Whoa! I don’t know if ingenuity is part of being a mom or
inherent to a person. But, I want to believe the former – that being a mom
leaves you no choice but to think of good ideas without sacrificing the budget.
Chloe
was invited to attend a themed birthday party of her
classmate; and each of the invitees was encouraged to wear an Arabian
Night's
costume. I was thinking of buying a ready-made costume since I have no
time to find (and borrow) nor to make one. However, the costs of the
costumes online are way too expensive for just an hour or two of usage.
So I dismissed the idea of
buying a ready-to-wear attire.
I hit my box of goodies and desperately looking for any available
piece of clothing to make use as a costume. Voila! I found an old flowy, sheer
blue cloth which is perfect for the harem pants. Now, my dilemma was how am I
going to work on it? With the assistance of PapaLo, I learned how to make the
pants’ pattern. I was actually hoping to make use of my portable sewing machine
which I bought years ago from Lazada.com. But with no luck, the machine was not
working well. What made the situation a 'lil challenging was the fact that the costume will be used on the
following day. Now, it leaves me no choice except to make the harem pants and
the rest of the accessories manually. Yes, I'm making it DIY. (GREAT!)
So, here is the finished DIY Arabian Night's Costume. Harem pants by yours
truly, belly dancing accessory/belt which I used as Chloe’s top (with an inner
top, of course), headdress (also a DIY) which was actually used by Chloe as an
Egyptian before and the rest is purely Chloe’s charm.:)
Though the sewing process was quite tiring but I know that I was enjoying it as much as Chloe’s enjoying her party.
What makes it more
fulfilling is the fact that at the end of the day, Chloe bagged the Best in
Costume Award.
Job well done, anak! Nanay’s hardwork had been paid off.
