Halloween Witch Costume

 

Basic Cape

Materials:
*1-1.5 yards of fabric in material suitable for a cape (the amount will vary depending on the desired length of the cape).
*6 feet of ribbon
*Sewing machine
*Thread

Directions:
*Obtain cape fabric of desired length. 
*Fold the sides of the fabric down about half and inch or less and sew so that the edges of the cape will not fray.
*Repeat the above procedure for the bottom of the cape.
*Take the ribbon and lay it across the top of the cape.  Fold fabric over it and sew the fabric, making sure not to sew the ribbon.
*Once you have finished sewing the top of the cape, adjust the ribbon until you have the desired length for tying on one side, about 6 to 8 inches.  Sew the cape material closed over this part of the ribbon.
*Compress the fabric around the ribbon until the fabric covers about 1 1/2 feet of the ribbon, perhaps less if the person you are making a cape for is small.  Sew the cape fabric closed over this part of the ribbon.  You should have several feet of ribbon hanging out one side of the cape. 
*Trim the length of ribbon down to 6 or 8 inches.

Hat

 

Original hat:

Decorated hat:

Materials:
*Plain, basic witch hat
*1/2 yard of fabric to decorate the brim of the hat
*1/2 yard of fabric to decorate the cone of the hat
*Ribbon
*Fabric flower
*Sewing machine
*Thread
*Fabric adhesive
*Scissors

Directions:
*Take the witch hat and carefully cut the thread holding the cone of the hat to the brim.
*Cut out a cirle of fabric about half an inch wider than the brim of the hat.
*Carefully pin down the fabric, wrapping the excess fabric around the edges of the hat.
*Sew the fabric in place.
*Carefully cut out a circle of fabric on the inside of the hat and sew in place.
*Cut the thread holding the cone of the hat in its cone shape and fold out the material.
*Measure out a piece of fabric about 1/4 of an inch wider than the hat material all the way around and pin it in place, then sew the fabric onto the material.
*Turning the material inside out, fold the ends of the material back together so that it forms a cone shape again and sew together.
*Carefully glue the cone of the hat to the brim of the hat using fabric glue.
*Trim with ribbon and add a fabric flower if you wish.

 

Shoes

 

Materials:
*Pointy toed shoes
*Scrap squares of the material used for the hat
*Ribbon
*Glitter
*Glitter bond
*All purpose or fabric adhesive
*Spray-on acrylic coating in gloss finish (optional)

Directions:
*Spread newspaper across your designated work area
*If using a spray-on acrylic coating, stuff the inside of the shoes with leftover newspaper so as to prevent the coating from sticking excess glitter to the inside of the shoe.
*Create a design on the shoes by brushing glitter bond on in the desired pattern, then pouring glitter over the shoes.
*Let shoes dry for the recommended amount of time given on the glitter bond bottle.
*If you chose to, spray shoes with the acrylic coating.  Let dry.
*Take a square of fabric and fold it up like an accordion.  Glue the layers of the accordion together in the middle, then glue a piece of ribbon around the middle of the accordion.
* Spread out the edges of the fabric to form a bow shape.  You may want to use scissors to round out the ends a bit.
*Create a second bow using the same procedure as for the first one.
*Adhere the ribbons to the shoes.