All Kinds Of Homemade Costumes.Making homemade costumes is one of my favorite reasons to sew. I started making Halloween costumes for my children. Then I had the opportunity to do volunteer sewing for a theater school. I was hooked. I had to find a job in the costume industry and started working for a costume rental shop.I am now surrounded with costumes and I get paid. This is my dream job. As I create more costumes I will add them to this site.
There are a variety of costume sewing patterns available and when you cannot find the exact pattern for the costume you want or need, I will show how to be creative and make costumes using more than one pattern. Even if you are not a sewer or are a novice sewer, there are easy ways to make great costumes using sewing patterns. Start by looking at the pattern companies costume pages for costume ideas and patterns that you would like to make. Simplicity has the largest variety of costume patterns for all ages. Mcalls and Butterick have a good variety of period costumes. These pattern companies offer accessory patterns for example crowns, jewelry, hats etc. Here are some examples of costumes I have made in the last year.Sailor Moon Dorothy Costume Frida Kahlo  colonial clothing How to Make a 1920s Flapper style Dress in only One Hour! Includes 4 Special Bonuses.! Leave homemade costumes to Go to sewing patterns for more info on how to read patterns. |
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