…doopedee doo. I don’t know how to spell that. Here’s the best I could do for my six-year-old’s Violet Beauregarde costume. I think it has cellulite. I’m making a pair of pants to go with it and we’ll paint her face blue. People are going to have no idea who she is, but she’s going to be thrilled. Oh, and she gets to chew gum too.
See, do you remember Violet? Now that’s a Halloween costume challenge. What was your craziest costume experience?
I made this dress-up crown as part of a birthday gift for a very sweet three-year-old girl. I’m also going to make her one of these capes to go with it. With Halloween coming up, I thought a quick how-to for the crown might be useful. It’s reversible too. This fits both of my young kids, but you might want to measure to be sure.
The dotted fabric is Sunspots from the Love collection by Amy Butler. And the hot pink is an Echino solid from Etsuko Furuya.
Supplies:
Step 1: Cut fabric and interfacing according to template (be sure to add the extra 2″ which will form the tab). Iron the interfacing onto one piece of your fabric. If you are using very lightweight fabrics, you might want to use interfacing on both fabric pieces.
Step 2: Using a zig-zag stitch, sew one side of 3″ velcro to the right tab of the front of one crown piece. Leave about 1/2″ from all edges for the seam allowance. Repeat with the other piece of velcro, also sewing the velcro onto the right tab of the front of the fabric.
Step 3: With right sides together, sew around the sides and peaks of the crown.
Step 4: Turn right sides out and press the peaks of the crown as you pull the fabric to make neat corners. Press under the bottom seam by 1/4″ and sew in place. I used a decorative stitch.
Step 5 (optional): Sew beads onto tips of the crown, pulling your knots through to the inside.
Tell Me a Story Set, $35 from the small object.
Set of 6 Egg Girls from Around the World, $55 from asherjasper.
Indoor Play Teepee, $215 from Moozle Home.
Kitty Egg Molded Crayons, set of 6 for $18 from Kitty Baby Love.
Dress ‘Em Up Yourself Wooden Doll Set, $15 from Goose Grease.
Small Orange Car, $4.50 from Happy Squash Toys.
Leaf ID Memory Game, $26 from The Whimsy Tree.
Felt Veggies, $18 from Trillium Artisans.
Sand and Sky Bear, $28 from stitchface.
My sewing space has been in limbo for a while now. First, it was in our unfinished bathroom that we decided to finish last year (although we are just now finishing that room), then I moved into our bedroom which has been fine, but I just needed my own space. So I finally decided to take the playroom from the kids. They are almost five and seven years old and agreed that it would be fun to have toys in their own rooms. I’m feeling guilty about taking over the space, but I really need a calm place to myself (you said it, Virginia Woolf). And now the girls have their own spaces too, which my older daughter seems to particularly enjoy.
So, I painted the walls this relaxing color (Martha Stewart’s Fresh Aquarium) and I covered this IKEA office chair with some Alexander Henry fabric and a woven fabric for the seat. I bought a rug and painted my sewing table white. It’s almost there! I hope to share more photos soon.
Just made some of this super moist and delicious zucchini bread yesterday, from our friend Colleen’s recipe. She gave me permission to share it with you! My kids are eating it up. We’re going to call it healthy because it contains a vegetable (let’s overlook the oil and sugar).
Aunt Colleen’s Zucchini Bread
3 c flour
1 t baking soda
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 T cinnamon
3 eggs
2 1/4 c sugar
2 1/2 c grated zucchini
1 c vegetable oil
1 T vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, sift together the first
five ingredients. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Then add sugar,
grated zucchini, oil, and vanilla to the eggs. Gradually add the dry
ingredients to the egg mixture, being sure not to overmix.
Pour into 2 greased 9x5x3 bread pans. Bake at 350 for 1 hour.
Yum! Thanks for sharing, Colleen!
