In September, I was looking on the jacket cover (is that what they are called?) on a DVD and saw costumes of Bob and Larry and Larry-Boy from Veggie Tales being advertised. They were adorable, but $25 plus shipping. When I asked Cakes if she wanted to be Bob or Larry, she insisted on Bob. Personally I was hoping for Larry, he's so much more likeable. I think in the end, Bob was eaiser than Larry would have been. I'm happy to say with a little time and creativity, I made Bob for less than $4.
After buying the felt at Joanns (on sale of course, does anyone pay full price at Joanns?) I went to work. First thing I did was search the internet for a picture of Bob. Next I took his "measurements." He was one-and-a-half inches tall by 2 inces wide. Then, based on Cake's height I decided to make her costume 21 inches from top to bottom, so my ratio was 1.5:21. Next I just did a lot of math (I used a calculator of course) to figure out how wide he should be, the size of his features and distance between them. When I had them cut out, I just used a zig zag stitch to attach everthing to the front piece. I attached the front a back with a zig-zag too (felt is just to heavy to turn and topstitch) leaving an opening for her head and feet. She put it on so I could decide where to put the arm holes. I cut a single slit and finished it with red bias tape.
Hopefully next year, we'll add Larry to the cast!
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