Dress-up

Tails-
Technique: Sewing/Fabric Crafting

Dinosaur
Designed By: Linda Turner Griepentrog

Brand: Dual Duty XP

Skill level:
Crafting time: Weekend

Intermediate
Kid’s love to play dress-up and take on new personae. Adding just a single tail
to tights and turtlenecks can create a creative bit of fantasy. Choose some fun
textured fabrics and stitch up these alter-ego designs. Also on Make It Coats are
Dress-up Tails for a Shark and a Mermaid.

Finished Size of Project: 22”- 28” long (fits sizes 4-6)

Supplies:
Dinosaur tail and hood:
7
⁄8 yd 60”-wide green Minky dot fabric
1
⁄8 yd orange craft felt
6” of 3⁄4”-wide hook-and-loop fastener
Polyester fiberfill
Coats® Dual Duty XP All-Purpose® thread to match fabric

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Cutting
From the green Minky, cut:
2 tails
4 hoods
1 rectangle, 5” x 24”
From the Orange felt, cut:
7 squares, 3” each; cut each in half once diagonally
Making the Dinosaur Hood
1. Position the orange felt spikes along one side of the hood
center seam, overlapping them at the 1⁄2” seamline. Baste
in place. Leave at least 1⁄2” at each end for seaming.
2. With right sides together, sew the center hood seam. Trim
the seam to 1⁄4”. Repeat for the lining.
3. With right sides together, match the hood and lining
edges and stitch together around the face opening, neck
tabs and neck opening edges. Leave a 3” opening along
the lower edge for turning.
4. Trim the seam allowances and turn the hood right side
out. Hand stitch the opening closed. Topstitch all edges.
5. Position a 23⁄4” strip of hook-and-loop fastener on
opposite sides of the neckband and stitch in place.
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Making the Dinosaur Tail
1. Position the spikes along one long edge, overlapping
them at the 1⁄4” seamline. On the two spikes at the narrow
tail end, slide them in slightly so they will be shorter than
the others. Baste in place.
2. With right sides together, stitch both long tail edges, and
round the stitching across the narrow end.
3. Turn the tail right side out and stuff lightly. Be careful not
to overstuff, as the tail will be too heavy for a child to
drag around.
4. Match the upper and lower back seams together and
baste the opening edges together.
5. Find the center point of the 5” x 24” rectangle and match
it to the center back dinosaur tail seam. Stitch across the
body width 1⁄4” from the edge.
6. Fold the waistband right sides together and stitch the
ends and extensions, up to the previous seam. Turn the
band right side out.
7. Hand stitch the waistband opening over the body/
waistband seam.
8. Stitch a 23⁄4” strip of hook-and-loop fastener on opposite
edges of the waistband.
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Pattern at 1/2” scale

enarge box to 1” to
get correct size for
pattern
11”

Match notches

Dinosaur - Cut 2
Tail (A)
Dinosaur
Tail (B)

Match notches

7”
6”
6”

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Pattern at 1/2” scale

enarge box to 1” to
get correct size for
pattern

11”

Match notches
Tape to Piece (A)
Dinosaur
Tail (B)

Match notches

6”
6”
4”

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4”

Pattern at 1/2” scale

enarge box to 1” to
get correct size for
pattern

Hood (A)

Tape to Piece A
Cut: 2 outer & 2 Lining

match notches
1/2” seams

Hood (B)
match notches

8 1/2”
8 1/2”
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Lining
match notches

8 1/2”
Pattern at 1/2” scale
enarge box to 1” to
get correct size for
pattern

8 1/2”
match notches

Hood (B)
Tape to Piece A

4”
11”

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