My Little Dude asked for a Minecraft Myth costume for this year’s Halloween costume. I wasn’t too sure what a Minecraft Myth actually is but I knew where to find the perfect sewing pattern! Peek-A-Boo Patterns Costume Creator is a loose fitting jumpsuit which is endlessly customisable. It’s perfect for creating just about any costume you can imagine.
Keep on reading for details of the hacks I used to sew this Minecraft Myth Costume with Peek-A-Boo Patterns Costume Creator Sewing Pattern.
Costume Creator Sewing Pattern
I love sewing with stretch fabrics but good quality stretch fabric is really expensive. Cheaper stretch fabrics tend to have really poor recovery so the garments look scruffy after just a few wears. They also tend to be very unpleasant to sew with, twisting and slipping all over the place!
Woven fabrics on the other hand are abundantly availible at affordable prices and can be really cheap if you get creative. Polycotton for example is availible in a huge range of designs and generally only costs a few pounds a metre. With some thrifty fabric hoarding woven fabrics can even be sourced for free – my very favourite price.
Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s Costume Creator Sewing Pattern can be sewn in either stretch or woven fabrics. So it is perfect for making use of your fabric stash and saving money on your fabric shopping. It’s really useful for when you’re trying to find just the right shade of white for a Halloween costume.
After some Googling to find out what on earth a Minecraft Myth actually is and what it looks like, I opted for the collarless hooded jumpsuit. It’s a great simple base to add your own embellishments. After printing the pattern I chopped a few inches off the bottom of the legs and arms. I cut the bottom part of the pattern from black and the reast in white, adding a seam allowance to both ends.
After sewing the black and white fabrics together to make the complete pattern piece I followed the rest of the instructions on the sewing pattern.
I love Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s! I’ve got quite a selection now.
I signed up to their mailing list and regularly get emailed discounts off new and old patterns. When you find a sewing pattern designer you like do take the time to sign up for their mailing list and Facebook pages – they will generally make it worth your while. Here’s a link to the Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s Facebook group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/peekaboopatternshop. Check out the featured section for free patterns as well as a discount off any pattern.
Every Peek-A-Boo pattern I’ve tried so far has been very straightforward to sew. They are easy to print and the instructions are super clear. They don’t generally include more than one of two fiddley details. I generally complete a Paak-A-Boo pattern with zero swearing but they are still interesting enough to be just the right level of challenging. Perfect for making kids clothes quickly enough to keep up with their growth spurts.
Digital Sewing Patterns
Digital sewing patterns are fantastic for kids clothes because you just print the size you want, no tracing or messing about trying to preserve the larger sizes of the pattern for using as your child grows.
They generally come with loads of different options and a wider size range than traditional paper sewing patterns. Most of the digital sewing patterns I own go all the way up to the teenage years.
If you are new to using digital sewing patterns take a look at this tutorial for simple steps to printing and assembling digital sewing patterns.
Sewing Fabric
I had a tricky brief for this sewing project – trust an eight year old to be super specific with zero idea of how much work they’re asking for. Minecraft Myths are kind of whiteish greyish mottled, not quite a solid colour but mostly a ghostly off white. Not easy to find.
Money Saving Tip
Polycotton is a great choice of fabric when sewing for children. The quality isn’t as good as 100% cotton fabrics but it is a fraction of the price and will last long enough for a child to grow out of a garment or toy. It washes well too and it’s cheap as chips and comes in a huge variety of designs – perfect for sewing for kids.
But luck would have it I found an old fabric scrap in exactly the right colours with a murky mottled type random pattern. Not only was the colour perfect but I had exactly the right amount of fabric. If I hadn’t have been chopping of the legs and arms I wouldn’t have had enough, it was that perfect.
I love it when a project comes together like this, making the most of my fabric scraps and so costing nothing.
The black fabric came from an old bedsheet that I saved because plain black fabric always comes in handy. I think I managed to get the contrasting cuffs out of scraps leftover from a quilt I’ve almost finished sewing.
Money Saving Tip
Don’t throw out your old sheets and table cloths! The make great FREE fabric, especially for when you need a large piece of solid fabric.
I get most of my fabric from Minerva Crafts. They have a great selection and very reasonable prices.
Sewing Thread
I use Coats Moon Thread for all of my sewing projects. It’s a fantastic all rounder great for machine sewing, hand sewing, quilting and top stitching. Best of all it’s fantastic value. I use it for literally everything!
I buy it in bulk and put the surplus in my Etsy shop. There’s loads of colours to choose from.
Money Saving Tip
Grey sewing thread shows up the least on most colours of fabric. Invest in large spools of grey thread which is cheaper than buying lots of different colours in smaller spools. It will also save you time because you won’t have to change your thread so often.
Sewing Tools
Peek-A-Boo Pattern’s Costume Creator Sewing Pattern is surprisingly straightforward and doesn’t require a lot of sewing tools. Just the usual cutting and pining supplies.
Sewing Notions
The jumpsuit has a zipper closure. It just needs a standard closed end zip.
Sewing Techniques
Here are the sewing techniques I used to sew this project. You can click on the images for full step by step instructions on how to do each technique.
Sewing Flat Sleeves
Sewing sleeves can be intimidating but it’s a key skill that you will need for a lot of sewing projects. Keep practicing and it will get easier with time.
Follow these simple steps to sewing sleeves.
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A Little Bit About Me . . .
Hey there I’m Bridie, a busy mum to two amazing humans, a spirited border collie puppy and a pair of sweet guinea pigs. We homestead in a cherished Edwardian terrace in not so sunny Lancashire, England.
When I’m not spending time with my children and menagerie, I’m usually to be found in my craft room creating and blogging or in the kitchen cooking up a big batch of something tasty. I’m always looking for thrifty hacks to save money on my crafts and recipes. Crafting doesn’t have to cost a fortune!
I sew with a lot of free patterns, repurposed fabrics and thrifty hacks. I’m always on the look out for deals and ways to cut the cost of sewing.
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