Chaque année, les amateurs de costumes et de déguisements se creusent les méninges pour rendre leur Halloween mémorable. Ces fans redoublent alors d'imagination pour créer le déguisement parfait et ainsi s

Coup de pouce vous facilite la vie avec des recettes savoureuses et les meilleurs conseils sur la famille, la santé, le mieux-être, la mode, la beauté et la déco.

Below, you'll find our picks of the costume ideas we thought to be the most amazing. From dressing yourself up as Mount Rushmore, channeling classical paintings or turning yourself into a pharmacy receipt, these are the Halloween costumes adult kids will surely love.

Halloween oblige, on termine notre tour des meilleurs déguisements dénichés sur le web. Avec en bonus, des parents qui font très (très) fort, en déguisant leur enfant avec beaucoup d’humour et d’origi...

Halloween oblige, on termine notre tour des meilleurs déguisements dénichés sur le web. Avec en bonus, des parents qui font très (très) fort, en déguisant leur enfant avec beaucoup d’humour et d’origi...

À ses débuts, la photographie n’avait pas vraiment la même qualité que nous avons aujourd’hui. Du coup, lorsqu’on regarde des photos en noir et blanc,...

Anniversaire, Halloween, carnaval ou même juste pour s'amuser, les occasions de mettre un déguisement ne manquent pas pour les enfants. Vous êtes à court d'idées ? Ne vous inquiétez pas , voici des déguisements vraiment originaux créés par des parents... Inspirez-vous.

Click, right click and save! Make a circus wagon, it's *fUn*!! :) Tonight our *aRt*pArTy*!! meets at Stamping Details for our March meeting, the theme being Vintage Circus, the inspiration being Lisa Kettell's Altered Art Circus book. I'm bringing cupcakes and this is what I made for the swap: I used a 4x4" paper mache box and lined it inside and out with gay, colorful papers. I backed all my images and cutouts with manila paper for sturdiness. I glued 3 colorful dice together and mounted my image on top. Because of the depth of the box, I brought the image forward, gluing a (cut to size) wine cork to the back of the image and to the (inside) back of the box. I punched circles and brought forward with 3D foam and attached vintage bingo numbers. To fill up the space, I randomly put glue on the (inside) back and bottom of the box and threw confetti on it, shaking off the excess. Tim Holz die cut borders made a perfect marquee, and I layered a couple of half circles and placed on top with a circus banner. Embellished with tinsel, a little yoyo from Tinsel Trading Co. and little red star gems. The box is mounted on two wine corks which are hidden by the paper "wheels" in front and back. You can download the above image and make your own little circus wagon! I loved this project, and have made several, of which I'll post photos later in the week.

26 Mummy Ideas for Halloween! I thought it would be fun to round up some fun ideas using mummies for Halloween! They make fun food, Halloween decor, and they aren’t too scary either! Grab these ideas for fun Halloween Mummy Ideas to make this year! Are you planning a Halloween get-together. Here are 26 Fun...Read the Post

Portrait of Dr. Inès Gaches-Sarraute in an article commenting on her corset research and practice (among other things), 1890s. Before I proceed, I am going to ask that you read this post with the f…

From John Hughes movies to iconic slashers to "Stranger Things."

