floaty ghost [or, my totally adorby dorbs DIY halloween costume]

So, we've all seen this floating around on Pinterest:

VIA

And I decided I just had to have one for myself.

Like always, I enlisted in Granny's help for this project :) I absolutely love sewing dates and miss them so much now that I am at school.

I went to JoAnn fabrics and found some of what Granny calls "crushed tulle". It's really soft and lightweight, which makes it really drapey and flowy, as opposed to regular tulle like the little girl in the picture, so it doesn't stick out quite like that.

We sewed a tube to put the elastic through for the top of the cover up. Before we put the elastic through, however, we had to sew the tulle to the bottom of the tube.

I let Granny put the elastic through. Maybe someday I'll do it myself.

I also let her start sewing the tulle on for me.

She's a good granny. :)

The next thing we did was cut the eyes and mouth out for the ghost face. I wish I had a video of us deciding where to place the eyes, because it was quite funny - Granny thought one eye should go over each of my, well...you know. Haha. We get to giggling so much - I actually think I like spending time with her more than actually sewing.

After we got the eyes and mouth cut out, we sat across the table from each other and sewed them on.

I outlined them with silver glitter glue shortly before I wore the costume.

Under the costume, I wore an old white dress I had from high school.

And that's my DIY floaty ghost Halloween costume! Super, super cute.

:)

Love,

Kalli