The one she has had to make from scratch is Humpty Dumpty.
Now this did include my help to some degree, but a very small degree consisting of 1 phone call and a number of texts. So here I go with the details.
Phone call #1
DD "Hi mum, I have to make some shorts for Humpty Dumpty, I have a hula hoop, how do I go about it?"
Me "You need to measure the circumference of the hula hoop, divide by four and draw the waistline of your pattern to that measurement."
DD "What about the rest of it?"
Me "I'll draw a pic and send it to you...."
Still on the phone to her, drawing, taking pic and sending.
DD "So if I draw this pattern and send it to you, where do I sew?"
Me "I'll need a different colour pen, hang on, got the pen! Ok sending to you."
Me "You sew down the purple bit, then have to sew together the 'J' bit for the crotch."
DD "Ok, will text when I have done the pattern."
The rest is by text.
Pic sent by DD.
Me "Make the legs longer, the 'J' rounder, remember it has to go round the crotch too."
DD "Ran out of paper when realised how long the 'J' would be lol what do you mean by rounder? Also remember the top will be stuck to the hula hoop."
I send back this pic.
Me "Remember I did that with my finger on my mobile so it's not very accurate!"
DD "Ha ha, ok."
DD "...ish, will cut it rounder! So is that ok?"
Me "Yeah, looks good, cut legs longer just in case you need longer crotch than pattern, better to cut some leg off after than have to start from scratch."
DD "Yup was gonna, that way I can cut the length to fit as well. Will probably cut tonight and make 2 separate legs as well but wait to sew them together tomorrow."
Me "Ok, good luck."
DD "Ok, ended up just keeping on going til I finished lol"
Me "Well done, looks like shorts :)"
The following day this pic arrived. Modelled on 4 year old, being made for older person so obviously too big for the model!
DD "Will have some padding on the shoulders as well."
Me "Excellent job Grasshopper!"
So concludes my tale of how to make a Humpty Dumpty costume. All I can say is that if she did it from those instructions and sew it all by hand, so can you!
