167: a good witch and a fast driver

Happy Halloween!

 

I hope you're all having a fun day.  I love Halloween.  I don't often get to dress up anymore but I miss it.  Maybe next year I'll have a party?  I did actually dress up for Aurora's school party this year, but nothing too elaborate.  I didn't take pictures.  Maybe I'll snap a few soon.

But, of course, I get to channel my costuming energies into the kids.  I'll be so sad when (if?) they don't want homemade anymore.  Did you know that Aurora's monster costume is kinda famous?  Aside from the inquiries I get, my sister saw someone that doesn't know her printed the picture out as part of their decoration at Burning Man.  It's so bizarre to think something spreads around like that.

This year Aurora wanted to be Glinda.  It's much more poofy pinkness than I would have chosen, but I have to admit she looked beautiful.  

 

She helped with the design.  She wanted nothing to do with the tall crown from the movie.  And she really like the bow on a lace-up corset.  And it must be short-sleeved for the party, but have a jacket for trick-or-treating.

 

I used 2 patterns to refer to.  The top is from Simplicity 3680.  The little jacket is based on the dress pattern McCalls 5954.  The corset I just made my own muslin for and the skirt is made up.

Even though nearly everyone called her a princess, she is very appreciative and I love sewing for her.

This year, for the first time she did a little trick-or-treating with some other kids in the neighborhood.  The image of her running along holding up her skirt with a huge smile on her face is one I'll treasure forever.  I wish I had video.

Theo requested race car driver (big surprise).  He's not too big on the whole costume thing.

 
He really doesn't want to try them on before the big day.  As a result his is a bit snug.  A little short in the torso.  

I based his on these firesuit costumes.  I used McCalls 5952 as a reference, but changed it a little.

 

Sadly, he was sick today.  In no shape to go out trick-or-treating.  I was hoping I could get him into it for 1 or 2 houses, just to say he went out, but no go. 

 

Oh well, at least he was happy in the pictures.  Plenty of goofing around.

I hope you all had a great night.  There's more chocolate calling my name right now.

JT

P.S. Can I ask you guys for a favor?  Can some of you click on a picture or two and tell me if the pop-up picture is more vibrant than the one in the post?  I'm having some trouble with Typepad where my photos get desaturated when I resize them to anything but the full size in the post. It's bumming me out, but I want to see if it's only on my computer.  Anyone else have this problem?

Comments

[Angela Yosten]

VERY CUTE! I think your pictures look great! I am amazed at your costume making talent. SUPERB!

[Rafael's mum]

Lovely costumes! A treasure to keep the photos for years to come when they are oh so much bigger!

I clicked on several pictures but the quality is fine. If anything the enlarged one is slightly better than the original in the post. It must be something your end. I don't know about typepad, I am blogger (not that I know much about that either lol!). Hope this helps.

[Lisa]

I don't see much difference between the embedded image and the pop-up. The pop-up is possibly slightly better, but that is more a function of it being larger. The embedded image is not de-saturated at all.

[Sequana]

Mine look just great larger in Google Reader. So it must be just you. And that's good, right?

[Supra Footwear]

The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible".You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success.

[Doris]

I like Aurora's choice of the smaller tiara...classy. These are great, Jessica. And on my monitor the vibrance seems the same.

[Doris]

On second thought, the colors in the pop up photos, especially the bricks and pink dress are brighter, clearer.

[Toby Blum]

I found the popup pic more vibrant. Love your blog!!!

[Rachael]

Theo is adorable.

Aurora and my daughter Lilah could have treated as a pair - Lilah was Dorothy! I never did get the stupid baby rick-rack or zipper quite right on the dress, but no one noticed but me. :-)

[Lynda]

Grandkidlet A is beautiful!!! and Grandkidlet T is handsome!!! I love the costumes.. Another thing you could make professionally :)

[kelly]

Love the photo of Aurora looking over her shoulder. Gorgeous!

[Childrens Clothing]

Wow !!!
Lovely pics..
i like it...

[Mandi]

Love the race car driver costume! I'm going to be making something similar for the son of a friend of mine. Do you mind telling me what type of fabric you used? It doesn't look thin and cheesy like a lot of the costumes I've seen. :)