Costumes | Creativity | Leather | Pinterest hacks

Renaissance Festival Costume – Marauder?/Buccaneer?/Dude wearing leather and weapons?

By on October 24, 2022

So my son wanted to be a marauder/mercenary/buccaneer (not a pirate…apparently). What he wanted for his costume: Leather jacket Spauldrons (shoulder armor) New pants A hood that was separate from the jacket Arm greaves Back carry belt for a sword Leather Jacket The main thing he wanted was a leather jacket with the arm spauldrons. […]

Continue Reading

Costumes | drafting | Sewing | Sewing for the girl | tween sewing

My little assassin

By on October 4, 2017

The girl has been reading the Sarah Maas series where the lead character is basically an assassin, though she becomes a leader.  (I think…she tends to get wordy and unfocused when she explains it all). This year she wanted to be an assassin in going to the Renaissance Festival and for Halloween.  That works fine […]

Continue Reading

Costumes | Creativity | drafting | Sewing | tween sewing

Guest post – Stylin’ Stacy – Cosplay Costumes

By on October 31, 2016

This is a guest post I did for Crafting Con.  Bringing it home for Halloween! ***** Hello!  I am Stacy and I blog at Stylin’ Stacy.  The costumes I tend to make these days are centered around cosplay characters.  They serve dual purposes as my kids wear them to a convention in the spring and […]

Continue Reading