Ok, next I made the arm/wrist cuff things for my costume. I decided to go ahead and document my process step-by-step for your viewing pleasure :)
Step 1: Cut the fabric. Using a piece of scrap faux suede, I cut a rectangle. I wrapped it around my arm first to determine how much fabric I wanted. After cutting, I then cut a whole in the center for my thumb.
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Step 2: I folded the rectangle in half and cut fringe. Again, slipping my arm in to measure how long to make my cuts. I wanted to be able the tie the fringe snug around my arm/hand.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRJc1_etijDROYbkLosTpVw1tDpHvQVjYsPIWtio__BqgM-CJZ_1cdmhyphenhyphenP29EvEEvI-Nu2_IaabI1PSyKCJBVxCPTl2clslzFhP0XU3U_SpMiY6COIIAZiQMs6v1w-1XTVj8-AkvUqbNA/s400/wristcuff_step3.jpg)
Step 3: Tie the fringe together in knots. I cut the fringe a little longer in certain places as I tied to make sure it felt snug to my arm.
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Step 4: Adding paw pads. I used some pieces of dark leather samples to add a paw pad (I don't know if there's another name for this?). I first drew a template on a piece of paper and then cut the shape out of the leather. Then I glued it into place on the palm of my hand with Aleene's craft glue.
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Step 5: In order to add extra fringe, I decided to sew large stitches along the edge of the suede fringe w/ embroidery floss so that I would have something to tie extra fabric strips to.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1QczKE2mU6oTB1I6pNzc8Yl9HYV62TttBSjxQ8zwn9xrv_J9gQE91fYiTaT34muI9h3MOlSklTE77t5u0_K8I4zCnMy4b48Ks4o_J69t8gvI-TYhKX4SvSXm8EvepFWjH2ZfAB-5ZYw/s400/wristcuff_step8.jpg)
Step 6: Cut scrap fabric/yarn into strips and tie to the large orange stitches. I decided to only tie fabric part way up the arm.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyN88Roub0s_yRpKTLg-1NZLriWZyIwxvrD53YI21Y2gGGKVI6rPzp9y0wHH_D-JedBvkkjxSOnRkLehT9FXqLw2kkakeB_u62ab4EqbwLEgGSZPIDr6Fk6lya0-vtMcY0_Aop_dbNXI/s400/wristcuff_step9.jpg)
Ta Da!
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I made two of these (one for each arm).
4 comments:
your costume is looking really rad so far! can't wait to see more!
Awesome! What's with the band-aid, dude?
Cut my finger w/ the sewing scissors :)
Your costume looks great!
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