More Costume Sewing

Only one costume to go!  My oldest daughter highland dances and she recently moved from Novice to Intermediate.  Now that she is an Intermediate, she requires 2 new costumes.


The Irish Jig
The first is the Irish Jig Costume.  This is a "fun" costume because there are so many different options!  We've gone quite simple for this one... She'll wear her white blouse and petticoat from her National Costume, and red & green reversible skirt, a white apron and a cummerbund.  She also wears red jig shoes (they are like a tap shoe), and it allowed to wear bows in her hair.  This weekend will be the first time she competes the dance in competition.

Fully reversible
Closes with Aplix (velcro) at the back

Bows
She wanted two bows for times when she can wear pig tails.
I think red ones might be brighter, but had the green ribbon in
the drawer...

This costume is one of  the least expensive to make... it uses poly-cotton broadcloth...  I chose the poly-cotton so it won't wrinkle as much.   I've found a great sale on broadcloth when a local fabric store was closing out... or another good time to buy is after Christmas when needing red and green.  At the next good sale, I will need to pickup some more red fabric as I'm nearly out...  My guess is the Aplix (left over from cloth diaper days), stabilizer, interfacing, ribbon, rivets, and hair elastics are the most expensive items...  Estimated total cost of the skirt, cummerbund, apron, and elastics is around $5-10 plus my time...
Sailor's Hornpipe
The second costume is the Sailor's Hornpipe.  We found one second hand for $20... including the Sailor's Cap... BUT it needed altering....so now I'm altering it.  I plan to finish this today.

Hopefully later today I can get photos of both costumes modelled..

Sewing Distractions:  Last night my 5 year old didn't want to go to sleep so I had an "assistant" helping me... Until WAY past her bedtime, so I had to quit sewing to get her to bed....  But I did clean up the sewing table and draft a pattern for a pair of pants for my daughters build a bear...