A lot of the older Rolife kits come with fabric that requires us to cut according to a pre-printed template. Depending on the quality of the fabric, this can be quite a pain as it’s hard to maintain a straight line while holding onto the paper, not to mention dealing with fraying edges. I also find that I often end up with a smaller piece than intended.
There’s already an excellent tip here Cutting Fabric with the Help of Glue, but sometimes I just don’t have the right glue. Or I simply prefer not to use any.
I decided to share this quick tip because it’s worked beautifully for me and it might help you too if Rolife ever brings back some of their older-style kits.
This was from my recent experience with fabric, and I was really happy with how clean the cuts turned out.
1. Any scissors will do but I find that a small sharp pair works best.
2. Use some tape to stick your template onto the fabric, making sure it goes slightly over the edges of your lines. If the fabric tends to fray, you can also tape the back for extra support and just keep it on when you’re done.
3. Cut as usual and you’re done! Here’s how mine turned out. You can easily peel off the tape afterward and it doesn’t leave any stains on the fabric. You can even reuse the tape if it’s still sticky.
You can clearly see this a better quality kit than what im working on. I made the cap as well. But mine was a beat where i had to wrap cloth over. I had that issue indeed that is was a little to small and some fraying happend indeed. I couldn’t make the bow in top as i already used all the string on a other part and fucked that part up so it will have to stay like this haha.
There i a clear beat inside it where i had to glue the fabric around and then push it inside the bead and then turn it and glue it to the flat part. It goes on the coat rack in the end.
thanks so much for sharing!!
it could be very helpful if i going to make an other miniature kit
