It’s Halloween, and I finished my costume just in time! I finished making Sakura’s gloves last night and styled her wig just today.
The gloves were made with stretch jersey covered around craft foam. The wrists come together with velcro. The headband is twill that I had laying around. The length is about 80in.
The wig is New Look’s Maxine wig. I thinned it out, cut in extra bangs, and cut the whole thing shorter. I also straightened it with hot water, which I debated whether I should do. I normally let it dry for over a day, but I didn’t have that kind of time today! So, I let it sit there for a few hours before using a hair dryer on low to dry the rest.
Here are pictures of the whole costume!
I’m done with the clothing part of Sakura’s costume!
The sleeves took me a while. I messed up 3 times just trying to get them in. I did try to make them poofy with darts, but maybe I didn’t do enough or the fabric just doesn’t hold up.
The yellow scarf took more fabric than I thought it would. I measured it to be 46in at first, but I ended up needing almost 60in to get that length. There are just 2 small stitches where the 2 sides meet near the shirt opening, just to keep it there. Other than that, it’s not really sewed to the shirt.
The red shirt is a turtleneck crop top which was originally long sleeves and the collar folded over the front. I cut the sleeves short, and I also cut open the collar and folded it inwards instead. I might expand the elastic at the bottom since it feels a little tight.
Left to do!
- make fighting gloves
- style wig
I’m almost done with Sakura’s shirt! The sleeves are giving me trouble though. I’m at my 3rd attempt now to get them on correctly ^^;; But, in the mean time, here’s how I made her sailor collar.
I started by drafting a pattern…
Then tracing it on two layers of fabric.
Cut it out, leaving seam allowance. Took the 2 layers and sewed them together where the line is drawn. (I didn’t sew the inner part though. You need to leave an opening.)
Flipped the collar inside out and added white bias tape.
Sewed it to the shirt, and that was it! I still need to add the yellow scarf, but I’ll worry about that last.
