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Made By A Fabricista: Bewitching in Pink

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It's after a July fourth, you know what that means? HALLOWEEN! When I checked my stash of patterns for inspiration I found a witch hat pattern and I couldn't resist since I could style and reuse both the hat and skirt for several characters as well as have a new skirt for my wardrobe!

I absolutely love making hats, from beginning to end it's so relaxing for me. Once I had my pattern for the witch hat printed out and assembled, I started by reenforcing my main fabric, a Malibu Pink stretch sateen shirting with some interfacing for both the hat and brim. Taking separate interfacing for the internal structure of the brim I stitched wire to both the outer edge of the brim and the middle since I knew this hat would be a bit heavy, I wanted extra support!

Once the support layer was done, I covered the underside (where the wire was attached) I added a layer of batting, then attached the caps to their brims for both the exterior and lining, before sandwiching them together. To finish the raw badge along the brim I used some raspberry polyester shantung to bind the edge by hand with whip stitches, and finished off with a band and bow with the shantung at the base of the brim.

For the skirt I did it in my favorite style, like that with 18th century skirts the waistband is in two halves for the front and back skirt panels. When making pleated skirts, I love to do a box pleat at center front, then knife pleats angled out from center. I also continue the angle of the pleats to the center back ending in an inverted box pleat.

Since the side seams are open at the top so I can access pockets (also in the 18th century style) I opted to do a rolled hem on each panels sides before sewing the side seams. Since the selvedge was able to be used as the hem, I opted to just fold back the edge to hide the selvedge and have a pretty and neat hem. As a closure, I wanted to try something new, so instead of the traditional ties (and still avoiding a zipper) I decided to try out a button closure and honestly I'll probably do this more on this style of skirt!

I'm so excited to add a new skirt to my wardrobe as well as have a perfectly pink hat and skirt combo I could use a variety of characters! Witch Princess Peach? Witch hat Galinda? Witch Barbie? This set will have endless opportunities in my cosplay wardrobe!


MINA  | @cosplaytology 

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  1. AnonymousJuly 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM

    Cute outfit! After all, costumes weren't costumes originally - they were what people were wearing at the time! I have also seen a so-called costume pattern for a hooded cape made into an "everyday" garment - a different choice of fabric was all it took! Enjoy your "Summerween!"

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