October is a month of sewing!  I have to finish up Emily’s birthday quilt before this weekend when we see her and then I have to get 3 halloween costumes done for my cousins as well as maybe one for myself this year?!

So Tuesday night I squared up the quilt and made the binding.  Last night I attached the binding (still have to do all the hand sewing).

Binding attached ... ready to finish up!

Then I started on costumes, opting to start with Chloe’s costume first.  Chloe is going to be a Black Cat which is the simplest of all the costumes (hence the reason I’m starting it first) – it’s all one fabric plus some embellishments.  I don’t have an actual pattern so I am just winging it.  I started with a pair of pants – going with the pirate pattern I’ve used for 2 costumes already as a base.  Since pirate pants are short I had to adjust them but I got the basic line from the pattern.  I whipped up the pants in an hour.  Next up is the top and some ears and a tale!

Black cat pants all done

I will probably do Georgia’s costume next – a Gypsie – which has a pattern so should be easy and she picked some really fun fabrics and embellishments.  Then I’ll do the princess dress for Maia, again, following a pattern and it’s lots of pink fabrics!