Twink costume body and headband

I made a Rinbow Brite costume a few years ago and just knew my daughter 

had to be Twink so I could wear it again.  I think she rocked it!  

If you found this tutorial, my bet is you saw this one at some point.  

That picture is where my idea to put my daughter in a Twink costume was born.  

I got the same fabric as she did, but I am NOT a pattern purchaser.  

They're not expensive, but I think the craft woman in me refuses to 

follow a pattern.  So, I improvised. 

This is the basic part of Twinks outfit.  As I said, I didn't buy a pattern.  I also didn't want it to be too puffy, but you can certainly add fiberfill on the inside if you do want it puffy.  

I would add 2 inches to the fuzzy fabric if you're going to go that route.

I started out with an outfit that is a tad big on her.  

Fold it in half and place it on top of two pieces of paper, taped together.  

Trace the outfit and cut out your pattern.

As you can see, I made it shorter and a little wider.  

The outfit pictured goes past my daughter's knees so I guessed on the length.  

As far as the width, I added a little for seam allowances.  You're going to need 2 pieces 

for the front (one fleece and one fuzzy fabric) and two for the back as well.

After you get your pieces cut out, pin one piece of fleece to one 

piece of the fuzzy fabric with the fuzzy/furry stuff inside.   

You're only going to sew the bottom, the arm holes, and the neckhole.  

Leave the sides and shoulder straps open.  This is VERY important! 

 I didn't do it that way so my pictures won't be too helpful, but after my trial and error, I know that would be the best method.  Moving on...

Flip your fabric right side out and do the same with the other half of your dress.  

You should have two panels with fleece on one side and fuzzy/furry fabric on the other.  

If you want to fill it with fluff, now is the time to do that. 

Pin the shoulder straps and sides together with the fuzzy/furry material facing each other.  Sew the sides and the shoulders together.  

Flip it fuzzy side out and you're done!  

The seams will be on the inside so they won't show.  

Fleece doesn't fray and neither does the fuzzy fabric.  

Just one straight stitch seam should do the trick.  

After that, it's all about the accessories.  I owned this blue belt already.  

I still need to add the star and pocket to the belt, but that won't be too difficult.  

Just a little bit of felt should do the trick.

The linked costume has a headpiece that most people have tried to copy; a hood if you will.  My daughter will not tolerate such a thing.  No way, no how.  She loves wearing animal ears though so I figured a headband would be right up her alley.

I bought a set of headbands from the dollar store.  

I had some red chenille stems/pipe cleaner.  I used 4 total, 2 for each side.  

Take two stems and twist them together all the way down to the bottom.  

Fold them in half and twist all the way to the ends.  Go back to the end you folded and untwist it a little. I used two colors to show it a little better.

Now you just slide that over the headband and glue in place.

After the stems were in place, I used hot glue and glued my fabric remnants to the headband, folding the ends to the underside and gluing those as well. For the stars, I printed off this template and cut 4 stars out of felt.  I sewed 2 stars together leaving a little space for them to slip over the chenille stems.

It helps to use scissors or something else to open up the hole.  Then slip it over your chenille stem and sew the hole closed.  This will also secure it to the stem so you won't need glue.

Here is the belt tutorial.  The rainbow tights were trial and error.  If you can
 purchase some, that would be much easier!  I actually painted hers with fabric paint.

She got a ton of compliments and just looked perfect!