If you follow my blog, you know that I made Anya an Elsa costume in April for a Wizard World comic convention.  She was a hit at the convention, with much pictures taken of her with little girls and other cosplayers.  Thank goodness she decided to be Elsa for Halloween, so she got more use out of her costume.  She actually wants to use it next year again, but I like to make costumes so I hope she decides on another character.  Kai wants to be Conner from Assassin’s Creed 3 (that Dad has played).  I have my work cut out for me on that one!

So, yes, she was Elsa for Halloween, along with many, many other little  girls…

🙂

Unfortunately, the weather was not conducive to a sheer-sleeved dress (in the 30’s F).  Luckily I had a few yards of minky fabrics to make her a suitable cape to go with her dress.

The cape is adapted from an old pattern I had that went up to a size 8.  It also wasn’t really long enough, so I added length to the cape.  I drew up a hood, which I honestly should have made a bit deeper.  It worked well enough, but I marked up the pattern that I needed to add some depth if I make it again.

The minky on the inside is a bit of a purplish-blue, so it doesn’t really match the dress.  Oh well, I wasn’t running out to the fabric store to buy anything, so she got what she got!  The white works with it, so that is the important part.

For the closure, I sewed a narrow elastic into the front seam…or at least I tried to.  Darn stuff was slippery, so one of them didn’t make it through the serger.  I just sewed it on the backside.  Good enough.  I already had to pull the fur out of the seams with my seam ripper.  I didn’t want to have to use it more than necessary.

The big buttons were from my button stash.

At one point my Grandma Jo gave me all of her buttons from her many, many years of sewing.  I don’t need to buy buttons unless it really is a specialized project.

So, here was our Elsa!  I still love her costume.  It’s awesome.  It was a PITA to sew, but it is awesome. 🙂