white rabbit costume

The schools here celebrate World Book Day.....and Ellen next door wanted a costume on an Alice in Wonderland / Through the looking glass theme. So teatime Wednesday we were looking at a well played with Cinderella dress with a view of taking bits off and making an apron.......plus an Alice band and she could go as Alice........when we looked through the Alice book for apron ideas........ we spotted the white rabbit dressed as the herald.........THAT's what she wanted.........so off I go back home....armed with the Cinderella dress as a guide to size....... raided my stash and found some quilted white fabric and a red fleece I'd already chopped a bit off........... I decided as the fleece was a bit stretchy I'd be better off stitching the white to the fleece, drawing on the back of the white the lines I wanted to stitch.....rather like reverse applique.....garden wire found, headband found.... So plan formed....I could go to bed.... Thursday...I forgot I had someone coming down......worked like crazy.....and was ready for collection  after 6pm as arranged.....Tunic, lacy collar, trumpet and over large rabbit ears.....

trumpet was made of a rolled up (diagonally) newspaper, a funnel and tinfoil......It was enthusiastically collected Thursday evening to wear the next day at school.............. I earned lots of hugs and whispered thank you-s for the best costume ever.....When I get a picture of her wearing it I will post it.