This works.
@anthracite crap, I'm gonna have to figure out how to cut patterns and sew, right?
@eredien @anthracite hey thanks!
@Leucrotta @anthracite For exampl
e here is a picture of Japanese wrestler El Desperado's mask, see how though some of it looks heat-formed the edges are just laser cut not necessarily sewn?
@eredien @anthracite but, also I should know how to use a sewing machine or how to handstitch stuff, I feel like it's a major failing on my part.
@Leucrotta @anthracite it's definitely a skill I picked up at the expense of some other skills I would also have liked to have (for instance I didn't teach myself archery or how to hunt for food). I find these tradeoffs happen more as you get older.
FWIW I'm not a good hand-sewer but I love to sew on my machine. The two are not always mutually exclusive but I figure if the mellow and affable PBS "Sewing with Nancy" Nancy can get away with hosting like 20 years of a sewing show and then admit that she is no good at hand sewing, there is hope for me.
@Leucrotta @anthracite Come to think of it, I don't even know if those are lasercut. Vinyl might give off some kind of chemical when heated, and you could get that kind of cut easily with sharp scissors or a rotary cutter.
@Leucrotta @anthracite Tomorrow I'm going through my fabrics and in theory should be able to find my fabric swatches of the green scaly vinyl and the pink sparkly vinyl so I can show you the backing and the edge.