The news.

Okay, so maybe it’s just big to me and it requires a back story: This year after much thought and a few mind changes T finally settled on wanting to be Tinkerbell for Halloween. And I thought, “I’ll make the costume!” I got online, looked at the various Tinkerbell costume patterns available, settled on this one, ordered it and when it arrived opened it with GUSTO! Thinking, “I am making this costume!” Five minutes later after failing miserably at trying to comprehend the instructions I folded everything up, slid it back into the envelope and decided the whole “sewing from a pattern” thing wasn’t for me.

I decided to just wing it, go with it and somehow design and create my own Tinkerbell costume. And the news is that I actually did it. It’s got a cute little fitted and tailored top with a sweat heart neckline and the attached skirt is made up of leafy looking pieces. And, it’s all sewn out of a grass green sparkling satin. I finished sewing it today and when I squeezed T into it, literally, she exhaled and said, “Mom, you made it too small with the sewing machine. Make it bigger.” *sigh* So, I may or may not post pictures of the costume–it’ll depend on whether or not I can bribe T into squeezing back into it. And I have to make another one. The good news is that I learned a lot during the process (mostly having to do with measuring) and I’ll be able to execute this one a bit more flawlessly.