Yes, vi er på den igen – os der egentlig ikke er særligt gode til at sy, men alligevel gør et helhjertet forsøg på at forvandle vores børn til lige den karakter de drømmer allermest om, i hvert fald lige i den her uge. Jeg kan så meget, men at sy er ikke min force. Derfor må jeg gøre det så simpelt som muligt. Førhen har jeg også købt kostumer og den plan er jeg ikke for fin til at ty til igen, men i år vil børnene være noget, som jeg heldigvis godt lige kan klare! Derfor håber jeg egentlig også, at andre kan se hvad det her kostume går ud på. Det mangler lige lidt detaljer, i form af et par gule striber på slipset. Kostumet er primært fundet i klædeskabet og en nyindkøbt oversize-bluse fra dameafdelingen i H&M skal gøre det for en kappe. Kan I mon se hvad det er Mynthe gerne vil være i år? Hvis ikke, så har jeg da fejlet totalt og vi ved alle, at det ikke er fedt at stå midt i den kolde gymnastiksal på skolen blandt Elsa'er og robotter, i dit eget kostume hvor alle med begejstring i stemmen spørger "hvad er du egentlig klædt ud som?" Jeg tænker at det der logo jeg har printet ud som klistermærke, for at sætte på kappen, måske indikerer en del... Hører gerne hvis jeg er helt gal på den, jeg kan som wannabe-syerske godt klare det. Pixie, den mindste i flokken, hun er i en lidt anden boldgade end ovenstående kostume. Først lød den på at hun ville være Flower Power-pige. SEJT! Igår ændrede den plan sig så, da vi midt i aftensmaden, hvor hendes bedste veninde Martha også spiste med, hørte dem få den blændende idé at de skulle være siamesiske tvillinger. Bag om de to finker hører historien sig med at de har kendt hinanden siden de var nogle måneder gammel, da jeg var i mødregruppe med Marthas mor. Efter mødregruppe kom Pixie og Martha i samme vuggestue, derefter børnehave og nu også i samme klasse. Vi bor også lige ved siden af hinanden. Det er udover det, et par piger der også har samme hårfarve, drøjde og næsten samme højde. De er virkelig ens. Også i sprog. Udtryk. Det hele! Så siamesiske tvillinger, det er lige det de skal være. De fik testet det af i en lidt for store bluse, hvor de stod side om side i den, og blev pludselig hysterisk grinende da de kom i tanke om, at de jo også skal på toilettet ind i mellem: "Så tisser du først, så står jeg ved siden af toilettet og så skifter vi plads - for vi kan nok ikke begge to være på toilettet samtidig, selvom vores numser ikke er så store som din mors" - well... Hvad er det man siger? fra børn og fulde folk skal man høre sandheden... Så når nu jeg er færdig med at spise min veganer-no-fat-no-carbs-no-pleasure-salat og har løbet en tur med min numse, så går jeg igang med at forme kostumet til de to purløg. Det bliver en købt damebluse i noget bomuldsjersey i stræk, et syet skørt af en stofrest med tyl under, hvor de begge skal være i og ens leggings/strømpebukser. Håret skal selvfølgelig også være identisk opsat i en knold og de er blevet lovet lidt kinderød, fordi man trænger altså til maling i hovedet ved fastelavn, ikke? Under blusen har de også (ens) bluser på, så de har muligheden for at gå hver til sit, for jeg tror altså ikke helt på at deres toiletplan fungerer. PINTEREST For et par år siden oprettede jeg en mappe dedikeret til DIY udklædning og kostumer som skulle laves nu-og-her. Du kan se indlægget her. Det er altid god inspiration at tage en tur forbi Pinterest og på mit board COSTUMES/CARNIVAL har jeg opdateret med mange fine kostumer til børn og voksne. Jeg gav en masse lydløse suk da jeg sad i ro og mag og fandt de her nye gode idéer til kostumer – de fleste af dem tror jeg godt at man kan lave derhjemme, andre tror jeg bare man skal nøjes med at sukke over, med mindre man kan lidt mere med symaskinen og limpistolen end jeg kan. Her har jeg fundet et lille fotoudpluk, hvor du kommer direkte til den oprindelige side med guide til kostumet. Vil du gerne se alle kostumer jeg har fundet på Pinterest, så kig med her: PINTEREST I år skal børnene som vanligt holde fastelavn på skolen. Derudover plejer vi som familie også at tage et sted hen, og de sidste par år har det været i Holbæk med svigerfamilien. Det plejer at være meget hyggeligt at stå derude i kulden, med løbende næse og se børnene hamre løs på den tønde som de slet ikke kan få bugt med - samtidig med at du drømmer dig til den kommende varme kakao og fastelavnsboller, der venter så snart bunden går ud af tønden. Ak ja, fastelavn er altså en lidt sær tradition.

Pas si sûr que les déguisements d’Halloween aient vraiment profité du progrès. Il y en a bien qui se démarquent en étant particulièrement effrayants ou ingénieux, mais en voyant ces photos en noir et ...

15 coiffures d'enfants décalées et complètement farfelues. Colorées et créatives qui vous donnerons surement des idées pour des soirées pyjamas ou pour sortir faire les courses !!

