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UPDATED 2022
All of these bow ties can do double duty as hair ties or additions to headbands.
DIY Crochet Bat Bow Tie Tutorial and Free Pattern from Good Knits here.
UPDATED LINK OCT 2022
Make a pair of DIY Bat Wings for your shoes from felt made more rigid with cardboard. These were inspired by a $70 pair from Dolls Kill. Here is a pair of Blood Red Bat Wing Boots from Dolls Kill below. You could use vinyl or leather, using the right heavy duty needle, to make similar wings.
Here’s the video tutorial, go to the link below for the written one.
EDIT: Links updated 2022
All photos in the main collage are by Cynthia DeGrand at cynthiadegrand.zenfolio.com. They can be found on EvaDress’ Blog here.
This is an advanced sewing project from EvaDress. The Bat Dress was inspired by the illustration Travestissement Chauve-Sourisin in La mode Illustrée, Journal de la Famille,1887 below.
The $28 pattern by EvaDress can be bought at evadress.com here. You can also buy the Bat Dress Pattern on Etsy here.
The 21 piece pattern includes:
The dress comes in the following sizes:
You can find a post on making the Bat Dress Gloves here.
The Bat Dress Crinoline Progress is detailed on EvaDress Blog here.
EvaDress’ daughter made the Bat Bust Ornamentation using paper and fabric mâché.
Sewing to Distraction has an entire post dedicated to her experience sewing the EvaDress Bat Dress here.
For another interpretation of the Bat Dress, check out Darling and Dash’s post here. The Bat Headpiece was made from, “Black striped netting over the shoulder drape gathered and pinned to front with furry bat.”
There is an excellent post on Victorian Bat Dresses on Cogpunk Steamscribe here, titled: The Victorian Batgirl: a Steampunk Feminist Perspective
Below is a Victorian German photograph of a “Bat Woman” costume found here.
Another Bat Costume photograph is from the Museum Victoria here.
Lastly, check out this Bat Fan from the 1900s that sold at auction.
“Hand painted, exceptionally rare miniature bat fan. On thin shaved wood. One of the most unusual items we have seen. Wingspan 3.5 inches. Circa 1900.”
truebluehalloween:
I posted about Bat Dresses in this post here. Below is an advanced sewing project from EvaDress and the pattern is for sale for this dress. The Bat Dress was inspired by the illustration Travestissement Chauve-Sourisin in La mode Illustrée, Journal de la Famille,1887, pictured above, 3rd row down, to the right.
This is a beginner sewing project with a template to download for the pattern pieces.
Make these easy DIY Halloween Bat Bites in just a few minutes. This is a kid friendly DIY.
Everything is store bought so all you have to do is put the pieces together.
For more DIY Halloween Food like edible eyeballs, snakes on a stick, grilled turtles, spiderweb cakes and devil cupcakes go here: truebluehalloween.com/tagged/food
Updated 2019
I don’t have any floppy discs laying around, but you could use plastic or any light weight material. I also translated from Italian to English using Chrome.
For more DIY Cosplay and Halloween Jewelry go here: truebluehalloween.com/tagged/jewelry
EDIT: Links updated 2019
All photos in the main collage are by Cynthia DeGrand at cynthiadegrand.zenfolio.com. They can be found on EvaDress’ Blog here.
This is an advanced sewing project from EvaDress. The Bat Dress was inspired by the illustration Travestissement Chauve-Sourisin in La mode Illustrée, Journal de la Famille,1887 below.
The $28 pattern by EvaDress can be bought at evadress.com here. You can also buy the Bat Dress Pattern on Etsy here.
The 21 piece pattern includes:
The dress comes in the following sizes:
You can find a post on making the Bat Dress Gloves here.
The Bat Dress Crinoline Progress is detailed on EvaDress Blog here.
EvaDress’ daughter made the Bat Bust Ornamentation using paper and fabric mâché.
Sewing to Distraction has an entire post dedicated to her experience sewing the EvaDress Bat Dress here.
For another interpretation of the Bat Dress, check out Darling and Dash’s post here. The Bat Headpiece was made from, “Black striped netting over the shoulder drape gathered and pinned to front with furry bat.”
There is an excellent post on Victorian Bat Dresses on Cogpunk Steamscribe here, titled: The Victorian Batgirl: a Steampunk Feminist Perspective
Below is a Victorian German photograph of a “Bat Woman” costume found here.
Another Bat Costume photograph is from the Museum Victoria here.
Lastly, check out this Bat Fan from the 1900s that sold at auction.
“Hand painted, exceptionally rare miniature bat fan. On thin shaved wood. One of the most unusual items we have seen. Wingspan 3.5 inches. Circa 1900.”
UPDATED 2019
Tutorial with Free Labels Printable from Seeing Things here. *BLOG IS GONE.
Download printables ASAP when you see them.
THIS IS NOT MY TUTORIAL.
It is a snapshot of a tutorial that no longer exists from Seeing Things on the WayBack Machine. I feel I owe it to my thousands of readers who reblogged this and pinned this tutorial to publish this. The tutorial has been shortened.
Creepy, little shadow boxes filled with bugs, bats and werewolf fangs will add the perfect touch to your macabre Halloween decorating. They are so fun and so cheap to make,
You are only limited by your imagination. Everything is real if you want it to be…even dead fairies.
Bag of Flies and Bag of Bugs - Just stick and pin them.
You are only limited by your imagination. Everything is real if you want it to be…even dead fairies.
Bag of Flies and Bag of Bugs - Just stick and pin them.
