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Peter Pan, Wendy Darling, and Captain Hook costumes

November 2nd, 2009 3 Comments

We were working up until the very last moment to get these together! They were pretty simple- as I used patterns for almost everything. Garth did most of his costume by himself! (it’s really not that amazing, hes actually really crafty). Here’s what we did:
Peter Pan. We used a soft cotton [...]

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where the wild things are costume v2.0

October 12th, 2009 4 Comments

It’s Moishe! I just recently learned that Maurice Sendak, during the adaptation of his book to opera, named the characters Tzippy, Moishe, Bruno, Emile, and Bernard- after relatives. I made my first Moishe costume last year and made more mistakes than I care to remember. This year the process was a wee [...]

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Popeye and Olive Oyl costumes

November 1st, 2008 5 Comments

We had a great Halloween! We went as Olive Oyl and Popeye. We tried to stay as close to the cartoon as possible, and make everything with quality and comfort in mind. Here’s what we did…
Popeye. We patterned the top after the US Navy’s dress blues jumper. I used black, red, [...]

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elle goes Halloween

August 14th, 2008 1 Comment

Last October I drove my little car to Spokane, WA from San Diego, CA with my sewing machine and bolts of flannel in tow. I spent the month with my family, sipping hot cider, watching DVD’s, and sewing costumes. I rarely got out of my pj’s. I was so busy with the [...]

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