The only real Pippi Longstocking costume from the cult films of childhood - with shirt, apron and tights! Shirt leg-long, green shirt with loosely cut, short sleeves high quality 100% pure cotton fabric functional button placket at the front Apron yellow strappy apron with green stripes original cut with straps crossed at the back two usable plaid pockets on the frontTights two color tights with one orange leg and one green leg warm the legs better than airy stockings! the sizes of the tights cover two costume sizes each (98-116 & 122-140) Worth knowing this is the world's only Pippi Longstocking movie costume licensed by the "Heirs of Astrid Lindgren" all costume parts are functional (so have clothing quality) and are accurately modeled after the role model from the films the children's costume is available in four children's sizes from 98 to 140 you can perfectly combine the Pippi costume with our Pippi Longstocking wig for kids (Art No. 131050) if you already have long hair and just want Pippi's hair color, we recommend the Hairspray Orange (Art No. 100421) with our Pippi in the South Seas Pirate Set for Kids (Art No. 136723) you can additionally spice up your costume additional items related to Pippi Longstocking (and also costumes for your parents) can be found in our Pippi Longstocking section. The horse-lifting-strong, original Pippi Longstocking kids costume - exclusively from MASKWORLD! This iconic disguise matches the costume from the movies and is the best and most original Pippi Longstocking outfit for little fans of the cheeky, strong and brave girl! A perfect fancy dress costume for Villa Villekulla and the South Seas, for carnival and theme party!

Alsacian girl in traditional coustumes, Alsace, France

Boo !!!! Bientôt Halloween. Vos enfants vont toquer à toutes les portes dans l’espoir de remplir leur sac de bonbons, en disant : Farce ou friandise !!! Rires, frissons et grands moments de complicité assurés. Exceptionnellement toutes les plaisanteries sont acceptées. Pour ceci, il vous faudra : – une poignée d’ enfants et de grands-enfants, – un déguisement qui …

