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Published: 2009-03-11 23:22:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 29525; Favourites: 525; Downloads: 0
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You can view the video tutorial hereThis is a text-based supplement to go with the video for making sewn wefts for wigs.
This is how I learned how to make them, and I hope it helps you out, too. I know that there are many different methods out there, but I have not had any success with the "no sew" wefts made with caulk (the hair tends to pull out, even out of wigs I've purchased from the 'originator' of that method, which shed even worse than my attempts at home-made one's) and I take exception to most of the other tutorials out there by cosplayers - there are certain aspects of wefts that just get ignored or bowled over just because.
I dun like that, so here is how I've learned how to do them, and I hope you can learn something from them, too.
There will be a follow-up later on (i.e. whenever the hell I can get filming it) about how to sew the wefts into a wig.
Please, I beg of you not to repost/redistribute/steal this tutorial.
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Ah, mine are going to be fairly short...but I left my extra hair in Tyler's dorm room. D: It'll have to wait until I go back next week... I can add the speakers to my legwarmers, though. <3
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looking forward to see you sew it on a wig. i found alot of tutorial like this but they never show later how to actually sew it on a wig. so really looking forward to yours XD
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Okies! I'm hoping to get this done this weekend~ I'm just going to sew this into my practice wig, instead of working on the one I meant to do, cuz it's black on black, which would be a pain to show
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Yes. Black to black will be hard for us to see what you are doing. Maybe blonde or white wig should be easier? I think white wig should be better and easier to see. really excited about your next tutorial. it like, "FINALLY! I get to see how they actually sew it into a wig!" 8D
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This is awesome. I always use the no-sew method and it's *way* too messy and sooooo hard to sew them in, but this will work perfect for me!
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I know! I tried to hand sew the first one I did in, and it was just frustrating to no end XD And, I think I hurt my fingers forcing it through the caulk...
The only thing that I need to add to the tutorial is that if you're working with really long hair, you may want to do a second row of straight stitching over the first one, after it's folded over - I was working with the full length extensions, and the pressure of brushing them out pulled out like 25% of the hair 
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When it comes to difficult fabrics, like pleather, that I have to hand sew through, I use pliers. (I was laughing my butt off recently because I saw a wardrobe union lady do the same thing too.)
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Fantastic. 
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The buying longer wigs and cutting them down is what this yellow hunk is from
There is an actual machine that does the stitching when you buy wefts of hair that are already done, ro look at the one's in wigs, but I have no idea how it work
You will do it eventually, I'm sure of it
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The wefts I see look like they're done like yours but straight stitched again under the zig zag *shrug*
Haha, naw it does make sense. Somewhat.
Haha, srs? I'd probably end up giggling and give myself a fuzzy finger instead.
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Hrm... I bet that's just to help lock things in - for the long wefts I just did, I had to do that, because the length was becoming a pain, and wound up pulling out a lot of the fiber XP I had only done shorter one's up to that point, so... yeah! Learn something new every day!
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Quite possibly. To try help stop hairs pulling out because they're only folded over a bit at the top on most.
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This along with your video has been incredibly informative! I've never had to tackle any substantial wig styling in the past, but this tutorial makes me feel much more confident moving forward. Thanks for sharing!
PS- On a somewhat random note, the tulle at JoAnn's is called "Shiny Nylon Tulle" (don't get glitter tulle - it's viiiiiile and stiff and will make your wig, well... glittery *lol*). The shiny nylon tulle is just 100% nylon and something like $1.99 a yard - quite affordable, and apparently quite multi-purpose!
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OMG Thank you so much for that! I will have to change the notes on it, that is awesome to know~ it was just off the top of my head
And, it is definitely worth playing with wigs - it is really fun, and not in the slightest bit as scary as some people want you to think it is. The most with wig styling is if you cut it too short, it doesn't grow back 
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Any time! I meant to get it done sooner, but my camera card kept freaking out XP
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This is really helpful. Thank you for sharing this. I'll definitely be trying this out in the future. ^^
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Hooray! Thank you, I'm happy it's helpful to you
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ooh just when I was just thinking of wigs and such related things
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Hehe, it's going to be a while - it's been uploading (with 1 bar connectivity) for like 30 minutes now... I'm worried it isn't going to work
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Oh well that is not good lol
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I call doll hair pieces wefts too. I'm curious how you sew yours on to the wig bits.
I use freezer paper with the dolls in place of the tulle so I'm also curious on that bit. 
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Hooray! I should have it uploaded... well, whenever it's uploaded! The things been running for like 30 minutes now
I had tried it with freezer paper, too, but it was just too stiff for me, but it may depend ~ it was a long time ago, and I probably did something stupid
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lol. I love it for dolls but I love learning new things so I'm really excited for your tuts.
I tear the freezer paper off the one side before folding then sew again and I use all straight stitches. Honestly though I'm going to try it next time with a zig-zag and see how it works. I can do my top layer just with straight and hide it all underneath. Do you find the zig-zag stitch more secure? I hate cutting my wefts for the dolls hair and having strands fall out and there's not really a way to predict how long a weft I need in order to make a weft per row of hair.
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For some reason, the zig-zag just seems to lock everything in place, and I honestly don't know why. I know, though, that you can do the same thing to join two sheer fabrics together, and have no fraying edges or extra seam allowance or overlock edge showing
I've noticed that it really doesn't shed much - I mean, I yank on those things, and once the bits of hair come out at the beginning, they stay in there for sure!
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well and hair like you use is a lot thinner than yarn so I bet it would work even better with yarn. I'll try it on my my next one and let you know what happens.
I have 2 to make for a family member who s paying for them so I hope to get to work on them soon!
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a weft is a track of hair that goes into a wig
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I'm sure you spelled it right, I just didnt know what it was or what it was used for. Now I know, and it is something new for me to play with.
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Hehe, just checking - I do it all the time (i don't know how to delete words from my dictionary, so when I accidentally add them, and don't get the red dotted line, I'm screwed!)
It is very fun to play with, and a lot more economical than buying pre-made wefting (although, if you can get it in the right color, I do recommend just saving yourself the hassle and buying it, but finding it in weird colors is very difficult sometimes~)
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Wow, this is pretty impressive!
I knew practically nothing about wigs, but I learned so much from this that it's not even funny. O.O
Wonderful job, all of the explanation was clear, even to someone as uninformed as I am! XD
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Hooray! I'm happy to hear that
I hope the video makes as much sense, once it gets uploaded
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Wigs don't seem too terribly complicated to work with, now that I've done a little research on them.
I think it will
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Hehe, they really aren't - they're a lot of practice, and a lot of patience, but after the trial and error, they're not really any easier or harder than sewing
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I can believe that. ^^
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...I never even though of using an iron, before- and my only problem of ever trying to make wefts was I'd get frustrated trying to get the hair to fold and crease. ._. I wasted half a pack of hair fooling around with wefts that way. XD
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I know what you mean! I did the same thing - the folding was such a pain, and I originally started out trying it with a metal ruler and my garment steamer, trying to build some weird contraption, until recently, I was like ......... iron? 
Yeah.... yeah...
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