Mirror Mirror costume.

I made this for a five year old. when we went to see the movie she was in love with it and asked if I would make it for her. the most challenging thing about making a costume for a five year old is it has to be one hundred percent machine washable. especially when I know her mother would throw it in the washer and dryer even if it wasn’t. so began the stressing about what to use. cotton obviously for the shirt. some sort of blend for the pants and vest. I used McCall’s pattern # 6530 with some obvious modifications for the shirt and pants. I made the pants legs much wider and changed up the sleeves a bit. the vest I drafted on my own. the leaves I used fabric I had left over from brides maids dresses I made last year. I cut them out then painted them, I didn’t do as many leaves on the vest as it had in the movie. a vest for a five year old is after all quite a bit smaller then one for an adult. I didn’t want to fight with tiny leaves they were already awfully small to work with. the other major change I made is that the vest Velcro's in the front as opposed to lacing. I figured lacing might be a bit complicated for a five year old. the Velcro is quick and easy. so she can put on the vest by herself, without frustrations. when I gave her the costume she was so excited, and wanted to play snow white for the rest of the day.


shirt

vest front

vest back

I stressed about the leaves on the vest. I knew they had to be appliquéd on, but I wasn't sure how I wanted to do it. I knew I didn't want to zigzag the edges as they still fray a bit with just zigzagging. I tried using fray block but it left a weird residue, that made the gold fabric look greasy. plus it didn’t completely stop the fraying. in the end I opted to use black puffy paint. completely washable and disappeared better then anything else. I did sew down each leaf before applying the paint. I liked the end result and was very happy with the vest.


pants