i like craft & design
I made some appliqued pillows for the couch, a sinister vampire grin and orange sateen bats. I made them to go along with the awesome vintage design pillows we got from Target (I always love a Target Halloween!). Sewing a pillow cover for inserts is always the way to go, because it’s so easy to change out the cover on your pillows when the occasion calls for it.
The little pumpkin in the middle is a costume I’m still working on for a 9-month-old baby girl, made from the same velveteen I backed the throw quilt with. Nothing is cuter than babies in sparkly tights, so I’m adding some hand detailing with metallic embroidery floss around the eyes, nose, and mouth of the jack-o-lantern to give it a shiny glow to go with the tights. It will have a tiny tulle skirt to go on the baby so the pumpkin puffs out more. More photos when I’m done with the costume!
Halloween Costumes
Each year I plan earlier and earlier for Halloween and still find myself in a scramble to get things done that last week. This year I have a few commissioned Halloween costumes to make, as well as the two for my own household. I’m trying to get mine & Thomas’ done in the next week or so, in order to free my mind for other projects.
Thomas and I are using our costumes in staged photos for our series of invitations (yes, we send out a series of themed invitations that build up to our party theme :) last year was ransom notes, life-threatening videos, and drop location info for the kidnapping of Halloween) so I need to get our costumes done asap in order to prepare for step 2 of making Halloween awesome. I bought some fabric today for our costumes — the ingredients include shiny black satin, rich purple satin, black floral lace, and pumpkin orange velvet. I welcome all guesses!
I’m so excited I’m shaking in my boots.
Vintage Strongman Halloween costume for kids via CRAFT
Halloween
I finished Thomas’ Halloween costume a while ago, and forgot to post some pictures. Here they are! We had a photo shoot in our living room.
