Sailor as Hedwig for Halloween

So, this year, I decided to make a Halloween costume for my four month old daughter Sailor.  I got lots of inspiration from Pinterest, and finally chose to have her be Hedwig from Harry Potter!

A friend of mine made the hat for me, and I used an old long sleeved white onesie as the base of the costume.  Not going to lie, I didn't sew ANY of this.  I hot glue-gunned everything, and used felt so that I wouldn't have to finish any of my edges.  It still looks so cute, though!  Unfortunately, I didn't take pictures as I was making it, so I don't have a full tutorial, but I do have some detail pictures and links for my inspiration. 

 I chose to make individual feathers on the front, and one large tail section on the back.  I cut the feathers out of white and grey felt in a soft, rounded edge triangle shape.  The most important thing to me was to not worry about all of the pieces matching each other perfectly.  I wanted some smaller and some bigger, so that they would look more realistic.  I laid out the feathers in rows to decide the placement of the grey pieces, and then I hot glued the feathers together in their rows, and glued them onto the onesie. 

For the wings, I went here, and followed her link to the Martha Stewart site (which seems to have removed the template) and eye-balled everything.  I used the basic shape shown, and made templates for myself with extra felt, that way I could draw on the felt with sharpie, make them bigger or smaller, and then cut the actual wings out after I had decided on the shape and size.  I really love how it came out, and think that she looks adorable!