2/28/2023 0 Comments Drakengard 3 three cosplayOnce I was done, I tore the stabilizer off and filled the shapes with more details. I drew the outline of the pattern on stabilizer and then stitched that onto the bodice. It was not the best way to learn how to embroider! There’s a design on her bodice that is really quite detailed but hard to make out, so I referenced Shmuberry‘s beautiful Three cosplay for the basic design. I had never embroidered anything before, so I did a lot of research before I started and found out that using a hoop would crush the pile of the velvet– so I just held it in hand. You can see the canvas layer with the velvet layer attached at the bottom! I used duck canvas for interlining and made boning channels out of the scraps, then boned them with a mixture of spiral and flat steels that I had purchased for a future project. Since it is strapless, and I wanted plenty of support, I boned the bodice. I drafted the pattern for the entire dress in about 10 minutes. I knew that I wanted the bodice to be velvet I really like the way dark velvet has a tendency to absorb light in photos, so I used the nice black Premier velvet from JoAnn for the fashion layer (unfortunately, it’s since been discontinued– microsuede would be a nice replacement though). I decided that it would be easiest to start with the dress. A costume of this caliber, given my lack of experience and busy schedule, needed MUCH more time allotted. In February I decided I would enter this costumes in the Fanime 2015 masquerade with a group. I actually began the costume in early March (mistake #1). Let me preface this by saying that Lady Three is the largest project I have attempted to date! It required multiple techniques that I was unfamiliar with and also a whole lot of planning– which I completely failed at, but we’ll get to that later. ![]() This post was originally written in September 2015 *Made in early 2015, won Novice Craftsmanship at Fanime 2015*
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