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G-Anime 2014 (Gatineau, QC)
Cost to make: $50 (roughly)
The hoods, neck piece, belt and shoulder armour are all the same stiff orange fabric. The hoods are a custom pattern so that they're interchangeable with the neck piece. This is possible with snap fasteners.
Inside the armour is solari (used in oven mitts to prevent burning) to help it keep the shape. The armour is 80% hand sewn. My hands!!!!
The belt is a tube pulled through and top stitched. I took Mike's suggestion of using two D rings to make doing it up easier and made it longer.
There's embroidery on both hoods.
The rest of the costume is made up of cuddle satin with the soft side out. The front panel of the shirt is completely hand sewn together with the armour attached. The sun is hand painted on dead in the centre with hand embroidery around the edges.
The pants also have embroidery.
G-Anime 2014 (Gatineau, QC)
Cost to make: $50 (roughly)
The hoods, neck piece, belt and shoulder armour are all the same stiff orange fabric. The hoods are a custom pattern so that they're interchangeable with the neck piece. This is possible with snap fasteners.
Inside the armour is solari (used in oven mitts to prevent burning) to help it keep the shape. The armour is 80% hand sewn. My hands!!!!
The belt is a tube pulled through and top stitched. I took Mike's suggestion of using two D rings to make doing it up easier and made it longer.
There's embroidery on both hoods.
The rest of the costume is made up of cuddle satin with the soft side out. The front panel of the shirt is completely hand sewn together with the armour attached. The sun is hand painted on dead in the centre with hand embroidery around the edges.
The pants also have embroidery.
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