UPDATE: 08/06/08 -Completed Modesty Robe for Dragon Con!
UPDATE: 07/26/08 - Pictures from the Central Park photo shoot with David Ng of www.ng-master.com
I made the boots from an old pair of cowboy style boots and a beige-olive Micro Suede. The skirts are made from a burgundy poly that had a really nice flowiness to it. I want to switch to silk when I have a bit more money.
Materials:
½ yard Beige/Olive/Tan Micro Suede or Real Suede 1 Pair of stiff sided, preferably flat heeled, knee high boots Elmer’s Household Cement or e6000 glue Pair of Sharp Scissors Slave Leia Boot Toppers
How To:
Place the boot topper over the boot to where it should lie.Trace around the top of the topper with a sharpie marker.
Cut the excess leather from the boot.
There is no exact science to how I did the covering, I just started laying the fabric down and cutting it out to the shape of the boot.Start at the toe and work your way to the top of the boot.When joining the seams, fold the fabric under ¼ inch and overlap so there are no raw edges.
You only need to apply glue to the edges of the fabric, do not put it on the entire piece or you will have staining from the glue and possible bunching of fabric.
Glue the Topper to the top edge of the boot, following the curve as you go.
Wear and look hawt!
Date(s): April 18, 2008. Album by Kristin and Will. Photos by Kristin. 1 - 42 of 42 Total. 2461 Visits.
4 Photo by David Ng www.ng-master.com July 26, 2008 Bethesda Terrace, NYC (Central Park)
5 Photo by David Ng www.ng-master.com July 26, 2008 Bethesda Terrace, NYC (Central Park)
6 Photo by David Ng www.ng-master.com July 26, 2008 Bethesda Terrace, NYC (Central Park)
7 Photo by David Ng www.ng-master.com July 26, 2008 Bethesda Terrace, NYC (Central Park)
8 Photo by David Ng www.ng-master.com July 26, 2008 Bethesda Terrace, NYC (Central Park)
9 Photo by David Ng www.ng-master.com July 26, 2008 Bethesda Terrace, NYC (Central Park)
10 Tall stiff leather cowboy boots from the thirft store for $2 were the base for my boots.
11 The tops were then cut down to the shape of the ornamentation.
12 Elmer's Household Cement was used to glue the Microsuede to the boot. It's extremely durable and easy to use.
13 Almost done!
14 The finished product! I tried to re-create the seaming on the original boot as best I could. Since a stiff leather boot was used as the under base, it prevents the boots from scrunching to your ankle and looking floppy.
15 The Back, okay, so there's a slight heel, but you take what you can get for $2 ;-)
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21 Being Interviewed for Crave Online April 18, 2008
22 WizardUniverse.com April 20, 2008
23 NY Magazine Online Article! April 22, 2008
24 Entertainment Weekly Online NYCC April 22, 2008
25 Bantha Tracks June 5, 2008
26 ToyFare #139
Jenn and I from NYCC 2008!
27 Modesty robe for conventions. This way if I get cold (which I will), or just feel like covering up for a bit, I have something pretty wear. The design was inspired by a fellow slave girl's robe :-) The top was designed angled to show of the bikini top underneath while still covering up.
28 Top of robe. It closes with a heavy duty hook/eye, and is piped down the front seams. I'm contemplting adding a hood, but th erobe already weighs quite a bit from the 15+ yards of fabric in it.
