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I will go back and add photos later!

Here’s a short breakdown of how I made my cosplay of Crona from Soul Eater, one of my favorite anime when I was younger. This is not a super in-depth tutorial and assumes you have some prior sewing knowledge but if anyone wants a more detailed explanation of anything feel free to ask!

I usually draft my own patterns but since I haven’t made anything this shape for a while and sometimes have trouble with stretchy fabric, I used a storebought pattern that looked similar enough, McCall’s M7999. The first attempt turned out way too big and the fabric was too thin, so I took in the seams to make it smaller and added a second layer to the body. The cuffs, shoe things (socks? spats?), and collar are woven fabric instead of knit and the buttons on everything except the cuffs are functional, not just decorative. My sewing machine came with a buttonhole setting so luckily I did not have to do that part by hand. I didn’t draft real patterns for the white parts of Crona’s outfits since they’re all basically rectangles lol. The black stripes on the sleeves are thin ribbon glued on with fabric glue as they were too thin to sew evenly.

It took a couple tries to find a wig that was the same color in person as it was online but once I got it, styling was super easy. The asymmetrical, jagged style made it easy to cover up any mmistakes. I trimmed the bangs, cut most of it a little bit shorter leaving those long pieces out, crimped everything, then used steam to curl up the ends. I initially used a flat iron but the style eventually fell flat even with hairspray.

Crona’s sword was the first prop I made in a long time and I was on a really tight budget. The last prop I made that turned out decent looking was just posterboard sandwiched around foam so I did pretty much the same thing but with a long wood dowel for support and to act as the handle. The spikes are all air dry clay and the wrap is two different widths of pleather trim glued together and a bunch of googly eyes painted with silver acrylic paint. When you shake the sword you can hear the googly eyes googling! The handle is wrapped with Walmart brand sports tape and I highly recommend using a different brand. After holding it all day the adhesive started to come off on my hands :(

Overall this cosplay was super comfortable and looks great. It’s nice wearing something that’s mostly one piece without a ton of extra accessories. My only complaint is that I would have really liked to add pockets, but the dress is too thin and form-fitting for that. I didn’t get a lot of good pictures so I definitely plan on wearing it again sometime!