roman day

Ive just found the photos for roman day. far be it for my boys to want to be easy emperors with a bit of sheeting. Oh no a gladiator and a centurion. thank god for upholstery vinyl. I made tunics in a cotton flannel then sewed the outfits out of vinyl. their grandfather made them spears and shields. the other mothers hate me at school!!! but so what if I can make it I will. Kids love to dress up and they might as well have the proper gear

goodwood

We went to the good wood revival yesterday. its a motor racing day that only has cars from the 1930's to the 1960's and people are encouraged to dress up in period costume. We went as a family from the 1950s'

Will went as a scout I bought the hat and shirt off ebay and the shorts from asda. got some old badges and made a necker

George wore his cotsume from last year when he was in the play shadowlands. I made the tweed jacket and knitted the tank top. he looks really cute. he didnt enjoy wearing shorts though!!!

I made a vogue dress pattern number 1172 and found some ace fabric off rotherham market for £1 metre and made a swing coat from vogue 1137 to match. I made a net underskirt and decorated a hat Ill put some more pictures up shortly. we had a long tiring but great fun day

halloween

This was halloween last year Im only mentioning this as the boys are starting to hint about this year
The theme was heroes and villians
 here is me as Dorothy from the wizard of oz complete with Toto

george wanted to be a gunslinger from the westerns so I made him a duster coat out of a waterproof fabric so he could actually wear it out!!! and with my cowboy boots he looks great . He bought the stetson in Florida a few years ago William wanted to be the Joker from Batman so Icustomised a Burda suit pattern. I made them both a suit for a wedding so the pattern came in handy again. I made it out of some purple material I had laying around and some alexander henry fabric I had earmarked for something else but it looked really cool

happy sewing

goodwood

Going to the goodwood revical in 2 weeks just bought some wild fabric for a 50's dress will past a pic soon

knights and castle day

this was for knights and castle day. I made the cape and  tunic out of  a plain cotton and the chain mail out of a silver net with a grey lining. the hat and belt/ sword were purchased I cut all without a pattern- just guess work really. The rose and unicorn design I  downloaded as seperates from embroidery.com and then stiched with my embroidery machine was well pleased with the results

sewing for boys

Having three boys  I never thought Id sew for them I was wrong- costumes for school, dressing up,halloween it gets more extravagent by the year here are some examples- the above was down on the farm day and here is Will as  a scarecrow -the front pocket of the waistcoat has a little birds nest in it.

Here is George for Victorian day he wanted a top hat ( made of fabric covered carboard) and a frock coat the waistcoat was from a suit I made for a wedding last year

side view same costume

Here is William for the same day. He wanted to look like Russell Crowe in Master and Commander ( not strictly Victorian but the uniforms didnt change much over the years ) so I adpated the idea into a midshipmans outfit. As his hair was long at the time it worked really well!

sorry the house looks such a mess in the background!

world war 2 day

This was world war 2 day- a very simple costume really but I knited the tank top with some variagated wool in order to make it look like fairisle shirt and shorts from a cheap school uniform supplier- cap from grandfather!