Helping With Cosplay Since 2015

my friend @monchichitanuki made a really great tutorial on witch hats! obviously, considering the nature of this blog, i’d suggest using this as a base way to go about your hat for himiko yumeno– but obviously, it can be used for any witch hats! here’s what she had to say, right off her instagram–

buy a sunhat online or in a 1$ store, that’ll be your base for your hat .

trace your hat onto whatever fabric your using ( I suggest using knit that stretches four ways, otherwise it’ll be more annoying to make /may wrinkle weirdly..

cut a hole in it that’s slightly smaller then the hole that’s in your hat that sits on your head and pin it , then sew the outside together and pull it inside out. then put it off to the side until later.

buy a ½ inch thick roll of foam and make a party hat shape , like you would with paper, then just kind of finagle and fit it around your hat until it sits right, depending on how long you want your hat to be you might need to cut it down from the top!!!

pin it closed then start glue gunning it!! You’ll have to squeeze the pieces together otherwise it’ll just fall apart and won’t stick!  But be careful not to burn yourself!!!!

once the cone is glued shut , glue it down to the hat and leave it alone for like, 5-10 minutes, go get a snack during this time period lol.

cut out a triangle , that’ll either fit exactly to the foam cone you made or make it looser, it depends on what kind of effect you want your witch hat to have!!!

slip the fabric over the cone and then glue it down!!!

the circle we cut out earlier is gonna come back now, your gonna pull it right side out and iron it, then slip if over the cone and pull over the sides of the hat and clean it up so that it looks nice 

flip the hat upside down and cut about half an inch into the circle then glue down the little flaps to the inside of the hat so that it’s nice and secure.

depending on what witch your doing, your gonna wanna make a long tube out of spandex or knit to put around the hat to hide the seam where you’d glue the cone and base fabrics together.

for the gold ring I use curtain grommets that you can buy at joanns or Home Depot, and I glue it over the seam where you close the red or green band

finally , cut out little pointy ovals and cover them with gold spandex and your done!!! I hope this tutorial helped some of you guys out and if you liked this and want to help support my work feel free to donate to my koffee account and comment with what else you’d want to see and maybe I’ll make a tutorial on it!! :)

i hope you guys find this as helpful as i did!! thank you, tayla! if you have any issues with it flopping off of your wig, remember that safety pins (or even some quick handsewing) into the wefting will help you a lot! bobby pins would also work if you added in little straps or something for them to hold onto.

Japanese Kimono and Obi Sewing Details 

A reference video, showing the construction of kimono / yukata. 

I know there are a million tutorials on shirt painting out there, but I’ve never seen anyone use this technique, and for me it makes things way easier and neater!

You’ll need: Adhesive shelf liner (preferably clear), a cutting board, something to cut with, fabric paint, the shirt itself, and a Sharpie

Step 1: Trace the image you want onto the shelf paper (for this I just taped a piece to my laptop screen)

Step 2: Cut it out!! I find an X-Acto knife works best 

Step 3: Peel the backing off the shelf paper and stick it to your shirt. It’s important that you do this while you’re wearing the clothes to get the positioning just right, especially when working with fabrics that have more stretch!

Step 4: Paint it! This is where using shelf paper comes in handy. Since it’s essentially a giant sticker, it’s very easy to stick down all the ends and get a clean final product!