It’s Fibre Friday! We have been working on all sorts of sewing and knitting projects. As you know, we like to cosplay (see our Elsa cosplay here). I am going to share the cosplay we are finishing for Hal-Con in Halifax next week! We are big fans of the animated series (not the movie), Avatar: The Last Airbender. Since my daughter is into acrobatics, she decided to dress as Ty Lee.
Sewing a Ty Lee Costume: Part 1
My daughter started with a design.
Then my daughter and I went on a shopping trip to the local fabric store and found the perfect colours for Ty Lee’s costume.
Next, my daughter cut out some pattern pieces on her own for the collar and the skirt.
For the pants, we used a combination of a basic kids’ pattern I had on hand and this harem pant pattern we found on Pinterest.
We cut strips to make cuffs.
Then we cut pieces for the skirt, hemmed them, and attached them to the waistband. If we had it to do over again, we would have doubled each piece, sewn around them, and turned them inside out so they hang better.
Here are the finished pants!
Since we hadn’t finished the top before CaperCon, my daughter wore one of her pink tops with the pants. We will be finishing the Ty Lee top this week and I will share with you! Are you working on any Halloween or Hal-Con costumes? Will we see you at Hal-Con? Please let me know in the comments below!
You can find Sewing a Ty Lee Costume Part 2 here.
Love, Luck &
Laughter,
Kimberly
That looks like fun! My girls love to play dress-up, one of these days I should get around to looking for simple patterns for their play 🙂
Dressing up is so much fun. I think that’s why we all love being involved in theatre so much 🙂
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Hello! I think you did an amazing job with Ty Lee’s pants! I am planing on making a costume of her and was wondering what fabric you used? Obviously if you’re going to be doing acrobats in the costume it has to have some stretch but I couldn’t figure out what would work best. Thank you!
Aww, thank you Bethany! It was only our second time creating a cosplay from scratch 🙂 We merely used cotton so no stretch, but made sure the pants were roomy enough to do acrobatics in. Here is part 2 where we share the finished costume: https://homeschoolinginnovascotia.com/sewing-a-ty-lee-costume-part-2/
I will share some photos on that post of my daughter doing some acro tricks tomorrow.