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Halloween 2013
Halloween Wrap up!
Yes, its a few days after Halloween. But I wanted to wait till I got the pics from all my wonderful clients and their kids all dressed up! So here is what kept me up late and busy for the last month and a half! And I'm still waiting on a few other pics...(you know who you are!) This year was all about mermaid, princesses, pirates and ALOT of sparkly lamé (a woven foil fabric)!!!
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Captain Jack Sparrow! This guy was so much fun to work with! For fittings he would talk like a pirates, Arrg!
Rapunzel from the movie "Tangled", this was over a year in the making because we were super busy last year and luckily I had it all together and just needed to be sewn together. I love how awesome this came out! The chamilione is safety pinned on!
Another Mermaid! The tail/skirt is made from recycled scraps from various formal dresses I did this past year. and there is over 14 yards of tulle in the tail! 
Tinklebelle, Front & Back. This girl was a adorable!!!! She wanted wings and wanted to know if I knew how to make wings that could glow in the dark! I told her mom some ideas and I'm waiting to get the actual Halloween pics to see what she did!
Ok this kid was such a cutie! and the biggest flirt! His fave movie was "Gnomeo & Juliet" so of course he had to be a gnome!
Another Rapunzel! This is her actual hair and she is only 15! We used 2 different colored satins, one was a dress that she bought at Goodwill and the other was her cousins prom dress! We had to watch Tangled to make sure we got the details right and what a fun girl to work with!
Mermaids galore! This was the craziest costume I did this year! The skirt alone was made with 25 different colors and prints of tulle and lamé. The skirt is elastic waisted so this girl's younger sister can wear in a year or two.
On the left, you can see the skirt detail better, the front and back panels are the multi color sections and the sides are green stretch poly/latex blend.
A basic Pink princess. I hoping to get a few better pics but in the mean time here is the one she sent from her phone. This was the easiest one by far! A cute t-shirt, sew 6 to 8 yards of tulle along the shirt hem and ta-da! Cute and easy costume!
Peacock Princess, My favorite one this year! This girl is as wild as I am, and when we met and talked with her mom about making a fabulous peacock costume the thought we all shared as "go big or stay home!" So her mom made the wings and beautiful mask and I made the dress, it's made from a stretch velvet and this will be a dress she keeps for years! I followed the same style of tiered scraps from the mermaid skirt of the week before and aded a few real feather at random.
A cute little witch! I loved this dress and this girl was a sweetie!
Nothing says Halloween like the whole family dressing up! I did these costumes actually for this family back in August. this little girl turned 3 and wanted a Cinderella themed party so I made costumes for all of them! The dad was such a good sport and his shirt was an older white button-up that I just changed and collar and added the shoulder pads.
A Royal Princess, I love this pattern and this was a joy to make. This little lady is a tiny thing and I felt like I was making a doll dress! You can;t see but this girl had crazy, flaming red hair! and we have already talked and next year there will be a "Brave" costume on my list for her!
Halloween Costumes, Part 1
This month has already started and came so quickly! I'm starting to wonder when life began going by in fast forward! (Anyways, my little senior moment there)
I've been so busy working on weddings and costumes that I haven't been able to make my weekly post! Sorry everyone! And speaking of costumes, I wanted to show some of the last few years of costumes.
I made this costume for my oldest when she was almost 2 years old. It was the first real attempt at a "fancy" costume, and it is still one of my favorites!
And then the snow white dress was worn by my second daughter two years, later. I don't have any pics of the Halloween between because we didn't dress up, since I was sick with a new baby!
But the year this was taken I made both the Snow White and the Cinderella dress.
E, wanted to be Cinderella, and I think I used about 14 yards of tulle in her skirt and the peplum, she wore that dress at least a hundred times before it was too small.
Last year, I made some renaissance costumes for a family that goes to the Renaissance Fair here in Utah every year. They wanted them as traditional as possible. I actually used a bedding sheets set to make her dress. It was an ivory color with a brocade motif and was a nice, thick cotton that held up really well. The bodice and sleeves were lined and I had to sew the trim on by hand since it was beaded. Her husband is wearing real chain mail, and it must have weighed at least 20 lbs. which was still very light for the time
This little girl loved pirates!!! So we made her a "girlish" pirate costume. The shirt is muslin, and the vest is red velvet on one side and the other is black lining. Her mom already had some black leggings so it was a really easy costume to put together.
Last year I had to come up with a cheap way to make my daughter's Belle costume, I made this dress from a variety of different fabrics. The gloves, and the main skirt are from a satin bed Sheet I bought at DI. The sleeves and bodice insert are from a scrap of fabric I bought at a yard sale that I knew I would use for something! There is 12 yards of tulle under that skirt! The over skirt used to be a sheer valance, but now it looks perfect with the dress!
I've been so busy working on weddings and costumes that I haven't been able to make my weekly post! Sorry everyone! And speaking of costumes, I wanted to show some of the last few years of costumes.
I made this costume for my oldest when she was almost 2 years old. It was the first real attempt at a "fancy" costume, and it is still one of my favorites!
And then the snow white dress was worn by my second daughter two years, later. I don't have any pics of the Halloween between because we didn't dress up, since I was sick with a new baby!But the year this was taken I made both the Snow White and the Cinderella dress.
E, wanted to be Cinderella, and I think I used about 14 yards of tulle in her skirt and the peplum, she wore that dress at least a hundred times before it was too small.
Last year, I made some renaissance costumes for a family that goes to the Renaissance Fair here in Utah every year. They wanted them as traditional as possible. I actually used a bedding sheets set to make her dress. It was an ivory color with a brocade motif and was a nice, thick cotton that held up really well. The bodice and sleeves were lined and I had to sew the trim on by hand since it was beaded. Her husband is wearing real chain mail, and it must have weighed at least 20 lbs. which was still very light for the timeThis little girl loved pirates!!! So we made her a "girlish" pirate costume. The shirt is muslin, and the vest is red velvet on one side and the other is black lining. Her mom already had some black leggings so it was a really easy costume to put together.
These two kids are some friends of ours, who wanted to be pioneers, obviously! and I made sure the costumes were "growable" since they wanted to be able to wear them for at least another year.
This was probably the most resourceful and recycled dress I've ever made! This woman called and wanted to have a princess dress made for herself. But she wanted it to be a cheap as possible, I told her that I specialize in re-using fabrics and that she could just pay me for my time, if she could find other sources for fabrics and notions. Well she loved the idea and called me back a week later and had gone through her, her mother's, and her grandmothers closets and found EVERYTHING that we could use! Including a zipper! So we drew up some sketches and came up with the style and figured out what would be used where, and because we had extra fabrics, she was able to make herself a head wrap! Such a fun project!!
Last year I had to come up with a cheap way to make my daughter's Belle costume, I made this dress from a variety of different fabrics. The gloves, and the main skirt are from a satin bed Sheet I bought at DI. The sleeves and bodice insert are from a scrap of fabric I bought at a yard sale that I knew I would use for something! There is 12 yards of tulle under that skirt! The over skirt used to be a sheer valance, but now it looks perfect with the dress!
And here we all are all dressed up out trick-or-treating! The girls looked great! And Wait till you see this year's costumes..... I'll keep posting more that I've done soon. I can honestly say that this years costumes for my kids will probably be the best I've done yet!
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