Bit late to share my Nanny Astoreth cosplay, but here we go! More info under the cut.
To all the folks who attended the Talent show and/or submitted: loved seing your creations! Can't wait for a next year!❤
The main part of the cosplay- the coat, was made by me. From black wool, satin and burgundy nylon lining. I sewed by machine and by hand. The pattern is roughly 1890s. I wanted to make a coat that is also wearable for a normal day, not only a cosplay. (It will have it's premiere in about a week when I go to see very good production of Hamlet in the theatre.)
I always wanted to have a coat like this, so I added a little Nanny Astoreth magic to the mix and made one of my dreams come true.
Edit: I was asked about some sewing info, so there you go! Warning: I'm not a seamstress, I start and complete my sewing projects only by the inaffable audacity I posses, usually by the method of trial and error. So if you're a seamstress, please don't execute me or burn me at the stake for this, please.
The pattern is from Black Snail Patterns, it's their Victorain 1890s coat. I made few alterations: I combined the two patterns you get (with the skirt or peplum). I picked sleeves from the peplum variation but kept the skirt. (More about the skirt later.)
I made no mock up. That's it, you can crucify me. I just went for it and hoped for the best. Probably don't do that.
This was my "first" in many ways: first time using pattern with included seam allowance, first time working with interfacing, first time doing an overcoat. There were some easy part and some hard ones. I won't go over the whole process, just share a few tips I found helpfull.
Here's the whole coat with the inside. (Colours are a bit brighter then in real life, I had quite a different lighting. It also isn't so shiny.)
Before I even started sewing, I ironed in interfacing. This makes the coat stiff and strong. (I sadly have no pictures.) The pattern will tell, where to do that. I used baking sheet, so it wouldn't stick to the iron.
To ensure I have the bodice pieces all lined up, I marked the waist-line by thread. Chalupa wouldn't hold and thread made it so easy to work with the pieces. Over all, sewing the bodice together wasn't a problem, but here comes the hard part...
The satin lapels. I had a breakdown over these. I'm not kidding. First, I just sewed them in, and to make them all nice and smooth I ironed them to the ineterfacing on the wool outer layer. That turned out to be a disaster. The seams were showing on the corners because there was more fabric. I had to carefully rip it apart and think of another solution.
I decided to iron in new Layer of interfacing, sticking just to the satin. This was achieved but putting baking sheet between the two fabrics, so it doesn't stick together. There are some photos of the interfacing pinned and not ironed and then when I ironed it. (It was honestly going back and forth, trying not to overheat and melt the fabric whilst making it stick. It took forewer.)
(As you can see, the collar is stitched on with red thread. That was just to hold it in place, I later handstitched it with black one. I used the same "two interfacings" method for the collar as on the lapels. You can also see a tiny bit of the interfacing in the upper left corner of the second photo.)
Sewing and sewing in the lining wasn't much of a trouble. The sleeves took a while to figure out, but it was mainly my thread ripping while I gathered them.
The skirt was the easy part. I pinned it on and tried it, saw the waist was too low and made my proportions weird. I just moved it up and trimmed the rest of the fabric. Here you can see how the inner seam is done. It was pretty easy.
About the additional stuff - buttons, buttonholes and the buckle and belt. Buttons were made by me. I wanted them to match, so I bought a little box for making custom fabric buttons. Easy and fun! Buttonholes were supposed to be easy. First two were. The third was a disaster. What can I say? Check your foot and settings. You don't want to be undoing that. I bought the buckle in the shop, sewed the belt. The wholes for the buckle were done by sewing tiny buttonholes. I did the same for the prog of the buckle. Worked surpridingly well.
That's probably all the tios I have.
Last but not least, I have a tiny fun detail. I embroidered a little star for the starmaker! And I love it dearly!
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It's happening! That's right. More than 70 artists have submitted entries to the Good Omens Got True Talents competition. The event will be LIVE STREAMED on February 24th, beginning at 2pm EST, 7pm GMT, on Sendarya's YouTube Channel.
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My school has a talent show and after my act where I basically interrupted my friends playing violins by trumpeting at them we were sitting in the back and I just watched this 8th grader come out in a penguin suit and he said "so I'm gonna do some comedy and magic for you today but first of all I've had a few questions about my shirt and I would like to say I was told to come in a suit so I came in a suit" and literally omg I died
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The 141 end up having a hidden takents show one night, just for entertainment.
This is what soap and ghost brought to the table
Everyone was impressed, but also how did they even do the lighting? When did they have the time? And did anyone else know they could do this?
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Every fan is invited to the First Annual Good Omens Got Talent!
All ages and skill levels welcome. From still art to short skits, from cosplay to knitting, if it's Good Omens themed art or talent, this is the place to show it off!
Spread the word. I'd love to get the entire GO's fan community involved.
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Round 2 — Talent Show
Contestants: Luis Kōkyū & Aoba Yamamura
Divisions: Aoyama & Kumamoto
"I'll admit, when you said that you wanted to perform a dance, Luis, I didn't think you meant this type of dance."
"Well, this is really the only type of dancing I know, aside from Mexican-style dances. ...And honestly, I wouldn't be doing this under normal circumstances."
*Chuckles* "A chef who deals with fire everyday is fearful of performing this?"
"'Fearful?' No, I just don't like having to douse myself with fire-protection beforehand. That stuff leaves a lingering residue on you."
"Ha. Well then, shall we?"
"Very well."
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