Super Sailor Mercury: Progress

SuperSailorMercuryMercury/Ami has always been by favorite sailor moon character, so its crazy that I only just recently made her! I get better and better every time I make fukus, this is my 4th one. Its not 100% perfect, but I’m really happy with it! For this version I chose to make it with the old anime look. As in, pleated skirt and not too much shiny going on.

To start I finally got hold of the infamous Green Pepper ice skating pattern. I modified it by extending the back up to my neck. I also initially modified the separation between the midsection and bottom, then had to go back to the original pattern line since it didn’t look right on me. I separated the top chest armor from the midsection and cut 2 copies, plus a copy in standard white fleece. Basically what they do in the Cupcake Cosplay fuku tutorial. I used white matte moleskin. The various rolls were all made by rolling up tubes of fleece for stuffing, rather than polyfil. This made it way easier to sew and much smoother. The sheer stuff on the sleeves is scrap white organza.

The collar and skirt are made from cotton sateen. They are pretty standardly made like all my others. The skirt fabric is folded so there is no need to hem. After I pleated it all I held it up on my waist and pinned the line where I wanted the V to sit. This is basically where I made the decision to make it super short and sit high-ish on my waist. It’s dangerously close to being skanky, but at the same time, much more accurate since they have super crazy long legs and pretty much no pelvis. I think it turned out great in the end and will probably make all my future fuku skirts this short. :P

My bows are made from leftover cornflower blue (now discontinued) Casa satin from my Cinderella costume. The broach is made from worbla, shaped with a heart pendant from Forever 21. The tiara is also made from worbla, primed with gesso and pretty easy to make. The boots I found on clearance and painted with perfectly colored leather paint that I just so happened to have leftover from my Sailor V shoes. The visor I got from Etsy. I saw it before I made the costume and it was part of my inspiration to finally do it! They are pretty awesome.

I got some great shots at the conventions I’ve worn it to so far, check them out!

Chibi Chibi Schoolgirl: Progress

chibi-chibi-schoolgirlI made a super duper last minute decision to attend J-Con, a new small convention hosted at KSU. It was the weekend after AWA and I was feeling super post con blues, and also really wanted to get back to sewing! I knew I wanted to do Chibi Chibi’s casual schoolgirl outfit at some point, and this was a perfect opportunity since it was such an easy project.

There’s not much to it since its so simple. I did take a few progress pics, but honestly its not far off from my Sailor V costume, just much simpler. I didn’t bother finding a pattern or making a mock for it since I just wanted to crank it out ASAP. I cut out a square of fabric out of convenient leftover kona cotton and somehow crafted a basic shirt shape out of it. I used the same poofy sleeve pattern I use for everything. The collar is white cotton sateen I already had because I ran out of kona. I accidentally made the shirt too short (lol boobs) so the extra wide bias tape lining the bottom was an attempt to lengthen it an inch.

The skirt is exactly the same as my Sailor V skirt, but with larger pleats and a center pleat in the front. The bottom edge is clean with no hemming because I used the natural fold of the fabric, basically doubling the fabric. Doubled kona cotton pleats well! Plus I added the bow in the back.

The red bow is the same one from Chibi Chibi’s fuku. The heart broach is the one that I meant to use for her fuku version but got knocked under the couch by my cats and couldn’t find for Dragon Con. I reused her wig, but couldn’t take off the odango shields… because glue! :P Sorry for so few progress pics, I was working too fast to remember to take more!

Sailor Chibi Chibi Moon: Progress

Sailor Chibi Chibi MoonI was part of a super huge Sailor Moon group at Dragon Con, and I decided to be Chibi Chibi Moon! Her outfit is a pretty standard Sailor Scout fuku, just with 2 color double rolls and hearts everywhere instead of circles/stars.

I started with a basic McCall’s one piece swimsuit pattern and modified the neckline. I used very nice thick white matte moleskin. Since Chibi Chibi is eternal, I didn’t have to make chest armor, but I did make my own inner lining with swimsuit boob cups so I wouldn’t have to wear a bra. I made and sewed a basic navy cotton sateen color to the neckline. The sleeves are white cotton sateen made from a Dorothy pattern, finished with the yellow and red double roll cuffs, also cotton sateen.
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