Porch goose outfits by month: what to dress your goose in all year

Dress your porch goose in a snowman or ugly sweater in January, something red or pink in February, green in March, a bonnet in spring, a plain summer dress for the Fourth of July, a fall outfit from September, a witch or ghost for Halloween, a turkey for Thanksgiving, then Santa, an elf or a gingerbread for Christmas. A few holidays have no dedicated pattern, and this guide says which ones and what to sew instead.

TL;DR

• Dedicated patterns exist for: winter after Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• No dedicated pattern for: Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, the Fourth of July, back to school and New Year's Eve. Use the plain dress, the bonnet outfit or the accessories set in the right colors.
• Sizes: every outfit comes in Small, Standard and Large, for 17, 23 and 27 inch geese.
• Sewing times: from 2 hours (Easy Dress) to 5 hours (Santa, Angel, Toy Soldier).
• Plan ahead: start 3 to 4 weeks before the date.

Sew the Porch Goose Outfit from this guide, step by step, in the Sewzy app

Pick your size, print it from your phone, and follow every step with a sewing coach beside you.

The year at a glance

All of these are Premium patterns. The time is the sewing time listed for each pattern, so add a little for printing and cutting.

Winter after Christmas

The Snowman, Ugly Sweater and Pajamas outfits are about the season, not the holiday, so they still make sense in January and February. Our guide to winter porch goose outfits after Christmas compares them.

Valentine's Day to Fourth of July: no dedicated patterns

There is no Valentine's, St. Patrick's, Easter or Fourth of July pattern, and we will not pretend otherwise. What you can do is change the fabric. The Easy Dress is the quickest outfit on the list, and a new color makes it a new holiday: red or pink for February, green for March, blue, white and red for July.

For Easter and spring, the Porch Goose Outfit is a dress with a bonnet, which you can sew in pastels. If you want a hat, scarf or bow in a matching fabric, the Accessories Set covers all three. Our porch goose outfit patterns page shows every outfit side by side.

Back to school has no pattern either. A plain dress in plaid or school colors is the closest match.

Halloween and Thanksgiving

This is where the choice is widest. Halloween has a Ghost, Witch, Pumpkin and Scarecrow, all gathered on the Halloween and fall outfits page. Thanksgiving has the Turkey and the Harvest outfit, which comes with an apron and a bonnet. See Thanksgiving porch goose outfits for how to choose between them.

Christmas and New Year's Eve

Christmas has the most outfits of the year, from Santa and Mrs Claus to a gingerbread, a tree and a toy soldier. The porch goose Christmas outfits page lists them all.

New Year's Eve has no pattern of its own. The Accessories Set gives you a hat, a scarf and a bow, so sew them in black, silver or gold and pair them with a plain dress.

Plan ahead: sew 3 to 4 weeks before the date

Most outfits take 2 to 5 hours of sewing, and that is on top of printing, taping and cutting. Spread over a few evenings, a 4 hour outfit fits comfortably into 3 to 4 weeks, which leaves room for a second try if something goes wrong.

• Quick (2 to 3 hours): the Easy Dress, the Ghost, the Porch Goose Outfit and the Accessories Set. Start 3 weeks ahead.
• Medium (4 hours): Witch, Pumpkin, Turkey, Harvest, Snowman, Elf and most other holiday outfits. Start 3 to 4 weeks ahead.
• Longer (5 hours): Santa, Angel and Toy Soldier. Start 4 weeks ahead.

For Halloween on October 31, that means starting in early October. For Christmas on December 25, start by the end of November.

Check your goose size before you buy fabric

Every outfit comes in Small (17 inch goose), Standard (23 inch goose) and Large (27 inch goose). Not sure which one you have? Read how tall a porch goose is, then how to measure a porch goose, or run your numbers through the porch goose size finder. For yardage, see how much fabric a porch goose dress takes.

The Sewzy app for iPhone has these outfits in all three sizes, with a written step-by-step guide for each, so you can keep the whole year's list in one place.