This year for Halloween I wanted to make something for Sofia that is unique, adorable, and iconic. I had seen so many really cute costume ideas as Chanel bags, fashion icons, and so forth. It wasn't until I started to organize my jewelry box that it hit me. How cute would be to make the iconic Tiffany jewelry satchel come to life as a life size costume? It was going to be adorable, but I had to make it perfect! If you are interested in a DIY tutorial of this costume let me know, then I could start working on one and make another costume to show the steps.
I headed to Joann fabric to find the perfect Tiffany robins egg blue to make the costume, but the fabric had to have some shape to it. It couldn't just be regular thing cotton fabric. I wasn't finding too many options, but I did get lucky and found a color that was super close, but a little more on the blue side in a thick, soft, more luxurious version of what I think is felt. It did hold some shape to it and it was easy to manage and manipulate.
I cut out the shape of the Tiffany punch and then started to sew all of the sides together (inside out) that needed to be attached. I added some stretchy elastic to hold it up right at armpit level. I also had to get robins egg blue yarn to twist to create the satchel drawstring. I left a hole open at the top and the bottom where the top part would connect to the round part so Sofia could put her arms through there.
This costume was such a big hit at the mall. We went to the Tiffany Store at the town center and the sales associated couldn't get enough of Sofia. Sofia got so many compliments and people stopping her to tell her how cute she looked, she was loving it!
How do you think I did on this costume?
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This is very cute! Great idea
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