a good night
Nov 2nd, 2006 by Ginger
I hope you all had a happy Halloween. Here is a (not so great) pic of our pumpkins.ÂÂ
The night before I stayed up very, very late to make Bug’s vest for her cowgirl costume. It is loosely based on New Look 6336, but I had to make some modifications due to the fabric. I can honestly say I hate sewing with moleskin. It is a nice substitute for suede, so soft, has a very nice drape and I hate it. It won’t hold a crease.  I wanted to do a turn and stitch edge so I pulled out the iron and turned and pressed and pressed and pressed. Nothing, and that’s great if you a garment that’s wrinkle resistant, but not if you want a crease — on purpose. Ok, I winged it and it worked, for the most part (good enough for a costume). The other thing is that it ravels like crazy. Also not good for the turn and stitch edge. Oh well — costume!
This year we implemented a toy trade after trick or treating. We have put the kids on the Feingold Program, most of the candy from trick or treating has artificial dyes and flavorings.  I stopped by they grocery store and hit the health food section and picked out some “good candy” a then hit the toy store for a toy for each of them. They were both thrilled, Bug is a quite the little artist and loved the Spirograph and Bubba was thrilled with the wooden Firetruck (on sale for 60% off!).ÂÂ
A win-win in my opinion, they went trick or treating, still get some candy and they each got a toy to keep; and we don’t have to deal with the usual sugar overload.ÂÂ
Umm . . . don’t ask what happened to the candy from trick or treating. What?  No, that’s not chocolate on my face. It’s not, shut up!
Adorable!
Theres such a thing as Good Candy?? Tell me more!
That is such a great idea!
Great costumes and a neat idea….I am not sure if I could sell that to my candy monsters.
Cute!! Altho the “good candy” program sounds a little hard on your body. :)