What better way to get the party started than with a fun table setting! These will quickly become essential for all your family celebrations.

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Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday celebrated in Mexico and other Latin countries which honors and celebrates friends and family members. Every year on November 1st and 2nd, All Saint’s Day and All Soul’s Day, alters are made to honor loved ones in which favorite food and drinks are set out in honor of the deceased. Decorations are bright and vibrant to truly celebrate life and not mourn death. Flowers, candles, brightly colored sugar skulls as well as favorite music is all a part of the festival.

Being that the celebration is such a colorful and beautiful event, there are great craft projects that use the colors and fun sugar skull images of the festival.  I have made an easy tote using some fabric featuring the sugar skull image.  It is a large tote that would be great for taking books to and from the library or some light grocery shopping.  When putting this together don’t be afraid to use bright colors that mix n’ match.  The Day of the Dead celebration is all  about the vibrancy of life.

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Taking clothing from a thrift store, or even your own closet, and making it something new can be an exhilerating and exciting project.  This Halloween, take something old and make it a great old-time costume.  This dress was a basic, peach-colored, 1980s prom dress made into an 1880s gown.  By taking bits and pieces from a few sources, you can create something new (and old) for a great costume that will leave people speechless.

Being a busy, working mom of two small kids, I love to use clothes that my kids already have and some other materials from around the house to make their Halloween costumes.  That’s what my parents did when I was young, and that’s what I do.  I made this costume with that in mind.

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This table runner will be ghoulishly fun on your table and the best part…it’s so easy to make it’s scary!

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For some, a kitchen can be a scary place!  This towel is sure to scare up some fun in your kitchen this Halloween. Download Project

The Totally Stitchin’ team took our Dress for Success rose quest to Notre Dame High School last week.  The girls from the Martha’s in Training club pulled together to cut, serge and assemble roses for Dress for Success.

Kendra worked with the assembly group while I manned the camera and helped some of the girls with the cutting and serging.  A couple of teachers also stopped by to help.

At the end of the morning, we put down our scissors, laid our needles to rest and took a count; 56 roses to donate to Dress for Success!  There’s still time to send in your roses.  Gather a group or club to out do Notre Dame or just make a few yourself.  All donations will be greatly appreciated.

Be the coolest kid in line at the theater this fall by sewing a SUPER CUTE hat inspired by the classic book and upcoming film, Where The Wild Things Are:

The instructions are incredibly easy and I love the result! (And HOW CUTE would this be as a hooded sweatshirt? I’m sure someone is sewing that right now if it hasn’t already been done.)

I laugh at how trendy WTWTA has become, and the upcoming film is an explosion of all things hipster, but man… that trailer gets me every time!

Help Totally Stitchin’ promote economic independence for disadvantaged women through Dress For Success.  Each year, Baby Lock receives numerous donation requests from various not-for-profit organizations throughout the US.  This fall we’d love for you to join Baby Lock in creating fabric rose pins to help women “Dress for Success”.  This fall, Totally Stitchin’ would like to donate more than 300 fabric rose pins.  Click here to help us achieve this goal.