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buckynats · 1 year

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Absolutely making shit up as I go. Still finishing the other one and then I have to figure out how to attach them without ruining it all. I actually made my own pattern and cut fabric out to it without crying or panicking this time. So that's progress.

(Ignore how uneven those look, that's my abysmal posture at work. They do actually match in length when I'm standing still. And despite the lighting weirdness, it all matches.)

#something about following instructions is anathema to how my brain works #I opened sewing tutorials about three times over the course of working this out and closed them every time #far too many things on those. tick marks and hem lines and exact measurements #no thanks #plus I lost the last sewing machine in a flood and never got around to replacing it #we're doing this with glue sticks and fabric glue and prayers like nature intended #I tried handsewing one of the seams and gave up twenty stitches in once I realized it wouldn't be the end facing out #not like anyone's going to be up close and inspecting these or anything #visuals only #really hated how small and sad the original lapels on this coat were #enter: gumption and needless suffering #is this method replicable? absolutely not. will it help anyone else? absolutely not. was it fun? no #but I do feel accomplished #anyway #been a while since I've been costume crafty #my brain needed a project #pay no attention to time flying by before the end of the week #this'll be done tonight if I have any say in it #shoutout to the 1.25 per half yard scraps of fabric from dollar tree #the fact that the blacks match is actually a miracle considering how impossible that usually is #r.txt #cosplay stuff

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