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Started: October 27, 2009
Finished: October 31, 2009

These two projects were made for my own children for Halloween 2009. My daughter is dressed as a purple fairy, as one of Tinkerbell's friends (but not Vidia even tho she also wears purple). My son is dressed up to be like Harry Potter, although I can only claim that his wizard's robes is not an invisibility robe, but it is sparkly. Both garments are sparkly, as only polyester & embedded glitter can provide.

My daughter's fairy costume was made using Simplicity's pattern #2559, a licensed character pattern for Tinkerbell and her friends. My daughter loves Tinkerbell, but she wanted her choice of fabrics and colors, mainly the one we used for her wings. The purple was chosen from that, and so the fabrics ended up all purple. I mixed around the styles from the pattern to make it uniquely hers, but it is close to what Tinkerbell is shown wearing. The fabrics are all a glittery polyester, some with larger glitter pieces than other fabrics. Both fabrics were a challenge to sew and iron. Thankfully much of the garment is serged together, which made many portions much easier to put together than using a regular sewing machine. She is wearing the sleeveless garment over a long sleeved purple dress & legggings that gave her layers for warmth on the cool October night.
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My son's wizard robe was patterned from a loose outline of his body and outstretched arm in a vague robe shape. This is a simple method, and directions can be found online in various places, some even more complicated in style. The robes are in a similar glittery polyester in black, unlined, and was also serged together. It was cut and sewn together in one night, so there is no dress diary entry for it. He is wearing it with his own regular clothes and a purchased Gryffindor tie from the costume store. He really looks like a young Harry Potter, doesn't he?

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