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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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Steam Punk Princess
As you see I had a total Blast this year with my 8 year old Daughters Costume!! I had the Plaid Fabric in my stash for a very very very very long time...lol And it just knew what it...
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Clockpunk DaVinci Aviator
1 commentFive yards of a beige linen/cotton blend. Black piping in knife pleats throughout bodice. Entire dress draped selvedge to selvedge - no major pattern construction needed. The only curved cutting was...
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Halloween Jester
The fabric in this costume came from remminents of other garments. the black is from a piece of tablecloth. the Candy corns were pieced together strips from leftover pieces of Waterednbsp...
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Wonder Woman returns!
2 commentsThis was my most difficult costume I have ever made, and it turned out being the best. I had no decent pattern to work with because none of the Wonder Woman commercial patterns look like the real...
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Elliot the Peacock
My daughter Elliot was a peacock for Halloween. I made a tutu out of green, blue and purple tulle. I cut each layer and color to different lengths, in order to make it look like feathers...
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Smash's Springtime Fairy
1 commentThis is my springtime fairy/woodland pixie costume for Halloween 2009. The shoes, fairy wings, and antennae were store-bought, but the rest was made myself. The leggings were McCalls 5512. The dress...
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Jelly Fish
1 commentWhat's more frightening than a jellyfish? All right, there're tons of things more frightful than jelly fish, but this jelly fish has glow in the dark fangs, loads of sparkle fabric and even a...
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Sack of Sugar
2 commentsMy newborn daughter's first Halloween costume - a sack of sugar
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Tea Time Rose Pink Floral Toddler Dress - One of a Kind
4 commentsThis darling little dress starts with this gorgeous designer fabric .... a creamy back ground is sprinkled with the most beautiful rose print in shades of scrumptious pinks and sage green leaves. The...
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Recycled Vintage Pillowcase Designer Fabric Toddlers Swing Jacket
1 commentThis darling jacket starts with a sweet vintage pillowcase, vintage lace, vintage buttons, and a gorgeous designer rose fabric. The front of the vintage pillowcase I used had been hand embroidered...
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Raggedy Ann Halloween 2009
I made everything for Raggedy Ann except stockings and shoes. Even my own grandchildren didn't recognize me! Raggedy Andy was fashioned from an old snowman, and I made his trousers, shirt...
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Little shop of horrors
2 commentsMy daughter issy loves musical theatre. She wanted to be Audrey II, the man eating plant from Little Shop of Horrors. I wanted to make it textured and colorful. I used felt and foam to shape it and...
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Gramma's Costume Closet
1 commentI couldn't find a pattern for Belle, so I created this one on my own. My granddaughter Christa was a beauty in gold satin. Likewise, Simplicity no longer makes a Sleeping Beauty...
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Spider Queen
1 commentThe "Spider Queen" was my own creation. I made the outer coat from two different sewing patterns, the web/spider coat with one and the collar from another pattern. Its...
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Adorable Native Indian
I made knit fabric sheath with felt trims. Belt was made from reusing a fancy knit shrug. I wanted to be someone that I admire and my looks were an advantage, Therefore, I decided to be a Native...
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Butterfly Queen
2 commentsTop (cotton twill) corset inspired, is covered with small butterflies (raw silk) that were airbrushed and machine embroidered . Skirt is four huge butterfly wings with embroidered veins (raw silk...
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Office halloween witch
This is me in the Office Halloween. My cubemates and I were witches - I made my jacket from $2 yard remnants and a piece of tapestry I had in the stash. It is a modified pirate jacket...
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Green Girl of Leaping Land
1 commentGreen Girl from Leaping land wears a vest constructed from indivually hand cut and painted leaves attached along the veins. Head piece is constructed with silk floral and mask is purchased.
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Laura's Lion King Nala costume
My daughter Laura dressed up as Nala, from "The Lion King" movie, for her senior talent show during Halloween week. I made this dance costume out of stretch rayon velvet, some acrylic fur for the...
