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First piece of Gale I can actually call done issss…the gloves! The buckle hardware I got ended up a bit bigger than expected, but I like the design of it so I’m not too fussed. I also went with knit gloves (not made by me lol, I bought those) rather than the in-game leather look, because Gale definitely strikes me as the type to be wearing the nice cosy (spell resistant) gloves his mum knitted for him.

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who designed this??? gdi BG3

#wip: astarion #astarion cosplay #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 cosplay

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Thinking about ✨her✨ today

Remaking this Éowyn after 10 years of cosplay was so gratifying! The trim is all hand embroidered and I’m so proud of how well I was able to dye the matelassé to match the corset suede 😍

#eowyn: shieldmaiden #lotr #lotr cosplay #lord of the rings cosplay #lord of the rings #eowyn #eowyn cosplay #tolkien #my cosplays

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Simple skirt project schedule:

Cutting pieces: 1 hour

Ironing pieces: 10 minutes

Pinning pieces: 30 minutes

Sitting on the sewing machine table: 1-3 months

Sewing everything together: 1 hour

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Silk dyeing day for Astarion’s shirt! Now waiting for it to dry but I think the colour will be gorgeous!

#wip: astarion #bg3 #bg3 cosplay #astarion

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The universe really wants me to cosplay Astarion 😅 Found beautiful wool coating for $5/yd at my local fabric store that I can use for his cape, and went to a craft supply sale and found velvet scrap in the perfect matching tone!

#wip: astarion #gonna try to dye my silk for the shirt tomorrow

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I have so many Loki and Frigga feelings! It was a dream to shoot with Relia’s absolutely stunning Frigga earlier this year (just before lockdown–seems so long ago now) Costumes each made by us! Loki wig by Custom Wig Co Photos by @sennedjem / edit by me

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Mockup #2 in progress for Astarion drow armour!

#wip: astarion #bg3 #bg3 cosplay #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #astarion cosplay

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By request (from my followers on my other blog rofl), some poorly-photographed Gale WIP. Belt is a placeholder but it's got the right vibes at least!

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making stupid patterns in the name of BG3

#wip: astarion #cosplay #bg3 #astarion #baldur's gate 3 #wip

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I got wrapped 😂

Roughing in some pattern lines and then I’m gonna do a first mockup, probably in craft foam to keep it cheap and easy!

#wip: astarion #bg3 #cosplay

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I am so impressed by your cosplays, you are really brilliant at what you do!!

where do you get your materials from? you talk about using natural leathers and wools a lot so I was wondering about how you acquire them and the kind of price they may be.

Thank you so much!

So my #1 choice for finding natural materials like wool and leather is actually thrifting! My Loki original design is mostly thrifted leather from old coats, skirts, and pants. Quite often too I’ll find stashes of fabric from when someone cleaned out grandma’s attic and donated all her fabric, and I’ve gotten good at telling the fiber content just from touch (and sometimes smell). Now, I’m fortunate to have a lot of secondhand stores in my area, and I know that may not be the case for everyone, but it’s worth a look!

If thrifting doesn’t help, I also have some other go-to places (keeping in mind I’m US based):

For leather, if I need something super specific or large pieces I’ll either browse Etsy or go direct to Tandy Leather. Some hides can be pricey, but Tandy especially has some amazing sales (Black Friday one is the best) I will always choose genuine leather these days over “vegan” plastic leather; the latter will disintegrate so quickly and you’ll end up having to remake stuff anyway! Better to make something that lasts.

Wools can actually be trickier and more expensive (easily anywhere from $20/yd-$60/yd or more). I’m lucky to have some smaller local independent fabric stores that carry cheap deadstock fabrics (basically end of runs from other places that will never be restocked). But one of my fave online shops is Fabric Mart, which also carries deadstock inventory and has incredible sales. You gotta jump on them pretty fast and you can’t get swatches, but if you keep an eye on them you can snag some fabulous wools, silks, and leather hides too!

At the end of the day, higher quality materials are gonna cost you more, so you kind of have to factor that in and make decisions about your priorities. For me, I’m happier making fewer costumes with better materials—so the expense is one of the reasons I don’t bust out 10 cosplays a year. Other folks are less concerned about fiber content or fabric quality and would rather have more projects , and that’s their prerogative! (I will say though that in a world where fast fashion is such a problem, I would rather be an advocate for slow making with materials that will last. End rant there xD)

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What do you mean I never posted this photo here on its own?? One of my all time Loki pics!

wip tag | more of this costume

Costume by me/photo by @sennedjem

#loki: avengers #loki #loki cosplay #cosplay #tom hiddleston #thor #marvel #loki laufeyson #my cosplays

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“𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢

𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚.”

I took a whirlwind trip to NYC last weekend for non cosplay reasons, but being there always makes me think of this Loki excursion to one of the Avengers shooting locations! I super want to go back now that I have the actual Avengers armour instead of Dark World 👀

#loki: dark world #loki cosplay #loki #tom hiddleston #thor #marvel #loki laufeyson #my cosplays #cosplay

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just want to say, it’s so nice to see love for one of the og Loki costumes that’s lesser known, especially over a decade after the film! I remember being part of the cosplay hype when TDW came out—making the first iteration of this costume—and that time was so special to me. Glad to feel it again!

#I do miss the 2012-2013 era #that’s where this nonsense started #and the cosplay world was so so different then

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quick prison Loki updates—getting there!

#wip: prison loki #loki #loki cosplay #thor #loki laufeyson

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It’a fine this is FINE I definitely needed another insane leather project 🤣

#wip: astarion #the leather armour will veer more black but I needed lighter colour for screenshots