15″ Supergirl Costume (Robe-to-Cape Upcycle)

A couple of weeks ago it was that annual rite of summer for band kids:  MARCHING BAND CAMP WEEK.  If you haven’t been in a marching band . . that means long days in the August heat learning music, learning drills, marching and sweating.  To make things a little more fun this year, each day…

“Fairytale” Upcyle: Bridesmaid dress to Tudor-esque (Eggplant Bridesmaid #1)

Medieval?  Renaissance?  Elizabethan?  Tudor? This is where you start to see the difference between the “just wanna have fun” crowd, and the true historical re-enactment crowd.  If you “google” search “Medieval costume” you get pictures of all of the above, wrapped up with some fantasy (wings, anyone?), Southern Belle & modern Prom . . . .which…

A few more Bloomers! Follow-up #1

So . . . I did go back and buy the rest of those white scrub pants.  The bloomers I made last week were so much fun, and so quick, I just felt like doing a few more. This time, I picked up a white curtain with a ruffle around the bottom.  The second curtain,…

Bloomers! So Quick! (Upcycle)

Scrub Pants to Bloomers! I went to see a production of “Cinderella” this week  .  . . the music has been running through my head, and I’ve been thinking about their costumes (while I did gardening this week . . . girl can’t ALWAYS sew!). I had promised myself I wasn’t going to go buy…