Wow guys, thanks for all the great comments.
I purchased the gloves from: http://www.paradestore.com/main_frame.asp?g=GLOVES
They were the white cotton gloves with snap. I figured it was the closest thing to the real ones with the button.
Then I used RIT Black Dye. (buy extra pairs so if you screw up the color and make it too dark first time around like me)
It only took a very small amount of dye to get the color right. I think I put in about 1/2 teaspoon in around 1 gal of water.
For the white, it is just some white cotton that kinda looks like linen. It was around $2.00 a yard. I used 1/4 inch batting, but I doubled it up to make it thicker.
for the white part, I put the glove, layed the white fabric on top. Then I traced onto the white material to make my pattern.
Sew the white together like pillows, then hand sew them onto the gloves. I stick a big marker or something into the finger to help with sewing them.
I would say it took about 3 hrs (while watching TV) to do the one glove. Very time consuming, but at least you can watch TV while you do them.
Oh also for the lines on the main padding, I just used a ruler and lightly marked the lines with a pencil.
Hope this helps everyone out there. I don't think I will be making any more of these.
When I do the next glove, I will take some in-progress pics so you can see how they come together.
Thanks,
Chris
I purchased the gloves from: http://www.paradestore.com/main_frame.asp?g=GLOVES
They were the white cotton gloves with snap. I figured it was the closest thing to the real ones with the button.
Then I used RIT Black Dye. (buy extra pairs so if you screw up the color and make it too dark first time around like me)
It only took a very small amount of dye to get the color right. I think I put in about 1/2 teaspoon in around 1 gal of water.
For the white, it is just some white cotton that kinda looks like linen. It was around $2.00 a yard. I used 1/4 inch batting, but I doubled it up to make it thicker.
for the white part, I put the glove, layed the white fabric on top. Then I traced onto the white material to make my pattern.
Sew the white together like pillows, then hand sew them onto the gloves. I stick a big marker or something into the finger to help with sewing them.
I would say it took about 3 hrs (while watching TV) to do the one glove. Very time consuming, but at least you can watch TV while you do them.
Oh also for the lines on the main padding, I just used a ruler and lightly marked the lines with a pencil.
Hope this helps everyone out there. I don't think I will be making any more of these.
When I do the next glove, I will take some in-progress pics so you can see how they come together.
Thanks,
Chris