Help, check shirt & stetson needed

[sleepyowl]

For children in need on Friday GAP are expecting us to dress up as cowboys I don't posses a check shirt or a steson & as I'm struggling to put food on the table as it is I can't really afford to buy them does anyone have any I could borrow? I am on the larger side though.

[linzibean]

If you don't find someone to borrow from (I;m sorry, can't help you on that front!), you could always try and make something vaguely resembling a cowboy? I once had one day's notice to do this for younger sister - the joys of primary school activity days. I used dusters and cut them into fringes and tacked them onto the undersides of the sleeves of a long sleeved school shirt, it wasn't checked or anything. She had an old paisley tie as a neckercheif, and I made fake cowboy boots out of an old pair of my fathers trousers tacked onto her on trouser legs! A hat was a bit beyond what I had available, but maybe you could make one out of paper?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nIZLik-kGAo is a video how to make a hat :)

Good luck!!

[ina]

Short notice indeed - I could have sent you both hat and shirt had it been a couple of days earlier! Try freecycle - maybe somebody has something you can borrow?

[weatherwax]

try just work shirt, something a bit thicker than normal and try to find an off cut of material for a neckerchief/mouth guard, an old shoelace for a bootlace type necktie. make a biggish belt buckle out of some card, and a waistcoat if you have one, for added effect you can make a sheriffs badge to pin on

[sleepyowl]

I may have found what I'm looking for from a friend on the pagan forum but thanks for the suggestions

[Brij]

Aaawww... I was hoping someone'd papier-maché a hat

[sleepyowl]

Believe me with my cats that would definitely be a no no, if they didn't end up with it stuck to them they would claw it pieces & tread it into the carpet