How To Make a Ghillie Suit for a Teddy Bear.

On our History of the Ghillie Suit page, we explain how to make a suit for an adult. But what if your child wants to make his teddy bear a brave commando? We decided to scale things down a bit and make a Ghillie or Ghilly suit for our little bear, Billy.

I purchased 2 yards of camouflage flannel on sale at my local fabric shop. It took me an entire weekend to create this. So I can image that making a real suit would take a week or more?
Sewing on all those strips was a real monotonous and putzy ordeal!
But I soon discovered a tip. Read below and you'll see what it is.

Click the link buttons below (to see the larger picture) to follow us step-by-step as we created our suit.

1.	I took the basic pattern of Billy's pajama's and I outlined it, creating a pattern for the Ghillie suit. I allowed extra for seams when I created it.
2.	I pinned the paper pattern that I created on the camouflage flannel material and then cut it out. The material is double-folded at the top, so the shoulders will be without a seam.
3.	Since this is such a little garment, it's best to hem the sleeves and neckline first before sewing the garment together at the sides. This way you don't have to try to fit a small armhole around your sewing machine area. Here I am hemming the edges first, inside out of course.
4.	Once I hemmed the sleeves and neckline, I attached two pieces of clothe at the end of the legs to fit over the feet and later be sewed as booties. This is a back view of the suit.

5.	This is a front view of the suit, with the foot bootie pieces showing front side of the pattern. This particular pattern has a lighter back side. Some camouflage patterns are the same on both sides. I guess since these were flannel and intended for boys pajamas, they didn't care to double print the pattern.
6.	Here I am sewing both the front and the back together. Notice the front has a slit down the center? This is to get the bear inside it. On a real suit, they zip or button up the entire front.
7.	Fitting time! Our little Billy has tried on his suit and with the feet open.
8.	I pinned material around one foot so I could get an idea how this would fit.

9.	Here is the suit after I sewed the foot booties on.
10.	Now it's time to cut all those strips!!!
11.	I am sewing on two hook and eye closures at the neckline so that once it's on the bear it can be closed up and more protective for hiding. The key to a good Ghillie suit is to hide as much of the shape of the wearer as possible.
12.	Here is a picture of the back of the suit partially done. The font is all done.

13.	Here I am sewing more strips. Here is the tip: Start sewing strips from the bottom of your suit and work your way to the top. This way you won't be sewing new strips underneath and getting all knotted up in them, or having them flop on you as you sew new strips.
14.	Done! Here is it from the back with all the strips sewn on. I also created a bandanna for his head. I know I could have covered up the ears, but then he wouldn't look like a teddy bear would he?
15.	Done! Here he is from the front, with the suit all done and his bandanna on his head. The hook and eyes are not closed, that's why you see the little neck opening.
16.	Hide and seek! Here is our Billy bear hiding behind a fichus tree.

You can now buy our Ghillie Suit Teddy Bear Mug at our Zazzle store!
It's available in several cup styles. Just click the other Options button to check it out.
These are very strong, durable and well-made mugs. I've purchased one with our Brownielocks logo on it.
We also offer mugs for all the service branches, as well as a Green Beret Teddy Bear mug.

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