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How to make a Short Petticoat (Tutorial)

Tutorial by: Kirilee Cosplay Tutorial Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsixqDCCvTM

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I need more cosplay blogs to follow can you like or reblog if you post your own cosplay, progress photos, tutorials, etc

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Cut/Sew Lolita JSK 015 Review

Pattern: Cut/Sew’s 015 Lolita JSK in a Small and Extra Large

Ease - 3.5, doable, but exhausting and had a few issues.

Time - Myself and a partner took about 22 hours to make two, over several days.

Process - I had to resize the largest size in this pattern to fit my cosplay partner. She has a substantial bust line, so i added some width to the side bodice panels and added about an inch to each piece of the waistline as it comes just under the bust.

For my own, the smaller pattern size was actually too large, and I did a lot of adjusting of the back and side panels. I couldn’t really manage the elastic ruching in the back. I honestly didn’t understand how to manage it with my sewing machine and several youtube tutorials did not assist.

Issues - Along with the above ruching issue, which may have just been my machine not being a good model, I had some difficulty with the back bow and the zipper. I hand tacked the zipper in, after several failed attempts at sewing with my machine. Agony. But I think it was my own fault. Now, the real issue with the pattern was the bow, as even following explicitly the directions I managed to sew the bow straps in wrong twice. I have no idea how it was supposed to go, and I opted for removing them and manually sewing them by the zipper. But it still looked fab.

Suggestions - If you’re a fair tailor I might go without the ruching, as it looked much cleaner. I also suggest getting ruffles with a nice ribbon seam on them to help sewing them in. This is a moderate difficulty pattern, but I can’t imagine how much worse it would have been if it was a traditional pattern company.

Rating - I would recommend for someone with a good strong machine (not me) and a couple patterns under their belt and a LOT of time.

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Cut/Sew Slouch Sweatshirt 008 Review

Pattern:

Cut/Sew’s 008 Pattern Slouch Sweatshirt in a Small

Ease:  4.5/5 Few issues to speak of, clear directions.

Time:  About 6 hours, including fabric sourcing. One afternoon took me from cutting pieces to finishing lacing the collar.

Process:  I cut and sewed the entire piece except the collar in one stint.

Added the collar and lacing afterward because I didn’t have the grommets to make the two lace holes. Probably the fastest and easiest part of the whole costume.

Issues:  Due to the fabric I chose, which was sort of an athletic sweatshirt material, the arm cuffs were very difficult to sew. I also had some issue with the grommets, but that’s a personal problem I’ve always struggled with. I ended up using my roommate’s anvil since I got quite large eyelets.

Suggestions:  

I would use a thin jersey material if you have a weaker machine, as the number of layers in the sleeves became unwieldy. 

The eyelet holes are pretty high up on the collar, and if I was going to remake the shirt, I would bring them lower on the cowl.

Would you recommend this pattern? Absolutely. Very good for beginners and a very high quality end product. 

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A collection of progress pictures from March 2017 to May 2018 leading to the finished product of my Gerudo Vai Link.

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finally put up all my cosplay pics from momocon.....right at dragon con lol. which i won’t be going to, so i’m looking to have some of my original content instead of new cosplay pics.

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Gerudo Link with Zelda, Mipha and Riju @Momocon2018

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Gerudo Link @ Momocon 2018

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Gerudo Link @ Momocon 2018

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nice

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You make for quite a good lookin’ gal!

Gerudo Link @ Momocon 2018

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Gerudo Link @ Momocon 2018

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Destroys myself getting a costume ready for con thinking about all the cool pictures I'll take. Completely neglects putting up any pics for over a month. Hopefully I'll have sth cool to show off this week.

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Me rn

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Riverboat/Gambler McCree Robotic Arm Tutorial

“This project was made using craft foam in 2mm and 5mm thickness. Some pieces were covered with worbla for extra stability. The basic idea is pretty simple, it’s just layering different shapes to achieve the end result. I’ll do my best to explain the process! In all this took about 18 hours to make. It was a lot of trial and error and testing but in the end I think the result was well worth it!“

Tutorial by: Frekki Tutorial Link: https://frekki.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/riverboatgambler-mccree-robotic-arm-tutorial/

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Cosplay Tutorial: How to Create Worbla Feathers

By popular request: it’s the worbla feather tutorial!!

For Tsukki’s Legend of Karasuno cosplay, I decided to go with a heavy crow motif, and what better way to do that than covering myself in feather armor?  I ended up crafting close to 100 in total between the shield, gauntlet, and pauldrons, using a few different tweaks for different armor pieces.  However all of my feathers were made in one of two ways: either by sandwiching worbla around foam for a very thick, large feather, or by stacking two pieces of worbla for a thinner but very sturdy feather that is thick enough to etch deep details into.  Read on for these two methods!

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Cosplay (and general sewing) life hack- easy pleats with a fork! For all those school girl uniform cosplays and more :)