Teddy Bear Labcoat (With TUTORIAL) !!

Check out this cutey pie!

A few months ago a good friend of mine dropped me a facebook message asking if I'd be able to make a labcoat for his girlfriend's teddy bear as a birthday present. . . I thought, "yea, why not! there must be loads of tutorials on the Internet for stuff like that..." ... well guess what... there isn't :-/ ...

Well there is now!!

Teddy Bear Labcoat Tutorial!!

This pattern should fit teddys of these proportions. 

Some modification might me needed for smaller/larger teddies!

arm circumference 12 cm

neck 26 cm
under arm circumference 28 cm
waist 34 cm
neck to foot 22 cm
neck to top of leg 14 cm
arm length 12.5 cm

Pattern Pieces: right click and "Save Target as"/"Save image as"
I haven't figured out the whole PDF thing yet, so I've included a tape measure on each one so you can be sure you've got the sizes right for printing.



I forgot to do a pattern piece for the pocket :-( sorry... you can figure it out!

 Cut out your pattern pieces, I was throwing caution to the wind and using pink ballpoint pen (I know - risky strategy) but you need something precise to transfer the markings. I suggest Aqua Trickmarker, I love it, the only reason I'm not using it in this tutorial is because mine ran out :-(

 Construct your collar, sew the front collar piece to the back collar piece and press your seams apart. Repeat until you've got all 4 front collar pieces attached to the 2 back collar pieces.

 When you've got the collar constructed, you need to put the 2 together, sew the edges right sides facing (I handstitched, but if you feel confident enough to machine stitch that would be better.)

Then turn right side out and press to create your collar.

This picture shows how the body pieces go together, but don't forget to sew your darts first!

You then want to sew your sleeves to the armholes (remember, right sides facing). The 'correct' garment construction is open to debate here, but what I always do is sew the curved part of the sleeve to the armhole first, then sew right from the cuff, past the armpit, town to the bottom hem. You should have no problem doing this with a machine (I did it with a short zigzag stitch to catch any fraying edges.)

hm.. for some reason I stopped taking pictures here (that must mean I was getting really excited!)

Sew the collar to the neckline, I decided to have the seam inside the garment since this is a tricky one (really too small to attach the collar 'properly' but if you want to have a go be my guest. so I had the Right side of the garment facing the underside of the collar.... hope that makes sense.


Finish Cuffs/Hems and fastenings. Probably best if you try your labcoat on your teddy to check. I used little plastic press studs which I handsewed on after I'd hemmed the front of the coat.

Make your Patch Pocket - yeyy photos... I clearly knew this would be really hard to explain.. ok so draw your pocket shape BIGGER than you want your pocket to be on a piece of cardboard.

Look at the image below, the cardboard shape is what I used for my pattern, but the marking in pencil is how big my pocket is going to be.

 (I used the selvedge/edge of the fabric so I didn't have to hem it... depending on what you're using you might have to have a hem allowance... and you know... hem the top)

Ok so then trim the card down to the pencil lines and use it as a guide to press the edges of your pocket inwards... like this...

 Careful though! it's easy to burn your fingers doing this!... but yes... press it and then remove the cardboard... and press it some more...

See? a pocket! .... pin it where you want it and stitch it in place.. again I handstitched...

Then I get a little carried away and drew some markings onto a scrap piece of cardboard to make a ruler...

DONE!!

 I use iron on inkjet transfer paper to label things that I've made :-)

yea, so... You're free to use this pattern/tutorial for non-commercial purposes, just don't sell it or claim it as your own work... kthanx :-)

and PLEASE please PLEEEEAASSSEEE let me know if you make one for yourself :-) I'd love to see what you did :-)