Cosplay, commissions, and sewing
Completed: April 2023 Debuted: Anime Detour 2023 Photographers: WildMomo Photography, Auden Photography Why This Costume: As I mentioned over on Rhea's portfolio entry, this hot dragon pope's design always appealed to me. What prompted me to go for it was inheriting several of her pieces from Lutavia Cosplay. Lutavia had The Dangerous Ladies resin pieces for … Continue reading Costume Notes: Lady Rhea (FE:3H)
Completed:Â August 2023 Hours Spent:Â 25-30-ish Debuted: Colossalcon Texas 2023 Why This Costume: Fire Emblem Heroes is a danger zone. Every time they drop a new alt for my favorite characters, I know I'm going to be in trouble and have to drop everything to make it! Marianne's swim outfit was no exception, especially when my lovely … Continue reading Costume Notes: Swim Marianne von Edmund (Fire Emblem Heroes)
Today's post is all about full bust adjustments or FBAs!
Photographer Credits:Â Ash Snap 'Em Completed:Â October 2017 Hours Spent: Approximately 50 Why This Costume:Â Koholint Cosplay and I have this habit of dragging each other into various fandom hells. She nailed my cosplay type so hard with this one, and then surprised me by buying me season one. I started watching, got hooked, and now I'll … Continue reading Costume Notes: Cornelia li Britannia (Code Geass)
Photographer Credits:Â Yogomi Completed:Â April 2017 Hours Spent: Maybe 5? Debuted:Â Dallas Fan Expo 2017 Why This Costume:Â One thing I'm terrible about making is comfortable costumes. Most of my builds are meant to be show pieces, so when I was approached to judge the contest at Fan Expo earlier this year, I knew I wanted to put … Continue reading Costume Notes: Grandma Rick (Rick and Morty)
Completed: August 2016 Hours Spent: About 15 Debuted: A-Fest 2016 Why This Costume: Not gonna lie... This was mostly to join the Pokemon Go hype train, haha. But honestly, it was a fortuitous build. I really enjoy playing the game, I had about 85% of the necessary materials on hand, and I also wanted an easy to wear costume. … Continue reading Costume Notes: Pokemon Go Trainer
Completed: July 2016 Hours Spent:Â Eh... probably 40 hours start to finish Debuted:Â AMA-Con 2016 Why This Costume:Â It should be apparent by now that Sailor Jupiter is by far my favorite senshi. I knew immediately after joining the Luxe Dolls that I wanted to make a version of Sailor Jupiter for myself, even before I was cast … Continue reading Costume Notes: Super Sailor Jupiter
Lulu: 50% complete I'm finally making some decent progress on Lulu! One of my big tasks for this month was knocking out her base skirt and sleeves. I debated on how to do this. There's some discussion among cosplayers as to what Lulu's skirt and sleeves are supposed to be: separate pieces or a dress … Continue reading WIP: October 2015
The Basics:Â Pattern: McCall's M7127 (a.k.a. the Yaya Han bodysuit pattern) Total Hours: About 4 hours for the first suit and 6 hours for the 2nd one Fabric: Approximately 1 yard of 4 way stretch pleather for Red She-Hulk and a half-yard of purple milliskin. Approximately 2 yards of heavy white moleskin for She-Hulk, a … Continue reading Pattern Review: M7217
I mentioned a while back that I finally indulged in a sewing machine with embroidery capabilities. This was mostly for Lulu and her insane lace trim, but I thought it'd be fun to learn how to do other things like making patches and such. Almost six months later, I finally got around to turning on … Continue reading Newbie Adventures in Embroidery
The Geeky Seamstress 