Madam Hooch master post

So much of the early days of this blog were dedicated to my Madam Hooch costume. You may be wondering what came of it. To be honest, as I got deeper and deeper into the project, I was mostly worried about finishing it on time and didn't take a whole lot of pictures of the construction. But here's a couple of finished product photos:

I'm fairly happy with the way it turned out. I threw the pants together like the week before Halloween and they were a little big in the waist so they kept slipping down. Also, the robe was too billowy. If I'd had the time and patience, I'd have opened it back up and taken in the back and side seams to remove like 10-20 inches. But those are things that only I would notice. Everyone else (who actually knew who I was dressed as) had nothing but complements.

Also, I made some tasty bloody cupcakes (and I don't mean that like the British cuss word). I mean this:

They were gross looking and very tasty--I was quite proud of them.