Frozen and Frozen 2 toys are perfect for kids who love adventure, sing along to ‘Let It Go’ or dream of styling Elsa’s iconic braid. The Anna and Elsa fashion dolls feature beautifully detailed outfits and movie-inspired character design, so kids can recreate their favourite scenes or imagine their own snowy adventures in Arendelle and beyond. Encourage storytelling and imaginative play with the adorable Frozen toddler dolls or discover the magic of music with the sing-along Elsa doll. So, this is where we left off at the end of Part 1. I found a great sweater at Goodwill, and Elliott helped me dye it from gray to brown.

Hi there! Welcome to Part 2 of our Kristoff costume project. We’re going to be spending a lot of time in Kristoff’s armpits, today. Or, rather, cutting, binding, and adding fur to the arm holes of his vest. Next, I began to pin the trim to the hem of the vest, starting at the peak of the pointed shape and curving down to the hem. The red stripe at the hem provided a handy guide. I simply matched the top of the trim to the top of the red stripe.

I used a zigzag stitch and made my first pass at stitching the bias tape around the armhole. At this point, I felt safe cutting the bias tape to length with a bit extra. I trimmed the corners off the ends and folded the excess over. Then, I folded the bias tape over to finish encasing the armhole opening. I finished pinning the fur around the armhole, with a bit of overlap at the underarm seam. Then, using the skinny edge of my presser foot as a guide, I stitched the fur down 1/8 inch from the top edge of the fur trim.

Here is the sweater with one armhole completely stitched around with bias tape and the other one still pinned. Don’t worry too much about how pretty your stitching is. This is all going to be covered with fur. Yes, now we come to the fun part: The fur! It’s about to get hairy in Kristoff’s armpit. Sorry. That was gross! Yes, we are going to be legit mountain folk, like Kristoff, once this project is done! We are going to use a knife, my friends. First, I measured the armhole opening to determine how much fur I would need to go around it. The opening measured at 14 inches (measured flat, then double that measurement). So, I decided to cut 16 inches to give me seam allowance and a bit of wiggle room. Time to grab a utility knife! You can see how my new sleeve cuts make the edges of the armholes in a straight line continuing from the body of the sweater. Now it was time to finish the raw edges of these new, shortened sleeves. Here are our finished fur strips for Kristoff’s sleeves; both the top view and the reverse view. By scoring with the knife, we also left the gorgeous pile of the fur intact, which will give a lovely, natural edge to the fur trim, rather than a blunt, cut edge.As with the sleeves, I stitched the fur trim 1/8 inch down from the top edge, using my presser foot as a guide. Easy peasy! Here’s some up-close views of how I overlapped the trimmed and folded ends of the bias tape to make a smooth, enclosed covering for the armhole edges. While living in the mountains by yourself may seem like a lonely life, there are plenty of trees and woodland critters to keep you company. If reindeer aren't your cup of tea, maybe you can befriend a snow squirrel. If you prefer friends that are even less distracting, you can be pals with a pine tree (we like Douglas Firs, and you already know what name to call them!), or make yourself a snowman buddy that might magically spring to life! Although, that might be a bad idea if you prefer the quiet... I decided that I wanted the fur to taper a bit at the ends, where the strips will meet at the underarm seam. So, I drew angled lines on the reverse side of the fur and then scored through with the knife. I started pinning the bias tape to the armhole of the sweater, wrong sides together, starting just in front of the underarm seam. A word of caution: don’t cut your bias tape from the roll until after sewing it down on at least one side…especially if you’re working with knit material. The knit material may stretch a bit, and you don’t want to run out of bias tape length to finish sewing around your opening!