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I am happy to say I finished his costume without staying up til 2:00 am. Sewing the costume jersey was actually was very easy, despite the fact that I made the pattern up in my head. I only used my seam ripper twice. Once because I thought I had made a mistake, and the other because I realized I had done it right the first time. The fabric was called Ponte, and I was able to by it at 50% off bringing my total in fabric to only $6. It looked athletic fabricish and all in all was the perfect fabric for the project.
For this costume, the devil was in the details. Most of the time was spent sewing the ribbon trim. For the trim I used the wrong side of a 3/8″ satin gold ribbon. The ribbon however didn’t have the ability to curve the way it should, and if I were to do it again, I would have invested in a 1/4″ Bias Tape Maker
The best part was using Transfer Magic- Transfer to Dark to make the numbers and crest for the costume. It worked like a charm. I made the numbers in Word using Arial Bold sized to 650 percent and colored gold. Then I printed them from a inkjet printer. Again, since it isn’t recommended to use the Transfer Magic on synthetic fabrics, I kept the iron moving slightly to keep it from leaving an iron mark. I also put grommets and lacing down the sides of the costume.
You can see more photos here: http://makeitdo.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/just-in-time-harry-potter-quidd...
My girls were easier as their costumes were identical. Here’s a little about the girl’s Hogwarts uniforms. I wanted to make them nice enough to be worn as regular clothing. I started with the skirts and went looking for a pattern. I loved the pleated skirt pattern from Oliver + S, but could not bring myself to spend $15.95 for a pattern. In the end, I found a very nice pattern- McCall’s M5459 on sale for .99 and the skirts turned out just how I hoped. They have an elastic in the back, which I prefer over zippers, buttons or hooks. And I was able to easily alter the pattern to fit my very skinny little girls.
The cloaks were a different matter, they will never be worn to school (unless that owl arrives) but, they will be worn for dress ups often in the coming year, so I made them out of an inexpensive polyester gaberdine which I found for 50% off. I intended to use the cloak pattern I used last year to make cloaks, but after looking at it carefully, concluded it would not look like a Hogwarts cloak. So I made up the pattern. This wasn’t as easy as I thought it might be, and I ended up using my seam ripper more than a few times. But, they are finished and I am happy with the results. I used Transfer Magic- Inkjet Transfer to Dark transfer paper to make the crest chest patch. I will also be using the the transfer paper to apply the number and crest on my son’s Quidditch uniform. It worked really well, I just had to be really careful about transferring to the polyester fabric, which is not recommended. Test it on small scrap of fabric first. I recommend keeping the iron moving slightly or you may have an iron mark on your fabric.
We already had white oxford button down shirts, black tights, and shoes. I purchased the sweaters, which are cute enough to wear all winter and plain red children’s neckties to complete the look. I considered painting gold stripes with fabric paint, but decided not to. I would rather have the ties usable for the future, than ruin them for one night’s use. You can see more photos here as well: http://makeitdo.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/two-harry-potter-costumes/
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