07-11-2019, 07:10 PM
Well, I guess I have some experience here since I've built a fullsuit scyther costume (actually going to be competing with it at Connecticon tomorrow .. we'll see how that goes!)
I'd recommend buying some anti-pill fleece (it's always on sale at Joanne and pretty cheap). It's not as visually cool as fur/minky/whatever a lot of fursuits are made with, but it's a very forgiving material and would be good practice. If you want to try learning some sewing with a smaller project, I design and make pokemon fleece hats, and I could give you some sewing patterns to try out. I'd suggest maybe looking into building a fleece kigurumi first, which would be a good practice project on its own and maybe could lead to an actual costume as well.
I'd recommend buying some anti-pill fleece (it's always on sale at Joanne and pretty cheap). It's not as visually cool as fur/minky/whatever a lot of fursuits are made with, but it's a very forgiving material and would be good practice. If you want to try learning some sewing with a smaller project, I design and make pokemon fleece hats, and I could give you some sewing patterns to try out. I'd suggest maybe looking into building a fleece kigurumi first, which would be a good practice project on its own and maybe could lead to an actual costume as well.
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