Construction Details:

I actually managed to finish this and wear it for AX, but I unfortunately had to make the wig again.

The wig... Omg the wig. I actually had to make this sucker twice because I made a huge fitting mistake on the first one. Luckily though I only needed to remake the base though. The base wig is an Eowen from Arda, stubbed and sealed. The tails are two Delilah wigs also from Arda and are super heavy, but worth it to have the right length. I must have also used about three packages of wefts to make the middle part, the edges of the wig, as well as the hair buns. Overall it's one massive wig, but I am super happy with it.

The shirt for the uniform is made out of a cotton sateen and I actually made the long sleeve, the short sleeve, and the shirt for A-ko at the same time. They are all based on an old McCalls Sailor shirt pattern that I found in a thrift store. I had to modify the pattern slightly, for some reason I couldn't get the sailor collar to sit right so I just ended up making my own and I also had to add the puffy sleeves. This was also my very first time working with bias tape, which I used for the white line details. It was slow going, but certainly easier than making my own. :D

For the skirt, this was a trial and error process for sure. I did a ton of paper mock ups and then finally did a 1/4 skirt test out of butcher paper. I'm terrible at math so I figured it was better to do way more tests than necessary before I mess up the real fabric. Once I was happy with the butcher paper test I started pleating the actual skirt. I chose a blue cotton, which was the perfect color for her uniform, but it wasn't holding the pleats as sharply as I would have liked, so I actually ended up sewing down the pleats on both the outside as well as the inside. Worth it though! You can also barely see it, but I also made a cotton slip and trimmed it with a cotton lace under the sleeve.

The bow was probably the easiest part! Just two rectangles of red satin with interfacing. The brooch is made with Worbla and resin gems. I found the moon filigree online and the beads I already had for Serenity. The pink resin gem in some shots has a star in the center and I really liked that look but wasn't sure how to do it. I ended up just painting the back of the tin foil and I think it ended up looking pretty good. I actually had to do this for the other colors, especially the yellow because it faded too much, but it ended up looking even better than it previously did!

The shoes, believe it or not, I found online and they were almost perfect. All I had to do was add a strip of vinyl for the crisscross laces.

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