Costuming for the Summer of Potter, was: Woohooo Im excited :D |
 Jun 30 2007, 06:21 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie  Posts: 86 Joined: 5:42pm June 23, 2007 Location: At the quidditch pitch watching Harry,Ron and Ginny  |
Yesterday i went and bought my material for my Gryffondor robe WOOHOOOOOoooo. i also bought iron on transfer paper to put my emblem on it
 my Mil is gonna sew it for me this week
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Jul 1 2007, 10:05 AM
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Sewing Goddess Posts: 649 Joined: 10:17am December 19, 2005 Location: Craft Therapy   |
This thread has been moved to Harry Potter Crafts.
Thanks. -------------------- sewhooked, the home of Harry Potter Paper Piecing by Jennifer Ofenstein
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Jul 1 2007, 10:23 AM
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Sewing Goddess Posts: 649 Joined: 10:17am December 19, 2005 Location: Craft Therapy |
QUOTE(Gryffondr_Gal @ Jun 30 2007, 06:21 PM) [snapback]1283125[/snapback] Yesterday i went and bought my material for my Gryffondor robe WOOHOOOOOoooo. i also bought iron on transfer paper to put my emblem on it my Mil is gonna sew it for me this week Gryffondr_Gal, I'm looking forward to seeing your robes. Is your mil following a specific pattern? I'm curious if you bought the iron on paper for black fabric. I haven't tried it before but have heard good things about it. On Friday, always_a_sidekick and I dressed up for a photoshoot a local paper was having. He and I just happen to live in the same town. My son went as Colin Creevy. images are clickable  Colin Creevy  Moody & Tonks  Tonks' jeans - reconstructed using bits of old t-shirts, an old quilt square and loads of HP buttons. For the movie premier of OotP, I'm dressing up as Molly and my daughter will be either Ginny Weasley or Luna. She just bought an amazing hat that's a bobcat but looks like a lion that will be perfect if she goes as Luna. I'm pretty sure my son plans to be Colin again. I'll be Tonks again for the DH book release. This post has been edited by ofenjen: Jul 1 2007, 10:37 AM -------------------- sewhooked, the home of Harry Potter Paper Piecing by Jennifer Ofenstein
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Jul 2 2007, 02:03 PM
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Junior Dishwasher at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 601 Joined: 1:00pm September 21, 2006 Location: Teaching Winky how to cook |
My duaghters are going as Tonks and Luna(last minute change in plans) I made radish earrings for luna out of red pom-poms and lime green embroidery thread. Used yellowed construction paper with glittered lettering for the quibbler and various sized corks for her necklace(which took awhile, and had to use an srong leather needle) Have the clothes and hair dye for Tonks but would welcome any suggestions for props or jewerly for her. My hubby will be Snape, but, this tear added a red sequin heart to his sleeve and I heart Lily to his robes.
-------------------- Mrs. Figg raised the arm from which her string bag dangled and whacked Mundungus around the face and neck with it; judging by the clanking noise it made it was full of cat food. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix.
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Jul 2 2007, 08:43 PM
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The Crafty Witch  Posts: 4,413 Joined: 10:02pm March 9, 2005 Location: Québec, Canada |
Your costumes really sound awesome! Be sure to email us pictures if you take some! As for jewelry Tonks would wear, I truly don't have any idea. To me, Tonks isn't described as wearing jewelry (not in the books anyway). I believe it wouldn't be wise for her, considering how clumsy she is... She would tear her earlobe or something if she was wearing earrings. I think however you need to have a wand, and if you have her wearing jeans or pants of some kind, put the wand in the back pocket (for the "losing a buttock" thing). Other than that a Weird Sisters t-shirt, and maybe a pair of patched jeans.
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Jul 2 2007, 10:01 PM
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Sewing Goddess Posts: 649 Joined: 10:17am December 19, 2005 Location: Craft Therapy |
QUOTE(hydrangea @ Jul 2 2007, 02:03 PM) [snapback]1286336[/snapback] My duaghters are going as Tonks and Luna(last minute change in plans) I made radish earrings for luna out of red pom-poms and lime green embroidery thread. Used yellowed construction paper with glittered lettering for the quibbler and various sized corks for her necklace(which took awhile, and had to use an srong leather needle) Have the clothes and hair dye for Tonks but would welcome any suggestions for props or jewerly for her. My hubby will be Snape, but, this tear added a red sequin heart to his sleeve and I heart Lily to his robes. Hello! I'm dressed as Tonks in the pictures earlier in the post. I've seen several great ideas for her. I personally wear a necklace with bats on it that fits like a choker, but I don't wear earrings when I'm dressed as her. An Auror badge is always fun. I have a button maker so I covered my patched jeans with buttons. I have a Hufflepuff crest, one that says Stop Voldemort! and a I heart Werewolves button. I think of her as being a little bit punk, so I tried to go with that. All my patches were of bits of t-shirts, some machine stitched and some hand sewn. I even did a wand pocket on the side of my jeans. It was a big hit the last time I wore my costume. It worked quite well for keeping my wand out of the way. -------------------- sewhooked, the home of Harry Potter Paper Piecing by Jennifer Ofenstein
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Jul 3 2007, 06:50 AM
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Junior Dishwasher at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 601 Joined: 1:00pm September 21, 2006 Location: Teaching Winky how to cook |
Thanks for the jeans idea and I never thought of an Auror badge.Will try to upload pictures once we get the costumes complete. For my husbands Snape costume, was thinking of adding prison stripes to his robe, of course that may look a bit corny. I think a choker style necklace is great, nothing but plastic bats at the moment. Wonder if a silver scarab beetle necklace could work? Thanks again ,I'm off to work on costumes.
-------------------- Mrs. Figg raised the arm from which her string bag dangled and whacked Mundungus around the face and neck with it; judging by the clanking noise it made it was full of cat food. Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix.
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Jul 3 2007, 07:37 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 17 Joined: 8:03pm May 15, 2007 Location: Ravenclaw Tower |
I'm ALMOST done with my Luna costume. All that needs finishing are my skirt and robe (that my awesome seamstress mother is making), and my radish earrings (that are currently kicking my butt). After this, I don't think I'll ever use seed beads again. D:
For those of you who are going as Tonks, my friend (who is also dressing as her) had a cute idea of wearing several band-aids. It'd be a fun way of playing on her clumsiness. :] --------------------  "The thing about growing up with Fred and George," said Ginny thoughtfully, "is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." |
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Jul 3 2007, 09:32 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 9 Joined: 12:10pm April 18, 2006 Location: northern michigan |
I'm going to be a gringotts goblin for the release party at our library. i don't really know what to wear, though...
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Jul 4 2007, 09:38 AM
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The Crafty Witch Posts: 4,413 Joined: 10:02pm March 9, 2005 Location: Québec, Canada |
For Luna, if you have the time and energy, I highly suggest you do something like this. This is a friend of mine, Ann Laurel, at Lumos, obviously dressed as Luna. From what she told me, they bought a huge lion plush toy, opened it up, then glued/stappled/did-whatever-they-could-to-make-it-hold it to a hat. They also had to add strap to the hat, as it's of course very heavy on the head. In this case, the lion roars and his eyes light up when you press a paw. She was a total hit at Lumos.
You all make sure to send us pictures when you're done! As for goblins telgenhof I looked at the galleries and found this picture and this one, as well as this one. Looking at those, I would say they wear some sort of tuxedo, and you'd also need a very pointy nose and bat-like ears. I don't know how you could do that except with prostetics. -------------------- |
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