{"id":2273,"date":"2017-01-13T14:42:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-13T20:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2017-01-13T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T20:42:52","slug":"costume-tweaks-for-c2e2-gloves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/2017\/01\/costume-tweaks-for-c2e2-gloves\/","title":{"rendered":"Costume Tweaks For C2E2 – Gloves"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was very proud of last year’s Halloween Costume <\/a>. That night was actually a trial run for a day of Cosplaying at this Spring’s C2E2 (Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo). The run through went well, but a few tweaks were identified.<\/p>\n

One of these alterations was the gloves. The original set was created from a spandex suit, thin EVA foam, and a good deal of adhesive. It wasn’t the most stable (or comfortable) concoction. I wanted to make a new pair that was strictly fabric, sewn together.<\/p>\n

So after purchasing a sewing machine, learning the basics of sewing, and doing some research online; I was able to make some acceptable gloves. Below is a screenshot of the unfinished gloves:<\/p>\n

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The material used for these was flannel. I considered using a 4-way stretch fabric but was happy with the durability this provided. I\u00c2\u00a0still need to hem the edges at the forearms as well as Scotchgard them, but I am happy with the final product. There are a few things that could be improved, but I have decided it would be a better use of my time to focus on other aspects of the costume that need work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was very proud of last year’s Halloween Costume . That night was actually a trial run for a day of Cosplaying at this Spring’s C2E2 (Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo). The run through went well, but a few tweaks were identified. One of these alterations was the gloves. The original set was created from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[131,13],"class_list":["post-2273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-c2e2","tag-halloween"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2278,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions\/2278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}