Mistoffelees Costume (2003)

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This costume was very simple and was designed for one of my school's "Spirit Days". I may post more pictures later, but at the moment this is all I have. :)

Now, for the bodysuit, I simply took the pants and shirt I used from my Quaxo Costume and began from there. For the chest fluff, I cut a series of strips from white cloth, each strip ranging from 2-5 in. length and 1-2 in. width. Then I sewed them onto another white piece of cloth, and simply sewed the cloth to the back of the shirt (the shirt had a 'V' neck, so the cloth just popped out of the top of the 'V'). If you look closely enough, you can see that I also sewed beads onto the shirt to achieve the 'sparkly' effect. To do this, I made several strands of beads (each bead was medium-sized, like about the size of an eraser on a pencil, and see-through), and sewed each strand onto the shirt. You must be careful, though, to not sew the beads on too tight, so that they 'hang' off the shirt, otherwise it won't look quite right. The arm-warmers (I know Misto didn't have arm-warmers, but it was freezing out) were made using the sock method. The 'sock method' is just taking a series of thick, men's length tube socks, cutting off the 'cuff' of the sock and opening the toe so that when you turn the sock inside-out, it forms a fuzzy tube. Then you make several of these and bunch them up and down your arms and legs, and it makes a pretty decent warmer. The tail was made using the 'yarn' method.