Tag: Halloween
Where to find costume ideas and materials
As the calendar moves from August to September we head towards the last days of sun for a few months here in the Pacific Northwest. With the fall comes the rain, and for me that is the sign that it is time to start sewing costumes again. Having weather a…
Halloween Planning Session 2012
Me (at the breakfast table): Alright kids I know it is a bit away but if I am going to sew costumes for Halloween this year I need to start figuring that out soon. So what do you want to be? The girl: I want to be a Rainbow Dash….
Cheap Sci-Fi Costume Ideas
While most of my costuming tends towards the elaborate and rather expensive, I also have made some pretty low-budget costumes as well. Here are a few ideas for cheap Sci-Fi themed costumes. I hope you find something here that you can use. Mech Pilot: Decorate a helmet with a number…
Cheap and Easy Sci-Fi Convention Costumes
Costumes galore… One of the aspects of the Science Fiction convention we go to each year, Orycon in Portland Oregon, is that people dress in all sorts of great costumes. And while most of them are more inclined to be grouped with a genre, such as Steam Punk or Pirates,…
Ack!! Here comes the rain
Well it has happened, rain again in the fall just in time for the little ones to head to school today. And with the rain comes the realization that once again I am behind the 8-ball in getting these costumes done. I am half done with the hubby’s gentleman’s shirt,…
Pirate Family
Here you can see the costumes that we wore on our Trick or Treat session through the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. I did not make my husband’s pirate captain outfit, but I did make my wench costume as well as the kids’ costumes. My daughters is based on…
