I have searched high and low for instruction to make a full leather hood without success. Really, I looked once in a while for a couple of weeks. Then I turned to my BDSM Toys Craft Corner group on Fetlife for help. Again, had some great suggestions but no one had A to Z instructions.
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Well I gave it a shot with the ideas I had and now I will tell you how I did it. Hopefully many of you can benefit from it as well. It really helps if you know a bit about sewing. You will have to figure some thing out for yourself.
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Now keep in mind that these instructions are to make a CUSTOM FITTED HOOD for the person who will wear it…and probably no one else. I tried this hood on others without success. Or you may make one and find you Cinderella sub for a glass slipper BDSM substitute lol.
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1. Get some saran-wrap, tape, and rounded-edge scissors.
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2. Time to mummify your head. Wrap your head up with saran-wrap completely. Make sure you have 2 layers when all done. Along the way make whole for you to breathe (its not a breath play session, you are making something here) and you can also cut out the eyes to see what you are doing.
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3. Get your tape out and tape your head completely up everywhere. Cover all the saran-wrap. Again make holes to breathe.
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4. Make one cut long enough to remove the hood. Tape the cut up. So now you end up (see pics below) with the 3D shape of your head.

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5. Cut it into 3 pieces as show below. You will have a long rectangle (side and top of head), the front and the back. It won’t be flat. So make slits in the patterns to get a flat piece (see PINK arrows). Now you have a basic flat pattern to use.
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6. Cut a rectangle that is about 4-5 inches wide and the length of the back of your hood. This will be the flap at the back.

7. Place your pattern on your leather and draw out our shapes.
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8. Add a seam allowance, about 1/2 in everywhere, even on the slits…except on the big back closure slit. Add a few inches in length to the rectangle (mine was to short and I had to add a piece). Cut out your pieces and slits.
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9. Star sewing up all your slits…except on the big back closure slit.
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10. Sew the flap to the inside of the back piece (see blue lines above)
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11. Sew your 3 pieces back together. For the back closure just fold back about 1/2 in and sew it down for a clean edge. The neck part may be a bit uneven so cut around it to make a straight line. I added a band of black leather for trim, just folded in half for a clean finish.
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12. Cut out mouth, nose (a triangle) and eyes. For the mouth and eyes make tiny slits and fold back to sew the edge clean. The nose you need to add a bigger triangle sew into the two top triangle lines….cause if you just make a little hole your nose will be squashed inside. Anyways that is what I did.
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Now you have the basic hood sewn up.

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13. Time to make the back closure. I punched small holes every 1 inch and then attached little eyelets. Lace with a shoe lace.
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14. If desired, make separate blindfold and mouth piece and add snaps so you can attach them to the hood for a sensory deprivation experience.
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Here are pics of the finished hood

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Mystress Lady Evyl
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Well I am really proud to show you a pic of my newly completed horsehair flogger. Yep I made it myself. The rod is made of a sawed off piece of metal curtain rod that I leather braided and finished of with rope Turks Head knots.
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I have to say I really like the way it feels in my hands. Only bitch is brushing out the tail gently each time after use to get the knots out.
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I also made 2 collars with the mystery braid technique. One in brown suede for a decorative collar, the other in Fushia pink for force feminization sessions. And now I am working on a braided flogger.
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Lady Evyl
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I just answered a topic in a forum. A lady was asking how one should start exploring BDSM…by the request of her boyfriend. This is such a common question I thought I would answer it here as well.
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First you need to talk to your boyfriend about what he is open to trying and what are his limits. Yes its ok to ask him what he wants BUT make sure you tell him he has to earn his play time like a good little boy…ie make him do a little house cleaning first and tease him as he does. Then he can played with.
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If you are just starting off go slow. Try just tying his hands, use a blindfold and play with objects across his skin. Or turn him over and give him a good spanking (lower buttock area) and talking too. Don’t go into heavy stuff like flogging or bondage without reading up on it and practicing first. Reading and informing yourself is key. Oh and establish a safe word.
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I still use the very first book I read as a reference and it is perfect for a beginner: Art Of Sensual Female Dominance by Claudia Varrin

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Best advice I can give you is have fun and remember his fantasy is to fulfill YOUR needs – so make him do things for you…don’t do it for him.
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Hope this can be of help for my readers too
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Lady Evyl
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I decided to add a few links on fun activities to do to a sub but that you either don not know about or are not sure how to do it. Have fun trying them out:

• BEST slave training- Figging
• Bdsm slave training – enemas
• Points for Cupping Therapy

Lady Evyl

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