{"id":50329,"date":"2015-10-14T09:26:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T13:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=50329"},"modified":"2015-10-14T02:31:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T06:31:34","slug":"halloween-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/10\/halloween-inspiration.html","title":{"rendered":"halloween inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can think of at least two reasons why you might be sewing up a costume this month. The first reason is that Halloween is at the end of the month. The second reason is that Kid\u2019s Clothes Week is taking place next week and this season it has a <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2015\/10\/kids-clothes-week-october-2015.html\">disguise theme<\/a>. With that in mind, I thought I\u2019d show you some interesting things others have done. I\u2019ve rounded up some pretty amazing costumes. Maybe you\u2019ll find something here that piques your interest.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s begin with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/11721282@N08\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carrie<\/a> who sewed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/11721282@N08\/19369319916\/in\/pool-oliverands\/\" target=\"_blank\">Elsa and Anna dresses<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/product\/OLV-OS044GP.html\">Garden Party dress<\/a> pattern.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50330\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween1-580x773.jpg\" alt=\"Elsa and Anna dresses made from Oliver + S Gardern Party pattern\" width=\"580\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween1-580x773.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween1-206x275.jpg 206w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She also created these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/11721282@N08\/14011737404\/\" target=\"_blank\">Snow White dresses<\/a> using the <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/product\/OLV-OS043LD.html\">Library Dress<\/a> pattern.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50331\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween2-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"Snow White dresses made from Oliver + S Library Dress pattern\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween2-580x435.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween2-275x206.jpg 275w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next up, Shelley from <a href=\"http:\/\/bartacksandsingletrack.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bartracks and Singletrack<\/a> created this amazing <a href=\"http:\/\/bartacksandsingletrack.blogspot.com.au\/2015\/09\/carnival-of-animals-part-ii-cheetah.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cheetah look<\/a>. Can you guess which patterns she used? That would be the <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/product\/OLV-OS041AM.html\">Art Museum Trousers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/product\/OLV-OS050PP.html\">Parachute Polo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50332\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween3-580x388.jpg\" alt=\"Cheetah style Oliver + S Parachute Polo and Art Museum Trousers\" width=\"580\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween3-580x388.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween3-275x184.jpg 275w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kelly at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craftreeclasses.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Craftree<\/a> made this adorable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kddonovan\/15072086024\/in\/pool-oliverands\" target=\"_blank\">Mouse<\/a> using four Oliver + S patterns! The patterns include the <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/product\/OLV-OS047SB.html\">School Bus T-shirt<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/product\/OLV-OS042PTD.html\">Playtime Leggings<\/a>, as well as the Cozy Winter Hood and Tutu from the <a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/product\/OLV-OS026LIT.html\">Little Things to Sew<\/a> book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-50333\" src=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween4-580x834.jpg\" alt=\"Mouse Oliver + S School Bus T-shirt and Playtime Leggings\" width=\"580\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"\/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween4-580x834.jpg 580w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween4-191x275.jpg 191w, \/\/o.osimg.net\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween4.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So many wonderful costumes have already been featured on the blog in the past, please go check them out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2012\/05\/customizing-with-oliver-s-snow-white-puppet-show-dress.html\">Snow White Puppet Show dress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2012\/10\/customizing-with-oliver-s-evel-knievel-costume.html\">Evel Knievel costume<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/09\/halloween-costume-sewing-let-the-wild-rumpus-start.html\">Halloween costume sewing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2013\/11\/halloween-wrap-up.html\">Halloween wrap-up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/06\/elsa-dress-round-up.html\">Elsa dress round-up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/06\/customizing-the-nature-walk-pants-disco-pants.html\">Disco Nature Walk Pants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/10\/feature-friday-miss-frizzle-jump-rope-dress.html\">Miss Frizzle Jump Rope Dress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/10\/costume-round-up.html\">Costume round-up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2014\/11\/halloween-sewing-king-carlos-iv.html\">King Carlos IV<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are your Halloween costume plans?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See interesting things others have done, making costumes out of Oliver + S patterns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7455,"featured_media":50330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20687],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-50329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-costumes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/halloween1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5jZS5-d5L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57596,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/09\/seven-costume-tutorials.html","url_meta":{"origin":50329,"position":0},"title":"seven costume tutorials","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"September 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are seven tutorials to help you make dress-up clothes or costumes. Lots of links to costume inspiration is also included.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;general post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/costumesF.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":72885,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2019\/10\/costume-ideas.html","url_meta":{"origin":50329,"position":1},"title":"costume ideas","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"October 16, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"October is a popular month for costume sewing, so we couldn\u2019t leave it without a little costume inspiration.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;general post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/costumesF.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":63005,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/10\/halloween-inspiration-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":50329,"position":2},"title":"halloween inspiration","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"October 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"October is a popular month for costume sewing, so we couldn\u2019t leave it without a little costume inspiration.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;general post&quot;","block_context":{"text":"general post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/list\/general"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oliverands.com\/community\/content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/costumesF.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":63025,"url":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2017\/10\/halloween-costume-linky-party.html","url_meta":{"origin":50329,"position":3},"title":"halloween costume linky party","author":"Rachel Le Grand","date":"October 31, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Please share your costumes sewn using Oliver + S patterns by adding them to our costume linky party. 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