Professor McGonagall's Robe

Following up with the Professor Mcgonagall's Hat I created. I wanted to complete the costume with her green robe.

The robe was a little more difficult than the hat; mainly due to there not being a lot of pictures to go by. I did find a blog I used for resources on this build. www.cationdesigns.com. She was extremely helpful.

I used a dark green panne velvet fabric for the robe. The pictures make it look super dark or almost black, but trust me, it's green. The pictures don't do it justice.

I used the pattern Simplicity 9887 for the base of the build. It's the same pattern used for the hat.

I had to modify the entire pattern a good amount to make it look more like hers. I zoomed in on a picture of the back of the robe and hand-stitched the yoke for a good hour and a half. That was a tad challenging, but I finally got it the way I wanted.

I didn't have enough fabric to make the front part of the robe exactly like hers, but I got it as close as I could. The sleeves fit perfectly.

Chayla Photography Pictures to come soon in this cosplay!

Overall I'd say this is really close to movie accurate.

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Professor Minerva Mcgonagall's Hat

While re-watching Harry Potter recently, I decided I wanted to try to reconstruct Professor Mcgonagall's outfit from when she is teaching transfiguration. Her costume to me is simple, elegant, and comfortable.

To begin this cosplay, I started with the hat.

It seemed challenging at first because this is the first time I've created a hat by myself.

I used the hat pattern from the now -Out of Print- Simplicity 9887.

The material I used on the first three was a black panne velvet, and the fourth one is made from black velveteen.

It took me four tries to get the brim and everything correct. Fourth times the charm right?

First: I used the wrong interfacing. I used regular interfacing for regular cloth

that you iron on. I figured out the construction aspect of the hat so that's a plus.

Second: created I used stronger interfacing that you iron on, but still wasn't pleased. The brim looked like a sun hat more than a witches' hat.

Third: I used much more durable interfacing that you iron on. It was a tad difficult to sew through all the different layers, but well worth it. The bent tip was wired with floral wire to help hold it's shaping. The nice finishing hem around the hat- Bias tape. It's super useful and I just found out about it.

Fourth: It took me a little bit to figure out how to size it perfectly. I added 1/2 an inch on both back seams of the crown of the hat. I wanted to make it look even better by using a Velveteen. I made the brim 3 inches around to give it the McGonagall look.

In my opinion, the fourth one is the best! :)

I used a feather from Michael's and a random stash button to finish off the McGonagall look.

Stay tuned! I plan on creating Professor McGonagall's robe.

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