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A Great Frugal Christmas Gift / Stocking Stuffer
My daughter has been wanting some clothes for her zhu zhu pets. I didn't even know such a thing existed, but I found some examples and made up my own pattern. This is a great project for the scrap bag. I actually made these in sets of 3 so that I could give one to my daughter and 1 outfit to each of my niece's. I made about 3 dozen outfits in a couple of hours. Plus, I used up lots of scraps. I do save tiny pieces of ribbon like a crazy person for little projects like this and I was able to use up a bunch of those little scraps. I would rate this project as practically free if you sew.
I know these little outfits seem crazy, but they have been on my daughter's want list for several months. A few of these outfits plus the little pet would make a great inexpensive birthday or Christmas Gift.
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Step 1To make the basic outfit, you want a have a top and a skirt. The final size will be 3"x5", so you want to cut your pieces a little larger to account for the seam allowance. I used some jean scraps for the skirt and white felt for the shirt. I think that the pieces here were about 2 1/2"x5 1/2" for the top and 3"x5 1/2" for the skirt. This allowed for a 3/8" seam allowance.
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Step 2Lay your shirt Right sides together with the skirt fabric and sew the 2 pieces together. I also zigzag the edge to prevent fraying.
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Step 3Hem your top and bottom edges. For this outfit I used a couple of iron on appliques to embellish it. Do not iron directly onto the felt. That really goes without saying, but it will melt onto your iron.
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Step 4
Once you have the top and bottom hemmed, you need the turn and hem the side seams. If you are using fleece, you can skip hemming altogether.
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Step 5Once the sides are hemmed, you can add your elastic. I used a 2" piece of 1/4" elastic. Stitch it down at the top hem of the shirt with a zigzag.
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Step 6You can also stitch down ribbon for the top, instead of using fabric. I just top stitched it straight onto the jean skirt.
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Step 7To make jeans, I made the basic skirt pattern and then I cut a slit up the middle of the skirt. I folded the slit over and hemmed it, to make pant legs.
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Step 8To make a super hero cape, I cut a cape shape from felt that was about 3" wide at the neck and then flared out. I used bias tape to accent the edges. Then, I used a longer strip of elastic, 3 1/2". For the Christmas dress, I zigzagged down a red feather boa to the hem of the skirt.
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Step 9For the party dresses, I actually just stitched 2 pieces of lace together. I used a ruffled lace to create a sort of tutu effect for the skirt and a plain ribbon for the top.
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Step 10I also made a little fleece coat. I hemmed the fleece to the outside at the neck to make a collar. You could probably add little buttons, but these are for a 3-year-old and I don't want anything that she can choke on.
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My daughter is getting a zhuzhu pet from Santa.... these will make great stocking fillers. Thank you. x
