♥Tracon 2013♥

Saturday

I fixed my Yuzuki Yukari outfit for this con and wore it on saturday. I like the costume very much, but it didn't really get any attention on the convention and only couple people came to ask for a picture. Though I think that's 'cause yuzuki isn't a well known character (,,#ﾟДﾟ) But anyhow I had a great time and I'll put yuzuki's outfit on in the future as well

the backview. unfortunately the bunny in the back isn't visible ;___;

bunnyyy(｡♥‿♥｡)

mustache mustache = ♥♥

And in the belt I have working lights and speakers!

PARTYBUNNY X__D

Sunday

I had to go to the convention by train and I didn't want to carry anything big or heavy outfits (such as Asuna and her sword or Sandpaly Luka's dress), so I decided to wear my Kakashi costume on Sunday. I'm always amazed how much attention Kakashi gets. It was my first cosplay and I have wore it in several con's yet still people want to have a picture of kakashi. But Kakashi is one of the coolest characters ever, so no wonder people are excited to see him

Overall this was awesome convention and with awesome people and one of the most fun cons i have ever been to ^___^

PS. I'm working on some yuzuki yukari tutorials and I hope I can finish them soon 

ღ New Project - Chi ღ

Since I first saw chi from chobits I wanted to cosplay her. Chi's outfits were absolutely amazing and I always loved how cute she was. But the reason I yet haven't cosplay her is her looks. I didn't think I was cute enough to cosplay as chi, because in my opinion her face is so cute, so innocent and so flawless. Though I still don't think I'm pretty enough, but I happened to fall for one of her dress...

Isn't it gorgeous?

 So... yellow is one of my favorite color, I like warm colors such as red, yellow and orange, and that is one reason why I liked this outfit a lot. I also pretty much adore historical dresses  (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

I also decided not to hurry with this outfit and make it as perfect as possible. Meaning I have no specific convention in mind where I should wear it. I hope to be able to finish this in an year, but it doesn't really matter how long does it take ^___^ I just make it whenever I feel like it and if the costume turns out good I might take a part in some cosplaycompetition... we'll see about that  (o⌒．⌒o)

And now some other news: There was animecon... and I wore yuzuki there... but the stockings kept falling off and so did the belt, so I have no pictures of her... I'm going to fix the outfit a little and after that I can show some pictures ^___^

Desucon 2013

Friday:

I didn't cosplay... I was too tired to put a costume on, because I was still making costumes 4 in the fridaymorning... I always end up doing costumes in the last minuteヽ(￣д￣;)ノ 

Saturday:

I was cosplaying Asuna from Sword art online. It was so fun cosplaying her ♡＾▽＾♡ and we managed to take good pictures of the costume :3 so happyy  

Sunday:

I was SnJ Kakashi.. once again XDD

Graduation dress o (◡‿◡✿)

I finally graduated from high school and of course I had to make my own graduation dress (^_^;) I usually prefer warm colors such as red or yellow over cold colors, but this time I decided to make the dress green. Or more specifically dip dyed dress from white/creme to darkgreen.

 Before I went buying the fabrics for the dress I already knew the fabric I imagined didn't exist, at least not in the fabric stores near me, so I had no choice but to dye the fabric myself. I was really worried about the dyeing fabric because I had never dyed before and the fabric I was suppose to dye was polyester chiffon, so I wasn't sure if the color would be dark enough.

 for dying I used tropical green and olive green from Dylon

As I had expected the colors didn't come out as dark as I wanted. tropical green was okay, but I would've wanted olive green to be darker. Much darker. But I can't blame the colors for that, they were easy to use and and did their job. It was because of the polyester. But I didn't manage to find any seethrough fabrics that would have been 100% cotton, or at least 50% cotton... ARGH

Anyways I continued making the dress with those fairylike fabrics o (◡‿◡✿) 

I don't have many pictures of the progress because I tend to get so into sewing that I forget to take them :D so here's the pictures of the dress when it is almost finished. I later added white lacy ribbon under the lightgreen ribbon.

