Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: The Uniform

“Those cunning folk use any means to achieve their ends.” And so we did. We made a damn near close to film version of Slytherin quidditch robes from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince using screenshots, pitcures from studio tours, and striped sheets from Amazon. I am smugly proud of these uniforms, and I’m pleased to finally share them on the blog.

[Related: Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: The Pads and Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: Training Robes]

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I’ve never been a fan of any sports, but when my bro/fellow costume maker Aimee asked for quidditch robes, I said “screw it, let’s do it!” The making of the robes were fairly easy. I found a blog post from Kaisadani and modified her training robes dimensions and angles, as her measurements were very close to my own. After pattern changes were made, I digitized everything and published them at the bottom of this post. The digitized pattern is roughly fit to my size (medium: 36-30-40) and would comfortably fit a size small person as well, but large and above would need scaling for sure. I had to add diamond shaped gussets at the armpits to my husband’s robes, as well as adding 2 inches to back and front seams (his chest size is 42″).

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These robes are only shown briefly during one quick quidditch scene in Half Blood Prince, so we had very little reference. When researching this project, my “holy shit!” moment was realizing that I have this exact striped pattern on my guest bed, but in ivory. Y’all…sheets!! So I hunted down emerald/hunter green sheets on Amazon in a high thread count. We were ecstatic when they came in the mail exactly the color, sheen, and stripe sizing that we were looking for: Superior 300 Thread Count 100% Premium Combed Cotton, 4-Piece Bed Sheet Set, Deep Pocket, Single Ply, Sateen Stripe, Full – Hunter Green

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Piecing the robes together was fairly easy, with an exception of the grey stripe between back and tail pieces, and meticulously lining up the emerald stripes in the exact directions as the reference images. I stitched each back piece to tail pieces separately, with grey bias tape between back and tail pieces (above), stitched the two back pieces together at center back from neck to hem, stitched front to back pieces at shoulders, and stitched side fronts to side backs. The hood center seam needed stitching as well, and slight pleating at the center back to stitch to the neck opening (and I repeated all steps with liner). I prefer to construct sleeve pieces separately and attach them last, so with right sides together, I stitched the outside to the liner, leaving the arm holes open (I turned right side out, pressed, and top stitched). You could also attach sleeves before attaching liner and turn in sleeve hems last.

Grey bias tape (we bought 3 different greys but liked medium grey best): Wrights Double Fold Bias Tape 1/2 inch 3 Yards Dark Grey 117-206-047 (3-Pack)

Black sheets as liner: SONORO KATE Bed Sheet Set Super Soft Microfiber 1800 Thread Count Luxury Egyptian Sheets 16-Inch Deep Pocket Wrinkle and Hypoallergenic-4 Piece

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For topstitching, I used Gutermann sew-all thread in Spectre Green (794), and stitched 1/4″ from all edges. The sleeves have an additional line of stitching 3″ from the edge as well.

Thread: Gutermann 100P-794 Sew-All Thread 110 Yards-Spectre Green

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Before ironing on the rest of the details, I prepped the hood and side stripes with more grey bias tape sliced down the middle, and a single stripe of green sewn between the sliced bias tape pieces. For each of the three robes that I made, I used almost 4 yards of the three-stripe bias tape (so 2 packages per person).

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Stripes were ironed on the side seam from the single stripe to hem on both sides, on the center hood seam from opening to neck, from neck to 3″ from sleeve hem on right sleeve, and from neck to 10″ from sleeve hem on left sleeve (ending in a triangle also made with bias tape) using super weight Heat-n-Bond: HeatnBond Hem Iron-On Adhesive, Super Weight, 3/4 Inch x 8 Yards

I used my Cricut to cut numbers and last names in iron-on vinyl. To match the font size in the film as best as I could, I used MS UI Gothic font and cut the back numbers at 5″ tall (~520pt font if you’re just printing a stencil at home). The numbers on the left sleeves are also MS UI Gothic font but only 3″ tall (310pt font). The last names were Franklin Gothic font and cut at 2″ tall (215pt font). Starting at the V at the base of the back, we ironed on the non-Warner Bros Slytherin patch 1/4″ above the stripe, the large number 1/4″ above the patch, and the name in a slight arch 1″ above the number.

WB House patch(es): 4PCS Harry Potter House of Gryffindor House Hogwarts Crest Patch Hook and Loop Backing 3.94″x3.15″ Full Color Patches Applique For Coat Jacket Gear Cap Hat Backpack

Non-WB Slytherin patch (crest border and field removed): HARRY POTTER SLYTHERIN ROBE PATCH

Iron-on vinyl: Cricut Everyday Iron On 12” x 24” Vinyl Roll, DIY Decoration Supplies – Twilight

Most quidditch robe closures we’ve seen have 6 eyelets on each side, but we chose to go with 3 eyelets on each side for a cleaner look and less constricting lacing. The first eyelets are 2″ from the hood, and 2″ spacing in between. They are laced with waxed dress shoe laces and tuck in well when worn.

Silver eyelets: Dritz 104-65 Eyelets, Nickel, 5/32-Inch 100-Count

Waxed shoe laces (1 lace per person): [2Pair Pack] Waxed Round Oxford Shoe Laces for Dress Shoes Chukka 3/32Inch Thin(01 Black,30in (76cm))

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And finally, our mostly hidden “sweater” and pants. We live in Texas (not Scotland) and wear our uniforms here and in Atlanta for DragonCon, so the quidditch sweater was a huge “hell no!” Instead, we opted for a long sleeve hunter green t-shirt that I can no longer find online. When ours need replacing after fading in the wash, we’ll likely go with performance/technical fabric like the Nike tee below. The three of us also wear whatever black pants we have on hand, but my pants are ultra lightweight and super comfy. I wear a size medium/8 but bought these in a 10 for wiggle room. My shoes are also super comfy Sketchers.

Shirt: Nike Dk Green Legend Long Sleeve Performance Shirt

Pants: Columbia Women’s Anytime Outdoor Boot Cut Casual Pant, Black, 10 Regular

Shoes: Skechers Women Empire- Take Charge Fashion Sneaker, Black/Charcoal

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Download my PDF Quidditch uniform pattern here: QuidditchUniformRSRW

More Harry Potter costumes on Red Shoes. Red Wine.

Costuming McGonagall from Harry Potter

Wizardbounding 1950’s McGonagall

Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: Training Robes

Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: The Pads

Costuming McGonagall from Harry Potter

Costuming a Hufflepuff from Harry Potter

Costuming Molly Weasley from Harry Potter

And don’t forget to always be kind to your emotional support Hufflepuff (we love you Brittany)!

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