Sew Crafty Friday

It's Sew Crafty Friday again, and this week I actually have something to share!! If you would like to know more about Sew Crafty Friday, please click on the button in my right sidebar. This week both my daughter and I made things. G wanted to use some leftover felt from Halloween costumes to make a new quiver for her arrows. She planned the project and cut it out herself. I showed her how to pin the trim on, and showed her how to use the machine, and she did the rest! In the second picture she is wearing her brother's indian costume, but the quiver is hers. She thought it would "display" better if she were in full regalia. :-)

When the crud hit our house on Monday night I was hopeful I would still be able to sew the colonial dress I had planned on making for co-op today, and for our unit celebration in December. When the crud continued through Wed night/Thursday morning I realized there simply would be no time, since it wasn't even cut out yet! So I modified the pattern and sewed just a long skirt. It isn't as authentic, but it's something. After encouraging my students in colonial america class to dress up, I couldn't show up in modern clothes.

I picked up the pattern from my local JoAnn's when they were selling Butterick patterns for $1.99 each, and the fabric is actually an old sheet that I bought at Salvation Army thrift store for $2.00. So for $4 I now have a long skirt that can be used for a variety of costumes!

When it's late at night and the project needs to be D.O.N.E. I am all about finding shortcuts. So instead of a zipper, here's my method of closing the skirt:

Not a good picture of the skirt, but a cute picture of me with our 2 year old, don't you think? :-) This was taken during his Thanksgiving feast at co-op this morning. He was an indian in case you can't tell!

Sew Crafty Friday - Halloween Costumes

I've decided to participate in something new, Sew Crafty Fridays. On Fridays participants display on their blogs something they have made or are working on that involves either sewing or some type of craft. Since I have about a kajillion unfinished projects, I am hoping that this will provide the motivation to pick some of them up and actually work on them! If you want to know more, please click on the "Sew Crafty Friday" button at the bottom of my right sidebar.

This week it was easy. I made parts of 3 Halloween costumes. Easy you say? Yes, easy. It was so easy I kindof feel like I'm cheating to include it in the Sew Crafty Friday thing, but since it did actually involve both crafting and sewing, I'm thinking that it will qualify on those technicalities!

I sewed with felt rather than fabric. No edges to finish! (that's what makes it so easy). And no pattern, just cut and sew a couple seams. See what I mean about easy?

Here is the indian top I made. It's all about getting the right TRIM!

And the matching pants. These were supposed to look like deer skin. I think I set a personal record with these pants in shortness of time to cut out and sew a "real" article of clothing. 15 minutes, tops. And they were finished a full 10 minutes before the children left to go trick or treating!!

Here is the lincoln green tunic of our Robinhood:

Our daughter went as a scarecrow. She needed a little help with this crow, which is a stuffed sock that we hot glued to her straw hat.

So, without further ado, here are the children decked out in their costumes! A as a lion.

C as a pirate.

G as Robinhood.


L as an American Indian.

And G as a scarecrow.