Halloween craft

  • Bat Couture

    ByHeather Bailey

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    Meet Cornelius. "Do NOT call me Corny," he insists.

    BatDollCapeCostume_HeatherBailey2 Charlotte is obsessed with bats.  Last year she was a bat for Halloween.  This year she turned the hollow at the back of one of my dress forms into a bat cave.  There's a street nearby where the bats cluster under the street lights for a bug smorgasbord.  As such, it's our preferred route between Heather Bailey headquarters and home.  Bats are a thing around here.

    Looking for some Halloween fun?  Download my FREE Betty Boo Sock Doll pattern — link posted in the sidebar under Free Patterns.  This year I've added a new companion pattern, the Bat Couture Cape. It's FREE as well — link in sidebar.

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    All you need is a Halloween sock, some great felt, and a few bits & bobs.  We have a bunch of bat kits put together if you're looking for ideas.  Move the bow from any Betty's ear to the top of her buttons and she changes gender;  voila, Candy becomes Cornelius.  Simple as that.

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    The cape is quick and easy to sew, but oh so formidable.  For my next cape, I'm going for colorful felt, then embroidering the back with a web and a spider.

    Cornelius and his sister, Candy, are available as kits.  Get a bat kit for free till 10-31-10 at midnight MST,. Details here.

  • Pumpkin & Dot

    ByHeather Bailey

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    Meet Betty Boo's friends, Pumpkin & Dot, two more sock doll kits to go with the free Betty Boo Sock Doll pattern download.  It's a toss up which is the cutest.  Both Emily & Lindsay are both partial to Dot, with her bohemian stockings.

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    As Halloween is upon us, it's time to announce the winners from Monday's giveaway. 
    The following four commenters will have their pick of of sock doll
    kits. If you are one of the ladies listed below, please email us your
    address so we can send your kit right out — email emily@heatherbailey.com.

    Congrats & Happy Halloween!

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    Reminder: Through October 31, 2009, get a FREE Betty Boo Kit with coupon code "BatBatThing" on $35+ purchase at the HB Store. See details at the bottom of Monday's post.

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    Giveaway Winners

    1. Christie Sproul, who wrote, "hi heather!! betty is so cute…..just starting on my 6 yr old daughter's
    costume…I am making Autumn the Woodland Fairy costume with no tutu as per
    her orders!! lol!"

    2. Maribeth, who wrote, "too cute!! at our house, my little girl loves the nursery rhyme, three
    little ghostesses, it gives her a little bit of halloween without all the
    scary just yet."

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    3. Cathy P., who wrote, "So cute! love the girly bat.
    My 4-year-old daughter is going as a flower – I made the costume using an
    oversized green tee and some craft felt. I also knit a headband and added
    some more felt petals to it. My first time making a costume….but my
    daughter loves it!

    And my 4-month-old daughter is going as a bee (her sister's hand-me-down
    costume from BabyStyle)."

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    4. Kay Prince, who wrote,

    "Here's a poem for you:

    There once was a girl named Heather
    She couldn't decide which was better:
    Christmas or Halloween
    On both she was quite keen
    In the end it was decided by the weather.

    Okay, it's not great, but at least I tried! I would love to win a little
    Betty Boo Sock Doll kit! So cute!"