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Hey there!

I’m Gillian, a cosplayer, writer, editor, and occasional illustrator with an unruly fabric habit. I love patternmaking, fabric manipulation, embellishment, and big, ambitious projects.

My book The Hero’s Closet is available now!

Stealing my own thunder a bit but holy heck dudes

Stealing my own thunder a bit but holy heck dudes check it out. My sister @kathleenconahan commissioned me to make a Tifa for her as well, and while mine’s still in progress hers got shipped out at the beginning of this month. She just sent these photos of the whole thing (which are way radder than anything I can get while holed up in my brooklyn cave, lbr) and I’m beside myself with glee.

Kathleen made her own earrings, materia wristband, and gloves, with hand-etched aluminum plates. I made the skort, tops, leather vambrace, belt/suspenders, socks, and arm warmers. 📸 by @jeremysilvertongue

#tifacosplay #tifalockhartcosplay #ff7cosplay #ffviicosplay #finalfantasycosplay #leatherarmor #cosplayarmor #cosplaycommission

Three weeks and 60-odd hours later, I’m official

Three weeks and 60-odd hours later, I’m officially past where I was before I decided to remake the boots. Welts are on, shanks are in, and now I just need to fill and level the underside of the boots, put the soles on, build the heels, and finish and polish the damn things. Not so bad, right? Except for the bit where we’re down to the wire now 😅

#crownchampionshipsofcosplay #cosplaywip #cosplaycobbler #cosplayshoes #cosmaker #cosprogress #ciricosplay #witchercosplay

Here’s some nice crunchy WIP for a Sunday mornin

Here’s some nice crunchy WIP for a Sunday morning!

Basically none of whatever the Empress wears under her robes is visible in the reference materials we’ve seen so far, so I’m making something up based on the available information. Most importantly, the full-length embroidered panel at center front needs to hang from something that isn’t the floaty gathered blouse - ideally a structured bodice or corset with lots of boning to prevent distortion and sagging from the weight. The curvy panel shapes are strongly influenced by Maika’s armor from the Monstress issue 13 cover, which I built back in early 2018 and still love. The neckline is shaped to match the upper edge of the embroidery panel, and will be refined in mockups to play nicely with the blouse underneath as well.

One of the main reasons I made my own dress form last year was to get an accurate, pinnable shape that would let me delve deeper into draping, and this bodice seemed like an excellent candidate to try. I’ve mostly been a flat patterning partisan thus far, but trying to lay out all these curvy seams while preserving fit was not a fun time and after a frustrating first mockup I needed to try something different. So we’ll see how this goes!

#patternmaking #cosplaywip #cosprogress #draping #cosmaker

All I want is for tv Ciri to be the murderous baby

All I want is for tv Ciri to be the murderous baby bandit she is in the books, is that too much to ask? But the show is both better than I could have hoped and sticking astonishingly close to the book stories, so it could still happen!
📸@jacquistuffnthings
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#thewitcher #witchercosplay #ciricosplay #cirillaofcintra #cirillafionaelenriannon

As seems to be the case for a lot of people my age

As seems to be the case for a lot of people my age, FF7R nailed me right in the nostalgia button. Not just a remake, but a loving and expansive remake that’s been updated just enough to live up to the rosy teenage memories. (Not to mention, the climate change themes are more timely than ever.) On the frivolous end, Tifa’s outfit is a case in point: the silhouette clearly evokes the original, but the details are thoughtful and functional. 2020 Tifa wears a sensible sports bra. She has a pleated skort instead of a pencil skirt, in order to more expediently kick fascists in the face. She has cargo pockets and twelve kinds of non-functional hardware, because it’s still a final fantasy game.
Patterning this skort/buttcape situation and working out all the fiddly construction bits has helped me to shake myself out of my unemployment-amid-a-global-cataclysm funk. I wouldn’t say it’s going quickly, especially with having to mail order all the little bits and pieces that I can’t stroll up to Pacific Trim for, but she’s starting to come together now. (Protect and cherish the USPS, which is a lifeline for cooped up New Yorkers as well as being y’know a cornerstone of democracy and all)
#cosmaker #cosplaywip #tifalockhartcosplay #tifacosplay #ff7remakecosplay #ff7cosplay

A fair number of you weren’t following along whe

A fair number of you weren’t following along when I started the endless Ciri build a year and a half ago, but I’m recapping it on the @c2e2 account this month if you want to catch up a bit. First post is a peek at the vest, which I very cleverly decided to make from steel rings with a quilted lining, so it weighs a ton but it might actually stop an arrow or two as long as the archer had really good aim. (let’s not test this, it’s still a crop top😅) Now that this year’s con season is over for me, I’m getting ready to dive into the last few details and finishing touches before I compete in her one more time. I’d like to redo the scabbard with more detail, and of course there are the long-delayed BOOTS. Gonna make this happen this time. (lolll wish me luck)
📸 from the magnificent @jacquistuffnthings
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