I had mulled over Sawyer's Halloween costume for awhile, and saw this white polyester at Joann's for $2/yard, and this all came together for about $10 and in 24 hours. I hadn't planned on using the embellishments until it was completed and didn't look quite blingy enough to be Vegas Elvis. After the embellishments, it looked absolutely perfect. Since I had no experience in designing whatsoever, I used Sawyer's clothes and traced a pattern in which I used some ugly polyester scrap fabric to make and tweak a template. It took half the night but was so worth it!
My proudest part of the costume is the "flare" on the legs and arms, which took 2 extra triangles of fabric per sleeve/leg. It took some tweaking but gives it so much more dimension. Designing was a blast! I wish I had more time!
My poor little Elvis was "All Shook Up" after the long photo shoot.
this is awesome! i can't believe you made it up by yourself. Very impressive. Good luck with the contest!
ReplyDeleteI love this--it is so adorable and effortless!! Thanks for stopping by Anngela's Pretty Little Things :) I hope the Dimensional Magic Bracelet worked well for you!
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