Meowth, that’s right!

Friends!  I am posting one day late because…  Halloween was yesterday!  We had a fabulous time trick or treating at my parents’ neighborhood.  Patricia walked almost the entire thing which was a big feat.  She’s gotten very independent and her vocabulary is incredible!  My favorite thing she says right now is “it’s too picy”.  That’s her excuse for avoiding anything she doesn’t want to eat, spicy or not.  We made roasted pumpkin seeds the other day that Julius, Will and I loved and she declared them “too picy” to eat.  Her loss I suppose!

She really leaned in to her Meowth costume too (or as she called it “meow” costume).  Virtually no one had any idea what she was except like 2 people we saw while trick or treating.  Hopefully that’s a reflection on the popularity of pokemon rather than my costume making skills.  Patricia’s costume was composed of a new 2T onesie and fabrics/items I had around the house, plus a brown fleece blanket I bought at the thrift store (I didn’t have any brown fleece).  If you’re interested I have a tutorial below.

World’s cutest Meowth!

Meowth costume

What you’ll need:

• a white onesie
• brown fleece/flannel
• white fleece/flannel
• pink fleece/flannel
• black fleece/flannel
• peltex 70 interfacing
• stuffing
• scrap cardboard
• gold leaf and leaf adhesive
• meowth_costume pattern

1. Cut out pattern pieces as indicated.
2. Stitch the white fabric portion of the tail to the spiral brown fabric portion of the tail on both pieces.
3. Stitch both sides of tail together, (with the white/brown seam right side in) leaving the bottom portion of the white part opened.
4. Turn right side out and stuff.
5. Hand stitch the curled portion together so it stays curled together, then stitch the base of the tail to the seat of the pants of the onesie using a ladder stitch.  Stitch the curly part of the tail to the top back of the onesie so the tail stays “upright”.
6. To sew the ears together, place two ears of pink fabric on top of one piece of black fabric.  Stitch around the curved top portion of the ears, leaving the bottom opened.
7. Turn right side out, (between pink and black layers) and stitch 1″ in from the edge of the ears to shape them slightly.
8. Using a ladder stitch again, attach the ears to the hood of the onesie, curving the ears (pink side in) so they stand upwards on their own.
9. To create Meowth’s gold coin, take two sheets of cardboard and cut them into a rectangle with rounded edges roughly 5.25″x3.5″.  Cut a third sheet of cardboard into rectangle with rounded edges 5″x3.5″.
10. Cut the 5″x3.5″ sheet into 5 equal 1″ wide segments.  Hot glue the two sheets of cardboard together and then glue the cut up sheet on top of them, evenly distributing the segments so small gaps sit between them.
11. Using the foil adhesive, gild the coin with gold leaf.  Let dry and apply a protective coat of varnish.
12. Create the platform/wedge for the gold coin using a 10″x3″ strip of white fabric, and 2 small right triangles that will fit over the ends.  Stitch the strip to form a big loop of fabric, then pin the open ends into triangles with the triangular pieces of fabric remaining, and sew, leaving one end of one of the triangles opened.
13. Turn out the wedge, and stuff, then ladder stitch the end closed.
14. Hand stitch the wedge to the top of the hood slightly in front of and between the two ears.
15. Hot glue the gold coin to the wedge.
16. Roll each whisker triangle of peltex into a cone and hot glue.
17. Fold and stitch each fabric whisker triangle to form a cone. Turn right side out and insert Peltex cone.
18. Hand stitch whiskers to the sides and top of the hood, next to the coin.
19. Finally, using the footie of the onesie as a guide cut shapes from brown fabric to cover from the toes to the ankle.  Hand stitch to the feet.
20. Voila, you have Meowth, that’s right!
    

    back view

    

You made it this far?! You’re right I almost forgot to announce the winner’s of the contest!  Matt Safran with his adorable love story about cheese is the winner!  Matt I’ll get your soap in the mail soon!!