How to Make Pasties

A while back I was commissioned by a friend who is in a local burlesque troupe to make her some pasties. As they go for upward of $20 a pair in a boutique, she had me start designing some for her, which ended up costing only a fraction of the price charged in shops.

With a little bit of experimenting, I found out that it really was incredibly easy, and definitely not worth shelling out the extra cash.

What you will need:
♥ A sheet of craft foam
♥ Pen
♥ A roll of sequins
♥ Craft glue
♥ Toothpick
♥ Scissors
♥ Clippies or bobby pins
♥ Tassels (optional)
♥ Hole puncher and hammer
♥ 2 Plastic beads
♥ Needle and thread

1. Find a glass that is roughly the size you want your pasties to be. Do note that it will be just slightly smaller than the rim of the glass when completed.

2. On your foam, trace the rim of the glass twice.

3. Cut out your two circles.

4. Placing one on top of the other, cut halfway into the circle.

5. Apply craft glue to one side of the cut.

6. Apply craft glue to the second pasty.

7. Overlap dry side of the cut onto glue. With clippies or bobby pins secure in place, and allow time to dry.

8. After dried, use a hole puncher to punch a hole in the center of your pasties. If you don’t want to attach tassels, skip this step.

9. Apply glue to pasty using a toothpick. Carefully start winding the sequins around, being careful not to twist them.

10. I usually add glue to small sections at a time, so that I can still hold onto them, without making a complete mess.

11. Once fully sequined allow time to dry. Then trim off any extra sequins that may be hanging off either end of the strand. If you didn’t want tassels, then you are finished!

12. Pull the tassel through the hole in the center.

13. Make sure your bead is large enough that it cannot squeeze through the hole. With thread and needle sew bead to end of tassel.

14. Tie through a few times, to make sure your bead anchor is secure.

15. Trim remaining thread.

16. Twirl, twirl, twirl!

Please note that the girl in the video gets down to her undies and pasties, so probably not best to watch if at work, or under 18.xoxo,
Cedar

PS To attach them, the lovely Miss Martini Bombshell suggests using a strong double stick tape such as toupee tape, found in wig stores.

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