Trevor was my daughter, Miranda's date for Prom this year. She wanted me to make his bow tie to coordinate with their blue converse shoes. I didn't make her dress, but I did do some alterations on it. This is the first time I didn't make a formal for one of my girls. I did shorten this dress and I added the sleeves to it!
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I know, this doesn't really look like a costume. Well, this was the dress that I made for Cammi's Medusa costume this last year. She decided that it could double as a regular dress, so she just added a belt and changed her shoes. Oh, and decided not to add the snakes to her hair for church!
My other daughter, Miranda, did her hair, with fake snakes coming out of it and it looked so great, but I didn't get to get a good photo of her that night because she had to work and then went straight to a friends party and got ready there. She took a photo on her phone in front of a mirror at her friends house, so that's the best I have.
This next one was a Greek Goddess for my oldest daughter, Korryne (pronounced Corrine). I almost always have to add or change something to store-bought patterns and of course I had to with this one as well. I combined two different patterns, added the dickie and made up the pattern for the sleeves. They didn't turn out exactly like she wanted, but that was because we ran out of fabric and time. I think it turned out okay and she was happy with it so that's what really matters.
I also made my 16 yo daughter, Miranda, a toga for her Egyptian Goddess costume. I thought it turned out pretty cool, but she got ready at a friends house and I didn't get a photo of her. Bummer :(
Cammi keeps telling me that I need to make formals for other people, because I could make some good money. I keep telling her no-way, and that this is a perk for being my child... to get a formal that doesn't look like anyone else's!
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This Elsa costume was the first of 5 costumes that I made this year.
This one was for Anna, a little girl from church. Her momma wanted a modest Elsa costume for her, so this is what I came up with.
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This is my 16 year old daughter, Miranda. I realized recently that I never posted this dress I made for her.
Miranda is a very creative and talented artist. She drew out the dress she wanted for prom. I found a pattern that was the closest to what she wanted and made a few alterations to the pattern.
Have I told you before how I loathe store bought patterns for clothes? I don't know what the deal is, but they NEVER fit the size that you actually are. Miranda is a size 3 and I had to cut this dress out at a 12 I think. WAY OFF!!!! They really need to update the pattern sizing to match the sizes in the stores.
I used this pattern above for the main dress. I then cut the neckline into a V, and created an uneven pleated dickie, to create the look Miranda wanted.
I used this pattern (above) for the sleeves and altered those as well. I made them wider to make them more modest.
Isn't she beautiful?
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I can't believe I didn't post my daughter's prom dresses that I made this year. This was the first one. I made this one back in April, for my 2nd oldest daughter, Cammi.
As usual, I used a few different patterns and added our own little flair with the fabric gathered at the bottom of the dress and added the tulle underneath.
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I did a little sewing for Halloween this year. Above is my oldest daughter. I made her shorts and her mask (she painted it and I sewed it) and she made her tutu and painted the spider on her shirt.
Above is the dress I made for my oldest daughter's best friend. She was an ice princess. I wish I could have gotten a picture of her all dressed up with her hair and make-up done and with her tiara on. She looked really good. This dress was very difficult to make. I've made several formals now, but this one by far was the hardest.
Minnie Mouse is my 2nd oldest daughter. I made her dress and she made her ears.
These are my 3rd and 4th oldest girls. On the left is my 15 year old, doing face painting at our church's trunk-or-treat last night. I never got a good picture of her costume. She made her tutu. And my 13 year old daughter (on the right), she's the only one I didn't have to make anything for. My 15 year old did the 13 year olds make-up.
My oldest son was a mummy. My husband and I tore up an old sheet and another large piece of fabric that I had into strips and tied them together. It literally took almost an hour to wrap him up.
And my youngest boy was a lumberjack. My husband made his axe and the rest was all stuff we already had. My 15 year old daughter did his make-up for his beard. This was a very simple costume. We had a lot of fun this year.
I always love seeing the creative ideas my kids come up with. Happy Belated Halloween!
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I just finished this fun bow tie for a friend's son, for his homecoming this weekend. I had my son model for me. Mr. C is 9 years old and the tie fits him perfectly on the tightest loop.
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This is my second oldest daughter, Cammi. She went to prom this last weekend and I finished making her dress just in time for pictures. I was able to make this dress for about $25. We have a fabulous fabric store here locally, that is called SAS Fabrics. It can be a bit overwhelming, because you have to dig through a lot of the cotton and knit fabrics, but it's well worth the savings. This satin fabric was only $3/yard and at the other fabric store in town it would have been $9/yd. I used a combination of patterns... Simplicity #3878 and the sleeves from #6675. I did alter the sleeves and made them wider than the pattern is, to make it more modest. Doesn't she look beautiful?
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I finished making Cammi's homecoming dress at 1am the same morning that I was leaving for Alberta. There's nothing like waiting until the last minute to get something done. Homecoming was the week that I was gone to Canada for my good friend's wedding. Cammi went with a few of her friends, since a guy didn't ask her. She had a blast, but I was very sad that I wasn't here to see her off that night.I used the Simplicity #2442 pattern found here. I did add the dickey in to make it modest.
Can you see the zebra print under the lace? Cammi loves zebra prints & had to incorporate that in there somewhere.
She wore the dress to church today so I had my chance to snap a few pictures of the dress. My daughter, Miranda did her hair & tried to duplicate it for church today so I could get some photos of that as well (per a request from a friend).
This last one reminds me of how my mom used to curl my hair for special occasions when I was really little...little pincurls!
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