Link (Hylain Set)

Madison L. (Maddog)

The costume features a wild range of techniques including textile-making, real chainmail, embroidery and appliques, fabric painting, and foamsmithing. It is built up in layers and finished off with realistic weathering.

Piece Details:

The sweater features hand-made pintucks to create my own ribbed textile. The gloves are self patterned with 16 hand-embroidered appliques. The tunic features dyed bias tape with mitered corners and a crisp painted design. EVA foam was textured and painted to mimic leather armor. This costume is already nearly complete – there are just a few elements I will add and improve on. For example, a cloak that features appliques and satin stitching.

Singer – Nearly all of the sewing for this costume was done on my Singer Heavy Duty machine with Singer parts (like needles) and notions (like pins).

Bernina – I am using the Yaya Han Sewing/Embroidery b79 machine and notions for the rest of the sewing work.

Brewer – DMC embroidery floss, Heat n Bond fusible interfacing, Pellon stabilizer, Fiskars cutting mat, Fiskars fabric scissors and snips, Wrights bias tape, Rit Dye, Coats and Clark Dual Duty threads, grommets