I’m making slow, but steady progress on Halloween costumes. My latest accomplishment, a monkey head.

I put off making this part of the costume because it seemed daunting – all those darts, attaching the ears, etc. I was surprised to find that in the end it was fairly simple to make! I did make a few changes, however. Since the pattern called for using fleece for the ears, I needed to add some puff to my suede. For this, I added fusible fleece to both sides of the material before sewing them together. The second change I made was attaching the ears to the outside of the head before sewing in the lining – it allowed me to machine sew it and avoid some hand sewing.
Now I only have the fez and vest to construct (along with a few pattern changes) and this costume is finished! Now I wonder if Easton will wear the whole ensemble long enough for me to take some pictures?