Beatle shirts

Several years ago I made these shirts inspired by Beatle suits for my band, when we played a Beatles themed gig.  I don't have pics of the other Pepper ones in progress, but you get the idea! :-)

Beatle skirt #2

I bought this fabric on Spoonflower - it's a really subtle Beatles-themed print, with Rocky Racoons, strawberries, and yellow submarines.  There's another similar print which I ordered some of too, but it hasn't shipped yet. Anyway, I made a circle skirt and then used a blue skirt I don't wear anymore but was a great color to do the strip on the bottom.   It would have been better to use bias strips, but I don't think I had enough fabric.   I'm relatively happy with it. I should also mention that because the fabric is white, I had to do a lining too, which was a huge pain to deal with. :-)

Ignore the mess in the background! :-)

Beatle skirt

I love this Beatles logo quilt fabric. J-9 and I both made skirts out of it to wear at Abbey Road on the River. I used a simple circle skirt pattern.

And a few pics of Katie, J-9, and I wearing them! (I think I need to shorten mine...)

Sgt Pepper Beatles costumes for The Return

As a favor to our friends, The Return, Jess, Janine and I agreed to help them out with some Sgt Pepper costumes. PLEASE don't ask - this is the only time we will do this. (If you need a costume, there is info on where to get one on the top of this page.) Jess did the sewing of the suits and Janine and I did the buying of trims, fabric, and accessories - and I made way too many macramed lanyards. Over the 4th of July 2009, I headed down to Atlanta to meet up with the girls so we could do a final fitting on the band and check out their concert, and then spend the next 24 hours sewing on trim.

Here is the web page for  details and more photos:
http://costumersguide.com/maggie_costumes/return.html 

There are a few things I'd like to fix here or there (I need to move John's medals down a stripe), but overall, I think they turned out well!

Beatles Sgt Pepper John Lennon

My friend J-9 and I decided to do Sgt Pepper costumes and so I did a lot of research on them.  We immediately claimed John and Paul. And then our friends Y and J got on board, and as it happened, their fav Beatles were still up for grabs, so it worked out really well!  We all made our own costumes.

Here is the web page for my costume construction details and more photos:
http://costumersguide.com/maggie_costumes/my_pepper.html

(No, I don't sell or make custom Pepper outfits, but I know someone who does. Check out the info at the top of my research page: http://costumersguide.com/cr_pepper.shtml

Trying to keep our 'staches on.

See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil, Mustache...

J-9 and I in our Pepper coats at Abbey Road on the River.
Katie (L) is wearing one J-9 made her.