So cool to see his kids in the background doing homework. It's good to see you doing your thing and allowing your kids to witness instead of sending them off to their room or something.
Suggestion. Use a piece of scotch tape on the bottom of your presser foot instead of WD40. It works well with vinyls and leathers. WD40 will get on your other fabrics.
You can also use just wax paper over your fabrics. It tears out of your fabric stitching easily and that way you don't have to deal with taping your foot.
Depding on your machine you can get a teflon foot.. The underside of the foot is coated with a thing theflon coating that allows the fabric just to slide through.
I didn't even realize that this tutorial was 22 minutes until after I watched it... I'm glad you made it detailed and went through with every step. Some tutorialists worry there video is too long, dunno why. More of a villain myself, but I found this just as useful :D
+Scott Bayles Hi Scott. I'm Rob Meakin, I'm from England. I love this tutorial, it's very helpful and brilliant. I have a question/request to ask you. As well as superheroes, I'm also a big Star Wars fan and I have been planning to make two Jedi costumes: Luke Skywalker's from "Episode 6 Return of the Jedi" and Anakin Skywalker's from the "The Clone Wars". I have managed to find some sites where I can buy them but they are quite expensive, so as Plan B I've been thinking about making them. Could you please make a tutorial on how I can make Luke Skywalker's boots and Anakin Skywalker's boots? Again I have found some results where I can buy the boots but they are rather costly. Thank you for your time, please reply as soon as you can. Kind regards Rob Meakin
Finally found some amazing boot tutorials, thanks for the awesome video! Even though I'm 3 years late, it doesn't matter! Also the intro and outro music just melted my heart. I love Skillet.
Been trying to find boots at Goodwill and no luck. So this is actually really smart way of giving life to old shoes. Also if you handy you and leave excess trim and cut the sole off and glue it to the bottom of the new material. But most shoes inside soles are glued down. Use a multipurpose blade to cut the sole off. Use wing tabs to the bottom and shoe cement.
THANK YOU!!!!!! Sewing has always been the most intimidating skill of cosplay for me, but all of your videos have been more helpful than anything else I've found on the internet. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much for taking time to post this tutorial! Best, easiest cosplay boot pattern. EVER. Seriously, my son is going to flip out when he sees the finished product. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
This was very helpful! I was using another tutorial which was confusing. This simplified a lot! I made a pattern for my boots by sticking my foot in a garbage bag and then wrapping in duct take. You then can cut it out and it's a perfect customized pattern for yourself that you can lay on fabric.
two suggestions in gerneal.. - Zipper by the yard, cheaper and you can make any length zipper you need. - heat the vinyl slightly; hair dryer or heat gun. It will let you shape it a little easier.
Wow! The pattern is perfect, and these are so easy to make. I just finished a pair of boots for a school play and they look amazing. Thank you for sharing this.
So, I believe if you're trying to scale the pattern size down, take your boot/shoe size and multiply by ten. If at scale 100 it'll fit a size 10, so if I scale it down to 80, it should fit a size 8. (at least, I think that's how it'll work)
Hi, Scott! Thank you so much for this tutorial. I've been wrecking my head in finding boots for a costume, and honestly this will help me a lot in creating my own pair. It's absolutely amazing how you did this! I'm a petite young woman; size 6 in woman's shoes and size 4 in men's. Since you're accustomed to make small shoes for your son: what is the recommended or slight estimate decrease to have a smaller scaled pattern? Thank you!
Thanks bro it helps me a lot!, I'm sick of finding boots at shops or online that will look exactly like what i'm finding, lucky I've found your channel.
this is an awesome tutorial and I love that you give free templates. I will be using this for a star lord costume. nice to see a fellow Christian costumer
I did it!!! I used your template for an obi wan kenobi cosplay and i just added some inches to the length and it fitted perfect! thank you for this awesome video and for sharing the template
Thank you so much! I'm sewing my own cosplays for an upcoming Con and this video has helped me tremendously. Not just with boots but my sewing in general. Again, thank you!
@@paulaneary7877 I mostly do searches for comic cons near my location and go from there. I pick and choose those that I know I can prepare for both financially and cosplay wise. I hope this helps!
