Thin Mint and Tagalong Sash tutorial

Sashes are great for the Thin Mints and Tagalongs costumes because their design is not as distinguishable at first sight. The other designs do well, design-wise, on their own, and I've found that the sashes take away from their design. I only make them for these two cookies, but it's up to you if you want one for each. 

To make the sash you will need:

White felt- you can get 8"X10" sheets at most craft stores, one sheet should be enough for the letters on one sash

Colored felt - 4"X 50" piece. I always have them cut 1/8 of a yard and it works perfectly

Glue - I use hot glue. I'm not sure what other glues would work for this.

First save the stencils above. You can make your own using Word or Photoshop if you like. It took some looking to find these online, so I figured I would save you all a step!

Print them all up. I use the Windows print and tell it print them 3.5 X 5", this will print 4 per page and they are the perfect size.

Cut out all the paper stencils, trace them onto the felt, cut the letters out of the felt.

 Line all the letters up on the sash.

 When gluing, leave the letters on the sash, pull up on piece of the letter, apply the glue, and affix it to the sash, then pull up the other side and do the same. I use hot glue here because it dries quick so I don't have to worry about the letters moving around while I wait for it to dry. Hot glue can get pretty messy though, I have a love/hate relationship with hot glue. If you only have a hate/hate relationship with hot glue, you can try using another type of glue. Every time I make a new sash I swear I'm using a different glue next time, but I keep coming back to hot glue :)

You can sew the sash directly to the front of the costume when you put it all together. Just place the sash on the front before you place the straps and the ribbons, then continue on with the assembly process.

Another option is to make it an actual sash. The letters for Tagalong take up too much room to be able to sew this sash on. Instead of changing the letter size I decided to make it a sash. Just Start the letters in the middle of the strip and sew the end in a diagonal line when you are done.