The 'before' shot. Three pieces of netting made into some kind of dress. Could be fabulous, but it's hard to tell on the hanger. Scroll all the way down for the after shot. A couple of weeks ago I purchased a three-piece dress on an antiquing jaunt in Pennsylvania. At first glance on the hanger it looked like an early 20th-century gown because sheer gauzy white dresses were so big then, and the bodice lacked the fitted darts I would expect of a 19th-century garment. That was deceiving though, because it seemed to have a bustle skirt, which could make it at least 20 years older than I thought it was. But bustle dresses are usually tightly fitted with crazy boning and a tiny waist to go over an hour-glass corset; this had no seams to contour the bodice whatsoever. Fortunately, my shopping companion was a fellow costume enthusiast, so we held out all of the pieces, talked it through, and decided it was probably a bustle dress for a girl who had yet to develop the curves that would necessitate darts in the bodice. Had. To. Have. Obviously. I don't have much experience with true bustle dresses though, so even after putting this find on a dress form, I am longing for an owner's manual. The three pieces are an underskirt, a bodice with attached bustle overskirt, and a sash. At first I thought I "got" everything except for what to do with the sash. I was so wrong. I had several questions, and in some cases, I still don't know the answer. Here are the questions I've been considering: 1) Exactly how old is this dress? My theory that it was bustle-era for a young girl was trumped when I discovered that it fit my adult dress form just fine- lady curves included. The netting material is stretchy, so the lack of fitted seams and darts wasn't helpful for dating at all. At first I thought the bustle was just a hint of volume as the popularity of the huge backside-shelf petered out, but once I realized how much I had to stuff up under there to make it look right, I knew I was wrong. The bustle is is the variety with a fairly flat draped front and ties to keep the 'fluffy' back over the bum. It had to be from the height (pun intended) of the bustle-era (1870s or 1880s). So I started looking for comparable garments. Alas, that was easier said than done, even with the availability of online collections and Pinterest pages. The vast majority of three-piece dresses from this period consist of an underskirt, overskirt, and separate bodice that buttons up the front. My dress buttons up the back and doesn't have a separate bodice. The best comparable I could find was a plaid ca. 1880 dress from the Museum at FIT. The only other dress I thought had the right look was a sea-side ensemble with bodice, skirt, and belt from Augusta Auctions. It also dates to 1880. So 1880-ish it is! The best matches for my net dress are a sea side ensemble from Augusta Auctions (left) an a plaid bustle dress that buttons up the back from The Museum at FIT (above). Both date to c. 1880. 2A) What would you wear under the sheer bodice? The material is practically transparent, so with visibility of undergarments at roughly 90% they have to be just right. I tried a period-appropriate corset cover, but it buttons up the front and looked wrong to have those buttons under the netting. I didn't even bother to try a chemise pulled on over the head because that would get all bunched up at the waist and the wrinkles would show through. I suspect this had a specialized corset cover that either had a flap to conceal the closures, or it attached under the arm instead of down the front. I don't have anything like that for the 1880s, but the look improved when I tried an early 20th-century camisole with concealed hooks & eyes. It looks better even with lace showing through the netted pattern. I wonder if the woman who wore this would have a similar lace trim on her corset cover as a little peek-a-boo at her fancy underthings? Here you see the dress over a button up corset cover ca. 1865-1890 (left), and an early 20th-century corset cover with concealed hooks & eyes (right). This ca. 1868 corset cover has a concealed closure that wouldn't show under a dress made of netting. 2B) Same problem, different location: What would you wear under the skirt? I tried using a bustled petticoat but it you can see every wrinkle and pleat through the netting and you can see the bustle ties. It just seems kind of tacky. I am wondering if it had a lobster-tail style bustle of some kind that was designed specifically to look clean under the netting while concealing all ties and attachments. If only I could find one of those at a reasonable price... You can see every gather in the petticoat through the skirt, as well as the ties that keep the overskirt in place. In short, it isn't the cleanest overall look. 3) What's the deal with the sash? My first thought was that it was some kind of belt, but the waist of the over-dress is finished and doesn't really need a belt to cover it. The neck band, by contrast, is made of the same plain linen as the waist of the underskirt (below), so I suspect it is meant to be covered up. Using the sash for that had the most ridiculous results though. Giant bow tie anyone? Dubious. No, based on a closer look at seam placement I think my initial thought of a belt was a better guess. On every part of this garment, the location of seams is significant. The underskirt, for example, has an off-center closure, but the waistband has a seam at the center back anyway. There's no structural reason for the seam, so it's probably there to help you orient the skirt properly. Like many bustle-era petticoats, the underskirt has multiple horizontal seams on the back and vertical seams at each side. The seams aren't meant to show though, so they have to be oriented just right. The sash as a giant bowtie is way gaudy even by Victorian standards. The neck band (right) is a bit too boring to go uncovered. It needs a little something. Emphasis on "little" though... Ultimately, this helps with the issue of the sash because that also has a random extra off-center seam that needs to be hidden by the final look. There is also an area of decoration that is off-center and begs to be seen. When I put the seam at the center back of the waist, ran it around the waist and made a loop just long enough to display the middle decoration, whaddya know? Everything looked wonderfully placed and bustle-y. Also, it covers up the bustle ties that show through the overskirt. I pinned the sash in place instead of tying a fancy knot. Yes, that could be a shortcut, but the bustle era was big on bar pins of various sizes to get everything draped just so, and there is no reason to think this sash didn't attach with one or two. Seam montage! At left you can see how the underskirt has an off-center closure, but there is an extra seam on the waistband to help you orient the skirt so the bustle seams are where they need to be. The sash (center) has an unsightly seam that shouldn't show, and an area of extra decoration that should show. When draped over the bustle with one loop (right), things seem to match up juuuuust right. 4) If the sash wasn't for the neck, was there something else to go there? I don't really know, but my guess is that there was. Maybe a lacy necktie, a ribbon, a fake flower on a band. Accessories happened; it's just hard to know what form they would take. John Lavery's A Game of Tennis shows how to pull off a backhand shot in a full bustle. 6) Where would one wear this little number? Maybe if I could figure that out, it would be easier to envision the proper accessories to go with it. In my search for comparables, I made some progress on this. The outfit was no doubt for summer and has the whimsy and airiness for the beach or even for a game of tennis. It's hard to imagine playing tennis in a bustle, but this dress is nice and stretchy to allow range of motion. It would be way too presumptuous to assume this was a tennis dress though, so by way of accessories, I'm thinking general summer things like a flowy scarf at the neck, a parasol, and a straw hat a la Claude Monet. In conclusion, whether I know everything there is to know about this dress or not, at the very least I know that its awesomeness is unquestionable. Now if anyone out there wants to offer their thoughts on underthings, accessories, etc., I am more than happy to hear from you! The 'after' shot. All it needs is the accessories! I once tried to recreate this painting in a Jr. High art class, so of course I thought of it as the epitome of the look that my new summer dress represents. I am no Claude Monet, but I'm awfully excited to be the owner of the kind of dress that inspired him. Love it so much!

