#elsa cape

[shironicchi]

Cosplay: Elsa from Olaf's frozen adventure Photo: Michel Takuma Photography

[milestaylorcosplay]

I started draping the cape today!

because the dress itself is so pretty, I decided to go slightly less screen accurate and attach the cape to the shirt instead of to the dress. Cutting these pieces and arranging them on my dress form has been difficult because my place is so small, but overall I'd say it's coming together really well! I'll start shaping it soon, once I'm sure I have my mannequin set to the right height, but right now I'm exhausted and proud and need to get back to sequining. XD

I did this with pretty much the same method as Angela Clayton did, except with four yards of fabric instead of ten.

I'm still in awe looking at how much volume I have with only four yards!

[cafededuy]

I don't believe I've ever shown the design of my cape to the public before. Only to a select few. Here's looking at you kid. The cape is sewn into right into the lining of my outfit asking with the interface so it's all one piece as if it crystallized out of the jacket (well I hope!) #DuyTruongCosplay

[princesseopal]

Queen Elsa inspired cape. Handmade by Nathalie Hesnard. Available on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/193703597/queen-elsa-frozen-inspired-cosplay-cape?ref=shop_home_active_2

[fuckyeahdisneyfacecharacters]

My Elsa Cosplay Part 14

WOW. So. Cape is completely GLITTERED!!!!!!

I was initially going to do the whole thing today, but my grandma's flight ended up coming in (way) later than expected last night so my sister, my aunt, and i (the former who i forced to be my cape slaves and help me out a bit) began cutting the cape panels. GOOD THING.

We spent a little over 5 hours cutting the snowflakes out last night. Today we just needed to cut a couple more snowflakes out, attach the panels together, and cut the big snowflake out (at the top). we then placed the huge sheet (124" x 120") on top of the net (which was, in turn, on top of plastic sheeting so we could easily peel it off when the glue dried) It was so delicate because there were so many tiny pieces of paper between big cut out snowflakes that could tear with the slightest jerk or wrong movement. STRESSFUL!!! we taped down (with double sided tape) the edges of the stencil that were curling up and the snowflakes and points in the big snowflake that needed to be added, and then i sprayed (with my 3M 77 Spray glue) and glittered (with my powder glitter and sifter/strainer thing) the whole thing! I was sooooo nervous about running out of glitter and we almost did... luckily i had just the right amount!!!

We spent about 3 hours completing the stencil, placing it on the cape, and doing the actual glitter process. It was grueling and exhausting and im so happy to be done with the worst part!!!

Unfortunately, the glitter i got for this round (the first time i was only able to get a little done because i ran out of glitter) wasn't as iridescenty green as the first round was so the colors don't match exactly- yikes!!! It's quite close, but i still would have been so much happier if it really matched!

Tomorrow im going to cut the hem of the cape so it kind of follows the shape of the snowflakes (im going to do a little glitter border around the hem later- i forgot the glue at the office where i was glittering!) and i'm going to work on how im going to be attaching the cape to the bodice. I think i will use some kind of velcro so it's sturdy, but i really want to avoid the cape looking "stuffed" into the back like the Disney parks one does... I also need to abridge the The Snow Queen book that i got and will be reading to the second grade class on tuesday! It's this absolutely amazing pop up book, but way too many words for children's attention span so i'm just gojng to read my shortened version of the story and have my aunt turn the pages for the class or something!!! 

Anyway- i'm just so insanely lucky to have had that huge clean empty building at my disposal over the weekend to work on this and my amazing team of family to help pull this off!!! It was a monumental effort and i'm soooo happy to be done!!!!

BTW- the gliter does shed (a lot) but i actually really love how it looks so i dont think i will do a top coat of glue on any of the areas to seal it in except possibly the long snowflake bits on the sides where my arms will be rubbing... we will see!!! :)

[samanthaemarie]

Hey guys here is a quick simple write up on how I did the overlay. Sorry it took so long I'm just crazy busy. I would size it on drafting paper or newspaper and then test it out of spare fabric before committing to the real thing. I am not a seamstress so I just do everything like a puzzle. I hope this helps some of you! Send me pics of your cosplays when you finish I would love to see them :D 

[fuckyeahdisneyfacecharacters]

My Elsa Cosplay Part 3

So i think that i finished the cape layout to a point that I'm pretty happy with it!!!! All the shapes and the specific layout were taken from the concept art- i was unfortunately unable to find good enough photos to get the actual cape layout done correctly (also, too lazy because i would have had to piece several photos together…). Therefore all the shapes are slightly different. I actually am pretty sure that this version has many more snowflakes than the film version, so hopefully it will look (and move…) nicely!

You are more than welcome to use this layout (and i do have a the super high res file- just message me and we can work out a way for me to share with you) but PLEASE do credit me when/if you use it! This took two days to complete!

I was unable to finish the skirt today like i was planning, but tomorrow i hope!!!!!!

thanks so much for input on the dye swatches!! The third swatch seemed to be the winner by overwhelming majority, so i think I'm going to take that color and make it a little bluer and see what happens (i think as is it's a wee bit too green) and then the fourth or something like it will be the dip dye at the top! 

xoxo