![]() ![]() Then all that was left was to sew all the wraps.įor her wraps, I knew I was going to want to “line” them for a clean effect. On the inside of that are four pieces of Velcro to attach a skirt, so for Elektra’s skirt, I simply gathered the top edge, stitched it to some red grosgrain ribbon and stitched on some Velcro where they aligned on the waist band. But that was constructed the same way the arm loops below were, just wider. I was going back and forth between having a keyhole and not, so both options were drafted into the pattern, but the extra piece helped the whole thing fit better.Īfter the leotard was sewn up, I hemmed all the leg holes and neckline and armscye with elastic and topstitched my little addition piece on simultaneously.Īs I mentioned before the waistband for my skirt was already made, stolen from another cosplay, DOA’s Kasumi in her black outfit. I tried this on and made several changes to the design, including lowering the armhole, scooping out the neckline more and adding an additional strap piece from the side without the shoulder strap for some additional support. Starting on the leotard, I stitched both side seams together, then the crotch and the shoulder. Sewing this up was pretty straight forward. Once I had all my initial pieces cut out, I started in on the sewing. The waistband for the skirts I had already made from another costume, that piece was also just a wide rectangle, 22 inches long and 14 inches wide. I cut that in half widthwise to get two skirts out of it. The skirt pieces were just rectangles about 12 inches wide and as long as the fabric. Once that was cut, I cut out what felt like a million, but was really only 10, strips of both colors varying in widths from 2 inches to 4 inches and the entire fabric length for her wraps. I repeated this step on the back, making sure that the side seams for both sides were still the same length and the shoulder strap as well. And then I drew in my new armscye shape and scooped asymmetrical neckline. I drew out on my pattern which side I wanted my shoulder strap to sit, remembering to mirror it, because once it is on the body it will be on the opposite side. Then I fiddled about with my initial design for a while on this, so I ended up making changes to the pattern later. But because the two sides of the front and back aren’t symmetrical, we have to treat it differently than usual. I used my high cut leotard block as usual to trace the initial pattern so I could make my design changes.īecause this is an asymmetrical style, I had to trace the pattern “open” as we would call it, as normally the pattern is cut on the fold. For this cosplay, I used my favorite coated spandex in red and oxblood, there is just a tiny difference in the tones so the darker oxblood was great for adding some definition to the all red outfit, and I used a very fine mesh for the skirt front and back.įirst up, I had to make my pattern. ![]()
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