Costumes - Minnie Mouse!

Since my youngest is in LOVE with Minnie, her costume was easy to come up with!!  :)

For the skirt:
 * amount of fabric will depend on the size of skirt - I made a size 2T & had 1 yd. of fabric with a ton left over!!  I measured my daughter's waist & doubled it for the "width".  For the length of the skirt, I measured from her waist to just above her knee, then added about 2", to allow for hemming.
* tulle - if desired.  I used pink & black - less than a yd. each.
* elastic for waistband (mine was 3/4"  wide)


 Since my fabric wasn't long enough, I cut 2 equal length panels & sewed them together, creating a "tube".  Then, I turned it inside out & hemmed the bottom & top and left a gap on top for the elastic waistband.  (The blue ribbon you see was used to tie the skirt so I could make sure it fit ok!! ;)





After carefully measuring out my tulle, I cut 4 strips of pink & 4 strips of black, and layered them alternately.  Once pinned in place, I sewed them.





 This is the finished skirt.  I added another row of polka dots under the tulle layer to make the tulle stand out!  (As you can tell, my tulle is kinda faint - I thought 8 layers would be good. . . maybe 16 would be better??!! ;)  Finally, I added the elastic & it was done!!  :)



For the shirt:
 I cut one strip of fabric, about 2-3" wide.  (Length will depend on the collar of your shirt.)  I hemmed both edges & gathered one.




I pinned the collar onto the shirt & sewed in place.










Since the shirt was black & I wanted the patch to stand out, I attached it to white felt.







I trimmed the felt & sewed the felt onto the shirt BEFORE attaching the patch!  It would have been a pain to sew along the edge of the felt with the patch in the way!!



                                                         
For ears:

 I cut 4 circles out of black (glittery) felt & sewed along edges.  Then, I folded the bottom edge & hot glued to a hair clip.  (Had to play with it a bit to get them to "stand" right!)

 
 









For the bow:

I cut a small length of fabric, (again, depending on head size), stitched ends together, then hemmed top & bottom.  Turned right side out.  Pinched center & used craft wire to hold in place.

 Used a small scrap of fabric (that was hemmed), to wrap around the center, covering wire, and hot glued in place.





 

I attached a hair clip to the BOTTOM of the center piece, not the back.  (Minnie's bow stands off her head, doesn't lay flat!! ;)  Then, added a little bling to the center!!  :)

Fabric Flowers

I love the cute fabric flowers that are EVERYWHERE, so I decided to give it a try!! These are a little time consuming, but super easy!! The materials I used are:
- hot glue gun
- extra glue sticks
- fabric scraps
- scissors
- buttons/embelishments if desired

* The first step is to cut strips of your fabric. Cut long strips - you can always stop "rolling" your flower & cut the fabric to make smaller flowers!

* Next, take the end of one strip & kind of roll it a little. Put a dab of hot glue on one side & kind of pinch the sides together.

* Now, just keep rolling the fabric around the center, creating a "spiraled" effect. As you roll, continue to add dabs of hot glue here & there to secure it.

There is an alternate way to make this flower - twist the fabric as you make the "spiral" - this will give a "neater" look, however, I found it way too time consuming! :(

* I kind of forgot to take a picture of the finished flower, however, here is the finished project:

For this, I just made 9 different flowers, (4 small pink, 4 medium tan, and 1 large tan), then hot glued them all together & topped them off with a fabric-covered button (didn't have a button the size & color I wanted, so I used a scrap of an old shirt to cover a button!!)!! I haven't yet, but plan on attaching pins (like broach pins) to the back, so this can be removed for washing (or adding to another shirt)!! I also made a bow (using the "twisting" technique)! Turns out, Madelyn has two pairs of shorts that this will match with!! :)

Another bow/flower idea:
I bought this shirt, which had yellow sleeves, (you know, the 2 sleeve look), so I simply cut out the yellow sleeves, making it a short-sleeve shirt! (You can get really cheap shirts at the end of winter, & just cut out the layered sleeve - - ta-da. . . a short sleeve shirt for summer!!!) :)

Anywho - I used one of the sleeves to create a flower for Madelyn's hair!! :)