OT but still sewing Halloween costumes

Having learned over the years that if they want better than a burlap
sack stapled around them they had best get their requests in early, my
two eldest DDs have presented me with patterns and help requests for
their Halloween costumes. Helping includes checking to make sure the
amount of fabric called for is adequete with the way they want the
patterns done, so they buy the right amount.
They are both going to private parties typical to their (early
twenties) peer group.

DD1 has given me a pattern for a tavern wench/gypsy outfit, maybe an
afternoons work and $20 worth of materials. No sweat. Especially as
she actually wants to try making it with just help, not have me sew
thr whole thing.

DD2 on the other paw, fancies going as a princess. While DD1 knows
how to at least read the back of a pattern, DD2 is clueless and her
pattern choice surely shows it! They both picked Simplicity patterns
because they are currently 99 cents at JoAnns. DD2 however brought me
#8881, a renfaire type Elizabethan gown. The sales girl warned her
about the quantity of fabric involved (which did not deter DD), but
forgot to mention the boneing. So, I am looking at a construction
that involves a boned bodice and a full farthingale, to say nothing of
all those cartridge pleats! I think not!!

Fortunately, after I explained what a boned elizabethan bodice would
do to her C cup chest, as well as the mechanics of sitting down (to
say nothing of going to the potty!) while wearing a farthingale, she
has decided that maybe she ought to pick another pattern.

Mind you, if she were going to a competition, or planning on attending
renfaires regularly, I would happily sew this for her. Providing she
took a handful of my buisness cards with her whenever she wore it.
But for a one off party hearty Halloween get together? Hah!

This time I am going with her to pick the pattern!
Maybe also make her help put it together. She is the least apt at
sewing of all three girls, but with her tastes I think she had best
learn!

NightMist
maybe I should just wrap her in a quilt, give her a Mars bar, and tell
her she is Marrianne Faithfull
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

Nightmist, I was bored, so I went trolling through the simplicity
patterns for princess-type things, and here is what I cam up with:

5294
5363 - bottom right corner picture looks like a fairy princess to me...
I would make it if I wasn't preggers
8735
9891


Larisa

THis might help. I can see it not being a problem sitting on a pot, but a
toilet.. well let's just say use the WIDE stall. lol

http://costume.dm.net/farthingale/

Elena in Tx

"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
...
I'll bite, what does a farthingale do to ones ability to sit and do other
sitting things happily?
When DS was little I learned to whip up costumes quickly, before he could
change his mind about what he wanted to be. Hot glue was my friend.
Diana

--
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"NightMist" wrote in message
...
Having learned over the years that if they want better than a burlap
sack stapled around them they had best get their requests in early, my
two eldest DDs have presented me with patterns and help requests for
their Halloween costumes. Helping includes checking to make sure the
amount of fabric called for is adequete with the way they want the
patterns done, so they buy the right amount.
They are both going to private parties typical to their (early
twenties) peer group.

DD1 has given me a pattern for a tavern wench/gypsy outfit, maybe an
afternoons work and $20 worth of materials. No sweat. Especially as
she actually wants to try making it with just help, not have me sew
thr whole thing.

DD2 on the other paw, fancies going as a princess. While DD1 knows
how to at least read the back of a pattern, DD2 is clueless and her
pattern choice surely shows it! They both picked Simplicity patterns
because they are currently 99 cents at JoAnns. DD2 however brought me
#8881, a renfaire type Elizabethan gown. The sales girl warned her
about the quantity of fabric involved (which did not deter DD), but
forgot to mention the boneing. So, I am looking at a construction
that involves a boned bodice and a full farthingale, to say nothing of
all those cartridge pleats! I think not!!

Fortunately, after I explained what a boned elizabethan bodice would
do to her C cup chest, as well as the mechanics of sitting down (to
say nothing of going to the potty!) while wearing a farthingale, she
has decided that maybe she ought to pick another pattern.

