale where she saw a table of stuffed animals and I found all this! 18 yards of wrights tasseled trim that was priced in store at $16 a yard, 2 yards green stripped tapestry, 24" x 60" tan linen with velvet ribbon detail, 24" x 48" square green upholstery fabric with ribbon squiggles, and these awesome odd pieces of fabric with colored velvet ribbon dots. Then a large zip lock of trims that included the odd ball trims laying on it and the big heavy multicolored cord that is 5 yards long! All this was had + 3 stuffed animals for $5.25!

The pillow that turned into a purse.

I was knitting away on what was meant to be that pillow and I will say it--I got bored as hell. I couldn't imagine doing a million more rows of this same stitch to make this thing. The problem I think was the color, it was just gray. Very boring. So I decided to take what I had, make a long strip for the side/strap and turn it into a purse! It is still sitting here in pieces I have to say, but I hope to get it put together tomorrow. It is not very big and not perfect, but my daughter should be very happy with it. After I got sick of the gray and knitted the strap piece I found this gorgeous blue and started a scarf for her too! I need to bind it off, add the fringe, and this fleece image I want to use as an applique which will conveniently cover one of the places I messed up.

With the help of son and cat...

Since the Assassin's Creed costume was my son's idea I figured he needed to help at least cut it out. They always come up with these fantastically involed costumes like I can just pull them out of a bag or something, so I thought he needs to see just how much work this truly is. You can tell he is impressed.We also had the help of our newest cat, Ezio, whether we wanted it or not. He took the fabric, stole the trim, and tore the pattern whenever he could manage it. The last picture where he is stretched out on the floor he is actually asleep! He was playing with the footpedal and just conked out lol.

 

 

It's tiring being so bad!!!

 

 

Curtain-Along Fabric.

Presently Amazon has the cream colored curtains for $19.99 a pair so I am FINALLY going to get my fabric this Wednesday! I really like the ivory ones better, I think the contrast is more striking, but no one seems to have any except a fully-lined set for $100.00 which is way over budget. But as pale as I am the cream is probably a much better option for me anyway. Now I have to decide which dress I want to make before I place my order....decisions.