Did you enjoy yesterday's look at Skye? Today I'm sharing a quick tutorial for the police pup, Chase. This one does involve some sewing, but if you're really averse to the idea, you could always use liquid stitch or even hot glue, and I won't tell a soul.
What you need:
-navy blue polo
-khaki or brown pants
-yellow ribbon
-police hat (from the costume store)
-dark brown fabric
-lighter brown fabric
-Chase pup tag (from the costume store, but again feel free to make this out of cardboard and paint)
Again for reference, here's a look at Chase:
He wears a navy blue vest, police cap, and his pup tag collar. (We're not going to worry about the pup pack this time.) He's a German Shepherd puppy with dark brown fur and some little freckles next to his nose.
1. Let's start with the ears. For each ear, you need to cut 2 ear-shaped pieces of dark brown fabric, and one inner-ear-shaped piece of light brown fabric. Use your police hat as a guide to eyeball the size. Tip: when you need to cut multiple identical pieces of fabric, fold your fabric in half (multiple times, depending on how many pieces you need to cut), pin it all together so it doesn't slide, and cut from a single pattern piece.
2. Next, attach the light piece to one of the dark pieces, with the right side of both pieces facing up. You'll want to center the light piece horizontally, and place it below center vertically. You could line up the bottoms of each piece, but for whatever reason I thought it would give these ears a feeling of depth if there were some darker "fur" at the bottom of the ear. You're going to top-stitch here, like an applique; you can use a zig-zag stitch for maximum strength, or a straight stitch if you're not feeling too fancy. Choose a thread that matches your lighter fabric.
3. Place the two dark pieces together, right sides facing, and stitch around the sides and the curve; leave the bottom open. Turn the ear right side out, using a turning stick (or the eraser end of a pencil, or just your finger) to make sure you get the whole curve flat. Again a zigzag stitch is recommended for strength, and this time you'll want your thread to match the dark fabric.
4. Now you'll need to attach your ears to either side of your cap. You can use hot glue, or you can run a few stitches directly to the fabric part of the cap. Now, I realize that our German Shepherd pup has straight, pointy ears, but I wasn't looking directly at a reference when I made this and anyway, who doesn't love floppy puppy ears? So I chose to fold over the tips of the ears and press with an iron for a little adorable flop. You decide what works best for your pup.
5. Because Daddy would be playing the role of Chase, I decided to have him wear a polo shirt and khakis rather than a vest (or disassembled sweatshirt, as the case may be); it lent both a grownup and an official, police-like air to the costume. All that's necessary to dress up the polo is to cut some strips of yellow ribbon with angled corners and attach them together to make little arrows on either sleeve. (Chase has 3 arrows on either side, which probably signifies his rank; I only added 2 arrows because I wasn't working off of an accurate model, just my own memory.) I removed the pup tag from the weird rubber choker it came with from the costume store and simply attached it to the button placket of the polo shirt with a large safety pin.
6. Finally, paint your pup's nose brown and add some freckles in triangle patterns on both cheeks. Chase is on the case!
Do the parents get in on the costume action in your family?
Much love,
The Geeks
What you need:
-navy blue polo
-khaki or brown pants
-yellow ribbon
-police hat (from the costume store)
-dark brown fabric
-lighter brown fabric
-Chase pup tag (from the costume store, but again feel free to make this out of cardboard and paint)
Again for reference, here's a look at Chase:
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| image via Paw Patrol |
2. Next, attach the light piece to one of the dark pieces, with the right side of both pieces facing up. You'll want to center the light piece horizontally, and place it below center vertically. You could line up the bottoms of each piece, but for whatever reason I thought it would give these ears a feeling of depth if there were some darker "fur" at the bottom of the ear. You're going to top-stitch here, like an applique; you can use a zig-zag stitch for maximum strength, or a straight stitch if you're not feeling too fancy. Choose a thread that matches your lighter fabric.
5. Because Daddy would be playing the role of Chase, I decided to have him wear a polo shirt and khakis rather than a vest (or disassembled sweatshirt, as the case may be); it lent both a grownup and an official, police-like air to the costume. All that's necessary to dress up the polo is to cut some strips of yellow ribbon with angled corners and attach them together to make little arrows on either sleeve. (Chase has 3 arrows on either side, which probably signifies his rank; I only added 2 arrows because I wasn't working off of an accurate model, just my own memory.) I removed the pup tag from the weird rubber choker it came with from the costume store and simply attached it to the button placket of the polo shirt with a large safety pin.
6. Finally, paint your pup's nose brown and add some freckles in triangle patterns on both cheeks. Chase is on the case!
Do the parents get in on the costume action in your family?
Much love,
The Geeks
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