FOR WHO DO YOU WRITE? FOR THE DEAD THAT WE LOVE… By chance, I do not know if to punish me, or to reward me, Fate has put the bus terminal in Navojoa, in the same road that connected me to …

You know how right after you stop looking for something that's hard to find, like cuticle scissors or a cashier who appreciates a good Luis Tully impression, suddenly you find that thing everywhere? (Ok, so I'm still looking for the cashier.) That was me after my last roundup of amazingly weird kid costumes; I kept finding so many more great ones! At first I was bummed to have missed so many gems, but then I realized a second batch is exactly what we need today. What with Halloween being mostly cancelled, and the U.S. election looming (raise your hand if you're ready to stop being reminded to vote ::raises eleventy billion hands::), and of course how we have to wait an ENTIRE WEEK between Bake Off episodes, things could easily feel a little gloomy this weekend. Ahh, but my friends, I'm here to remind you - in the words of sweet Samwise Gamgee - that there's still some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for. Like this kid dressed as a fart. Tell me this didn't make your day at least 12% better. And I love that he has the Minion Fart Blaster to provide his own sound effects. Bahaha! Keeping in that theme, here come your bathroom's #1 and #2 fans: (CostumeWorks) Don't they look flushed with success? (Sorry, I write poo puns for a living, I can't just switch this off.) Still bathroom-themed, but at least it's clean humor: (From Etsy, but the listing is long gone) The bristles are pipe cleaners! Omigosh. Amazing. Also gives a whole new meaning to a "brush with death." ::head tilt:: Sort of. (Maybe if she carried a skull?) Now I'm tempted to organize a "random bathroom objects" cosplay group for Dragon Con. Can you imagine? Let's all take a moment to picture an adult sized toilet and tooth brush and shower head and rubber ducky and whatnot wandering around en masse. ::imagining:: Aw yeah. That's the stuff. Of course, the world of weird costuming holds more wonders beyond the bathroom, babes. Like spaghetti. (Gail Rehme) On top of spaghetti All covered with cheese I lost my poor meatball When somebody sneezed. Did anyone else have a parent who sang that song? My dad did. He also sang "Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts" which, upon recollection, is mildly horrifying. I, uh, won't show you any costumes of that. Instead, have the world's cutest cauliflower: SO CUTE Or how about a nice tossed salad? (Good Morning America) The cherry tomato balloons (or balls?) are genius. Another excellent source of roughage: (Jarka Kapounová) That's got to be the most comfortable looking pinecone I've ever seen. Wouldn't it make a great cape? Let's see, how to segue into this next one... Oh, I know. BUBBLES!!! The use of the clear balloons here is PERFECT. I think she has one on her headband, too! You know that place where "weird" and "incredibly talented" intersect? That's one of my favorite places. I'd go so far as to call that OUR place, you and I. And also this kid's place: (Monterey Aquarium) Fun Fact: When you take a picture of a mollusk it's called a "shell-fie." Then there's this, which just jumped to the top of my "Dream Cosplays" list: Sparkly, ridiculous, and you can't tell if it's panicking or screaming out a battle cry. I feel such a kinship with this costume, y'all. [UPDATE: I am shook. One of our very own Bots made this angler fish! Yay! Smee created it for her grandson, Bodie, and tells me the lure and fins all lit up after dark, YESSS. You can see his fins swaying around in this quick video on her Instagram.] You may have noticed I am a HUGE fan of people proudly loving what (and who) they love. That's why I love these kids embracing who they are. Hey, you want to be a princess praying mantis? Then YOU BE A PRINCESS PRAYING MANTIS. (Michelle Powers on Pinterest, that's her daughter Sydney) The twisted part of me wants her to have a candy bucket shaped like another mantis' head. If you don't know why, then do NOT google it, lol. You... you googled it, didn't you. Sorry. Here's an adorable bumble bee to make up for it: (Cardboard Collective, site 404) This is the most haute couture bee I've ever seen - and it appears to be made entirely of paper. Daaaaang. Oh, hang on, we're jumping back to fish again: I've seen several variations of the "head in an aquarium" costume, and they're all pretty weird, y'all. I approve. More head-centric weirdness: (Costume Works) K, I'm not a huge taxerdermy fan (I still love you, Bloggess), but this idea is so clever - and that cute little mantle with stockings!! Eeeee! Wait, wait, I've got it: she's clearly the animatronic deer head from Country Bear Jamboree. Right? Which is still supposed to be taxidermy, I guess, but it's magical taxidermy that talks, which we all know is isn't creepy at all. Boom. ::shifty side eye:: Mooooving on, I'm going to wrap up with a few of the photos you readers shared on Facebook after my first post: These make me so happy. And the volcano dress is so pretty I want to see a Dapper Day version! I'm hoping you'll keep sharing fun memories like this on my FB post and over on FOE, so we can get our vicarious celebrating on this weekend. John and I are working on a friend's house Halloween night (finishing the Potter kitchen), after determining our immediate neighborhood isn't doing any trick-or-treating. It's for the best, I know, but that means I'm depending on you readers to show me all the fun costumes, decorations, and carved pumpkins - past or present! Also don't forget: we're having movie watch parties all weekend long over on the Epbot Discord, starting tonight at 8:30pm EST with Coco! Then tomorrow (Saturday) will be an ALL DAY marathon of family-friendly Halloween movies, and Sunday afternoon there will be a matinee showing of Coco again. Come hang out and chat with your fellow geeks in the text channels; it's fun and low pressure, plus you can share pictures, memes, etc. Good times. ***** Hey, here's something I always forget: We have an Epbot Threadless shop! You can customize your color and fit and all that jazz. I'm mostly mentioning this is to remind John that it is HIGH TIME he add a new design to the shop, though, and my vote is for the Bot holding a Mickey balloon. Or maybe Hamil-Bot. Or Leia Bot. If you have a preference, cast your vote in the comments!

