Tinkerbell Dress

I’ve taken on a few larger sewing projects, at least they are large for me who is still isn’t at that high of a sewing level.  Because of these projects taking longer then I anticipated and schoolwork I’ve been unable to post very often. But here I am!

This post will be a little more like a tutorial than some of my other ones… So lets get started and make a Tinkerbell dress!

First you’ll need to get your fabric and matching thread, for the light green I used an XL knit t-shirt that I found at a thrift shop. For the top the fabric needs to be stretchy, a knit would work great.

I turned the shirt inside out and cut the back panel off,

this is what it looked like, then I folded this four times and cut a circle skirt out of it, but I did not round the edges.  So basically in the end I had a square with a circle cut out of the middle.

I didn’t worry about trimming it to make all the sides even, if you’re using normal fabric just cut a square circle skirt out of that.
Because I didn’t have enough fabric from the t-shirt to make a skirt long enough I made a longer layer to put underneath this one using dark green fabric that I had lying around.

Once you’ve finished cutting the skirts out lay them on top of each other and pin them together, right side of the dark green to wrong side of the light green.  You don’t have to do two layers it just depends on how much fabric you have and how long you want your skirt. Sew the two layers together.

After doing this sew a thin band of elastic into the waistband of the skirt, this isn’t necessary but I like how it turned out with the elastic.

For the top of the dress I made a simple tube top, I used the front panel of the t-shirt to make this.
After cutting the sleeves and the neckline completely off I cut straight across the shirt right under the arm holes to create a rectangle of fabric.
Fold that rectangle in half make sure the stretch is going across the top, not up and down, otherwise you wont be able to get the top on. Sew the side with a straight stitch. I used the bottom hem of the t-shirt as the top hem for my tube top.

Now we’re going to attach the top to the skirt, I don’t have any pictures of this stage, I just got so carried away pinning and sewing I forgot!
With the skirt right side out you’re going to pin the top all the way around the opening of the skirt, right sides together. So when you turn the dress right side out you won’t see any seems.  Make sure that the seems from sewing the elastic and two skirt pieces together can not be seen. Sew all the way around the area you pinned, take out any pins and add straps the the top if you wish! Voila! You have your very own handmade Tinkerbell Dress!
I added a sash made from the dark green fabric to my dress but that is completely up to add that!
(Tinkerbell hair tutorial- http://pekmarifetli.com/balerin-topuzuuu )

My wonderful bow tying skills LOL

“Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, Dreams are forever.” -Tinkerbell

Wire Rapunzel Tiara

So for a while now I’ve wanted to make a Rapunzel costume, but I wouldn’t have anywhere to wear it so instead I’m going to attempt to make a “modern day” Rapunzel costume!  All I’ve completed so far is her tiara, it’s not overly fancy, just wire, but I am happy with it!

I started with drawing the pattern out on a piece of paper in the size I wanted the tiara to be, I don’t have any pictures of that though. I then bent the wire into the correct shapes and laid them out.

Using a thinner wire that was easy to bend I connected the pieces together by wrapping the thin wire around both pieces.

(Sorry the picture is a little blurry.) After connecting all the pieces together I made a headband out of the thick wire and attached  the crown piece to that using the same way as before.

This is what the tiara in the movie looks like.