few words on angry birds for fancy dress
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Angry Bird is angry it can attack you until you learn what the f*** is a questionnaire
Materials:
Felt is a material that I find easy to work with and comes in a wide variety of colours. It is used mostly for crafts and not generally recommended to be put in the washer or dryer. You could substitute a heavy cotton or muslin. The bolt of felt I used was 70″ wide.
1 1/2 meters of green felt
1 1/2 meters of red felt
1 meter of blue felt
1 meter of black felt
1 meter of yellow felt
1/2 meter of white felt
10 meters of broadcloth {an inexpensive, lightweight cotton}
1 sheet of craft felt {found at a craft or dollar store} in these colours: orange, brown, light green, dark green and grey.
6 meters of quilt batting
1 large bag of pillow stuffing
Black fabric paint or fabric marker
Black head band {for pig crown}
Scissors
Thread
Hot Glue Gun
Glue sticks
Pins
Measuring tap
Blue Bird{s}
1.Fold the felt into quarters and measure 9 1/2″ from the center
2.Cut a curve along your measurements to create a circle when unfolded.
3.Your circle should measure 19″ in diameter {repeat these steps so that you have two 19″ blue circles}
4.Cut two 19″ circles out of cotton and cut your features out of felt. Go here for the pattern.
5. Lay one blue circle and one cotton circle, right sides together and pin together.
6. Sew sides together using a 1/4″ seam allowance.
7. Be sure to leave a 4-6″ hole while sewing so that you can invert the piece, right sides out.
8. Repeat steps 5 – 7 so that you have two circles. These are the back and front of the bird. {I created two extra, small blue bird stuffys as part of this costume ~ sorry no tute for those}.
9. Pin the back and the front together. At this point I had one of the kids try it on so that I could get the placement of the head and arms right.
10. Green Pig Step 9 is an example of where you are going to sew the back and front together {black lines = sew here}. The best way to get a good fit is to have your wearer try it on.
11. Sew the front and back of the bird together, right sides facing, 1/4″ seam, along the black lines in Step 9. Don’t forget to sew the tail into the side seam.
12. Invert the bird so the right sides are facing out.
13. Stuff the front and the back of the bird with pillow stuffing. I really played with the fullness and amount of stuffing. Stuff it then try it on to see if it is full enough for you. Sew or hot glue the hole closed.
13. Hot glue gun the features to the front of the bird.
14. Outline the features with fabric markers or paint {paint actually worked better for me}.
Complete Blue Birds
Black Bird
1. Fold the felt into quarters and measure 11 1/2″ from the center.2. Cut a curve along your measurements to create a circle when unfolded.3. Your circle should measure 23″ in diameter {repeat these steps so that you have two 23″ black circles}
4. Cut two 23″ circles out of cotton {my cotton was red in this example} and cut your features out of felt. Go here and here for the pattern.
5. Lay one black circle and one cotton circle, right sides together and pin together. Sew together using a 1/4″ seam allowance.
6. Be sure to leave a 4-6″ hole while sewing so that you can invert the piece, right sides out.
7. Repeat steps 5 & 6 so that you have two circles. These are the back and front of the bird.
8. Pin the back and the front together. At this point I had one of them try it on so that I could get the placement of the head and arms right.