Offray 
Girl’s Carnival Costume

By Miriam Gourley for Offray

 

Materials:

Sweatshirt top and pants

1-2/3 yds. each 1/8” wide double-face satin ribbon in black and pink

1-2 pkgs. jumbo rick rack

1 pkg. Medium rick rack

1 pkg. Small rick rack

Fabric paint in yellow, black, pink

5 pom poms

 


Directions for top:
1. Cut off the cuffs from the sleeves and lower edge of sweatshirt top.
2. Stitch or glue the jumbo rick rack to the sleeve edges and lower edge of sweatshirt top.
3. Cut 3 – 12” lengths from ribbon.  Hold 1 color of each together and make 3 bows.
Glue pom pom to center of bow.  Glue or stitch to front of sweatshirt.
4. Use fabric paint to make stars, swirls, and dots or your own design on shirt. 

Directions for pants:
1. Cut off lower edge of pants and stitch or glue jumbo rick rack to the bottom edge.
2. Stitch or glue the medium rick rack ½” above the edge of the jumbo rick rack and the
    baby rick rack ½” above the medium, creating 3 rows of rick rack.
3. Cut 2 – 12” lengths from ribbons and make bows with pom pom centers.  Glue or
    stitch to pant legs at bottom edge.
4. Decorate pants with fabric paint. 

Hat 

Materials:

2 – 12”X12” pieces of white felt

1 – 12”X4” piece of black felt

3-2/3 yds. each 1/8” double face satin in black and pink

Medium and jumbo rick rack

Pink fabric paint

3 pink pom poms

6 yellow pom poms

3 chenille stems 

Directions:
1. Cut white felt into 2 triangles measuring 12” across bottom edge and up 12” to top
    point.  Slightly curve while cutting out the hat pattern from top of hat to bottom.
2. Cut out “mask” piece from black fabric using photo as a guide.  Position “mask” to fit
    across front of hat 1” from bottom edge.  Glue in place.
3. With right sides together, stitch hat pieces.  Turn right side out.
4. Glue or stitch jumbo rick rack to lower edge of hat.
5. Glue medium rick rack along outer edge of mask.
6. Make several bows with 1/8” ribbon and glue to top point of hat.  Glue pom pom to
    center.
7. Make streamers from remaining ribbons and glue to sides of hat.  Glue pom poms to
    streamers.
8. Bend chenille stems in half and glue to hat over bridge of nose forming “antenna”.  Glue
    remaining pom poms to ends of chenille stems to finish.

 

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