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Step 8Clothing your Pumpkin King
Rather than tailoring a whole suit for Jack, we took a piecemeal approach. My wife created two pant legs and two sleeves, basically sewing tubes out of long strips of fabric. The height of the strip of fabric should be about an inch or two longer than the leg or arm, and the width should be about an inch larger than the circumference of the PVC. Sew the long edges together with a backstitch, then turn right-side out.
Use a dot of glue at the top of the hip and the top of the arm to attach the pant legs and sleeves.
Finish the suit with what could literally be called a T-shirt -- we made a pattern by just taping 5 sheets of letter size paper into a capital T, with the arms slightly wider than Jack's shoulders. Sew two of these Ts together, and either slit the back (if Jack is assembled, as ours was) or cut two holes in the back to allow for Jack's two support pipes.
Gather the excess fabric of the T-shirt in the back, near where the shoulder blades would be, bundle it together, pin and sew. If you slit the back, sew or glue it shut around the frame.
Cut a v-neck out of the front of the T-shirt, and glue some D-shaped or bow-shaped (as in bow and arrow) scraps of fabric over it to make a collar. (Be sure to rotate the collar 90 degrees so the pinstripes are perpendicular to the rest of the jacket.)
Cut a slit in the elbows and slide the two dowels in... glue or duct tape in place to make great controls for the arms.
Use a dot of glue at the top of the hip and the top of the arm to attach the pant legs and sleeves.
Finish the suit with what could literally be called a T-shirt -- we made a pattern by just taping 5 sheets of letter size paper into a capital T, with the arms slightly wider than Jack's shoulders. Sew two of these Ts together, and either slit the back (if Jack is assembled, as ours was) or cut two holes in the back to allow for Jack's two support pipes.
Gather the excess fabric of the T-shirt in the back, near where the shoulder blades would be, bundle it together, pin and sew. If you slit the back, sew or glue it shut around the frame.
Cut a v-neck out of the front of the T-shirt, and glue some D-shaped or bow-shaped (as in bow and arrow) scraps of fabric over it to make a collar. (Be sure to rotate the collar 90 degrees so the pinstripes are perpendicular to the rest of the jacket.)
Cut a slit in the elbows and slide the two dowels in... glue or duct tape in place to make great controls for the arms.
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