...: DIY Toddler Bride Costume

Saturday, October 6, 2012

DIY Toddler Bride Costume

My girls love our photos of "mommy and daddy getting married!"

We have a bunch all over our house... and I think seeing them

all the time has made the girls really into pretending to be a bride like mommy!

They requested "wedding day bride" costumes for our Halloween Party

(They have different costumes for Trick or Treating. details on that soon.)

I wasn't happy with the bride costumes that I saw at the store..

so I was excited to give this DIY a try!

Warning: This is my FIRST attempt at sewing an "outfit."

I am pretty good at sewing crafty things..but this was a bit trickier.

Pretty happy with how it turned out..

I'm sure there were way more sewing savvy ways to do it.

BUT..if you are a newbie like me..this worked out great!

I knew that I wanted the skirt poofy..with a headband veil..

And I wanted the top to be separate from the bottom..because they are growing fast.

Sometimes all you need is a poofy tutu and a bride veil and you are good to go. ;)

I don't have photos for a tutorial..because I feel in no way a sewing expert to do a tutorial..

BUT.. here's some notes on what I did!

(All of the fabric was purchased with coupons and discounts)

BRIDE COSTUME NOTES:

-- The skirt piece is 6 yards of tulle fabric..Folded where they naturally fold the yardage..

I stitched a casing for the elastic...

--I got 2 yards of cheap lining. did the same idea as the tulle except I hemmed the bottom and sewed the sides together so it was more of a finished skirt. (with an elastic top)

--I put the skirts on the girls to knot them at the right width...

and measured them again to trim the tulle.

--I hand stitched the two skirts together around the top (the lining and the tulle)

--The tops are basic tube tops made out of stretchy material..

the cheapest one I could find.

(I wanted a separate top because I thought that if it's cold they

might wear a long sleeve white shirt instead of this top.)

--I hand stitched pretty trim as the straps...

it was elastic with tulle flowers on it..I loved it!

(my splurge.. so I was glad I had a 50% off coupon)

--For the veil I took a yard of tulle and cut in half...

then hand stitched it to a satin headband from Jo-anns.

(I folded an inch and a half and then placed on top of the headband and stitched it that way so that it would puff up a bit around the top...kinda loosely bunching it together)

I hope my notes make sense!