So I finally finished my Fairy Queen Asuna cosplay and I thought I'd do a little tutorial/walk through of how I did it.
I'm someone who really just wings everything I do so that's what I did here. I used my basic sewing skills and several reference photo's to achieve what I wanted this cosplay to look like.
What you'll need:
-Reference photo(s)
-White fabric (I used a somewhat stretchy fabric that was mostly opaque but I'm not even sure what it is since I got it off of a star wars costume fabric display at Joann's)
-Elastic
-Red ribbon
-Sewing machine/ Needle and thread
Now keep in mind that at this point I have not made her wings but if I do I'll make a separate tutorial for how I accomplish them. I also didn't bother with the ribbons on her feet since I would rather go barefoot.
I started with her skirt.
First I measured my body from waist to ankle and then I measured my waist. Then I cut our a rectangle with those measurements, I added in some seam allowance as well as some space for the elastic. After that I hemmed the edges and sewed the channel for the elastic. Then I guided the elastic through and sewed the ends together. Also make sure to close of the channel as well. It doesn't have to look perfect at this point because it's the bottom layer that no one will see. Just make sure it's very secure.
Then I measured my body from waist to knee and cut out another rectangle that was about twice as long as my waist. I kind of just winged this measurement to make the tied part hang down as far as I wanted. Then I hemmed all those edges. Then I folded the the fabric in half like a hotdog bun to get the middle around my body. Then pin the top edge to the top of the skirt and sew into place. Then tie the ends together and pin the knot so that it is situated the way you like it. Do this while wearing the skirt in the mirror.
You'll notice that if you just let the knot hang it won't look like the picture but if you sew it to the skirt it will perk up and look as it should. As a bonus that way you'll know that the knot won't come undone. It should look something like this:
Now it's time for the ruffles as the bottom. I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan of the way it's supposed to look so I used some artistic license for this part. I also had to wing the pattern a bit but I used this tutorial for these ruffles: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/489414684481198685/
After I cut everything out I hemmed it and sewed it to the bottom of the skirt. It ended up looking like this:
Now it's time for the shirt.
First I measure my bust. Then I measured the length from the top to bottom of my boobs if that makes sense. Basically, I measured how wide I wanted the top to be. Make sure you have a seam allowance that also has room for elastic on the top and bottom. I cut out the piece, sewed the two channels on the top and bottom and fed the elastic through and closed everything up. Nothing fancy:
You want to make sure that when you are doing this that you are wearing the same size bra that you will be wearing with the costume. I'll be wearing a strapless bra but it's the same size as the one I'm wearing in the picture.
Next, I measured the width I width I wanted the top drapey part to be and made it the same length of the crop top. I hemmed it and sewed it to the top of the crop top like this:
Now her top is a bit more fancy than this but I liked how this looked so I kept it.
Next I took the red ribbon and cut out a piece that was long enough to go around the top and sewed it on like this:
I also had to cut a slit in the back of the ribbon to make sure that the elastic could still stretch but I'm sure there are ways around doing that. It doesn't bother me because the wig will cover it.
Next I took the ribbon again, cut off a long piece (a piece I knew was too long but I cut to size when I was done) and tied it into a ribbon. It took a couple of tries to make a ribbon that I liked so don't get frustrated. When I was happy with it I used fabric glue to make sure it stayed secure. Then I sewed it to the top and cut the strands to the length I wanted them.
Next I decided for the fancy neck piece thing that I wanted it to be separate from the top. So I took some cotton webbing (Or whatever you have, I had some lying around) and encased it in the white fabric to match the top. Then I cut out the basic shape of the piece on one side and folded it in half and cut it out completely to make it symmetrical. I left the bottom ends a little longer so I could attach them to the top. Then I sewed the top of the piece to the cotton webbing choker part. Lastly, I added velcro pieces to secure the back of the choker and at the bottom of the piece so it could secure on the underside of the top of the top. This way it looks like it's a part of the top but is actually completely detachable.
Lastly, I made her arm bands. These are super simple. I wanted them to be three inches wide so I cut out pieces that were six inches wide and I made them long enough to go around my arm snuggly. Then I cut out elastic pieces so that could go around my arm. I folded the arm pieces in half and sewed them together to make to three inch bands. I fed in the elastic and closed everything off.
And that's it!
For her ears I used this tutorial on youtube:
I bought her wig here:
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