And finally pictures of me wearing my graduation dress in my graduations Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ (for some reason it looks white in the pictures, but it's clearly light green in person XD)

Asuna and kirito (kob) WIP

To-Do-List
⌀ belt
⌀ Finish shoes
⌀ Finish armor/breastplate
⌀SWORD!
⌀stockings (almost done)

☆☆Finished☆☆

✓Vest
✓skirt
✓wig
✓armband
✓white skirt (under the vest)
✓gloves

I have been a bit busy so Asuna has had to wait a little. But luckily I wasn't able to put asuna aside completely which means that I have made some progress with her  (⌒▽⌒)☆

First asuna's wig. I adjust the braids a little and now it looks million times better ^___^

Then I made the armbands and gloves:

Making pattern for the armband

Armbands still missing the golden lines.. and blogger won't let me put a picture where  the golden lines are -_____-

 how I see my gloves  (*´・ｖ・)

And how my bf see my gloves... XD
(those little creatures are from moomin and they are called Hattivatti)

I have almost finished stockings but I forgot to take pictures of them (〃￣ω￣〃ゞ silly me...

And shoes! I like how the shoes look like and I'm anxiously waiting to finish them, BUT.... I still haven't found grey ribbon so I'll have to wait. Put here are pictures of the shoes so far:

Enough with asuna. I'm also making kirito's Knight of the blood oath costume for my bf and the cloak is almost finished ♥～(‘▽^人) Here take a look

I NEED TO IRON THIS SO BAD XDD

Asuna and wig ♥（ﾉ´∀`）

I haven't really made any progress. I shortened the skirt but otherwise I've done nothing. Mainly the reason is the lack of materials. I went various local stores to buy buckle and grey ribbon, But I didn't find what I was looking for. (,,#ﾟДﾟ)  so.. I'm unable to continue Asuna.. 

Luckily I'm going to the bigger city weekend and hopefully I find all the things I need there. After the following weekend I'm also starting to make Kirito's Knight of the blood oath costume, so more WIP's coming ☆

To-Do-List
⌀ belt
⌀ add lining to the white thing under the vest XD
⌀ Finish shoes
⌀ Finish armor
⌀stockings
⌀make gloves
⌀make armbands
⌀SWORD!

☆☆Finished☆☆

✓Vest
✓skirt
✓wig 

I got Asunas wig I ordered few weeks ago and I'm in love with it! My favorite wig so far ♥♥♥  think the color is perfect for Asuna and the quality of the wig is excellent. It doesn't shine too much but is still very smooth and realistic.

I need to adjust braids a little UPUPUP

AAAH I want my hair to be that long (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ XDD 

I also tested some make up, I think I may have to do another test. I'm not completely happy with how the eyes look like. I also want to buy orange contactlenses for this cosplay, but because of my poor eyesight I might not be able to find suitable ones ;____; 

Dirty mirror

☆☆ASUNA WIP☆☆

I managed to finish the vest-thingie☆☆☆☆  ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ so happyy

close-up

I'm very pleased with the final result. I like the fabric choice and I like the fact I chose to do those red details from satin ribbon instead of normal cotton ribbon (which doesn't shine). The vest has a hidden zipper at the left side. though if I had to do this again i'd probably put the zipper at the back of the vest. Because now it's a bit hard to put on and if I had bigger head, I wouldn't be able to put it on...

Then I started to do the shoes and breast armor for Asuna. I still haven't finished them, but hopefully next week I'm able to do so.

 I need to put the grey outlines to the armor and also color two crosses grey and attach them to the armor. I might also apply color to the armor itself to make it look not-so-soft XD This is the first armor I have ever made >__< the armor is made out of craft foam. I was happily surprised how easy it is to work with! I'm really looking forward to see how this ends up 

For Asuna's shoes I used some old boots I had lying in my closet. I had once used them in a cosplay, but I hated them so bad. I completely failed to alter the shoes back then and they ended up looking horrible. The white paint was peeling off with every step and (╯ಊ╰) so horrible...

I cut the shoes and made the tip of the shoe a bit rounder. After that I made the pattern for the shoecovers. I pinned some fabric on top of the shoe and drew lines with pencil where the pins were.

First pin the random fabric and then draw the lines

Then you should end up with the patterns :)

Shoes when the shoecovers weren't attached and

 the same shoes when I had sewn them and hot glued the bottom part.

To-Do-List
⌀ make belt
⌀ add lining to the white thing under the vest
⌀ Finish shoes
⌀ Finish armor
⌀stockings
⌀shorten skirt
⌀style wig 
⌀make gloves
⌀make armbands
⌀SWORD!

☆☆Finished☆☆

✓Vest

As you can see I still have a lot to do... ☆￣(＞。☆)