paxtoprime94
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Alright so I have yet to actually call the seamstress/tailor businesses around town about this matter yet, I will though but I wanted to get some opinions from y'all too haha
I'm thinking about making a Captain America suit from TWS, I've got the fabric I need and I've also made custom freehand templates for the different pieces of the costume. I'm doing it in a sort of unorthodox way, I didn't actually make sewing patterns, just templates, i.e. flat shapes on poster paper; they also don't factor in any curvature like sewing patterns have to account for, they're all flat pieces but when put together will look pretty dang close to being screen-accurate. It's a two-layer system. For example, in the torso I've planned to have a simple undershirt as an inner layer, and the outer layer consisting of a chest piece, ab piece, and side pieces; the chest and abs connect directly but there are gaps in the middle of the ab piece and between the ab and side pieces, where I'll add straps, for the strap-like details seen in the actual movie suit. I hope all that makes sense haha, just trying to describe what I've got in mind
I made them this way partly because I wanted to see if I could do it no-sew; I would draw the shapes on the fabric, trace the lines with no-fray glue stuff, then cut the pieces cut and hot glue them all together at pre-determined joining sites. I found this didn't really work out like I wanted it to though when I tested this method on a few small pieces because 1. the cut edges were very flat and lacking definition, sewing would give them more detail and really make them look better, and 2. it turned out that extra hot glue got everywhere and ruined the fabric
So I was wondering, is it possible to instead cut out my pieces with a certain size border to allow for sewing, and then get a seamstress/tailor to sew the seams to stop them from fraying? And once that was done could I ask the seamstress/tailor to connect the pieces by sewing as well? Of course I would put a dot of glue here and there to loosely connect the pieces so they would have an idea how to actually sew it together. Would a tailor/seamstress even be open to doing that kind of thing, and if they were, would it be really expensive? I think it's good cause I've already got the fabric and templates, and I cut out all the pieces, it's like I do all the work except for the sewing. I'd like to only have to pay like below $75 for a seamstress/tailor to do this, best case scenario like $50
I would sew it myself but I don't wanna buy a sewing machine, and I don't have the patience to take the time to learn how to sew something this complex haha. I'm going to ask around the businesses in town but I wanted to see what y'all's "2 cents" on this would be
I'm thinking about making a Captain America suit from TWS, I've got the fabric I need and I've also made custom freehand templates for the different pieces of the costume. I'm doing it in a sort of unorthodox way, I didn't actually make sewing patterns, just templates, i.e. flat shapes on poster paper; they also don't factor in any curvature like sewing patterns have to account for, they're all flat pieces but when put together will look pretty dang close to being screen-accurate. It's a two-layer system. For example, in the torso I've planned to have a simple undershirt as an inner layer, and the outer layer consisting of a chest piece, ab piece, and side pieces; the chest and abs connect directly but there are gaps in the middle of the ab piece and between the ab and side pieces, where I'll add straps, for the strap-like details seen in the actual movie suit. I hope all that makes sense haha, just trying to describe what I've got in mind
I made them this way partly because I wanted to see if I could do it no-sew; I would draw the shapes on the fabric, trace the lines with no-fray glue stuff, then cut the pieces cut and hot glue them all together at pre-determined joining sites. I found this didn't really work out like I wanted it to though when I tested this method on a few small pieces because 1. the cut edges were very flat and lacking definition, sewing would give them more detail and really make them look better, and 2. it turned out that extra hot glue got everywhere and ruined the fabric
So I was wondering, is it possible to instead cut out my pieces with a certain size border to allow for sewing, and then get a seamstress/tailor to sew the seams to stop them from fraying? And once that was done could I ask the seamstress/tailor to connect the pieces by sewing as well? Of course I would put a dot of glue here and there to loosely connect the pieces so they would have an idea how to actually sew it together. Would a tailor/seamstress even be open to doing that kind of thing, and if they were, would it be really expensive? I think it's good cause I've already got the fabric and templates, and I cut out all the pieces, it's like I do all the work except for the sewing. I'd like to only have to pay like below $75 for a seamstress/tailor to do this, best case scenario like $50
I would sew it myself but I don't wanna buy a sewing machine, and I don't have the patience to take the time to learn how to sew something this complex haha. I'm going to ask around the businesses in town but I wanted to see what y'all's "2 cents" on this would be