It all began about 5 years ago when I was having my birthday party, I wanted a costume party with lots of costumes and fun. As I searched the internet day after day looking for a suitable costume to buy I found that there was not much on offer to purchase and the quality for what the price was did not enthuse me at all. After many days I decided that I should make one, it cannot be that hard, again to the internet looking for patterns this time, I found many , the more days I spent looking I found that I was becoming more interested. As I searched for the perfect pattern to make, I had made purchases of several books and started to realise that this could be a very passionate affair. Finally I settle on a Queen of Hearts costume ( as in Alice in Wonderland).