Halloween Twirl

I was trying to take a break from sewing so that I could write up a couple of tutorials but then I saw this fabric on etsy. It looked lonely, so I had it sent home to me. I love the whole line.  I bought pumpkintopia, gone batty, pumpkin dot and whatever the harlequin is called.  It's all pretty much sold out most places so I feel lucky to have found it all in one place!  It's all from the Maude Asbury Spooktacular line.

I sewed it up using the Violette Field Threads new Kate pattern.  I left off the apron because it didn't want the dress too busy.  It has a lot of print going on already!  I sewed up teh size 3 which is a size too big for Miss so I had to get clever with the straps on the back.  She's usually a size 2, so the sizing isn't off, I just went up a size because she has a lot in her closet that fits her right now.  Plus, she'll get to wear this next year too :)

The Kate was a very simple pattern to follow.  It sewed up quickly in around 3 hours total from printing/cutting the pattern to finished dress.  I did two panels on the skirt the full selvedge width instead of what the pattern calls for.  This makes the dress a little bit fuller and gives it a +10 to twirl factor.  Miss is in love and told me she wants to wear it every single day!  I win!

I have no idea why she wouldn't keep her tongue in her mouth during the shoot, but at least she wasn't throwing a tantrum and she was holding still.  Sometimes, you just have to take what you can get!

Extra twirl factor!

Ooops, forgot to pull out my gathering threads!

I love a neatly pressed hem facing.

Did you know you could sew on buttons using a zig zag stitch?

A Goodbye Bow