marlie-cosplays-again

[marlie-cosplays-again]

Hey there

I'm Marlie and i’ve been attending conventions for about 20 years and sporadically cosplayed for about 10 of those years. For the last 10 years my health, my schedule, my finances, my…exhaustion has prevented me from putting my all into a hobby I truly love.

For the last 2 1/2 years I have been unemployed and just absolutely depressed about it. But this last January I got involved in Community Theater through some of my friends. Being part of something big and creative has been a giant mood booster. I'm personally more of a backstage person and was lucky enough to be under the wing of a professional Stage Manager for my first production.

I then painted the whole set for the next production, took a break, and then came back to Stage Manage the huge end of the season show. I'm now Stage Managing the first show of this theater's 68th season. It's been a rocket of a fast track but I love it. And all of it has reminded me how much I miss cosplay.

I've finally gotten another job after 100+ applications, and while it doesn't pay well, it does pay.

I then stumbled onto Sarah Spaceman on YouTube and ended up binging a few of her cosplay builds and watching her con vlogs. My husband ended up watching them with me and we both are just aching to create like this again.

So we're going to.

I haven't touched my sewing machine in years and everything I did before was based on reasoning through my partial retention of pattern instructions and some advice from my mom. So I'm gonna start over. Back to square one. I'm gonna be thoughtful about the process. I'm gonna surge the hems. I'm gonna line the coat. I'm gonna do it right(my own ADHD self definition of right).

And I'm gonna compete.

Do I expect to win? Not really.

But I want to create with such pride that showing it off on stage is the only way I can find peace.

So that's what this is. Just a place to put my thoughts. My build sketches. My process and progress. My lessons learned.

Thanks for hanging out.