Dancing Cat Cosplay

i have a idea and it's not leaving my brain

may be coming back to competition

New project is in design and planning stages - being generous, saying this may take me a year. I don't want to rush to get this done so no con planned to debut it yet

ive been out of it for so long Im not even sure what cons are around and I dont want to stress about a deadline

that your Vaati cosplay is the first result on image searches when you type in “Vaati cosplay” like wow holy shit...

I know it’s been a seriously long time since I’ve updated this blog. It’s what happens when you’re broke and unmotivated and your life feels like a dumpster fire. But recent events occurred in the real world that I feel need to be addressed, because it personally means a lot to me.

On Tuesday, November 21, 2017, Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator of Rurouni Kenshin, was arrested for possession of child pornography.

This is a big deal to me. I’ve made no secret, in both my cosplay and real life, that Rurouni Kenshin has had an enormous impact on my life. If not for this series, I likely never would’ve never made it to this point in my life today, an Asian Studies graduate student with a focus on Japanese. This series was life-changing to me, and to this day I strive to be a person like Kenshin. Because Kenshin is a good person. He is possibly one of the best persons that anyone could hope to be like. He is a man that suffered post-traumatic growth, and yes, he still has his flaws, but he constantly tries to be a better person. To me, Kenshin is a role model. And to that extent, Watsuki was my own role-model. I looked up to this man as an artist and an inspiration for creating such a wonderful story.

But everyone has their dirty secrets, apparently. However, Watsuki is not like his character, Kenshin. Kenshin did terrible things in a war and fought for a cause he believed in, and when that war was over he gave up killing and strove to become a person that would use his strength to help others without killing. Watsuki, though? No. You can never ever excuse anyone for finding children sexually attractive.

Rurouni Kenshin will still always have a place in my heart - nothing will ever change that. I will never stop loving this show, and I love it so much that I can separate it from its creator. After all, if we were all to associate creations with their creators, then the Flight of the Valkyries wouldn’t be nearly so popular as it is today, because Wilhem Richard Wagner was a turd of a human being. And I hope and pray that Watsuki never acted upon those disgusting tastes of his with a real young girl.

Sorry for the delay! It ends up, I couldn’t find my pattern. orz On the bright side, I remember the basic shapes and how the pattern looked like. Obviously, this is not to scale nor is it accurate, but it’s the basic shapes I used for Kagero!

My goodness, Kagero’s getting a lot of attention lately! I should probably finish the costume soon orz

As for how to get the boob curve: darts! When it comes to Kagero’s outfit, darts are your friends! Typical kimono construction does not allow for the form fitted outfit she has, so the closest way to get to her look, I’ve found, is using darts to allow the bodice to fit properly!

Unfortunately, my base isn’t really usable for anyone unless you have my exact proportions. My great aunt actually custom made for me a pattern for Corrin/Kamui, and I simply found I could use the same base for Kagero. I know little of how to resize patterns properly, and I know I also did a lot of editing on the fly from the pattern. Sorry!

Completed the Beruka doll first! And that was only because it got bumped to priority cause I was getting paid for it! All the black and black is kind of hard to tell, but she does have some armor detail. Her main body and arms are the only things that aren’t completely hand sewn, as her main body isn’t made from felt. Everything else though, all done by hand. :3

Oh thank you, @ts0ni, I’ll try to do my best to try and explain, I didn’t really use a pattern, and it was actually trial and error and that I was lucky to have a lot of extra fabric. owo; You’ll need you main fabric, lining (if you’re using), and bias tape (or whatever you’re using for the edges of her outfit). 1- What I did was get my main fabric and wrap it around my waist. I made sure to put a pin to mark where to cut for the length. You’ll want it long enough to over your butt, obviously, but because of the way my method works… well, you’ll want to put a few more inches past your butt, maybe 2 or 3 past. I didn’t give the width much thought, but don’t do what I did! You’ll want to make the width measurement your waist measurement plus at LEAST 5 to 7 inches. It seems like a lot, but you’ll need them so that when you wrap it around you, it overlaps. This method of doing it has a habit of hiking up so that it hugs your waist and tilts a bit (see visual aids below!) If you have lining, add around a half inch on all edges so you can sew it together without compromising size. You’ll also want to cut the same shape in lining.

2- Once you have your rectangle, what you’re going to do now is sew together the main fabric and lining (if you’re using). Do not sew the top edges! If there’s not lining, just ignore this. Press/Iron your fabric as needed.3- For the edges, you’ll want your bias tape. Now is the time to sew it onto the bottom of your rectangle. 

4- Now here’s where we start making the curves, What you’re going to do is lay your fabric on a flat surface and then carefully start placing pins to pleat the side sides upwards. You’ll want to pleat them as high as they can go, because you will be sewing a “waistband” onto your booty wrap. Do not pleat your biased edges! Or do, but that might make it reeeeeally hard to sew depending on your machine. Once everything it curved up the top, sew all along the top edge of your wrap.

5- All you need to do now is add your waist band - I just used more bias tape for this. Make sure the pleated top parts are “eaten up” completely by whatever you’re using for your waistband.

6- And the last step is your closures! I used snaps. Careful, if you followed the instructions I gave, you’ll have to make sure your placements are precise because of how the overlap comes in at a V shape. My recommendation: get bigger sized snaps, and to keep them in place, use a dot of hot glue to keep them in place so they don’t wiggle while you sew them on!

And that’s just how I handled my booty wrap! There’s probably an easier way of doing it where it doesn’t hike up like it does, but I was just using what I already had!

I hope this managed to help you in some way!

Here’s some visual aides so you can see what I mean on some things, because I know trying to describe things is definitely not my forte. ^^;