/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

Top for my red mage is nearly done. Still need to hem the bottom and hand-sew a few parts in the sleeves, along with a little work on the zipper in the back, but after that it's ready for the boobie pads. My contrast fabric is a little too dark, but I like strong contrast so I'm gonna leave it as-is. I might be able to finish the hat today, too, if I'm lucky.

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I imagine that's kind of the long way around to gathering. When I gather for just about anything, I make a zigzag over a piece of string I hold in the middle. Once the length of the fabric has the zigzag over it, you can tack the string down on one side (I just wrap it around a pin a few times) and pull the other end and it gathers a lot more smoothly than trying to do it with a straight stitch. Taeliac (sp?) has a video tutorial about it on dA somewhere.