Dragon

I was amused, last October, when I asked the Oyster what he wanted to dress up as for Hallowe’en, and he said, “A ghost!” He went on to specify how I should make the costume, by getting a sheet and cutting it into the right size and then cutting two eye holes. Moreover, the Feaster would need one exactly the same.

But-but-but! I thought. How am I going to blog about this? Because I have my priorities straight, innit.

String Revolution was, at the time, less than six months old, and I was all gung-ho about doing loads of fabulous craft projects and writing about them in exhaustive detail – thus garnering admiration and accolades from an adoring horde of fans (that would be you).

Ghost costumes? Not really what I had in mind. Not fabulous enough, said my inner critic.

So I took the path of least resistance: I made the ghost costumes and then never blogged about them.

The Revolutionary Horde: Em, we don’t want to seem awkward, but that doesn’t look much like a ghost up there.
Léan: Hold your horses, I’m coming to that.

Ahem.

What I was remembering last Hallowe’en, you see, was the costume I’d made for the Oyster the previous Hallowe’en – a dragon, which was, though I say it myself, a tour de force.

And now, the Feaster is big enough for it! And I’m so thrilled that it’s getting a second outing! Isn’t he cute?

The costume needs a stitch here and there, but the basic design (copied from an all-in-one rainsuit) is strong, and I’ll probably use it again for other animals in the future. I expect to be making costumes to order for some years.

Meanwhile, they might have been simple to make, but the ghosts were pretty cute too.