Trying to find a specific post in this pile of leaves? Search letting you down? No worries, I’ve got you covered. Here is the master list of the tutorials and advice posts I’ve written, sorted by categories.

Getting started

• Sewing terms
• Getting started: sewing equipment

Sewing Machine 101

• Hand and foot positions for your sewing machine
• Start sewing with the straight stitch
• Mastering your sewing machine

Patterns 101

• How to read the pattern envelope
• Interpreting fabric requirements on a pattern envelope
• How to use the pattern piece guide in pattern instructions

Accents

Bits and bobs for decoration

• Coin shapes made out of Worbla (and how to chain them)
• Dyeing plastic ornaments with food coloring
• Make your own tassels!

Accessories

Bring your cosplay to life with cool accessories

• Fabric-covered Chinese topknot ornament
• Modifying plastic festival masks

Gloves and armbands

• Segmented Worbla finger armor attached to gloves

Jewelry

• Beaded garlands for jewelry
• Plastic tubing for jewelry and accessories
• Wrap-around ear cuffs with Worbla

Shoes

• Basic shoe covers for flat shoes

Budget-friendly Cosplay

Cosplay on a dime that doesn’t look cheap

• Beaded garlands for jewelry
• Dyeing plastic ornaments with food coloring
• Make your own tassels!
• Modifying plastic festival masks
• Plastic tubing for jewelry and accessories
• Scalloped trim out of satin ribbon
• Sewing bead chains to fabric

Character tutorials

Character-specific techniques and tricks

• Final Fantasy XIV: Cutouts with Ryne
• NieR Automata: Segmented Worbla finger armor attached to gloves with Adam
• Super Mario Odyssey: Modifying plastic festival masks for Peach’s kimono
• Thunderbolt Fantasy: Fabric-covered Chinese topknot ornament with Lang
• Zelda: Puffiest of stand up collars with Master Kohga

Props

Painting, detailing, techniques and construction

painting and detailing

• Painting weathered metal with a makeup wedge
• Making weathered wood out of EVA foam
• Making wood and branches out of EVA foam

Sewing & Textiles

Techniques, advice, and information

• Cutting chiffon and voile with a soldering iron
• Getting giant bows to stay up

Cosplay sewing techniques

• Braided rope backpack straps
• Decorative cutouts with Ryne
• Puffiest of stand up collars with Master Kohga
• Winding wraps and bandage wraps that don’t move

Painting and Dyeing

• Making your own fabric spraypaint with acrylic paint
• Scribbling with Shiva Paintstiks
• Stenciling with Shiva Paintstiks

Tailoring

• Taking in sleeveless tops, vests, and jackets

Trims

• Scalloped trim out of satin ribbon
• Sewing bead chains to fabric

Worbla projects

Fun and cool things to do with Worbla

• Coin shapes out of Worbla (and how to chain them)
• Fabric-covered Chinese topknot ornament
• Segmented Worbla finger armor attached to gloves
• Wrap-around ear cuffs with Worbla