made, remade, remaking DIY: Bacon Costume This year for Halloween, my older boys (now almost 9 yrs and 11yrs old) blasted me with scornful glares when I suggested helping them with their costumes. As the creator of the epic Vampire Zombie Robot Dragon costume (glowing fangs!) from years 2008-2011, I was momentarily heartbroken, until I remembered up-and-coming Boy#3 who, at 2.5yrs, is just entering his Halloween Golden Era. I tossed around a few ideas with him, but the one that seemed to excite him most was Bacon. As his father is the 1st Place winner of the 2011 Hart & Thistle Bacon-Off, and as my 2yr old is such a ham, it seemed a remarkably appropriate choice. We live in Ottawa, ON, so all our costumes have to be able to a) fit over winter coats, and b) be water-resistant. Armed with little more than an idea, and not a whole lot of time, I headed to the fabric store... (I apologize for the darkness of the photos -- in true Mother-of-Three-Boys form, I was sewing this costume well after midnight, while everyone else was tucked into bed fast asleep!) Step One : To determine how much material I would need to use, I measured my 2yr old from where I wanted the bottom of the costume to land (mid-calf) to where, above his head, I wanted the top -- this worked out to a little more than 1.25m. I multiplied that by 2 (making 2.5m) and added a generous