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Started March /Finished Oct 2012 I first started making these Civil War dresses last March on my handcrank sewing machine at a reenactment. I was asked to make some for a sutler’s booth to sell them. I only got as far as sewing the skirts and growth tucks with all the questioning from the public I was getting. And I was enjoying that. But once home I had big girl clothes to make and they were set aside. In September I made a trip up to Washington to visit my Mom for two weeks, and knowing I was going to have some down time I thought this would be great to finish them. So I brought the three with me I’d been working on. I was using Simplicity 4737 and was also going to try Elizabeth Stewart Clark’s pattern #250 (1850-65). After questioning a few Civil War reenactor parents, I found their preference for sleeves are the pagoda style. I found a couple fabrics for $3 a yard at Walmart that I thought might work, and then started looking online for photos of extant dresses and photographs of little girls to see what fabric designs would work too. I wished I’d done that first because my first two fabrics aren’t bad but they remind me a little more of 1850 but it’s not impossible that they would have been used that long. I loved some of the adorable photos of little girls I found, many on ebay. I didn’t even think of using plaids until after seeing some of them. And polka dots work too. I saved pictures of the fabrics of extant gowns too and most were tiny little floral prints, not unlike what we see in the stores today. While I was visiting my Mom I checked at their Walmart and found these two blue fabrics on the clearance shelf. If they had more I probably would have bought some for me but they had barely enough for a little girl dress. The first three fabrics were cut out of the Simplicity pattern, and the brown out of the ESC pattern. Having no children of my own, I have no clue what sizes are for what ages, so I’m dependant on what the pattern told me. I even stopped one lady in an antique mall with her daughter and asked her age so I could get an idea of what size she might wear. I tried very hard not to look like I was stalking them. I did find this skirt length chart that I thought might be handy that shows the ages and the length it should be. Of course I cut and sewed these on my “assembly line method”, and as I made them I found some shortcuts and a way to use less of the fashion fabric. Both bodices required you to cut out two and allowed enough fabric for that. After doing two of them, I thought that was wasteful and from there I started cutting the lining out of a plain less expensive muslin I had. Also the waistband requires cutting two, one for the outside, & one inside that you slipstitch on top of the outside one. It’s not much fabric but the time saved of not putting it on the inside was worth it. I was told the sleeves on this run short so I added 2 inches to the length plus it has the growth tucks that can be let out. The skirts also had two growth tucks on them. The Elizabeth S. Clark pattern is made a little differently. The patterns aren't really sized and you sew it to fit your little girl. Without having any measurements to fit it to I had to make it the largest size it came with. Supposedly you gather the neckline in to fit the child and I didn’t realize that until after I’d already sewed the lining to it. So I just took a couple tucks in the neck. It has a very wide neckline and I’m hoping this is enough to keep it up on the child’s shoulders. I only cut out one dress from this pattern and had planned on doing long sleeves on all the dresses but I ended up not having enough for this pattern and made the short sleeve version instead. This pattern requires more fabric than the Simplicity one. I’m really liking the Simplicity pattern more and more. After making one dress from each pattern, I've decided Simplicity is a better choice for me. After sewing the bodice front and back pieces together at the side seams and shoulders, I repeated it with the lining. Then I sewed the bodice and the lining right sides together, & flipped it right side out after trimming the neckline. I topstitched along the neckline very closely to the edge and it has the appearance of piping. The bodice was pinned to the waistband, matching notches, and I pleated the excess between them. I pleated the sleeves into the armholes rather than gathering them to have less bulk. Then I pinned the skirt to the lower part of the waistband, again pleating it to fit. On both the top and bottom of the waistband I topstitched them close to the seam lines. I machine-sewed buttonholes on the back and used some shell buttons I bought by the pound in a button store in Los Angeles Garment District, called Trim 2000 Plus, on Maple Ave. The hardest part of making these I think are the growth pleats. I haven’t found a quick way to do that yet. They need to be measured, marked and pinned, then pressed & topstitched after the side seams on the skirt & sleeves are sewn because the tucks need to be able to be let down if needed, and if they’re in the side seams, that won’t work. It’s tedious and need to be measured to make them even. I’m working on that aspect. I can’t say how long it took me to make each one because a couple were started on my handcrank machine, and a couple started at a later date. But since I’ve made these, they will go faster now. I had trouble finding some fabrics that would work at my $3 and under price range when I first started looking but since I started these, I found a few more fabrics that will work. I even saw a cute little girl’s fancy dress that I think could be made using some leftover plaid silk taffeta I have.

