It took me a few tries, but I have some of the pattern for Zia’s jacket drafted:
I think I still need to alter the front a little and also add a couple darts to open it up at the bottom. As you can see, I forgot to adjust the length of the jacket and added more to the bottom afterwards. Now I need to figure out the sleeves and collar.
I’m working on my cosplays again! I’m going to PAX East this year, and though I haven’t cosplayed to it in past years, I’d like to do it this time. This means… I need to finish my Zia costume before the end of March!
I’m still drafting the pattern for her jacket. I’ve been trying to alter a pattern I found with a similar style and sleeves. In the mean time, I went ahead and finished the shirt I’ll be wearing underneath the jacket.
The base of the shirt is really just a normal shirt pattern but without sleeves. I followed a simple cowl neck tutorial for the collar.
The shirt is in 2 different fabrics because I didn’t have enough of the thicker ribbed fabric for the whole thing (and then it sold out). Since only the collar is supposed to show, it shouldn’t matter that the shirt and collar mismatch. I used one close to it incase some of it peeks through though.
I’m looking into fabric for the rest of Zia’s outfit, and I’m having a hard time matching colors. I guess it’s time to custom dye some ^^;; I hope to post again soon!
I took another unintended break due to being out of town most of May and being busy in June ^^;; Time to do some catching up!
In April, I went to Anime Matsuri in my Knives Chau costume, and I also brought my DSLR. My Cosplay.com gallery has con photos, and my Flickr gallery has photoshoot photos.
In a couple weeks, I plan on going to San Japan to take more cosplay photos. I haven’t decided if I’ll go as Knives or just go without a costume this time.
At the end of August, I plan on going to AnimeFest where we’ll hopefully debut our Spirited Away costumes. I’m starting on Chihiro’s costume for Jess, and I recently bought poplin for it:
