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Photographer: Aperture Ashley ( www.facebook.com/apertureashle… )

I WORE THE PONYTAIL ON THE WRONG SIDE!! OH GAWDS! *facepalm* (However, the pictures are so beautiful, I couldn't resist posting....next time I wear this, I will be Screen Accurate, promise) ♥

I stumbled across RWBY on Crunchyroll after I saw so many people on my Facebook commenting on the series. I loved it! Each character has a fantastic design and weapons that I just DREAM about owning one day! <3 Weiss's design stood out the most to me, with the contrasting of cool colors and the bright red lining of her jacket. To me, she developed the most in the series: she's strong, confident-but her first year of Beacon really knocked her around. She held onto her strength, and even displayed a caring side-if it was a bit backhanded.

Weiss Costume: From the bottom down:
The boots were purchased online, and I had to pop off the top band around the knee and hand curl and stitch the V shape into the boot. Once that was done, I spray painted the boots with two different cans of Rustoleum Painter's Pro for Vinyl cans to get the gradient look. I had the toe covered in painters tape, and after the paint had dried, I peeled that off, hot glued on the silver rope trim and hot glued white vinyl in the diamond areas.

The skirt was made with high quality white bridal satin using the Green Pepper Ice Skaters Pattern (butterick.mccall.com/filebin/i… ). I sketched out the scallop design, then used a solder tool on the edges-it cauterized the edges so I didn't have to do a hem on them. Following a FABULOUS tip I saw on God Save the Queen Fashions Facebook, I proceeded to gradient dye the fabric. In a spray bottle, mix a light colored fabric paint with water (you'll have to experiment to get the right viscosity). Spray that onto WET fabric-the paint will spread beautifully giving a wonderful Dip Dye Look. Let that hang dry for 3 days, then repeat the process with a darker fabric dye. Best. Tip. EVER!!! Once it was done, I stitched on the white chiffon layer and proceeded to hand paint on the lace design using fabric puff paint. (I drew out the design of the lace to scale-to paint it on, I had the paper on the bottom, wax paper on top, then pinned the chiffon on top of the wax paper and traced the design with the paint.) Once it was properly dried, I used to solder tool to cauterize the ends. I finished the hems with a folded hem (I was going for Craftsmanship on this one). I hand stitched on a silver trim layer between the fabric and chiffon to give just bit of pop.

The corset is actually a bunnysuit pattern I bought off of Nerdbroidery on Etsy (www.etsy.com/shop/Nerdbroidery ), but the patterns are usually Limited Edition, so when she sells them, BUY THEM! Using high quality white bridal satin, I followed the instructions to the letter and got a gorgeous, form fitting steel boned corset that i adore! I did add on the belt, and top stitched it on half of the corset, the other half hangs free so I can use the zipper in the back. I attach the belt in the front with some snaps, so I can dress myself without my belt looking derpy. The black part is three layers of chiffon-the largest layer is scalloped with dots, the second medium layer is scalloped,and the third, front layer is just one semi-circle. All three were cut out with the solder tool.

The jacket is a heavily modified Simplicity pattern #3775 (lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8DO… ) Figure F. I made a mockup out of muslin to draft where the scalloping would go, design the bell sleeves and scalloping, and draft how much fabric I would need for the white edging on the sleeves. So. Much. Drafting! The snowflake design was modified a bit, then cut out with the solder tool, (as was the sleeve cutouts) then the back pattern and sleeves were spray dyed in the same fashion as the skirt. I used two layers of white fabric for the outside, and one layer of red satin for the inside lining. The collar was free drafted, pleated and had heavy interfacing inside to give it some rigidity. The inside hem of the sleeves were exposed, so I did an enclosed hem with bias tape. Again, I handstitched on silver trim for detailing.

