I'll be picking up stray wig fibers for weeks

Last night I started working on deconstructing the Arda wig that didn't fit my fiance. We'll be using this wig to add to our new Abel wig to create the gravity defying crusnik wig. It took me about an hour and half to get the welts and boy I was tired after wards. I did however take some pictures!

First I cut the wig out of its ponytail. I never noticed just how fluffy and full this wig was. It's so pretty! But I had to take it apart!

I never realized how thin welts are. It's sort of insane how full they can make wigs with thin welts. There weren't that many welts to began with. I guess I learned more about how wigs are made.

I wasn't sure if I should have started on the bottom or top so I started on the top since the bottom was a bit strange and I couldn't really see what was going on.

I sectioned the top part up, pinning it back. This part I haven't cut the welts out yet as they are sewn onto a skin top. Cutting the welts out was pretty easy. I'm glad I have the chance to learn how to cut them out and sew them into another wig. I have the feeling this will be very useful for the future.

See? It's pretty simple.

Arda wigs (At least this one.) had netting under. It was a bit confusing at first but once I got the first welt out I started to get the hang of it.

See my nice top knot? Lol. That is all the extra welts on the top. I haven't gotten to those yet. I might not need them. I'm very happy with my overall turn out.

Now I just need to start sewing the welts onto the other wig. Did I mention its very hard to do this sort of stuff since I have no wig head clamp? I use my desk drawer as a clamp. Lol.












I thought I had a picture of the welts in a box but I guess not. It was really dark in my basement last night and I was feeling pretty tired. So I'll have to take more picture later on before I start sewing them into the other wig. Besides working on the wig I'm also doing lots of research on the outfits, asking other cosplayers how they made the outfits and bookmarking lots of tutorials.

There is a bad storm coming over from Japan (Sorry about the typhoon you guys! I hope everyone is safe and there isn't much damage!) and it's pretty yucky over here. Hopefully our internet and lighting stays strong tomorrow as the bulk of the storm is coming tomorrow. I doubt much will happen as we're used to strong winds down here in Oregon. I'm more worried about the rain.

But anyway. I am still pretty worried about these cosplays. But I think I'll be making mock patterns out of Muslin fabric since I might be making a pattern for Abel's cassock too. Which I'm more worried about than Seth's outfit. I'm trying to figure out how to close the front without using a zipper as my sewing machine hates zippers.

If you have any ideas, please message me or comment on this post. I'd love to hear your ideas how to close the front. It closes a little bit above the knee. I'm thinking about using closures but not sure what kind as they will need to be small but strong.


Thanks for reading! I'll have lots more to update later on! My goal this time around is to take a ton of progress pictures so check back soon!