thejoeba
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My wife loves the new Spider-Gwen costume, so I decided I'd make her one for WonderCon! I'm not into the printed pattern suits, which worked out since she didn't want to go full spandex body suit, so we went for a handmade style. I did a handmade Spider-Man, from two different (solid color) spandex bodysuits and puffy paint last year, so I decided to take a similar approach on Spider-Gwen.
I feel that Spider-Gwen's costume design is not a hyper sexualized design (like Spider-Woman has been), so a good fitting hoodie and yoga pants were the base materials.
I bought a second pair of the pants, so the material would be consistent, and chalked out the pattern we wanted.
After cutting out pattern, I folded the edges and used fabric tape to place the pattern exactly where I wanted it.
The type of fabric tape is VERY important. I had only used one roll on my last costume, and ran out about halfway through this one. I picked up some no-sew required from Walgreens and it was terrible. 70% of the stitches would skip due to the thickness of the tape, and the stickiness of the tape glue. Only use the good stuff! This one is a very lightweight fabric with a striped glue pattern instead of full coverage (like most tape). The sewing machine goes through it beautifully.
Currently the black is finished.
I'm working on the purple-ish side/arm/hood sections now. We will puffy paint the teal lines onto the purple after they are sewn on.
The shoes are just store bought Sketchers, and the gloves are something we received from her mom (she has a box of soft cotton gloves). We purchased a blonde wig for one variation, and will be making a mask for the full costume. I'll add more pics and updates as they we continue.
List of materials used:
Body
I feel that Spider-Gwen's costume design is not a hyper sexualized design (like Spider-Woman has been), so a good fitting hoodie and yoga pants were the base materials.
I bought a second pair of the pants, so the material would be consistent, and chalked out the pattern we wanted.
After cutting out pattern, I folded the edges and used fabric tape to place the pattern exactly where I wanted it.
The type of fabric tape is VERY important. I had only used one roll on my last costume, and ran out about halfway through this one. I picked up some no-sew required from Walgreens and it was terrible. 70% of the stitches would skip due to the thickness of the tape, and the stickiness of the tape glue. Only use the good stuff! This one is a very lightweight fabric with a striped glue pattern instead of full coverage (like most tape). The sewing machine goes through it beautifully.
Currently the black is finished.
I'm working on the purple-ish side/arm/hood sections now. We will puffy paint the teal lines onto the purple after they are sewn on.
The shoes are just store bought Sketchers, and the gloves are something we received from her mom (she has a box of soft cotton gloves). We purchased a blonde wig for one variation, and will be making a mask for the full costume. I'll add more pics and updates as they we continue.
List of materials used:
Body
- Skechers GoWalk shoes
- White hoodie
- Black yoga pants: one fit, one larger for fabric
- Purple-ish cotton spandex
- Puffy paint (matched to shoes)
- White Gloves
- Thick Floral Wire
- Spider-Man face mask
- White SecondSkin mask
- Modeler's Mesh
- White spandex
- Wig
- Neodymium magnets
- Purple airbrushing
