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DEADPOOL - a little sewing

6/2/2016

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As promised ... albeit a little later than intending ... some pics of me sewing Mr. Deadpool.
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Seeing these photos brings back memories of my 3 months in Santa Barbara. That was a great place to be for the winter, but I am STILL picking up the pieces of my life since returning home ... taxes, doctor's visits, driver's license renewal, and OY!!! the GARDEN ...

but, I digress. I am going to show you how to deal with all the corners between the red and black sections. How to make them clean and even.

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The side of the corner the dents inward needs to be reinforced first.
Draw on the back side of the fabric the exact stitching line and machine stitch along that line about one inch on either side from the corner.

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Then you can clip all the way into that corner without worrying that the fabric will tear or run.
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This allows the corner to open up to fit the outward pointing piece it needs to be sewn to.
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To look like this.
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Some of the corners need the black stitched clipped and some need the red. This means you will be flipping the piece back and forth while working, sewing sections at a time.
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There are a lot of corners here.
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To make all the seams lie flat, I edge stitched on the black pleather close to the seam line. Pleather doesn't press very well ...
A Teflon foot makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE ... it just glides over the vinyl instead of sticking and pulling.

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Speaking of sticking and pulling ... the eye patches on the mask are tricky, too.
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You can see, I pinned the liv'n' daylights out of it. Those are really, really thin pins that do not leave a visible hole. I found I needed this many pins to keep it from twisting and buckling. The Teflon foot is my friend again.
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Also, only sew as much of the mask as it needed for the eye patches. It is much easier to work with the piece as flat as possible.

There will be another DEADPOOL sewing post soon ... really ...

6 Comments
OlivandersCreations link
6/4/2016 06:06:31 am

Thanks for the tips about the corners! Do you find that the teflon foot performs better than a roller foot? or does it depend on the pleather type?

Also, what size are the fine pins you're using for pinning the pleather without leaving a mark? I've been looking to add such delicate pins to my toolbox!

-O

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Andrea
6/6/2016 05:39:56 am

To be honest, I've never tried a roller foot. Maybe the Teflon foot goes around corners better, but really I can't say with authority.

And I don't know the size of those pins. And I need to buy more. When I find a reliable source, I will let you know.

But, I imagine anything that claims to be a fine silk pin would work.

Andrea

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Sarah
8/18/2016 01:07:32 pm

So glad I found this! I'm beginning work on 2 Of these Deadpool cosplays (one Large & one small.. ) and my mentor (my mother) passed away in February, and I was starting to get anxious. These tutorials are fabulous! Thank you!

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Sean
3/3/2017 10:54:49 pm

Did you put more tutorials on your blog?

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Andrea
3/4/2017 05:40:11 am

Sean,
No, I haven't posted any other Deadpool sewing blogs. If you've been reading my recent post, you will know I am getting back to blogging after a LONG time, over 6 months. I will look through my photographs and see if there are any I can use for an additional posting with sewing on this project. Can't promise, but I will try.
Best, andrea

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Tom
2/6/2018 12:53:46 am

Hey Andrea, this is a nice work!!! Awesome. Is it possible du get the pattern for the mask? Thank you so much for showing us your process!

Tom

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