DIY Carnival Costume - Frankenstein |
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Fringe removed from the carnival boots I designed |
I have a box that has YEARS worth of old costumes just
collecting dust (keep in mind I play mas about 4 - 5 times a year). Knowing
how much costumes cost, especially TnT costumes I decided to gut each and every
one of them for parts. The belt was recycled from my Island People
2013 costume. I used the belt in the
costume I made for Miami and then again for my TnT 2014 Monday
wear. A lil paint goes a long way
huh??? This time I used left over fabric
from the carnival boots I made for another friend and reupholstered the belt
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The evolution of a belt |
I cut off the excess fabric that previously hung from the
bra and then I just added a million stones to the bra & panty (left over
stones from the boots). The colored
stones were ripped off other old costumes.
As usual I didn’t wear my arm pieces at Caribana so I made
some slight modifications to one arm piece and turned it into a bracelet/ring thingy.
Added a strip of fabric to my Bliss headband so it vibes with the Frankencostume better.
Dust off the Panama boots |
TADA!!! Frankencostume |
Easy as 1, 2, 3 This shall be worn at Jamaica carnival. I almost bought a JA costume, but I figured instead of purchasing a $300 costume that I wasnt really feeling, I'd just buy the half price tshirt option and wear my Frankencostume.
Good job mama
ReplyDeleteyou are very talented, i just wanted to knw can you do a step by step on carnival belt making
ReplyDeleteThank you! Belt instructions can be found on this blog post http://www.angelapanama.com/2014/06/diy-carnival-costume-atlanta-carnival.html
Deletegirl this is the BOMB. we have windy city carnival here in chi town and i'm not playing mas in the parade but i do want to make a likkle ensemble. you just inspired me, thanks!
ReplyDeletealso, do you have an article about making the head dresses?
ReplyDeletewhere can i find the belt
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