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No playing, this Game Boy dress is easy to make, and just perfect for Halloween. So press pause on Tetris, and get out your sewing machine, because i...
For this dress, you'll need a gray fabric for the base, as well as some black, green/shiny gray, red, and light gray for all the buttons and borders. ...
First, take your stretchy gray fabric that you'll be using for the base of your dress. We're sewing this to have 1 seam down the back, so to measure o...
I wanted to make my borders about 2" thick, so I cut out 4" wide strips of fabric that were as long as my gray fabric was along the top and bottom edg...
Now that you're borders are sewn on, take your dress and fold it in half with the insides out. Because the fabric is stretchy, and you originally meas...
Now comes the fun part. For the rest of this project, you should use Steam-A-Seam (the kind that stretches - see pictured), which is quick, easy, and ...
Taking the lighter gray fabric, fashion it into a square in this same way. I was aiming to have an 11"x11" square to border the 9"x9" screen. After t...
Find a cup or mug or something else round that is the right size for your dress and your own A & B buttons. Trace around with a pen, and (carefully) c...
On the underside of your black fabric, trace out a "directional pad" with chalk. Attach with Steam-A-Seam
For your "Start" and "Select" buttons, take your light gray fabric and on the underside trace out a thinnish strip. Take something with a round base t...
And you're done! I know you're excited, but wait a bit for everything to cool before trying on the final dress. Otherwise the Steam-A-Seam could get s...
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Simply ... mind blowing.
you are rocking
azreen
That is a cool dress though :-) Nice job.