A Cosplay and Sewing Blog

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[thenerdysewist]

List of Projects

Morgana Pendragon (Season 4 of Merlin)

The Bat Hoodie (And Stealth Dimitri Coffin Run Cosplay)

Making My Dog A Denim Jacket

Making a DnD 5e Ranger Cosplay for the DnD movie

Moonshine Cybin (NADDPOD) Inspired Flannel ft. Embroidered PawPaw

Making a Witch Costume for Halloween

[thenerdysewist]

Hi All!

I am working on making Morgana's green dress as my spring cosplay project, but I am having a hell of a time finding trim that looks like what is pictured in the photo. Care to help a girl out?

To be clear, I do not need the exact trim. I know that it's likely impossible. I do however want the color scheme and flower size to match as closely as possible.

Thanks for any help you can give!

(Also I am happy to have this post reblogged, some people were asking if that was okay in a previous post I made.)

[thenerdysewist]

Hi All!

I am working on making Morgana's green dress as my spring cosplay project, but I am having a hell of a time finding trim that looks like what is pictured in the photo. Care to help a girl out?

To be clear, I do not need the exact trim. I know that it's likely impossible. I do however want the color scheme and flower size to match as closely as possible.

Thanks for any help you can give!

(Also I am happy to have this post reblogged, some people were asking if that was okay in a previous post I made.)

[thenerdysewist]

Hi All!

I am working on making Morgana's green dress as my spring cosplay project, but I am having a hell of a time finding trim that looks like what is pictured in the photo. Care to help a girl out?

To be clear, I do not need the exact trim. I know that it's likely impossible. I do however want the color scheme and flower size to match as closely as possible.

Thanks for any help you can give!

(Also I am happy to have this post reblogged, some people were asking if that was okay in a previous post I made.)

[thenerdysewist]

Help Me Match this Trim

Hey friends! I am working on a project for this summer, and I am looking to match a specific trim as closely as possible. So I am throwing it to the internet for help.

Anyone who can help me match this will have my undying gratitude and thanks!

[thenerdysewist]

Help Me Match this Trim

Hey friends! I am working on a project for this summer, and I am looking to match a specific trim as closely as possible. So I am throwing it to the internet for help.

Anyone who can help me match this will have my undying gratitude and thanks!

[thenerdysewist]

I Made My Dog a Christmas Cookie Sweater!

Everyone look at her! She’s so cute!

(You can find the process on how I made it by following this tutorial called “Making My Dog a Denim Jacket”)

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Not a sewing project per se, but I’m running a christmas themed one shot for my dnd party where they’re all playing Santa’s elves, who have to go defeat the anti Santa and rescue the presents that were stolen. I made them all ugly christmas hoodies as a stand in for their characters’ uniforms.

I tie-dyed the hoodie myself using rit dye. Then I painted the logo using acrylic paint with fabric medium, and did the outline in sharpie.

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This Year’s Halloween Costume

It was my first time making a corset or a witch hat!

[thenerdysewist]

List of Projects

Morgana Pendragon (Season 4 of Merlin)

The Bat Hoodie (And Stealth Dimitri Coffin Run Cosplay)

Making My Dog A Denim Jacket

Moonshine Cybin (NADDPOD) Inspired Flannel ft. Embroidered PawPaw

[thenerdysewist]

I made a Moonshine Cybin Flannel to see NADDPOD Live at Carnegie Hall (featuring an embroidered PawPaw)

Read more for details on how I made this

Making the Shirt:

Like a week before I left for New York, I decided that I wanted to make my own NADDPOD clothes to wear since I don’t have a lot of merch. I remembered that JoAnn Fabrics had this mushroom flannel and so I ran out and bought two yards.

I used this button up shirt/lined jacket pattern from MCall’s:

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The problem is that I’m right in between the largest boy’s size and the smallest men’s size. So I had to make some adjustments. I cut out the pattern, then shortened it at the waist because there wasn’t room for my hips in the original pattern. Then I cut out all the pieces: shirt front, shirt back, sleeves, pocket, collar, and cuffs.

I knew from using the pattern before that the sleeves were too big for the armhole, and I don’t like the look of gathered sleeves. So I trimmed 5/8” from both arm holes.

Once those adjustments to the pattern were made, I stitched the sides together.

Next up was the collar. I cut two collar pieces, stitched them with the pattern-side of the fabric facing each other, trimmed the excess at the edges and flipped it right side out and ironed it.

I pinned the collar in place around the neck and stitched it in place.

Next up was the sleeves. I stitched each sleeve together, leaving a gap open at the bottom so that the sleeves could be unbuttoned. I hemmed the opening of each sleeve so no raw edges were visible, the gathered the top of the sleeves so they fit into the arm hole.

I pinned the sleeves into the arm hole and stitched them in place.

I cut two cuff pieces, and turned down one edge so that once it was stitched in place, there wouldn't be any raw edges. Then I pinned it in place so the right sides were together and the excess fabric of the cuff was pointed towards the shoulder. I stitched it in place, then folded the cuff in half, right sides together and stitched the ends. That way when the cuff was folded out the right way, all the raw edges would be held inside.

With that, the main construction of the shirt was complete.

Next were my first attempts at embroidery. I found a reference image online that reminded me of PawPaw and printed it out in various sizes. I stitched together a breast pocket, and pinned it to the shirt. Then I was able to use that and my printed images to decide how big I wanted the embroidery.

Once I decided on the size, I unpinned the pocket and transferred the drawing to the fabric using transfer paper. I pinned the drawing and transfer paper in place, and traced over the image. It left a carbon copy on the fabric, and I traced over that with heat erase pen so it wouldn't rub off while I worked.

After that, it was lot of stitching with embroidery thread. Have some in progress pictures.

With the embroidery done, it was time for the finishing touches. Using the guides on my pattern, I marked off the places where buttons and buttonholes were meant to go.

I used the buttonhole foot attachment and setting for my sewing machine to install the button holes, then I sewed the buttons in place by hand.

To secure the embroidery I cut out a patch of white flannel and ironed heat and bond to the back. Then I placed the patch over the thread on the backside of the embroidery, and ironed it in place. The patch prevents the loose threads from getting snagged on anything.

After that, I hemmed the shirt and it was finished!

I literally finished this project the night before I flew to New York. It ended up being a huge hit at the fan meet up in Central Park.

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In wake of the FHJY announcement, I I'm finally posting my Fig Faeth cosplay here 😈❤️‍🔥🎸

The bass guitar took me like a week to make and I'm SO proud of it!!!

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It's that time of year when cosplayers see Spirit Halloween costumes and get the overwhelming urge to fix them

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My first ever embroidery!

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Making A 5e Ranger Cosplay to see Honor Among Thieves

Or how I went from this

To This

Making a Leather Chest Plate Part 1

Making a Leather Chest Plate Part 2

Making Bracers

Making a Ranger Hoodie

Making a Ranger Cape

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Every cosplayer that lives in a warm climate say thank you to @quiddie for giving us a fantasy character that wears a short skirt.

[thenerdysewist]

Making A 5e Ranger Cosplay to see Honor Among Thieves

Or how I went from this

To This

Making a Leather Chest Plate Part 1

Making a Leather Chest Plate Part 2

Making Bracers

Making a Ranger Hoodie

Making a Ranger Cape