Tabitha's costume

Today I finished Tabitha's Halloween costume.  I started it last night, after I realized that the baby shower I had been planning on going to was actually next week.  Oops.  At least I checked when it started before I went, so I didn't show up a week early.

Today I also had a cold, so putting all the finishing touches on Tabitha's Halloween costume was a nice excuse for sitting and watching TV most of the afternoon.  After I spent the morning sewing, of course.

This costumes makes me happy.  And Tabitha is going to look absolutely adorable in it.  I made it from a couple old white T shirts, a yellow T shirt (in my high school's lovely yellow) and a purple sweater.  One of the white T shirts was mine, from my last year of girls camp.  The other shirts I got from my mom; they used to be my brother's.  Or maybe brothers'.  Not sure who exactly owned them originally. 

 

I used the front of the T shirts for the inside of Tabitha's costume; there is batting between the layers in the bottom half.  And I designed the "Learning to walk with the light" T shirt (except the little people all over the letters; that was a committee decision).  So that was pretty neat to include in Tabitha's costume.


I based the legging off of a tutorial I saw at Made By Rae; I believe she has a pattern she is willing to share, but I just winged it.  And thus ended up with leggings that don't cover Tabitha's diaper.  I'm not too worried, since that area will be covered by her overalls.  I also didn't bother with elastic.  Again, because I didn't want to put in that much effort.

I used Tabitha's snow suit as a basis for the overalls and sweater; this gave me the idea to put those pocket things at the end of the sleeve that you can fold over, and then the sleeve ends in a mitt.  It was surprisingly easy.  Easier than finishing the neck seam.  Mostly because I didn't bother pinning the last step.  And I had to do it over.

The hat actually took the longest to make.  I didn't use a pattern, and I had to tweak the seams on the top.  I also embellished it with a face, and hand hemmed the bottom, since it ended up looking better that way, and I had already put on the bill.  And, of course, I had to attach the bow.  The eyes are made of felt and buttons covered in black fabric.  Since I did not have two black buttons that match.  My black buttons are all the ones you get with clothing, in case you lose one.  I really like the way they turned out.