Daisy Costume for Charlotte

My cute little niece, Charlotte, wanted to be a daisy!

I found a white tutu with a daisy waistband-

at Goodwill - a perfect start!

I googled Daisy costumes and none of them
caught my eye, so
I improvised.

I bought a white knit cap at Walmart
and a few bunches of artificial daisies.

My next stop was Jo Ann Fabrics-
2 yds of yellow felt for petals -

I gathered the yellow felt and sewed it to the underside of the tutu-
I scalloped the bottom to resemble petals

The hat was simple-
I popped the heads off the stems-

hot clued them to the rim of the knit cap

and added a gingham daisy to the top

She wanted to wear her pink angel wings

and on a trip to Goodwill,
I found a pair of yellow wings
with the added daisy- score!

The fun part began-
A 3 year old can be hard to photograph
and she was no exception!

much too interested in her dad's cellphone!

 A tired little daisy at the end!

Ahhh, to be three again!
Happy Halloween
Charlotte Maud
xoxo
Auntie Claire

Take care, gotta fly

Partying at...

Little Red Riding Hood aka Kate

My adorable niece, Kate, wanted desperately to be

Little Red Riding Hood for Halloween-

My sis, talented in so many ways, is not

handy with a needle

so, what's an aunt to do?

I found this amazing inspiration pic on Pinterest

and I knew it would be perfect!

(costume sold on Etsy)

Kate who's almost 5, and I took a field trip

to JoAnn Fabrics so she could find the most sparkly red fabric-

we went down many aisles so she could touch them

and oo and ah-

she found her fav and bought the supplies we needed.

Kate had a white tutu so I refashioned it!

adding red tulle to the underskirt

I gathered the tulle by hand-

 I added a band of red elastic to limit the itchiness

of the tulle at her waist-

 I sewed it to the underside of her white tutu

I covered the pink waistband with wide red sparkle ribbon

that I scrunched

The crushed velvet fabric was for the cape-

I measured Kate from the back of her neck to her knees-

she's a peanut and I wanted the cape short enough

so my babe wouldn't trip!

I cut out a half circle, the widest part
was the measurement from neck to knee-

I did a quick baste so the unfinished edges were neatly hidden-

I cut a large rectangle and doubled it for the hood-
Attaching it to the straight edge of the 1/2 circle,
right in the middle of the back-

I added the same sparkly ribbon to the bottom of the hood,

leaving enough for the

hood to tie under her chin-

(I know it's hard to see in the pics, I didn't realize how

hard it is to photograph red crushed velvet at night!)

It was very simple,all sewn by hand-

She was all set to go to her Halloween party!



Kate as Little Red Riding Hood!

She was a smash at her pre-school party!!

Take care, gotta fly-

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Destination Craft