My girls wanted to be witches this year and I decided to make their costumes myself. I bought two long sleeved black tees at Target and some fabric and tulle at Joann's Fabric Store. We found hats and wigs at various places. Voila! Halloween costumes.
Here is how I did it without patterns!!
Big girl's skirt is lace fabric cut into strip long stripes, each gathered and sewn to the shorter one. Then, I made an elastic waistband. Voila! Lacey tiered witch skirt. She wears black leggings underneath. Her top was long sleeved but I cut the sleeves halfway between elbow and wrist and sewed on more lace. I stretched the sleeves as long as they would go to sew on a circle of lace I had cut and sewed to be 4X the regular length of the cuff. It worked! Voila! Lacy cuffed sleeve. She is wearing my black velvet gloves from some formal event many moons ago and a cute hat we got on sale last year after Halloween. She added a velvet vest over the top for detail.
Little girl's tutu is made from strips of tulle cut 3-4 inches wide and knotted onto an elastic sewn to fit her waist. I took one black and one purple piece of tulle together and knotted them in the middle on the skirt. It is supposed to look messy and it does! She did not want lacey sleeves so she is just wearing it with black leggings and a black tee. Her hat and wig are something I found on sale a few days ago.
I also made myself a witch outfit and will post those pics later.
They look cute! (And spooky!) Great work. Next year I think I'll make Tillie's costume.
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