Tonight's crazy cosplay planning.

New journal= cosplay planning. Of course that's the reason why I'm finally starting to do the heavy planning that I should have done earlier on. I love journals. It an obsession.  Any whooooo! I've been a lot of planning today not just for Abel but also for Seth's outfit. 

 I've been writing away all sorts of major details including how many yards of fabric we'll need for Seth's dress and hat. 

Its hard to tell from what I wrote but I have a to buy list, a list of fabric paint we'll need, yards of fabric, Which part of the outfit will be sewn with what color fabric. 

As well as some doodles about how I will modify the dress pattern I will be using.

I got a lot done. In the end we will need 20 3/4 yards fabric for Seth and her hat. That is a light green fabric and a non-shiny white fabric. I decided on not using the left over white satin I used for the skirt and inner train so the inner train will stand out more. The ref picture shows only the skirt as a shiny. So the rest will not be. Expect the green which I cannot be picky about. Light green fabric is hard to come back and for some reason the fabric stores near me do not sell Sateen fabric. :(

So...

There will be 11 yards for the white fabric which will be used for...

• Outer train (Goes up to waist.)
• Cuffs
• Lining for the entire outfit
• Edges of hat

And a 11 yards of green fabric 

• Front dress skirt panel
• Sleeves (Upper fluff sleeves too.)
• Torso of bodice
• Front and back of hat

We may need more green fabric for the hat but right now I will wait until I start making Seth's outfit. But thats not all for Seth...

• Lace (Rose venice) for sleeves
• Lace for collar 
• Gold trim
• Black fabric (I already own some that I will be re-using.)

Seth is a hassle but she's an empress so she deserves it. I'll have to make the pattern for the lower sleeves but that shouldn't be too hard. The shape is very simple. Its Abel's collar on his cape that will be the biggest challenge. I'm starting on sketches trying to figure it all out. Hopefully I will as its a pretty imporant piece of his outfit. 

So that's it for now. I've got Once Upon A Time to watch! 

(I'm really wanting to cosplay Belle now.)

Thanks for reading!