Tales of Costuming
Sep. 6th, 2010 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mercy_angel_09So for Halloween I figured that I would do my Sheena cosplay. I've got the pieces for the robe and the shirt cut out, and I need to make a pattern for the boot covers and gloves and buy pants. I think I'm going to take my old, beat up Sketchers that I got for work years ago and modify them to be the shoes, partly because they're ridiculously comfortable and partly because that means I don't have to go and buy new shoes. :p
As it turns out, I went and bought fabric and notions, going off a check list that I had made, hoping that I had gotten everything that I needed. Except... I needed bias tape and quilt binding. And now I need MORE bias tape and buckles. >_< Apparently I should have made my check list while studying the character artwork rather than from memory. That way I could just sit and sew today. Or mostly sew. That whole making patterns thing is also going to take some time.
Just so you know, I look at costuming on the whole as a creative challenge, particularly when it comes to cosplay. In the case of cosplay, it's taking a two dimensional sketch and turning it into three dimensional final product, often without a pattern to guide you. It's like Project Runway for anime and video games. Don't worry, I actually spend very little time squeeing over anime or video games. They come up when I'm watching or playing, and even then, not all that often. The costuming, though? That's a constant and has included my interpretations of a Care Bear Cousin and a My Little Pony. I'm not entirely sure why I love to sew as much as I do, but perhaps it's because when I was growing up, my mother always made costumes and clothes for me and my siblings.
What I need to do next is get the small load of laundry I did yesterday folded and put away, followed by getting the dining room table cleared off except for necessary materials to either make the patterns or start sewing the costume. And at some point in the near future I need to cut out the pattern pieces for the Christmas party dress. I suppose it's not the most exciting way to spend Labor Day, but I'd rather feel like I accomplished something rather than doing nothing at all.
As it turns out, I went and bought fabric and notions, going off a check list that I had made, hoping that I had gotten everything that I needed. Except... I needed bias tape and quilt binding. And now I need MORE bias tape and buckles. >_< Apparently I should have made my check list while studying the character artwork rather than from memory. That way I could just sit and sew today. Or mostly sew. That whole making patterns thing is also going to take some time.
Just so you know, I look at costuming on the whole as a creative challenge, particularly when it comes to cosplay. In the case of cosplay, it's taking a two dimensional sketch and turning it into three dimensional final product, often without a pattern to guide you. It's like Project Runway for anime and video games. Don't worry, I actually spend very little time squeeing over anime or video games. They come up when I'm watching or playing, and even then, not all that often. The costuming, though? That's a constant and has included my interpretations of a Care Bear Cousin and a My Little Pony. I'm not entirely sure why I love to sew as much as I do, but perhaps it's because when I was growing up, my mother always made costumes and clothes for me and my siblings.
What I need to do next is get the small load of laundry I did yesterday folded and put away, followed by getting the dining room table cleared off except for necessary materials to either make the patterns or start sewing the costume. And at some point in the near future I need to cut out the pattern pieces for the Christmas party dress. I suppose it's not the most exciting way to spend Labor Day, but I'd rather feel like I accomplished something rather than doing nothing at all.
