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elizabeth_mnWorld's Cutest Owl!! (Now edited with notes.)
I love the way it turned out so much!
The idea came from a quick Google image search for "toddler owl costume." There were several costumes, both commercial and home-made, that I borrowed inspiration from.
The hat is a cotton rib knit; square with a little scoop in the middle/top to make the points. I did the wool felt applique first, then I sewed it on the serger with a 1" strip of Peltex in each seam to make it stand up. I tried hemming the bottom, but it looked like crap, so I just serged the edge and called it done.
The cape is a half-circle of brown cotton twill. For the feathers, I rotary-cut my wool felt sheets into 4.5" x 3" pieces, then hand-trimmed them to shape.
I sewed the feathers down row by row on the machine.
Waiting for friends to arrive for our party!
Is it wrong that I find it so cute that she fell down?
She was doubtful about the cape at first but eventually loved wearing it. The day after Halloween, she kept asking me to put her costume back on her. She also did a very cute "whoo!"
My costume was a rather unconvincing tree. It doesn't help that by the time these photos were taken, I had lost at least 20 leaves. I hand-tacked them onto a thrifted shirt but I guess I didn't knot very securely! I did the same as above for the feathers: rotary-cut my wool felt, this time into 4.5" x 2" pieces, then hand-trimmed my leaves to shape. I tied some leaves into my braids, too.
We never get many trick-or-treaters but at least there were a few.
I love the way it turned out so much!
The idea came from a quick Google image search for "toddler owl costume." There were several costumes, both commercial and home-made, that I borrowed inspiration from.
The hat is a cotton rib knit; square with a little scoop in the middle/top to make the points. I did the wool felt applique first, then I sewed it on the serger with a 1" strip of Peltex in each seam to make it stand up. I tried hemming the bottom, but it looked like crap, so I just serged the edge and called it done.
The cape is a half-circle of brown cotton twill. For the feathers, I rotary-cut my wool felt sheets into 4.5" x 3" pieces, then hand-trimmed them to shape.
I sewed the feathers down row by row on the machine.
Waiting for friends to arrive for our party!
Is it wrong that I find it so cute that she fell down?
She was doubtful about the cape at first but eventually loved wearing it. The day after Halloween, she kept asking me to put her costume back on her. She also did a very cute "whoo!"
My costume was a rather unconvincing tree. It doesn't help that by the time these photos were taken, I had lost at least 20 leaves. I hand-tacked them onto a thrifted shirt but I guess I didn't knot very securely! I did the same as above for the feathers: rotary-cut my wool felt, this time into 4.5" x 2" pieces, then hand-trimmed my leaves to shape. I tied some leaves into my braids, too.
We never get many trick-or-treaters but at least there were a few.
