Happy Haunting

My costume is finally finished, after days of ironing and sewing and pinning and trying on and adjusting, I am a complete harlequin! To go through some of the process here are the photos I remembered to take along the way...

My initial sketch,

I got the idea from these amazing jewel tone rainbow diamond tight found on amazon.com. However I couldn't bring my self to pay for then and ended up wearing solid orange tights instead. My sister and I rummaged around my local salvation army thrift and found the wonderful paisley patterns and velvety solids I needed to complete the outfit, five in all.

The top in progress

This was pretty much two top halves bonded together with iron adhesive. The diamonds are iron adhered as well, super easy and quick. The puffy sleeve was a bit tricky, but well worth it!

Now for the bloomers, the begining process was taking a pain of lounge shorts that fit me nice and comfy and tracing a pattern from them. I left room for the hemming but forgot to take into account on the elasticity of the shorts material. To fix the problem I undid the outer seems and added more inches to go around my thighs. Once they fit well and had proper length, I took an old sweater sleeve and made the waist, nice and stretchy. I also incorporated elastic bands in the legs so I could scrunch them up for that billowy look. To finish the bottoms off I ironed more diamonds from the other fabrics.

And here is a final picture! I made fabric flowers from left over material and sewed another strap to keep my business secure fro the partying to take place. My makeup is mostly done with acrylic paint, if you try this make sure to test is you will have a reaction in a small area first. I like it because of the vibrancy of the colors and I have a nice supply already. The paint also washes off easily with a little soap on a cloth.

Accompanied by Magenta from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (AKA my sister) and our friend the zombie nerd

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Now for a picture process of my husband's PipBoy 3000 for his Fallout vault 101 dweller costume. I used a plastic water bottle, shopping bags, scotch tape, cardboard and acrylic paint.
One of my reference pictures

.....finishing touches

The final product!

Sean, who was very excited, wore his costume most of the day and of course all night.

Hope you all had a great haunting halloween!