Jessie Costume

Z baby is obsessed with Toy Story so I decided she will be Jessie for Halloween. I wanted to make her costume so I found her a boys plain white button up shirt, a jean skirt and some boots. We dint go with traditional cowboy boots only because I couldn't get her feet into any :) so I found some cowboy-ish looking ones at Children's Place that will have to do. The beginnings:

Finished outfit:

I found a hat at the dollar store. It was a bit big but oh well! I used a hole punch and punched around the brim and added ribbon. Added a ribbon around the base too. Hat done! The shirt I found a picture of Jessie online and used Z's Jessie doll as a guide and free handed the design using fabric paint. My only issue with doing that was the paint made the shirt really stiff. Zoey didn't mind thankfully. For the skirt I found some cow print fuzzy fabric at the fabric store. I sewed a simple tube basically. And then I just used stick on Velcro to stick it to her skirt. Initially I was just nervous about sewing it right onto the skirt, figured i would screw it up as my sewing skills are seriously lacking! But then decided I liked the idea of being able to take it off after and retain the plain skirt so I went with that and it worked perfectly. I also made her a belt using ribbon. For the belt buckle I used those foam sheets you can but at Michaels and free handed the design onto it with a marker. The buckle is my least favorite part of the outfit. Wish it looked a bit better but oh well. Z still rocked her outfit!