Well, hello there ^^;; It’s been over a year since my last post. The reason for that is… I actually haven’t cosplayed in over a year.
Yep, that’s right. I haven’t worn my cosplays in over a year. I haven’t worked on any cosplays in over a year. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. I even missed my usual cons last year (A-kon and AnimeFest). I got married last year, and it’s amazing how much wedding planning can suck up your time.
But! This year will be different. I hope! Here are my cosplay plans.
Solo Project: Chell (Portal 2)
Ever since I saw Chell’s new look, I really wanted to give it a try – portal gun and long fall boots included. Valve actually sells the Aperture tank top she wears, which I’ve bought. The rest… no progress so far!
With Jack and Jess: Haku, Chihiro, No Face (Spirited Away)
Well, I’ve had my Haku costume finished for a while now. I still need to finish Chihiro’s for Jess and No Face for Jack. I’m hoping to have these done by A-kon.
With James: Zia, Zulf (Bastion)
This will be my first time cosplaying with my friend, James! I’ll be making both his and my costume. I’ve already ordered some fabric for it, but I haven’t started sewing yet.
I also cosplayed as Knives Chau (movie version) for Halloween in 2010 that I never wrote about. I’ll have an entry about that soon!
In this entry, I’ll go over both parts of Haku’s pants, the light blue (top) pants and the blue (under) pants.
Here they are together. You can see that the blue pants show through the slits on the light blue pants.
For the blue under pants, I just drafted a basic shorts pattern and added an elastic waist. So… I won’t be showing that pattern! You can find a shorts pattern or look one up.
I thought of the light blue pants as a baggy pair of shorts that go to my knee, except with holes on the side. This is my pattern.
The curve on that right side is where the slit is, which makes this hole:
I used an elastic waist on this too, and to make the puffy part, I added a drawstring to the bottom of each side:
In retrospect, I did wish I made the pants a bit more baggy, but otherwise, I’m pretty happy with it :3
Well, as promised, here are more details of how I made Haku’s top. This is separate from the blue under shirt. I started by drafting a pattern:
I used cotton interlock because it wasn’t very see through. I’m able to use one layer instead of lining it. Note that Haku’s top is not connected on the sides. When I started, I only sewed on the shoulders.
The front is 2 layers that overlap. They go about 3/4 of the way across the front.
Next, I sewed on the sleeves. If you look at the pattern again, you’ll notice a little tab on the sleeves. I ended up not using that, so it’s not really necessary. My original plan was to only sew it on at that point, but it doesn’t stay up well enough. I had to sew more of it on, making the slit smaller.
Because the fabric is kind of heavy, the sleeves drooped. To fix that, I ironed on light weight interfacing on the inside.
I don’t have a pattern for the collar because my original pattern didn’t fit. I kind of free handed it. It does close with velcro. I used 2 layers, so I’m able to sew on the velcro without it showing on the other side.
The top comes together with this purple sash. I just sewed together a tube of cotton fabric and zig zag stitched the ends.
A couple things to remember about Haku’s top:
1. On the front layers, the left goes over right.
2. The sash is tied on the left side.
