Parrot Costume (call it done)

Let's start by admitting that I know this was an over-ambitious first project. I'm not so sure that it really looks like a parrot in any identifiable way, the intentions and drawing were easier :) and it seems to have all gotten away from me...but it was fun and he loves it which was the goal of this exercise. Suggestions are always welcome, so long as they are done nicely.

One major problem was that I had no model while making it!!! He gave me 5 seconds twice for" hey, does this fit like this?....gone. The red fabric is so stretchy and a little heavy.

As you can see I've been lazy, and only attempted to really "feather" the back and hood, as a result the cape is much heavier than the rest of it. I tried it on him this afternoon and what USED to line up as shoulders stretched and fell on the back of his arm. OY. Tried to pull it forward but adding some front weight and another line of stitching on the shoulder to help prevent the feathers from flipping over. I may try to add some more, but I'm pretty much ready to call it good.

He's holding a "seed bag." We're going to be putting them in to the gift bags filled with sunflower seeds.

His favorite part is really the tights. He didn't want to take them off, I think it's a Peter Pan thing. Or maybe it's a 9PM and mommy isn't making me go to bed so she can take pictures of me thing.