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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · 7d

It's wearable chu chu chu!

Progress on Ulala. There is so much interfacing and crinoline net and horsehair in this outfit to give it that gravity defying futuristic sci-fi look. Even the boots stand up on their own

#spacechannel5 #cosplay

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · 14d

I summon Dark Magician Girl to the dress form!

The dress is done (I'll do the brooch later). Everything is removable. And Imean everything. The skirt and cape have snap tape and all the other pieces have 1/2" snaps. The corset top has light boning and a front zipper.

#yugioh #cosplay

Front and side of dark Magician Girl on a dress form. My dress form is gray, and the beige straps show where the shoulders sit

Back of dark Magician Girl. Left has the cape down. Right had the cape held up to show the back of the belt and arrow- shaped details hanging over the skirt

Details of some of the attachments.
Left, snap tape holding the skirt on
Top right, snaps holding the belt closed
Bottom right, snaps for the front arrow ornament and the shrug to hide the front zipper

Bias tape! All of it is homemade. Top left, the belt. Top right, the shrug. Bottom, bias tape maker and my iron

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · 16d

When you're entire weekend lineup at a con is villains

#cosplay #video

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · 23d

It's time to duel!

This is the second cosplay I'll be working in tandem with Ulala. This is for my friend so we can be yugioh nerds together! This is just the mockup and now it's time to s-s-s-sew

#yugioh #cosplay

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · 27d

Left, right, chu chu chu!

I've been enabled to finally cosplay from an early rhythm game and Ulala from Space Channel 5 is it. Also my first Sega cosplay!

Here's my wearable mockup!

I'll be working this in tandem with another project so stay tuned!

#spacechannel5 #cosplay

A pink Ulala next to me in a yellow and orange mockup posing with one hand raised and pointing

Standing in the yellow and orange mockup with one hip popped

Turned around to show the back of the mockup and the zipper placement

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Sep 22

Best girl cheerleader friend complete!

I feel so cute in this! I'm so happy that I finally made this outfit. Finding this perfect fabric really helped. Can you believe I only spent about $20 to make this?

#yugioh #cosplay

Téa gardner cosplay! Me standing on the left, pink jacket and blue pleated skirt with white kneesocks and brown loafers. Standing in front of a lot of green plants 🌿

On the right is a line drawing of Téa in her school uniform for comparison

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Sep 18

It's time to duel!

Finally making Téa's school uniform! It's a modified suit jacket pattern I picked up eons ago to make the outfit and never did. Also real pockets. REAL POCKETS.

#yugioh #cosplay

Side by side. Left is my pink jacket with white bias tape edges and buttons sitting on a dress form.
Right is Téa Gardner in her pink and blue school uniform

Real pockets. REAL POCKETS. This jacket has real pockets

Close up of the white buttons and their button holes

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Sep 9

All I see is a monster in me

Transformation video for my D&D Bowser! Finally wearing this cosplay after I made it forever ago. I scared a few kids in this haha

#cosplay #Bowser #supermario

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Sep 3

That girl is poison

And also half the floral aisle at a Michael's.

Ivy, Lady of the Forest, is done! And just in time for Rose City this weekend hooray!

#dccomics #cosplay

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sometimes you need to take apart a fabric flower bouquet.

I bought a bouquet of purple flowers at Michael's for the headpiece, but i wasn't sure how I wanted to put it together. Then it hit me. Just so it the same as the leaf hips!

So I cut flowers in half and sewed them to felt over floral wire.

All images are different views of the same headpiece. Purple flowers expand and flow over a red wig with green wire. At the bottom hanging a few flowers sewn together. The white is the wig head.

Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Aug 28

350 mini roses later....

Ivy has all these spots up the skirt hem and sleeve. I wasn't sure how i wanted to add them, but this is the last of the forest. Roses obviously!

I bought two packs, about 350, put on some good TV, and nearly a week later, spots! It's fun to touch!

#dccomics #cosplay

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Aug 22

I've used every leaf that I could find in the house.

For real. The hip leaves on Ivy's dress needed more than the garland I bought, so I salvaged more leaves from other bunches I had.

It's amazing how this cheap leaf ribbon looks good when it's sewn down to the fabric. #cosplay #dccomics

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Aug 19

Today in Zelda, I went to the beach with my friends and picked up rocks

#Zelda #totk

Link standing on the left in front of a rock with a prompt that says "pick up". He's at the beach with Sidon and Mineru under a blue sky streaked with light clouds

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm indulging myself and making Poison Ivy.

Dress is made of a rayon bedsheet and a table runner so far. Dress and flowers are both dyed using Dye-na-flow

I feel like a forest goddess. I had 3 hummingbirds circle me while talking pics, trying to figure out if I'm was food.

