onto the base fabric and pin them in place. Tip: I found the felt was quite thick and pinning with safety pins down the center of the strips worked best. Step Four : Now it's time to haul out the sewing machine and top stitch the meat pieces to the base layer. This is a little time consuming, primarily due to the amount of fabric, but isn't challenging and doesn't need to be perfect. Don't forget to trim all the loose threads before moving to the next step! This technique is also helpful when it comes time to turn and top-stitch the edges and hem. Step Five : Hemming (and, possibly, some hawing). As with many of my "eyeballed" projects, I don't have specific measurements for seam allowances. I folded about a 3? (approximate) portion of the felt over and top-stitched along each of the longer sides. I should have hemmed the bottom, too, but this slipped my mind. If I ever make another bacon costume, I will TOTALLY hem the bottom but, alas, this one was made by a caffeine-powered, slacker-crafter, Mother-To-Three-Boys in the wee (and then not-so-wee) hours of Halloween morning. This is where you determine the fit of the costume and create the flap for mounting the hidden snap closures. What you decide to do depends entirely on the size of the person wearing the costume and the width of your material. What worked for us was measuring the torso circumference of my 2yr old wearing his