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| selfie on the way to the Cosplay Photoshoot (no lipstick yet) |
On February 18th, 2020, I went back home from my friend's place, knowing I wouldn't have time to finish Hokuto's Mad Hatter costume on time for the Cosplay Photoshoot, so I needed a back-up plan. I was making this Yuuko costume, as a more casual and comfortable costume, in case I have a job at events, and need to move around a lot. So, I went to Caldas da Rainha's street market, held every Monday, and bought a black length of fabric to make the outer skirt for this costume. The seller didn't have anything I really liked, but I got a sort of grosgrain in black, way too thin and too shiny, but very cheap. It will have to do. Back in Lisbon, I quickly went to Domingos & Nogueira to get the D-rings, and my mom gave me a button, for the closures. My mom is my button supplier :'D she has boxes of buttons, both from old clothes and from my granddad's store.
February 18th to February 20th, I spent hand sewing the skirt.
First I cut the purple fabric in half, still half painted, then I finished painting the "front" half, and added the black butterflies. Then I sewed the side seams (salvage to salvage) with a running stitch, and folded the top to make an elastic casing. I didn't hem it. I would, if I had the time, after I finished the black skirt, but I didn't.
Then I cut the black skirt (I had previously made the patterns), sewed the side seams with a running stitch, made a folded hem all around with an invisible stitch, sewed on the waist and tie (all one piece), and the D-ring loop, added a button hole and the button, and there it was.
This is a two layered asymmetrical skirt. The inner purple part is a simples rectangle skirt, gathered (maybe in the future it will be pleated) at the waist. The outer is a narrow A-line in the back, but the front has two asymmetrical panels, they are a wider and a narrower rectangles, only tapering a little at the waist, where the waist band doubles as an overlapping closure. The inner part, attached to the narrower panel, buttons on the opposite side, and the outer part, attached to the wider panel, has a long tie, which ties at the D-rings, about 10cm lower than the waistband, on the side of the narrow panel.
The costume is definitely very comfortable and easy to wear, although I was always fixing the shawl. I'll have to pin the shawl to the sweater.
I don't have any decent photos from the Cosplay Photoshoot meet. I'll take some when the costume is properly finished.
+ I managed to hand sew a calf length double layered skirt in 2 and a half days!
- naturally the result is sloppy, I didn't hem the purple skirt at all, and had to pin the skirt to my underwear so it would stay in place.
THE CUNNING PLAN
Keep searching for a nice fabric for the black skirt and redo it. Properly finish the purple skirt and find a way to attach it to the black skirt. I'd also like to find a nice ribbed turtleneck, to add the lace to the collar and cuffs. The one I wore is very old and worn.
[written in 30.11.2020]
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