Re: Costuming and Cosplay: Projects, Ideas, Daydreams, and Cons
Posted: Jun 06, 2014 5:10 pm
I spend a couple days in San Francisco this week, and was able to carve out a couple hours to visit Britex Fabrics. I must say, the store did not disappoint. I barely managed to make it to three of the four floors, and I truly felt like a kid in a candy shop. There was so much PRETTY stuff around!
I went in with a max budget of $200, and I was hoping to get fabric to make the body suit for my New52 Poison Ivy costume, as well as finding a fabric appropriate for me to cut the leaves out of. I also wanted to find some fabric to start working on my Elsa costume, because it is so difficult to find the right colors and I have never dyed my own fabric before. I ended up only getting fabric for Elsa, because I didn't find anything fitting for Ivy, at least in the time that I had.
Scrolling up, it appears that I didn't detail my plan for my Elsa costume. The costume is actually going to be three parts and a prop. I'll be making the actual dress, two capes, and then an Olaf. The goal is to have a shorter cape that does not drag on the ground, and then the longer one which will be rigged so that Olaf "carries" it and it doesn't really drag, since dragging and getting stepped on will pretty much destroy it. I'm not putting that much beading work into a piece to have it fall apart after a few times.
Anyway, I got a nylon-lycra, a sort of spandex swim fabric, for the body of the dess, and then an organza for the sleeves and short cape. It is absolutely beautiful fabric, and I overbought a bit, since I'll be having to mess with stuff like beading and some ombring. I also decided that, instead of doing a hidden zipper under the cape or under the arm, like I originally planned, I'm going to make the back lace up, so I bought what I needed to do that, too.
If you can't tell, I'm really excited about this. Oh! And this will be the first costume that I am making my own pattern for, too.
EDIT: OH! and on the third floor, where the notions are, they have these really cool brown and green leather flowers that I absolutely loved (but did not buy, because I couldn't think of how I would use them), and some vintage hat pins. I ALMOST got those to add to my Mad Hatter costume, but restrained myself. I really, really want to go back. Everything was so shiny.
I went in with a max budget of $200, and I was hoping to get fabric to make the body suit for my New52 Poison Ivy costume, as well as finding a fabric appropriate for me to cut the leaves out of. I also wanted to find some fabric to start working on my Elsa costume, because it is so difficult to find the right colors and I have never dyed my own fabric before. I ended up only getting fabric for Elsa, because I didn't find anything fitting for Ivy, at least in the time that I had.
Scrolling up, it appears that I didn't detail my plan for my Elsa costume. The costume is actually going to be three parts and a prop. I'll be making the actual dress, two capes, and then an Olaf. The goal is to have a shorter cape that does not drag on the ground, and then the longer one which will be rigged so that Olaf "carries" it and it doesn't really drag, since dragging and getting stepped on will pretty much destroy it. I'm not putting that much beading work into a piece to have it fall apart after a few times.
Anyway, I got a nylon-lycra, a sort of spandex swim fabric, for the body of the dess, and then an organza for the sleeves and short cape. It is absolutely beautiful fabric, and I overbought a bit, since I'll be having to mess with stuff like beading and some ombring. I also decided that, instead of doing a hidden zipper under the cape or under the arm, like I originally planned, I'm going to make the back lace up, so I bought what I needed to do that, too.
If you can't tell, I'm really excited about this. Oh! And this will be the first costume that I am making my own pattern for, too.
EDIT: OH! and on the third floor, where the notions are, they have these really cool brown and green leather flowers that I absolutely loved (but did not buy, because I couldn't think of how I would use them), and some vintage hat pins. I ALMOST got those to add to my Mad Hatter costume, but restrained myself. I really, really want to go back. Everything was so shiny.