Bar-lloween

For those of you that don't know what my made up word is referring to - let me inform you. 

Bar-lloween=

That once a year event the Saturday night before Halloween where all the adults head to the bar in their costumes and pretend it is Halloween.

Could we go to the bar ON Halloween?  Maybe. . . Well in all reality; NO. I am "old" and do not go to the bar. I mean like ever, well, maybe only twice a year.  Bar-lloween and New Years.

Luckily my costume is done and I can post pictures later. 

I literally finished it an hour ago. Nothing like waiting until 

the.last.possible.second.

Did y'all see this magazine?

So I was at JoAnn' s and this cute little magazine was sitting screaming for me to buy it. Like.Now.

There are so many adorable things in it that I am dying to make. If you have not bought this magazine yet I totally recommend it. I want to make these adorable ninja chap stick holders that are in there. The little houses you see on the cover-I could make one for each of my siblings with their house number's on it as a keepsake ornament.

Some of my favorite bloggers are even it it!!

 Linda from Craftaholics Anonymous is in there:)

I'm not done!!

So I've been busting my butt today working on my Halloween costume.

It's not done.

I'm doing Simplicity 1773 .

I am working on the short version. I did the under dress is in the same blue as little man's tabard.

That part is 99% done' only needs a zipper, I only have 9 million zippers but not in the right color/length combo. The over dress is only about 30% done. That part has been a little finicky. It looks easy enough but it is time consuming. The over dress is only 10 actual pattern pieces for that but all were cut 2-12 times between the fabric, lining and interfacing. Did I ever tell you I HATE ironing? Ironing all the dang interfacing in was torturous for me. LOL

I know it will be awesome but there is only so many more sewing hours left for me before Halloween. 

...and little man's boot covers still need made!! Hahaa

Making a musketeer hat

So as you may know my little guy is being a musketeer / puss in boots.

What you might not know is that it is rediculously hard to find a CHILD'S size musketeer hat. Pirate hats galore but nothing "just right." Having taken all that time making his costume doublet and tabard there was NO WAY he could not have the "right" hat.

So I made one of course and I wanted to share with you how you can make your own as well.

Supplies

One childs pirate hat

One small length of trim or ribbon

One yard of black felt

One piece of a heavy weight interfacing, fusible or not is fine

Elmer's Craft Bond (if interfacing is not fusible)

One large feather

And the basics-pinking scissors, thread and needle, hot glue gun

First take a standard child's pirate hat and cut off the brim. I used my pinking scissors for this.

Trace your hat base and then make a new line a little bit inside that one; about 1/2" smaller.

Trace your felt and interfacing larger than your pattern base. Excuse my pizza pan but it's the only thing I had handy. You can cut your interfacing just a smidge smaller than the felt or if you have any interfacing showing you can just use a sharpie to clean it up after the next steps. LOL

Sandwich your felt and interfacing. Give it a GOOD healthy spray of craft bond between the three layers.

Let dry completely.

Figure out where you want the hat's fold to be, mark it and go just a little to the center of that, place the template there and cut it out.

Slide the brim over the base of the hat and glue in place. 

Did I ever tell you how much I love a hot glue gun?

Stitch on your trim.

Although, I suppose you could hot glue it too! Haahaa

Ribbon could be used too but I thought it made the hat look a little too girly....

and his costume already has lace so I did not want to push it.

Hot glue the feather to the trim and then glue the brim up.

Now you have an official musketeer hat.

Now all that is left is the boot/shoe covers then I will FINALLY be done with little man's costume :)