Peacock Costume

This year, Lexi wants to be a peacock for Halloween.  I looked at the options online and decided I would make a tutu for her costume.  There were several examples on Pinterest, but none that were exactly what I wanted.  I knew I wanted a multi-colored puffy tutu and I liked the idea of felt feathers.  I was basically left on my own to wing it.

I started off with 2 yards each of different colors of tulle, elastic for the waist band, and 8 rolls of ribbon (4 colors).  I cut the tulle into 24" strips and sewed a piece of contrasting ribbon on each end.  Then, I folded it in half and scrunched it up to sew onto the elastic.  I went around making a pattern out of the tulle - purple, aqua, green, and teal.

Then, I was tired of this project, so I put it away for a week.  (Just sharing a little truth)  Soon, Halloween was drawing near, so I decided to make the feathers.  Yesterday, I sat at my computer and drew up a pattern using CorelDraw.  It allowed me to play with different shapes and to see what the pieces would look like stacked up.  Once I was satisfied, I printed the sheet out & cut them up.  This is what I made:

I knew I wanted the littlest circle to have a pie shape cut out, but I decided not to bother drawing it on the computer.  I pulled out my felt sheets and cut out the pieces.

Then, I had to sew them of course.  I am sure that gluing  or hand stitching them would have worked, but I prefer to use my machine.  I used a wide zigzag stitch:

Front

Back

As you can see, I also sewed a ribbon on.  I attached a feather to each end of the ribbons (two feathers for each ribbon) and then tied them to the tutu.  

Here is the final result: