BOSC Holiday Craft Boutique - Fairfax, VA

Owls and Vampires and Mummies Oh My!

Need Halloween Fabric? I have some adorable prints from the "Boo to You" Collection by My Mind's Eye for Riley Blake Fabrics - and they are on sale! :

http://www.etsy.com/shop/hootcouture?section_id=10361233

Got Chevron?

I do!  This yummy print is from the Summer Soiree Collection by Paula Prass for Michael Miller Fabrics & is no longer in print. Yardage is available in my Etsy Shop~
http://www.etsy.com/listing/83359857/1-yard-chevron-black-from-the-summer


Jen Of "Tater Tots & Jello" has a fantabulous tutorial for a chevron Halloween wreath:
http://tatertotsandjello.com/2011/09/halloween-chevron-wreath-tutorial.html

*the stripes run parallel to the grain*

Copycat Nightgown

I love love LOVE sewing patterns. I really do. I have 3 Rubbermaid containers full of patterns.

 I use them. Sometimes.

Occasionally I just get impatient and trace a piece of clothing right onto the fabric.

This is one of my daughter's favorite nightgowns from Target~

She needed more nighties,  but I had (ok - "have") a huge stash of knits waiting to be used (and Target gets way too much of my $$), so I decided to make a few :-) 

I traced (actually I just cut right around it) the original~

I had to stretch the neck & arm hole/sleeve areas to make sure I would have enough for gathering.

I decided to dig out the clear elastic tape to reinforce the seams at the shoulder~

I love my serger!

(not a necessity - especially if you are a precision cutter and/or using a pattern and knits don't fray)

topstitching at the shoulder~

The pieces are uneven but the Serger will take care of that :)

I used 1/4" elastic for the neck & arm holes, attaching it with a small zig zag, stretching the elastic as I stitched~

Stretching the elastic  (sorry for the blurry shot :-()

 Ruffles! :-) (that is paint on my thumb nail)

voila!