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back with O’s Halloween costume!  for a long time he had told me he wanted to be a vampire this year, which i was pretty excited about.  thought it’d be fun to have a classic Dracula little...

https://skirtastop.com/2015/11/16/handmade-halloween-2015-vampire-bat/

Halloween costume sewing seems to divide our kind into three camps: “i love sewing costumes!,” “i hate it, but do it anyway FOR THE KIDS,” and “nope, i’m going to Target.” i fall in...

https://skirtastop.com/2015/11/03/handmade-halloween-2015-kid-catwoman/

i put the finishing touches on baby C’s costume on Halloween day.  he’s baby Toothless the Night Fury! i had already put a lot of the accessories together bit by bit, but sewed the majority ...

https://skirtastop.com/2014/11/02/handmade-halloween-2014-toothless-the-dragon/

the Star Wars obsession hit fast and furious with this kid. it started with him watching A New Hope with daddy (who had to field a barrage of questions about every little detail of the movie as i...

https://skirtastop.com/2014/10/29/handmade-halloween-2014-luke-skywalker/

well, blogging during kid’s clothes week was almost a total bust, because i got sucked into a sewing vortex all week!  two out of three Halloween costumes are done and O’s is more “finish...

https://skirtastop.com/2014/10/27/handmade-halloween-2014-queen-elsa/

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! i ran out of days in the week to post these separately, so you get a double dose of Halloween costumes here on the blog today.  mostly photos, less talking, since i’ve preview...

https://skirtastop.com/2013/10/31/handmade-halloween-2013-spider-man-skeleton-fairy/

aside from a tweak or two, halloween costumes are now done!  i finished up spiderman on friday and also sewed skeleton fairy’s tutu. this is the tutu from little things to sew (affiliate lin...

https://skirtastop.com/2013/10/27/kcw-fall-2013-day-56-skeleton-fairy-tutu/

got some photos early this morning of O in his work-in-progress spiderman costume… so early i was surprised my camera focused at all! this is how i typically work, when i’m doing sort of “o...

https://skirtastop.com/2013/10/24/kcw-fall-2013-day-34-spiderman-start/

here’s my KCW progress for today – and hey, you even get some modeled shots!  spooky. to start off Em’s skeleton fairy costume, i made a simple shirt and leggings combo out of black jerse...

https://skirtastop.com/2013/10/22/kcw-fall-2013-day-2-skeleton-suit/

fall kid’s clothes week started today! i’ve participated in every KCW since spring 2011…some sessions more productively than others, but i always jump in the best i can.  KCW is just too m...

https://skirtastop.com/2013/10/21/kcw-fall-2013-day-1-prep-plan/