NatalieNoodles
 


Costume :Sakura
Variant :Artbook
Source :Tsubasa : Resevoir Chronicle
Progress :Complete
Worn At :London MCM Expo May 2010


Costume Photos

Sakura III

Sakura II

Hime

Contacts

 


Costume Information

General
Cost : Around £110 D;
Time Taken : 1 month +

Description
IT IS FINALLY COMPLETED. I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO MAKE IT XD!
Even my Mum was shocked to find it looked pretty good!
Though after spending 6 days solid on it (after college and before family stuff) I got really tired and ended up making it look alittle messy XP I wish I started this earlier... ohwell I think it will look good enough in photo's and will only look rubbish to perfectionist XD

The costume ended up being made out of Polycotton and silk ribbon for the fact I didn't have the bulk of £100 to get fabric, I had £30 and I had to get 27 metres in total! XP If I did have the funds, however, it would of been made out of higher quality cotton and silk :)

Will NEVER be remaking this xD but I'm thankful for the thing's I've learnt whilst doing it:
Waistbands(Thank you so much Lucy!)
Ruffles
Wig styling

Comments

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I know what one this is :P But I'll keep quiet about it XD

by Lady Bahamut on Saturday, 12 December, 2009 - 20:49
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so much awesomeee saucee

by flames-of-monki on Wednesday, 14 April, 2010 - 20:19
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omg your eyes look soo beautiful :D they are awesome contacts

by flames-of-monki on Tuesday, 20 April, 2010 - 19:52
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Can I ask what brand of contact you've used?

by street-angel on Tuesday, 20 April, 2010 - 20:15
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ohh wow look really good soo far! like amazing =D well done you ! You lil pro sewer hehe =D and the eyes look prettii, Just like you <3

by Holli on Tuesday, 20 April, 2010 - 21:03
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AHHHHH >/////////////< thankyou Holli and Josh D; ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I bought them from Tokyo Toys, they have quite a selection and are cheap :) ahhhhhhhhhhhh

by NatalieNoodles on Tuesday, 20 April, 2010 - 21:08
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This is gonna look soo pretty when it's finished ^^ Good choice!

by Pandora on Wednesday, 5 May, 2010 - 01:55

Oh my gosh that dress looks AMAZING *w*

by TheMagicalLucy on Thursday, 20 May, 2010 - 20:15
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BRILLIANT! Realy pleased for youwh your skirt! It looks GREAT , very well done :D

by FlyingMammal on Thursday, 20 May, 2010 - 22:18
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wow this looks amazing - cant wait to see it!!!!!!!!

by Sakura_Blue on Monday, 24 May, 2010 - 14:33
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So cute. ^o^oo

by Mangamad on Thursday, 3 June, 2010 - 10:42
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Your dress is very pretty and it really suits you. Shame, I missed you during the Expo T_T

by Ichigo-Chan on Friday, 4 June, 2010 - 19:26
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I really wanted to see this but I didn't T-T

When I get round to making this I hope I can make it look as good yours ^-^

by Sakurastar123 on Sunday, 6 June, 2010 - 12:15
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Oh my gawd you're so beautiful! Such a lovley costume hun ^^

by MadameLapin on Friday, 18 June, 2010 - 22:28
 

To-Do List

Base TopHighComplete
Base SkirtHighComplete
Skirt RufflesHighComplete
Arm RufflesHighComplete
Other RufflesHighComplete
HeadpieceHighComplete
WigHighComplete
ShoesLowComplete

Journal

Started Headpiece (Posted 12th May 2010)

The fabric paint arrived yesterday and I thought I should get to work on the crowns, I started off with the small one on her headpiece :) I used felt for the base of the crown and painted ontop because it doesn't fray and is durable :). I've decided to do the body of it in felt aswell because I'm finding it really hard to hem the cotton one XD
I'm going to use the ribbon like Bias tape so it's easier to go around the base and also do a different set of ruffles, these are just to show what it will look like :)

RUFFLEEEES (Posted 6th May 2010)

I have been working on them :) got 26 to go 8D
Crystal-neko told me a way to make ruffles alot easier, they won't look as neat but it's not working the proper way for me, it'll only pull half of the fabric needed so I'm scrunch it under the machine whilst sewing it and then press it. Yayy!

I have only 22 days to complete this costume... I plan to work on 3/4 ruffles a night and so i shiuld get it done by next weekend and then I can do everything else :)
Thank you for all the support guy's ^_^ <3

IEUDBCJHN (Posted 22nd April 2010)

Hoop is on it's way :) so I can start the bottom half of the dress soon! :D
Still need to do all of the ruffles XP I have turned them inside out, but I'm scared to ruffle them incase my sewing machine does it too strong and I can't pull it >_< its 2 metres long D; I'm gonna run out of thread soon, whooopsssi

:O (Posted 17th March 2010)

I boughtall in all 24 m's of fabric for Sakura, costing me £30... not tooo bad :)
I ma have to order more white though... more than 13m! XD'''
I'm sewing strips of fabric and then turning them inside out and pressing them, so if the wind blows you won't see an under hems on allll the pleats...
I've counted well over 100 pleats to do!
Other than a few strips I haven't found the time or energy to do this costume, but I'm going to try and complete it before I go to London in the Easter Holiday's. I still need to start Miku >_<