Finally The Last Child’s Halloween Costume Done!

Have you ever fiddled with something so long that you began to wonder if you were overdoing it a bit?  That’s how I feel about this dress!  It took me way too long.  PHEW! I’m finally done with my youngest child’s Halloween costume!

This dress is made with 2 slips and a t-shirt.  I cut off the collar and sleeves on the t-shirt.  I cut away the satin fabric on the top part of the full slip to reveal a black mesh.  I hemmed up the bottom so that it didn’t extend below the half-slip on top.  I sewed the tulle half slip onto the bottom of the full slip.

 

The dress looked too plain on top with only the mesh with the red t-shirt underneath.  I decided a web and spider would be good.  I looked for crochet patterns.  I couldn’t find any that would work, so I invented my own.

 

I made the spider a black widow by putting a little hour-glass on her back.  I sewed both the web and the spider onto the dress.

 

My daughter wanted skulls on her shoes.  I took a public domain image of a skull and printed two of them on paper.  I did a bit of decoupage on the shoe.  Then I painted the skulls red and sealed the paper.

I AM DONE!  I feel like doing a happy dance!