I need some fairy wings for Costume College so I whipped a set up. (Doesn’t everyone NEED fairy wings at some point in their lives?) Not being one to buy something like that, I decided to make some.
I needed 4 wire hangers, wire cutters and 2 pairs of black nylons ( I really wanted green or gold but now that the 1990’s are gone, one can’t find anything but taupe and black.) I also needed packing tape, scissors, silver embroidery thread and a needle.
I took the 4 wire hangers and cut the hook off. I bent the hangers into the desired shape and then slid one leg of black nylons over each hanger. Needless to say, the butt/crotch part to the nylons had been cut off. I taped the nylons over the end where the hanger twists around itself. I left the excess nylon stay put because I haven’t decided how the wings will be attached to my costume yet and I may need the extra nylon . And for the sake of packing I’m not permanently attaching the 4 wings together yet. For this photo, I wrapped the excess nylon around the wire ends to hide them and hold them in place long enough to take the photograph.
The veins are done with silver embroidery thread. I think they look pretty good.
The time I spent making these was the time I allotted for one more stab at fixing the Ugly Bag o’ Tea Gown. You recall I threatened that if I didn’t get it sorted by the weekend, it was going back into the closet of shame. Well, since I didn’t actually work on it since that threat, I am giving it until the end of the weekend now.
Tomorrow I hope to share some photos of the wonderful way I wasted valuable sewing time on Saturday.
