So it’s almost Halloween, and if you are a customer of mine you have already armed yourself with the ULTIMATE Halloween skills…the art of sewing! Those of you who know me might have witnessed my competitive side, if there is a costume competition on the go YOU(my lovely Sew Confident Customer) are winning it and here is how!

1. We’ve got to assume that someone with  bit of imagination is judging this. I honestly think it should be some kind of social law that costumes from a shop be immediately disqualified. No imagination. So already that wipes out about 75%* of the competition. The odds are in our favour already!

*These statistics are made up

2. Since 75%* of the party have shop bought costumes, and most shop bought costumes are TERRIBLE, you’re costume is going to look amazing in comparison. I mean how many crap witches will you be up against?!

*These are still made up
 

3. The WORLD is your costume oyster! If you want to go out dressed as a cheque book, you can do it. A biscuit? No bother. A map of the world, absolutely! Think outside the box and you’re already halfway to winning. 

4. Anything is actually possible. You can combine sewing skills with papier mache and tin foil, maybe you’ll even embroider some parts. Are you wondering how? Let me tell you how I made my favourite bacon and egg costume.

The story here is I actually had a mermaid costume until my friend who lived in London at the time announced she was coming up and was up for coming out for Halloween. So after a few texts back and forward I had offered my skills to make two ridiculous costumes.

These are SO simple. You need the heaviest interfacing you can find. It’s almost like a fabricy cardboard but you can sew through it. Draw your shape straight onto the interfacing. Cut a back and a front that are exactly the same shape and size except for the head hole(which is only on the front). Cover your front piece and back piece with cheap white fabric. Stitch all the way around the outside and around the head hole. Now Cut out and stitch on your red or yellow bit. You can even use fusible web or fabric glue for this bit. Place your front pieces and back pieces wrong sides together and stitch around the edges leaving space for your arms and your legs of course!

YOU HAVE A COMPETITION WINNING COSTUME!

Of course If you have an idea or you want to make your own Bacon and Egg you can come along to our Halloween Costume Workshop here

5. If all else fails and you run out of time to make a costume, remember all you need is a white sheet with two eye holes and you are STILL better than a shop bought witch!