The Handmade Hermione Costume

Why, Hello, from a bad, bad blogger who has ignored her poor blog for the past month.

I've been swamped doing lots of other things, but that's really no excuse :)

I haven't really been able to do much sewing for myself, but I've been diligently preparing for Halloween. This year, my kids are more excited than ever about Halloween. Stores started putting up Halloween costumes and decorations a whole month ahead. While this seem extreme to me, as someone who makes Halloween costumes for the entire family, I'm actually grateful for this. My kids decided very early on as to what they are going to be for Halloween, and this gave me a lot of time to prepare.

So this year my 7yr old has decreed that she shall be Hermione from Harry Potter

A girl who is tough, smart and confident. A girl who makes it cool to be intelligent? 

Oh, yes! You can be Hermione, my dear girl.

So here's what we have so far:

The robe, I cobbled together from an old black cape. It's actually fabric of quite good quality. It's thick and slightly stretchy, so it should work really well. I actually bought the patch from a vendor on eBay, butI think it was quite the worthwhile purchase, as it lends the robe it's authenticity. 

The maroon lining of the hood was made from the remnants of the tie.

Talking about the tie, I really enjoyed making it.The tie was made using the tutorial by purlbee.

Can I just say what an awesome tutorial that was? 

Oops, tie is a little crumpled because we've been playing with it:

The tie is made with maroon cotton, and I painted the stripes using yellow acrylic paint. See the back? Haha..... I was too lazy to finish it up at the back, but I think it will still work.

We still need a wand and an old book, but I think we'll be able to conjure those up :)

I'll show you my younger daughter's costume next post!