Small plastic eggs - Factorydirectcraft.com. Colored with felt markers. Shave a bit off one side of the egg, glue down.
Small skeletons, crumpled brown paper wings, wool bits for hair. I hear them rattlin’ around in the box at night!? I’ve had a few emails about this shadow box…seems people don’t like dead fairies. For those that believe, fairies can never die they are ethereal beings. This post was a fun nod at the
Dead fairy hoax
an April Fools’ Day prank in 2007. Dan Baines, a sculptor and illusion designer, managed to sell his creation, the fake corpse of a fairy, on an internet auction for nearly £300. Long live the fairies and our sense of humor!
Bag of Cockroaches and Bag of Insects - Spirit Halloween, just stick em’ and pin em’.
Bag of Bats - Spirit Halloween, just stick em’ and pin em’.
Fang Bracelet from Dollarama - break apart, paint a few white, glue and pin down. Start by picking up a few of these $2 wooden shadow boxes, I got mine at the Dollarama. If you are in the U.S. check out your local Dollar Stores for something similar. They measure 91/4" x 7" x 21/4". ( 25cm x 18cm x 3.5cm)
Raid your local Dollar Stores, Dollarama, Dollar Giants and Halloween supply stores for all the creepy critters you can find, bug, flies, little skeletons, bats, teeth…you get the idea!
1. Apply either black paint or wood stain to each shadow box covering all wood surfaces. If it makes the process easier and neater mask of the glass on both sides with painters tape.
2. Apply a coat of varnish (not necessary- your choice).
3. From black foam core board cut a piece that will fit snugly into your frame. This will be the backing on which all your creepy critters will be glued and pinned.
4. Trace around the foam core piece onto a piece of grunge-style scrapbook paper. Cut out and adhere to the foam core piece itself.
5. Apply glue to the inside of the frame and push the foam core/grunge paper stack into place. Let it dry for a few minutes.
6. Print and cut out the labels. Gather your creepy critters and lay everything out in the frame.
Don’t pin or glue anything down until you have spaced everything out.
Once your satisfied, shut the door and see that everything is visible and not hidden behind the door frame, glue and/or pin your critters into place.
NOTE: You may have to use a pair of pliers to nip a segment off of the pin so that it goes through the foam core but does not stick up so far that the door cannot close.
7. Apply a picture hook to the back and hang.
Make a pair of DIY Bat Wings for your shoes from felt made more rigid with cardboard. These were inspired by a $70 pair from Dolls Kill. Here is a pair of Blood Red Bat Wing Boots from Dolls Kill below. You could use vinyl or leather, using the right heavy duty needle, to make similar wings.
Here’s the video tutorial, go to the link below for the written one.
Make your own Zoe Karssen Inspired Bat Sweatshirt, tee, hoodie, etc... Zoe Karssen’s bat apparel is screen printed and is hand wash/dry clean only. You can make an inspired version that’s washable with iron on adhesive, or use the freezer paper stencil method.
You can google “batman bat signal” for lots of bat silhouettes.
For pages more of Halloween DIY Fashion go here: truebluehalloween.com/tagged/diy-fashion
All you need for this NO SEW Spider Top is a long sleeve top and a tee shirt for the web.
For more DIY Halloween Costumes go here.
I’ve posted about the amazing free clipart on The Graphics Fairy before here. What’s unique about The Graphics Fairy clipart is that it is all free for commercial use. You can check out this post to see how people are selling designs made from The Graphics Fairy stock images.
Updated 2019
All photos in the main collage are by Cynthia DeGrand here. They can be found on EvaDress’ Blog here.
This is an advanced sewing project from EvaDress. The Bat Dress was inspired by the illustration Travestissement Chauve-Sourisin in La mode Illustrée, Journal de la Famille,1887 below.
The $28 pattern by EvaDress can be bought at evadress.com here. You can also buy the Bat Dress Pattern on myshopify.com here.
The 21 piece pattern includes:
The dress comes in the following sizes:
You can find a post on making the Bat Dress Gloves here.
The Bat Dress Crinoline Progress is detailed on EvaDress Blog here.
EvaDress’ daughter made the Bat Bust Ornamentation using paper and fabric mâché.
Sewing to Distraction has an entire post dedicated to her experience sewing the EvaDress Bat Dress here.
For another interpretation of the Bat Dress, check out Darling and Dash’s post here. The Bat Headpiece was made from, “Black striped netting over the shoulder drape gathered and pinned to front with furry bat.”
There is an excellent post on Victorian Bat Dresses on Cogpunk Steamscribe here, titled: The Victorian Batgirl: a Steampunk Feminist Perspective
Below is a Victorian German photograph of a “Bat Woman” costume found here.
Another Bat Costume photograph is from the Museum Victoria here.
Lastly, check out this Bat Fan from the 1900s that sold at auction.
“Hand painted, exceptionally rare miniature bat fan. On thin shaved wood. One of the most unusual items we have seen. Wingspan 3.5 inches. Circa 1900.”
Show your Valentine that “you are batty over them” with this Halloween pillow.
You can make this cheap and easy DIY Bats and Moon Pillow using cut out black felt bats.
There are 6 bats in Yes Ma’am’s DIY Bat Template, but because the bats have been resized and flipped they look like more especially when decorating an exterior.
These bats have been cut out of basic black craft foam and stuck to a house, but the bats can be used for so many different DIYs like stencils, tee shirts etc....
Looking for a bat or batman logo for a stencil? These Batman Logos represent the evolution of the Batman Logo by Andrei Lobu.
