Sayonara no tsubasa!

Sayonara no tsubasa Sheryl 

Long time no see, i mean post. But now I'm back to write a post about the newest(well, not the newest anymore.. third newest) costume I made. I guess it doesn't surprise anyone that it is once again Sheryl Nome, this time in sayonara no tsubasa-costume. I have been wanting to make this specific costume for a very long time (as well as hundred other costumes for Sheryl) and what's better excuse to make it than a group cosplay? unfortunately the group did not happen, but regardless of that the costume did.

It all started with a tons and tons of fabric. Most of them were leftovers from my other cosplays. Only fabrics for the jacket and pink hip scarf thing had to be purchased. For the jacket lining and leather corset I used the fabrics I had purchased for Sheryl's iteza gogo kuji don't be late outfit and the violet organza for the hipscarf thingies and hat decoration was originally for Sheryl's lion outfit. Even the fabric for the skirt was leftover from Luka's sandplay singing of the dragon costume.

All the pieces for the corset cut

Corset and its lining 

I first started the costume with a corset. It was really easy to make. I used the same old basic pattern I have used for ages, but I altered the bottom and top to match the design. There is rigilene boning in the seams that go vertically along the front seams. Interfacing was added only to the red parts of the corset. The corset closes with the zipper on the front and the corset is made out of faux leather and it is fully lined.

main fabric and lining for the jacket cur

Interfacing added to the collar and to the back of the jacket

Jacket partly sewn together

Jacket almost finished

After the corset was done I started the jacked. It was a lot more complicated than the corset and I'm still not 100% satisfied with it. I put interfacing on the collar, pockets, on the upper back of the jacket and on the end of the sleeves. There is no lining inside the sleeves, but other than that the jacket is fully lined. There is also working pockets, which are mostly for decoration, since they are too small to be used for real. The collar came out just perfect, but the sleeves and pockets were troublesome. I wouldn't put interfacing on the pockets if I were to do this costume again. I would have also put lining into the sleeves if I had had enough leftover red lining to do that.

The skirt for this costume is the shortest one I have ever made. It is 20-25 cm short. There is elastic band on the hips and the scalloped hem is made with hot knife. The dots were then painted on.

The belt used to be black before I covered it with red fabric. I also redid the buckle entirely. I used sandwiched craftfoam-worbla technique to accomplish the heart shaped belt buckle. then I covered it with wood glue and spray painted it gold. As simple as that.

All the pieces for the cutest bow ever :3

Finished bow 

The hip scarfs are attached to the belt. The scalloped hems are made with hot knife. There is also the cutest bow ever on the back of the belt :3 I will put some snaps or velcro to the belt and the skirt, so they wont shift apart (eventhough there wasn't really a problem with it while wearing the costume).

stocking were fun to make. I immediately wanted to make the sock/stocking in one piece, because of how fed up I'm with  knee socks constantly falling. They are made out of three parts that are sewn together. One of them is stretchy mesh that is close to my skin color. There is elastic band at the top of the stockings and the lilac parts were ripped with scissors.

Sheryl's shoes are always a trouble to make. I have no idea why can't she have a normal shoes. The shoes I ordered for her weren't exactly according to reference, but they were the closest I could find in affordable price. The shoes came out nice, but I'm still not 100% satisfied with them. The shoecovers ended up a little wrinkly which I could have easily prevented if I would have used contact cement instead of hot glue gun. oh well, it's easy to say now when I know better.

Hasseli was helping me to make the costume, as you can see 

The collar was a trouble. I remade it. At first I wanted the corset lacing to be real and the opening for the collar. But then I ended up with a problem: I couldn't attach the baby pink parts to the collar because there would have been a gap in the front of baby pink part. And because of that I ended up with two part collar that kept on swifting and twirling while I was wearing it... That made me give up from the idea of working lacing, and ended up sewing the pink part to the collar and making the opening to the back of the collar.

Base for the hat was made from craftfoam

Hat done

Me wearing the hat

I'm very pleased with how the hat came out. It is made out of craft foam that is covered with faux leather. There is two alligator clips to hold it in place. It was easy to make, thought it took some time to think how I'd apply the lining on the inside. For the gloves I used some old pattern I found on the internet, but I shortened the fingerparts to make it look as it is in reference. For the ring I just glued fake flower I made to the base ring.