#dccomics #cosplay

Right, a panel from Dark Knight of Steel with Ivy reclining in a tree, saying, "i recognize no queen"
Left, my cosplay in progress. White one shoulder dress with a purple and pink gradient and a green mossy collar with purple flowers

Showing off the cosplay some more.
Left, showing off the partial flowing sleeve and the gathers sewn into the side.
Right, showing off the back.

Forbidden soup (aka dye bath) with flowers soaking in it. Several flowers on the top half of the photo has flowers dyed and pinned to plastic over cardboard

One shoulder dress painted with pink and purple dye, laying out on the deck to dry

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Aug 15

Today in Zelda I caught a bug. My sister wanted me to find a stag beetle. I got close!

#Zelda #TOTK

Photo of a blue staff beetle sitting on a tree with the text at top, "image added to Hyrule Compendium". Bottom text is "bladed rhino beetle"

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Aug 11

Loki is complete!

I've changed a few things including adding a halter to the bodysuit and changing clips in the bangs to make them sit flatter. Also added the hairpiece which is attached to the ponytail clip with elastic plus bracelets made of furniture foam.

#fireemblem #cosplay #feh

Loki standing, facing the front. The outfit is primarily white with gold details. Lavender is on the midriff, legs, and skirt

Back of Loki. The outfit is white with gold details. Hair is a bright purple-pink

Standing facing forward with the staff going left to right with the staff head upside down on the right

Standing in the pose when she's deployed to the battlefield. Staff goes left to right with the staff head on the right

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Aug 4

Loki got her hair did!

This is my Wedding Peach wig, so I didn't want to permanently alter it. So I made a clip on that also pulls the bangs up to hide them! After some trial and error and a lot of crimping, I have finished the styling!

#fireemblem #cosplay

Partial turn around if the wig showing off the bangs extension

Left, left side of the wig showing a thick braid hanging down the side with bangs whipped over the braid

Middle, wig turned toward the front showing off the bangs over the braid

Right, screenshot of loki's hair in game

Wefts laid over black mesh showing off the right placements between each weft row.

Braid in progress with the bangs unstyled, pinned to a white Styrofoam head

Flipped over to show the black net. Black clips sewn in the right side and silver alligator clips sewn in the left. This is rotated 90° when attaching the piece to the wig

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Jul 31

Entire town is out of cell service and internet. Thank goodness for libraries! Cozied up in a corner by the audio books and worked in a quiet little nook.

Hopefully service will be back tomorrow. This wifi is not in fact booming like the ads say

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Jul 29

Loki progress! My wig matches my garden!

I got some full photos to submit to Rose City and got a few fun ones with my tripod dog Noelle who really just wanted to sunbathe. She's not afraid of me in cosplay so it was fun to get a few silly pics

#fireemblem #cosplay

Loki standing in a garden with magenta flowers on the left and a blue sky above

Loki looking at a beige hound. She's looking up at me and wagging her tail. She knows it's me despite the cosplay

Poking the dog in the nose. She sticks that big snout up at me and it's just so pokable

Loki standing with the beige hound sitting to the left. She's sitting off to the side a little because she's a tripod!

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Jul 28

Accessories update!

The thigh emblems, belt, and shoes are done! I tried something new and used taco and ice cream sandwich boxes as the base shape under spandex. And that makes for some amazing durable shapes!

I'm getting close to finishing!

#cosplay #fireemblem

Left, belt and hip star displayed on a dress form
Top right, finished white and purple white covers with gold soles
Bottom right, sparkly white and gold accents sitting in a table mat

Top to bottom, the process of making the belt.
Top, underside of the belt, showing the links sewn to white herringbone tape
Middle, close up of hand sewn links
Bottom, progress of the belt with the hip star

Progress for the thigh accents
Top left, taco box and pattern with fabric clipped to the box
Top right, finished white center gem with gold side wings in progress
Bottom left, front and back of the finished accents. The back is brown knit
Bottom right, both accents sitting right side up

Various progress photos from making shoes
Top left, shoe wrapped in plastic with lives drawn in sharpie for the pattern
Top right, shoe flipped upside down showing the straps to hold the cover on
Bottom right, all the pieces for the shoes cut out and laying on a table
Bottom left, designs and details pinned down
Middle, two cuts of fabric on plastic, dyed lavender

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Jul 21

Lolol maybe he learned it from watching squirrels!

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Jul 21

Monday challenge: post the least flattering photo you have of your pet

tbh I envy his ability to sleep anywhere

Tabby cat sprawled out over the arm of a couch with his hind legs spread over the couch. Somehow he's sleeping

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Jul 17

Thank you so much! I feel divine!

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Jul 17

I thought it would be too but it's surprisingly not. I just folded and painted. The sun did most of the work. When I get back to writing, I'll for sure write this up as a tutorial!

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Sammy / Val @leafnincosplay.bsky.social · Jul 16

A video of the sun painting! Well part of it. The process took over 20 minutes to paint the whole back skirt, and the wind and heat fought against me. But the result is amazing!

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