After making four poodle skirts last year for a Halloween cruise, I wanted to make my neice a poodle skirt to wear with Tina and I at a future event. And since she could’nt decide on a llama or Hufflepuff badger, I decided I’d make a two-in-one with a reversible poodle skirt! So following yesterday’s […]
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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 […]
Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: Training Robes
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 […]
Costuming Quidditch from Harry Potter: The Pads
One of my most comfortable and fun costumes to wear is my Slytherin quidditch uniform from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The robes were easy to make, but the black pads were either hard to find or priced higher than I was willing to pay. So I’ve made 5 sets of black pads […]
Costuming Molly Weasley from Harry Potter
I’m a little (okay, a lot) late to the party, but I just finished reading all of the Harry Potter books. I loved them so much that current and planned costumes got pushed aside so I could make a bunch of Harry Potter costumes. Hogwarts house robes, Quidditch uniforms, McGonagall, Snape, Bellatrix…I should really stop […]
Costuming a Hufflepuff from Harry Potter
I’m a little (okay, a lot) late to the party, but I just finished reading all of the Harry Potter books. I loved them so much that current and planned costumes got pushed aside so I could make a bunch of Harry Potter costumes. Hogwarts house robes, Quidditch uniforms, McGonagall, Snape, Bellatrix…I should really stop […]