Thanks to you I was able to make some amazing boots for my cosplay of Saitama, from One Punch Man. Althought I used a fabric more thin than yours, the boots worked pretty well despite not being so firm when not worn. Again, thanks for the video!!
Very useful, as I've not been able to find a theatrically accurate version of Captain America's boots from the Avengers movie (2012) anywhere! Great info! Thanks!
Question on the zipper. What happens to the excess section of the zipper. In this video you have some of the zipper passed the faux leather. What do you do with that?
Amazing!!! I just finished a last second pair with Pleather. We just made covers for today, but I plan to make many of these for my cosplay granddaughter!!
Have you ever tried doing this with spandex type material? I ask cause there are tons of superheroes who's costumes look like the boots are attached to the costume in one whole piece
this is awesome! very informative and detailed. I was thinking of making a cosplay for a convention im going to and this is a great tutorial for the boots to go with it. thanks!
Very well done tutorial! Definitely in the same ballpark I'm in. My only question would be for a female hero's boot? like Jean Grey's, or even batgirl's...
The same pattern will work for women's boots. You may need to make it a little smaller and, if you're using high heels, then you need to angle the foot a little downward.
Thanks for showing me this! I needed to know how to make kiss boots. I'm a big fan of kiss! My only question is: how do I install a zipper on the side?
For those of us with a wide calf. Could we add a wedge shape on each side of the zipper and then sew that on? That way the calf of the boot is wider? Thoughts?
your boot tutorial gives me idea for my tasm spiderman boots because i bought some asics dirt dog 4's and inak converting them to look like knock off versions of 3's
Hi Scott. Great video! I was curious about the excess zipper left over at the back and bottom of the boot. How did you trim that and keep it together? Is there a stopper to keep the zipper from coming apart at the bottom as well? IT seems much loner than the boot in the video, but then at the end, its all nicely trimmed. Anyhow, thanks for the great video!
+Eric Scheck what i would do (i do sew already) is stitch across the zipper side to side along the bottom edge of the fabric. or even up a little (since you won't be unzipping the boot all the way to the heel bottom). sew back and forth (set your machine to satin stitch so it doesn't try to advance, with widest width possible) until it looks secure. Cut the zipper below the stitching. if you use matching thread it won't show.
I want to make cosplay shoes that are pretty shiny, like those black rubber dress shoes - what material would I use for making them? Or should I use the vinyl then paint and/or lacquer over?
Do you have a ratio of about what percentage it is to adjust per size up or down by chance? I’m having hard time figuring out the sizing for my kids. I need to do a size 5-6 teen and a size 13 youth size. Idk what I’m doing wrong. But your video is awesome and I think I can actually do this. Lol
What an awesome tutorial! Thank you. You made the process seem less daunting lol I've been practicing ny sewing skills and improving theblastbcouple of months and I loved how detailed your instructions were about every step. Thank you! Now I'm wondering how you would approach to make Wonder Woman boots with the white line down the middle? 😁 I'll be busy working on making boots for the next couple of days lol Thank you again for the amazing tutorial!!
Sorry to ask 7 years late but i cant figure out the right size scale for a shoe size 4.5 and was wondering if someone could help me get the right size ?
So cool to see his kids in the background doing homework. It's good to see you doing your thing and allowing your kids to witness instead of sending them off to their room or something.
Suggestion. Use a piece of scotch tape on the bottom of your presser foot instead of WD40. It works well with vinyls and leathers. WD40 will get on your other fabrics.
Good tip!
You can also use just wax paper over your fabrics. It tears out of your fabric stitching easily and that way you don't have to deal with taping your foot.
Depding on your machine you can get a teflon foot.. The underside of the foot is coated with a thing theflon coating that allows the fabric just to slide through.
I just wanna say that I've been using your pattern for the past 5 years and still doing wonders! Thank you so much
I didn't even realize that this tutorial was 22 minutes until after I watched it... I'm glad you made it detailed and went through with every step. Some tutorialists worry there video is too long, dunno why. More of a villain myself, but I found this just as useful :D
If anyone is interested in the pattern for the Robin boots, let me know. It's just a simple modification to the regular boot template.
