Beware the mummy Carolyn!
Posted in Carolyn, Photography, Sewing | Tagged Friday Photos, Halloween, mummy
I finished up Carolyn’s Mummy costume today! (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.) The hardest part of this entire costume was the mask. Luckily Carolyn had today off from school for teacher conferences – I needed her to model this pretty frequently. This time, instead of only sewing strips from the bottom up, I also [...]
Posted in Sewing | Tagged Halloween, mummy
I worked on the mummy mask today. This is turning out to be a longer project than I planned – the downside of being a bit of a perfectionist, I suppose! (Part 1, Part 2.) This is going to be a mummy mask when it grows up: a super cheap hat ($1) from Target! I [...]
Posted in Sewing | Tagged Halloween, mummy
Continued from yesterday… Not so many pictures today – it’s too dark and dreary out to get any decent photos – but I (mostly) finished the shirt. To do the sleeves, I had to pick out the seam with my trusty seam ripper. Then I sewed the strips on flat, starting near the cuffs. (I [...]
Posted in Sewing | Tagged Halloween, mummy
Carolyn wants to be a mummy for Halloween. However, we went looking for a mummy costume and were really disappointed in what we saw. They either looked goofy or, at one store we visited we were horrified to find an inappropriately “adult” mummy targeted towards 4-10 year old girls. Yes. A mummy with a bare [...]
Posted in Sewing | Tagged Halloween, mummy
Our last “Red, White & Blue week” activity had two purposes. The goal was to wind up with some homemade bean bags to use for an activity during Anna’s birthday party. But as long as I was opening up some bags of dried navy beans, I thought we’d try the “sensory box” idea I’ve spotted [...]
Posted in Sewing, Summer Fun
I found a great little pattern for a quick child’s apron, and thought it would make a good gift for Simone for her birthday. And I even finished it early! Carrie not-so-helpfully modeled it for me. (She couldn’t quite get why I didn’t want her to stand behind things. Sigh.) Please ignore the fact that [...]
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