The Hero's Closet: Sewing for Cosplay and Costuming

About this book

Cosplayers rejoice! Gillian ConahansThe Heros Closet is the ultimate DIY guide to creating unique and fantastical homemade costumes. This essential handbook offers detailed step-by-step instructions that cover the basics of sewing costumes (which often require skills not found in standard sewing guides) to help even the most novice sewists create the costumes of their dreams. A skilled crafter and avid cosplayer Gillian Conahan walks readers through finding inspiration online and through their fandom; shares insight into translating character art into real-world garments; and offers advice on pattern selection alterations fabrics and embellishment techniques. The book also features 11 original step-by-step basic patternssuch as jumpsuits jackets and pants. It then suggests ideas for mixing and matching these basics to create costumes of all styles including superheroes pirates elves school girls and adventurers. The Heros Closet is the first how-to handbook on the art of sewing for cosplay. A must-have guide for Comic-Con and Halloween its essential for all ambitious fans with a DIY spirit who love the idea of cosplay but need the inspiration and technical tips to make an awesome costume. Includes color photographs by Karen Pearson and black-and-white illustrations