{"id":1063,"date":"2019-08-31T12:32:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T12:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boulianne.net\/maker\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2024-03-09T10:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T17:31:59","slug":"diying-your-own-quidditch-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boulianne.net\/maker\/diying-your-own-quidditch-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"DIYing your own Quidditch gear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Quidditch is THE sport in Harry Potter. A combination of soccer and football played on broomsticks. Sound dangerous? Of course not! Never mind the broken bones, concussions, black eyes, and hundred-foot falls. It’s a piece of cake!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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” Our job is to make sure that you don’t get bloodied up too badly! Can’t make any promises. Rough game, Quidditch.”<\/p>\nGeorge Weasley<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What’s that you say? You don’t recall what a Quidditch outfit looks like? No problem, just check out Harry and Draco below. As long as you have your protective gear, a robe, and a broom, you’re off to the races. No pun intended (I think). Or, if you’re looking for a more detailed look into getting kitted out for Quidditch, read up on it in my Quidditch Costume Reference<\/a> post. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Getting Started<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Step 1 for me in making a new costume is copious amounts of research. There are so many questions to answer! Like how many variations of the costumes are there? Does each House have slight variations or do they all follow the same pattern? How do Quidditch players get assigned numbers? Did the costumes evolve through the series? The questions usually get more detailed as the picture becomes clearer. My last questions are usually things like “Which type of metal are the buckles made of?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

This time, there were so many questions and details that I ended up turning my research and sketches into its own post: A Quidditch Costume Reference<\/a>. I also discovered a lovely book that’s still on my wish list called “Harry Potter: The Character Vault” which is perfection for anyone wanting to do Harry Potter cosplay. There were several pages on Quidditch, along with original costume sketches and photos. It made my heart all giddy inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on the digging I’d done, I came up with a few sketches to start things off:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sourcing Materials<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The original Quidditch armor in the movies was made of leather, backed in linen, with tan edging and brass-looking buckles. The leather was soaked and molded to shape before stitching. Some of the later costumes (year 6 tryouts) used airbrushed foam instead (source: Harry Potter: The Character Vault). Since I haven’t worked much with foam and don’t own an airbrush, leather seemed the obvious way to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never one to go halfway on a project, I tried to make both the patterns and look as close to real-life as possible. Our local Tandy Leather store was a huge help in figuring out how to buy leather, which hardware would work best, and other supplies I might need. My shopping list ended up looking something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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