This how-to book can help you dress up your puppets (and dolls) with shirts, skirts, suits, vests, pants, dresses, shoes, hats, and more.

With 126 pages, more than 30 color photos, and over 400 illustrations to guide you through every step of sewing, you can make puppet costumes!

This book won Best of Show from the Willamette Valley Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication in 2000.

You can now download the book in PDF format for free. Enjoy!

Download the book
If you don't already have it, you'll need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. This free software lets you view and print the PDF files.

To download the files, right-click the blue underlined text. In the menu that appears, choose "Save Link Target As..." Choose the folder where you want to save the file, then click Save.

• Download the entire costuming book. This file is large (3.86 MB), so if you have a slow or unstable internet connection, you may want to download one chapter at a time instead (see below).
• Download the covers. These files are separate, because of the large color photos.
  • Outside front (542 KB)
  • Inside front (573 KB)
  • Inside back (567 KB)
  • Outside back (713 KB)
• Download chapter by chapter. Each file is about 3-10 pages long.
  • Introduction (646 KB) - title page, table of contents, and introduction
  • Fabric (260 KB) - choose the right fabric for your costuming needs
  • Sewing (456 KB) - learn basic sewing skills
  • Pattern making (396 KB) - make simple patterns from scratch
  • Shirts & suits (438 KB) - shirts, robes, suits, and coats
  • Vests (153 KB)
  • Cinderella sack dresses (125 KB) - a simple dress-making technique
  • Skirts (162 KB)
  • Dresses and jumpers (130 KB)
  • Pants (248 KB)
  • Capes (78 KB)
  • Hats (260 KB)
  • Shoes (154 KB) - shoes, underwear, and other accessories
  • Back matter (371 KB) - tips for what to do if something goes wrong, and an index