Masquerades are real holidays for children, and no matter in honor of what event such an unusual event is organized. Each child with great pleasure tries on outfits and depicts his most beloved characters.
What to consider when choosing a costume?
And then a solemn holiday is coming, and the time has come to think about a fancy dress. Each parent is advised to remember that the outfit, first of all, should be to the liking of the baby. Do not force your daughter or son to put on an unloved costume, even if his choice is made in favor of an ordinary mask, depicting a character to whom the child feels sympathy.
The second recommendation is to pay attention to the convenience of the suit, it should not be dangerous for the child. It is necessary to make sure in time that the baby moves easily and freely in the outfit, and the fabric or other materials are not flammable. Protruding or protruding elements that perform a decorative function are not allowed, because a child can catch hold of something and get seriously injured.
Some children feel out of place wearing a fancy dress. The thing is that the material may be “scratchy”, or the child has outgrown a beautiful outfit a little. In the latter case, it is recommended to remake clothes according to the baby's figure. In order not to engage in sewing a few hours before leaving the house for a festive event, it is best to do the fitting in advance.
Features of outfits for outdoor celebrations
Far from always, children's entertainment takes place indoors. If everything should happen on the street, then you need to think about how warm the suit should be, as well as how to protect the child from unexpected rainfall, so that the clothes remain dry.
The basis of the carnival outfit can serve as a sports jacket and pants, and in the summer they are perfectly replaced by jeans with a T-shirt. It will be enough to sew several original elements to the base or draw using felt-tip pens. This option is inexpensive and very convenient, in addition, it will not be a pity if dirt spots or several holes appear on it, because children rarely care about the safety of things.
For the New Year's celebration, there are many options for outfits, in more detail it is worth taking a closer look at the suit of strawberries for the girl.
What should be at hand
- satin fabric of green color;
- red satin fabric;
- yellow satin fabric;
- a slanting slanting green color;
- buttons
- buttons.
Work stages
Before you sew a strawberry suit with your own hands, you need to remove the pattern, for this, any child’s clothes are suitable. Some use dresses or t-shirts.
The detail of the back should be divided in the center, the clasp will be located here. The top of the outfit is made of three parts, on which there is a green fabric. It is important not to forget to leave allowances for seams.
At the next stage, the details of the dress are sewn using side and shoulder seams. For the seam, which will be located on the back, you need to retreat from the collar 10 cm. Then, the sleeves are sewn along.
There is a cutout on the back side so that the head can easily go through the neck. Here, an overlock or a zigzag variant is used for processing, it goes along the edges of the seam located at the back. Each half is sheathed separately. Then they are bred in different directions, fixed with pins and stitched with a regular seam that goes along the edge of the cut.
A slanting inlay in a children's suit, a strawberry is needed for sheathing sleeves and a neck. A button or button is sewn to the back of the last part. To decorate the top of the outfit, you can use a collar or come up with something of your own.
The final work on the dress will be the creation of sepals, which will give the costume a more natural look, similar to strawberries.
How to make sepals?
First, the decor elements of a triangular shape are cut out of a paper base. How many such blanks are needed, everyone decides on their own, but the jewelry will look more original if they are made a little gathered.
Here again, you need a slanting trim, which is used to sew triangles transferred to the fabric. Sheathing is necessary on each side. Then the sepals are stitched on the sewing machine with a straight seam. As a result, you should get a number of elements that are evenly combined.
Jewelry is distributed around the belt of the suit of strawberries, fastened with pins and fixed finally with a machine seam.
For the dress itself, it is best to choose a sun-flared shape. Here you will need a red cloth on which a circle is cut having a diameter of ½ waist in circumference plus 2 hem lengths. The calculation is as follows: if the waist is 60 cm, and the skirt is planned to be 30 in length, then the circle should have a diameter of 60: 2 + 30x2 = 90 cm. A hole is made in the center of the circle with a diameter of ½ waist in girth.
The hem is stitched with the top of the strawberry suit and processed with an overlock.
How to decorate a dress?
The skirt may remain red, but the outfit will look more original if you add golden grains. Here you will need to make small paper drop-shaped blanks. The patterns themselves are transferred to the yellow material, after which they need to be cut. To process the edges, fire is used so that the threads do not crumble. Then the grains are evenly distributed over the skirt, fastened with pins, and finally sewn using a machine or simply by hand.
It is very easy to make a strawberry New Year's costume by adapting a tinsel of suitable color to decorate, which is located on the sleeves and along the hem of the dress.