Here's couple pictures from the finished costume:

So, that's all for the Sheryl. next time I'll write something about Suigintou ~

✧・ﾟSheryl Nome close-up ・ﾟ✧

Here's a little close up on all the pieces I made for Sheryl Nome's Iteza gogo kuji Don't be late costume:

✧Jacket✧

(excuse the un-ironed hem ;___;)

The Jacket is made out of polyester fabric. It is fully lined. There is also shoulder padding added to give this jacket a more structured look. The buttons on the front are fully functional and there is also couple sew-on snaps to old the front panel. The buttons on the cuffs are only for decoration. There is only couple darts in the whole jacket: two next to the front panel, one in the middle of the back piece and two on the sides of the jacket. The decorations on the shoulders is sewn on by hand.

  

shoulder decoration

one of the snaps

✧Pants✧

The Pants are made out of same material as the jacket. They are fully lined. There are seams on the side of the pants as well as on the widest part of the pants. There is also wire added to the widest seam to make the pants stay wide while wearing them. The waistband of the pants has Velcro. I'm quite happy how these turned out, since i'm not too familiar with making pants. 

✧Undergarment✧

The undergarment has four pieces, two of which are visible while wearing (shorts and collar) and two of which are hidden under the jacket (suspenders and top). The suspenders are made out of elastic band and there are buttonholes, so it is possible to wear the shorts without suspenders. The top and shorts are made from faux leather. Both of them have a zipper on the side. I made the top a little wider than it is supposed to be :P

✧Hat✧

I'm not too happy with the hat. It came out too wrinkly and the cap is a little too big... But I really do like all the decorations and how the hat looks with everything. The Hat has eaten a lot of craft foam to keep the wanted shape. And it is fully lined. The decorations are made out of craft foam and worbla.

✧Belt, gloves etc.. ✧

The Belt is made out of faux leather, wire, craft foam and worbla. It doesn't have any darts and the buckle can be taken off. 

Gloves are made out of stretchy cotton. There is decorative button sewn on. 

earing

Sheryl WIP 2

The jacket was quite easy to make. I made the patterns using mannequin, which is not something I usually do. I wanted the jacket to have only one short seam on the front  and It would have been hard to make without the mannequin. Overall I'm quite pleased how the pattern came out. 

patterns for the collar front back and sleeve. Though I ended up changing the collar a lot. 

I put some interfacing on the upper back of the jacket and also to the front panels and then just sewed the blue parts of the jacket together. as simple as that. Then I sewed together the lining. At this point I had to make the collar and the cuffs. the Cuffs were easy to make but the collar was a little more troublesome. First I made it as the pattern above suggest... But it didn't work out. Then I curved it.. and It was too flat. Then  I added a narrow straight rectangle between the curved collar and the neckline. And that worked out! and interfacing is put on the lining at the cuffs and the collar.

After the collar was sewn in place I pinned the lining to the blue fabric and stitched them together close to the edge. Then I added yellow bias tape to finish the hem. After that I attached the cuffs to the jacket and added bias tape to them as well. After that I made buttonholes and added buttons. And made all the other tiny finishing  touches by hand.

Tadah!

pretty cuffs :3

The pants/legwear kinda just came together without any problems. I made lining to them as well and I had to add wire to make them hold the shape I wanted.

Lining and blue part.

Wire being added to the seam. It is sewn on the seam allowance

I made a lot of stitching into these, like this perfect stitching which was easy to make....

....and this a little harder stitching to make.

And this is how everything looked laying flat on the floor.. without bias tape and cuffs

The gloves I made using a pattern I found from here. It worked quite well, except the fingers were a little bit too long for my hands.

The belt was made from a faux leather and since it had a little stretch, I didn't have to add any darts to make it fit better. Because I didn't find closure big enough I decided to add boning to the front of the belt. So there's two rigile boning to hold the fabric. 

not too neatly sewn, but there will be buckle to hide all the mess.

The buckle belt I made by sandwiching worbla and craft foam and curved the creation a little. I added wire to the back to make it possible to add to the belt. The decorations for the hat were made with craft foam and worbla. I coated all the pieces with wood glue and then spray painted them. After that I added some highlights with black and white acrylic colors.

I heated the worbla a bit, placed craft foam pieces, added worbla to the top and trimmed the excess.

Then I made the wirethingies and attached them to the back of the buckle with wirblapieces.

sketch, stencil and cut pieces from craftfoam.

waiting for wood glue and paint 

The hat didn't work out as I wanted. I first tried to make it more triangle, but ended up making it round. Then I had to add support to the front to make it stay up and I also added some cotton wool to make it hold the shape better. I'll make another post on the details later~

The first versions patterns...