Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to prepare your children"s costumes than to make them yourself!
It"s easy to create a beautiful and unique Halloween costume with Hickey"s Easy Sew Wooki Jedi Costume - complete with pants, bag & mask to complete the look. It"s the perfect Halloween costume for any Star Wars fan, and is sure to turn heads this October.
How to make a Wooki Jedi Costume
You will need:
- 1.2 metres of Wooki Fur.
- 1.5 metres of Bonanza Leatherette.
- 1.5 metres of Leather Trim.
- Fabric Glue.
- Bag Hooks
- Square Foam Stickers
- Mask
- 0.5 metres of Stick & Stick Velcro
For the Top:
- Cut 0.4m of fur and fold over the fabric.
- Cut a slight oval shape on the fold to make a neck hole.
- Fold the fabric right sides together and sew up the sides, leaving a space of approximately 6" to insert the arms.
- For the arms, make 2 tubes by cutting 0.3m of fur, folding the fabric, and cutting on the fold to make two pieces.
- Fold each piece length ways, right sides together, and sew up the long side to form the tubes.
- Shape the top of each tube into a slight curve to attach to the shoulder.
- With every piece inside out, attach the curved edge of each arm into the 6" spaces left in the top.
- Pin in place, and sew.
- Turn the top right side out, disregarding hems as the fur will hang down and disguise any raw edges.
For the Pants:
- Each pant leg is a straight tube, like the arms.
- Cut 0.4m of fur and cut in half on the hold to create two leg pieces.
- Fold over the fabric length ways and right sides together to create a tube.
- Shape the tube at the top to form the crotch by cutting out a reverse L shape.
- Sew up the long side of each tube.
- Sew the legs together at the crotch area.
- Cut the elastic in half and attach the 2 straps at the back of the trousers, then criss-crossing the elastic to resemble braces, and attaching the other 2 ends to the front of the pants. This means you won"t require any buttons or zips.
For the Bag:
- Cut a long strip about 4" wide x 1.4m long of the leatherette.
- Sew or glue the length of the plaited trim down the centre of the leatherette strip.
- Stick on the square foam stickers along either side of the trim strip, spacing them 0.5" apart.
- Fold over the remaining leatherette and cut out an oval shape using a plate. This forms the bag.
- To attach the bag to the strap, sew bag hooks to each end of the strap.
- Sew the bag rings to either edge of the bag and click the hook and rings together.
- Decorate the bag with studs, leather straps, or a button.
For the Mask:
- Paint glue all over the mask.
- Use some of the left over fur to place over the mask.
- Once dry, cut out the eye and mouth holes, and glue a small triangle of leatherette to the nose.
- For the hood, cut out a piece of fur 0.25m wide x 0.4m long.
- Fold it over, with the right sides together and sew up along the long side, curving at the top.
- Cut off the excess around the curve to create a hood shape.
- To attach the hood to the mask, attach the stick & stick velcro along the outside of the mask, and stick the front of the hood to the velcro to create the full head of fur, tucking in the excess.
