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Start of the shirt

May 12th, 2009

To start on Neku’s shirt, first I made the pattern. I traced it off of one of my smaller shirts (minus the sleeves) and widened the bottom a little. I cut it where I thought the separation between colors should be.

neku_shirt_pattern

For the yellow parts, I sewed in Bias Tape. It makes it a lot easier to make them straight and even, since the Bias Tape already has folds which I can follow. This is just one side of the shirt:

neku_shirt_01

I might redo the middle part slightly because the purple looks a little wide. I think I’ll wait until I put together the other side and see how they look together. I also used some left over yellow cotton fabric I had to make Neku’s bracelet. It’s double layered and was super simple to make:

neku_bracelet

Kona cotton costs $5.99/yd. I bought 3 yards of navy fabric which comes out to $17.97, and then was $14.39 with 20% off. The purple fabric is 2 yards at $11.98.

So far, I’ve used one pack of bias tape which is $1.89. The total for Neku is now $47.16.

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Neku, TWEWY

Pockets done! Shorts are almost complete

May 5th, 2009

As the subject says, the pockets are done! I finished sewing on the side pockets and added 4 yellow buttons to them. I used yellow fabric to cover the holes in the buttons.

neku_shorts_05

neku_shorts_06

I then cut out the back pockets, ironed them to interfacing, used Heat n Bond to add the purple stripe, and sewed them on too.

neku_shorts_07

All that’s left are belt loops! The belt I ordered is on its way, so I’ll wait for that before sewing on the belt loops. It’d be bad if I didn’t leave enough room for the belt ;)

The buttons were on sale for $0.84 per pack (of 3). Two packs were $1.68, making the total for Neku now at $18.90.

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Neku, TWEWY

Heart charm and the start of pockets

May 4th, 2009

I really don’t have much experience with clay, so this could have been better, but I think it’s good enough! It’s made with some air dry clay:

beat_heart_charm_01

It’s already sanded down a little, but I may try to get the edges nicer. It still needs to be painted to a gray/silver color.

I was hoping to show a finished Neku shorts today, but a little accident happened. As I was hand sewing something, I pricked my finger and BLED ON THE SHORTS. I immediately soaked it with some water, so I think I got most of the blood out. I have to wait for them to dry before finishing with the pockets.

I’ll show some in progress pictures in the mean time. I decided to put a smaller pocket inside the bigger ones. Since I’ll actually be using those pockets during cons, I was afraid they’d begin to sag. The smaller pocket on the inside adds extra support and will be taking most of the stress.

neku_pockets_01

Here are the actual pockets.

neku_pockets_02

The purple part was put on using Heat n Bond, which is an iron-on adhesive. You basically iron the adhesive sheet onto one fabric, then cut out the shapes you need. The other side of the adhesive is covered with paper that you peel off. Place that on the fabric it needs to stick to, iron, and tada! They’re stuck together. I love that stuff and already had a roll of it laying around.

All of the pockets are also backed with fusible lightweight interfacing, which are also iron-on.

The air dry clay costed $9.99. The total for Beat is now $12.98.

The light weight interfacing was $1.59, which was $1.25 after 20% off. The total for Neku is now $17.22.

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Beat, Neku, TWEWY
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