Feather

Feather is available in many colours, shapes and sizes, and is an attractive way to decorate your costume.

For instance with a Charleston costume, wings (of an angel).

 

Hats or even fake eyelashes. The easiest way to operate with feathers is by gluing it on the costume or the accessory, but it lasts longer if you have the time and desire for sewing it on.

Costume accessory

Ribbon

This type of ribbon is available in both gold and silver, and can add the finishing touch to your costume.

It is ideal to use in connection with a goddess costume, either around the head or around the waist.

Pipe cleaners

Pipe cleaners can be used for smartening up your costume with for instance stylish head decoration.

It could be in connection with an alien costume or a cats costume.

Bells

Bells can be used in various ways. One way is to smarten up your costume with e.g. a bracelet or a collar.

Put the bells on an elastic band or a piece of fabric by pulling it on a string, which is then sewn on the elastic band or fabric.

Then you have a bracelet or a collar.

Marabou-down

This down can besides being used to a tutu-skirt, (see the entry on tulle, where the down is added as extra feature), can this type of down also be used to make an animaltail.

With an animaltail will the easy solution be to tie a lot of knots in the end of the down. Additionally you can chose to use your sewing machine or a needle and thread and take a piece, and sew it on top of each other again and again - after how thick you want your tail to be.

You can also chose to use the down to a nice angel costume, both on the skirt, the wings and on the halo.

The marabou-down is available in different shapes and colours. 

Spice up your costume with fringes!

Fringes can be used on a dress ( see the picture, the dress looks much better with the added fringes).

You can also chose to use the fringes as a necklace, just cut a piece that fits around your neck, and you will have an extra effect for your costume.




The fringe fabric is available in different colours and sizes.


Add fringes to your bag and it will match your costume.

Have fun with glitter

Measure around your chest or around your waist and after that sew it together in the side. And WOW, now you have a nice glitterdress.


Tip:
It can be a good idea to use a sewing machine for this particular fabric, as it can be quite a challenge to sew it by hand. 

Various sequin costumes

Sequin fabric can be used in many different ways and adds a great effect to the costume. For example in this picture where the silver sequin fabric is used as cover for a disco ball.

You can make the disco ball from papier máche (see entry of papier máche).










Another way of using the sequin fabric is seen in these pictures.

You can use this ribbon to either put in your hair or as shown on the entry of tulle, on a skirt.

Sequin bag

Create a nice bag with sequins. Buy sequin fabric (can be bought in various fabric stores). Fold the fabric double and sew it together in the sides.

The strap is made from a piece of fabric (approximately 20 cm wide), fold the fabric double and sew it together. After that you sew the strap on the bag.   

 

If you want a different form of your sequin bag, you can choose to do as in this next picture.This bag is sketched from the form and size from another bag and is then sewed in sequin fabric. The strap is plaited from grey satinribbon.