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Halloween Sewing / Fashion / Costume

Making Halloween 2010 – Fairy Costume

Halloween 2010

I finally got around to posting the photos of sewing my 2010 Halloween Costume.

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Costume Breakdown

  • I had made the black dress a few years ago.
  • This year I made a jacket from some shiny red material (see photos below) with slits in the back to allow the wings to come through.
  • Then I sewed the rough edges and covered them with ribbon.  I picked up the wings and wig from a costume store.
  • The wires in the wings were exposed (poking through the fabric), so I covered the ends in heavy felt to keep the wires in.
  • I am wearing Scarecrow fangs that you mold to your individual canines with molding compound, and snap them in. This eliminates the need for a mouthful of plastic and they pop on and off very easily and are very comfortable for a prosthesis.
  • The pointy ears are a latex and attached with a combination of spirit gum, flesh-colored liquid latex, power makeup and liquid makeup.  The ears were also quite comfortable.
  • In addition, I made the scarf / bow by taking a strip of the jacket fabric, turning the wrong sides together, sewing the edge and then turning the entire thing inside out.

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Fab Academy AS220 - Providence, RI Fab Academy Providence -Year I - Student Projects

My Illuminated Fab Academy Diploma

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I was not able to be present at the Fab Academy graduation ceremony at Fab 6 in Amsterdam, but Tomas Diez (the Fab Academy Coordinator) sent me my diploma file so I could lasercut my diploma myself in true DIY fashion. The diplomas fabbed for the graduation ceremony were cut from green acrylic. I had some clear acrylic laying around, so I used that instead. The acrylic diploma is shown on a lighted base that I put together for display purposes.

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Fab Academy AS220 - Providence, RI Fab Academy Providence -Year I - Student Projects

Fab Academy Graduation – Class of 2010

Fab Academy Class of 2010 AS220 - Pilot Year

The pilot year of Fab Academy graduated today,  August 19, 2010 at the Royal Academy in Amsterdam during the Fab6 conference on digital fabrication.  Fab Academy @ AS220 Labs is pictured above.

Participants from left to right are: Shawn Wallace (our instructor), Elliot Clapp (photo credit), Anna Kaziunas France (myself), Makeda Stephenson, Jenine Bressner and Noah Bedford. All participants at Fab Academy AS220 Labs received their diploma in digital fabrication.

Watch the First Fab Academy Graduation Ceremony at the Royal Academy in Amsterdam – as I Saw it –>Via Video Conference

Watch Me watch (via split screen video):

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05 Computer-Controlled Machining Fab Academy AS220 - Providence, RI Fab Academy Providence -Year I - Student Projects

Shopbot Project – Modular Shelving

I designed a very simple set of modular cube-type shelves that can be stacked side by side or on top of each other to form a larger shelf or bookcase. Inner shelves will be attached with metal hardware, as will the back and sides of the shelf

Shopbot Shelving File
Download the .svg file