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Father Christmas
1 commentMy father-in-law plays Santa Claus in his town and my husband and I wanted to provide him with a nice costume. So I took deep red pan velvet, lined it with a faux knit fur for added warmth, and...
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Hand tailored
3 commentsOne year ago I promised my husband an Edwardian coat for the ball in San Francisco. It took much of the year to find an acceptable fabric (price, weight and color). The pattern (Butterick 3721) was a...
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Gingerbread Woman Halloween Costume
1 commentThis is a halloween costume I designed and created in 2 days
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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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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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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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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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Silk Edwardian Ballgown
3 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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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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Jelly Fish
What'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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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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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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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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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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Ghostbuster
1 commentI used Simplicity Pattern 3939, and modified the collar so it folded. This pattern was easy to sew and completely assembled on the serger. The patches and name tag were created using...
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Costume Contest Entry - Lady Gaga!
I sewed/glued/put together the entire top half. Borrowed the leggings, bought the wig.
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Silver man from the future.
This costume was worn to an early Halloween party just 5 hours ago by my friend! I made both the bodysuit and the tights/pants myself! (Note that the wig and the body paint/makeup were bought...
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The Barney Huntress
3 commentsThe Barney Huntress: Started out as a joke when my friend and I kept seeing all these stuffed Barneys at the thrift store. I thought it would be funny to have a 'tribe' of Barney Hunters...
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American McGee's Alice
1 commentRecreation from the video game American McGee's Alice. Altered blue dress, apron and 'knife' from scratch, purchased petticoat.
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Hip-Hop Halloween
My granddaughter, Shoshana, and my husband, Stan, following their interest in music, started watching musicals with 50's themes. Shoshana decided she just had to have a poodle skirt for Halloween...
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Devil with the Blue Dress On
My granddaughter, Shoshana, spends a lot of time with her grandpa. One of their favorite things to do is share music and that particular year (2007), Shoshana became enamored of the song, Devil With...
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Free Spirit
My granddaughter, Shoshana, decided she wanted to be a fairy for Halloween. However, having moved to Oregon where the weather is likely to be inclement, I felt she needed something to keep her warm...
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Rooster Boy
3 commentsMy grandnephew, Wyatt, wanted to be a rooster for Halloween. I found the perfect print for cutting and shredding to replicate the head and chest feathers. He is having the best time, chasing his real...
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Voodoo Doll
1 commentI went to this Halloween event with my friend, who was a Voodoo Priest. The costume was handmade with no commercial pattern. I made the patchwork dress and armwarmers by creating my own...
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A.R.L.E.N
My 5 year old son decided he wanted to be a robot for Halloween. Instead of buying one I thought it would be a good opportunity to make the costume and spend some time together. He entered his...
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1812 French Officer's Pelisse
1 commentMy client requested many changes to this after this picture was taken. The final result was not worth taking pictures of. It is based on an original pattern and is accurate for the...
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