This was a fun project.
My friend had commissioned me to make him a Fury power belt but really wanted a Charge style, but I am no longer making that style, due to the printing process required.
So I made a deal with him, I would make that style, but with all sewn pieces instead of printed, which is how that belt design is made.
It's something I've wanted to do for a while, and I think it came out awesome.
I didn't take a lot of pictures, but I'll try to cover it.
In 2008 the band briefly sold Power Belts at their concerts, so I used one that I had purchased to get the exact measurements of all the shapes.
Since most of the shapes on the belt are black around white, I decided that it would be easier to just have the layer of black on top of the layer of white, instead of trying the get the cuts to fit perfectly inside each other, which would be quite difficult since I'd be cutting it by hand.
I cut out all the black shapes out of vinyl and used spray adhesive to hold them onto larger pieces of white vinyl.
For the bat I used a straight stitch, and for the shapes I used a a zig-zag stitch(after deciding that a circular straight stitch is hard to make look good).
After trimming the white, I used the same adhesive and sewing method for attaching the shapes to the belt base.
I used 4-inch wide black hook&loop fastener, and used 1-inch elastic for the border.
This belt had possibly one of my fastest turn around, at least for such a complex design.
The most laborious part of the whole build was probably the cutting.
I love the way this belt came out, and I can't wait to make one for myself.
-Miles
