Halloween costumes!

Halloween is definitely my favorite holiday of the year. I LOVE dressing up and making/putting together costumes. Last year, I wore a blonde pixie wig and Kellen and I were Captain Hook and Tinkerbell. 

I made my dress and Kellen's coat and shirt. I bought the wings and Kellen's hat at a Halloween store. Last year I was pretty cold and Kellen was hot, so I attempted to make us better temperature wise this year.

Since I am now a blonde, Kellen and I are going to be Mario and Peach for Halloween! 

Luckily, Kellen lets me pick our costumes every year. I try not to make his too bad. This year I was thinking Mario and Peach or Prince Charming and Cinderella, so I would say he lucked out. I'm going to buy Kellen a red t-shirt and find me some white gloves. Last night (and all of yesterday) I made my dress! I used this pattern:

I thought by mixing Snow White's sleeves with Cinderella's hip poofs all in shades of pink, I could make a perfect Princess Peach dress. 

Buying the fabric was a task all of its own. Hancock fabrics was having their 53rd anniversary sale so a lot of fabrics were 53% off. Success! It took me forever to find the right shades of pink in the right material. I ended up using Satin in Bright and Light Pink. I put the fabric in my cart and headed for the cutting table. Of course, the fabrics I end up picking are in pieces. I needed ~4 yards of the light pink and ~2 of the bright pink. All that was left was two ~2 yard pieces and one 1 yard piece of light pink and two ~1 yard pieces of bright pink. I bought it all, and convinced the girl to give me remnant prices on most of the cuts. All I could do was hope I had bought enough. 

I started Friday night, Kellen was out of town for work, so I had all night just to relax and sew. I cut all the pieces and had PLENTY of fabric. (Any ideas of what to make out of extra pink satin?) Friday night I got the bodice made and put it on the mannequin until Sunday. While watching football all day, I worked on the dress. After it was fitted and complete, I appliquéd the turquoise gem (outlined in gold) into the center of the bodice. Here's a quick appliqué tutorial. Take the fabric you want and cut 2 of the shape. I just had circles, so I traced a couple of different sized glasses we had to get a perfect circle.  Sew the shapes together. Cut through one layer on the backside of the fabric. Turn the whole thing inside out and iron flat. Here's the yellow circle about to be sewed on the dress.

Then you just sew it on. I used a straight stitch, but you could use any fancy stitch you want.

So here's the final product. My hair looks a little crazy and I need a petticoat, but not bad. 

What do you think?

Now I just need to find some gloves and a crown. Any ideas to make a crown?