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Halloween gives adults permission to break out their glue guns and sewing machines if for only one time a year to create purely for the fun of it."It''s a huge business. This one time of year, women will turn on their sewing machines and create costumes for their children and for their own ghoulish social calendar," says Nancy Jewell, publicity director for Viking Sewing Machines Inc., U.S. distributors of Husqvarna Viking sewing machines and a contributor to Harding''s book.Pattern companies are jumping right into this festive and colorful time of year not only with patterns but also with expert advice. Simplicity Pattern Company established a Halloween Help Line. The toll-free number (888-588-2700), listed on pattern envelopes as well as throughout their catalogs, connects customers with professional seamstresses who can walk them step-by-step through any construction problems that may arise.

Today''s moms and dads will find with the right tools, an inspirational trip to the fabric store and a bit of ingenuity, they can "Halloween-ify" everything in their lives -- even motivate them to take on one of the fun projects in "Tricks & Treats."For even more Halloween ideas visit these web sites: Husqvarna Viking at http://www.husqvarnaviking.com; Home Sewing Association which posts free projects including two Halloween costumes, http://www.sewing.org; or Jo Ann Fabrics Inc. at http://www.fabricenters.com.

CLEVELAND, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Who would have thought a garbage bag could turn a day of dress-up for children into a season-long celebration? According to Deborah Harding, author of "Tricks & Treats, The Ultimate Halloween Book," (Reader''s Digest, 1998) when those orange yard bags with jack-o-lantern faces started dotting suburbia, they bore an industry. Today, Halloween is the second largest holiday after Christmas, with Americans spending more than $2.5 billion yearly to decorate and dress up, reports the National Retail Federation.

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