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TofuAlchemist — MATTEHPANTSPLZ: A Tutorial
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Published: 2008-06-06 03:02:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 26379; Favourites: 511; Downloads: 303
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Finally, it's complete!I apologise for the large file size. It became very long, because I kept thinking of more details that I thought I should mention...
This tutorial assumes that you know how to use a sewing machine and an iron. If I went into the details of those, the tutorial would have gone on forever...
If you have any questions, or if I haven't been clear about anything in the tutorial, please let me know! I'd love to help you out!
EDIT:
I'll be making another Matt vest for a friend of mine, so I'll be making a tutorial for that as well! It might take some time though, so please be patient!
EDIT: (09/01/08)
Wow.. 1000 views! Thanks everyone! I hope this tutorial has helped you all with your cosplay projects~! ^^
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I'm hoping to have a Matt cosplay, actually, but I want to make most of it myself. Just about everywhere else has all this cutting and nonsense, but this is clear and simple. Thanks!
Looking forward to the vest, since I need a bit of help on that, too!
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Amazing! I shall use this sometime in the future, thank you^^
I also look forward to seeing how you created the epic vest~
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I've gotten so many compliments on my cosplay because of my pants and this tutorial. sgkdjsghjksdg Thank you so, so, so, so, SO much for posting this! I would have been completely lost without it.
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This saved my life with my Matt cosplay!! Thank yoooouuu TTATT <3
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heywell i waz wondering....where you got your wig? Or would it b easer to just vut my hair that way.... 0,0
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THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH YOU ARE MAH SAVIOR NOW I DONT HAVE TO CUT UP MEE PANTS ; U;
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Thanks, now I dont have to go out and buy like 50 dollar cosplay pants!!
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you've made this cosplay planning a whole lot easier.
thank you so much *tears of joy*
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question...can you use tailors chalk when marking the first line instead of pins??
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nvm -re read it^^"-
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WWOOH NICE
T-T but im not sure if i can do this
with me bein young and stuf mom no time AT ALLL
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great tutorial very helpful. i just have one question
so i get the "lines" i just am wondering about the very bottoms of the pants and what alterations are done there.
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I'm not sure what you mean exactly, but as far as I remember I didn't do any extra alterations to the bottom hem of the pant legs.
If you're asking something like.. how to make the bottom hems look natural even with the lines you've sewn in, I fiddled around with the spacing of the lines until it looked right to me. If you're going to have Matt's boots anyways, this is less important
If I've completely missed the question, please just ask me again
I'd like to help you out!
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thank you. i am going to do matt's boots so i don't think it really matters. its just going to get covered up anyway.
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you might want to use them again for daily purposes, so just do it
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Thank you for posting this! Whenever I try and find decent matt vest, the pants are fake and weird looking. My friend and I are trying to be Matt and Mello for some con in the future and even make a webshow so this is a great help. Your pants turned out wonderful!
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thank you so much for this tutorial * *
I'm looking forward to the Matt Vest!
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Thank you. I'm considering making a Matt cosplay and this will be very useful if I actually do it.
Hell, these pants are just cool and I can make them for regular clothes.
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Do you have your Matt Vest tutorial up yet? *0*
I'll go look in your gallery.. :'3
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Nope... 
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:'3 It's okiiesa, I will watch you for it.
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Probably some of the coolest pants ever! But I'm wondering...are they uncomfortable?
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Nope! They feel pretty normal to wear.. xD
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ok maybe im just stupid but i dont understand which way to fold it and then sew it.... >///////////<
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Ah.. I'm not sure how to explain..
What you want at the very end is to have little folds sewn into place around the legs. So, starting from the bottom, you can tuck the bottom edge of the pant leg up into the pant leg, pin it in place in this folded position, then sew along the fold line (2/8" away from the fold). Picture 8 is actually not very good for explaining the position it's folded and pinned in.. If you look at picture 6a: You see how the bottom hem of the pant leg is folded up inside? It looks more like that, except that you will pin the fold into place, and sew along the fold. You can't sew straight across, you'll have to sew around (like a circle?) around the fold in the pant leg.
Does this make any more sense?
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erm..... *reads again* i think so.... lol im so stupid when it comes to sewing >////<
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Lucky for you, I was working on another pair today for a friend of mine, so I took a few more pictures. Here's some of the way you fold and pin it:
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And here's a couple of the position you sew it in:
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Does that help? Also, let me know if the links don't work.. technology and I haven't been getting along lately
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*just had an "oooooooooooohhhhh" moment* that makes so much sense!!! *glomps you* thank you!
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You're welcome!!! 
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its okay, like i said, im stupid when it comes to sewing XD
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omg thank u so much for doing this! i'm gonna be matt for halloween this year and im gonna wear my costume to a con on halloween weekend and i need to make the vest and have never sewn in my life. so u think that maybe u could send me the text tutorial for the vest? and maybe explain things in a little more detail cause ive never sewn before? if u do THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!
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epic
im cosplaying as matt for halloween this year :3
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Awesome
Have a great time! ..and don't let Mello eat *all* the chocolate. You're entitled to a portion of the Halloween chocolate too!!!
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lulz im like mello when it comes to chocolate.like the vid on youtube where hes screaming "CHOCOLAAAAAAATEEEEE!!!!!!"
lol
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NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
I CANT SEWWWWWWW
thank you though ^^
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Thanks you for the cool tutorial - finally I know how to make the pants. =3 I'll try it out.
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Than, you so much for this! I was thinking about cutting them and sewing them back together, or just forgoing the ribbing all together. This is so much better
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Oh God thank you. <3
You saved me 200 bucks. Now I don't have to buy the offial cosplay. <333
THANK YOU~
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sorry for a random comment but
I FUCKING LOVE YOUR SIG!
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LOL THANK YOU. <3
I love your icon. C:
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thanks
Ima check out your gallery
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wow this is so great, Thanks a bunch! Can you please tell me how you did your vest too? I really need help with that.
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I'm excited to try this as one of my first sewing projects, once my sewing machine works :3 I am looking forward to having jeans I like wearing again!
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GREAT tutorial. So helpful!! I'm glad I won't have to improvise on this one -- 'cause my initial thoughts would definitely not have turned out half as lovely as your Matt pants did. (^_^) Thanks so much for posting this!!
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Those pants are EPPPIIIIC! *sings*.
I didn't even know Matt had sweet pants (not a big DN fan)
...but I want them BAD.
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T^T You're so awesome..! they look so perfect.
I did my own pants for a Matt cosplay to the Mall, lets just say My fingers weren't good for a whole week after wards.. denim ruins my fingers and so does sewing, but I think I did good enough, but I wish they had come out like those ones. They look a lot better. My Pants were also way too light. (Not planned for cosplay) They were my only blue jeans.
Well.. do you do Commissions..? I would buy the pants and the thread plus pay you if I had to. xx; I hate sewing jeans, I really do and My friend kinda.. Gave out on me. I just want to try asking someone, and your's are the best by far.. just a shot..
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Sorry dearie, I don't really have the free time to do a commission for you..
If you have access to a sewing machine, I would definitely recommend using that rather than doing it all by hand. If you have to do it by hand, rubber thimbles (which you can get at any fabric store, or Walmart) will save you a lot of pain.
Sorry I couldn't be of much help.. Best of luck!
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