Pregnant Halloween Costume

So I have been searching around for a good idea for my Halloween costume this year and I thought it would be fun to incorporate the baby bump.

 I saw several different versions of this pregnancy skeleton costume online and the one pictured above I thought was cute and not creepy looking so I decided to model mine after it.

I found a tutorial from Make It-Love It blog that gave step by step pictures and instructions. She also made a matching outfit for her husband, but instead of a baby on the belly there is fries, burger and drink... :)

If you are interested in making your own skeleton costume check out Make It-Love It blog:

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/10/our-last-minute-adult-costumes.html

I thought I took more pictures then this, but apparently not!

Here is my finished product! I think it turned out pretty cute and it was easy/fun to make!

I wish baby would have turned out a little better, I used the freezer paper like she recommended, but still had a hard time with the paint not smearing while doing baby's arm.

Car Seat Canopy

I finally finished my car seat canopy. I don't know why I let it take me so long to get done. I still consider myself a beginner at this whole sewing thing. Mine is more simple then the one tutorial I posted back in August, but I think with the big floral pattern it works.

Here is the link for the tutorial I used:
http://www.make-it-do.com/sew-it/baby-car-seat-cover-tutorial/



Here I  have my fabric cut to 35"wide x 42" long

Here I am tracing the corners of the two big pieces shown above. You will then want to cut those corners off so the canopy won't hang down to far on the corners.

Sew your backing and your top inside out together 1/4" seam, but leave a little opening to be able to turn it right side out and then hand stitch your opening shut.

I then cut 4, 4"x9 1/2" strips to create the straps on top. I just used the one fabric color on the straps, the same fabric that was used on the backing.

I then sewed 2 of the strips together, leaving one end open to turn it right side out. I bought the non-gooey Velcro that was recommended in the original tutorial and it worked out nicely.

In order to get the strap placement I ended up draping the canopy over and pinning the straps to the canopy where I thought looked good, then took the canopy off and measured them, to make sure they were even (Mine were pretty close, just had to move one down an inch) and then pinned and then sewed them in place.

Here is a final picture of my simplified car seat canopy! I love the bright colors!