I wanted to share a few of our student's finishes that have not previously made it to the blog.  These finishes represent a LOT of hard work an a LOT of learning in order to complete them.

This dachshund stuffie is such a cute toy.  It is done completely by hand - no machine sewing at all.

It is made completely out of felt.

Check out all those small even stitches!!  There are hundreds of them!

He can stand alone because of all the gusset pieces.  This student did a fantastic job!!

This is another creation that is done completely by hand.  This coin purse comes complete with a zipper.

This student took our Costume Workshop.  She wanted to be one of the My Little Pony characters.  She made pants and a crossover shirt in just a few sessions!  Boy did she work hard!

She made her wings out of fabric and created her tail and mane out of curling ribbon - sooo creative!

Isn't this a fabulous costume?!

Our students sure worked hard on their costumes during the Halloween Costume Workshop!!

Look at this fabulous poodle skirt!!

Isn't her "poodle" just too cute?!  I love the collar she chose for it - those are little pearls.

This student was so thrilled with her costume!!  Look at her tail - it is totally detachable so that she can easily get into and out of this costume all by herself.

Just look at her mask - too cute!

My daughter was not quite as ambitious as some of my students, but she decided to alter an existing costume that we already had.  We hand sewed red patches underneath holes that she had cut into the fabric.

She has asked me not to share until after Halloween so you will have to wait for the big reveal then.

We had a great session at our most recent Halloween Costume workshop on Sunday!

This student finished his costume and was completely thrilled!!!  Doesn't he look fabulous?!!

Simply wonderful work for this 4th grader!

Next up is a third grader who wants to be an alligator.  This is her tail.

She really did a great job getting all those spikes on her tail!

This is the top part of her alligator costume.  This costume is so perfect for the elementary aged child - it is easy on and easy off - and leaves the hands free.  And of course it looks wonderful on her!  At our next session she will make her face mask and be done.  What a great costume!

We had our first of three sessions for the Halloween Costume Workshop!!  Our students have some great ideas and started on their projects.

We cut out patterns - this one is for a fairy.

We pinned them to our fabric - this will be a vampire.

This will be Rainbow Dash.

We cut our fabric - this will be a poodle skirt.

We even got some sewing done - this will be a dinosaur.

Poodle skirt sewing.

All in all a great session and some fabulous costumes taking place!