If the holiday is just around the corner, then it is not necessary to spend money on acquiring a bright outfit. After all, you can make a Thumbelina costume yourself. How to do this, what materials you need to purchase, we will describe in detail.
Outfit components
The finished suit will consist of the following elements:
We will talk about the stages of their manufacture below, but for now we will discuss what fabrics and accessories will be needed.
Necessary materials for a suit Thumbelina
The fabric for the blouse should be silk. Gentle, light tones are preferable. For the skirt, choose a satin fabric. Suitable colors will be the color of violets, fuchsias. Any other floral shade will do. Do not forget about kapron or lining fabric for sewing a petticoat. To make a Thumbelina costume with your own hands , you need to purchase a green silk fabric. She will make belt and trim. You should also stock up on thin padding polyester, interlining, elastic tape (elastic band) and fishing line.
Work stages
Find any ready-made pattern, cut and sew a blouse on it. She should make lush sleeves flashlights. Taking a green cloth, cut out small leaves, strengthen it with non-woven fabric and sweep to the bottom of the sleeves.
Open and sew a short sun skirt. The further scheme of work will be as follows: an elastic tape (elastic band) is inserted into the drawstring made at the waist. A narrow zigzag stitch is used to process the bottom of the skirt. A fishing line is inserted into the seam gate. This will allow the skirt to lie in beautiful waves. Then sew the petticoat. Agree that it’s quite easy to make a costume for Thumbelina with your own hands.
The next detail on the line is the belt. So proceed to cutting large leaves. There should be two parts. They are folded with the front sides, the same part is superimposed on top of them (a synthetic winterizer is taken to cut it). Details are grinded, while the straight upper part remains open. The sheet is turned out by the front part, it is not necessary to iron it. A decorative stitch is laid, it imitates leaf veins. There is still some work left and the New Year’s costume Thumbelina will be ready.
The belt blank (length 110-150 centimeters and width 12-15 centimeters) is folded in half lengthwise, a line is laid along short sections. On a long section of the belt, you do not need to build up a section that is equal to the waist circumference. Having turned out a belt, iron it. In the area left open, put decorative leaflets and stitch it. Tie the belt behind with a lush bow. It remains for us to make the last detail for the Thumbelina costume - a hat.
The head of the fairy-tale heroine must certainly be decorated with a bell-shaped hat. The headdress will be six-piece. In order for its details to correspond to the size of the children's head, you need to measure the volume of the latter. The resulting figure is divided by six, and two centimeters are added to the seams. The finished pattern is cut out of paper and transferred to the fabric. We should get six petals. Then the wedges of the cap are folded with the front sides, grind off. Details are turned out, seams need to be ironed. Lining is being made. For her, the same fabric can be taken and the same pattern, or another contrast material, as the basis.
The relief of each seam is finished with braid or cord (its color can be gray, green, blue). To decorate the hats, a leaf or pedicel made of materials such as guipure, tulle, silk, organza is suitable. So, the Thumbelina costume for the girl is ready.
Additional ideas
If this version of the outfit seems time consuming, you can focus on the following: the dress is taken as the basis. The main thing is that it be smart. And it should also have lilac, pink, blue shuttlecocks. Your task is to make a patch of flowers (a silk ribbon is taken for this) and a hat (we already spoke about it).
The belt, sleeves, bodice of the dress can be decorated with pink, white, yellow flowers. These parts can be purchased or made with your own hands from materials such as tulle, organza, guipure, silk, chiffon. Floral bracelets on the wrists, matching the tights and pretty shoes, will complement and decorate the Thumbelina costume. It can be made from improvised materials, such as wooden beads, felt and buttons in the form of flowers, beads.