dress-up wings

 One of the fun things I had opportunity to make for Christmas

this year was this set of dress-up wings for my youngest niece.

I saw them on this blog and followed the tutorial to make them.

Here they are in action!!

It takes some time to cut out all the layers, but the
actual assembly process is very simple:

I cut lots of different fabrics into varying lengths

of 2" wide strips with my rotary cutter. Then I made

a paper template with 5 scallops (2" wide each) in a 

10"-long strip. Sat down with a cup of tea and started 

scalloping all those strips. I sewed them onto the 

underlying arc of fabric (as seen in the tutorial) with a 

single line of stitching per row, spaced about 1/2" apart.

Added grosgrain w/ velcro attached at the very end for 

cuffs and neckband. Voila!

This may sound complicated, but it would be a good

project for a beginning sewist. Especially if one were 

to follow the tutorial more exactly and just tack the

ribbons on without velcro to be tied in a bow at neck 

& wrists. I just love how this came out with scraps from

all my favorite fabrics! I'm brainstorming what else in my

life might need wings...