How to Sew a Christmas Tree Costume
A Christmas tree makes a great costume for a Christmas pageant or for an offbeat Halloween party. Such a costume allows you to be a walking symbol of Christmas and is extremely comfortable. It's easy to make a Christmas tree costume out of fabric as the design is so simple that you don't need to use a pattern. Instead, you can cut and sew the fabric along your body's size and proportions Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Green felt or velvet fabric
- Pins
- Scissors
- Needle
- Thread
- Wire
- Garland
- Ornaments
Instructions
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Tightly wrap the green felt or velvet around your shoulders, letting it hang down into a cone shape that is wider at the feet. Ensure the length touches, but does not drag on the floor.
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Hold the fabric wrapped around you with one hand and with your other hand, insert one pin at the neck of the garment to hold it in place.
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Cut slits at hip height on either side of the garment so that your hands can move in and out of it easily.
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Add a few more pins going down the length of the garment. At this point the garment should resemble a long cloak, enveloping your entire body in a cone-shape.
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Remove the fabric from your body very carefully, pulling it up over your head, keeping the pins in place.
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Cut away any excess fabric in the length. Sew a long seam along the pins, making your stitches tight and close together.
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Cut a piece of wire the same length of the circumference of the bottom of the garment.
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Create a 1-inch hem at the bottom of the garment and fold the wire into the hem, creating a hoop that distinguishes the shape of the bottom of the tree. Pin it into place.
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Sew along the pins, creating an even hem which envelopes the wire.
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Wrap garland around the garment, as you would a Christmas tree. Sew a few stitches around the garland, stitching it in place to the felt.
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Sew non-breakable ornaments onto the felt by inserting a stitch into the top metal loop of each ornament.
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References
- Photo Credit christmas-tree image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
