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Jem is truly outrageous truly truly truly outrageous.
Jem and the Holograms was my favorite 1980's cartoon ever so I have decided to be Jem for Halloween this year.
Here is my slideshow on my costume Jem. This is my favorite holiday and I love to get a head start and plan months in advance!!
I took a very basic wrap dress pattern - angled the bottom skirt and found this amazing pink fabric.
The belt / sash was drawn out on newspaper as a pattern then I sewed the details on my hand.
I used 2 pink wigs which I sewed together to get the layered look of Jems hair and the earring were made from hot pink baking clay - although they did not light up.
I am ready for this best HALLOWEEN EVER - 2008 Happy Haunting
Jem and the Holograms was my favorite 1980's cartoon ever so I have decided to be Jem for Halloween this year.
Here is my slideshow on my costume Jem. This is my favorite holiday and I love to get a head start and plan months in advance!!
I took a very basic wrap dress pattern - angled the bottom skirt and found this amazing pink fabric.
The belt / sash was drawn out on newspaper as a pattern then I sewed the details on my hand.
I used 2 pink wigs which I sewed together to get the layered look of Jems hair and the earring were made from hot pink baking clay - although they did not light up.
I am ready for this best HALLOWEEN EVER - 2008 Happy Haunting
Here is what I did to make the wig - I took 2 pink wigs - cut one to into different pieces then I sewed it onto the other wig. I had my dear sweet husband set in a chair ( while watching he sports - of course ) with one of the wigs on while I sewed the pieces to that one. I made sure that I sewed alot to the top of the wig to give it the height that I wanted. Once all the pieces were sewed on - I then cut the different layers. I"not a hair hair stylist by any means but I just tried to layer it like I see when I get my own hair cut at a salon.
Good luck!!!!! I would love to see pictures of your finished product- send them to me !!!
lancarrowmaltby@yahoo.com
Man, I hated that cartoon ... my kid sister insisted on watching it. Good job on the costume, though - I knew who you were supposed to be just from the photo ... did I mention that my sister watched it incessantly?
You could add even more hair on top of the wig - as I recall, their hair was huge.