Explorer Costumes Update

To be sure, the costumes slideshow is still incomplete to my shame. We did need to take time for other duties. But today we shopped at Goodwill for items to finish out the Columbus costume and voila, we found a ladies blouse and ruffled pillow sham both in the nearly exact same shade of cream and a nice Kossack-style fake fur hat. Puzzled?

The plan is to cut the ruffled trim from the pillow sham to make a ruffled collar and cuffs on the ladies blouse. The hat we will re-shape some with a few basting stitches and we're thinking of adding some of the same fur we used on the jacket for continuity but not so sure if that will look right. So stay tuned and watch the slide show this coming week for the outcome of our labors.

The Viking costume needs a little tweaking to make it fit just right plus accessories, like a shield, weapon, and helmet. Our researcher writing the report says that the horned helmets were not used in battle since they could be easily grabbed by an enemy combatant to the detriment of said Viking wearing the helmet so he wants to make a more authentic version. Thinking papier mache' for this project. Can't wait to take these pictures! And the reports should be good, too.