so hey @houkakyou, @aviva0017, @the-dragongirl and all you wonderful Sansukh cosplay people… 

I have joined you in the fun/crazy land of ‘ohshit i spent all that money and also I can’t feel my thumb from all the pins I’ve accidentally stuck into it’.

Hrera’s basic undecorated dress is done, whoohoo 🙂 

I can’t hem this puppy until I have received the petticoat in the mail. It’s gonna be a very high hem – probably under the calf for the brown under-skirt, and a couple of inches under the knee for the blue. Those circle skirts are cotton drill and very full and heavy, so they’re a bit wilty and floppy rn. Gotta get my petti and see the silhouette before I can make any choices about it. Between the petti and the two high (and therefore lighter) layers, it should poof out quite a lot.

I haven’t begun the sleeves yet, so they are just sad tubes at the moment. Gonna go the cheap and cheerful lazy route and use sleeve armbands in gold. They should be strong enough to support some oversized faux fur cuffs (I hope). 

There’s also going to be a LOT of decoration. I have batik silk to add to it, and lots of trims, and a brown woven leather belt. 

Probably going to edge the blue overgown in brown/grey faux fur trim, because I am an idiot who hates having money or something *whimpers*

bonus: helpful cat

“Oh, were you cutting a circle skirt? Too bad.”

And here’s what the corset USED to look like a week ago, vs yesterday morning (shiny shiny late 90′s purple satin lmao)

this is not going to be a dress to wear in an Australian summer, I can tell you!