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reader's closet - costumes - Threads
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Halloween Fun
My wife and I love Halloween. These are some costumes we made for some of the halloween parties we went to!
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That's a Lot of Stripes!
This is another Day of the Dead costume I made for myself (2004 I think). It’s called a “Pitchy Patchy,’ and it’s my very silly take on a kind of costume worn in...
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire's 100th Anniversary Commemorated
1 commentThistle Cottage Studio Blog Next 10 Results HOPE HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMS "TRIANGLE" ON THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY March 25th, 2011, marks the 100th anniversary of the tragic...
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Day of the Dead Costume
Here I am at a Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration at an art gallery in 2009. My costume started with an old long black dress and a commercially made witch hat. The hat has a...
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How I Became "Copperwoman"
1 commentWhy am I called Copperwoman? I have always really loved the color of copper. In 1996, I was in recovery from a full year of treatment for breast cancer, and was very interested in doing as many of...
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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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SEXY MARIE ANTOINETTE in Blue for ADULT
2 commentsMy stepdaughter needed a costume for Halloween this year so she asked me to make one. I thought it would be kind of difficult but then it wasn't bad while I was cutting - I drated myself the...
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Cute as a Bumblebee
This is my rif on a toddler costume shown in Martha Pullen's "SewBeautiful" magazine. I raided the "dress up" box for an old party dress of my daughter-in-law's, did away with the straps and...
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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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A pair of flamingos
2 commentsMy (nearly) 23 year old son and his college roommate were in desperate need of Halloween costumes. They had seen an old episode of Boston Legal where 2 of the actors were dressed as flamingos...
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My Passion
8 commentsI love fashion and history and have combined those interests into creating historical fashions. Pretty much all of my dresses have a historical influence. Many of them are period correct. I...
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