Sewn Together

Apart from the hands, feet and head, the entire suit (including the tail) was a single piece body suit. I used a jumpsuit pattern intended for gorilla Halloween costume that I purchased at a fabric store and traced the templates onto 1 inch thick mattress foam. The pieces were then cut out and sewn together by hand, since the foam was too thick to run through a sewing machine. The seams were also reinforced with contact cement. It was an older, runnier brand of glue that took 24 hours to completely dry. The tail was made a similar way but with ½ inch foam. Since I made it last, I was able to stuff it with leftover foam scraps from the rest of the costume.