Every year, our school has a Georgia Day celebration. I have made costumes for Robbie before, and they typically last a few years. I made this one this year, and it should carry him through next year. I couldn't find a pattern that I wanted. I was looking for something fairly authentic. I found one from one of the big 3, but he fell right in between the sizes available. Grrrr....
So I went searching online for pictures of authentic Native American clothing until I found one I thought I could replicate. You can see it is a little long for him, but he has plenty of growing room. This was super easy to make.
I had a football jersey pattern, and I used that neckline to draw on my fabric. I folded the fabric first to get my length right. The shoulders have no seams. That is the folded edge. I traced my neckline and cut it out. Then I used a shirt Robbie had to measure the arm length, and I marked that. I wanted extra wide sleeves, so I could cut the fringes without have to sew them in. I allowed a generous 3 to 4 inches for the fringes.
I stitched my seams with wrong sides together. Then went back and cut my fringes right up to the seam line. I did add a piece of fabric at the neckline to cut those fringes. I found some beads at Joann's and hand stitched those to the neckline to hide the seam. I also measured up the side seam (from the bottom) and drew in my line to get that angled cut at the bottom.
I found the fabric at Joann's with the embroidery already done and used the same fabric for his headband.
I used a piece of elastic stitched to the back to keep it on his head, then used Velcro to attach a third piece to the back to hide the elastic. This is what it looks like from the side. I slid it over just a tad, so you could see the Velcro. I didn't even think to snap a pic without the flap. :(
The photo is a bit blurry, but you can just see the Velcro. Those little dark spots are glue spots. I should have used a different glue or just stitched them down. I didn't want stitch lines to show so it would appear seamless. I glued the feathers to the flap. It allowed them to sit nice and tight against his head and stay put.
The fabric was a knit, so I didn't have to finish any of the edges. Yay! Easy, peasy project. And I tried to stay as close to authentic as possible to be respectful.
Let me know if you have questions.
Thanks for stopping by.
Happy Friday!
Angela
Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you JJ. It was so easy.
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