15th April 2013: DRESS: HALF MADE, VEST: ORDERED, SANDALS: ONE IS PINNED AND READY FOR GLUE AND STITCHES. BOOYAH!
I finally have a dress!(ish) I'm working out how to do the back, since it's actually an open back with crossed straps... But like, there are no reference pictures. = - = bah.
I'VE MANAGED ONE SHOE! I SHOULD HAVE A PICTURE OF IT WITH THIS NOW BUT OHMYGOSH I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF FOR FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS!

HURRHURURHUHRUHRUH I MAY ACTUALLY HAVE A COSPLAY

7th April 2013: Making the Dress, ordering the vest, so much to do in a month or two!! So I've been sewing the dress together for the past day and oh my gosh I wish I had my Sewing machine! So it's all by hand for the moment. I've not even started on the straps but I know they'll manage to annoy me! Ugh. Hopefully I won't screw up and it will be worth it. *fingers crossed* Tomorrow I'm ordering the vest and asking a friend to help with the shoes... (it seems easy enough, dismantle a flip flop and make the top part... Though you watch me fail) I want it to be finished by next week so I can focus on exams but that's looking unlikely, and to top it off I've lost my thread! Gaah! Someone is conspiring against me!!!
I'll update if my hectic life gets better~