BeachYukicon event

I wanted to make a beach  Thranduil cosplay for the BeachYukicon- event that was held on  July 5^th 2014.

My original design was to make an old timey stripy swimsuit, but then I found a silver tunic in my wardrobe that I had hardly ever used because it didn’t really suit my tastes and decided to use it instead. 

After all, silver is Thranduils color.

The original shirt...

The idea was to use the same kind of lines and cuts Thranduil had on his original outfit. Since I didn’t want to start cutting the tunic too much, as it did unravel quite easily, I just took it in where I wanted to have the line and secured it with sewing. Simple and easy.

Making the modifications~

Done!

I finished it just a day before the event and then - - I overslept on the event day and woke up late in the evening! Just my luck. Honestly.

Oh well, these things happen. Atleast I’ve now got a cool silver tunic to use~

The original design.

Let's make it Fabulous!

I bought a vest from a fleamarket for my beloved for our annieversary, eaventough I knew it was too plain for her liking since she's really into the cute japanese gal style. 

So my mission was to make Fab from Drab.

Too plain..

That's more like it!

Annndd a Close up.

Happy 8th Annieversary darling~

Steaming!

I found a plain, brown skirt from the 'Free of charge market' at Recycling Factory held this year on 4. – 5.5.2013. 

(Yeah, it's been a long while since the actual event, but I haven't had the time to post this). 

Still, seeing some potential in it I took it with me as I decided to try to transform it into a Steampunk skirt.

This is how it looked..

The skirt in itself was still in good shape. Eaven the zipper was still intact and working like new. No holes, tears or smudges were on the skirt so I'm quessing it was the overall shape of it and the weird lenght (Low calf, but not ankle lenght eighter).

So I started to style it with pins.. (back)

..And a bit more. (Side)

 After shaping the skirt, I took out my sewing machine and secured the places the pins were holding together with a few back and forth stitches. I also wanted to add buttons to the sides as if they were holding the layers of fabric up.

My button box that I got from my mom. She told me she had once gotten chocolates in it..

Button perfect.

 

Done! (Front)

The hem of the skirt rised quite much so I had to shorten the lining as well so it wouldn't flash from under the dress as I walk. I really love the way it looks now!

Killing the colors

  Since I've been trying to tackle the obstacles within my mind I find it somewhat easier to start making things again.. Getting there, bit by bit. It's a slow process but I really want to get trough it so.. I'll manage!

And I know I should be focusing on deciding a cosplay for Desucon 2013 next month (Yeah. I haven't eaven decided it yet 100%..) but I wanted to share this project I've been doing~

The Bleaching! It's amazing what you can do with just bleach and inspiration. (Ok, I did use some rivets and fabric paint, but you get the idea.)

Plain lila pants..

Plain black shorts..

Bleaching is such a fun and an easy way to upsycle some of your clothes, but remember to wash your bleached clothing before you wear it since bleach may irritate your skin so be careful and always use gloves. Also to get the result you want you should test the bleach on the cloth you want to alter since bleach reacts differently to all fabrics since it "eats" the color off.

 So let the transformation begin!

Lila pants feeling the bleach~

 Mmm... They remind me of My Little Pony- Friendship is magic TwilightSparkle!

Atleast for the colors. Right?

Dabbed with fuchsia glitten fabric paint

More!

Aaand done.

The black shorts Bleached!

Other bleached clothing:

Bunch of Bleached pants

Skirt- Bleached and trimmed with lace

I hope this inspired you to try it out for yourself <3