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Joker the Dark Knight
1 commentMy 10 yr old grandson wanted to be the Joker Dark Knight. He thinks grandma can make anything and I love him for that, so I try. So I went to my stash and started sewing. I made...
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Glinda the Good Witch
2 commentsMy embroidery machine came in handy on this Glinda the Good for my youngest daughter. We started with a child's formal pattern to get the pointed waistline on the skirt, but then expanded the width...
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Miss Marilyn Monroe
I used some white poly satin in my "stash" to make the Marilyn Monroe costume. I based it on Butterick Retro B5209, but decided to put a pleated 3 width skirt on it, as well as raise the backline and...
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Bride of Frankenstein
When my 12 year old decided she wanted to be the Bride of Frankenstein for Halloween I thought YES and easy costume! It turned out to be deceptively hard to get the correct look. After looking up...
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The cast of 2007's Surf's Up - Cody Maverick, Big Z, and Chicken Joe
1 commentI had to make everything by hand. My materials were fleece, felt, craft foam (masks, wings, tails, and and tattoo like marking appliques on character's chests), two boas (black for big z hair, yellow...
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Captain Hook
Here is my Captain Hook costume from the Peter Pan gang! This was certainly the one that took the longest to make, but it was a welcomed challenge!
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Dumb and Dumber
My daughter and her girlfriend came up with the idea to dress up as female versions of Lloyd and Harry from the movie "Dumb and Dumber."
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The cast of Peter Pan!
Welcome to Neverland! I made all the costumes, Tinkerbell, Wendy, Peter Pan, Tiger Lily, Smee (except the stripped t-shirt and the tuque) and Captain Hook! All costumes were based on patters...
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Peter Pan
Here is the Peter Pan costume I made for my cousin this year. I based it on a Butterick pattern for a shirt and made some modifications to it!
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Tinkerbell
This is my Tinkerbell costume, I was planning it since last year. I made the dress based on a Simplicity pattern, then chopped up the bottom for my costume! I made little shorts with tulle to wear...
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June & Beaver "Cleaver"
2 commentsThis halloween "wiggle" dress was made using the vintage 1950's Butterick pattern #8060 and some great black & orange batik pumpkin fabric. Orange & Black organza apron...
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I Love Lucy
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 For Halloween this year, I decided to go as Mrs. Lucy Ricardo, and my trusty side-kick, Valentino, went as Ricky Ricardo he...
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King & Queen of Hearts
This is the King & Queen of Hearts. I saw this in a magazine and wanted to make it. In my stash was all the materials I needed except for some gold trim. It was a fun, creative...
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Mrs. Reaper goes to Ascot
3 commentsI’ve always loved the ascot outfits from My Fair Lady and I’ve always wanted to see how large of a hat I could create and wear. I went pretty quickly to the idea of flowers and...
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The Bird Riders
3 commentsMy sister & I had wanted to do riding animal costumes over the years after seeing the knight in the movie Labyrinth. We saw a Chocobo (bird that is ridden like a horse) in the video game...
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Diesel10
3 comments4 year old George told his mother he really wanted to be Diesel 10 for halloween....There are no purchasable Diesel 10 costumes on the market of course! I told her I could probably figure it out. I...
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Rasta Lion
Aaron L. had an idea to be a "Rasta Lion"- He needed something fuzzy and fun to dance it. The Dreadlocks are made from Wool Roving and were dreaded by hand, the stomach covers up a zipper with snaps...
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MAD Hatter
I made this Mad hatter costume for a friend of mine, Brian Brady(in the pictures). I made the entire costume from my own pattern I made. I made the long, coat out of cordoroy. The cuffs are...
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Halloween Costume Contest
1 commentThis is my grandson, who asked to be a tree since his little sister was going to be a flower. We found the directions for this tree on the Web; it was a Better Homes and Garden project.
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Winter Tree
1 commentAs I was walking around the House of Spandex, I spotted this woodgrain spandex fabric. At that moment I decided I was going to be a tree for Halloween. This was the MONDAY before halloween...
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