Wherein Pip Boy demonstrates that he cannot sew

Pip Boy · 03-26-2011, 12:15 AM

I know I put up a costume thread every now and then depicting whatever craziness I'm working on lately, but so far my costumes have all been pretty simple from premade parts with small modifications. This time, however, I'm going BOLD. I'm working on a Doctor Stein cosplay for which I need to make a lab coat. I think this is an appropriate costume to help learn with, since the whole point is that the stitching should look like utter shit.

Anyways, my girlfriend has graciously offered to help me with the costume, but says that first I need a pattern for the lab coat. I have no idea what a lab coat pattern even looks like, much less where to find one. Can anyone help me out?

phil_ · 03-26-2011, 12:32 AM

But, you can just buy a lab coat at a uniform supply store. Buy one, undo the stitching, then sew it back up, Stein-style.

Really, I'd be more worried about pulling off the head screw.

Pip Boy · 03-26-2011, 01:01 AM

Funds are always kind of a problem for me when making costumes, so I'll be lucky if I can even get together enough for the materials to make a coat. Unless it is absurdly cheap, a uniform supply store won't really be an option.

Eltargrim · 03-26-2011, 01:13 AM

I buy my lab coats at my university bookstore for $20.

Pip Boy · 03-26-2011, 01:47 AM

Actually, the local college's store is a place I had not even considered looking for labcoats. I might hop on over there and see what they've got.

03-26-2011, 12:15 AM	#1
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	Wherein Pip Boy demonstrates that he cannot sew I know I put up a costume thread every now and then depicting whatever craziness I'm working on lately, but so far my costumes have all been pretty simple from premade parts with small modifications. This time, however, I'm going BOLD. I'm working on a Doctor Stein cosplay for which I need to make a lab coat. I think this is an appropriate costume to help learn with, since the whole point is that the stitching should look like utter shit. Anyways, my girlfriend has graciously offered to help me with the costume, but says that first I need a pattern for the lab coat. I have no idea what a lab coat pattern even looks like, much less where to find one. Can anyone help me out?

03-26-2011, 12:32 AM	#2
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	But, you can just buy a lab coat at a uniform supply store. Buy one, undo the stitching, then sew it back up, Stein-style. Really, I'd be more worried about pulling off the head screw. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

03-26-2011, 01:13 AM	#4
Eltargrim Fifty-Talents Haversham Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FABULOUS Posts: 1,904	I buy my lab coats at my university bookstore for $20. __________________ <Insert witticism here; get credit; ???; profit!>

03-26-2011, 01:01 AM	#3
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	Funds are always kind of a problem for me when making costumes, so I'll be lucky if I can even get together enough for the materials to make a coat. Unless it is absurdly cheap, a uniform supply store won't really be an option.

03-26-2011, 01:47 AM	#5
Pip Boy Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: A right and proper Nerd Cave Posts: 2,460	Actually, the local college's store is a place I had not even considered looking for labcoats. I might hop on over there and see what they've got.