Talkin' Turkey

I had a vision... I wanted to make the girls matching turkey dresses to wear on Thanksgiving.  Have you seen the pillowcase dresses people make?  Well, I wanted to use that concept but make it out of fleece.  So I went shopping for like a gazillion different colors of fleece and got to work creating turkey dresses!

Typically, you'd start out with a pillowcase but since I wanted these to be fleece, I had to basically make my own pillowcase first.

  

Next, I cut arm holes and folded over the top to run a ribbon through. 

Ta-da! Fleece pillowcase dress!

Now, at this point, I HIGHLY recommend trying the silly thing on your little girl just to make sure it fits... Some of us skipped this step...

Then, cut out a pattern for your turkey.

Next, cut the pieces of fleece!  Don't forget to cut pieces for the back!

Pin and sew.

Then, thread your ribbon through the top, drawstring-style.

Ain't she purdy?!

J's favorite part, "turkey BUTT!"

And here she is in all her glory... just a little big...

It's just a little bulky in the underarm area.  Had I tried it on her BEFORE I sewed Ms. Turkey on, I would have made it skinnier.  BUT, she promised me she would wear it on Thanksgiving.  On a positive note, it will fit her perfectly NEXT year :o)

Now, if I could just find the time to make something turkey-like for Taylor...

Linking this gobbly goodness to all of these parties!