I made this Carmen Miranda costume for my daughter several years ago. A friend of mine was doing an “It’s a Small World” float for our local parade. All of the children were to dress from a different country. After looking up costumes at our local library I decided on a Carmen Miranda look. I have been sewing since I was little and knew I could come up with something cute.
The main dress is a simple A-line tube type dress with shoulder ties. After the basic fitting of the dress I embellished it with ruffles of several colorful prints with Rick rack at the hems. The hat looks hard to make but really wasn’t. I simply took a large rectangle of fabric and wrapped around my daughter’s head (like a towel after you wash your hair). Once I had it in place I stitched it all together securely. To attach the fruit I covered my daughter’s head with foil and a wash cloth and then put the hat back on her to maintain the shape. I then used a low temp glue gun to attach all of the fruit.
As you can see the outfit turned out great and the float won first place at the parade!
Total Spent: $30.00
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