Happy Halloween!

Here is my Vanellope costume being worn! yea! I did Halloween this year on Saturday due to many factors, it was fun I met with some friends and we wondered around the Halloween festivities they had in town.



one thing I was not thrilled with on my costume is I think the sweatshirt is a bit long. I should have done a trial run before wearing it out in public. if (when) I wear it again I am going to take the time to shorten it. that way I wont have to keep pulling it up. besides that though I thought the costume turned out cute.

my hair things!


yeah my costume is a bit on the too blue and too light side, not quite as light as it looks in the pictures though it was really bright sunshine Saturday.

and a reminder pic of how little miss Vanellope looks.
had fun with this one. now its time to start focusing on Christmas.

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red from the pile skirt.

yep I’m just going to call this red from the pile skirt. its basically made from scraps I pieced together by pinning it till I liked the shape. then did some draping to pull up the bustles. or something like that. I have no idea what technical terms are for sewing so I just make them up. besides this skirt has no rules, the only thing on the skirt has a consistent grain line is the bias strip on the hem. I’m not done with it yet, though this is the final shape, I am going to try my hand at some beading. which I have done a tiny, and might I stress tiny bit of in the past. I’m not going to do anything outrages just a few beads on each tuck to help it look more finished. this is meant to be an over skirt, I have started the plans for the underskirt in my head, but nothing definite yet. I’m kind of going for a steam punk look. so I will see how this turns out. since really I have no idea what I’m doing. and have yet to figure out a top. first things first though, the skirts.

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Red from the pile.

in the no rules sewing department. I had a bunch of scraps in this red fabric left over from making a red riding hood cape last year. the grains were all over the place and pieces were of all shapes and sizes. I didn’t want to just throw out the fabric as some of the pieces were rather large. this is what I I have done so far. it is no where near what I want. I’m going to gather up the train in hopes it will hide the fact there is no real grain line in this. I have no idea if it will work. but hey I’m having fun playing. I did set this aside for a bit to work on my sailor dress. yea for having more then one project going on at once! I’m having a lot of frustration going on with fit on things though. what would really help is a dress form in my size. it close but just not quite there. oh well maybe one day. and you know what I think would be an excellent feature on dress forms is flexible shoulders. I have more trouble with the stiff shoulder things then anything. it makes the dresses hard to put on and off. okay enough complaining. and back to work.....

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no rules sewing

a pile of fabric from my stash I am going to try to make something out of, I don’t have a clue what. I just felt like starting to make something entirely on my own, no pattern. its been forever since I did that. I used to free hand things all the time. then I learned over the years how your “supposed” to do things. every once in a while though I like to go back to the no rules sewing I used to do and see what I can create.

And meanwhile I am also working on another project, but more on that later.

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