October 24, 2005
Dressing Up
On Saturday we went to Caufield's to get Halloween costumes for Conor and Emma. Conor is going to be an undead mage (a World of Warcraft character) and Emma is going to be a flapper. She had originally planned on being a cowgirl but the red-fringed dress and feather boa were too attractive to her to pass up. She loves anything frilly and girly (the complete opposite of my tastes), unfortunately one of our cat's also has a fascination with frills, feathers, fringe and all the same things that Emma likes so her costume has to stay hidden away so it doesn't become Zoe's next "victim".
I'm also making a pioneer dress for Emma to wear to school. The class has an assignment to read a book and then dress up as a character for part of their book report. (She's reading "Little House on the Prairie".) They're having a party on the same day and I don't know, but I'm guessing that dressing up as a book character is a way to get around any possible complaints about celebrating Halloween.
My sewing skills aren't the greatest, so wish me luck. If it doesn't turn out completely awful I'll try to post pictures of all the costumes later.
Emma's Little House on the Prairie costume:
It looks great! If I was brave, I would post a picture of something I made. It would make you feel a whole lot better... particularly when you know my mom was a seamstress. It just didn't get passed on to me. My sisters, yes; me, no.
Posted by vw bug at October 28, 2005 08:28 PMMy grandmother used to make beautiful things from clothes to quilts. I didn't inherit her skill either. I don't have the talent or patience. I tend to skip any instructions that I consider irrelevant or annoying...ironing, for example. I'm also quite willing to substitute fabric glue for stitches and velcro (self-adhesive) for buttons/zippers.
I keep thinking that a time will come when I'm able to put some effort into learning how to sew well. Until then, I'm sticking with costumes that don't have to hold together for more than a few hours.
Hmmm, since my true "sewing talent" seems to be making things that fall apart, maybe I should start a new career making costumes for strippers!
Posted by marybeth at October 29, 2005 12:21 AM