Mind you, if she were going to a competition, or planning on attending
renfaires regularly, I would happily sew this for her. Providing she
took a handful of my buisness cards with her whenever she wore it.
But for a one off party hearty Halloween get together? Hah!

This time I am going with her to pick the pattern!
Maybe also make her help put it together. She is the least apt at
sewing of all three girls, but with her tastes I think she had best
learn!

NightMist
maybe I should just wrap her in a quilt, give her a Mars bar, and tell
her she is Marrianne Faithfull
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

I'll bite, what does a farthingale do to ones ability to sit and do other
sitting things happily?
When DS was little I learned to whip up costumes quickly, before he could
change his mind about what he wanted to be. Hot glue was my friend.
Diana

--
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"NightMist" wrote in message
...
Having learned over the years that if they want better than a burlap
sack stapled around them they had best get their requests in early, my
two eldest DDs have presented me with patterns and help requests for
their Halloween costumes. Helping includes checking to make sure the
amount of fabric called for is adequete with the way they want the
patterns done, so they buy the right amount.
They are both going to private parties typical to their (early
twenties) peer group.

DD1 has given me a pattern for a tavern wench/gypsy outfit, maybe an
afternoons work and $20 worth of materials. No sweat. Especially as
she actually wants to try making it with just help, not have me sew
thr whole thing.

DD2 on the other paw, fancies going as a princess. While DD1 knows
how to at least read the back of a pattern, DD2 is clueless and her
pattern choice surely shows it! They both picked Simplicity patterns
because they are currently 99 cents at JoAnns. DD2 however brought me
#8881, a renfaire type Elizabethan gown. The sales girl warned her
about the quantity of fabric involved (which did not deter DD), but
forgot to mention the boneing. So, I am looking at a construction
that involves a boned bodice and a full farthingale, to say nothing of
all those cartridge pleats! I think not!!

Fortunately, after I explained what a boned elizabethan bodice would
do to her C cup chest, as well as the mechanics of sitting down (to
say nothing of going to the potty!) while wearing a farthingale, she
has decided that maybe she ought to pick another pattern.

Mind you, if she were going to a competition, or planning on attending
renfaires regularly, I would happily sew this for her. Providing she
took a handful of my buisness cards with her whenever she wore it.
But for a one off party hearty Halloween get together? Hah!

This time I am going with her to pick the pattern!
Maybe also make her help put it together. She is the least apt at
sewing of all three girls, but with her tastes I think she had best
learn!

NightMist
maybe I should just wrap her in a quilt, give her a Mars bar, and tell
her she is Marrianne Faithfull
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

Ahhh.. I am enlightened. I do remember hearing that the women of that time
sometimes had to approach doors sideways....
Thanks Elena, I didnt know what a farthingale was, or rather, I had it
pictured as some other part of the garment.
Diana

--
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"Elena" wrote in message
s.com...
THis might help. I can see it not being a problem sitting on a pot, but
a
toilet.. well let's just say use the WIDE stall. lol

http://costume.dm.net/farthingale/

Elena in Tx

"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
...
I'll bite, what does a farthingale do to ones ability to sit and do
other
sitting things happily?
When DS was little I learned to whip up costumes quickly, before he
could
change his mind about what he wanted to be. Hot glue was my friend.
Diana

--
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"NightMist" wrote in message
...
Having learned over the years that if they want better than a burlap
sack stapled around them they had best get their requests in early, my
two eldest DDs have presented me with patterns and help requests for
their Halloween costumes. Helping includes checking to make sure the
amount of fabric called for is adequete with the way they want the
patterns done, so they buy the right amount.
They are both going to private parties typical to their (early
twenties) peer group.

DD1 has given me a pattern for a tavern wench/gypsy outfit, maybe an
afternoons work and $20 worth of materials. No sweat. Especially as
she actually wants to try making it with just help, not have me sew
thr whole thing.

