I’m back from A-kon! I’m still figuring out where all the photos from photoshoots are, so I will update later with pictures from the con. For now, here’s how I made Shiki’s boots! I also have a request for a tutorial on Sakura’s gloves which I’ll work on next :3
These are the base shoes. I asked my friend Jess to just buy cheap heels, and she found these for $4 on eBay. I wish they were rounded instead of pointy, but it still worked.
I started by using muslin fabric and pinned it over my leg and shoe. I cut it out in that shape afterwards and used it as a pattern.
The material I used was matte vinyl. I was lucky and found vinyl scraps on sale for $3/yd. I really only needed about a yard, but took 2 incase I messed up. I had to use my heaviest weight needle and also had to buy a thicker thread. It was unfortunately a lighter color than the vinyl, but it only shows in the back.
I started by sewing the pieces together in the back and added a zipper. I underestimated how much I needed and got a zipper that was a couple inches too short.
Next I sewed the front so that it would be tight against the shoe.
The yellow stripes are bias tape that I glued to the vinyl. Part of it tucks under the cover at the bottom. Then I glued the cover to the shoe.
You can see that I made the boot taller at first. I put my feet in it, so I could see how it went up on my leg, then I cut off the extra at the top. Then I took a strip of vinyl and sewed it to the top to make the folded part. I sewed it down at the sides near the zipper so it’ll stay down. Since the vinyl isn’t 2 sided, I had to do it this way.
Tada! Here are the covers! I think they could have turned out a little better, but not bad for my first time with this material.
And here are our full costumes! (Our Shiki is the one on the right.)
About a week or two ago, I finished the hat, and I recently trimmed the wig. The base hat was this GI Cap in white. I started by cover the bill with brown fabric, leaving a small white trim at the edges. I used liquid stitch to get it on.
Using brown and white fabric, I started constructing the cover for it. (It’s not attached to the hat yet.)
I actually made it too high at first, so I took it in both top and bottom. I also flipped it so it goes outwards near the bottom.
Next was adding the brown stripes to the white part, which is just bias tape. I also sewed a circle to the top to close it off.
The last part is connecting the cover to the hat! I hand sewed the bottom of the cover to the bottom of the hat.
The wig in the picture has already been trimmed. I cut a little off the front bangs and cut the hair to the side shorter. I didn’t take any off in the back. The wig is New Look’s Lucy in Henna Red.
I finished one of Shiki’s boots tonight. Hopefully, I’ll have the other finished soon to show!
Shiki’s costume is almost done! Since last update, I finished her pouch and hat. Her wig also came in, which I need to trim. I still need to take pictures of the hat, but here are pictures of the pouch!
This is before I closed the top, which I decided to do with bias tape. I kind of made the fabric too stiff and had a hard time sewing the top close by folding it. This basically took 3 rectangles. One for the back. One for the front, where I cut out a chunk of it, then I sewed in the other rectangle to fill the space back in. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a silver zipper on brown, so I had to use black.
I also lined the edges of the straps with bias tape. I’m going to go back and trim the ends off later. Both ends of the strap have button holes, so it can be taken off at either end.
Here is a look at how long the strap is.
Next time I’ll post pictures of her hat and wig!
