since i am going to be red ridinghood for halloween, my buddy scott has agreed to escort me to the ball as a wolf. i dug out the faux-shearling remnants from my
wild things dress and whipped up a nosey, ears & tail for him.
this project is super easy if you have a eyelet punch/setter. you can easily do it w hand-stitching too, but the punch is so much faster and looks really nice when finished - especially if you have some matching colored eyelets on hand. i used brown.
earshapes are cut free-hand w long tails to wrap around whatever headband you're using.
punch holes at the bottom, and again an inch or two (depending on your headband) up. the upper holes should be spaced WIDER than the bottom ones, so that when you line them up w the eyelets they make the ears fold a bit and stand up.
just slide them onto your headband and your ears are done.
now the nosey: this shape is sort of a pointy figure-8, with one point cut off.
for the leathery nose tip just fold the point in, fuzzy sides touching. then pinch it in half to make a little snout groove:
also in the above pic you can see where to punch your eyelet holes, all on the flat (non pointy) side.
once you have your snout pinched, just fold at the center V notches so the fuzzy covers the top of the nose. get everything stuffed inside this outer layer and pinch it along the bottom.
make sure your little snout pokes out!
now just put your eyelets through the holes you've punched and crimp them.
lastly you'll want to pop a couple of eyelet holes at the rear sides for some elastic.
try it on over your actual nosey and cut away any of the fabric inside that gets in your way.
wolftastic!
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