Here is the BEYOND time consuming Rapunzel hair, but I must say, it looks FABULOUS. I am really proud of this project. I used Simplicity 2065 for the hair. But, without this review on Kadiddlehopper's blog, I would have been pulling my hair out! (Pun intended). The pattern's bottom braid length measurement was okay (I made it a little shorter for my 3 year old), but the round braid on top was waaaaaaay off! The pattern asked you to cut the yarn to 18", but I ended up needing 28" strips! And it juuuuust fit! And my daughter has a small head! Oh, boy. But, like I said, I was saved a lot of headaches from the review. Then after I was done, I just hot-glued the flowers on. And my daughter loved it:)
The dress pattern was a very simplified version of McCall's 5731. I liked it better than the Simplicity version.
It came together well, but the gathering of the skirt took a while, but it came out beautifully. If I ever make this again, I want to use the looooong sleeves. I just used one layer of the shorter sleeve cuff for my daughter's dress.
As for my oldest, she just fell in love with this hot pink satin and wanted a dress out of that, so I used Simplicity 2569 to make her fairy princess dress.
I didn't make the overlay as poofy as the pattern, but looking back, I wish I would have. But she loved the dress and that is what is important.
Overall, it was a successful Halloween, and at 8:28PM, this momma is ready for bed. *yawn*
so cute and creative!
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