Vampire Healer
Worn to:
NOT Costume Con 38 (Montreal, QC)
Status: Active
Why Vampire Healer?
Originally, Vampire Healer was my third choice. My first choice ended up frustrating me to the point I didn't want to wear it for competition (I will complete it but not for competition), and my second ended up all the spots for it were taken. So, I chose Vampire Healer. A bonus of making Vampire Healer was that I didn't even need to buy anything, everything was from my stash!
Construction:
The entire costume is made of cotton that I had in my stash. The buttons are from my late grandmother's button tin that I inherited. The mirror was a dollar store one my mom had left from some crafting projects and gave to me. Velcro is leftover from other projects. Even the snap fasteners. And I have a large stash of quilt batting in my camp trailer in the storage area.
For the pants I just used my normal pants pattern. The pockets are my own pattern and were carefully hand sewn on using a slip stitch.
For the shirt I used a pre-existing t-shirt as a base for the pattern, and made it a bit bigger and altered the neckline. I looked at real scrubs for how to go about making the shirt. Everything was pressed as I went along. The pocket is machine sewn on. There is a neck facing for around the collar of the shirt.
The cape was a custom pattern and cut out of the red cotton I had on hand. I made the straps first so that I could pin them between the layers of fabric for the actual cape part. Before sewing the cape together, I did the applique cross on the back. I put fusible interfacing to it, and basted it to the cape piece before using a tight zig-zag stitch around the edges. I sewed the two layers of red cotton together with a piece of the quilt batting big enough to fit the whole cape. I left a small opening at the neckline to pull everything through after clipping my corners and curves. I hand sewed the neck opening closed. I added snap fasteners and buttons to attach the cape to the shirt.
The mirror headband is just simply some of the scrap from the pants sewn into a headband, velcro sewn on, and then the mirror is hot glued over where the velcro sits at the front of my head.
Photos from the Saturday evening social at NOT CC38 by Red Mage cosplay and photography
Home shoot pending (cause pandemic)
NOT Costume Con 38 (Montreal, QC)
Status: Active
Why Vampire Healer?
Originally, Vampire Healer was my third choice. My first choice ended up frustrating me to the point I didn't want to wear it for competition (I will complete it but not for competition), and my second ended up all the spots for it were taken. So, I chose Vampire Healer. A bonus of making Vampire Healer was that I didn't even need to buy anything, everything was from my stash!
Construction:
The entire costume is made of cotton that I had in my stash. The buttons are from my late grandmother's button tin that I inherited. The mirror was a dollar store one my mom had left from some crafting projects and gave to me. Velcro is leftover from other projects. Even the snap fasteners. And I have a large stash of quilt batting in my camp trailer in the storage area.
For the pants I just used my normal pants pattern. The pockets are my own pattern and were carefully hand sewn on using a slip stitch.
For the shirt I used a pre-existing t-shirt as a base for the pattern, and made it a bit bigger and altered the neckline. I looked at real scrubs for how to go about making the shirt. Everything was pressed as I went along. The pocket is machine sewn on. There is a neck facing for around the collar of the shirt.
The cape was a custom pattern and cut out of the red cotton I had on hand. I made the straps first so that I could pin them between the layers of fabric for the actual cape part. Before sewing the cape together, I did the applique cross on the back. I put fusible interfacing to it, and basted it to the cape piece before using a tight zig-zag stitch around the edges. I sewed the two layers of red cotton together with a piece of the quilt batting big enough to fit the whole cape. I left a small opening at the neckline to pull everything through after clipping my corners and curves. I hand sewed the neck opening closed. I added snap fasteners and buttons to attach the cape to the shirt.
The mirror headband is just simply some of the scrap from the pants sewn into a headband, velcro sewn on, and then the mirror is hot glued over where the velcro sits at the front of my head.
Photos from the Saturday evening social at NOT CC38 by Red Mage cosplay and photography
Home shoot pending (cause pandemic)