You must be lost

Ok, so I'm being a post whore today, so sue me.

We've got several costumed events coming up (four off the top of my head but two sets of costumes needed) and I feel bad that I always put a ton of time and effort into my costumes, but because Chris doesn't really care, we wind up throwing something passable together out of bits and pieces in the closet at the last minute. As such, I think I'm going to set aside the Angel gown for the moment and focus on his costumes for these events. I have other stuff I can wear after all and he doesn't. I'm trying to think of things I could possibly throw together in the next three weeks. I know I've made him a shirt before in less than a week without doing a mockup and I've already got a pattern for one if I want to do that one again. I'd like to get a hold of this pattern and try that one instead though, maybe minus the collar. I'll run it by him. I could even make it out of muslin (what I've got right now is a heavy unbleached muslin that would work well). I've also got 3-4 yards of black silk velvet that could be made into a surcoat for him and I even have Gondorian looking trim to go on it in black, gold and silver. Pants I would buy (thinking about the velvet pants at Museum Replicas). Boots I would buy too, except I'm not sure how much we have to spend on this stuff right now. I've got a long D-ring belt as well.

Now, that takes care of two events. Then there's Halloween. I decided I didn't want to sew for Halloween after scrambling to finish costumes for ALEP and thought we could do pirates, since I started collecting things for them for Ren Fest earlier in the year. I've got my ensemble done, with the exception of some details, but we could use a vest, some boots and some details for his costume. Again, I've got plenty of belts (even though my pirate belts are kind of crappy). We could use some weapons and maybe a tricorn hat. I'd like to get nice stuff, but I'm not feeling the need to spend a lot of money right now (there's a great hat on Ebay I've watched for a while, but it's $35, which is not expensive, except for all the other bits and pieces we need to get right now). I might just take a trip to Party City and see what they've got. I'm sure pirates are still a popular costume this year, so I should be able to find something decent.

Then there's Jonah. Chris agreed to do pirates only if I dress Jonah as a parrot. Yes, a parrot. And holy cow, I actually found one! I could add some feathers to complete the effect and be done with it! Freakin' awesome! I thought I was going to have to wrack my brain and come up with something creative, heh.