Sew a beautiful cheerleader costume yourself

What you need:

• Wide knitted cuffs by the meter
• Shiny satin fabric
• sewing machine
• matching sewing thread
• Pins
• Tailor's chalk
• Sewing needle
• scissors
• matching color bustier
• matching boots or sneakers
• color matching, dyed-through gift foil
• cardboard
• Circle
• cord
• Sequins and pearls

Make your own pom poms for a cheerleading outfit

1. To make the pom poms for a nice cheerleader costume yourself, you need solid-colored gift foil, some cardboard, a pair of compasses, scissors and some thin cord. Start by drawing two circles on the cardboard with the compass. The circles should be at least eight inches in diameter. If you want more luscious pompoms, then you need to draw the circles accordingly larger.
2. Cut out the cardboard circles.
3. Now use the compass to draw a small inner circle in the cardboard discs. This circle should be about two inches in diameter.
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4. Cut out the inner circles too. Now you have two cardboard hoops in front of you. Place both cardboard discs exactly on top of one another.
5. Now cut thin strips from the gift foil. The individual strips should not be wider than two centimeters.


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6. Now wrap the foil strip around the two cardboard strips lying on top of each other and pull the foil strip through the hole in the middle of the cardboard discs. Then wrap around the outer curve again and pull the foil back through the hole in the middle.
7. Continue until the foil strip is processed. Now take the next strip of foil and keep doing this until the hole in the middle is filled.
8. Now hold the center circle tightly with one hand and cut the foil strips on the upper edge, between the two cardboard disks.
9. Place a piece of cord between the two pieces of cardboard and pull the cord together. Knot the cord.
10. Now you can pull the cardboard disks off the foil bundle. Shake the pompoms for your nice cheerleader costume and the first part of your carnival costume is ready.

Sew a nice skirt for the carnival costume

1. Measure your waist. The determined measurement is the length you need for the knitted cuff. You also need the measure to determine the amount of fabric for your skirt for the cheerleader costume.
2. Cut as many rectangles from the shiny fabric that the narrow side of the rectangles together gives the measurement of your waist circumference. Now cut the same amount of fabric rectangles again. You determine the length of the fabric rectangles depending on your mood and courage. The longer you cut the rectangles, the longer your skirt will become a cheerleader costume.
3. sew Cover all of the rectangles with a narrow envelope.
4. Now sew half of the rectangles around the knitted cuff on the lower edge.
5. Now sew the second half of the fabric rectangles onto the cuff. This time, place the rectangles offset halfway over the first layer.
6. Now sew the cuffs together and your cheerleader skirt is ready for a sexy carnival party.

Sew the top for a nice cheerleader costume

1. Pure handwork is now required on the top for your cheerleading costume for carnival. Sew pearls and sequins in pretty patterns or as lettering on the front of the bustier of your choice.
2. Make sure that you only sew the sequins and pearls onto one thread of the bustier fabric, and then leave an appropriately long thread free on the inside before adding a new sequin sew on. If you tighten the thread between two pearls or bangles too tightly, the bustier is no longer elastic.
3. If you prefer to glue the decorative elements on or sew them on in a classic way, then you have to choose a top for your beautiful cheerleader costume that does not have to be stretchy.

Now you have beautiful glittering pompoms, a sexy skirt and a shiny top, now you still need the boots or the sneakers and you can celebrate a nice party in the carnival.