Skye, chicken and race car all ready fror trick or treat |
This year I only needed to make one Halloween costume, in fact only part of it. My granddaughter wanted to go as Skye from Paw Patrol.
Skye from Paw Patrol |
She had the puppy costume from her brother that I made three years ago. I needed to make a vest and a helmet for the goggles.
Vest pattern |
My daughter bought a pattern for the vest which I made up one size to fit over everything.
Puppy pattern |
For the helmet, I used the pattern from the puppy costume.
Vest |
I topstitched the front seams open to help them lay flat since you couldn't iron the fabric. I was lucky enough to have just enough of the hot pink bias tape in my stash. I did have to order the zipper from Wawak since we couldn't find one in the stores. I also added a cotton fabric 'lining' to give the vest more body when sewing on the bias tape.
Gathering the wings with elastic |
For the wings, my daughter wanted a simple thing that wouldn't get in the way. I just cut a piece of the ripstop nylon into a 'wing' shape and then gathered the center with elastic. I added elastic loops to the ends to go over her wrists.
Adding the wings |
Vest with attached wings |
I then sewed the wings onto the back of the vest, following the line of stitching from the elastic.
Skye's helmet |
For the helmet I used only 1/2" seam allowances instead of 5/8" to make it slightly larger than the puppy hood. I also didn't sew the seam where the ears would normally go so that they could poke out through the helmet. In addition to that I cut the hood back more from the face and also at the neck edge so that it wouldn't completely cover the puppy hood.
I did not make the race car that my older grandson is wearing or the chicken costume the younger one is wearing.
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