How to Distress Clothes - Little Sister : Bioshock2

This tutorial will just explain some basic techniques on how to distress fabric which I used, whether you just want to rough your jeans up a little bit or make a gory halloween costume!
I hope this video will come in handy
Enjoy
x

Laura Sindall - Sands
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[VintageVampire173]

your design is perfect. I've been wanting to make my own little sister dress but I've never worked with patterns beforelet alone made one, would you mind giving me advice?

[sandscosplay]

@VintageVampire173

oh thank you. If its your first time I would suggest buying a pattern and altering it, maybe something like simplicities alice in wonderland dress.

I draft my own patterns by draping fabric , theres a few youtube tutorials online, you get a very accurate tailor made costume but its quite advanced. I would suggest buying a pattern and altering it as you need.

[animelove271]

how did u make youer hands blood red

[sandscosplay]

@animelove271 I just used snazaroo body paints and some fake blood that I made using, flour, corn syrup and food colouring. Works really well. You can use some hairspray to seal it all

[InvaderDebz]

You said you made the dress of your own Pattern right?

[sandscosplay]

@InvaderDebz yes I drew up my own pattern from scratch. I just drape pieces of fabric over my body form and pin and cut them to the shape I need

[LADYJOUNETSU787]

interesting and informative !! 5/5

[chelsiemalfoy]

i love listening to you speak, you have a lovely voice. anyways you costume is adorable and i am jelous!

[purplefrog42]

don't the tea + coffee stains wash out?

[HelpMeEridan]

@sandscosplay I used the Alice patter and it works great :D

[TheChristmasChicken]

cant* 

[TheChristmasChicken]

Beautiful! Its starting to annoy that the ones you can buy are badly made or are purple instead of blue... Shame i can make dresses :( or anything ekse for that matter

[HelpMeEridan]

@SaoirseSweet I second that !!~

[SSTemplar]

Really informative, and very well presented :)

I think gentle distressing is important with regards to cosplay - sometimes it needs a little weathered look to get a bit more authenticity...you've nailed the ratio perfectly! I would never have thought of using a cheese grater ^.^

Cheers!

PS: Your little Sister costume is extremely impressive! very nice work :)

[VintageVampire173]

@sandscosplay okay, I really appreciate the advice. Mum's been trying to help me find a kiddo's dress patter from the 50's, but they're actually somewhat hard to find XD. I never thought to try an Alice In Wonderland type pattern.