My Little Leopard

Sharing a DIY costume of my little one.  Here is what I did with the help of my sis-in-law.

I bought a half yard animal print fabric at the Fabric Warehouse located at Glorietta 5, Makati City. The cloth was sold at Php100 per yard.

For the halter top, I used my baby's old shirt as the base pattern in cutting the cloth into the desired style. Then I temporarily hand stitched the top making sure that there was enough allowance and then tried it on my baby and then made the necessary adjustments. I then attached the garter on the back of the halter top.For the skirt, I use an existing skirt as the base pattern. Just ensure that there is allowance for the garter and a space to attached the tail. For the tail. I decided how thick it should be then cut and sew. I had no foam available at the time since it was a last minute thing. So, I used shredded paper to give body to the tail. Lastly, I cut haphazardly a zigzag pattern on the ends of the top and skirt. Extra cloth was used to tie her hair.

The leopard cape and shoe cover was bought on sale at only Php200. This really made the whole look perfect. Total cost: Php260.00 (leopard cape set + cloth + garter)

Here's the final look:

One more thing, for mommies out there who plan to copy this look. Don't forget to make also a matching undie. That's what I forgot to do. Hope you like this post.

My baby was able to strut her look at Rustan's Makati Halloween event last Saturday ^-^