Make a customized forearm guard for your cosplay or Halloween costumes in no time at all. We’ll
show you how to create a simple pattern and then how to sew it all together. Let’s get started.
For supplies you need about ⅓ of a yard of fabric for the main fabric, lining and
fusible interfacing. I’m using a faux suede for my main fabric and then a simple cotton
for my lining.
You’ll also need a couple yards of leather twine, ribbon, or elastic cord for lacing.
I used 12 eyelets that are size 5/32. And you’ll also need all purpose thread.
For tools you’ll need your sewing machine, paper, pencil, flexible tape measure, ruler,
sewing gauge, scissors, pins and needles, an eyelet tool, and hammer.
You’ll need to measure your wrist circumference, the circumference of your forearm where you
want the top of the guard to be, and the length from your wrist to the top of the guard.
Write down all your measurements but subtract at least a half inch from each of the circumference
measurements to ensure there will be a gap for your laces to go across.
For the length measurement, add a half inch for seam allowance.
Draw a line on your paper that is the length measurement.
Then on one end of this line, draw your adjusted wrist measurement, making sure the length
line is in the center of this line.
Repeat the process with the forearm measurement on the other side of the length line.
Lastly, use a ruler to connect the edges of wrist line to the forearm line and cut out
your pattern. From your pattern, you’re going to cut one
from your main fabric, lining and interfacing. This is for one guard, so if you want to make
two, than cut two of each.
If you want to do any embellishment to your main fabric piece, do it now, but try and
keep any embellishments out of the seam allowance areas.
Attach fusible interfacing to the wrong side of the lining piece by placing a press cloth
over it, spraying it with water, and applying a hot iron until the interfacing is attached.
Place the main fabric and lining pieces right sides together and pin all the way around.
On the longest end put two sets of X’d pins about three inches apart so we can leave a
seam opening to eventually flip it right side out.
Starting at one X, sew a quarter inch seam allowance all the way around, ending when
you get to the second X. Don’t forget to backstitch.
Cut off all corners being sure not to cut any stitches.
Flip it right side out through the opening and press.
I'm going to sew my opening closed using a slip stitch.
I'm using a contrasting thread color on my hand needle here.
And you can see I have my thread coming out on my lining side.
Directly across from that I am going to grab a little bit of the folded edge on my main fabric.
Push this all the way through.
And after I get me needle through, Im gently going to pull my thread.
To bring the two sides together
So I'm just going to go back to my lining side
And then back to the brown fabric.
and just zig-zag between the two sides until my opening has been closed.
Edge stitch around the whole guard at your sewing machine.
Mark where you want your eyelets to go on each of the diagonal edges. Everyone’s length
is going to be different but I generally have my end eyelets ½” from the ends and then
each additional eyelet about 1 to 1 ¼” apart from each other. Use a pen to mark the
center of the eyelet on your fabric. Using scissors or a seam ripper, carefully
cut the fabric at each mark, making a hole big enough to fit the center of your eyelet
in.
Put the eyelet in from right side of main fabric to the lining side.
Place the eyelet on the eyelet anvil. This tool is part of an eyelet kit. Then place
the tool on top of the eyelet center. Hit the tool with your hammer a few times and
your eyelet is in.
Once all your eyelets are in, all you need to do is weave your cording through the eyelets.
You can use whatever trim you want for this. I’m using elastic cording so I can tie it
once and then it’ll be easier for me to take it on and off by myself.
If you want to make more than one, then you can repeat the process. This is a basic template
and you can make your arm guard as elaborate as you wish.
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