Little Red Riding Hood And Other Halloweeny Things

Ahnalin loves Little Red Riding Hood.

Well, to be more specific,

she loves the character of Little Red

from the Stephen Sondheim Broadway Musical

"Into The Woods".

So, she chose to dress up as Little Red

for Halloween.

Now, I must admit to having big plans

for a darling Bavarian style dress

and blouse to be worn under

the "Riding Hood". 

Really. 

But, if you look closely,

you will see the blouse and bloomer skirt I made

her last December...

 and the apron I made for her 

Alice in Wonderland costume for last halloween.

The "Red Riding Hood" is the only new item

that I made for her this Halloween.

And true to my usual self, I made

it so that she could wear it as an actual garment.

I used McCalls M4567 and 

sewed it out of red fleece 

and then lined it in red/white gingham.

And I used the vintage Norwegian embroidered

ribbon again, matching the blouse from last year.

While I was trying to get a photo of Ahnalin 

pretending to be afraid of the Big Bad Wolf,

she was skipping up and down the steps.....

singing.......

"Into the woods

and out of the woods

and home before dark!"

And for my mom.....

a few more pictures of us at the Fall Family Festival

at

Twin Cities.

Sorry this is blurry. 

I asked another mom to take this pic of Ahnalin and me

on the hayride at the FFF.

India decided to wear her

Queen Katharine of Aragon

from the Madrigal Dinner last year.

Ahnalin got to pet a miniature horse.

And she got to ride a big horse!

And she got to hug her cousin Anna, 

who was also dressed as Little Red Riding Hood!

We got to hear Daddy (AKA Don, AKA the Hot Rockin Hubby)

sing with the Denny Russell Band one more time.

And we saw the cutest little tiny cowpoke

dancing to the country music.

Oh, and do you remember that little pumpkin

with no stem?

Well Daddy helped Ahnalin to carve it on Saturday night.

And after the pumpkin carving, we all snuggled

in to watch 

"It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".

So, Halloween was fun!

I am sorry I have been so remiss in posting.

We are trying to deal with all the details

of moving.

We are hoping we have found the right house

and that we will get to move soon. 

We are so grateful for your prayers.

Please keep them coming!

So, other than a few customs,

not much sewing has taken place lately.

I hope to remedy that soon!

On Thursday,

I will show a darling custom smocked dress

I have been working on for a client.

Happy Sewing and Happy Fall.