Harry Potter Night @ Catcher in the Rye Bar

Cather in the Rye (10550 Riverside Dr, Toluca Lake, CA 91602) is an adorable Library themed bar in Toluca Lake. They had a Harry Potter themed night for the opening of Harry Potter World at Universal City.

I always wanted to Harry Potter cosplay so I went a little crazy! 🙂 I sewed the yellow/red sweater detailing, and printed the Gryffindor patches on Printable fabric. Wand and glasses were an easy Amazon buy.

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Back to the Future: Felt Skirt

I went to an awesome Enchantment under the Sea Dance hosted by April O’Neil for the Michael J Fox Foundation.

I’ve been working hard on my felt patterning, so I figured a themed poodle-skirt-style felt dress. I watched the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance scene and took note of all dance decorations. Color, shape, etc. I am proud to say all colors, no matter how strange or ill matching, are true to the movie. So basically, my skirt itself is an Enchantment Under the Sea Dance.  I made an inspiration Pinterest board here.

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Specifics:

  • For the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance sign I used printable fabric. And recreated the sign in Photoshop.

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  • The “leash” rope is a simple green braided rope.I cut off small pieces for the small vines coming off the main one.
  • Felt Detailing:
    • Red and Grey Vines with Pink Gems

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  • Shells
  • Mermaid

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  • Fish
  • Seahorse
  • Dolphin
  • Octopus

Here’s some dance stills I used for color matching.

 

Step By Step Design

Patterning:

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Layout Experimentation:

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Carrie: PJ Soles Hat Cosplay

I loved PJ Soles in Carrie but I loved her hat even more! Its so inconic I had to recreate it! This one took a bit of work, I had to get enough screen caps to get all the patches up close then I had to find them.

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Here’s some screen caps to start with:

 

To get specific, there is definitely a rainbow heart. Upper left is a bird or butterfly of some kind, upper right your guess is as good as mine. Seems to be a cloud patch on the left too. I purchased mine online or at Joann’s Etc. They weren’t to hard to find.