Harley Quinn – Christmas Jester | DC Comics
Made for : a replacement after my pleather suit started to deteriorate.
Background : Needed something fun and Batman themed for the local Christmas parade so I sewed together a two toned Christmas hat and wore my favourite DC villain!
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Things used :
- Simplicity 8434
- McCall’s M7397
- 1.5m red stretch velvet
- 1.5m black stretch velvet
- White fabric
- pom poms
- 1x red Santa hat
- 1x black Santa hat
construction
I love a costume where I don’t have to alter a patter whatsoever, it’s always such a nice change to the frakensteining I usually find myself doing.
I used the Simplicity pattern – 8434 and using a combination of black and red stretch velvet, I made the suit and boot covers exactly as the pattern called for. The collar was also made following the pattern, from some white fabric I had in my stash. I finished the ends with white pom poms.
I think the gloves were made using the Yaya Han McCall’s pattern – M7397. Looking back on it, I think I made them wrong because they were really small. I don’t think I checked what seam allowance they called for and just did the standard 1.5cm.
The cuffs were kept from my old pleather Harley suit.
The hat was two Santa hats, one red and one black, sewn together to create a double ended one.
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