So chic!

There is actually a nice little sneaky way of doing a thumbnail.
Full credit for this method goes to stitchFIGHT...unlesss you're not supposed to do it, in that case I take full blame!!

I had noticed a while back some of stitchFIGHT's posts had a thumbnail that differed from the first image, so I asked her about it. Surprisingly no-one else seems to have noticed a few people who have done this little trick. Since there's a topic about it now, and in the spirit of making craftster a more glamorous place...here goes! 

Copy and paste your thumbnail image location at the very beginning of your post (just like you normally would when you add in an image). Inside the (img) tag, add "width=1 height=1"
So it should look like
(img width=1 height=1)http://www.craftster.org/pictures/yourpicture.jpg(/img)
You'll see a tiny dot on your actual post - but it'll show up as a thumbnail image in search results and such!

(and for a visual example of the dot: here's my Ryuk costume. See how just above the text in the post, there's a tiny dot? Right under the horizontal title line, and right above 'Everybodys favorite..." If you do a search for my Ryuk costume, you'll notice a thumbnail is different from the "first" big image in the post!)

Ha, love it!!! What materials did you use for the...wrapping?

EDIT: Well considering how this is in the Polymer Clay section, going to assume now it was that! D'oh - sorry about that! Is the stitching also clay?

You guys are adorably awesome! And I *love* Gunter - what a great idea!

Halloween? More like HalloWIN! (...did anyone get that?)
I love this. I truly do.

After slaving over a bunch of costumes earlier in the year, I wanted to do something easy and comfortable for Halloween (Catwoman in a sweater) but...I also wanted my husband to have an awesome outfit. So we decided to combine our skills and go as everybody's favorite Ghostbuster couple, (bearded) Venkman and Zuul! We weren't going for screen accuracy (there wasn't time and really, I was not in the mood to try and match every detail) but I think it works!


I bought a used flight suit off of ebay and sanded down the zippers (to reveal the brass underneath). I got the patches and three "name tags" from an ebay store. The white pilot pistol belt was from amazon and so were the rubber gloves. The gloves had text on them but that was removed easily with some rubbing alcohol. My wig was a Posie Wig from ebay. And I (eventually) found the fabric for my dress - sheerish orange organza and gold taffeta. I wanted silk and lamé but I couldn't find any close to the right colour!!! So my Zuul dress isn't as drapey as I would like it.




The Ghostbuster uniform belts are grey, so I decided to dye the canvass belt. I hate dying stuff. The last thing I "dyed" was my Ryuk wig - which was a horrible experience - and before that...I can't remember, probably because it was so traumatic. Much to my surprise, it worked!

   

You can find very detailed schematics for the proton pack online. I took one look at them...and decided, no screen accuracy this year! I decided to do one that would look "good enough." We really didn't want to buy anything to make the pack, so I made the entire thing out of cardboard and paper, with a few lids and spools added on. We did have to buy spray paint, and some tubing. It's amazing how spray paint makes everything better!

 

My husband made the gun, and wired up lights and a speaker to both the gun and proton pack. Again, the lights aren't in the correct place/the right colour, but at this point we were using what supplies we already had and what looked cool. There were blinking lights, triggered lights, and he had a speaker setup to play sound effects and songs from the movie.



I also ordered grey elbow pads and a yellow leg hose, but they didn't arrive until the day after the party (we'll use them next year!). We went to a party and everybody loved our costumes. And as a bonus, someone was dressed as Stay Puft. Very fitting. And yes, my husband is more of a (bearded) Spengler than a Venkman - I ordered three name tags and put velcro on the backs of them, so he can change his character depending on his mood.



My dress wasn't based on any pattern - I took a big tshirt and around that drafted a batwing dress. Maybe I'll try tackling it again next year with the 'right' fabric and some draping.

Thanks for looking!
There is no Tatterhood, only Zuul!

I feel like I've been making costumes all year-round, so I really wanted something comfy, cute, easy and quick to do for Halloween.
Artist Hanie Modh has drawn a variety of superheroines/villains in sweaters - which are all so delightful and fun, so I decided to create a costume of her Catwoman.



Surprisingly I couldn't find the right grey sweater, so I made my own out of a soft knit fabric (and pin-tucked the cuffs and giant mod-avant-garde collar-cowl). For the sweater pattern, I used Burda 7742 as a guide (I lengthened the torso and the arms, and then winged the cuffs, collar and neckline). The little cat face was cut out of fleece, embroidered, then stitched onto the sweater. I kind of mucked up the mouth embroidery, but then again, it was 2 in the morning on Halloween!



I decided to make her little cat-aviator-hood out of fleece (to keep things cozy). I looked at cowl patterns from past animal costumes, quickly cut one out of scrap material, then kept tucking and pinning it around my head until it was relatively tight (then made the final fleece version using the scrap one as a pattern). I didn't want to bother with a proper strap, so I sewed a thick piece of black elastic where a chin strap would normally go. The ears were pairs of triangles sewn together and flipped right-side out. I propped a piece of cardboard in them before sewing them to the cowl, to help them stand up a bit.



Pair with black tights, black gloves, black shoes, some red ski goggles and a little bit of eyeliner, and voila!
The Sweater Superheroines make really great, really easy costumes, so ladies, if you find you're running low on time next year, they are go-to costumes!

This looks great! I was Daria for a con earlier this year, but was too scared to tackle a pleated skirt. You're far braver than I! I can't wait to see the finished costume

These rock! I think my favorite is the Zelda cardigan ^_^

Have you seen Hanie Mohd's Superheroines/villains in Sweaters? (I'm doing the Catwoman one for one of my Halloween costumes.)

loveitloveitloveitl oveitLOVEIT!!

There has to be some...poetic justice(?) at work here. You rescue a poor little house that has clearly seen better days - and you make a beautiful thing out of it by making it even more rundown I love the aging/texture you applied to it. Your progress shown on the Wee House Craftalong forum was thrilling to go through.