Location: ColossalCon North 2025 | Crown Palm Panel Room

Class Length: 2 hours

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Ready to make your costume details jaw-dropping? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn the basics of tambour embroidery — a couture technique used in high fashion and historical costuming to create beautiful, intricate embellishments with speed and precision. Although tambour embroidery might look advanced, we’ll break it down in a fun, beginner-accessible way so you can start adding this dazzling technique to your own creative toolkit — no previous embroidery experience required!

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In this workshop you'll learn:

• How to handle a tambour hook and fabric stretched in a frame
  
• The foundation chain stitch that forms the base of tambour work
  
• Techniques for applying beads, sequins, and threads directly into embroidery
  
• How to translate motifs and designs into stitchable patterns
  
• Practical tips for applying tambour embroidery to costume panels, collars, veils, and trim
  

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Prerequisite Skills:

• This is an intermediate level course
• Prior experience hand sewing is required
• Prior experience with hand beading is recommended, but not required
• Skills in knitting and crochet help, but are not required

About the Instructors:

Ai and Blue are professional costumers from NYC that specialize in pattern making, beading, hand finishing and garment construction.They’ve worked on shows for both film and Broadway, such as Wicked, The Lion King, Gilded Age, and the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic. Their passion for sewing comes from over 15 years of cosplay experience. You can find them on Instagram at Aissac.Cos and Aobittybaby.

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The Nitty Gritty:

• To participate in this workshop, a liability waiver must be completed for all participants
• Anyone under 16 years of age MUST be accompanied by an adult or legal guardian
• Space is limited and all tickets are first come first serve
• Purchasing a ticket reserves one (1) seat at this class. For multiple tickets, please add more than one ticket to your cart
• All tickets are final sale. In the event of a no-show, no refunds will be available
• Tickets will be delivered digitally to the email address provided at checkout. This digital ticket will be needed to enter the event.
• All classes start promptly at the time they're scheduled for. In the event of tardiness, you may miss certain aspects of the class and may not be able to complete the scheduled project in full.

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Our Sponsors for the 2025 ColossalCon North Cosplay Studio: