Authentic costume resources?
Jessie
Would you believe this has nothing to do with upcoming Halloween?! Ella
is fascinated with costumes, has quite a few given to her by my
grandmother, wears them all the time, paints her face and body all the
time, etc. It finally dawned on me that this might be an area of
interest she would like to pursue for awhile. I want to get her some
costume catalogs (in print - not online, as she likes to sit on the
couch and pour over the one she has and its harder for her to surf the
web). I'm also interested in any books about the history of costumes or
picture books of various costumes worn by other cultures. She was
fascinated by Sophie's bellydancing costume at the conference!
So does anyone know of any great costume resources - preferably more
authentic costumes (not the cheap plastic replicas)? Now is probably a
great for me to be looking out at children's consignment shops and
Goodwill for more costumes. I'm not great at sewing so I'm not sure I
could make her one at this point... though I'd love to learn, with her,
how to make them!
Thanks for any info!
Jessie
is fascinated with costumes, has quite a few given to her by my
grandmother, wears them all the time, paints her face and body all the
time, etc. It finally dawned on me that this might be an area of
interest she would like to pursue for awhile. I want to get her some
costume catalogs (in print - not online, as she likes to sit on the
couch and pour over the one she has and its harder for her to surf the
web). I'm also interested in any books about the history of costumes or
picture books of various costumes worn by other cultures. She was
fascinated by Sophie's bellydancing costume at the conference!
So does anyone know of any great costume resources - preferably more
authentic costumes (not the cheap plastic replicas)? Now is probably a
great for me to be looking out at children's consignment shops and
Goodwill for more costumes. I'm not great at sewing so I'm not sure I
could make her one at this point... though I'd love to learn, with her,
how to make them!
Thanks for any info!
Jessie
catherine aceto
Here's a website that lists some nice books etc. http://www.costumes.org/advice/1pages/pattern_links.htm#Modern
JoAnn's fabric has a sale where patterns are a dollar each maybe 6 or 7 times a year. You could pick up some patterns there. Thrift store clothes and sheets are a nice source of inexpensive fabric.
Sewing is actually pretty easy, just time consuming -- but you could also use the patterns as a guide and glue the costumes together either with iron together seam tape or (probably) hot glue. I've never done that, but I dont' see why it wouldn't work.
"Ethnic" costumes, especially for clothes for ordinary people, are often variations on squares, making them especially easy to sew or put together.
Or maybe just get her some lenghts of silk in different shapes and colors and let her put together her own costumes with safety pins and by tying them on herself.
-Cat
JoAnn's fabric has a sale where patterns are a dollar each maybe 6 or 7 times a year. You could pick up some patterns there. Thrift store clothes and sheets are a nice source of inexpensive fabric.
Sewing is actually pretty easy, just time consuming -- but you could also use the patterns as a guide and glue the costumes together either with iron together seam tape or (probably) hot glue. I've never done that, but I dont' see why it wouldn't work.
"Ethnic" costumes, especially for clothes for ordinary people, are often variations on squares, making them especially easy to sew or put together.
Or maybe just get her some lenghts of silk in different shapes and colors and let her put together her own costumes with safety pins and by tying them on herself.
-Cat
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Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Authentic costume resources?
Would you believe this has nothing to do with upcoming Halloween?! Ella
is fascinated with costumes, has quite a few given to her by my
grandmother, wears them all the time, paints her face and body all the
time, etc. It finally dawned on me that this might be an area of
interest she would like to pursue for awhile. I want to get her some
costume catalogs (in print - not online, as she likes to sit on the
couch and pour over the one she has and its harder for her to surf the
web). I'm also interested in any books about the history of costumes or
picture books of various costumes worn by other cultures. She was
fascinated by Sophie's bellydancing costume at the conference!
So does anyone know of any great costume resources - preferably more
authentic costumes (not the cheap plastic replicas)? Now is probably a
great for me to be looking out at children's consignment shops and
Goodwill for more costumes. I'm not great at sewing so I'm not sure I
could make her one at this point... though I'd love to learn, with her,
how to make them!
Thanks for any info!
Jessie
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catherine aceto
Oh - and doll clothes and paper dolls are another fun way to experience costumes. The Dover catalog has some great costume paper doll books most for $5.00 or less each.
-Cat
p.s. apolgies for forgetting to cut the original post in my last post
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-Cat
p.s. apolgies for forgetting to cut the original post in my last post
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Robyn Coburn
<<<So does anyone know of any great costume resources - preferably more
authentic costumes (not the cheap plastic replicas)? Now is probably a
great for me to be looking out at children's consignment shops and
Goodwill for more costumes. I'm not great at sewing so I'm not sure I
could make her one at this point... though I'd love to learn, with her,
how to make them!>>>
http://www.costumesocietyamerica.com/
Links, publications, images online, conferences.
http://www.asg.org/
The American Sewing Guild - also useful links and publications.
Robyn L. Coburn
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authentic costumes (not the cheap plastic replicas)? Now is probably a
great for me to be looking out at children's consignment shops and
Goodwill for more costumes. I'm not great at sewing so I'm not sure I
could make her one at this point... though I'd love to learn, with her,
how to make them!>>>
http://www.costumesocietyamerica.com/
Links, publications, images online, conferences.
http://www.asg.org/
The American Sewing Guild - also useful links and publications.
Robyn L. Coburn
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