bjornwilde

A while ago I commented to

laragoth that the costuming she has done is inspirational to me for making costumes for meh wee one. I mentioned that I had made a costume already and she asked for me to post a picture of it; so here we are.

The costume I made is Polly from Polly and the Pirates by

tednaifeh, an old friend of mine. The way it came about was that a friend's daughter was having a pirate themed birthday and of course my daughter can't just go in store bought right?

So off I ran to the fabric store and the internet to find what instructions I could for making a "pirate shirt". The instructions I found were bunk for children's size so I had to improvise. I also improvised and made the skirt without a pattern. Edited to add: I forgot adn should totally point out that my wife

zoe_me helped me figure out how to save the shirt from the bad directions I found online.

I have to say I am nervous about posting this (especially with two great costume makers,

laragoth and

dj_spider, on my friends list) as it really is not that well done or that complex of a costume. The shirt is not really the shirt Polly is wearing. And I never got around to making the ammo belt/sash thingy I can't remember the name of. Katie does have a nerf cutlass to go with it but this picture is all I have as I haven't taken the time to have her pose in the costume.

Anyway, enough self-deprecating; here it is, Katie as Polly-Anne Pringle, aka Peg Malloy, the Pirate Princess! Katie's the one on the left btw, the one on the right is a comic cover for reference. ; ]