What's better than one Halloween Costume?

TWO HALLOWEEN COSTUMES!

Okay, well that was obviously what I was going to say, being me. But after wearing my Lily Munster costume for a party the weekend before Halloween, I discovered that I could not in fact wear it to work. It's hemmed for heels. I cannot wear heels all day at my job or my back would be killing me (and my feet), so I'd have to wear flats and would be tripping over my skirts. Also... the hair! The wig is a little intense, wanting to be in my face ALL OF THE TIME. Not good for working with embroidery machines. Plus... I'm guessing people don't want to receive their new white lab coats with green Frankenstein make-up smudges all over them...

So I needed an alternative costume to wear to work on Halloween. Because, as we all know, the alternative is NOT wearing no costume at all but just regular work clothes. Pulling one (of three different Alice dress variations) out of my closet, making some blood spatter stickers (so I didn't have to ruin my nice white pinafore with paint), creating a white rabbit plushie, some striped tights and make-up... and voila!

ZOMBIE ALICE

Some Zombie Action

  WHITE RABBIT PLUSHIE

Because every Zombie Lolita Alice needs a creepy-cute plush doll.

I used a very cute free downloadable pattern from here. A great, simple pattern. Front, Back, Ears. I was able to hand-sew him on the bus, stuff and close him up in less than 1hr 20min. The rest was a sick bed project, since I unfortunately contracted a nasty cold on Tuesday, was feverish through the wee hours of the morning and stayed home sick on Wednesday. His coat is made from leftover hounds-tooth suiting, his waistcoat from leftover burgundy baroque satin. And even though you can't quite tell, one of the thread colors in the houndstooth is burgundy, so he's quite stylish. I took the short/lazy way and heat-n-bond-ed the waistcoat pieces direct to him. The coat was made by hand-sewing and with cheater's liquid thread. His eyes are from my button collection, face with embroidery floss. The pocket watch is a clock-face button with craft foam and a macramed embroidery floss chain. His tail is felt. I really like the way he turned out.