Well…. it’s been a busy couple weeks. I have a new position at work so I’m busier than usual. That means no time to do much blogging… I think last week was the first week in a couple years that I’ve missed. I won’t let it happen again!
Despite my miss last week I have been working on Halloween costumes in the limited time I have off. Below is a crown I made last weekend for Julius. We are all going as Wild Things from the book “Where the Wild Things Are” and Julius is Max, the king of all wild things. He was so excited by his costume that he wanted to wear it as soon as I finished it. I had to convince him not to wear it (for fear of getting it completely wrecked) before we took pictures in it (yesterday). After pictures he wanted to keep the costume on. This afternoon he came downstairs to bring me dinner and he was again wearing the wolf suit. I would say this is a successful Halloween costume so far!
Check out this sweet crown!
Max’s King of the Wild Things Crown
What you’ll need:
- Pelton peltex interfacing
- Gold synthetic fabric
- 3″ x 22″ of Brown fake fur
- 2″ wide Velcro hook & loop
- Pattern here
- Using my pattern, cut 1 piece of interfacing with no seam allowance and 2 pieces of gold fabric with 1/2″ seam allowance on the top 3 sides.
- Stitch gold fabric, right sides together along top and sides leaving the bottom opened.
- Trim selvedge and points.
- Turn gold fabric right side out.
- Insert interfacing into inside of gold fabric and baste along the unfinished edge.
- Cut a 2″x24″ rectangle of fur.
- Pin fur, against bottom of gold fabric crown right sides together, lining up unfinished edges. Stitch 1/2″ from the edge along the bottom of the crown.
- Fold fur around the bottom edge of the crown, and fold under 1/2″. Stitch in the ditch on the front of the crown (along the stitching in step 7) to secure the fur band.
- Stitch a hook end of velcro to the outer outside edge of the crown.
- Stitch a loop end of velcro to the inner outside edge of the crown.
Adjustable velcro means it can fit a variety of head sizes.
So excited to wear his costume.
My two wild things.