+Scott Bayles Hi Scott. I'm Rob Meakin, I'm from England. I love this tutorial, it's very helpful and brilliant. I have a question/request to ask you. As well as superheroes, I'm also a big Star Wars fan and I have been planning to make two Jedi costumes: Luke Skywalker's from "Episode 6 Return of the Jedi" and Anakin Skywalker's from the "The Clone Wars". I have managed to find some sites where I can buy them but they are quite expensive, so as Plan B I've been thinking about making them. Could you please make a tutorial on how I can make Luke Skywalker's boots and Anakin Skywalker's boots? Again I have found some results where I can buy the boots but they are rather costly.
Thank you for your time, please reply as soon as you can.
Kind regards
Rob Meakin
id like to know
Me too
i would like the pattern please.
I would love to know the pattern, please
Finally found some amazing boot tutorials, thanks for the awesome video! Even though I'm 3 years late, it doesn't matter!
Also the intro and outro music just melted my heart. I love Skillet.
This is the best and easiest video I've seen on creating boot tops.
Been trying to find boots at Goodwill and no luck. So this is actually really smart way of giving life to old shoes. Also if you handy you and leave excess trim and cut the sole off and glue it to the bottom of the new material. But most shoes inside soles are glued down. Use a multipurpose blade to cut the sole off. Use wing tabs to the bottom and shoe cement.
This is a great tutorial, well put together, well thought out, superbly presented. Thank you so much for sharing this.
THANK YOU!!!!!! Sewing has always been the most intimidating skill of cosplay for me, but all of your videos have been more helpful than anything else I've found on the internet. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
This is amazing! Why hasn't this got more views? :o
Thank you so much for taking time to post this tutorial! Best, easiest cosplay boot pattern. EVER. Seriously, my son is going to flip out when he sees the finished product. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Made custom boots for Kikaider 01 (Blue on left, Red on right) and I received many compliments on them!!! Many thanks, Scott!
I am Spanish speaking and these things are not in my language, I just found your channel and the ideas you share are great, thank you.
One of the best tutorials I have ever watched. Trust me, I have watched quite a few.
This was very helpful! I was using another tutorial which was confusing. This simplified a lot! I made a pattern for my boots by sticking my foot in a garbage bag and then wrapping in duct take. You then can cut it out and it's a perfect customized pattern for yourself that you can lay on fabric.
You saved the day. I thought I was stuck with a thin 4 way stretch to accomplish this. The marine vinyl will be much more convincing!
The best, and cheapest cosplay boots I have ever seen.
What a cool and thorough tutorial. Love your videos.
two suggestions in gerneal..
- Zipper by the yard, cheaper and you can make any length zipper you need.
- heat the vinyl slightly; hair dryer or heat gun. It will let you shape it a little easier.
I think this is well worth watching. Its needed every year
That was amazing! So detailed and so easy to put together! Made them in less than a day and they were ready to go the next!
Wow! The pattern is perfect, and these are so easy to make. I just finished a pair of boots for a school play and they look amazing. Thank you for sharing this.
This is really awesome - will be using this for a Homelander cosplay for Comic Con in London this year - cheers!
If you want fewer visible seams on your boots you can use contact cement to tack down the seam allowance instead of stitching it down.
So, I believe if you're trying to scale the pattern size down, take your boot/shoe size and multiply by ten. If at scale 100 it'll fit a size 10, so if I scale it down to 80, it should fit a size 8. (at least, I think that's how it'll work)
Thank god I found your channel! This helps so much for my power ranger boots. Might I ask for a tutorial on pleather gloves?
Yes, actually. I plan on adding a glove/gauntlet tutorial soon.
+Scott Bayles Sweet.
Hi, Scott! Thank you so much for this tutorial. I've been wrecking my head in finding boots for a costume, and honestly this will help me a lot in creating my own pair. It's absolutely amazing how you did this!
I'm a petite young woman; size 6 in woman's shoes and size 4 in men's. Since you're accustomed to make small shoes for your son: what is the recommended or slight estimate decrease to have a smaller scaled pattern?
Thank you!
