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this is almost the same stuff used in hat brims. It's kind of thick, almost 1/4". I use it all the time in my artwork. My only concern for costume use is that over time the bend and curve around your body may break down some of the stiffness that it has. If you need to build darts into your belt, you shouldn't sew a regular "triangle" shaped dart, but instead cut away that same triangle, and then sew the gap together with a zig zag stitch.
When I make belt bases I buy thick (10oz) non-stretch denim. I cut out my pattern twice to create a doubled thickness. I stitch this together with a zigzag. It's incredibly firm, sturdy, durable but still flexible. It's also cheap, much more so than Timtex. There is also Peltex available at Joann's, which is a knock off of Timtex, but it's thinner and some of them have fusible on one side.
---Mandi
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