Diary of a Costume Maker | Ariel |

Hey guys, I've got a few pictures of a costume I made last week to share! I made this for the lovely Brogan, for her Birthday & I'm quite happy with it! The pictures aren't in order, but they're just here for me to have all in one place!

Glued on Individual sequins & beads.

The basic pencil skirt.

Made from Green Satin.

The Skirt Laid out.

A good picture of the colors!

The outfit before it went off to it's owner!

The back of the Pencil Skirt, with darts & Zip.

Another angle of the skirt with Fishtail attatched!

Chiffon and Sequin 'shell' bralet

Skirt before sequins were added

Pattern pieces ready to go

Installed Zipper & Hand sewn Hooks

Hand stitched waistband.

Another angle of the finished skirt, Lovely colors

Original Bralet concept, Painted with Fabric Paint.

Finished Costume

Beaded detailing on the back of the fishtail.

Satin based Shells covered in Sequins

The Bralet before covering with fabric.

The original concept sent to me by Brogan!

Link to the original blogpost with this skirt here.

and of course, Ariel!

If anyone wants an in depth show of the patterns and methods I used to make this skirt don't hesitate to leave a comment I'll happily write another blogpost or film a tutorial for it :)

lovelove

xxx

| Buffy 'ANNE' Cosplay Progress |

Hello lovelies! 

I thought I'd share with you a cosplay post, because I do cosplay, Last year I was Blondie from Sucker Punch at MCM London. I didn't attend this year, but I still make lots of costumes!

Blondie Cosplay

I've been sewing for ages, as my blog can tell you, but I really wanted to crack on with a few costumes for my own portfolio! I LOVE Buffy, I've watched the series over and over, I knew I had to make a costume for her! 

Although Buffy is normally in Civvies and brandishing a wooden steak, I opted to make a more obvious costume.

 In Season 3 Episode 1 'Anne', Buffy begins the season working incognito as a waitress in a Diner. I love the uniform, It's so typically Diner & really cute!

Little details that really got me are definitely the Pointed sleeves, & the double tipped collar! Not to mention the Gingham, love me a bit of gingham!

The costume itself is really simple, Just a long button down shirt dress, With darts to fit it to the body & Gingham trim along the bottom. So I just needed a dress pattern I could manipulate.

Here's my (terrible) Rendering of the costume, I'm defo going to re-draw it! 

This was my basic plan, from this I worked out the different types of sizing and pattern shapes for the collar etc.

AND NOW, Progress pictures of the costume..

Before the collar went on, Naturally I left it to last, Collars are the bane of my life! I hate them!

Top stitched the crap out of this seam to stop the gingham from folding up.

The pointed sleeves, Kept pointy with the help of thin card, This costume can't go in the washer haha!

First try on, Ignore the bottom caught on my leggings, Not actually too bad!

Close up of the collar, Which still needs work on those tips! 

Currently need buttons etc, but it's quite hard to get clear buttons!

Added up, minus buttons this costume has cost me about £7 which Is bounds cheaper than buying it, Bonus! Although It's obviously no where near finished I just thought i'd share how far I've got with it and i'm really happy with how it's looking.

Ciao :)

xxxx