Mädchen in prunkvollen Trachten, junge Fechter in aristokratisch wirkenden Anzügen. Iwajla Klinkes Bilder zeigen Kinder in mythisch anmutender Kleidung.

Is there a reason for this post other than to show off how ridiculously cute my girls looked on Halloween?! Absolutely NOT! :) {Okay, and it shows off Missy's amazing photography skills}.Alright, I suppose I could make some reason for this post. How about the wigs? I used a blue feather boa and hot glued it to their little beanie hats. Easy.I know they are mine,...so of course I think they are adorable!! But hopefully this made you smile too! :)

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Voilà 9 ans que le photographe Alexander Khimushin parcourt les différentes routes de la planète à la recherche des populations les plus isolées du globe. Neuf années qui l'ont vu traverser pas moins de 84 pays, dont il tire aujourd'hui une série de photographies impressionnante intitulée "The World in Faces" — Le Monde en Visages.

Det er torsdag. Fastelavn er på søndag. Og vupti, lille Hanne gider ikke at være Spiderman alligevel. Her i huset vil den mindste være Elsa. Og Anna. Og ond sommerfugl. Og heks. Og kage. Og en rullepølse. Og igen Elsa. Og det skifter hver dag, måske hver time, sådan her i dagene op mod fastelavn. En samling af nogenlunde hurtige, (forholdsvis) nemme, sjove kostumer, har jeg fundet på Pinterest. Måske kunne flere få glæde af dem? Den med skyen er da så sød! Sikkert en af de hurtige kostumer, der måske også kan bruges uden på flyverdragten, der muligvis også kan hive prisen "bedste udklædning" hjem? Klik på hvert billede for at se det direkte på Pinterest - og pin det gerne på din egen Pinterest-profil :-) Der er også mange flere kostumer og tilbehør, på mit Pinterest board ved navn COSTUMES/CARNIVAL God fastelavn :-)

Halloween comes at the absolute worst time of year for me. I love making costumes for my kids, and have often gone all out, but some years something has to give. The good news is that making Halloween costumes doesn’t have to involve pulling out my sewing machine at all! I’ve gathered a few of...

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