Tech EXPO 2017 Figure 2 - Felted sweater with FoamCoat Figure 3 - Piping glued on gritty enough to add texture (Figure 2). 5. Next, I layered on two coats of NovaColor tintable texture paste, sanding in between coats, until it felt sturdy. 6. Then I drew my design onto the piece and cut the front and shoulders open, taking the corset off the form. I trimmed the edges to clean finished lines using craft shears. 7. Using a hand drill, I drilled holes for the front closures and riveted these on with pop-rivets because of the rivets' combination of low-profile and high strength. 8. I made piping with metal cable in velvet for edges and glued it on with flex glue. (Figure 3) 9. With a fine-tipped squeeze bottle and the leftover texture paste I piped faux rivets onto parts of the design and over my pop-rivets on the front so they meshed with the design. I let these dry for a few hours then sanded the rivets flat! 10. Then I used an Olfa 9mm break away blade and a sharp pair of smallish shears to create the cutouts. I had to be careful about the mold underneath the piece when cutting. 11. Because I used FoamCoat, which is NOT flexible, I had areas of cracking. I would not use this again on a piece of this nature. I decided to do a final coat with Rosco FlexBond, Biennial Theatre Technology Exhibit 2017 9