Hello out there!

I know there are a few of you that are up on your fabric. Cami, Felicia, Livia, anyone else…. I need some help here!

For Halloween this year we are going to go a little crazy. We are making Sully, Mike, and Boo costumes from the show Monsters Inc. My dad, the man that can do anything, is going to help me create them. We are thinking combo foam rubber, paper mache, chicken wire, fabric, and paint… with any luck they’ll turn out close-ish to the kind of stuff you’d see walking around at Disneyland.

Anyway…

I’ve found the foam rubber (Smith and Edwards), and some green fleece for Mike (JoAnns).

I also found some long pile turquoise fur for Sulley at Zims, but they only had 2 yards. I need 4 more. There is some similar looking stuff at PreFurs, but its $40/yd. So if anyone knows where I can get some more of that….

AND, I am having a tough time finding the purple metallic scale-like fabric for Boo’s costume.

Here’s a picture of the Boo costume from the Disney parade.

The scales almost look painted on in this costume – as compared to the metallic looking stuff in the movie. Either way.

Any ideas where I can find such fabric?
What about the arms and feet?

The Magic Dots fabric listed here looks a little promising, in purple of course.
http://www.costumefabrics.com/metallic.html

But is it too much sequins, not enough scales? Tough to tell from the picture, I may have to get a sample.
Can anyone help?