I finished up Carolyn’s Mummy costume today! (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.)
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The hardest part of this entire costume was the mask. Luckily Carolyn had today off from school for teacher conferences – I needed her to model this pretty frequently. This time, instead of only sewing strips from the bottom up, I also sewed them from the neck, over the top of the head, and back down – like you would if you were wrapping your head with bandages. This was kind of tricky and I’m not 100% thrilled with how it came out, but I think overall it’s a reasonable facsimile of a mummy mask.
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Finally, I had Carolyn try on the shirt so I could figure out the end of sleeves/hands part. I cut a slit between the cuff and shirt for her thumb to stick out, then wrapped strips around the cuff and hand-stitched them down. It takes up the excess sleeve material and acts almost like gloves – hopefully I won’t have a chilly mummy for Halloween!
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This costume seemed so simple on the surface, but it’s all in the details: I let bits of strips hang down while I sewed them on, and shredded the ends so there weren’t finished selvedge edges of the fabric showing.
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I also took a rather big tuck in the back of the pants – the downside of buying pants a couple of sizes to big is that they have a tendency to fall off as the mummy walks!
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With all the details done, it’s time for a “beauty” shot. That’s one good-looking mummy costume! Total, I spent $26. I probably could have spent a little less on one of the awful store-bought costumes we saw, but this is much, much better. Carolyn is super happy with how it turned out, too!