Project Halloween Costume - Part 2

Well, I was finally able to start the actual sewing and I got into it full force!  I began sewing and didn't really understand what the directions were saying about the stomach but I thought that 1) you were supposed to put some stuffing in it and 2) there was something a batting...I wasn't really sure about how it was all supposed to work and wasn't totally sold on how they wanted me to do it, so, I kind of did my own thing. 

First, I wanted the stomach to have some texture and wanted ridges in it, so I just kind of folded it before I cut it (I put a picture of the front below).  It was a little bit more difficult to deal with but I think it worked out.  I obviously (well, obvious to those that know me well) didn't measure when I folded - duh, that takes to long...just eye it is my motto - nor did I iron it which I had wished I had done later.  I sewed a piece of fabric behind it but it just caused problems and wasn't really working to stuff, so I modified by sewing the tummy on half way, stuffing it some then sewing it the rest of the way.  I wanted to totally alter how I sewed it on but thought I might really mess things up if I tried.

Next was the back side.  I sewed the tail with no problem...attaching the fins (I only did one row instead of two because I didn't do the two colored fins).  I stuffed the tail and attached it to one of the back sides...then things got a little out of control.  I started sewing up the back side (I also attached fins which weren't in the directions but really, what dinosaur just has fins on the head a tail).  I forgot however that Maddie would need to get into the costume so I had to rip out the whole seam.  I redid it just sewing part of the way up the back but then the tail fins and back fins weren't lining up and it was driving me crazy.  I kept trying to fix it and the waist was getting smaller and smaller, so I cut out the tail and started over -

Since I didn't do 2 fins, I had extras.  I cut new back pieces and started over and it went much better...here's the costume thus far!