Crochet Fairy Barbie Outfit

For the past week, I have been working on a fairy inspired crochet Barbie outfit.  I just finished the set last night.  The idea to make it was sparked by a fan of my Facebook Page Rebeckah's Treasures named Karen.  She was looking for ideas on how she could make a Tinkerbell dress herself several weeks ago, so I gave her some tips.  

Once I had finished working on my Crochet Ponies, I got to thinking more about it.  I had already decided I was going to crochet this outfit, but I thought I would check to see if there was any crochet Tinkerbell outfits for Barbie.  I didn't see any, so I thought this would be even more fun... and it was indeed!

Continue reading to discover more about this set and to see more detailed photos...

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Fairy Inspired Set

As you will see from the photo, this set has everything a Barbie Fairy would ever need.  This set includes, wings, a dress, panties, slippers, a wand, a fairy dust pouch and a scrunchy.

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The Dress & Wings

Front

I started this project with the dress.  I worked from the top, down in the base colour, then I did the outer skirt in a contrasting green.  I crocheted the top part of the dress until the skirt without a hiccup.  However, I can't say the same for the skirt.  It took a little bit of trial and error to get the look I wanted.  At first, I started out with way too many leaves/petals.  So I had to undo it.  Then, I did it with fewer and added the contrasting colour as a edging only.  It was nice, but not what I wanted, so I undid it again.  Third time was the charm though.  I worked half of the leaves first in the base colour, fastened off, and went back over in the opposite sections to crochet the outer skirt.

I left it like that while I worked other parts of the outfit.  Once everything else was mostly done, then I sewed on the wings and the snaps.

I crocheted the accessories as I thought about how I wanted to crochet the wings.  Once I had no choice but to think more about the wings, I started scavenging around the house to see what I could find that might be useful.  I found some bendable wire, nylon jewelry thread, nylon fishing thread and beads.

I tossed around several ideas on how I should make them.  One of the ideas I had, was to crochet with bendable wire.  However, I wasn't quite ready to attempt that as I had never crocheted with wire before.  I decided to crochet with nylon thread and beads around a bendable wire that I molded into shape.  At first I was using the thinner nylon thread, but I ran out and had to undo what I had done and switch to the fishing one.  That part was not fun at all.  

It took me several times to work out the top part of the wings because I had never done anything like this before. However, once I figured it out, it was super easy, and I am super pleased with how it turned out.  Though next time I crochet wings, I am going to use a thicker bendable wire and a thinner nylon thread.

After I had gotten the insides of the wings crocheted, I decided to crochet an edging around the wings to give it a finish.  Before I did that, I got some input from my mom, and she suggested elongating the bottom parts of the wings to give it a dramatic look, which I thought was an excellent idea.  So I did just that.

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Open

Back

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Accessories for the Outfit

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Scrunchy

The last thing I crocheted was the scrunchy.  I knew that I wanted to do something for the hair, but I wasn't sure what I wanted to do.  I waited until I had mostly finished everything else, so that it would be easier to determine what would complete the outfit.  I tried many things, and nothing was right for me.  I finally tried making a scrunchy, and it was just the ticket!

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Wand

I wasn't sure if I would be able to crochet a wand, but I thought I would give it a go anyway.  I am happy to say that I was successful in making it.  I added a little bead to the top.  I probably would have used a larger bead if I had one on hand, but I just had the tiny seed beads.

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Fairy Dust Pouch

One of my lovely fans from my Facebook Page Rebeckah's Treasures named Samantha, suggested that she should have a pouch to carry fairy dust.  I thought it was a brilliant idea!  I wanted it to be as small as possible, but big enough to put something tiny inside the bag.  This is what I came up with.  

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Panties

Due to the dress being really short, and also because I thought it would be fun, I made a little pair of panties to go with the outfit.  I started in the back, and worked my way to the front. 

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Slippers

At first, I wasn't sure if I wanted to make slippers or heels to go with the outfit, so I looked to my fans for advice.  They were all unanimous in that they should be slippers.  So that is what I did.  I didn't add the pom poms until the end as I wasn't sure what colour I wanted to make them.

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Here is Barbie Modeling the Fairy Inspired Outfit

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Thank you so much for reading at looking at my fairy inspired crochet barbie outfit.  

I would love to hear feedback from you!  Please tell what you think of this outfit in the comments below...

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