These directions were written by Firebird and not me. If you have an questions please use her email ddress at the bottom of this page. I will ignore all email

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To get this pattern to print at the right size, it should be printed from Paint in landscape mode at the size that paint decides to print it. If you forget to use landscape mode it will still print the right size, however it will be on 2 pieces of paper and you'll have to tape them together.
General Info
This pattern is intended only for G3 ponies, although I am working on doing one for G1's (particularly the boys) as well...You could probably adapt this pattern's general shape to G1 ponies, but I have no idea about the G2's...I don't own any. The pattern has been tested on Starswirl 1 pose and Sweetberry 1 pose. It may need a little tweaking for different poses because of hoof sizes/leg positioning...etc. You wouldn't think these things make a difference, but it took me 5 or 6 revisions to get something I considered decent. If you think you're going to need to do a lot of tweaking, I'd suggest using felt. it doesn't need hemming, and can be quickly whipstitched together-always a plus. Solid lines on pattern are the size each piece should be without seam allowances. Dotted lines suggest seam allowances, but you might need them bigger or be able to deal with smaller ones depending on personal preference and the type of fabric you're working with. Larger seam allowances are recommended (by personal experience) for fabrics like satins and silks that fray easily. I would also not recommend sewing this on a machine, its far too small in my opinion.
Directions
1. cut out one of each pattern piece. If you like my seam allowances, keep them, but feel free to change them, it's important to have enough to work with, and you can always trim them after sewing the seams. 2. Pin each piece securely to wrong side of fabric and trace the outline with a chalk pencil or washable fabric marker. Always test on a small scrap to make sure the marker/chalk will not make a permanent mark.
3. Cut out the pieces, and make sure you keep track of which is the left and right sleeve. The bodice pieces are obvious, the sleeves not so much. If you lose track, you can always compare to the pattern pieces. 4. Place the right sides of the bodice pieces together, pin, sew together at the place where there are stars marked on the pattern piece. This is the "front" of the jacket, it'll be under the pony.
5. Sew the hem on the sleeves. 6. Sew the straight sides of the sleeves together. Test them on pony, preferably the pony that is going to wear the jacket (since not all their feet are the same size) to make sure her hoof will go through the hole. Make adjustments accordingly.The pattern piece should be big enough to accommodate all G3 pony hooves, but the seam allowance can be tricky. I did a lot of experimenting with this on the felt before I got it right. ^^;;
7. Position the sleeves so the areas that have the squiggles "~~~~~" are together, and the seam is towards the seam of the bodice. It's probably best to do these one at a time so you don't get poked by pins. Sew the squiggle edges together. Do this for both sleeves. What you have should now look a lot like a jacket! Try it on the pony to make sure you're on the right track.
8. Hem the "waistline". This is pretty self-explanatory. :) Try it on the pony in case you want to make it shorter or anything like that. 9. The neckline is a little trickier. Depending on what you want to trim it with depends on how wide the strip has to be. For something like fake fur, the strip would have to be very wide. For regular fabric I recommend cutting two strips on the bias and making your own "bias tape". Cutting on the bias is cutting with the fabric arranged so that threads look like a bunch of X's, rather than a grid, the fabric stretches this way, and will conform to curves much better. The neckline on each side is approximately 1.5 inches, but I'd cut 2.5 just to be safe, you can always trim off the extra. Determine with a ruler how wide you want the collar on the neckline to be. Make your strip 4 times as wide as this. Fold in half and iron. Then lay flat and fold the edges into the crease. Iron. Fold in half and iron again and Ta-Da! You've got your homemade bias tape! Fold this over the neckline and sew it on.
10. Fasteners: This is the trickiest part. You'll notice that the two bodice pieces are much longer than they need to be, this is because the different poses have different measurements and I wanted to make this pattern open for alterations. Determine how long the sides need to be with a tape measure, or a piece of string cut to the right length. If you use hooks, both sides will be the same length. For snaps one side will have to be long enough to overlap the other. Experiment to find the fit you like. If you get daring and decide on grommets, you might want to just fold the edges in and have 2 layers instead of one for the grommet to go through for more sturdiness. If you have any questions about anything regarding this pattern or the directions feel free to email me (thereisonlyserenity@yahoo.com), I would love to help in any way I can! :) I have been sewing since I was four or five, most of what I've sewn have been doll clothes for Barbies or other dolls like Strawberry Shortcake that I had when I was young. This is the first Ponywear pattern I attempted, and while I'm pretty pleased with the results I know its not perfect, so please also do not hesitate to bring any errors to my attention. I hope you and your ponies like the pattern! :) ~ Firebird