Worbla Tip: Squaring Up Edges

Worbla Tip: Squaring Up Edges

One drawback of hand-forming costume accessories is that they can sometimes come out looking bumpy or uneven, an appearance that persists no matter how many layers of coating agent or primer you add. An easy way to make your pieces look more “finished” and professional is to clean up the edges!

Tutorial after the jump.

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What’s In Your Bag?: Cosplay Edition

Convention season is coming up soon, and everyone is getting all their cosplays together (even if it’s a few days before the con, but you can do it, believe in yourself!). Everyone is preparing for what all they have to take: clothes, toiletries, cosplay items, oh god how am I going to fit this eight foot prop in my six foot car, very important things like that! BUT what should be on one of the top list of things is that at least one of you should be carrying is a bag. It doesn’t need to be big, though I carry a lot of crap in my bag, so I need a huge one. And in this bag should be: snacks (like a big fruit snack bag!), water bottle, wallet with money and ID, comfy shoes, etc. etc., but a great thing to have in this bag would be an emergency kit. All of my friends turn to me when they have a mishap, asking if I can do a quick fix on something: a prop broke, a seam ripped, a headache, etc. So, if you would like to make sure when something bad happens, because face it, it’s a convention and you’re having a good time so of course something bad is going to happen, that you’ll be prepared, take an emergency kit with you!!

There are many, many people out there telling you things you could bring for your repair/emergency kit, and they all are very helpful. So, I’m going to share what all is usually in mine! These are in no particular order. Feel free to give me any ideas or suggestions, and I’ll try to add it to the list!

If you have any questions at all, feel free to contact me at any time, and I’ll try to help ASAP!!!

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Workspace Wednesdays:  Fabric Catalog

If you are like most crafters, the longer you have a sewing-related hobby the larger your stash of fabric will get.  (If you sew and you don’t have a fabric stash, I am officially afraid of you and your merciless resolve.)  I’ve been cosplaying for about eight years and sewing for longer than that, so the amount of fabric I want to hold onto because I might use it someday is… really extreme.

What I ended up having to do to get my fabric stash under control was catalog it, put it into bins, and get it out of my actual craft room.  I need to pull something from my stash maybe a couple times a month at most.  It doesn’t make a lot of sense to keep that stuff in my primary working area when it gets used that infrequently, so I keep it my basement. You might not have a basement you can store stuff in, but everyone’s got corners of closets or other less readily accessible areas where stuff for long-term storage is asking to go.  A catalog of what you have allows you to utilize those spaces more effectively. 

This is the binder I made up, which 1) allows me to check what’s in the basement without having to actually go to the basement, and 2) is way easier to flip through than a pile of fabric that I have to re-fold because I messed it up while pawing through it.  

If you’d like to use my templates, they’re over here!  My goal in making them was to not overwhelm myself with information because I had a ton of fabrics to catalog and I didn’t want it to take forever.  The sheets are made to record a few pieces of information:

A fabric swatch. I made two template sheets, one with the swatch space on the left and one with the swatch space on the right, so the stacked pages wouldn’t be super uneven.

A brief description and enough room to note anything special about the fabric.

A super rough ballpark of how much yardage I have.

Did I ever cut anything out of this fabric before, or is it still basically in a rectangle?  Helpful for knowing if your fabric looks like swiss cheese or not.

And that’s it.  You can add more or less information based on what you think is important, but that’s enough for me to go off of.  And here’s the organized stash itself, more or less:

Another tip in organizing your storage bins: if you make it so all the edges of your fabrics are visible when you take the top off your bin, it’ll be easier to find things and take them out.  While I was loading the bins, I set them on one side and stacked my fabric up in a pile.  (The end result is the same thing as Konmari vertical clothes folding!)

Part 3 of the cosplay vlog is up! Hope you all enjoy. Shout outs to @mangosirene and @amazonmandy, I mention you both in this video!

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How to Make a Loki Costume (well, sort of)

All right, this might be pure self-indulgence, but I thought maybe it would help some people. *crosses fingers*

I’ve put together a list of all of the Loki references I’ve posted over the past year. Hopefully someone will find them useful. If I’ve missed anything, or you have any questions, feel free to shoot them my way.

References Coat Tunic Sleeves Pauldron Bracers Scales Pants Boots Hot Toys Sketches I Sketches II

Patterns & Designs Coat “Pattern” - Top Coat “Pattern” - Bottom, Exterior Coat “Pattern” - Bottom, Interior Sleeve Design “Necklace” Pattern Bracer Design Armor Shapes Scale Layout Gaiter Pattern

Construction Bracer Under-Layers Zipper Stops Leather-like Fabric Selection Wrist Guards Weathering Armor in Steps Weathering Bracers Trim Pants! (And cheating with PVC glue…) Making Scales Boots Tacks for the Boots Wearing the Boots and Gaiters

And if you use any of these, please let me know! I’d love to see what you create!!

P.S. Loki cosplayers, add anything you think others might find useful!