It’s done! Aaaaaah!
This is the last post for my daughter’s custom My Hero Academia All Might cosplay outfit! She loves it and it fits her perfectly.
She loves it, and really that is all that matters.
The top has a full jacket zip so she can wear the top casually, as I knew she’d want to later.
I used 3-inch elastic for the waistband and covered it with a really finicky yellow ribbed Lycra to make the belt easier to deal with.
The pants are fine cropped as she’ll cover a pair of boots with the remainder of the yellow fabric, but can also wear them whenever – because she’s 13 and can get away with that!
We’re both happy with the end result, and I’m SO GLAD to be done. I’m glad I CAN do something this epic, it was a lot of fun, but it’s exhausting! I need to make some easy stuff before I take on something epic again!
She was a good sport, and we walked to a nearby park to take some action shots in the fading autumn light.
For the most part, my pattern worked really well.
I laid them out and pieced them in what seemed to be the best logical blocks to then sew together.
There were a few adjustments on the fly, like removing unnecessary Y-seams (seams that come together in a Y-formation and are more evil than anything else on earth.) I top-stitched most seams, and when inserting the zipper, I used a Gutermann clear, nylon thread so the stitching wouldn’t be visible over the alternating colors. The nylon thread isn’t the easiest to stitch with, so I didn’t do the entire outfit in it…I’m generally not a fan of the thread, but it was perfect for the hem and the zip insertion. LOTS of hand-basting and tacking the zip in before sewing to get each of those pieced sections to line up across the chest! LOTS.
And we’re done! YAY! Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, and Post 4 if you’re interested in the entire process.
Are you done with your Halloween sewing?