Ookami from Ookami to Shichinin no Takama-tachi
When: August 2011
Where: Home, UK
For: AyaCon 2011
Ookami-san from Ookami-san to shichinin no nakama-tachi (オオカミさんと七人の仲間たち) is a strong interdependent character with a big temper. Even though not many people recognised the costume I loved making it and cosplaying her.
So this was my progress with 1 day of making time left before the convention.
Ookami's top was the very first thing I got started on. I used a pattern for a jacket but...well to be honest, I was a bit worried that there were spare panels with no where to put them...It was a bit like constructing Ikea furniture. Oh well. The parts I used worked out nicely in the end.
It seems to be the way I make cosplay is by look for reference pics and "how to's" online and then just do it my own way based on that. I did it with Ookami's neck-tie sailor fuku style and it didn't come out too bad.
Machine~~~ This is the only reference pic I took of my machine sewing. I tend to make everything by hand and then when I'm sure it all fits machine sew and then cut out the hand stitching. Takes aaaaaaaaaaaages, but worth it...I think. (PS, I LOVE my sewing machine, well it's nanny's but I love it anyway).
Ookami's red scarf was another thing I did by looking at how NOT to do it. You can tell the store bought cosplays because they had her scarf with a straight flat bottom to it, and was often bright red and silky. *Pfft* You think Ookami would wear SILK!?
I made her broach out of salt dough. Really wish I had had silver spray paint for it.
Yes there are some pins in this pic, I hadn't finished sewing it, but this is basically what the whole top part of the costume looks like put together. Not as accurate as I'd hoped it would be but not too bad either. The only annoying thing is, is that the zip doesn't open all the way and it's a pain to climb into :P
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