Thanks for joining me on the last day of this series! if you want to have a look at the other posts click here

I learned an aweful lot during this series (like that it is impossible to take a picture of a costume without a child in it!) and I had a great time doing it . I hope you enjoyed it too!

Todays costume has been waiting to be made for a long time. I drew the pattern october 2010 bough the fabric a months later and for some reason it just wouldn't come together. This series finally motivated me to get it all out again and finish the job and I must say I am really pleased with it. It is impossible to show it of properly and those pictures will have to wait until the boys get the costumes on the 25th.

This dragon has a long tail lots of spikes and is cuddly soft. He was made from fleece so is lovely and warm too (a bonus in this drafty house!)
I am by no means a seamstress and this pattern is pretty basic requiring only a backstitch to put everything together. I freehanded the spikes the tail and the ears but the body was a simple hand to hand measurement. The length of this is the diameter of the square that is the body

The above image should print out to a full A4 if you wanted to print it. As you can see only basic shapes where used. FLeece doesn't fray so I didn't need to do anything fancy with the edges. The square shape provides built in wings and it could even be put on over a wintercoat as an extra layer (or just because your kiddo is like mine and likes to dress up everywhere )

I promise to put pictures up of the 3 dragons when I have them :)