Who doesn't love dressing up in costume, no matter what the time of year? Halloween gives us another opportunity to show off our sewing skills and creativity. In this Sewing Costume contest, contestants were asked to sew a costume in the month of October. The costumes did not have to be Halloween costumes and the costumes did not have to be solely for people. Pet costumes were allowed! Contestants could enter as many times as they wanted to, so there was no barrier to letting the creative juices flow!
There were 55 participants in this challenge and they made costumes for warriors and princesses, saloon girls and Elvises, prairie women and Victorian ladies.
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Since it's a contest, we gotta have winners. Lets meet them, Shall we?
First Prize: BenaeQuee For Self Drafted Pattern
Benaequee's inspiration for this costume was Julie Newmar as Catwoman in the TV series "Batman", circa 1966. She wore this costume to NYC's comic book convention, Big Apple Comic Con. She had never made a body suit before and had to study up on making body suits to replicate the TV costume. She made a muslin first and then tranferred her work to her two-way stretch fabric. She inserted a ribbon cinch in the waist to give her that hourglass shape that the original Catwoman was famous for and then bound the seams in foldover elastic to allow for stretch and to protect her skin from the raw edges of the fabric. She also made the mask, ears, necklace, glove and claws. The only items she didn't make were the boots, belt and Catgun.
Thrill of thrills! Benaequee got to meet her inspiration for the costume at the Con, Julie Newmar. | Second Prize: vespabelle For Rosie the Riveter
vespabelle and her daughter were inspired to make this costume after they looked at the Library of Congress collection of photographs of America in the 1930s and 1940s. Also inspiring were the famous We Can Do It poster and Norman Rockwell cover of Rosie the Riveter, images of the women who replaced men in factories during WWII.
vespabelle used four vintage patterns to make this costume: 1960s Simplicity 8377, 1970s Simplicity 9533, 1943 McCall's 5290 and 1980s Simplicity 3806. She made the overalls of heavy dark blue denim purchased at an estate sale. and lined the backs of the straps, facing and underlap with flannel. She made Rosie's shirt from old poly/cotton workshirts belonging to her husband. The scarf was made from square of quilting cotton. Finally, she made a factory photo ID and several other buttons to give the outfit that authentic Rosie the Riveter look. |
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