Hanging with my Gnomies: the Costumes

 LAWN ORNAMENTS UNITE!

*Girl Gnome Costumes*

They're done! And photographed:) I'm really happy with how they turned out and the girls seem to like them. 

The run-down on where everything is from:

1. The hats are acrylic felt (used this tutorial to make them). The fronts are folded back. Make a test one out of pattern-ease first!!

2. The dresses are Oliver + S Music Box pattern and made from Kona Cotton. Both size 5 but with different seam allowances and lengths.

The Dresses were altered (see back photo) to exclude the buttons going all the way down the back and gathered at the waist instead of pleats.

3. The blouses are from Old Navy.

4. The aprons are made by looking and measuring an apron from a Raggedy Ann doll I've had since I was little. The fabric is bleached muslin.

5. The "eyelets" (Dirndl lacing guides) on the backs of both dresses are purchased from this Dawanda seller.

6. The wide ribbon on each dress is vintage ribbon purchased on Ebay.

7. Flamingos from amazon, ceramic mushroom the the PX many years ago.

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I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 for super cheap off some guy working in the PX!! I am in Heaven. It's  my very 1st big girl phone; meaning one that can text easily and you can watch movies and all that good stuff like surf the web but most importantly is takes Instagram photos!!!! So be prepared to see a lot of those. I have wanted to do this since the 1st one I ever saw. They make everything look cool.

This was taken on the way to take the pictures. It's snowing here already!

Random

Here's a bib I made to keep from mushroom fabric (for some reason you can't super size the image). I think I'll make a matching diaper/wipe holder and changing pad. The bib is fabric I have that I covered in iron-on vinyl. This stuff is of inferior quality when you see it next to the other fabrics that already have the vinyl on them. The apron is a special order for an adult! My 1st adult vinyl apron. I trimmed it in bias tape rather than just fold the edges over like I usually do. I think I like this better. the only problem is it makes the cost of the apron higher because it uses almost a whole package of bias tape.
The video is of Emily singing. I'm sitting on the rocking chair in my room with Ava and Emily on my lap.