Walkthrough1 part 3

Spiderwoman into Phoenix. pt 3

Assembling the costume...

... the legs

Time to get some sewing done. First up, the legs; I started from the bottom of the crotch, down to the foot hole and back again. Once I tied the stitch off though I didn't cut the thread.

Repeated the process for the other leg.

You can now either pin the legs together by themselves, or pop them on the figure and sew them together... at least the latter way you find if they're too tight quicker! Pin the material together and sew. The stitching doesn't have to be perfect as the seam will be hidden under the leotard top

There's no hemming required for these as all the edges are going to be hidden from view.

Turn the leggings inside out and slip them onto your FC Touchwood they'll fit! Remember, you can always run in another seam of stitches if they're too loose.

Assembling the costume...

... the collar

Phoenix has a black collar and rather than going through the fiddly process of sewing it onto her costume, I'm going to cheat something rotten.

Take a piece of black lycra, use some double-sided adhesive to hem the top. Cut to the vague shape shown; keep testing it around the FC's neck until it goes on and wraps round nicely without creasing, folding over etc.

Once you've done that, make a paper pattern for latter reference (I've constantly forgotten to do that!). You can either stitch it on round the back or, as I did here, back with more double-sided adhesive and stick down in place.

I never said my outfits were removeable ;)

Assembling the costume...

... the top

Now her collar's done, time for the top. Stitch the crotch together. Then (or before) hem the leg holes - I cheat again on the sewing and use lightly dabbed on latex-adhesive (test on a scrap of material first so you know how much to use before it bleeds through)

Now stitch up the rest of the costume - from cuffs to hip on either side.

For the neck hole, fold in half and take a little snick out of the top of the costume. A very little snick - it's easier to make holes bigger than smaller!

From the neck hole, cut 3/4 of the way down the back of the costume.

As with the legs, no further hemming is required.

Turn inside out (or the correct way round)

And slip the costume onto the figure.

Hopefully it should fit pretty nicely. Now's the time to add notes to your patterns if the arms are too short etc. for future reference.

Time now to sew the outfit shut, starting from the top and working down. This also gives you the opportunity to pull the outfit a little tighter to give the Phoenix a better figure; here I slimmed her waist down quite a bit with some tight sewing.

NEXT STAGE; Decoration, Gloves, Boots & painting lycra.

Assembling the costume...	... the legs
	Time to get some sewing done. First up, the legs; I started from the bottom of the crotch, down to the foot hole and back again. Once I tied the stitch off though I didn't cut the thread. Repeated the process for the other leg.
	You can now either pin the legs together by themselves, or pop them on the figure and sew them together... at least the latter way you find if they're too tight quicker! Pin the material together and sew. The stitching doesn't have to be perfect as the seam will be hidden under the leotard top
	There's no hemming required for these as all the edges are going to be hidden from view. Turn the leggings inside out and slip them onto your FC Touchwood they'll fit! Remember, you can always run in another seam of stitches if they're too loose.

Assembling the costume...	... the top
	Now her collar's done, time for the top. Stitch the crotch together. Then (or before) hem the leg holes - I cheat again on the sewing and use lightly dabbed on latex-adhesive (test on a scrap of material first so you know how much to use before it bleeds through)
	Now stitch up the rest of the costume - from cuffs to hip on either side. For the neck hole, fold in half and take a little snick out of the top of the costume. A very little snick - it's easier to make holes bigger than smaller!
	From the neck hole, cut 3/4 of the way down the back of the costume. As with the legs, no further hemming is required. Turn inside out (or the correct way round)
	And slip the costume onto the figure. Hopefully it should fit pretty nicely. Now's the time to add notes to your patterns if the arms are too short etc. for future reference.
	Time now to sew the outfit shut, starting from the top and working down. This also gives you the opportunity to pull the outfit a little tighter to give the Phoenix a better figure; here I slimmed her waist down quite a bit with some tight sewing.	NEXT STAGE; Decoration, Gloves, Boots & painting lycra.