/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

What a freaking roller coaster this Rikku costume has been. I know cgl hates it cuz it's a basic bitch costume. But I've wanted to just be a pretty thief gurl since I first played the game but I've never had the confidence until now.
>everything is done except belt and bags. Wig is looking awesome. realproud.jpg
>start to work on first bag
>bobbin shuttle hook cracks
Oh my god no.
>can't find part on Amazon with prime 2 day shipping offered
>convention is this Saturday
>boots aren't here either
My one and only friend around here comes forward and lends me her old singer to borrow. Okay well lets do it it lets get this done thank the lord. If the boots don't show I'll just panic craft some
>sewing machine is not strong enough to sew through more than two layers of vinyl
>have to top stitch the edges by hand
>looks pretty poopy
>go to check shipping on boots I ordered like a month ago
>estimated arival time is the fuckin day of the convention.
>break down. Go to bed.
It's like everything is telling me that I should just not even try to finish this. But it's just really hard to accept that because it's so close to being done. I don't want to butcher some boots I have if it means I'm going to come home and the boots I got are right fuckin there on my porch.
It's also really hard for me to just set this aside because my state sucks balls for the convention scene and there is only like one good convention a year. This is that con. Their masquerade offers cash prizes that I really can't pass on at least trying to win one of them.
>top prize is $400 at this little dinky con
>even if I took home a lower prize it would still be money in the $100 range twords a new costume
We're tight on cash atm so that would be amazing to have. I'll probably end up busting out another costume if I don't finish this but still. Weep for me suffering.