A fun project recently was making Anna and Elsa costumes for our girls. They are HUGE Frozen fans...thought I'd go ahead and make them now so they can enjoy them throughout the year and already have Halloween costumes done (double bonus) :)
For some reason, I find following patterns much harder so for most things I make up the pattern as I go. For Anna I actually used black felt to make the top (which was nice to not have hem all the edges), then got smaller sheets of pink and green felt from JoAnn fabrics, cut out shapes and then hot glued them to the top. I sewed on gold glitter ribbon as the border and cut the back of the shirt down the center and sewed on velcro to make it easy to get into and "grow" with. Skirt was just sewn to an elastic waist band and then sewed the clasp onto the cape.
For Elsa I got light teal glittery satin fabric and then glittery teal tulle and wrapped the tulle around the body of the dress while also creating a train like effect on the back. I choose to get white ball decorative trim to use as the straps to resemble snow. Didn't want to waste the left overs, so I also added this trim around the top of the dress. I thought it tied together nicely and the white trim color makes the dress "pop" against the light teal.
As the girls are getting older, we are able to start doing some "Sewing 101"
Sewed my heart out for about a day and half.
Glad our little Anna and Elsa now have the costume to accompany
them as they belt out the lyrics of "Let It Go"
Will be back soon to give you more updates of new NEWS and new CARDS that will soon be available in Recycled Paper Greetings retailers!
Blessings,
Tamara
