Last minute cow.

Yes, those are Elliot's training pants. I'd like to say they're clean but...yeah.

Dana's going to spit out her coffee when she sees this because the other day when we were chatting I was all "blahdeeblahdeeblah, I NEVER make my kid's Halloween costumes, blahdeeblahdeeblah!"  You know, acting like I was too busy to waste time making something that only gets worn once or twice. Well now I'm just a big fat liar. The cow flannel that a friend gave me last year when her mom was throwing away fabric was just too irresistible I guess. And wouldn't you know, that Martha and her hat pattern ... it has these side seams that are just perfect for sewing in ears.

If you are doing some last-minute Halloween sewing and want to make one of your own, you'll have to enlarge it: the pattern prints for me at 6 inches wide without seam allowances (so 12" total), so for an 18" head I printed at 150%, you can figure out how much you need to enlarge by dividing 12/(head circumference) and multiplying by 100 to get the % you need. Then don't forget to add seam allowances, the pattern is actually made for felt and therefore doesn't include them.

The body was a trace of a snowsuit without the feet. I added a zipper in the back for easy in/out.