More Costume Sewing

Only one costume to go!  My oldest daughter highland dances and she recently moved from Novice to Intermediate.  Now that she is an Intermediate, she requires 2 new costumes.


The Irish Jig
The first is the Irish Jig Costume.  This is a "fun" costume because there are so many different options!  We've gone quite simple for this one... She'll wear her white blouse and petticoat from her National Costume, and red & green reversible skirt, a white apron and a cummerbund.  She also wears red jig shoes (they are like a tap shoe), and it allowed to wear bows in her hair.  This weekend will be the first time she competes the dance in competition.

Fully reversible
Closes with Aplix (velcro) at the back

Bows
She wanted two bows for times when she can wear pig tails.
I think red ones might be brighter, but had the green ribbon in
the drawer...

This costume is one of  the least expensive to make... it uses poly-cotton broadcloth...  I chose the poly-cotton so it won't wrinkle as much.   I've found a great sale on broadcloth when a local fabric store was closing out... or another good time to buy is after Christmas when needing red and green.  At the next good sale, I will need to pickup some more red fabric as I'm nearly out...  My guess is the Aplix (left over from cloth diaper days), stabilizer, interfacing, ribbon, rivets, and hair elastics are the most expensive items...  Estimated total cost of the skirt, cummerbund, apron, and elastics is around $5-10 plus my time...
Sailor's Hornpipe
The second costume is the Sailor's Hornpipe.  We found one second hand for $20... including the Sailor's Cap... BUT it needed altering....so now I'm altering it.  I plan to finish this today.

Hopefully later today I can get photos of both costumes modelled..

Sewing Distractions:  Last night my 5 year old didn't want to go to sleep so I had an "assistant" helping me... Until WAY past her bedtime, so I had to quit sewing to get her to bed....  But I did clean up the sewing table and draft a pattern for a pair of pants for my daughters build a bear...

And a Jester!

My son went to Cub Camp last weekend and this year they had a medieval theme. So he wanted a Jester Costume for the camp. So without a run to the fabric store, I was able to come up with some fabric. Years ago I had bought some hallowe'en print fabric that I'd made into play"silks". OK they were poly but the kids had great fun with them. One of them was Red, Grey, and White diamonds set on point which made this great simple jester costume. The sleeves and bottom were already hemmed, so I added sleeves and a neckband, by sewing an underarm seam. Then the pieces I cut off were turned into a hat. I read the Jester Hat Tutorial to make the hat. For the hat, I was limited in length by the small pieces I had left over but it made a good size for my son, and used FOE around the bottom edge.

Highland Dancing Outfits

A new blouse
This blouse is based on Ottobre 02/04 #23. Princess seams removed, side seams straightened, used a back zipper instead of buttons, changed front neckline... (I did say it was based on... very loosely once I was done my hack!)




Highland National Outfit (or Aboyne)




Skirt

A FULL pleated skirt with velcro closure, with large hem to allow for growth. No pattern used.



Petticoat
A tiered skirt, with growth pleats and eyelet lower trim. No pattern used


Plaid

A square (or rectangle) of fabric with fringed edges... this is approximately 36x39" to sett




Blouse

03/03 #35, with added width to body and sleeve(this is to be fairly full), lowered front neckline and shortened sleeves




Vest

Another Ottobre HACK, based on Ottobre 01/08 #36 (Juliet Vest). Front Opening removed, CB zipper added, petals added, fully lined, No darts, removed back princess seams. And I have no clue if I followed the instructions, as I didn't even open the issue.







Have I mentioned recently on how I love the versatility of Ottobre for changing their patterns? It is wonderful!!! I love my Ottobre collection!