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Little miss malificent costume details

By on May 3, 2015

All things being equal, this costume was much less involved than my son’s costume for the con. Which, in an of itself, is quite the statement for a kid’s costume that will get worn a handful of times. The costume dress is a mix of a crinkle, double-sided knit which is rather heavy, pleather and a lightweight […]

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Connor costume – the vambraces

By on April 27, 2015

The last of the costume! It was really helpful to see this You Tube tutorial on the vambraces, in order to make my version.  I obviously didn’t do everything the same, but it gave me some up close visuals to work with on them. The size of the vambraces for the Boy were 7″ tall by […]

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Connor costume – The symbol

By on April 26, 2015

So this video game has a symbol for the Assassins, which shows up in the costume a few times and on the shape of the tomahawk. On the costume it shows up on the belt and on one of the vambraces. I decided to make them out of modeling clay and then paint as needed. […]

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Connor costume – vest and pants

By on April 12, 2015

The almost last of the sewn pieces! For the vest I used a basic top block.  I gave it some shaping, different hemlines and created an opening in the front.  I elongated the front piece to give it a collar and then added a collar to the back neckband. The slits in the front (what […]

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Connor costume – The Jacket

By on March 29, 2015

I am still working on the costume, so I thought I would post the bits I get finished up as I get them done.  The beading on the arms was posted here. So… The jacket is just a hodge podge of layers that are difficult to discern how they would all be sewn together…and why.  I […]

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Ready for the sock hop!

By on February 23, 2015

The girl informed me that their 4th grade school performance was to be a 50’s/60’s theme.  She actually gave me a good month head’s up to let me know about it.  I think she is finally getting clued in that I appreciate time to make things for her.  Her music teacher mentioned poodle skirts to her, […]

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Loom beading for Connor

By on February 20, 2015

Part of the fun of making costumes, whether for cosplay or Halloween, is that I like to try new things to make them more authentic. In making the Connor costume for the Boy, there are LOTS of new things to try. It is pretty involved. This post is about the Native American arm beading on […]

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An Elsa Cape

By on November 28, 2014

If you follow my blog, you know that I made the girl an Elsa costume in April for a Wizard World comic convention.  She was a hit at the convention, with much pictures taken of her with little girls and other cosplayers.  Thank goodness she decided to be Elsa for Halloween, so she got more use out […]

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Wizard

By on May 3, 2014

The Boy’s choice for Wizard World was to be a Wizard from Clash of Clans: Whoohoo!  Fairly easy costume! I already had some blue fabric for the pants, so I made him a pair of navy pants from an Ottobre pattern.  I had already made him a brown shirt to wear with some flannel pants for […]

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Elsa

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Like so many sewing mama’s I am making an Elsa costume.  We went to Wizard Con (a comic con), so the kids needed a costume…of course! She wanted to go as Elsa.  Big shocker right there. 😉  When looking at Elsa pictures, her dress went from a sky blue to an almost turquoise color.  We ended […]

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