Texas Renaissance Festival!

Yesterday we we able to go to the Texas Renaissance Festival.  We try to go every year, and it is definitely one of the things we will miss about living in Texas.  This is the first year that I have made all of our costumes.

I've posted about the costumes individually , but I'll link them here for the Google searchers.  I'm wearing McCalls 6141, altered for maternity.  It's still is a great fit at 33 weeks!

Logan is sporting McCalls 5500 on top and Burda 9671 on the bottom.  The applique is a dragon, roughly based on an online coloring page.  He got tons of compliments on his cool dragon!  The pants get worn constantly.  They fit him well and he likes them.  The tunic is a little big, but he's comfortable in it.

Mitch is wearing a heavily altered McCalls 4530 on top, and Simplicity 4378 on bottom.  The pants are a TNT for him.  He loves his tunic, and I am so happy to have finally managed a Ren Fest outfit for him that is comfortable and looks good.

My little princess's gown is based on Butterick 4910.  She loves it, and passers-by universally found her adorable.

We had a great time at the Faire! We watched belly dancers, jousters and sword fights, enjoyed all of the interesting costumes, and ate way too much faire food.  But the coolest part?

The elephant ride!!

Burda 9671

Here you have the last piece produced during my big sewing day.

These are Logan's pants, which I made to go with his costume, but was hoping he could also wear as "just pants".  I worried when I was cutting them out that the cuffed, pleated legs would be a little odd for everyday wear, but I actually think they look pretty good.  The shirt he is wearing is the creation of the great Amanda of Kitschy Coo.  It is Logan's absolute favorite shirt.  The pants are made from Burda 9671 out of a piece of black mystery fabric from the remnant bin at Hancock's.  I think it is a poly/rayon "linen look".  I did make some alterations to the pattern, both for ease of sewing and wear.  The pants are designed with a fly front with elasticated back waistband.  Since zippers were not around in medieval times (and Logan has trouble with them at potty time) I opted for an elastic casing.  (I know, elastic wasn't around then either - whatever.  Potty time convenience takes precedence over historical accuracy.) Without the fly, they were quite a quick sew even with the buttoned bands at the hem.

Here you can (sort of) see the pleats and bands.  The pants are pleated on either side of the side seam into a functioning buttoned band.  Logan wore his pants to preschool today, and declared that he likes them.

They are not only appropriate for medieval princes, but also for rock star wannabes.