How to create an original and memorable image of a fairy-tale hero? This question is often asked by handicraftsmen who like to make their own costumes. An excellent example of an interesting image is Little Red Riding Hood, whose outfit is very recognizable and attractive.
A costume can be made from scrap materials, plus you can add creative and bright ideas to it. Now we will take a closer look at the step-by-step process of making a red riding hood costume with our own hands for an adult and a child.
Where to begin?
First you need to decide on a set of materials. To do this, you need to review your available wardrobe and think about whether it is possible to remake some ready-made outfit into Little Red Riding Hood’s attire, or whether you can completely remake the product for a new costume. Remaking is an excellent and budget option when there are no opportunities or options for purchasing material, plus remaking the product significantly saves time.
You should start with an idea. Typically, a Little Red Riding Hood costume may consist of:
- Jackets,
- Capes,
- Skirts,
- Cloak,
- Turtlenecks,
- Shtanov,
- Short.
Additional may be:
- Shoes,
- Gaiters,
- Basket,
- Cap,
- A cap,
- Kerchief,
- Handkerchief.
Accessories:
- Brooches,
- Basket,
- handbag,
- Headband for hair.
Fairy tale format
Therefore, from the available set, you can make a bright and memorable image of Little Red Riding Hood. Alternatively, you can split the image into two sections:
- A fairy tale in a new way,
- A classic fairy tale.
In the format of a fairy tale in a new way, a deviation from the canonical image is acceptable. That is, you can make a red jacket, a blazer cap or a bandana for Little Red Riding Hood, and additionally red shorts, trousers and leg warmers for her legs.
You can skip classic shoes in favor of red sneakers, which will add a modern look to your look. The only mandatory attribute of recognition should be a basket or cape, but deviations are possible in terms of a handbag or backpack.
For a classic fairy tale look, it's best to wear a long cape with a hood, choose cute shoes, and complete the look with a red dress.
A color scheme
The following color combinations will look harmonious and bright in the image of a red riding hood:
- Red,
- White,
- Black,
- Additional (to the image of a modern fairy tale)
Details and materials for creating the costume:
- Scissors,
- Threads,
- Needles,
- Pencil,
- Textile,
- Tinsel,
- Beads,
- Rhinestones.
Cloak
To sew a Little Red Riding Hood costume, let’s take the simplest piece as a basis - a cloak. Measure the length of the cloak flaps and the depth of the hood. The workpiece itself is quite simple to do, and to smooth the seams you can use New Year's tinsel (rain) to add ambience to the cloak. It’s quite easy to make a Little Red Riding Hood costume for a girl with your own hands using this item of clothing.
Firstly, the cloak combines the classic image of an ordinary fairy tale heroine and combines 2 in 1, both a cape and a hood-hat, which can be thrown over the head if necessary.
Secondly, it is the low cost of materials. In the normal making of a suit, a lot of red fabric is needed, especially when working out the image in detail. This is the main advantage of the cloak, since this element of the image of the little red riding hood is considered the most recognizable and accessible in cut even to novice needleworkers.
Hood
The easiest way to make a headdress for Little Red Riding Hood is to copy it from the Disney cartoon. Everyone probably remembers that the main character wore a cloak with a hood. But a head cape can be sewn separately, without a cloak. The pattern of a red riding hood for a girl of this type is attached above. You should print the drawing and adjust it to the dimensions of the child’s head. The yoke is made as desired. If you do not plan to attach the hood to clothing, then you need to make a decorative trim at the bottom, otherwise the headdress will look unfinished. We cut out the details from red fabric. If desired, you can also cut out the lining. Now you need to sew the two parts of the hood together. If you made a lining, grind it down. If the headdress is without lining, then the edges of the product should be sharpened. Let's move on to the yoke. Sew it to the bottom of the hood on both sides. You can decorate this element with buttons or beautiful ribbons.
How to wear an adult Little Red Riding Hood?
Making an adult Little Red Riding Hood costume with your own hands is no less time-consuming than assembling a children's costume. Sometimes it happens that you need to put together an adult costume for a children's production or theatrical performance. To select an image, we use the same principle as when working with a children's suit.
First you need to decide whether it will be a “fairy tale in a new way”, or whether it will be a “classic fairy tale”.
Since an adult costume usually implies a more serious connotation, we advise you to get by with a minimum of decorations and additional elements, but here again, it all depends on the theme.
Silk or satin fabric is perfect for preparing the look and making a raincoat. So pleasant to the touch and looks very impressive.
In terms of the cut format, the raincoat is no different from the children's size pattern, with the only difference being the size.
When sewing, be sure to make fastening ties and complement the surroundings of the image.
Necessary materials for sewing a suit
To sew a beautiful Little Red Riding Hood costume with your own hands for a girl, you need to purchase the necessary materials:
- Beautiful bright red fabric for making a cap, skirt and cape.
- White fabric for sewing an apron.
- White lace to decorate the apron.
- A small red zipper or elastic band.
- Non-woven fabric with glue.
- Dark fabric for sewing a vest.
- 2-3 meters of decorative cord or red ribbon.
