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An eTextile evening gown: Mrs. Mary Atkins-Holl
1 comment20th century eTextile evening gown for a 19th century client, Kansas City Art Museum benefactor Mrs. Mary Atkins. The illuminated gown is inspired by architect Steven Holl's Bloch Building addition...
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Making Ruffles for my Fitted Shirt
4 commentsI just finished making this fitted womens shirt with French cuffs and decided to put ruffles on the front. I learned how to make the ruffles from a recent issue of Threads Magazinenbsp...
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All Things Western!
1 commentMy good friend...we'll call her E wanted to be a Can-Can for halloween this year with her favorite colors (hot pink, purple, and black). So I whipped her up a fun party dress, that she didn't want to...
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Threads Halloween Costume Contest
1 commentThreads Halloween Costume Contest Robin Hood
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Flamingo
1 commentMy daughter, Lauren wanted to be a flamingo this Halloween, so we found Simplicity pattern 3663 and I set to work. It was made for a smaller child so I had work to do. I made the tunic...
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Strawberry Shortcake
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Dragonfly Queen
This is my Dragonfly Queen costume. The fabric is made with layers of metalic mesh. The layers were quilted with gold thread to create the irridescent effect that we see on dragonflys...
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Threads Halloween Costume gallery
1 commentI was looking for the whale of a costume. This year I envisioned a sleek, sensuous, silver fish. I wanted to make an easy-to-wear mermaid costume by adapting a fit-and-flare evening...
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halloween costume
I was looking for the whale of a costume. This year I envisioned a sleek, sensuous, silver fish. I wanted to make an easy-to-wear mermaid costume by adapting a fit-and-flare evening...
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I was looking for the whale of a costume. This year I envisioned a sleek, sensuous, silver fish. I wanted to make an easy-to-wear mermaid costume by adapting a fit-and-flare evening...
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Clockwork Orange
I've always been a fan of A Clockwork Orange and always thought it would be fun to dress like Alex DeLarge (Malcolm McDowell). So here is the costume I made and wore to a Halloween ballroom...
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Pink Princess and Woodland Fairy
The pink princess costume is in satin and sparkle tulle with a top in a multi color sparkle.
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Magical Purple Fife the Jester
this is the Magical Purple Fife. There is beads hanging at the arm and waist. The star on the bodice is sewn on by hand with a few crystles to glint every now and then. The sleeves were a bit...
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Ladybug
Lady Bug was made with scrapes from other projects. Jedi costume is now a robe ( had an inside pocket for the light sabar which he filled with treats)
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Where the Wild Things Are
I'm an elementary school librarian, and I do LOTS of costumed storytelling, so I wanted my Halloween costume to come from a favorite children's book and be able to wear it at work. I based my...
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Old TV Kid.
My brother-in-law wanted to be Eddie Munster in the company Halloween costume contest. I made the jacket and shorts out of purple suede. The jacket is actually a colonial jacket that I heavily...
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Dorothy and Toto?
A simple costume I made for my daughter for a Halloween Parade. The concept was more important than the costume. She was Toto and the dog is dressed like Dorothy. The costume was a simple...
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Yip Yip from Sesame Street
1 commentAfter seeing a video on YouTube of the Yip Yips from Sesame Street, my son decided that this is what he wanted to be for Halloween this year. The trick was to make the costume so that the mouth...
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Bits the Patchwork Fairy
My two-year-old daughter's fairy costume, made for both Halloween and the Texas Renaissance Festival. Her chemise is made from an old blouse of mine, her crazy patchwork dress is made from...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
We had so much fun making and wearing these costumes! We bought matching green sweat suits, sparkly and scaly green fabric for our shells, colored fabric for each of the turtles, green face...
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Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter
Here are Alice in Wonderland and a female version of the Mad Hatter! Both costumes are based on a Simplicity pattern.
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Mrs. Claus
Here is a Mrs. Claus costume I made. The dress is based on a McCalls pattern, but the apron is my design. I made it so it could be a "one size fits most". The dress is quite loose, but the apron...
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1868 Day Dress
4 commentsI made this 1868 Day Dress, the inspiration for the overskirt came from a La Mode Illustree, it's worn with a midvictorian Winter bonnet, elliptical crinoline and corset. The idea for the pattern of...
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civil war
I created these clothes for civil war reenacting but we use them for Halloween also. The dress is a simplicity pattern slightly altered and the undergarments are all hand made as well using...
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Glamour Witch
I used a stretchy orange fabric with a 'holographic' butterfly pattern for the dress and lined it with black organdy. An half overskirt was also constructed of black organdy, and an underskirt...
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Tartan Fife the Jester
Each diamond was cut from a different tartan pieced together like a quilt and then the pattern pieces were cut out. Gold trim was sewn on every diamond seam by hand (on each side ) to make it lay...
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Goodwife Rebecca Towne Nurse 1621-1692
This outfit includes a fully boned set of stays, shift, petticote, mantua, cap and scarf. It is not exactly authentic for the 1690's since I used a sewing machine, but it's pretty close...
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Leg Lamp
For Halloween 2009 I came to work dressed as the leg lamp from the movie "A Christmas Story." Balancing on one leg all day was the biggest challenge. I wanted most of my legs covered so that...
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Just Clowning Around
2 commentsMamaw is recovering from pnuemonia at the rehab center. When she needed a Halloween outfit for their party, I had to get creative. Getting something on her easy was the objective. I decided to...
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Princess Costume
This costume was made from made from two commercial patterns and part my design. The two patterns that were used was Simplicity 2966(A corset pattern which was used for the bodice). The other pattern...
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Historical Costume
1 commentThe pattern that was used was commercial pattern by Simplicity 3723. The fabric that was used is a broadcloth for the bodice, sleeves and skirt draping in black. For the bodice inset, sleeve ruffles...
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Vampire Lucy Westenra from Bram Stoker's Dracula
2 commentsNormal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Halloween is my holiday. Every year I rack my brain to think of something to trump previous year’s costumes. This year I...
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Pioneer Costume
The pattern that was used for this cosume was a commercial pattern by Butterick 3992(out of print). The fabric that was used was a printed broadcloth. Most of the dress is red with small...
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King of the Wild Things
I've always loved Maurice Sendak's book, Where the Wild Thing Are, so when the movie came out this fall I thought this would be the perfect costume for my little wild thing. I used a pattern for the...
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Last-minute Little Mermaid Costume
My little ones were sick, so I hadn't planned on them dressing up. Halloween morning, however, Chloe reminded me that she REALLLLLLLY wanted to be the Little Mermaid, even if we were just staying...
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Renaissance Girl
I made this dress for my daughter Claire who wanted to go as a Renaissance girl. She picked out the pattern from photos of dresses I found by looking through Google image. She picked out the fabric...
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Headless Harry Potter
1 commentNormal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Over the years my son has received numerous comments on his resemblance to Harry Potter. Unfortunately, he has never...
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Silk Edwardian Ballgown
2 commentsNormal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This dress started as a love affair with a piece of silk organza. It was pale grey orchid with silver embroidery and sequins. I...
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