It's Halloween Time!

Okay, not quite, but I did take the decorations out of the storage closet today. All I've put up so far is a little wooden "Boo" hanger, a beanie ghost on top of my TV, and Frank, my vampire on a stake. Of course, the dirt areas around my patio are so shallow that despite the fact I had made a little dirt pile to shove Frank's bamboo pole into, he has already fallen over. So I'll have to find a more secure spot for him. I may put my orange lights up tonight - we'll see how I feel when I get home. The main thing that's preventing me from doing the rest of the decorations is that there are several natural decorations spread around the yard, including a very meancing looking one who has spread his web from my front porch to the bushes. The only reason I haven't knocked him down so far is that he's not blocking any pathways. Spiders that block pathways get killed.

And now for more Rapunzel:
I got all the pink ribbon trim onto the hem of the skirt, and I have pressed/pinned half of the hem into place. I had forgotten what a pain it was to do a curved hem on poly satin. There's definitely a lot of wrinkles around the embroidery as well. *Sigh* I seriously don't know why I did this project with this fabric, except of course that I already had the fabric, and her skirt is satin in the parks. Stupid princesses. It was so nice doing the embroidery for Anna because she doesn't wear satin! Someone needs to remind me of this before I find myself working on another princess.

I also got about 2/3 of the lace sewn on around the neckline of the bodice. It went quite quickly, once I actually sat down to do it! I think I should be able to finish the lace on the bodice, and finish pinning the skirt hem tonight. I might even have time to sew the skirt hem, which would be nice.

Here's a pic of the skirt half with the hem pinned and the ribbon sewn on: