| I have been wanting do a Sakura Wars cosplay for the longest time but could never seem to make enough time to actually sew one or organize a group together who was interested in doing this with me. Finally when I had some down time I was able to make this but unfortunately the event I had intended to wear it to was cancelled due to the March 11 Tohoku Quake and Tsunami so it stayed in limbo for a time. As a fund raising event I held a small cosplay tea party at my home to raise money for the red cross and invited 6 people over to take some photos and enjoy sweets. This costume still has yet to be worn to an event but I did wear it for the tea party at least =) I hand designed the pattern for this myself using nothing other than a pencil and some pattern paper. I have done a few tail coats in the past (Richter Belmont, Sebastian Michealis) so I remembered well how to do it. It took one full day to pattern draft, one full day to cut and prep fabric and about a week to assemble everything. I used cotton for everything but ran into a problem with the gold bias tape. I had yellow tape already and no money to buy gold so I used some old spray paint and blasted what I had left of the yellow tape to make gold =P It worked out perfectly! Since my hair is already similar to Sumire`s I did not use a wig for this costume but will buy one in the future as I plan to cut my hair pretty short for the summer months. I want to personally thank everyone who came to my event and donated money, I had a great time and hope you all did too! Materials Used: *cotton *bias tape *spray paint *interfacing for jacket *femo clay for the gold knobs * plastic headband *gold cord *hot glue Total Cost: $80.00 |
| Sumire Kanzaki Sakura Wars |
