Watch Out There’s A Minx About 2019 Part 2

Watch Out There’s A Minx About 2019 Part 2

This blog carries on with the Bottom half of the Minnie the Minx Costume.

Minx Shoes

The Shoes were the simplest part of the outfit. The Minx wears different shoes in different Comics. Sometimes it is Boots and sometimes a kind of Plimsoll.

I had some old trainers that were about ready for the bin. So therefore I got some old nail varnish and I added a touch of Red.

Minx Socks Materials

I needed a Pair of Black Socks, Scissors, Needle, Thread and Red Edging.

Black Socks

First of all I bought some socks. It was quite a bargain as I got three pairs for 99p. The only drawback was they weren’t hundred percent cotton. So that along with the polyester Skirt I was going to be pretty warm.

Adding Red Border

With the Top of the Sock turned over I started to add the Red Border. I used the crease at the Back of the Socks as a marker. Ideally I needed Red Elastic however I had to make do with Red Bias Binding.

I used a simple Tacking Stitch at the Top and Bottom of the Binding. I had to make the Stitches extremely Loose. This was so when I had my hand in and Stretched the Sock that it wouldn’t snap.

Finishing the Binding

I Sewed the Edging all the way around the Top of the Sock. As you can see in the photograph above the effect wiggly looking. I tried it on and found it was a little tight.

On the Second Sock I made the Stitches even Looser. I also did not sew the Two Ends of the Binding so close together. Everybody has one leg that is bigger than the other. Therefore I used the Tighter Binding on my smaller Leg and the Looser Binding on the bigger Leg