Looking for a tutorial that fits your budget? Need a technique that won’t break your bank account? Got flies floating out of your wallet? No problem. I’ve got you. This index lists all the tutorials out by budget and cost rather than skill or general subject.
Any tutorials which do not have a specified budget, such as informational articles, are not listed here. You can find them on the main Tutorials Index page instead.
Looking for my panel presentations? You can find them here: Panel Presentations
Budget-friendly
Tutorials with the lowest overhead cost, usually $20 or less
Accents
Accessories
- Basic shoe covers for flat shoes
- Beaded garlands for jewelry
- Decoupage mini crown
- Modifying plastic festival masks
- Paper mache Poketch
Plush things
Props
- Decoupage a basic stick or staff prop
- Decoupage and fabric for props and accessories
- Making weathered wood out of EVA foam (budget paint supplies)
- Painting weathered metal with a makeup wedge (budget paint supplies)
- Paper mache for props and accessories
- Paper mache poleaxe with Persona 5 Noir
- Making raised details with paper mache
- Wrapped handle effect with paper mache and a PVC pipe
Sewing
- Adding stripes to a lined sailor collar
- Fluffy idol petticoat on a budget
- Sewing bead chains to fabric
- Turning long tubes of fabric right-side out the easy way
Textiles
Relatively budget-friendly
Tutorials on the upper-end of budget-friendly
Accents
Accessories
Pattern Making
Sewing
- Braided rope backpack straps
- Cutouts in stretchy shirts with privacy panels!
- Decorative cutouts with Ryne
- Fabric stand-up shoulders
- Floating straps that move with you instead of trapping you
- Scalloped trim out of satin ribbon
- Stripes and details with satin ribbon
Textiles
Wigs
Moderate
Tutorials that involve a lot of supplies or require supplies that tend to be a bit more costly.
Accents
Accessories
- Adding extra space and zippers in boots
- Basic belt pouch to keep your phone in
- Camilla’s crown (with pattern!)
- Decorative vinyl and canvas belts
- Fabric-covered Chinese topknot ornament
- Jointed Worbla finger armor
- Segmented Worbla finger armor attached to gloves
- Winding wraps and bandage wraps that don’t move
- Wrap-around ear cuffs with Worbla
Props
- Belt-mounted prop holder for sticks and swords
- Making a prop out of a kite
- Making wood and branches out of EVA foam
Sewing
- Colorful rainbow and gradient skirts
- Gravity-defying skirts
- Lets make fake tatas!
- Kraehe’s backless corset
- Puffiest of stand up collars with Master Kohga
- Seamless tiered Isis wings with Mytho
- Tear-away transformation dress for short dresses
- Turning a saggy velcro obi into a wrap-around obi
Tailoring
Textiles
Wigs
- Adding sideburns into a pulled back wig
- How to detangle and destress a long, straight wig
- Paper raffia wig alternative for characters with wavy hair
- Stuffed felt pillow base for gravity-defying wig details
Variable
Projects which can vary depending on the equipment that you have available. These tend to be projects that use vinyl cutters or a Dremel or anything you might already have or can find at a maker’s space.
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