Nov. 1st, 2011

my owl!

Nov. 1st, 2011 06:56 am
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World'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.

How I made it, plus more cuteness! )


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