With less than two months til Steampunk World’s Fair, I’ve decided to get serious about making something for my “Mini-mes”. Both of whom have declared they want a plague doctor outfit. The robe, at least, should be fairly simple – a Star Wars Jedi-like costume pattern should do the trick. Off to the fabric store went I, and returned home again with pattern, fabric, and thread.
Am I cheating using a cheesy Halloween costume pattern? I prefer to think of it as being “efficient”. I’ll save the feats of engineering ingenuity for grown up fashions and accessories, and work smarter-not-harder for the clothes the children will grow out of in a year!
Only… it appears I have to engineer the pattern after all! The “XS to XL” pattern – where the XS fits chest sizes 30″ – 32″ and I even measured my kids at the store to make sure XS would be close enough – apparently went with one size fits all for the robe.
No XS option. No XL option. Not even an “adjust length here” mark! Finished measurement around at chest? Sixty-four inches!!! Twice as large around as the older child.
That sound you just heard? My head hitting the sewing desk.
Creatively Compulsive 