Pikachu: A Flying Squirrel(sort of....)

To satisfy that sudden itch for a pikachu hoodie, I decided to sew one but with a different silhouette.

I wanted to try a new shape so I decided to made Pikachu: a Flying Squirrel(sort of).

I apologize for the neck cramps that will be caused by looking at some of the sideways pictures.

What you will need:

2 yds of yellow fabric sweater
1/4 yd of brown fabric sweater
Sewing Machine or very sturdy sewing hands
Fabric scissors
Yellow & Brown threads 
1 26" yellow zipper
a bit of polyfill or anything that can be used as stuffing
Tracing paper


Good Luck!

Step 1: The body

For the sweater, there is 2 fronts and 1 back piece.  I wanted to try a more interesting silhouette with the bat wing/flying squirrel style.  

I took an hoodie that I already owned and traced that onto a large sheet of paper.  I then altered the shape to suit my original design by drawing an arc that gave the sides a more rounded shape.

Taking the paper pattern, I then marked the pattern onto fabric with fabric chalk and cut out the 3 pieces. 

Pin the front to back together by pinning the right sides of the fabric together.    

Sew the pinned fabrics together.

Comments

[AnitaM]

Very good instructions, but I would have liked a pattern for the ears.

[The Cartographer]

Have you tried it yet?

[tang6567]

Does the type of fabric really matter for this pattern? I'm thinking of making a pokemon snuggie thing and I'd really like to incorporate the batwing sleeves, but the pattern calls for fleece and I don't know what you've used.
Great work on the jacket, by the way. I saw it quite a while back and really liked it.

[youaremyapocalypse]

Pikachu isn't even close to a flying squirrel pikachu as a mouse, and the only resemblance this hoodie has to pikachu is the ears and the color. 0.5/5

[krysteanuh]

How would a regular jacket resemble Pikachu even more? Wouldn't that be comparing Pikachu to a human? Isn't Pikachu more closely related to a flying squirrel than a human, considering Pikachu is an Electric Mouse Pokemon?

Just saying, this resembles Pikachu a lot more than the average jacket, and looks a lot better, too.

[youaremyapocalypse]

yes, mice have four legs in approximately the same spot on their body with no flap connecting their arm to their waist

[youaremyapocalypse]

*is

[the_alice]

This is aweseome! Looks enough like Pikachu for my liking, and I love that style of sleeve on a jumper. So what if it doesn't conform to Pikachu's exact dimensions - poetic license right? Besides, Pikachu is a fictional 2D cartoon character... :/ ...lighten up youaremyapocalypse, jeeeez!

[youaremyapocalypse]

I can't. that's not who I am.

[snipir]

Meow

[newb]

Pikachu, not Meowth :P

[snipir]

Ahaha :P fine! Pika!