Halloween Costume
11-04-2021, 08:38 AM
#13
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Location: Waterford Michigan
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I love it! Perfectly done! Every once in awhile I do a costume for someone. Only once for myself and that was 30+ years ago. I make the occasional costume for one of the grand kids. They are always fun to do. They are a lot of work but the end results are worth the efforts. You make a fair lady in you civil war costume. Thanks for sharing this.
11-04-2021, 09:37 AM
#15
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Location: The Deep South near Cajun Country, USA
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That is a wonderful outfit. I have several patterns for different era dresses but have never cut the first one out. The thought of all that sewing and it not fitting was enough to stop me. I applaud the fact that you could get this made in only 2 months.
11-04-2021, 03:02 PM
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Wisconsin
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Thanks for the compliments! You've made my day.
Just to let you know though, I'm not a member of a reinactment group.
Long story short - about 10 years ago I was invited to go to the Renaissance Faire in Shakopee MN. I had a blast and saw a ton of beautiful Tudor gowns. 8 years ago I was invited again and this time I wanted to dress up.
However, the dresses online were either not authentic enough for me or not affordable. So, I had to either learn how to sew or not have a gown. I didn't have a working sewing machine so I hand sewed...a lot, using online sources to figure things out because I can't read a sewing pattern for my life!
I enjoyed dressing up so much I decided to make an outfit from several different eras, as historically accurate as possible. I've discovered each era did things uniquely for their time. Examples: The diamond shaped backs of Regency era gowns or the collar supportasses of the Elizabethan era.
The best part is I learned how to draft things and don't need to rely on patterns now. And, since most people aren't fully aware of how things were really supposed to look in previous eras, if I make a mistake, they won't know.
Anyway, I have rheumatoid arthritis and can't do much anymore so I sew a lot. And wear the outfits to work. Sometimes I enter costume contests.
For each costume I learned how to make the jewelry or weaving the belts or, well, you get the idea. I tried learning how to knit to make the stockings but my hands won't let me knit.
Here are a couple of past costumes.
Just to let you know though, I'm not a member of a reinactment group.
Long story short - about 10 years ago I was invited to go to the Renaissance Faire in Shakopee MN. I had a blast and saw a ton of beautiful Tudor gowns. 8 years ago I was invited again and this time I wanted to dress up.
However, the dresses online were either not authentic enough for me or not affordable. So, I had to either learn how to sew or not have a gown. I didn't have a working sewing machine so I hand sewed...a lot, using online sources to figure things out because I can't read a sewing pattern for my life!
I enjoyed dressing up so much I decided to make an outfit from several different eras, as historically accurate as possible. I've discovered each era did things uniquely for their time. Examples: The diamond shaped backs of Regency era gowns or the collar supportasses of the Elizabethan era.
The best part is I learned how to draft things and don't need to rely on patterns now. And, since most people aren't fully aware of how things were really supposed to look in previous eras, if I make a mistake, they won't know.
Anyway, I have rheumatoid arthritis and can't do much anymore so I sew a lot. And wear the outfits to work. Sometimes I enter costume contests.
For each costume I learned how to make the jewelry or weaving the belts or, well, you get the idea. I tried learning how to knit to make the stockings but my hands won't let me knit.
Here are a couple of past costumes.
Last edited by mcadwell; 11-04-2021 at 03:20 PM.
