TUTORIAL: Sieglinde Sullivanās Horned Headdress
For @sieglindeweek, Day 3āLearning and Creativity
This is just one way of tackling the Emerald Witchās elaborate ādo. Even though some readers have interpreted her horns as hair, when I read the manga, I interpreted the horns as a headdress, with most of her hair tucked away. Upon scrutinizing Sieglinde many times, Iām likely wrong, but I do love the aesthetic of a horned headdress, and not worry about damaging my hair or any wig.
Difficulty level: Intermediate sewing and crafting. On the bright side, no toxic materials! No fumes, no sanding dust, hooray!
Step 1:Ā Gather materials and tools
4) Two paper or styrofoam cups
6) Duct tape (not pictured)
7) Scrap paper, like receipts or old notebook paperĀ you were going to throw away (not pictured)
8) Sewing material (thread, needle) (not pictured)
9) Fabrics and trims (not pictured)
Step 2: Headdress foundation
To make the headband wider, I cut up a piece of cereal cardboard and hot-glued it to the headband.
I neglected to take photos of this part,Ā but on both sides of the headdress, where the horns would be, I cut long pieces of wire, wrapped them on the bottom of the headband, sewed them to the headband, and stuck the cups through them.
Then I cut some felt, cut holes so that the horns would go through, and hot-glued felt all over the headdress. I also hot-glued felt to the bottom of the headdress, and then used blind stitches to sew the fabric shut.
So, it should look something like this in the next photo:
Step 3: Building the Horns
With the cups holding the wire in place (notice how the wire is stitched to the headband?), duct-tape the cups to the headband so that they stay put. The wires will stick out from the bottom of the cups. Around the wires, tear up pieces of scrap paper, wrap them around the wire until you form horns, and duct-tape the paper to maintain that shape.
At this point, I realized that the horns looked too Maleficent-like, so I had to cut off pieces from the cup to make them stumpier and cuter. There, this is much better.
Step 4: Cover with black velvet
Notice how the last picture in step 3, I was beginning to cover the top of the headband with black velvet? I also cut out pieces for the horns, and using blind stitches, I hand-stitched everything shut.
With white satin left over from another cosplay project of mine (genderbent Samurai Jack, in case if anyone was wondering), I sewed ruffles on the sewing machine before I hand-stitched them to the edges of the headdress.
I criss-crossed this gold trim to the headdress, hand-sewed my own bows out of green velvet (2 for the headdress, 2 for the sleeves of the costume), and bought a ridiculously long strand of faux pearls from ebay for pretty cheap. Everything was hand-stitched to the headdress.
Aaaaaand, youāre done! :)
Since I naturally have really long black hair, I have two sections hanging in the front like Sieglindeās hair, and styled the rest of my hair in a braided crown thatās hidden by my headdress.
Feel free to shoot me with comments and questions, and if thereās anything youād like me to clarify! :)
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