A Halloween Post – Punkin Patterns

I’m sure I’m not the only one who made an Elsa dress this last Halloween, but I probably am the only one posting about it in December. 😉 I’m sneaking in one last post before the new year. At least it’s still 2014 here.

I’ve been seriously neglecting the blog. I spent almost a month getting this new site up and running and debugging and fixing all my photos that were moved from blogger. When I finally finished, there were crickets from me. Why? Well, I needed a break from the computer. So there will be a few random posts to catch up, because I know not everyone follows my IG feed.
So …. first up is an Elsa dress I made for Gwyneth this last Halloween.

For this dress, I just used Simplicity pattern S0733.

To be honest, I did not like making this dress at all. I usually love making costumes. This was not fun. And the reason? ….the fabric. It was all because of the fabric.

The silky blue fabric wasn’t a pain because I had a teflon foot to use. The netting material was not fun. Not fun at all.

The cape which is see-through and sewn into the dress was originally going to be for the sleeves and neckline. I had originally sewn in the neckline and then I held up the dress and it started ripping. It wasn’t strong enough to hold the weight of the rest of the dress.

So I rummaged through my bits of fabric and found the knit lace I ended up using. It was much stronger than my first choice. In the end it worked out all right.

With the mishap of the neckline and sleeves, I ended up running out of time to hem the bottom. You couldn’t tell. (However now it is all ratty and sitting in a pile and I will probably never fix it. And that’s OK.)