I don't know what got into me, but I decided to make the girls' Halloween costumes this year! No matter that the only thing I've ever sewn with a machine was the hem on my curtains, I was convinced that I could do this AND that my kids would have the cutest costumes ever. Let me tell you, it is definitely NOT cheaper to make your own costumes. We already had much of the stuff at home for Estelle's costume, such as the leotard and tights. We made the wings out of foam board and fabric and then stitched them with fabric glue and stuffed them with bamboo filling. How cool is that? They now have eco-friendly bamboo fluff at Joanne's to stuff pillows and stuff with. It was a bit more expensive, but totally worth it from my perspective. Besides, how many ladybugs are going to have bamboo-stuffed eco-wings?
Camille's costume was super non-complicated to the pro sewer, but it took me forever! Don't laugh, but it took me THEIR ENTIRE NAP TIME to try to remember and figure out how to thread my sewing machine. I finally succumbed to the internet and downloaded the manual that I couldn't find around my house and once I got the damn thing threaded it went pretty well. The bobbin ran out of thread halfway through so I had to stop and refill that, but other than that it was pretty smoothly. Basically, I just sewed a tube dress that was strapless and put some elastic in the top to hold it up. The shimmery wing material lent itself well to fabric glue, so we utilized that for the rest. The sleeves are just tubes and the material bunches up and flows down the back. The dress has buttons down the back so she can get in and out. Overall I think they came out pretty cute!
