Welcome back everyone!
As promised we are going to dive further
into the world of COSPLAY! For those who missed it, I’m not an expert but a
novice cosplayer who is getting more and more into it.
So now you are ready to kick it up? The
next big step is to start making your own costumes. Hold up you say I cannot
sew! Well I’m not the best seamtress either but there are awesome tutorials
online about simple patterns and work arounds for lots of the basic pieces. I
would pick something not to hard for my first costume.
My first cosplay was steampunk. I took a
combination of stuff that I had made and mixed it with peices I had bought. I
made my underdress out of a simple pattern that was taught to me for my first
medivel festival. You simply fold the material in half horizontally and then
vertically so that the folds are on the same side. Then take one of your
tshirts, fold it in half vertically and lay it on top so the folds are on top
of each other. Then you simply cut the non folded sides leaving some extra space
around your shirt for the seams. If you want long sleeves you can either use a
long sleeve shirt or just cut straight out from your tshirt. We will be posting
a video blog outlining this process very shortly so watch for that.
What about the pro cosplayers? Well stay
tuned our next blog will be talking about just that.
