More Ape Suit Progress
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 thumbed soles. Next, I added some carved foam toes in the appropriate places. To make the uppers, I cut some 12×24 inch rectangles from the same fabric that I used for the tunic and pants. I first added some pleats to delineate the toe area. Then I started stitching the upper to the sole, marking and fitting to my foot as I worked my way around the sole of the shoe. Then I cut out and hole-punched the lace-up area and sewed that to the top of the shoe.
To make the knit sleeve extensions/cuffs, I had originally planned to find a sweater and cut off the sleeves, but I couldn’t find the right sweater at the right price, so I buckled down and learned how to knit. This stitchery business is kind of satisfying. I cant wait to try some embroidery!
Full costume photo to follow…..
Amazing. Love the sleeves. Are you taking any orders for your hand knit creations? I would love to have a sweater. I’ll be waiting for some pics of you in the entire costume. Nice work.
Mcewanj
Aw, shucks. Thanks Mom!
excellent except you need to glue some hair on your knuckles.
Goat –
Yeah, that is the last piece. I will take some latex gloves, cut the fingers out, paint them fleshtone and glue some hair all over them.
-s
does anyone have a suit for sale???or no were i can get one?