It is never to early for Halloween planning

It is always really exciting to me when a company says 'Yes, we would love to send you strikes to sew up' Because it feels like 'Yes! We choose you! We see your talent and style and we want in!' There is always much jumping and excitement when I get those messages. I don't know if fabric and pattern companies really understand the level of excitement being picked gives you, well me at least anyway. 😁

With that said let me present you with my latest creation with fabric from Retro Stitch a company that picked me to sew up some strikes for them for their current Halloween round that is open now.

The Mickey halloween print is so cute! They have it in this purple color way and and black color way, along with some other really great designs. As soon as I saw it I knew exactly what pattern it needed to become! This dress is actually a retiring pattern from Ellie & Mac called the Be Spontaneous. The name and the style seemed to fit my sisters personality and this fabric.

I love the big kid panel size from Retro Stitch, I got the front, back, and the bow out of the panel, and that bow is a bit extra!

The details of this dress just perfectly showed off the details and colors in the fabric. This print is so fun too, while I was sewing it I realized it had little bats in the toss too with the candy.

This adorable dress and bow came from one panel and a yard of fabric... and I still have more to show you! Check back and I will have another blog soon showing off a new pattern with this fantastic fabric!

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