This is the second costume we made, it was going to be a catsuit with catmask originally, but changed as we made it!!
Sal

^^ that costume is absolutely gorgeous

x

Hi....

Well, I did it ... I made her starter cozzie. So thought I would let you see how it turned out. First cozzie have ever made . She danced in it for the first time today and although she didn't get any trophies, she did say it felt good.

On my part , others said they liked it, so now I am planning the next one.

Anise xx

hi there
I decided the other day after listening to my daughter go on and on about needing a new slow costume to make her 1 myself. I tried every dress making shop local for lycra and couldn't get any. I then went on ebay and got 5 metres of black lycra for just £10.(then £7 p &p). Has anyone else tried ebay? So now my daughter thinks i can run up a costume in 2 weeks. She's heading for a disappointment. Haha.

Thanx for all the advice.

Louise xx

Costume looks great! Can't believe it's a first attempt. I've only just found this website and I feel like I've struck gold with all this advice! My daughter's just done her first comp and I managed to make a simple beginners top but I just made it up as I went along - it looked okay but now I've found so much advice I can't wait to do it properly next time. Thanks to everyone that's shared their tips as I wouldn't have known who to ask otherwise.

heres my first proper cossie after a couple of begginers bits. Its my little ones slow cossie, all she wanted was a pink fluffy bum!
shes got hot pants under a little tutu and then stones with ab 20 and 30 in hearts and bits and bobs all over.
I made her a little hand/arm thingy (not technical!) and a couple more bands then brought the hearts theme onto her leg. Madam wanted a tiara so we just put a ctystal heart onto the top to match the stones on cossie and a bit of the feathers.


karen xx

and her bum!

i love the costumes all you claever people ae making-this is my latest creation,and as other mums have said the design sort of changes as you go along-meg was originally having a full leg catsuit with frilly short sleeves!!,but as you are making new ideas come into your head and away you go!!.
i hope you all have fun makng your cossies-and the pleasure of seeing them out on the dancefloor is just great!!.
xx mandy

lol,i must apologise for my spelling-i need to go back to school or get a laptop where the buttons work properly!!!.
anyone had a go at making a wig yet??.
xx mandy

Hi
This is my first attempt at a starter cossie.
Megan wore it at Cayton Bay and got lots of lovely comments.
I felt really proud watching her dance in it.
Some of your costumes are fantastic - keep up the good work mums.

Michele xxx

All these costumes look stunning. Im glad mums have decided to give it a go. I've just finished my first costume for my daughter and she is in the middle of planning the next one. She thinks its great and thinks she will get one every other month now. Haha.


Louise

hey Louise,
its not so much my kids planning the next in my house, its me.....i got carried away and have ordered enough fabric to probably do their cossies for the rest of their dancing career.....and with 4 kids the youngest 3, that gives you an idea of how much I bought! lol
its addictive!!!

karen xx

Hi there I am a new disco mum my little girl has just started in under 6 beginners although with an impending birthday we will be moving up into under 8. All the handmade costumes shown here look stunning and you have all given me so much inspiration I think I will have a go at making my daughters first slow cossie.

Kerry xx

hi all you talented people,
I made my 1st costume for my little girl whos 4 she danced at butlins on sat in u6 starter,
usually she dances u6 beg so i decided to make her a cossie,
see photo with post shes with her older sister.
at least now I know I can attempt at doing another.
XTERRIX

hi you are all getting so clever i have now made over 100 suits this is my latest ,its not untill you make them yourself that you understand why the designers charge what they do as its not just buying everything to make the suit but its the hours of hard work that goes into it luv juliexx

This is my latest i have made quite a few
I can also see why all big costumes makers charge what they do
Does anyone eles think they've got better as the've went along
All the costumes on here are stunning
WELL DONE MUMS NANS AUNTIE'S
Tricia

this is Andis mom on her name cos I just wanted to show the pairs outfits I have made. These are the first costumes I have made that have actually looked okay on the dance floor for my daughter and her partner. They wore them for the first time at Pontins and had lots of compliments I now know why cossies cost so much cos of the time and effort in them! Suex

Great, Am going to start right away with making costumes. can not believe the prices to buy costumes! L|ots of great tips

Laura

just had to say I have read all 9 pages lol and have picked some very good tips I have just started making my daughter a new beginner outfit and have just spent the last 2 nights mastering my machine as I got it for my birthday last week lol 27 now anyway I have now drawn around her old cat suit but have added another centimeter all the way round as it was getting to tight and have now sewn two legs and joined in the middle with the back piece to sew and to make it into a halter neck hopefully I will get better ready for when she will eventually move into starters lol thought I would just share this as I feel very proud of myself lol lol

kelly x

My daughter recently started dancing and wants to start comps in about March so I decided to look at a few designer sites to buy her first slow costume for christmas and was shocked at how much they charge and have decided to make her a costume myself. So far I have bout 13 metres of fabric in total from ebay to make her 2 costumes and it has only cost me about £45. I've also bought some great decorations from streamers that are very well priced. Another great place to go is BOYES. They are really cheap and you can get so many great little piece in the bargain bins, so if you live near a BOYES store and you're making your childs costume I suggest you take a look.

I didn't know about the bullet/ball point needle so thanks for that great advise, I sent Rachel out to buy me some after reading this post sticky and it is really helping. Thank you!
M xxx

Hi there can someone put me out of my misery! I have decided to make a costume for my neice. I have got as far as making a cat suit. I followed a pattern it has a seam down the front. If I wanted the sides cut out do I cut them out now?? or should I have cut them out when I first started?? I'm looking at all these fantastic cozzies on here and can not work out how you get the shape. Please help me .xx

I would like to be able to make costumes too, it certainly would save money. With my sewing skills I will have to stick to looking out for a bargains!!

I have absolutely no sewing skills either but it's amazing what you can do. It took me ages to make Ells first ballroom dress and so many things went wrong along the way but it turned out really well in the end and saved me so much money! I have big clumsy fingers and can't cut in a straight line but if you're creative enough you can come up with ways to cover up mistakes - check out plaits on this dress and stoned motifs (all hiding mistakes and not in the origianl plan!)
It's worth giving it a go. I've since made a RnR outfit and latin dress and I'm just starting her freestyle outfit now!!!

Lorraine xxx

Can anyone help with making a feather bustle for the back of a costume. I've tried but just cant seem to get it right!