Rachel the Cow

Here is another snapshot in the Sewing Adventures of Rachel. 

Rachel (loving cows as she does) decided she'd like to go to the school bush dance as a cow so I suggested she make a onesie herself. (She has made a jumpsuit before, so this didn't seem like too much of a next step.) I strategically suggested a fabric birthday present for her which her godparents obligingly provided, much to Rachel's delight. 

We traced a jumper and pair of jeans and did a rough draft out of a doona cover. Rachel was pretty good at sewing the draft version, even though it wasn't as fun as the final fabric. We did a fitting and tweaked a few things before cutting out the real deal. Rachel herself suggested the udder and had the idea to make it a functional pocket, which I thought was just hilarious. 

Then we scheduled some serious sewing time together. Having already sewn the draft, she was pretty clued on as to how it would go together, but still needed some reminders about how the flat pieces would go together to cover a 3D body. 

I was very impressed at her fortitude with sewing a pretty tricky fabric, including giving the zip a good go.  In the end, I did have to get that in for her, since all the layers of fabric (including the udder!) there were very bulky, but that was all I sewed. While I did that, she worked on ear placement for the hood and then finished it off. The zip, btw was salvaged from an art case that was broken and not working. It was pink, still functional and very long so it worked a treat! 

The delight that Rachel had when she finished sewing the hood on was catching. This cow onesie is the most outrageous thing ever. Rachel wore it and won best dressed on the night of the bush dance.