Make Your Own Costumes Class -Tutorials coming soon!

I start a new sewing class soon on October 20, 2012.  It's a make your own costume class.  Should be pretty fun. I have found some cute costumes online and I plan to teach my students how to make them.  I found most of them on, you guessed it, Pinterest.  I also made some costumes for my daughter's pre-school play and got some ideas from doing that as well.  I had to modify them to make them my own but I thought I would let you all know how it goes and maybe post a few tutorials on what we did a a class to make these fun costumes.


 

“Make Your Own Costume” Class

Learn how to make handmade costumes! Sign up for as many of the classes you would like and stay until you finish. Materials are provided. Email the instructor at youcansew@yahoo.com with any questions and to reserve fabric for the superhero or princess of your choice. Go to www.murrieta.org to register

Princess Dress: Once you have made one, you can make them all.  Use the same pattern to make the as many princess dresses you desire! Loved the idea from this etsy site (mykidsdrawers).  I think I am going to use the costume satin though, and some tulle and maybe some organza to make them a little bit more fancy. 

Tutu Dress: Whether she dresses up as a super hero or a flower this dress is sure to be the cutest thing on the block. 

Stunning Knight: Dress up your little knight in this easy to make knight costume with a robe of valor and matching shiny helmet.

Super hero cape: These capes can be made plain or with the super hero symbol of your choice.  They are reversible so he can go from batman to superman in a flash.  Mask pattern will also be provided for you to take. 

·         Please note fabric type/color may not be as shown for the day of the class.  If you would like a certain color, please e-mail instructor

Let me know what you think?  Which super hero would you make for your cape??  I have fabric for almost all the princesses, which do you think I should have the most of?

What to try first??

I suppose I am just what you would call an ordinary stay-at-home Mom.  I on the other hand, do not consider myself to be ordinary.  In fact, I think I am anything but ordinary.  I have two wonderful kiddos (both girls) and one big kid, my husband.  We love to play and be outside whenever we can.

I teach sewing here where I live in CA just one night a week.  I love my job (if you can even call it that).  I also take seamstress work where I can get it.  I recently signed up for pinterest and realized this could be dangerous.  I have sooo many sewing projects pinned that I have plans for projects from here to kingdom come.  I have loved getting new ideas for my classes and seeing all the different ways people teach and accomplish the same task in new ways.  That is were this blog comes in... 

I have tried MANY things that I have found on pintrest some went really well and others, well, not so well.  I have found fun and easy costumes and perfect crafts for my kids.  I put together an entire summer school program with crafts, science projects, sight words, you name it, all from ideas I found on pinterst.  I have some health issues (that I am sure I will talk about on this blog) that have "forced" me to change my eating habits.  I thought I was healthy before... So I will let you know about some of the gluten free recipes and low-fat recipes I have tried.  I am a pretty good cook (if I don't say so myself).  I do ok finding my way around the kitchen and I can follow directions from a recipe.  Again, some recipes have worked out well, others... well you know, not so well. 

I like to make hand-made things too.  So I may have some fun giveaways along the way too.  This whole idea is rather daunting to me, but I hope if nothing else we have fun trying all our fun "pins" from pinterst together!