I am wondering how you made your emalf jacket because it looks amazing (like really woah.), and I'm planning on doing a emalf cosplay myself so I could really use some help as a starter in cosplay.
Oh damn, I have no idea for how long I’ve had this in my ask box, so I’m sorry in advance if it comes too late!
I honestly don’t have much to explain past the basics, honestly you just need to do a lot of trial and error with your sewing machine at first to make sure you get the right tug and pressure on the stitch so it won’t pull on the fabric too much or will be too loose, and well, hope that you have a sewing machine powerful enough to handle 4-6 layers of faux leather because you’re gonna get there.
(I had to dig in my FB and email to get these photos ok,)iirc; I used 1.5 m of black faux leather that was much thinner and soft than the 1.5 m of red faux leather, as well as, uh... Okay in Hebrew we call it “patent fabric” but obviously that’s not what I wanted. I’m talking about the stretchy fabric that goes on the collar and the end of everything. I only needed about 50 cm and used it in 5 cm wide strips and got plenty left, so if you can find strips it would work even better.
For the pattern, you don’t need anything too complicated, I used a pattern from an oversized hoodie pattern I found in an old burda magazine, but you can even take a t-shirt pattern and base it over that. You’ll need to measure down on yourself where you want the red part to start, and then measure and free-hand the wing-flame pattern. Layer it constantly to make sure it lines up nicely.
This is how it would look like after cutting it! I sized it down a whole lot afterwards.
I used a zigzag stitch as close to the edge of the red as I could, which is when the fabric started to stretch and deform but that’s fine! as long as it doesn’t have bad creases it still looks great on your body.
Past that it’s just... Lining it with red fabric and adding the “patent fabric” I was talking about earlier on the edges, and to make that stand right up for the collar I used a piece of thin crafting foam and sewn it together, and it worked great.
Good luck on your cosplay then, hotshot!