The wig was bought online, and was one of the few that came with the little bun. I bought a tiara from Sam Moon Trading company and modified it a bit to fit around the detatchable ponytail clip

I went for pure Craftsmanship on this one, so all my seams were pressed and finished, and I'm so glad the judges noticed that! This was about 3+ months of labor, since I was being so detail oriented. The solder tool I used was bought at Hobby Lobby (shop.hobbylobby.com/assets/1/1… ) and was an amazing purchase! You can cut out beautiful designs on synthetic fabric with this-giving your cosplay THAT more detail! Fair warning....it stinks so badly when you use it on fabric. D:

Description
Model/Costumer:

Photographer: Aperture Ashley ( www.facebook.com/apertureashle… )

I WORE THE PONYTAIL ON THE WRONG SIDE!! OH GAWDS! *facepalm* (However, the pictures are so beautiful, I couldn't resist posting....next time I wear this, I will be Screen Accurate, promise) ♥

I stumbled across RWBY on Crunchyroll after I saw so many people on my Facebook commenting on the series. I loved it! Each character has a fantastic design and weapons that I just DREAM about owning one day! <3 Weiss's design stood out the most to me, with the contrasting of cool colors and the bright red lining of her jacket. To me, she developed the most in the series: she's strong, confident-but her first year of Beacon really knocked her around. She held onto her strength, and even displayed a caring side-if it was a bit backhanded.

Weiss Costume: From the bottom down:
The boots were purchased online, and I had to pop off the top band around the knee and hand curl and stitch the V shape into the boot. Once that was done, I spray painted the boots with two different cans of Rustoleum Painter's Pro for Vinyl cans to get the gradient look. I had the toe covered in painters tape, and after the paint had dried, I peeled that off, hot glued on the silver rope trim and hot glued white vinyl in the diamond areas.

The skirt was made with high quality white bridal satin using the Green Pepper Ice Skaters Pattern (butterick.mccall.com/filebin/i… ). I sketched out the scallop design, then used a solder tool on the edges-it cauterized the edges so I didn't have to do a hem on them. Following a FABULOUS tip I saw on God Save the Queen Fashions Facebook, I proceeded to gradient dye the fabric. In a spray bottle, mix a light colored fabric paint with water (you'll have to experiment to get the right viscosity). Spray that onto WET fabric-the paint will spread beautifully giving a wonderful Dip Dye Look. Let that hang dry for 3 days, then repeat the process with a darker fabric dye. Best. Tip. EVER!!! Once it was done, I stitched on the white chiffon layer and proceeded to hand paint on the lace design using fabric puff paint. (I drew out the design of the lace to scale-to paint it on, I had the paper on the bottom, wax paper on top, then pinned the chiffon on top of the wax paper and traced the design with the paint.) Once it was properly dried, I used to solder tool to cauterize the ends. I finished the hems with a folded hem (I was going for Craftsmanship on this one). I hand stitched on a silver trim layer between the fabric and chiffon to give just bit of pop.

The corset is actually a bunnysuit pattern I bought off of Nerdbroidery on Etsy (www.etsy.com/shop/Nerdbroidery ), but the patterns are usually Limited Edition, so when she sells them, BUY THEM! Using high quality white bridal satin, I followed the instructions to the letter and got a gorgeous, form fitting steel boned corset that i adore! I did add on the belt, and top stitched it on half of the corset, the other half hangs free so I can use the zipper in the back. I attach the belt in the front with some snaps, so I can dress myself without my belt looking derpy. The black part is three layers of chiffon-the largest layer is scalloped with dots, the second medium layer is scalloped,and the third, front layer is just one semi-circle. All three were cut out with the solder tool.

The jacket is a heavily modified Simplicity pattern #3775 (lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8DO… ) Figure F. I made a mockup out of muslin to draft where the scalloping would go, design the bell sleeves and scalloping, and draft how much fabric I would need for the white edging on the sleeves. So. Much. Drafting! The snowflake design was modified a bit, then cut out with the solder tool, (as was the sleeve cutouts) then the back pattern and sleeves were spray dyed in the same fashion as the skirt. I used two layers of white fabric for the outside, and one layer of red satin for the inside lining. The collar was free drafted, pleated and had heavy interfacing inside to give it some rigidity. The inside hem of the sleeves were exposed, so I did an enclosed hem with bias tape. Again, I handstitched on silver trim for detailing.

The wig was bought online, and was one of the few that came with the little bun. I bought a tiara from Sam Moon Trading company and modified it a bit to fit around the detatchable ponytail clip

I went for pure Craftsmanship on this one, so all my seams were pressed and finished, and I'm so glad the judges noticed that! This was about 3+ months of labor, since I was being so detail oriented. The solder tool I used was bought at Hobby Lobby (shop.hobbylobby.com/assets/1/1… ) and was an amazing purchase! You can cut out beautiful designs on synthetic fabric with this-giving your cosplay THAT more detail! Fair warning....it stinks so badly when you use it on fabric. D: