Possible new career direction, Simian Cobbler. Continuing my adventure in threadcraft, I hand-stitched together these chimp shoes for my halloween costume. To construct the shoes, I laminated up some 1/8 inch medium density foam and a sheet of the same leather that I had used for my tunic sleeves. From that, I cut out the [...]

« Part 1 – Making the Tunic Pattern Here is my chimp tunic. When I first got my sewing machine, I had visions of making my own custom shirts. But buying shirts was so easy, I just never did make the time to start sewing my own. However, when I decided that I needed a [...]

Part 2 – Making the Chimp Tunic. » Image Courtesy of Apemania.com. I can ‘t think of a better way to ring in the new year than to start working on my 2008 Halloween costume. It’s been just over a year since I got my sewing machine. When I first got it, I had ambitions [...]