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I Finished the Pirate Costume!

Sunday, October 27, 2013 | Labels: ,

Today, we attended a Halloween event for toddlers at our local Orchestra Hall.  It was a lovely event at which my son won the costume contest donning the pirate costume his proud mama made!  Yippee!

Here are photos of my first sewing project using a machine.  It was also my fist attempt at using a pattern.  I learned sooooo much!

Here is the finished costume on the hanger and on him.



And the hat!

And the pants!

I don't have a picture of the belt and he has already torn it up. (Next time, I will attach the craft foam to felt.  The buckle on the belt was made of craft foam which he ripped when trying to get the belt off.

While I don't have pics of the belt along, you can see it in the pics of my son wearing the costume.  Check him out in his award winning costume!

And here are some of him at the event at Orchestra Hall!







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Almost Done with the Pirate Costume!

Saturday, October 19, 2013 | Labels: ,

We have a costume and a hat! I have been so busy, I didn't get a chance to post as I worked on it each day!  Here is the previous post.


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I Started the Pirate Jacket

Thursday, October 10, 2013 | Labels: ,

So you may remember that I am working on making my son a dress up box!  I am starting with his Halloween costume, which is my first experience working with a sewing machine and my first experience with a pattern.


So today, I began working with his jacket.  If you looked at the previous posts, you know that I have had the pieces cut all week, but today, I began sewing.  I sewed the collar, staystitched all necklines (and have had no stretching, I might add quite proudly), sewn the facing to itself and pinned the collar and facing to the jacket!  They are ready to be sewn whenever I get time again.

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Pirate Pants Complete; Jacket Cut; A Tip on Sewing Fleece

Tuesday, October 08, 2013 | Labels: ,

I mentioned in a previous post that I was going to sew Simplicity 2561 for my son's Halloween costume.  Contrary to most previous posts where I chose patterns to try, this is my first pattern.  There are three pieces: pants, a hat, and a jacket.  Since I have been blessed with this sewing machine, I have been trying to sew. And guess what?  I am getting it.  Here is a little post on how it is going.

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Dress Up for Little Boys!

Saturday, October 05, 2013 | Labels: ,

I am working on a pirate costume for my little boy!  Little boys need Halloween costumes, but they also need to play dress up!  

Now there are a plethora of ideas for making girls dress up clothes on the internet, but finding patterns for boys can be quite difficult.  But I found some!
Well I found a tutorial on making a Wild Wild West Costume.  Over at the Dana Made It, there is a pattern for a vest which she proceeds to make into two--got that--two different costumes! 

 Then over at Hold the Office, the same pattern was modified to make a Jake and the Neverland Pirate costume.

Here is the pirate costume that I am making for my son, Simplicity 2561.  It is the actual first pattern I am sewing and so far so good!  It isn't too hard!  I will post more details when I get further along.




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