Sewing week

So... this was the first time I sewed a pattern before. Usually I would pick out a pattern and D'Laina would do most of the sewing :) (by the way, thanks to D'Laina for making me such awesome costumes, you made Halloween fun for me all those years)

This year I decided I wanted to learn how to sew on my own. Well, I don't know who does it but I commend the people out there that can pick out a pattern for the first time and know exactly how to read the pattern. I had no idea, I didn't know really anything about sewing... such as, what the heck is basting?! I know the cooking term ;) But I didn't think that would work for sewing. I decided to get help from Dan's mom and thankfully she decided to help me! She explained the directions and taught me some need-to-know things about sewing. I cut out the pattern before I went over to her house to sew. It so happened that Danielle was sewing Jason's ninja costume as well. He just had a house FULL of projects!



Orson "helping" Aunt Danielle. We actually had a hard time keeping Orson from stepping all over her fabric.


So, thanks to Melinda for helping me sew my costume. I did the sewing but she helped me with SO much! THANKS!

I've decided to enter the Simplicity pattern contest so this is the picture of my finished costume that I will be sending in.