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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 5 - History & Whimsy

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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 5 - History & Whimsy

Welcome back to the Peony Patterns' Costume Party! If you're just joining us, I'm Nat from Auschick Sews blog and I can't believe it's our final day already! We have another beautiful collection of Halloween, Book Week, Dress Up and Cosplay costumes for you today - this time featuring some unique looks, traditional halloween costumes, and famous artists.  If you missed yesterday's projects, check out our Video Game, Comic book and Anime inspired DIY costumes over here!  This week only, get 30% OFF ALL PATTERNS! (ends Monday 11 September, 2023, sale price appears in cart) Garden Gnome and Mushroom Once again, Ashley Culbertson (@Aaculbertson) has outdone herself with a gorgeous whimsical...

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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 4 - Cartoons, Anime & Video Games

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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 4 - Cartoons, Anime & Video Games

We're back with another day of incredible costumes from the amazing sewing team at Peony Patterns! I'm Nat from Auschick Sews blog, and I can't wait to share today's roundup of incredible Halloween, Book Week, Dress Up and Cosplay costumes! Today, I'll be sharing costumes representing characters from all your favorite cartoons, comics and anime shows! If you missed yesterday's projects, check out our Disney Princesses over here!  This week only, get 30% OFF ALL PATTERNS! (ends Monday 11 September, 2023, sale price appears in cart) (P.S. we have lots more photos in the Peony Patterns Facebook Group!) The Flintsones Meet the Flintstones! Family costumes are so much fun, and...

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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 3 - Princesses

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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 3 - Princesses

We're back with a third day of beautiful costumes from the talented sewing team at Peony Patterns! I'm Nat from Auschick Sews blog, and I can't wait to share today's roundup of incredible Halloween, Book Week, Dress Up and Cosplay costumes! Today, I'll be sharing costumes inspired by everyone's favourite Disney princesses! If you missed yesterday's projects, check out our movie and tv show characters over here!  This week only, get 30% OFF ALL PATTERNS! (ends Monday 11 September, 2023, sale price appears in cart) (P.S. we have lots more photos in the Peony Patterns Facebook Group!) The Little Mermaid With the release of the live action Little Mermaid this year,...

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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 2 - Movies & TV

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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 2 - Movies & TV

We're back with a second day of incredible costumes from the amazing sewing team at Peony Patterns! I'm Nat from Auschick Sews blog, and I can't wait to share today's roundup of incredible Halloween, Book Week, Dress Up and Cosplay costumes! Today, I'll be sharing costumes representing characters from all your favorite movies and TV shows! If you missed yesterday's projects, check out our Story Book Characters over here!  This week only, get 30% OFF ALL PATTERNS! (ends Monday 11 September, 2023, sale price appears in cart) (P.S. we have lots more photos in the Peony Patterns Facebook Group!) Cruella Wow! Bec Smith (@twice.loved.creations) knocked it out of the park with...

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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 1 - Books

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Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 - Day 1 - Books

Peony Patterns Costume Party 2023 is HERE! I'm Nat (from AusChick Sews blog) and I’ll be your host this week. Every year we ask our talented pool of pattern testers to create a costume using a combination of any of the sewing patterns in our collection, and they never disappoint! This year’s costume round-up includes your favorite characters from movies, tv, cartoons, books, anime, and a slew of fantasy characters, famous artists, witches, garden gnomes and MORE! I can’t wait to share these amazing projects with you! Check out our previous costume parties here: Peony Patterns Costume Party 2022 Peony Patterns Costume Party...

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