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Toddler Animal faces - pattern 1032

8/28/2015

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These costumes have a great comfy body shape, but the fun is in the faces. Let me show you how I worked them out.


First I needed to get a workable versatile hood pattern.  This style of animal costume as a very loose hood, but it has to drape just right.


I like using felt as my "muslin" when working on something that will be sewn in fleece.

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So, here is my first attempt with corrections and then my final version.
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Next, I get out my oval template to see what size ovals I want to try for eyes.
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Then I keep cutting out different sized eyes and noses and whiskers, until I'm happy with he results,
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lay tracing paper over to make a final pattern.
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I wanted the puppy face to have a three dimensional snoot. Here is one of my trial faces on the felt mock up hood.
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You can see I went through multiple attempts on my way to the snoot that made me happy!
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The snoot is a completely separate thing, sewn like a tiny pillow.
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It is turned and stuffed through an opening on the back side,
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hand sewn in place on the hood ...
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with a little embroidery thread line added for definition.
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Finished puppy face.
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The penguin beak was done in a similar fashion. Here is my trial face on the felt hood.
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And the final face while it is still lying flat.
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Now, the unicorn face needed a whole new pattern to suggest a horse muzzle, although the hood lining pattern remained the same.

I created nostrils with double folded pieces of fleece.  I made an exact pattern for this. It is not just a square or rectangle.
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This is what it looks like after the face seams are sewn.
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The muzzle needed something to fill it out, but I couldn't just shove some stuffing in there, it is too large and loose a space. The whole face is backed with batting and I created a pattern piece for rectangles of batting that are tacked to the seam allowances of the face seams ...
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to create a suggested baby horse face.
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And, I know this isn't face related, but just wanted to show the fun back detail of the unicorn.


BTW ... Simplicity posted a 3 minute Youtube video of ME in my studio ...


Check it out ... CLICK HERE
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Mi link
8/28/2015 03:11:05 am

These are too adorable, I'm absolutely in love with the penguin!

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The Goose
8/28/2015 04:57:05 am

Hey! Your video turned out well!! And I really enjoyed seeing a clip of you on stage, even if it was brief. Thinking of making one of the animal costumes for my niece and I'm trying to decide which one. The Goose

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Meescha Dare
8/30/2015 07:10:06 am

Wow, I am jealous of that drafting table. Lovely video :)

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MadebyMeg link
9/8/2015 10:36:57 am

Your video turned out really well! All those takes paid off!

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