- Red tulle for petticoat.
- White fabric for sewing a shirt or dress.
- Suit pattern.
As a sample, you can use the option presented in the figures above and below.
Character's entourage
When talking about the character's surroundings, one should not forget about additional accessories and ease of wearing. It is important that everything combines harmoniously and complements each other. The basket can be of various sizes, but it should not interfere with being on stage and should fulfill its function. For example, if during a performance a character must get some things from there.
Apron
If it is not possible to dilute it with other elements of clothing, then you can always use an apron as a basis for creating an image. This idea looks very interesting and allows you to complement the heroine.
For general information, you can take as a basis a separately sewn apron, which will be created directly for the image. As an additional element, you can use the same fabric as the main weave from the image. This will make the costume look more complete and pleasing to the eye.
Corset
An additional element of clothing can be a corset, which will emphasize the figure and make the image more expressive. We bring to your attention several collections of ideas where the combination of a corset, raincoat, skirt or dress combines very well with each other.
Blouse
A raincoat with a regular white blouse can be a very harmonious and interesting combination. The contrast of colors emphasizes the image and adds a certain charisma to the character. There are also many cutting options for a blouse, but if possible, you can opt for puffy sleeves and a wide neckline.
As you can see, to create a Little Red Riding Hood costume you can get by with quite simple and original ideas. Regardless of the technique used to make the costume, you can create amazing ideas and preparations for the finished image of the little red riding hood.
Here you can completely give free rein to your imagination and creativity, since the idea itself combines different elements of clothing that can be easily combined with each other. All these decorative elements will allow you to create a stunning fairy-tale image that will look great on holidays, photos and videos.
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Skirt for Little Red Riding Hood costume
The question of how to sew a skirt didn’t even arise in front of me. I definitely decided to wear a half-sun skirt with a soft tulle lining.
Constructing a half-sun skirt with an elastic band and one back seam was not particularly difficult.
Only two measurements were needed: Product length (DI) and hip circumference (HG) (since the skirt is without a fastener and has an elastic band, if the skirt comes with a set-in zipper, then the half-waist measurement is used).
1. Construct a 90 degree angle with the vertex at point O.
2. Calculate two radii, where R1 is the waist line and R2 is the bottom line of the skirt:
- R1 = (From + 5cm) / 2 π (where π ≈ 3.14, 5 cm - allowance for loose fitting);
- R2 = R1 + Di.
3. From point O, we lay down and to the right the lengths R1 and R2. The segment from line T1 to H1 is equal to CI.
4. Connect points T and T1 with radius R1, H and H1 with radius R2.
5. The outline of the skirt drawing passes through points T1Н1H2T2.
6. We cut out the belt in the form of a rectangle, the length of which is equal to the circumference of the hips + allowance for a loose fit, the width is 7 cm.
7. If you have an elasticated skirt, you will also need a hip measurement. We will need to draw another radius, OB = R2 = (Rb + 5cm) / 2 π
Sewing procedure for a sun skirt:
1. From soft white tulle I cut out three rectangles 1.5 cm long longer than the length of the stretch gabardine part, each 1 m wide for gathering. I ended up with three layers of tulle for the lining.
2. I stitched each piece of tulle separately along the short side. I laid a stitch along the wide side of the tulle rectangles and pulled it to a length equal to the length of TT1 on the pattern. I joined all three pieces of the lining together using machine stitching.
3. The back seam of the main part of the skirt was stitched. Using a basting stitch, I connected all three layers of tulle with stretch gabardine.
I put my skirt aside for a while.
4. Let's start with the apron.
To make it less of a hassle to put on a Little Red Riding Hood costume for my daughter, I decided to make the apron and skirt one part of the costume.
I cut my apron into a rectangle with rounded bottom corners. Pre-assembled sewing was sewn to three sides of it. The top of the apron was also laid out with chaotic folds.
5. I found the middle of the apron and the middle of the skirt, aligned the centers and after that I began to sew the belt to the skirt.
6. The belt piece was stitched into a circle along the short side. I matched the seams on the waistband and the skirt panel together, folded them face to face and stitched the waistband to the skirt. I pressed the seam allowance, folded the waistband in half and pressed it again. I basted the entire length of the belt and stitched it at a distance of 1 mm from the edge, leaving a distance of 2-3 cm between the beginning and end of the stitching for threading the elastic.
7. Using a pin, I pulled the elastic through the skirt and sewed its ends into a ring. I sewed up the unstitched section for pulling through the elastic.
The result is this Little Red Riding Hood skirt.
Next, the belt.
On the Internet you can find many options for the Little Red Riding Hood costume; a constant attribute is a corset or vest. I decided to simplify this and make a wide belt. I rummaged around in the bins and found thick black jersey and old jeans. I bought some braids.
I cut out a rectangle whose width = waistband width *2 + seam allowances of 1.5 cm on each side. Belt length = Waist circumference + 1.5 cm allowance. Our belt is made with lacing, so it will be better if it is not laced tightly. Sew the belt along one long side and one short side. We turn it right side out, we get something like a bag.
