Complete Cow Costume

Remember this?  Arden modeled Victor Marcus’ cow costume after I had the bulk of it finished.

It was still in progress, and now I’ve finished up the costume.  Here are the final details:

I spent a lot of time deliberating how to make hoof mittens, and then I realized that I could make them two-dimensional and he can just stick two fingers in one side and three in the other.  I think they’re pretty cute, and they’re fleece, so they should be warm!  I purposely left the seams exposed to give them a more rough look.

Here’s a better shot of the hat with horns (remember this was a devil pattern, not a cow, so if the horns look a bit “devilish”, that’s why).

I’m particularly pleased with the little ear tag.  Victor Marcus’ birthdate – February 18, 2008.  My friend Kim doesn’t know I added this little detail; I really hope she likes it.

And finally, the infamous udder.  This was actually relatively easy to put together, I used a salad plate to trace a circle and put four ½” x 2″ darts in the edges.  I don’t remember the exact dimensions of the teats, but they were somewhere around 2″ x 3″ and then rounded at the top.  I stuffed and then hand stitched them to the udder and then sewed the whole shebang onto the costume, stopping about 3″ from the start and stuffing it while still in the machine and then finished the seam. 

I haven’t done a whole lot of sewing with fleece or felt, and I must say it’s pretty fun!  I love how you can leave the seams showing if you want.

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