The Idiots Guide To Costume Design & Dress Up

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Just because we dont know how to use a sewing machine or a disproportion between an armscye as great as a placket, doesnt meant we cant demeanour great during a ball.

Im not a single of those people. You know, a kind who can take a grubby uninspired as great as over-sized shirt from a Good Will box as great as spin it into a great tailored, 4 partial coupler as partial of a Mad Hatters outfit, finish with sewn in LED lights. My sewing skills have been limited to a severe hem tack as great as repair a occasional button.

Yes, we am a simpleton of which a pretension speaks.

Every Adult Should Have A Costume Box

Still, Im not starting to let what we cant do get in a way of something else we wish to do. Yep, we have my tricks for filling a costume box without driving myself crazy, spending too much income or finale up frustrated over a pile of half finished projects Ill never use.

First stop: Haunt second hand as great as selected stores.

The base of my costumes begin second hand. Good Will, Salvation Army, Army-Navy surplus stores as great as stoop, garage as great as back yard sales. we rarely buy anything costing some-more than $15.00.

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Brand name stores mostly have great deals. Last year we found an extraordinary span of tall heeled knee-high china boots during Zappos. The Target scarf we found for $5.00 creates a unequivocally in effect dust facade during Burning Man.

I buy things we unequivocally like. we have to similar to them a lot. Fuzzy sweaters, bathrobes, bustiers, tutus, selected sleet coats, unequivocally anything which catches your eye. Everything we select is gentle as great as versatile.

Most pieces serve a double function. My neon immature hat! has bee n partial of leprechaun, cowboy as great as super hero. Red hat? Sinister rapist turns to jaunty Santacon elf as great as eventually becomes weird bride by attaching a veil. (Tell we how below.)

Those china boots, by a way, have never let me down. Ive biked, walked as great as run in them, depending upon a occasion. Add a span of knee hosiery with a hair strip upon top, as great as theyre hair lined.

Next stop: Fabric & Craft Stores

This is where we find shiny, textured meshes as great as lames, festive star buttons as great as mistake hair in a accumulation of colors. Ribbons, feathers, fake leather, even plastic fabric youd suppose as a list cloth all work great lining collars as great as sleeves, highlighting anything we want.

The Tool Box
Attach fabrics et al with safety pins, self glue Velcro and elementary stitching. Youll additionally wish needle, thread, glue guns and scissors.

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Hardware stores additionally suggest copiousness of options particularly for regulating damaged finds. You should never underestimate a usefulness of a zip tie.

The Zen of Costume Boxing

My costumes started unequivocally simple. A black lacy bustier was meant to be tip for a fancy skirt round gown. we never did find a right bottom. Eventually, we will.

Over time, a pieces we supplement bond to create themes. Silver boots match china fabric lined boy shorts. Ive been wanting a great tutu for a whilst now, though didnt find a single until a stop during Psycho Sisters in Little Five Points, Atlanta. That is my little red dancing tutu. Ill wear it as is to Burning Man after this month, though eventually Id similar to to do something with a straps.

Itll occur when it happens.

Two Dead Easy Projects For Burning Man

Hat With Removable V! eil

I took a piece of self glue Velcro, attached a fuzzy soothing side of a Velcro to a front partial of a inside of a hat. Then we doubled up a large block of mesh as great as bunched it up upon a glue side of a harder, spiky part. Connect Velcro tools as great as wear. Easy to switch out with other fabrics.

Sun Reflective Parasol

The powerful is my main project this year. It had been missing a plastic spoke top as great as whilst it would have been a good as a prop, we additionally wish it to be useful as great as maybe give a bit some-more shade than light lace can.

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A wire top easily replaced a spoke tip. we cut a groove in a plastic before sewing it upon with needle as great as thread. we cut shiny china fabric into triangles as great as big-stitched them to a underside of a umbrella. Both hold in place securely, though have been additionally easy remove.

Last year, someone gave me an amazingly soothing blue bath robe. Only problem, its too big. Im not utterly sure what to do with it, so Im asking a friend who is a single of those people for ideas. Ill let we know how it goes.

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