Not so much knitting today, but here's another back view of the floral bag by request.
Instead of knitting, I've been working on a wood fairy costume for The Divine Miss C. At 12 years old, she still wants to dress up for Hallowe'en, and she still wants one of my crazy creations to wear, god bless her. Nothing warms the cockles of my heart more than when one of the kids asks me to make something for them, even if it is something they will wear for one night, in the dark. I've had a terrific time thinking this one through: I'm adding layers of "petals" to a little skirt, but I haven't quite figured out yet how to engineer the wings. Meanwhile I am loving this poncho-in-process made of "leaves" that I'm machine applique-ing.
Here's a close-up of my favorite one so far.
I'm also making a "Frog King" costume for the boy.
I'll post pictures of that once there's something worth showing to you.
(With all due apologies to the knitting purists among us, but the crown for the Frog King is a knit item. See, I am true to my roots)
Wow, what a great costume! I was sitting here thinking that I should get off my ass and sew the Halloween tablecloth. I will now cease whining about my lousy little 2 seams!
Posted by: Collette | October 13, 2004 at 02:51 PM
Thanks for showing the back! All those ends!
Posted by: Natalie | October 13, 2004 at 04:16 PM
You are so talented ! I'm really impressed with the costume.
Posted by: Emma | October 13, 2004 at 04:36 PM
Woman! You are just about the BEST Mom ever! Can you make three more costumes while you're at it? :) Let me guess ~ you used to work in theater?
Posted by: Kerstin | October 13, 2004 at 07:57 PM
Oh, I LOVE the costume. I used to make all Abigail's costumes, too.....I loved doing it like nothing else. I thought they were great at the time, but they were nothing compared to yours.
Posted by: Norma | October 13, 2004 at 08:07 PM
Very talented lady! I love the costume. And doesn't it feel good when you're kids like what you do? aaaah, sweet satisfaction (though too short lived).
Posted by: amanda | October 14, 2004 at 11:22 AM
I made wings a few years ago (and I was definitely more than twelve and still dressing up) out of some sort of polyester chiffon-y material by saturating two layers of it with craft glue and pressing them together, letting the whole thing dry on waxed paper, then cutting out wings, sewing them to a little square of fabric in the back and attaching really skinny elastic loops to wear around my arms/shoulders. I even painted tons of complex veining on the wings when they were done. I know that isn't the clearest explanation, but I got the idea from a pattern (Simplicity 9454) and the wings lasted through three Halloweens and two moves. I'm a little too into Halloween, if you couldn't guess.
Posted by: Brynne | October 14, 2004 at 07:21 PM
I wanna be Mary Poppins. Even if you just have the bag or the parrot handled parasol, it would make me very happy! My gig is on the 23rd, can you help? You know, they have pretty good wings at Wal Mart, and you can cover them, that is what I have done in the past.
Posted by: Teresa C | October 14, 2004 at 09:29 PM
Welcome to RAOK! I'm loving your Fairy costume! It also reminds me that I've got two weeks to make my costumes, too! Your floral bag is looking marvelous, too.
Posted by: Heidi | October 15, 2004 at 11:38 AM
Love the wood fairy costume. I'm making a princess costume for my toddler, but it's pretty rudimentary - nothing as impressive as yours!
Posted by: Gina from MA | October 15, 2004 at 02:14 PM