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BUDDY THE T-REX COSTUME
DIRECTIONS FOR SUIT CONSTRUCTION
SIZE: X-SMALL (3-4)Height: 39-42 Weight: 35-40lbs. Shoe size 10
What you need:
Fabric 2 yards, 60 wide, orange fleece for body, hood and feet. yard blue fleece for decorative diamonds. 1/8 yard brown ultra suede or 1 square felt for soles of feet. 1 square white felt for toenails. 14 orange zipper. yard of elastic. 4 of 1 wide sew-in Velcro. 1 package of double-fold orange bias tape. Fiberfill for tail, about of a bag. Thread, orange and blue to match fleece.
Notes
Follow directions on pattern pieces. All pattern pieces include a seam allowance except Foot pattern, which is . Note that hood front is placed on fold. All blue diamond placement is marked on patterns. Blue diamonds are cut out of blue fleece. Soles of feet can be cut from ultra suede or felt. Toenails cut out of white felt. Topstitch in pattern directions means stitching using a zig-zag or a straight
stitch, depending upon your sewing machine.
Instructions:
CF Center Front
CB Center Back
Step 1.Cut out the pattern pieces for the suit, hood and feet from orange fleece. Cut out bluediamonds from blue fleece.
Step 2. Suit
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Sew CF seam from circle-mark to end. Sew zipper into CF of suit with right sideoverlapping. CF can also be finished by sewing Velcro onto each side for closure.
Step 3.Sew CB seam leaving opening in seam for tail as marked. Place blue diamonds on CBof suit as marked and topstitch.
Step 4. TailA. Sew top seam of tail, trim to 1/4 and lay flat. Place blue diamonds on tail as markedover this seam and topstitch (the same as back of suit).B. Stitch lower seam, trim seam and turn right side out. Stuff with fiberfill to desired
firmness; should be plumb but flexible. Sew the end seams together to hold fiberfill inplace, and place into the marked opening in the CB seam of suit. Use a zipper foot tostitch this seam. This will allow you to get as close as possible to the stuffed tail seamto hold into place.
Step 5.With right sides together, sew shoulder seams. Trim to .
Step 6.Finish the neck edge with orange bias tape.
Step 7. SleevesWith right sides together, sew sleeves into suit matching notches. Trim to .
Step 8.With right sides together, sew side seams and underarm seams, matching notches andunderarm seam. Trim to .
Step 9.Hem legs by turning up and topstitch.
Step 10. Mitts
A. Hem wrist edge of one side of mitt, turning up and topstitch.B. Place mitts right side together and stitch around edge leaving wrist open. Reinforce
stitching line at clip point then trim to and clip to circle as marked.C. Turn right side out, stitch raw edge of mitt to sleeve, matching notches. Hemmed
side of mitt will be open. Small thumb should be toward body.D. Cut 3 of elastic; sew each end to elastic marks on sleeve hem. The elastic will go
over the sleeve seam.
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E. Turn hem on open side of sleeve and topstitch around sleeve bottom, catchingseam from stitched part of mitt. When you stitch, pull elastic. This
will gather in sleeve on lower side of wrist. You should have an opening that will allowchilds hand to go into mitt, and also come out of mitt with mitts still attached to suit.
Now the suit should be done!
Step 11. HoodA. Stitch CB seam.B. Stitch dart in CF.C. Finish face edge and CF with bias tape, turn and topstitch.
D. Its easier to topstitch the blue diamonds onto back of hood before you stitch frontand back together. So do this, matching diamonds to marked spots. Stitch frontdiamond to front of hood. The #2 diamond on the hood front should be topstitchedafter you stitch the hood front to hood back. This diamond can go over the seamslightly.
E. Hem the hood by turning up and topstitching.F. Sew Velcro onto CF as marked overlapping right over left. This can be done by
topstitching or by hand stitching.
Step 12. Feet*This is the only part of the suit with seam allowance!
*The sole of the foot can be ultrasuede or felt. (Felt will be more slippery) Thefoot can be worn with shoes or not. Toenails are cut from white felt.
A. Stitch CF and CB seam on foot.B. Toenails should be stitched to tongue as marked or can be hand-sewn in after foot
is complete.C. Stitch tongue to foot, matching CF seam to notch on tongue and elastic mark lines.
Catch the toenails into this seam.D. Turn hem at top of foot and topstitch.E. Stitch sole to foot matching CF and CB notches on sole to CF and CB seams. Turn
right side out.F. Cut 7 of elastic. Mark in half. Pin both ends to CB seam and half-way mark to
mark on tongue at elastic line on inside of foot. Topstitch elastic onto elastic linestretching elastic to fit. This will gather in ankle.
G. Do this for both feet.
And youre ready to board the Dinosaur Train! All aboard!
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BUDDY COSTUME PATTERN LAYOUTS
Buddy Costume: Body Pattern
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Buddy Costume: Hood and Feet Pattern