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    Foamcraft - Thermoplastics - Tutorials

    Making Captain America’s Heater Shield

    March 21, 2021 - By 

    I went for a retro WWII Captain America cosplay look from Captain America: The First Avenger and recreated the heater shield using foam and Worbla. This type of shield is based on a type of European medieval shield, was given the name “heater shield” due to the shape resembling the bottom of a clothes iron. Cosplay Tutorial: Captain America’s Heater Shield Pattern and Cut Out Shield I drew out the shape on a big piece of paper first. The shield can be customized to size. My goal was to make something realistically sized, but lightweight. I had recently done a Zelda…

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    My Life - Sewing - Tutorials

    An Easy Way to Change Serger Thread Colors on Any Serger

    March 27, 2020 - By 

    A serger, or overlocker, is an amazing machine that finishes your fabric edges and cuts off the excess fabric. It’s also a pain in the butt to thread. Here’s an easy way to change your serger thread colors by pulling the new thread through using the old thread. When I first discovered what a serger could do, it really upped my sewing skills and the quality of my work. My grandmother gave me my first serger and she’s also the one who taught me how to change the colors by tying the new thread to old thread and just pulling…