Farm Animal Fabric - Autumn Outfits for Cabbage Patch Kids

 I am excited and so happy how these outfits turned out. The other day I found some farm animal fabric at Joann's in the remnant pile (which I'm a sucker for.) I used every last inch of the fabric making these two outfits, including the hair bows. The orange rust-colored fabric is linen.

I mix-and-matched a few of my patterns to complete the outfits.

Using the bib from my "Bib Dress" pattern, I used "knife pleats" instead of lace, which is something I had never tried before. I followed the tutorial on Youtube by Jann Newton, making the pleats 3/4 inch.

For the dress, I used my Strawberry Shortcake pattern, omitting the apron, and using the Holiday Outfits dress sleeve pattern for the sleeve, and used a wider sleeve band (2.5").  I used the collar from my Flannel PJs pattern.

I used my Teddy Overalls pattern for the overalls, and shirt, and also used the Holiday Outfit pattern for the sleeves.

Instead of using velcro for the overalls straps and underneath the buttons, I used Kam snaps, and then glued the buttons onto the snaps.  I've wanted to try this for a while, but didn't want to try on someone's order.  I like them much better this way.

First I applied the snaps as directed.

Then I used a hot glue gun to place the glue onto the snap.

Then I placed the button directly onto the snap.

I used Country Goose from Embroidery Library for the embroidery--the smallest size for the apron, and the medium size for the overalls. I have been using the floating method for all my embroidery designs and like it much better than placing the fabric in the hoop. It doesn't stretch out the fabric or leave indentations on the fabric. I hoop two sheets of Pellon 806 Tear Away stabilizer, along with OESD Ultra Clean and Tear Fusible directly on the fabric.  The colors I used were Sulky 1065 for the beak and legs, white for the main body, black for the eye, and Sulky 1149 for the shading.

I also use Kam snaps for the shirt and dress.

For the hair bows, I used the tutorial on Youtube by Hello Sewing.  I didn't have a big enough piece of fabric to make them the size in the tutorial.  Instead, I believe the piece I used was 5" wide by 9" long, which actually worked out better because it would have been too big otherwise.  The center of the bow was the same: 3"x1.5".

Thanks for joining me on this sewing adventure!  I hope you've enjoyed reading about my creative process.  If you're inspired to create, visit my pattern shop for more designs and tutorials!