Hogwarts uniform references

I've recently been upgrading my Hogwarts uniform Hermione cosplay so that it's as movie accurate as possible; I'll be making a youtube video on everything soon which will include details, fabrics, behind the scenes secrets (thanks to the studio tour) and how I put mine together. I found hundreds of references from movie stills, photoshoots …

Making of: Rey’s hero outfit

It's been a while since my last making of blog - or a while since a blog on here...period. I have no idea why but this blog crashed on my end 😦 but now it's back! and so am I! Today is rey bae and her new fancy outfit.  I started this back in December …

Character Corner: Éponine

I'm starting a new series on my blog called "Character corner"; This is where I'll be discussing my costumes for specific characters. Part of why I love cosplaying is because I get to be characters that I love or really admire, and cosplay gives me a feeling of being closer to those characters/franchises that mean …

The Daisy dress: How to make a skater dress

I started a new project today, using some scrap fabric and I'm very pleased with how it's turned out. This dress is a V neck skater style dress with a tea length skirt and short sleeves. I fell in love with the design of this dress that Daisy Ridley wore to Star wars celebration; The …

How to: Costume research

Ever since I started sewing and costuming, I've thoroughly enjoyed the research and construction part, however I know that many people struggle with this aspect. I often receive messages from my lovely followers or friends stating that they "have no idea where to start with a costume"  and that the research is always the worst …

2017 in costumes

As 2017 draws to a close, I thought it would be nice to reflect on all the costumes that I've done this year. 2017 has been a heavy sewing year, not only cosplay wise, I also run an easy store for cosplay items and was trying my hardest to knock out a load of sewing …

Style steal: Meghan Markle

Hello everyone! So this is different to my usual sewing and costume making blogs but I really want to branch out and talk about fashion. Some of my favourite blogs are style steal ones, so from now on I'm going to do more of these and other clothing related bits.  Please let me know what …

Making of: Eponiné Thenardier

DO YOU HEAR THE POEPLE SING? SINGING THE SONGS OF ANGRY MEN at last, my dream cosplay has been realised! Eponine is so dear to my heart and I feel very honoured to wear her. This costume doesn't really have an official start date because I started collecting research, materials and pieces years ago (although …

Re-creating scenes of Harry Potter – in costume!

A goal of mine is to re-create scenes of Harry Potter. Why? because I f*cking love Harry Potter, and my passion in life is sewing and costuming - and Harry Potter introduced me to that, well, Hermione. One of my favourite scenes in the whole series is the scene in Shaftesbury avenue, and since I …

A Hermione a week! #6

So I wasn't meant to post this until Friday but I accidentally clicked publish and now I can't undo it so.....whoops..... Another winter outfit even though it's august! but I'm British and it's cold here all the time so it's okay. Check out last week's outfit here > week #5 So this outfit is made up …