I started this
tutorial last year because I was toying with the idea of starting a blog and
thought it would be a good idea to have some possible posts ready just encase.
So these pictures (Well half of them- for some reason they stopped after I’d
made the wings so I’ve had to do a little improvising) have been in my idea
folder for a whole year so I am glad they are coming out.
I’m going to say this
idea isn’t uniquely mine (what a surprise there) but were in last years November
Company. This also marks the start of me reading blogs because I had to look up
the costume (turns out it wasn’t on a blog at all) but I fell in love with them
at that time. So that’s enough rambling from me I should start with the
tutorial.
You will need:
White chalk
A dinner plate
Good quality (fabric)
scissors
Pins
Black fabric- an old
sheets or cheap lining material would be perfect but when I went into the shop
I fell for the gothic look of this velvet and it wasn’t much more expensive.
Needles and black
thread
A black dress with
long sleeves- these are very cheap and easy to find on ebay but if you don’t
have time a black top would work equally well.
An old black hair band
Cardboard (From a
cereal box would be perfect.)
With a bit of luck the fabric will stretch from one wrist to the other (with your arms up so it’s a straight line from one to the other across your back). I then folded it in half and pinned it at random places so the two parts where securely held together.
Then use the plate to
draw big scalloped edges to for a sort of triangle (you can see from the
picture how it should turn out). And then cut out this shape.
That’s your wings done
now and all you have to do is sew them to the dress. It would be helpful to pin
it in place so you can make sure they are just where you want them. I also
turned the edges in slightly to make them look neat. Another little tip is to
make sure the wings are sewn to the under part of the sleeves because this will
make it sit nicer. This part might require another person to help you pin it in
place when you are wearing it.
The next step is to made the ears. You could always buy some cat ones but I went ahead with the whole costume being DIY. You will need two cardboard triangles (the size you want the ears to be) and also four black triangles with tabs at the bottom (for sewing them to the hair band.) You should stitch the two black triangles together with the cardboard in the middle. Stitch close to the card along the bottom leaving the tabs free.
I'm not 100% sure how to describe the next step. You should wrap the two 'flaps' of the material around the band and then get your needles and stitch it together. Your thread should wrap round the hair band- going in and out of the material at each side. (Please don't hesitate to ask!!)
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