Cosplay updates...
Oct. 21st, 2008 05:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailsa_chanMonday and Tuesday were my weekend this week, and I spent it putting my sewing machine through his longest workout since Ame. I've made really good progress on the ball costumes (Grand cosplay, not expo ball, even with the progress I'm making they're not going to be done in a week!).
Lia's skirt is now one big circle (well, 7/8ths of a circle). I was really worried I wouldn't get it all cut out of the fabric I had, because while I bought the same amount as I did for Rozy, there is a direction to velvet and this meant I could only cut peices out in a certain direction. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to stroke my skirts properly, and I'm sure that would disappoint someone. The top is starting to take shape, though I'm having a bit of trouble with the sleeves. They're multipart, slightly puffed sleeves, and they're asymettric, which means one is a left sleeve and one is a right sleeve. And does the pattern tell me which one is which? Does it bollox. I'm hoping I've got the wrong sleeve in the wrong hole, despite my best guess, because otherwise they don't sit very well.
I also have the main body of the frock coat for Douran, but I could only get so far because I started cutting things out and realised that when I bought the fabric, I neglected to buy anything like thread, zips, lining, interfacing etc. All the other little components to a costume. I've been able to do a bit with what I had lying around, but I've run out of interfacing, which means I cant do the cuffs, which means I can't do the sleeves, so it's a fairly armless coat at the moment.
Have also discovered that velvet sheds horribly when you cut it and I'm allergic to this too. Not as bad as Sora, but still. It's a good thing I only have trouble making cosplay and not wearing them.
Lia's skirt is now one big circle (well, 7/8ths of a circle). I was really worried I wouldn't get it all cut out of the fabric I had, because while I bought the same amount as I did for Rozy, there is a direction to velvet and this meant I could only cut peices out in a certain direction. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to stroke my skirts properly, and I'm sure that would disappoint someone. The top is starting to take shape, though I'm having a bit of trouble with the sleeves. They're multipart, slightly puffed sleeves, and they're asymettric, which means one is a left sleeve and one is a right sleeve. And does the pattern tell me which one is which? Does it bollox. I'm hoping I've got the wrong sleeve in the wrong hole, despite my best guess, because otherwise they don't sit very well.
I also have the main body of the frock coat for Douran, but I could only get so far because I started cutting things out and realised that when I bought the fabric, I neglected to buy anything like thread, zips, lining, interfacing etc. All the other little components to a costume. I've been able to do a bit with what I had lying around, but I've run out of interfacing, which means I cant do the cuffs, which means I can't do the sleeves, so it's a fairly armless coat at the moment.
Have also discovered that velvet sheds horribly when you cut it and I'm allergic to this too. Not as bad as Sora, but still. It's a good thing I only have trouble making cosplay and not wearing them.
