YouTuber Annika Victoria has a great video about making collared tank tops out of stretch fabric. I slipped the collar inside the shirt neckline and serged along the raw edges. I connected the two ends to create a loop, then folded it all in half. To make the collar, I cut a strip of fabric that was 4 inches wide and about 13 inches long (long enough that it fit over my head when fully stretched). If you cut the serger chain, the stitch can unravel. Instead, I didn’t cut the thread chain left by my serger and instead hand-stitched each chain back onto the seam. I did not hem the armholes or bottom because I wanted the (quite tight) pleather to lay flat against my skin. I started by sewing the darts, side seams and the shoulders. I used my serger for most of the project. Instead, use a zigzag stitch on a sewing machine or switch to your serger. Do note that when using stretch fabric, you can’t use a straight stitch, as it won’t stretch with the material. Once you have a pattern you like, sewing the shirt is quite easy.
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Here is a YouTube video that walks you through how to make darts – it’s not the most exciting, but it’s definitely helpful! Construction Steps As a whole, this pattern allowed the fabric to lay much better, so this is the shirt I finalized. These darts start from the side seams and go straight across toward my nipples. So, I built the final pattern from that, and this time, accounted for breast darts from the very beginning. The one I picked has a halter shape and was a perfect analog for Envy’s shirt. I bought a seamless sports bra to compress my chest a little. The final shirt I made started out with a different garment reference. I just drew a line from the gap toward my nipples and sewed the darts there. I fixed this in one shirt by creating little darts out from the armhole. Men won’t really run into a problem with this, but the fabric has to create a dome over breasts, which creates the gap. Envy’s has more of a halter look, so I didn’t originally account for armhole gapping.
The only problem is that the armhole of that shirt and Envy’s are different. The first two shirts I made were based off of a sleeveless turtleneck shirt I own that I think fits me really well. Other elements that make up the costume include: To be fair, making test versions with the stretch fabric was good because I wouldn’t know how the garment would actually lay with a non-stretch fabric. I’m glad I did because I ended up making the shirt three times! That’s what happens when I don’t use a pattern or make a mockup first. I usually overestimate how much fabric I’ll need just in case I make mistakes. I purchased 3 yards of Yaya Han’s stretch pleather fabric and cut all of the pieces from that. Here’s my journey on Envy from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood.Įnvy’s costume is composed of a few sewing elements, all of which I made from the same fabric. In the short amount of time I had between finishing grad school applications and C2E2 (which took place April 6-8), I was able to squeeze in a simple cosplay.
All of that is done now, so I can turn my attention back to cosplay. For those of you wondering where I’ve been the last few months, I took a cosplay hiatus to apply to grad school.
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