[ SECRET POST #5834 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5834 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

eh. I think I’d like to be a cosplayer if I could ever hope to afford the materials and learn the skills to make it happen. But I get nothing out of seeing anyone else do it. So I just…don’t. On the rare occasion someone posts their cosplay where I can see I just scroll on by. It’s pretty easy, you should give it a try, OP!

[(Anonymous)]

If you do want to cosplay and have any disposable income, a great place to start is secondhand shops and thrift stores, if those are a thing where you are. I'm finally making enough where I guess I could stop buying everything but shoes and underwear secondhand, but one of the costumes I'm proudest of started as a pile of thrift store clothes and old sheets, with giant zip ties as corset boning. Even the thread and most of the trim was secondhand.

And I'm not a great seamstress by any means.

You can get surprisingly far with thrift store clothes and a big stainless steel stock pot to dye* them in, provided they're natural fibers like cotton and silk.

*if you use a pot for dyeing stuff, keep it aside for crafts.

And those all metal sewing machines from the 1970s on back show up secondhand fairly often, if you do want to learn to sew.

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AYRT

You, nonnie, are amazing! This is honestly incredibly thoughtful and helpful and I really appreciate it. Oddly, I know how to sew and have multiple sewing machines and make my living with textiles but I’m hopeless when it comes to sewing clothing. But you’ve actually given me a fab idea of just practicing altering and decking out old clothes. We’re snowed in so tomorrow is a perfect day to get started. Thank you again, nonnie!

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT—I caught one, I caught one! Heh. My job has zilch to do with sewing and my skill level is... well, I pulled a lot of "B- for effort" in sewing classes over the years. And I don't even enjoy sewing, only having a costume at the end.

If I can cosplay, so can most anyone.

If you know how to sew and have machines (plural) you're further ahead than I was starting out, and maybe even today.

Other maybe useful stuff—get a couple seam rippers and don't be afraid to use them.

Make mockups out of old sheets.

If you can find tops with darts (so probably not knit/stretchy fabric) practice moving the dart opening(s) around.

If you are in the US, keep an eye out for Joanns pattern sales; you can get paper patterns for cheap.

If you get to the point where you want a dressmaker's dummy, look up duck tape dummies and have someone (you trust!) wrap you in duck tape over a couple of old shirts, cut the outer shirt and tape carapace off, stuff it, and hang it up.

Good luck and enjoy the snow!