Before heading to DragonCon last year, I made three Slytherin quidditch uniforms for myself, my husband, and my bro/fellow costume maker Aimee. Deciding we’d eventually need emotional support Hufflepuffs, I had my niece cut the pattern/fabric pieces for herself and our friend Katy. And then earlier this year I made a matching Ravenclaw uniform for my friend and Costume College partner-in-crime Tina. Today I’m sharing how I made and assembled the uniforms (including the pattern pieces that I digitized).
[Related: Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: The Pads and Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: The Uniform]
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If you’re no stranger to the blog, you’ll know that I love using curtains and sheets as fabric for costume projects. They’re somehow cheaper than fabric by the yard, and I usually have a lot leftover for other projects afterwards. The Malfoys would scoff but my inner Molly Weasley takes great pride in it! So the fabric used for Hufflepuff yellow and black are, you guessed it, sheets: SONORO KATE Bed Sheet Set Super Soft Microfiber 1800 Thread Count Luxury Egyptian Sheets 16-Inch Deep Pocket Wrinkle and Hypoallergenic-4 Piece
Robes assembly is very easy! I stitched each back piece to tail pieces separately, stitched the two back pieces together at center back from neck to hem, and stitched front to back pieces at shoulders (and repeated all steps with liner).
Next, with right sides together, I stitched the outside to the liner, leaving the neck open (I turned right side out, pressed, and top stitched). I left the neck open until after I applied the iron-on vinyl. You could probably leave the center seam open on the tail below the back V, but I chose not to.
I installed 18 evenly spaced eyelets on each side (9 front/9 back) and laced each side with ultra long shoe laces. While the digitized pattern below is roughly fit to my size (medium: 36-30-40), the side lacing allows these robes to fit a size small person to a size large person. Kids or XL folks may need to size down or up accordingly (making a mockup is always a good practice).
2 part eyelets (36 per person): Dritz 103-1 2-Part Eyelets, 5/32-Inch, Black, 35 Count
45″+ long shoe laces (pair of 2 per person): Birch Shoelaces in 27 Colors Flat 5/16″ Shoe Laces in 4 Different Lengths (45.5″)
The faux pocket was a little trickier. I stitched piping to the edge of all sizes except the bottom, and top stitched the pocket to the front creating a channel for another shoelace (see red and blue stitch lines in the diagram above).
~30″ long shoe lace (1 per person): Birch Shoelaces in 27 Colors Flat 5/16″ Shoe Laces in 4 Different Lengths (29.5″)
The shoelace at the bottom of the pocket is for cinching, so I purchased cord locks in the same color(s) as the shoeslaces: DYZD Plastic Cord Locks End Spring Stop Toggle Stoppers Multi-Colour (10PCS, Black)
Ironing on the patches, numbers, and stripes was really satisfying because that’s when you can really see it come together. I used my Cricut to cut numbers in iron-on vinyl, but just used scissors to cut 1/4″ wide strips and the V at the neck in front. To match the numbers in the movies as best as I could, I used MS UI Gothic font and cut the numbers at 5″ tall (~520pt font if you’re just printing a stencil at home). The numbers on the tracksuit sleeves are also MS UI Gothic font but only 3″ tall (310pt font). Note that the stripes do not line up on the sides, instead they start at and are parallel to the V stitching in the back, and are horizontal between the top of the pocket and the bottom of the arm hole in the front. I also added stripes in house colors down the side of the sleeves leaving gaps for numbers and patches.
Iron-on vinyl: Cricut Everyday Iron On 12” x 24” Vinyl Roll, DIY Decoration Supplies – Twilight
Optional patches for one tracksuit sleeve: Harry Potter Golden Snitch Patch Quidditch Ball Embroidered Iron On Applique
Quidditch Patch Embroidered Iron / Sew Badge Applique Costume Motif Harry Potter Hogwarts
Harry Potter Hogwarts Badge Patch Wizard School Embroidered Iron On Applique
After applying all iron-on details, particularly the V at the neck, I closed up the neck edge with bias tape in the same color as the shoelaces. With the tracksuit on and hood covering up most of the neckline, not much of it shows.
Tracksuit (warning: this runs VERY small): NE PEOPLE Womens Casual Basic Terry Drawsting Contrast Zip Up Hoodie Sweatsuit Tracksuit Set S-3XL
Up next is the construction of our Slytherin robes from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, and below is the downloadable PDF pattern for the quidditch training robes. Enjoy!
Download my PDF Quidditch training robes pattern here: QuidditchTrainingRSRW
More Harry Potter costumes on Red Shoes. Red Wine.
Costuming McGonagall from Harry Potter
Wizardbounding 1950’s McGonagall
Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: The Uniform
Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: The Pads
Costuming McGonagall from Harry Potter
Costuming a Hufflepuff from Harry Potter
Costuming Molly Weasley from Harry Potter
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What fabric did you use for the ravenclaw robes?
Just cotton that I had leftover from making my house robes. Cotton or a polyblend would work, as long as you find the right colors.
Are you able to make one for me? I will pay you of course.
Hi Alexis, thank you, but I am not taking commissions. More here: https://redshoesredwine.com/the-art-of-saying-no-commissions/
Thank you for the amazing pattern. I just made this for my hufflepuff grandchild. I love sewing costumes!
Awesome!! Very welcome!!
What is the best way to size up to a mens xl
Hi Al, look up how to size up (grading) a pattern. And definitely make a mock-up of the bodice before proceeding with fashion fabric. Good luck!