Night Sky Halloween Costume

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Preparing your Garment

Before we start sewing the circuits, there are a few steps we need to take to prepare our garment.

STEP 1:

Iron your fabric. Before cutting out the pattern it is important to remove creases and wrinkles.

iron fabric

STEP 2:

Following the pattern instructions, cut the lining out of the denim fabric. All LilyPad components will be sewn onto the lining. We are using denim because it is a heavier fabric with a strong structure, making it ideal for adding sewable electronics. A flimsier fabric will be much more difficult to work with.

Cut the outer layer of the garment from the cotton night sky fabric and set aside for later.

cut fabric

STEP 3:

Sew the lining together according to the pattern instructions.

sew lining

STEP 4:

Download the design file provided.

Using it as a guide, draw the constellations on the side of the lining that will not be against your body with a white colored pencil.

Note: For this project, it is important to plan the approximate design of constellations on your garment. If you're making a cape garment, you can use our design file (provided in the link above) as a guide. You can also design your own constellation map for a garment of a different shape. You will use this document as a road map as you move forward in the project. No matter the style of your garment or the pattern of constellation, the steps to complete the project will be the same.

draw constellations

STEP 5:

Using a Sharpie, make a small dot on each star in the constellations you drew on the fabric. The white pencil tends to fade as you work, so these Sharpie dots will help you along the way.

sharpie