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I made the dress by cutting the sleeves off a men’s XL t-shirt and sewing the waist smaller. Then I added hundreds (felt like hundreds, I’m not really sure) feathers. I did not hem the feather shaped fabric. I just sewed them in lines around the shirt until everything was covered.
The mask was made using a template from Martha Stewart. http://www.marthastewart.com/908065/owl-mask
I just used felt and fabric (no tissue) and hot glued onto a paper mch mask from Michael’s.
Material Notes
Cotton fabric for feathers
XL men’s t-shirt
Paper mch mask
Felt sheets
Difficulty
Novice
Categories
- Season
- Fall
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Costume
- Material
- Cotton, Knits/Jersey
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Jan 28, 2013, 08.05 PMby Tabatha Lettuce
I love love love it!!!
Jan 25, 2013, 04.42 PMby stars
What a hoot! (Sorry, I just can’t resist a pun. Or owls; great costume idea!)
Jan 25, 2013, 01.42 PMby chased-away
This is so cute! Purim is coming up and I might make an owl costume as well :)
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Jan 25, 2013, 03.23 PMby Emily Hopkins
I forgot to mention I added double fold bias tape around the neck and arms to hide raw edges.
Jan 25, 2013, 12.54 AMby Emily Hopkins
Thanks everyone. I actually sold 4 of these over Halloween.
Jan 25, 2013, 12.47 AMby nouvellegamine
totally cute!
Jan 25, 2013, 12.10 AMby schnui
Great costume and well worth all the hard work.
Jan 25, 2013, 12.08 AMby Mary Athey
This looks fab on you x