Fancy Dress for Boys and Girls

Jean Greenhowe presents a colourful collection of outfits inspired by popular nursery tales and historical characters for children up to 4ft 8in tall. All the outfits are designed to be made up using only the most basic sewing skills and making use of rectangular and circular shapes. Other pattern shapes are kept simple and are accompanied by clear diagrams. Step-by-step instructions give the exact size you require at each stage of making and in some cases, items of everyday clothing can be used. The book should prove valuable for the costuming of a stage production which involves children of different sizes. The techniques, described in detail, provide endless possibilities for the designing of many more fancy dress outfits and can be adapted to fit adults. Jean Greenhowe has also written "Making Miniature Toys and Dolls", "Making Mascot Dolls", "Fancy Dress for Girls" and "Fancy Dress from Nursery Tales".