Monday 28 February 2011

Mama Made Monday - Roman Centurion

Ethan has a world history fortnight starting today. So every spare moment during half term was spent making a centurion outfir for him. Fortunately I had all the material. The tunic was made from curtain lining material, the over-tunic from some of that Per Una material I was given ages ago, plus some material I picked up from freecycle, and the red velvet was also from freecycle. Finished off with a button from my Nan's button stash I inherited. Oh, and we borrowed the leg armour from a neighbour! He had to wear a t-shirt and shorts underneath to try to combat the cold, and as I helped him into it all this morning, his first comment was "there are no pins in it are there?" As he had got caught with the pins a few times previously as we were trying it out for size!
I'm pleased with how it turned out, but hope no-one looks at it in detail!! Made all the better for being made from scraps!

6 comments:

  1. Looks good :) I've got to make some sort of tudor outfit by Friday. I have a green velvet skirt I'm hoping will become a cape!

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  2. Looks great Claire, well done!
    xxx

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  3. Looks fantastic, well done xxx

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  4. Wow - I think ikt's ace! You are so talented :-D

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  5. Oh well done you, that is a great costume.
    xx

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