Over in the jungle where I just caught a glance, of a pretty purple parrot doing a dance...

Back in September last year, Child 1 needed a costume for a school assembly. Her class were studying animals that term and were performing two songs, one about jungle animals and one about meadow animals, for the rest of the primary kids.

The teacher paired up all the kids and assigned them their animals. Other kids got to be snakes, cows, bees, chickens, spiders, frogs, and the like: all animals that are readily available in stores in costumes and onesie dress-ups. Child 1 was a purple parrot. A purple sodding parrot. So while all the other parents went to Kmart and Toys R Us, I had to put a little more thought into it.

Still high (i.e. deluded) from my curtain success, I searched Google for some costume ideas and found a tutorial on Llevo el Invierno for owl wings. A bit of a tweak in the sizing, a lot of cutting, pining (stabbing, bleeding, and swearing), and endless sewing of rows and rows of 'feathers'.....

{ Pin and sew...pin and sew...pin and sew... }

{ Almost there, just bias binding to go. }

{ Ready for showtime! }

...and we had some purple wings!

It was so dodgy, but Child 1 loved them. I even got a few positive comments from other parents, which was nice.

Not bad for a first try?