The main body of the tunic is about done, all I really need to do is make and put the mint bias tape on the hem
I do need to seam rip the armholes, I'm going to be attaching the lime green puff sleeves to the tunic itself instead of my initial plan (more info on that under the cut)
I'M ALMOST DONE RHINESTONING!!! All I have left to do will be the little bit around the hem, which i can't actually do until I get basically everything else done with the tunic- though I might put a few rhinestones at the shoulder area for some extra sparkle
I'm no longer doing the stripes of the sleeves and the pants out of the same cotton of the tunic- I'm planning to make them out of a custom-print stretch fabric, both for comfort and easy wear. I'm still going to rhinestone the hell out of them, but those are waiting until I can afford to get that fabric printed.
But the puff sleeves. My god do I have info for you about those
SO see these fuckin things
yeah they're kind of a pain in the ass to make- here's what I've got:
Since I'm getting that striped fabric custom printed on stretch, the lime section of the sleeves need to be attached to the tunic instead of worn underneath like I originally planned. I do think it'll look a lot nicer this way, and I won't have to add in as many weirdly placed snaps to keep everything in place.
If you've ever sewn sleeves before, you know that generally puff sleeves aren't all that bad, you just need to make sure you don't do any weird fancy shit. But because Fizz. Is Fizz, I get to do fancy shit (yayyyyy)
First off (and what I have done), those hearts. They're separate pieced I backed with interfacing and appliqued on, using a pretty tight zigzag stitch to try and limit fraying. Then of course, the rhinestones get individually glued on-
You can see the tight zigzag i did (Yes, lighting is shit, it was like eleven pm when i took these sh), you can also see that my machine has been having weird tension issues for a bit that are causing a little bit of puckering. I'm not super worried about on these since they are puff sleeves, but hopefully I can figure out wtf is causing that sooner than later.
Since the combo of applique/glue/rhinestones adds a fair bit of weight to the sleeves, I'm a little worried about them collapsing on me? They're going to be lined, so I'm hoping that helps support the weight. If that doesn't work, I'll add in a really thin interfacing inside to help keep them puffy.
I also need to figure out how I'm going to do the cuffs on these- Usually when i do puff sleeves I don't line them, but with the layers I'm putting underneath and hopefully making this competition quality I'm putting in that lining. I'm trying to limit as much visible topstitching as possible, so I don't think I can do the elastic cuff I was planning to do? i might do a thin black cuff (similar to what's at the elbows on the striped part of the sleeves?) and rhinestone that to hide my seams. It won't be screen accurate, but we're fighting cartoon physics with this one and need to adjust for how clothes actually fit and move. As long as I'm able to make it blend with the rest of the cosplay I'm not super worried about it .
Once I have everything on the tunic done, I'll be giving another update on this whole Fizzarolli nightmare- the goal is to at least have the tunic done before I hit the one year mark of making this shiny clown <3