Thanks bro it helps me a lot!, I'm sick of finding boots at shops or online that will look exactly like what i'm finding, lucky I've found your channel.
this is an awesome tutorial and I love that you give free templates. I will be using this for a star lord costume. nice to see a fellow Christian costumer
I did it!!! I used your template for an obi wan kenobi cosplay and i just added some inches to the length and it fitted perfect! thank you for this awesome video and for sharing the template
thanks alot for this. this saved lot of money from buying pair of boots for my next cosplay
I've been searching for hours for a tutorial like this ...
Thank you , you really helped me a lot! :D
When I clicked on this video, I did not expect to hear Skillet music. Love their songs :)
Hiya, can this method of boot making be used for women's shoes? I'm doing a Cosplay where I have to have knee high boots and I have HUGE feet.
The same pattern will work for women's boots. But if you're using high heels, then you need to angle the foot a little downward.
I wish I had the skills and dedication to make stuff like this. Looks great.
Excellent tutorial. Impressed with your level of finish too!!
Really easy looking - will be definitely giving this a go for my girls boots......thanks for the tutorial.....
Thank you so much! I'm sewing my own cosplays for an upcoming Con and this video has helped me tremendously. Not just with boots but my sewing in general. Again, thank you!
I am new to this but interested. How do you find upcoming Cons?
@@paulaneary7877 I mostly do searches for comic cons near my location and go from there. I pick and choose those that I know I can prepare for both financially and cosplay wise. I hope this helps!
You're videos are great! Can we get one on making gauntlet/gloves?
Dude. You're a hero.
Even the song at the beginning is called hero by skillet
Awesome. Thank you for taking the time to share this process and finished product. You are a gift! Many blessings.
Thanks to you I was able to make some amazing boots for my cosplay of Saitama, from One Punch Man. Althought I used a fabric more thin than yours, the boots worked pretty well despite not being so firm when not worn. Again, thanks for the video!!
Superb instructions. Thank you so much for the step by step visuals.
Very useful, as I've not been able to find a theatrically accurate version of Captain America's boots from the Avengers movie (2012) anywhere! Great info! Thanks!
That was awesome. I've wanted a pair of Wonder Woman boots since I was 10.
Finally, I'm able to make some boots for Scott Summers!
thanks man! been looking for something like this for ages xD
This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks for making this!
All of your videos are VERY helpful! Awsome Tutorial bud keep it up!
Question on the zipper. What happens to the excess section of the zipper. In this video you have some of the zipper passed the faux leather. What do you do with that?
Amazing!!! I just finished a last second pair with Pleather. We just made covers for today, but I plan to make many of these for my cosplay granddaughter!!
Great Idea Mr. Scott Bayles and also I was also thinking about making Power Ranger boots so I don't have to spend money on stormtrooper boots.
Have you ever tried doing this with spandex type material? I ask cause there are tons of superheroes who's costumes look like the boots are attached to the costume in one whole piece
Nice video. very informative. I didn't know how to begin, but now I do. Thank you.
I think I'll save a lot in making my Lesley boots now :) Love the details 😆
That was absolutely fabulous! You made it look so easy. Thank you so very much for this video!!!
+sross1952 You are very welcome!
I made these and used Silicone spray. It didn't leave the vinyl greasy and moved smoothly.
Why was I not doing this before. This is great
Bless your tutorial. I've been stuck about making shoes for two months. This has really saved me.
You're amazing! You come up with the most clever tricks to make a hard job look easy and attainable :-)
Thank you very much! I appreciate the encouragement.
this is awesome! very informative and detailed. I was thinking of making a cosplay for a convention im going to and this is a great tutorial for the boots to go with it. thanks!
Very well done tutorial! Definitely in the same ballpark I'm in. My only question would be for a female hero's boot? like Jean Grey's, or even batgirl's...
The same pattern will work for women's boots. You may need to make it a little smaller and, if you're using high heels, then you need to angle the foot a little downward.
Thanks for showing me this! I needed to know how to make kiss boots. I'm a big fan of kiss! My only question is: how do I install a zipper on the side?
I only have an old singer machine from the 50s that can only do a straight stitch. Can I see zippers with that or I need another machine?
