Birds of a Feather #2

The costumes were basically finished on time for Halloween.  Although I didn't have time to make the felt shoe covers I had envisioned or fix the mistake I made on one of D's wings, the costumes still turned out really cute.

 

 

These are pieces of D's owl coming together.  I used two strips of the tan material for the wings and tied them with brown, tan and off-white tulle like a tutu.  I spaced the tulle loosely though so it wouldn't be too puffy.  I cut the owl feathers from felt.  I hot glued the pieces together and then stitched the spine of the feather in using the stem stitch and 4 strands of embroidery floss.

 

 

  I wanted the wings to be removable because we would be in and out of the car seat.  I attached the wings to her shoulders using snaps and around her arms with tan hair ties.  And this is where I made a mistake, although you can't really tell that one wing is backwards. 

 

T's peacock turned out lovely, and was easier than D's since I copied it from someone's tutorial (see first costume post) except for the hood.  The blue material was also easier to work with than the tan for some strange reason.  The ball point needle thread would not loop correctly on the bobbin thread with the tan material. I had to switch back to the standard needle which made the whole process frustrating. 

 

 

To avoid more problems on the sewing machine, I hemmed both skirts by hand.  I probably should have made the skirts shorter but didn't not want to risk making a huge mistake when cutting it again. 

   

T wore black tights and D off-white and both wore bright pink shoes when we were out of the house unfortunately. I will just have to edit my memory to include the felt shoe covers that were never made.  At least inside they were just in their tights so the pictures look okay.

 
I was afraid that they would try to pull bits and pieces off of themselves and each other and not keep their hoods up.  But they actually liked wearing the costumes.  D did chase T around a little, giggling and pulling her tail, but the tutu held up well.  Anytime either of their hoods would fall back, D would cry in protest and try to set it to rights again. 

We went to the library for knitting and quilting to show off their costumes and on Monday at knitting they were joined by their buddy dressed as a little green alien.  I would have liked to take them over to a couple of the neighbors' houses for Halloween but Kevin didn't get back until late.  Trying to manage both of them and the steep drive way was not happening this year.  Next year will be fun though.