DIY M&M Costume

I had the privilege to make my cute lil' niecey a Halloween costume. When my dear friend asked me if I could make her cute daughter an M&M costume, I was taken aback and in my mind I said, "You gotta be kidding me?!" Not that I did not want too, but I was surprised that someone is actually asking me to make costume when I am still a beginner in sewing. Especially when I was making it for a beautiful baby girl...it needed to be just right! I still took the challenge and started looking at DIY's on how to make an M&M costume. I could not find any on Pinterest and was getting a little worried. But my friend had told me she found one on www.eHow.com. When I saw the short tutorial my lack of confidence turned into great excitement. The instructions did not seem hard and I didn't needed to do so much. Here is the tutorial.....

Materials:

- 2 yards of felt (I did not use much of the

fabric since Ms. Kamea was a petite baby. And

since she was going to be the brown M&M, that

was the fabric color)

- White felt (enough just to make an "m")

- Matching  Thread

Here we go with the steps. Hope it makes sense...

1. So I used one of her onesie as a pattern. Cut a circle. 

2. Sew the circle leaving an opening for the head and feet.

3. You should have a circle like this...

So a little story... I sometimes, or maybe most of the time feel like everything needs to be perfect...you can say I tend to be a perfectionist. I was cutting my "m" and went through about three "m's" and I did not like any of them. My co-worker pointed out I should google m&m template. She is so smart! Thanks Camille :D

4. So here is the "m". I placed the m on the white felt, 

pinned it and cut all around

5. Then sewing the "m" began. This was the 

hard part of the project. I don't know why

I didn't even think of sewing the "m"

first before closing up the circle. That would

have helped and maybe I would have 

straighter lines.

6. It still turned out great. I was so proud...

I had to wait till I went to drop off her costume to cut the opening for her arms. 

7. Then I decided to make her a flower headband using

the left over fabric. It was my very first one too guys...

and I was so pleased at how it turned out..

Here's the tutorial for the headband.

Isn't she the cutest? I think she is the most adorable brown m&m...