How do you get the soles red for making Superman boots? I've never seen that style of shoe in pure red.
I spray paint the soles with Plasti-Dip.
Thank you :-)
For those of us with a wide calf. Could we add a wedge shape on each side of the zipper and then sew that on? That way the calf of the boot is wider? Thoughts?
any recommendations on shoe sizing for girls? im not sure what a men's size is equivalent to in women's size
How would you go about making boots for a girl that's more of a skin tight look ?? I would love to see how you approach that.
Great tutorial. Just what I needed. Thank you.
your boot tutorial gives me idea for my tasm spiderman boots because i bought some asics dirt dog 4's and inak converting them to look like knock off versions of 3's
Hi! Scott I have lot of experience making costumes. I like your style, you are very good teaching.
regards.
Thanks!
Hi Scott. Great video! I was curious about the excess zipper left over at the back and bottom of the boot. How did you trim that and keep it together? Is there a stopper to keep the zipper from coming apart at the bottom as well? IT seems much loner than the boot in the video, but then at the end, its all nicely trimmed. Anyhow, thanks for the great video!
+Eric Scheck what i would do (i do sew already) is stitch across the zipper side to side along the bottom edge of the fabric. or even up a little (since you won't be unzipping the boot all the way to the heel bottom). sew back and forth (set your machine to satin stitch so it doesn't try to advance, with widest width possible) until it looks secure. Cut the zipper below the stitching. if you use matching thread it won't show.
So did you trim the excess zipper at the bottom of the zipper? I didn't see or hear if you had said that already. Thanks!
Scott did you ever Know or Meet Lenny Robinson, The REAL BATMAN, he Dressed like Keaton, but his Bat Mobile was West's.
Great walkthrough. Thank you for this!
In your expert opinion do you think contact cement would work for the glue? Thanks!
I want to make cosplay shoes that are pretty shiny, like those black rubber dress shoes - what material would I use for making them? Or should I use the vinyl then paint and/or lacquer over?
thank you very much! I have a recency ball to go to and the pattern helped a bunch!
WOW! thank you for this awesome video!!
Tysm !!! The tutorial's amazing dude
Gostei da sua criatividade, ficou 10,parabéns continue mandando vídeos como este.
Think this would work for The Great Saiyaman DBZ costume? working on the version with Gohan as the super hero and he has white boots with gold on em
If I were to make Affleck Batman Boots. How would I make the line across the boot?
Thanks for this tutorial, I've been trying to find a way to get ahold of cheep boots for a Jedi costume
you never explained what to do with the bottom excess zipper. do you sew over it and cut the excess?
Do you have a ratio of about what percentage it is to adjust per size up or down by chance? I’m having hard time figuring out the sizing for my kids. I need to do a size 5-6 teen and a size 13 youth size. Idk what I’m doing wrong.
But your video is awesome and I think I can actually do this. Lol
Great tutorial. I love the WD40 Idea!
very fun; concise. How would you modify this ot line with fleece? or use fur on the outside?
Awesome! Thanks for the video. Blessings.
It helped me a lot for my cosplay!
Scott, what would you recommend attaching Robin's fins to the boots I made?? I think the pleather is too thick for sewing?? Any advice??
I have misplaced the power cord and foot pedal for the sewing machine. Can I use the E6000 to glue it together?
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 Thank you so much!! I'm tots gonna try this!!! :D
What about 1966 batman boots?
i am interested in the robin boots patterns
I personally would use something like a used pair of Black boots, instead of Dress shoes. Would have a lot more grip, and would look much better.
What an awesome tutorial! Thank you. You made the process seem less daunting lol I've been practicing ny sewing skills and improving theblastbcouple of months and I loved how detailed your instructions were about every step. Thank you!
Now I'm wondering how you would approach to make Wonder Woman boots with the white line down the middle? 😁
I'll be busy working on making boots for the next couple of days lol
Thank you again for the amazing tutorial!!
Sorry to ask 7 years late but i cant figure out the right size scale for a shoe size 4.5 and was wondering if someone could help me get the right size ?
thnks a lot God bless your family and you 🎉