Night at the Movies

This last weekend my daughters had a school dance to go to.  with the theme of "Night at the Movies".  They were supposed to go as their favorite either actor/actress or their favorite character.

My Middle daughter went as the Mad hatter's Daughter Madeline Hatter.  The oldest went as Arwin and her date as Aragorn.

Yes I made both of the girls costumes.  The Mad Hatter one I made the day of the dance.  I started at 2 am and kept sewing till 4pm  with a 1 hour break to eat and run an errand in the middle of the day.

My oldest daughters costume I made last year for a school celebration they had when they finished reading the Lord of the Rings they had a Hobbit Feast.  I have actually made 7 costumes from scratch on Thursday and Friday of last week.  Three Pride and Prejudice style ones for a school celebration one blue one, one red, and one golden yellow.  Three black Greek ones for another daughters Olympic celebration at school  (those only took one hour all together as I have made that pattern so much I have it memorized I used that same pattern when I did the play " Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream coat) and this Mad Hatter one for a school dance.  I made another one a week earlier for a David Copperfield celebration but I did not get too many photos of that one.   My kids school loves to have celebrations when they have finished reading a book.  Costumes usually = extra credit in the class so lots of kids have lots of costumes at this school.

At the dance my middle daughter got second place for her costume.  At the end of the dance she found out she actually got first but they gave the prize to the wrong girl.  My daughter is a good sport so she said let the girl keep the movie tickets.  She was just excited to tell me that the costume I made had won a first prize even if she did not get it.  Then she asked if I could take her to the movies to see Frozen (yes we have not seen it yet) just her and me so she could still get her prize.  I said sure as we have a pass that gets us into a movie a day for free for an entire year thus the reason she did not care about the tickets.  For us it is more of trying to find the time to go to the movie that is the issue.

I do plan on posting the other costumes I made this last week just have to get them uploaded to flicker so I can.

This is my middle daughter and a group of her friends.

 

This is my oldest daughter and the other Lord of the Rings characters that were at the dance and a photo bomb from another friend.

lace stockings

This pair of stocking went from the top down... wish I had done them the other way and made them into tights.  Once again these are warn with garters.  I have a ribbon woven through the top of this set as well.  It helps so that the garters do not put so much strain on the knitting it pulls on the ribbon so they do not wear out as fast.  I really like these stockings they came from this book.  The first time I wore them was on a Sunday to church one of my friends told her daughter at church she was going to ask me where I go them as she wanted a pair of them they looked worm and had a nice texture. 

Then later when she asked she said I might have known you made them  figures.  She then said I guess i will not get a pair then as I am a crocheter and not a knitter. I would have said the same thing a few years back till I taught myself to knit.  This was one of the main purposes I learned to knit was to make warm stockings as I can never find some I like.  They are 70% wool 30% nylon encase you are curious.

Black Rose ( french beadwork)

My daughter is on her date right now so this can be posted.  She is at a girls choice dance.  She wanted something special to give the guy when they went on their date.  Anyone can give a rose but a handmade beaded black rose well that is just not common.  So this is what she gave the young man.

Love and Lattes Mittens

Last week  was doing a test knit for  a fellow blogger and ravelry member.  She has now made the pattern available for people to buy.  She has made multiple versions some knit flat and others in the round.  So whichever way you prefer you can knit it up.  Also you can make it  with just one color or a ton of colors and use up scrap supplies.  If you want more info follow the link  below to where the pattern can be purchased. Happy knitting.   Pattern name is Love and Lattes Mittens but my version is called let it go.
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