My Daughter's Cosplay
I think I mentioned earlier that I was busy helping my daughter and her friend with their cosplay costumes as they were attending the Youmacon convention in Detroit this past weekend. I have been making their costumes since they have been participating in anime conventions for the last 6 years now. This year they were characters from a Manga series of novels called Trinity Blood. I don't know much about the storyline, but I know the characters they dressed as were vampires. I have been teaching my daughter to sew, so she made the sashes, head bands and vests (with my help) and I made the white tunics and remade the pants.
Here are a couple of pictures of their costumes:
My daughter is the one in the blond wig (her natural hair color is black). The white jackets were lined and have a lot of detail. They turned out pretty good and I think they had a lot of fun. My daughter told me that they got a lot of compliment on their costumes, so I guess this was a success!
Now that this is done, I can get back to making doll diorama items and back to taking pictures and telling doll stories!
Stay tuned!
These costumes are wonderful! You've been teaching your daughter very well....
ReplyDeleteI was happy with how they turned out. Also, happy to report that my daughter is getting better at sewing, so maybe next time I will only have to guide her, but she can do most of it herself!
DeleteGreat job from both you and your daughter, the costumes are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThanks! She and her friend think I am the "cool" mom!
DeleteThe costumes! Oh, I was hoping to get to see these!
ReplyDeleteThe white tunics look difficult -- or, rather, they look perfect, but they contain lots of bits that alarm and confuse me.
I don't know the characters, either, but these sure look good.
The white tunics were very difficult. They picked a very difficult pattern and the instructions were very confusing. There were 8 pieces just to make the skirt part and the lining was the same. I had to improvise to get it to look like the characters outfits.
DeleteThey look adorable in their costumes! Your daughter did a good job on the sashes, vests, and headbands. You did an amazing job on the rest!
ReplyDeleteThank you! She is learning! One nice thing is that there are some pretty large pieces of the fabrics left, so I get to keep the leftovers to make things for my dolls!
DeleteYou and your daughter did an awesome job on the costumes. I love seeing family pictures. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad they are finally done. Now I can get back to work on my dios!
DeleteI think the look great and yes the costumes are the bomb. I watch the show with my son sometimes. Anyhoo I my cousin daughter is big on that and I didn't even know about it. They look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Brini. Glad you like the costumes!
DeleteWow...I am so impressed by these costumes! Job well done, for sure! I'm not too familiar with this novel, but the costumes are really cool. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Farrah Lily. The costumes did turn out very nice. They both got a lot of compliments at the convention.
DeleteSuper impressed with your skills!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Muff! Now I need to start making some doll clothes too.
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