I wanted to dress Schoko up for Halloween this year, just for fun. I kinda got a little sewing bug so I started scouring Pinterest for Doggy Costume DIY ideas and found a couple of cute Harry Potter costumes!
The first link has a great tutorial. I did change it up a bit so this is what I did!
1. I measured Schoko. She wasn't feeling well because she had just gotten back from the vet, and had some shots for her allergies. But she let me measure her... mostly ;)
2. The Shirt - I found one of my old gray t-shirts (similar to the ones she's worn before!) to use as the shirt. I then found one of Spence's old white collared shirts. I wasn't entirely sure how to do this part. The directions weren't too clear in the tutorial, especially because I didn't cut open the back of the shirt, and because my t-shirt wasn't a v-neck. How would you do the tie with a round collared shirt?
I cut out the collar that I wanted to use, and started pinning the t-shirt to it. In the front I made it into a v-neck by tucking more of the t-shirt under before sewing. Make sure you use a lot of pins because it gets tricky. You'll notice I have a little pucker in mine. I didn't mind because I knew the t-shirt would already look a little silly on the dog so no one would notice :) (except that I just told you, ha!)
3. I didn't make a tie. I saw the other costume and realized I'd rather make a scarf! AND because the way I sewed the shirt, I couldn't really add a tie unless I really wanted to tie it around her neck. I opted out.
The scarf was pretty easy and it really helped everyone pick up on the costume! I cut the gold and maroon fabric into 6 1/2" x 4"squares. I then sewed the pieces together. I found it was easiest to sew every gold piece to a maroon piece, and then sew those pairs together. Then, I pin right sides together, and sew up the side. Then turn it out, sew the ends together, and voila! You have a scarf :)
4. The Cape! I cut out the fabric based on the dog's measurements, and then sewed around all edges for a clean look.
The hood was a bit tricky and I really didn't know how to make it. So, I cut a rectangular size out of both black and maroon, sewed the pieces together, and then sewed them together to make a hood. I had extra fabric inside the hood that I ended up cutting out along the seam. I'm sure you can find a better tutorial online, this was very makeshift!
Once the hood was in the right shape, I sewed it to the middle of one of the sides of the cape.
I then made two ties to sew onto the sides of the hood like this:
5. The Gryffindor Crest - You need to have the Gryffindor Crest on the cape and on the shirt to be a true Potter. I used the pattern found
here. I used my Silhouette to cut the different shapes out of the fabric with the amazing fabric blade. I then glued the pieces together with fabric glue, and glued them onto the cape and shirt. Easy!
6. Glasses - I loved the way the glasses looked in the tutorial picture, but they really don't stay on! Luckily I was able to quickly snap a few photos of Schoko wearing the glasses!
Happy Halloween!
