October is just the best month! We celebrate Thanksgiving here in Canada, which is my favourite meal of the year, it’s my beautiful daughter’s birthday which always means lots of fun crafting, celebrating and cake, and it’s Halloween!
I just love this time of year. I love the shorter days and cooler weather… and I love all of the spooky stories and folklore that go along with the season. I get to indulge a little extra in my love for all things creepy and paranormal. It’s just a time of year where I feel like celebrating. But low-key celebrating.
I always run a bit of a sale around Halloween. If you’re like me, I like to do lots of sewing this time of year so it’s a good time to stock up on patterns. So, in my pattern shop, everything is marked down by 15%. No coupon needed in my Etsy shop, but if you’re shopping here, use coupon code TrickOrTreat at checkout.
In my lingerie shop, I’m doing free shipping on sleep masks and hair accessories!
Over the past few months I’ve worked on a few fun custom orders as well as a little sewing for myself. I just finished up Halloween Costumes as well as a few halloween dresses for Isabel which I’ll show you a little later. Isabel initially wanted to be a witch this year, which I was pretty excited about, but she changed her mind a couple of weeks ago and decided to be Raven from Teen Titans Go. I just finished up the cloak today and it turned out pretty good despite a little bit of my disappointment… At the same time I’m excited that she is beginning to develop her own interests and assert her own personality! And she was absolutely adorable when she tried her costume on.
I made this swimsuit for myself at the end of August. My cousin just put in a pool at her house and Isabel and I were down there pretty much every weekend. I used my Jasmine Bra pattern to create the top. It’s made with sew in foam padding and criss-cross straps at the back. The bottoms are my Ava Pattern, with ties instead of adjustable straps. This look was pretty easy to create. If you check out my tutorials on sewing swimwear finishes as well as how to add padding to the Jasmine Bra, you’ll be able to recreate a similar effect.
I’ve been using up all of my bits of too precious to get rid of lace to create this little pouches for my silk scrunchies. I seriously love these bags. I’ve used everything from wide venice lace to embroidered mesh.
I sent out this pretty peach bralette for a customer last month. I’m really into neutral bras and I love how this came together.
The same customer also requested a lace choker. I added a small silver o-ring to the front and a silver clasp at the back.
And… Just last week I sent out this adorable pair! I used up every last bit of this pretty autumn-inspired fabric. I just love the little mushrooms. I hope the recipient loves them as much as I do!
Now that the weather has really started getting cooler (we woke up to snow on the ground this morning), I’ve got my heart set on making a couple french terry sweatshirts, thermal Hunter Panties with matching Jasmine Bras, some silk lounge pants, and silk pillow cases for myself.
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