Today, I was going to post something else, but I think we need to remember those that lost their lives at Ft. Hood. Prayers go out to their families. I hope those wounded will have a speedy recovery.
Yes, We are finally sewing again! I want to apologize for leaving you in the middle of a sew-a-long. My break was good and it was much-needed. Now, I’m returning refreshed and ready for action.
Let’s review where we’ve been:
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Today, we are going to join our basque pieces and our ruffle pieces. Then, we are going to finish the bottom edge of the ruffle.
First, take your two basque (waistband) pieces. Place them right sides together. I serged them together, but if you have a regular sewing machine, stitch then zig zag over the edges. Do this to both sides. You should have a completed ring.
Next, find the top side of the waistband and finish the edge. I serged around the circle. If you have a regular machine, simple zig zag around the outer edge. Make sure that your side seams are pressed toward the back of the waistband.
Here’s what you should have:
Here is a close up of one of the edges and the upper edge of the waistband.
Take all of your ruffle pieces and put them in one spot. Take two of the pieces and match short edges. Sew these together. I serged them together. Keep doing this until your ruffle pieces make a ring. Make sure all of the edges are finished by either serging or zig zag stitching.
Press them all in the same direction.
Now, it is time to finish the bottom edge of your ruffle. Locate what you wish to be the bottom edge. If you have a serger, I suggest doing a rolled hem. If you only have a regular sewing machine, you may: a) zig zag around the entire bottom of the ruffle and turn up once, press in place and stitch or b) You may turn up the raw edge twice and press in place and stitch. The amount you want to turn up is really your choice. I would probably turn them up about a 1/4″ to a 1/2″ each time.
Here is a looked at my finished rolled edge:
Now, you are ready to complete our next step. Day 6 will probably come next week. This will give all of the newcomers time to catch up. Here’s a look at my ruffle at this stage of the sew-a-long. It is hard to get a picture of the entire thing laid out 
Remember, if you have any questions…please leave them in the comments section. I’ll get back to you with the answers. Happy Sewing! It is good to be back crafting with all of you again!
Ok, here are the last of our Halloween pics. On Friday, my son had a party at his Karate school. The kids there had so much fun! Little Man actually won the pumpkin contest. He designed the face and I carved it for him. He drew it on a piece of paper and I put it on the pumpkin. I was so proud of him, and he was so excited! Here’s Little Man’s creation:
We had to bring a treat to the party, so here are my spider cakes:
After school on Friday, I had these fun teeth snack waiting for the kids. I got this idea from the family fun magazine.
Here are our other pumpkins…,the little one is Sid’s, and our house decorations.
Here’s my Little Mermaid and Darth Vader:
Darth Vader’s eyes kept fogging up
Daddy took the kids around the neighborhood while I handed out candy from our house. There were so many cute costumes out there. The kids came home with a
ton of candy.
This ends all of our Halloween adventures! I hope all of you out there had a fun and Happy Halloween! Get ready to get back to crafting and sewing this week. We have a tutorial to finish and a sew-a-long to begin. I also have some other things to share.
I have more to share, but I thought I would share a few tid bits from our Halloween. I’ve been making lots of fun treats every day this week. I got a lot of my ideas from the Halloween Issue of Family Fun Magazine. They are such a great resource for ideas that are kid friendly. Our fave this week has been the Boo-Tatoes! I also made bone bread sticks. Tonight I’m making spider cakes…these are for a Halloween party.
I’ll have more treat pictures after Halloween that I’ll share.
Baby Girl made the cutest candy scarecrow necklace at school.
And, here are our dress up for school outfits. Conner had to be a book character. He wouldn’t let me paint his face. I came up with the bone at the last-minute and he loved it!
And here is bitty girl in her “kitty” costume It worked out well. You may remember the pants from last year!
And, may I add that Sid’s hair is getting so long! She won’t let me cut it because Princesses have long hair, but the screaming while brushing is killing me
I hope all of your little goblins have a wonderful and safe Halloween!!!
Sid is having a costume party at her school on Friday. I wanted to make sure that she didn’t wear the one she is wearing for Halloween because I didn’t want it to get ruined. So, I found her some ears and a tail. She thinks it is a black and white kitty costume…shhhh…I know its a zebra I will probably cut the mane off of the top so that it looks more like a kitty. I think she is going to wear her halloween shirt and pants with them, and I’ll put some black whiskers on her.
