Happy Halloween gals and ghouls!
It's a rainy day in Toronto, le boo, but the spirit is alive and strong. This year, I decided to bring out my new-ish sewing machine and sew my costume. I use to sew a lot in high school with the help of my mom and grandmother, both experts in the craft. But that was over *cough* 10 years ago, and suffice to say, I had definitely misgauged my abilities to pick it up again after so long.
My goal: to sew from scratch the dress that Sally wore in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Rag doll type dress - how hard could it be?
Riiiiight.
Without a pattern, I decided to make my own with some used brown wrapping paper (thanks to a local fabric store on St.Clair). I used a simple dress as my outline and then drew in the different cuts of her dress. My thought process - I just had to cut out the different pieces twice, sew each side and then connect the front and back together. Easy peasy.
But I forgot to keep two things in mind: (1) I have boobs (2) I was using a stretchy cotton dress as my guideline and my fabric was non-stretchy cotton. Thank goodness for buying extra fabric and extra pair of hands (my husband) to help me figure out what I needed to fill the wide gap that revealed my tush.
Once the sewing was complete the rest was pretty easy. I used black yarn to hand sew big stitches where the different fabrics met and I drew in the pattern using a permanent marker.
Finding a long red wig proved to be a bit of a challenge so I ended up getting a long white wig and a can of red hairspray. One can turned into 3 cans to cover the whole damn wig.
The end result - a pretty sweet Sally costume made with love, tears, and a few f-words.
You looked awesome. Great work!
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