Although this site is mainly devoted to beauty tips for women on occasion I like to share some other stuff I’m into like sewing.  I’m very much a beginner at sewing; so this is no project runway type stuff.

My youngest, 3, wants to be a pirate.  You think no problem with that, except she wants to be a Mickey Mouse Pirate.  I can’t just step into the Disney Store and pick one up.  They do have some Pirates of the Caribbean costumes but they are mainly for boys and they don’t have Mickey Mouse on them.  She wants Mickey Mouse all over this costume.  So this would have to be a homemade Halloween costume.  I couldn’t find a vest, so one had to be made.  Here is a front and back picture.  A simple vest nothing crazy.

I then need to create the images that I would use for the vest.  Below is a picture of what I used: my computer, Cricut Create, a Cricut mat, Sure Cuts A Lot 2 software, a brayer, Steam-A-Seam 2, Fray Check, and white and red fabric.

Once I created my images on the computer, I ironed on the Steam-A-Seam to the pieces of white and red fabric.  Used the Cricut Create and Sure Cuts A Lot 2 to cut out the images.

I then ironed on the images to the vest to create the Mickey Mouse Pirate look. I applied Fray Check so that the images would not fray.

The pirate hat was a bit trickier.  I picked up the hat at Clarie’s.  This is what it looked like before the full transformation into the Mickey Mouse Pirate hat.  I wanted to give it the Jack Sparrow feel by adding some dangly things to it and I would have loved to try my hand at dreadlocks but I don’t have the time for that.  So yarn pieces braided up was the best I could do.

I still needed to get Mickey on the pirate hat.  The idea I came up with was to cut Mickey Pirate out of a foam sheet and sew him onto the hat.  I couldn’t use fabric because it didn’t cover up the skull, it was too transparent.  The foam sheet cut out worked like a charm.

Here is the Mickey Mouse Pirate or as she says the Mickey Pirate costume for Halloween this year.  I picked up the sword at Target and the sash was made from red fabric.  So to complete the outfit she will have on a white t-shirt and black pants.    Now if only I had time to make myself one too but I have to work on my oldest daughter’s costume.