Warning: I am a super procrastinator so please excuse the AWESOME background of autumn pattern blanket. Since I waited until barely 2 days before Halloween, I had to both design, devise and put together this costume all while keeping a two year old occupied.
I started out by freehanding a "pinnafore" dress pattern on some freezer paper. I have made a ton in the past so It's pretty easy to remember. I made this one in a size 4t. My little girl only wears a 2-3t pinnafore but I wanted lots of room since I had to bundle her up underneath it. In lieu of a Pinnafore, You can simply trace out one of your childs tank dresses or freehand a tank style dress.
Normally, I would line the dress but since it was a once use time of outfit, I decided to simply sew a single layer dress. I also did not sew a hem since It would be covered with "feathers" and no one would see it. It makes for a really quick project. The only time consuming part was cutting out the fabric feathers.
For the "wings", I freehanded a cape. I Had F extend her arms out wide and I measured from wrist. across her back to her other wrist and this was the width of my cape. I then measured from the nape of her neck to her waist and this was the length of my cape. I cut out a notch in the middle for the neck and rounded out the bottom for more of a clean look. Before sewing the feathers, I used ribbon and tied two pieces to each corner of the neck of the cape to be used to tie around my little girl in front to hold it on and in a pinch I used 2 hair elastics sewn to the wrist of each side of the cape. this way I just slipped it over her little hand and it stayed there like a bracelet. This allowed her to flap her wings.
I then simply freehanded a feather like shape. Ok so not really a feather but rounded out upside down triangle that once layered together will "resemble" feathers of sorts. Here you can see that Olivia and Her family of pigs, found my feathers to be quite the fabulous beds.
Once I had the correct number that I felt I needed, then it was sew time. I assembled the dress quickly with just sewing the shoulders together and two side seams and done. No time at all, Literally.
To sew the feathers on, they are sewn in rows starting at the bottom and working your way to the top. I simply took this bottom daisy row and pinned all the feathers I needed in their correct position to the bottom of the cape and dress and top stitched along the top. The stitch line will be hidden by all the other layers of feathers. I left the edges of the feathers raw because with the fraying, it adds a little dimension to the feathers.
Just keep repeated each row until you have reached the top and DONE!!.
Here is the finished Cape:
As you see at the bottom of the dress a little bit of the base fabric shows. I just went and sheared those little areas off or you could leave them. Since my fabric was a complete contrast of the feathers I decided it was best to remove it however, I forgot in my rush............procrastination at it's best.
Now for the hat, Sadly I do not have photos. I literally whipped that thing out in under 5 minutes before it was time to give F a nap before we went out.
I used a brown Jersey Knit fabric I had left over. I measured the circumference of her head and cut a rectangle piece of Knit fabric to fit her head and high enough to have extra room for the owl face.
I Cut Two Big round circles for the "whites" of the eyes, Then two smaller circles for the "blacks" of the eyes. and a simple triangle for the beak. I zig zag stitched the large circles first, then layed the smaller circles in the center and zigzag stitched those as well. Finally adding the beak under the eyes, zigzag and that was done. Then simply sew two seams. The short sides of the rectangle knit together then the one of the tops of the tube that you created...Done. A quick and simple stocking knit cap of sorts.
Here is the finished product. She looked so cute! Everyone adored it. Not bad for a quick sew.
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