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Burgess Meredith has nothin' on me!

swinginmartinis, member

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This is one of the coolest costumes I have ever made!  I decided that I really needed to be The Penguin for Halloween!  No matter how much I begged, I couldn't get my hubby to be one of my "henchmen".  Alas...

I used a different pattern for each piece (one for the vest, one for the tail coat and one for the pants).  Of course, I being a beginning sewer, didn't know that each pattern was SUPER HARD!  One of my awesome costuming friends forwarned me.  Needless to say I didn't follow that patterns exactly after a while and ended up with the coolest halloween costume ever! 

The Vest is white with a pinkish crepe back satin.  I did snaps instead of buttons (b/c of my lack of button hole making knowledge).  The Tail Coat is Blue satinish material that I bought at walmart for $5/yd that I thought was black (Damn flouresent lights!) and the lining is white sparkly Satin.  When I walked you could see the white peaking out and it looked really cool.   The Pants are made from the same blue material and I added a blue ribbon down the side.  For the cravat, I made it and tied it, then sewed a cool "ice" looking button as the "tie tack" and cut the back off, cleaned it up and added a large hook and bar so I could take it on and off and it would always look awesome! 

I got a large top hat from a costume shop and added a band of the pinkish satin from my vest.  Lastly, the finishing touches (wax nose, gloves, spectacle, cigarette and holder, and spats) I got from www.theatrehouse.com.  The umbrella was mine and the shoes were a find at the local Thrift Store!  They are pretty pimp!

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swinginmartinis writes: Thanks! I'll post my other costumes too. This year is going to be nuts! I'm going as Marie Antoinette and the hubby agreed to be Louis xiv (tights and all). My costume is going to have a mid calf length skirt for work appropriateness, then a super short one, for late night fun!
I wish I had an excuse to wear the penguin costume again...it was pretty pimp.
Posted: 11:45 pm on May 7th

XtinaS writes: I am a big Halloween-costume person, and I appreciate the work that goes into them from start to finish. You deserve major kudos for this one, because this is seriously one of the best I have seen. Rockin'!
Posted: 6:09 pm on May 5th

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