These are my Blood Drop stuffed toys. I got the Pilgrim one 6 years or so ago for giving blood, and a friend that works for the blood bank recently sent me the gold one. The gold really is not my style and I thought compared to the Pilgrim he could use some more style. After taking some suggestions the style that won was Lederhosen...
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Here is the before shot
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i took the bow off and measured for the circumference of the pants and sewed this together in a tube and did the same for each leg.
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I then pinned the body and legs together along with an extra piece to join everything together. i pinned everything on the inside to keep the seams hidden.
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the finished pants!
I then made some two straps by sewing a mini tube of fabric and sewed then so that they cross in the back.
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final pants!
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no more hat!
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take a rectangle of fabric and fold it into a trapezoid by bringing in the corners to a point at the center line and running a few stiches to keep that point.
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then you can kinda push the center down to make the shape you want to for the hat.
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I used clear thread to sew the hat onto his head.
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the criss cross straps
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the buddies back together again!