DD2 on the other paw, fancies going as a princess. While DD1 knows
how to at least read the back of a pattern, DD2 is clueless and her
pattern choice surely shows it! They both picked Simplicity patterns
because they are currently 99 cents at JoAnns. DD2 however brought me
#8881, a renfaire type Elizabethan gown. The sales girl warned her
about the quantity of fabric involved (which did not deter DD), but
forgot to mention the boneing. So, I am looking at a construction
that involves a boned bodice and a full farthingale, to say nothing of
all those cartridge pleats! I think not!!

Fortunately, after I explained what a boned elizabethan bodice would
do to her C cup chest, as well as the mechanics of sitting down (to
say nothing of going to the potty!) while wearing a farthingale, she
has decided that maybe she ought to pick another pattern.

Mind you, if she were going to a competition, or planning on attending
renfaires regularly, I would happily sew this for her. Providing she
took a handful of my buisness cards with her whenever she wore it.
But for a one off party hearty Halloween get together? Hah!

This time I am going with her to pick the pattern!
Maybe also make her help put it together. She is the least apt at
sewing of all three girls, but with her tastes I think she had best
learn!

NightMist
maybe I should just wrap her in a quilt, give her a Mars bar, and tell
her she is Marrianne Faithfull
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

Steel hoops from your hips down to the floor.

Nuff said?

*grin*

NightMist


On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:08:19 -0700, "Diana Curtis"
wrote:

I'll bite, what does a farthingale do to ones ability to sit and do other
sitting things happily?
When DS was little I learned to whip up costumes quickly, before he could
change his mind about what he wanted to be. Hot glue was my friend.
Diana

--
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"NightMist" wrote in message
...
Having learned over the years that if they want better than a burlap
sack stapled around them they had best get their requests in early, my
two eldest DDs have presented me with patterns and help requests for
their Halloween costumes. Helping includes checking to make sure the
amount of fabric called for is adequete with the way they want the
patterns done, so they buy the right amount.
They are both going to private parties typical to their (early
twenties) peer group.

DD1 has given me a pattern for a tavern wench/gypsy outfit, maybe an
afternoons work and $20 worth of materials. No sweat. Especially as
she actually wants to try making it with just help, not have me sew
thr whole thing.

DD2 on the other paw, fancies going as a princess. While DD1 knows
how to at least read the back of a pattern, DD2 is clueless and her
pattern choice surely shows it! They both picked Simplicity patterns
because they are currently 99 cents at JoAnns. DD2 however brought me
#8881, a renfaire type Elizabethan gown. The sales girl warned her
about the quantity of fabric involved (which did not deter DD), but
forgot to mention the boneing. So, I am looking at a construction
that involves a boned bodice and a full farthingale, to say nothing of
all those cartridge pleats! I think not!!

Fortunately, after I explained what a boned elizabethan bodice would
do to her C cup chest, as well as the mechanics of sitting down (to
say nothing of going to the potty!) while wearing a farthingale, she
has decided that maybe she ought to pick another pattern.

Mind you, if she were going to a competition, or planning on attending
renfaires regularly, I would happily sew this for her. Providing she
took a handful of my buisness cards with her whenever she wore it.
But for a one off party hearty Halloween get together? Hah!

This time I am going with her to pick the pattern!
Maybe also make her help put it together. She is the least apt at
sewing of all three girls, but with her tastes I think she had best
learn!

NightMist
maybe I should just wrap her in a quilt, give her a Mars bar, and tell
her she is Marrianne Faithfull
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!



--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 23:13:46 GMT, CNYstitcher
wrote:

Nightmist, I was bored, so I went trolling through the simplicity
patterns for princess-type things, and here is what I cam up with:

5294
5363 - bottom right corner picture looks like a fairy princess to me...
I would make it if I wasn't preggers
8735
9891

I took her to look at these and more just now.
She doesn't want an empire waistline, and she does want a big poofy
skirt. Visualize me rolling my eyes and gritting my teeth here.
One thing is certain, if this costume ends up taking fortylebben
crinolines, she is _definitely_ learning to sew! Petticoats strike me
as being a wonderful beginer project :P

I have dragged out my pattern drafting books and ordered her to
browse. We'll get something put together from that lot!

