Wizrobe and Link
These are characters from my sons' favorite video game The Legend of Zelda, Wind Waker. The Boss Wisrobe, the villan on the left, and Link, the hero, on the right.
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Homemade Slinky Dog Costume
4 commentsI have been an artist for years and I love to create and push myself beyond my limits! I have made original costumes in the past, but this year I really wanted to go all out! I am a senior art major...
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The Mad Hatter
The is William, 3 years old, as The Mad Hatter. The Mad Hatter is wearing reconned thrift store jacket (women's size M to a size 4t!), with homemade uniform polo (white shirt), self-drafted vest w...
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The White Rabbit
1 commentThis is Aldous, 25mths, as The White Rabbit. The White Rabbit is a self-drafted zipfront jumpsuit out of fun-fur and felt and a satin-lined hood. It's sleeveless to allow ease of movement under the...
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Liebe the Caterpillar
2 commentsThese pictures are of my long haired black and tan, silver dapple Dachshund Liebe in her caterpillar costume that I made her for halloween. She was the hit of the pet parade!
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Hairspray!
Loved the movie of Hairspray. Saw this fabric and was inspired to copy John Travolta's dress. Found a 1960s pattern drafting book with a similar style dress and edited the pattern to...
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A Very Grouchy Oscar
1 commentEven though my children are all adults, they still expect something wonderful to wear every halloween! This costume was made for my 6'4" son (it made him almost 7' tall!). It all began...
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The Purple Goth Witch
1 commentSally wanted to be a cute but scary purple and black witch. I made the coat with a commercial pattern, adding the black faux leather details as designed by my daughter. The coat is made...
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Little Bo Peep
1 commentI sewed these costumes for my granddaughter age 8, and grandson age 5. The platypus costume was my grandson's own idea. The Little Bo Peep costume was a promise kept by my granddaughter who...
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Hamburger Halloween Costume
This is the Halloween costume that I made this year. My dog and I were matching hamburgers. I designed my own pattern and only spent about $10 on fabric for the outfits.
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TiK ToK
TiK ToK on the clock! I made this clock costume using a hoop skirt and t-shirt base. I was even able to swing the pendulum back and forth with the hoop skirt all night. The center...
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Glenda the Good Witch
3 commentsMy sister phoned and asked me to cut off her 1990's wedding gown and cover it with pink tulle to make her costume. I refused to cut her gown and drove the 60 miles to her home...
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Meet the Flintstones!
Fred and Wilma Flintstone costumes are based on the cartoon characters. I designed and sewed both outfits using materials already in house, except for the cat 'fur' (printed bottom weight ponte...
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Scary Pink Witch and Princess Ballerina
This year my twin girls wanted to be on the opposite spectrum of characters: one a wanted to be a princess and the other a witch. Before sewing I sketched out their ideas and made my own patterns...
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Baby bumble bee
I know that I only have a couple of years where I get to pick out my baby's halloween costume. My husband wanted a Zom-bee but I went for a cute one. I blogged about my project here.
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Enter the Threads Halloween Costume Contest
Did you make your costume this year? Enter to win a Threads prize package.
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Halloween Costume Contest
Did you make your Halloween costume this year? We want to see the crazy
and scary costumes made by our creative community.
Share your handmade
costumes in our Halloween Costume gallery by 11:59pm, November 14, 2010,
and you could be one of three winners to take home a Threads prize package.
One winner will be selected for each of the following categories:
Best Adult Costume
Best Children's Costume
Scariest Costume
You could win a prize package including:
- 2010 Threads Archive DVD (152 issues of Threads on a single disc)
- Couture Techniques DVD from Claire Shaeffer.
See official rules for more details.
