Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl

Kit and Jessie
Originally uploaded by lothruin

Here's one of the projects I've been working on. A real pair of Kit's jeans, a real white polo shirt, a re-decorated sweatshirt and a pair of velcro-strap chaps, plus her red cowgirl hat, a braid and a yellow bow and Kit becomes Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl from Toy Story 2. It's the first time she's really been old enough to specifically request a particular costume, and it's good timing, because it's also the first time that I have had a working sewing machine with which to make said costume.

I'm really happy with how it came out. The yoke was hand-stitched on to a plain white sweatshirt, then embroidered with yellow yarn. Then I sewed on the fake button placket made from an old T-shirt. The cuffs were machine sewn separately, then stitched at the top edge only so they would cover the regular sweatshirt cuff. The collar is a polo shirt worn under the sweatshirt. Overall, it's pretty much perfect, and Kit told me I'm the greatest mom in the whole world. (See, this is reason #1 why home-made costumes are the best costumes.)