I had so many great costume ideas for Halloween this year, and like every year I waited until the last minute and didn't actually do anything. Oops. Nothing like Halloween procratination!
Being the festive type, I knew I wanted something to wear for my favorite holiday, so I bring you the Halloween Dress 2 AKA The Pink Widow. (Here's my 2007 Halloween dress for reference.)
I picked the fabric first, not even knowing what I'd do with it. Joann's had Halloween fabric on sale for 60% off last week, so for $3.19 a yard how could I resist? I bought it all (6 yards) since pink and black is one of my favorite color combos. I blame it on all the new wave album covers and Good & Plenty of my misspent youth. Besides, the pink spiders are so cute with their lace pattern! If real spiders were this cute, perhaps I wouldn't dislike them so much.
This year's model is Simplicity 2886. I've had this pattern in my stash for a while but for some reason forgot all about it. The weather is still really warm, so why not try it now? I think it's a pretty easy dress to make, and I only goofed a couple of times in my typical fashion. For example, I assumed it was a zip up the back dress but it's a side zip. I somehow skipped the one step in the directions that would have told me this, but something about my brain will not allow me to sew something correctly from start to finish. This is what seam rippers are for.
I ran out of thread, but here's what I have so far-
It looks misshapen because there's no zipper in the side yet. All I need to do is add the zipper (wish me luck on this one- zippers are my Achille's Heel) and hem the bottom. There may not be time for the matching bolero (!!!) but we'll see. I'll post some pictures when it's all done.
Just for fun I thought I'd throw in a picture of my pattern weights. I've ruined enough patterns sticking pins all through them, and these paper weights work just dandy.
Gorgeous! I would wear that year round.
Posted by: sweetheartville | November 01, 2008 at 07:37 PM