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| Shimmery 'Butterfly Wings' |
Do you know a little girl who is captivated by Butterflies?
Fuel her imaginary flights of fancy with a pair of shimmering butterfly wings!
A few raw materials can 'Metamorph' into a pretty pair of wings.
Lightweight flowy fabric, elastic and ribbon...
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| Raw Materials for Crafting Butterfly Wings |
Thrift shops can be great places to look for fabric for this project, which is where I found this Shimmery, Multi-Colored, Flowy Polyester Fabric. Polyester is hard wearing which is a terrific quality for dress up clothes!
To add more fun color to the Butterfly Wings I chose to use a Bright Pink Foldover Elastic. This type of elastic is also very soft!
The light turquoise ribbon chosen brings out the hint of blue in the fabric.
This is the Tutorial I used as a guide to create "Butterfly Wings" http://catonalimb.blogspot.com/2011/10/homemade-silky-fairy-wings-christmas.html
I made a few changes from the tutorial in crafting the 'Butterfly Wings' .
1. The size of the fabric piece I started with was 45" wide by 31" long. Two sides of this piece were the selvedge edges, which I left as is...and hemmed the other 2 sides with a narrow hem.
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| Pressed line as a guide for Gathering Stitches |
2. To mark the middle of the fabric piece I just folded it in half and ironed the center folded edge.
This created a visible line I could follow as a guide while stitching the gathering stitches.
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| Sewing the Ribbon over Gathered Area |
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| Center Ribbon and Elastic |
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| Corner Ribbon and Elastic |
3. When stitching the ribbon over the elastic onto fabric, I stitched a X design to add strength to the area.
This area will now take lots of tension without coming undone!
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| Light Illuminating the Butterfly Wings |
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| Purple Spotted Swallowtail |
To add to the Fun, I crafted 3 Butterfly Wings like this.
Now 3 Little Girls can be Butterflies Together.
Oh to have the Wings of a Butterfly, to flit and float on the breeze....
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