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Materials:
1 long-sleeved pink/white polo shirt or long-sleeved
pink/white leotard,
1 pair of pink/white tights,
1 yard of pink/white felt,
3 pipe cleaners,
STICKY BACK® brand tape or coins,
2 yards of iron-on backing material (interfacing),
1 package of silver gems of silver glitter,
white fabric glue,
white thread, scissors, pins, tape measure
Instructions:
Iron backing material to felt. Using brown wrapping
paper, make a wing pattern in shape shown below. Enlarge pattern size as
necessary to proportionately fit child. Cut front and
back, left and right wings of felt and interfacing.
Fuse the iron-on backing to front and back, left and
right wings. With backing sides together, glue or
stitch felt wings together. Also, glue or stitch left
and right wings together at the narrow flap to make
the wings into one piece. Separate the two halves of
the STICKY BACK® tape. Apply the hook half of three
3" strips of VELCRO® brand STICKY BACK® tape or
coins about 1/2" apart to the narrow flap that
forms the center back of the wings. Apply the loop
side of the VELCRO® tape or coins to the back center
of the polo shirt; press VELCRO® strips together to
fasten wings onto polo shirt. Decorate wings and
headband with silver gems secured with VELCRO® brand
coins. Add glitter in a random design for extra
sparkle.
Skirt:
Additional
Materials
2 pieces of white tulle - 72" X 18", for
bottom layer of skirt,
2 pieces of irridescent white lame - 72" X
18", for middle layer of skirt,
2 pieces of white-and-gold/silver patterned netting -
72" X 18", for top layer of skirt,
1/8 yard white satin, for waistband,
3/4 yard VELCRO® hook and loop tape,
1 yards gold/silver sequins for trimming,

Instructions:
To make the waistband, measure the child's waist and
cut a piece of satin to waist measurement, plus
4". Cut the waistband piece as follows: Waistband
Piece = wiastline size + 4" long X 4" wide.
Layer skirt fabrics as follows: white tulle on bottom,
irredescent fabric in middle, and white/gold or silver
netting on top. Keeping the long straight edges even,
stitch two rows of machine basting along the straight
edge. Pull basting stitches to gather the skirt. With
right sides together, pin the skirt to one long edge
of waistband, beginning and ending 1/2" from each
end of waistband. Stitch in place and remove pins.
Fold the waistband in half, lengthwise, with right
sides together, and stitch the short ends. Turn the
waistband to right side and slipstitch the remaining
long edge in place over waistband seam allowance.
Stitch a 4" piece of hook and loop tape to each
end of the waistband. Glue the sequins to the
waistband for trimming.
Headpiece:
Cut a piece of
felt 2" wide to the length of the circumference
of the child's head plus 2" for the overlap. Use
STICKY BACK® brand tape or coins to fasten headband.
Halo:
Bend two pipe
cleaners to form a circle and twist ends. Use one pipe
cleaner to connect halo circle to head band at back.
Secure to headband using a VELCRO® brand tape or
coin.
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