To be clear the round beads, not the drops. I like the drops a LOT and it's probably going to be my favorite detail

Pro tip: buying rhinestones always *feels like* "wow I've bought entirely too many surely I can't need several tens of thousands of tiny glittery things
And then you get started on the project and discover you need more. So just buy the extra to start~
I may swap the beads for something more bloody

Is.. sorry, is Die *not* explicitly a Villainess Isekai?? 🤨

Added this video to my queue and OH MY G O D right 😭🙏💖 (have you seen the cover?? 👀👀👀)

Right!? I'm leaning towards taking that as structure inspiration - I'm not super sure if I'd do the full shoulder caps and sleeve capes 🤔 but the lines of it are incredible! With everything going on on the hem I'll have to do *something* spectacular up top

Currently in my favorite stage: figuring out how to build it and shopping. I have *so* many red rhinestones, I cannot stress that enough 😂
Currently the skirt's a fully formed idea, the top a little less so. Rae has so many versions of her dress, so I feel I get a little freedom to find my fav

Finally pulled this back out. Think I've about figured out how I want the obi to sit - I'm going to sew it all down rather than retie it each time, then start on the painting. I also finally found a few obijime I like so that's finally done~

😭💖💖 thank you!!! That's so kind of you 💖💖💖 now I can't wait to finish the last few bits and do a full shoot~

Face hidden because I left some of my makeup at the booth and have to finish that there 😂 but!! Lina is done??

Cosplay is silly. Also I'm almost done. Last few snaps, then I'm calling it good. I'll circle back to the new pauldron gem (something is wrong with my 3d printer 🥲) and new cape at a later date~
The boots will snap to the tights, so I'm reinforcing the tights with felt~

Thank you~!! I'm excited to finally make this 😅💖

Seeing the boots and jacket nearly done are making me feel a lot better about finishing this

Yesssssss I'm so excited to finally make this~

Jacket is close to done! I've added horsehair braid to the hem of the jacket for a little extra flair. Gotta do a HEAVY pressing, some handsewing, and the closure but she's coming along! Flatlay hopefully tomorrow~

Verdict: NOPE lol. Enough for one side but not the other. That's on me for wanting it all one piece I suppose.
That aside, the jacket is coming together nicely! I'll switch over to boots for tonight and get back on the jacket tomorrow~

Spent part of tonight digging through the stash to see if I have enough matte white satin for the trim. Verdict: MAYBE! I'll see tomorrow and possibly buy some Friday! But the jacket and lining are cut - lined in scuba to give it some body, I'm also probably gonna put horsehair along the hem?

No picture update tonight but I've finalized the jacket pattern and patterned the boot(I may adjust the top to be a lil more floppy?)Also my idea for keeping these up: sacrifice dance tights, glue felt square inside tights, sew snaps to felt/tight combo, snap on the inside of boots, no slidey boots!

These were cut long so I could figure out the real length with upper bit when I finalized the jacket sleeve length, but!!!! They even have zippers so I can more easily wriggle a hand out if needed (which I may or may not use but I am a professional lmao)
Oh my GOD did these fight me. Wowowow