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Halloween costume 2011

JeanneMariesews, member | November 15th, 2011

This is my haloween cosutme for this year. It is made almost entirely from thrift store finds or fabric from my stash (yes, I have too much fabric in my stash. Wait, is there such a thing?)

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ninja

arikahc23, member | November 3rd, 20111 comment

ninja costume reconstructed from childs costume chestpiece and boot covers turned into vest and wrist and knee pads

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creepy doll

arikahc23, member | November 3rd, 20111 comment

old kids dress reconstructed scraps used to make doll dress make up on eyes

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Halloween Costume Contest

Rubyvermillion, member | November 1st, 20112 comments

My home made Russian Nesting Doll costume. I made a chicken wire form for the shape around my dress form then draped canvas around. The head is lined with 1" thick sheet foam, and there are three...

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Prettiest Purse

nursezizi, member | October 26th, 2011

My daughter LOVES purses right now. Determined to have her costume reflect her current "favorite things" I brainstormed and put her halloween costume project into action. It is all made by momma...

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Halloween Fun

gregwa3, member | October 24th, 2011

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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Hatsune Miku

intelruth, member | October 24th, 2011

She will light up the stage this Halloween as j-pop music sensation Hatsune Miku, from worldwide illustriousness band Vocaloid! This dazzling diva famous for her aqua-colored knee length hair and...

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Mermaid Costume

AbigailsMermaidTail, member | October 21st, 2011

Homemade costume by Abigail. It is a mermaid costume. I wanted the legs to be like water so there are blue waves on the ankles of the tights and waves on the shoes. Materials usednbspsilk...

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Little Red Riding Hood - Halloween Costume

Kindershop, member | October 19th, 2011

Little Red Riding Hood costume. For this costume I made a knotted white tutu, a circle skirt, white peasant blouse and hooded cape. For more details you can take a look at this post...

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Pink Pony Halloween Costume

Kindershop, member | October 19th, 2011

Pink Pony Halloween costume. This can easily be adapted to any other animal costume as it uses a hooded sweat suit as the base. For more information on how I made it, you can take a look at this...

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Wizrobe and Link

ASewingMom, member | November 14th, 2010

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

thomp5km, member | November 14th, 20104 comments

I 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

artzyfartzy68, member | November 11th, 2010

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

artzyfartzy68, member | November 11th, 20101 comment

This 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

Liebes_Mom, member | November 9th, 20102 comments

These 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!

Jenerator, member | November 9th, 2010

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

temeculasewandsew, member | November 9th, 20101 comment

Even 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

Timetoburnthedinner, member | November 8th, 20101 comment

Sally 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

Sewshable1, member | November 6th, 20101 comment

I 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

sahx17, member | November 6th, 2010

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

BananaBean, member | November 5th, 2010

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

Ocrafty1, member | November 2nd, 20103 comments

My 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!

Lindamultitasker, member | October 31st, 2010

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

Kindershop, member | October 30th, 2010

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

hammerandthread, member | October 29th, 2010

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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Gingerbread Woman Halloween Costume

sewmelissa, member | December 7th, 20091 comment

This is a halloween costume I designed and created in 2 days

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

IHeartHandmadeGoods, member | November 7th, 2009

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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Vampire Lucy Westenra from Bram Stoker's Dracula

Darkheartdoll, member | November 6th, 20092 comments

Normal 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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Last-minute Little Mermaid Costume

tinklesntoots, member | November 5th, 2009

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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Little shop of horrors

vdaytaos, member | November 4th, 20092 comments

My 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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Office halloween witch

a_loomis, member | November 4th, 2009

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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Ghostbuster

CraftyOkie, member | November 2nd, 20091 comment

I 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!

jenwithonen, member | November 2nd, 2009

I sewed/glued/put together the entire top half. Borrowed the leggings, bought the wig.

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Silver man from the future.

spacey09, member | October 30th, 2009

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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Hip-Hop Halloween

bubbecraft, member | October 20th, 2009

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

bubbecraft, member | October 20th, 2009

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

bubbecraft, member | October 20th, 2009

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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70's/80's gold disco.

spacey09, member | October 14th, 2009

This is a very disco style costume I designed myself to be worn for Halloween 2009. The costume consists of 2 separate pieces of garment, a single piece very shiny liquid gold lame' longsleeved...

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Voodoo Doll

wickedneedles, member | October 14th, 20091 comment

I 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

binkyguy, member | October 14th, 2009

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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