NightMist
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

NM:
For a Princess look, your DD could haunt (he he) the thrift shops
and consignment shops for a discarded bridesmaid dress. She would
probably find something that could be used in whole or in part as
a Princess gown.
Farhtingales indeed! PAT

NightMist wrote:
....cut...
DD2 on the other paw, fancies going as a princess. While DD1 knows
how to at least read the back of a pattern, DD2 is clueless and her
pattern choice surely shows it! They both picked Simplicity patterns
because they are currently 99 cents at JoAnns. DD2 however brought me
#8881, a renfaire type Elizabethan gown. The sales girl warned her
about the quantity of fabric involved (which did not deter DD), but
forgot to mention the boneing. So, I am looking at a construction
that involves a boned bodice and a full farthingale, to say nothing of
all those cartridge pleats! I think not!! ...cut...

And I thought blue jeans were to confining.
Di :-)

--
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"NightMist" wrote in message
...

Steel hoops from your hips down to the floor.

Nuff said?

*grin*

NightMist


On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 08:08:19 -0700, "Diana Curtis"
wrote:

I'll bite, what does a farthingale do to ones ability to sit and do other
sitting things happily?
When DS was little I learned to whip up costumes quickly, before he
could
change his mind about what he wanted to be. Hot glue was my friend.
Diana

--
http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44
"NightMist" wrote in message
...
Having learned over the years that if they want better than a burlap
sack stapled around them they had best get their requests in early, my
two eldest DDs have presented me with patterns and help requests for
their Halloween costumes. Helping includes checking to make sure the
amount of fabric called for is adequete with the way they want the
patterns done, so they buy the right amount.
They are both going to private parties typical to their (early
twenties) peer group.

DD1 has given me a pattern for a tavern wench/gypsy outfit, maybe an
afternoons work and $20 worth of materials. No sweat. Especially as
she actually wants to try making it with just help, not have me sew
thr whole thing.

DD2 on the other paw, fancies going as a princess. While DD1 knows
how to at least read the back of a pattern, DD2 is clueless and her
pattern choice surely shows it! They both picked Simplicity patterns
because they are currently 99 cents at JoAnns. DD2 however brought me
#8881, a renfaire type Elizabethan gown. The sales girl warned her
about the quantity of fabric involved (which did not deter DD), but
forgot to mention the boneing. So, I am looking at a construction
that involves a boned bodice and a full farthingale, to say nothing of
all those cartridge pleats! I think not!!

Fortunately, after I explained what a boned elizabethan bodice would
do to her C cup chest, as well as the mechanics of sitting down (to
say nothing of going to the potty!) while wearing a farthingale, she
has decided that maybe she ought to pick another pattern.

Mind you, if she were going to a competition, or planning on attending
renfaires regularly, I would happily sew this for her. Providing she
took a handful of my buisness cards with her whenever she wore it.
But for a one off party hearty Halloween get together? Hah!

This time I am going with her to pick the pattern!
Maybe also make her help put it together. She is the least apt at
sewing of all three girls, but with her tastes I think she had best
learn!

NightMist
maybe I should just wrap her in a quilt, give her a Mars bar, and tell
her she is Marrianne Faithfull
--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!



--

I'm a little teapot, short and stout
here is my handle, here is my...other...handle?
Bloody Hell!!
I'm a sugar bowl!

I bought a fairly inexepensive crinoline some years ago to wear with my
"Scarlett O'Hara" dress.

It is a a full skirted thing with a single boned hoop at the bottom only. The
hoop is in a "sleeve" setting rather like elastic, with fabric hanging down
past it as a ruffle. Holds the dress out just fine and easy to sit in, too!

The top part is simply a drawstring, they made it big enough for anoyone to get
into, you simply pull the drawstring tight enough to fit you.

Merry
Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once
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