#sword art online cosplay
Continued progress on the Ordinal Scaledress!
I put the sleeves into the lining, gathering about 1.5″ of them at the tops.
The completed lining side was sewn to the shell at the collar with two rows of stitching to reinforce it. The lining and shell were also sewn together at the sides of the zipper. I hand-sewed the layers closed at the top, near the collar, and very bottom, under the knit inset. The sleeves were finished as well.
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Getting the lining/facing pieces of the Ordinal Scale dress together
The lining pieces have the same staystitches as the shell pieces. The bottom hem of the bodice pieces were turned up by 0.375″, pressed, and overcasted. The front pieces were sewn together, as were the back pieces, with a 0.375″ pleat into the center back above the waist.
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Putting together the collar pieces for the Ordinal Scaledress.
The shell pieces have mediumweight interfacing.
Sewing all of those corners between the teal/white/black pieces on the outer shell of the collar was a hassle. The final product turned out to not stand vertically at the sides (shoulder seams), but I’m reluctant to redo the entire collar. This is what I get for not mocking it up…
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Putting all of the shell pieces of the Ordinal Scale dress together.
Poor Silica is so flat that the bust curves didn’t need to be notched.
The tops of the sleeves are gathered, but those details will be hidden by the jacket in the complete costume.
There is a line of stitching running down the middle of each of the black stripes on the front, but unfortunately the black thread didn’t show up against the black twill at all. I should’ve picked an off-black fabric.
An invisible zipper, cut to 19.5″ length, was sewn into the center front. I sacrificed a bit of accuracy here by having a zipper that closes at the bottom and prevents the dress from having a separating front.
The polyester twill drapes heavily, so horsehair braid will be added later to make the bottom hem flare out.
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All of the base pieces for Ordinal Scale dress cut out.
Shell is polyester twill. Lining is polyester. Black front stripe is polyester/cotton twill. Black panel at the bottom of the dress is heavy stretch suiting. White collar corners are heavy matte satin.
The back pieces will form a pleat in the center back to allow for movement. The sleeves were cut on the bias so that they can allow for ~20% stretch since I drafted the pattern to be extremely close-fitting.
Polyester twill was such a pain to lay down flat and straight because of its slipperiness. The black polyester/cotton twill was a magnet for lint and wool hairs…
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Here I skip straight to the finished Silica (OS ver.)cosplay.
Photos taken by a friend at the US premiere of Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on March 1, 2017! Pina was on loan from AGSMA Cosplay.
The movie was amazing. I would recommend people to see it for the final battle animation alone and all Kirito × Asuna shippers.
I’m so glad I was able to participate in the premiere. It was like three days of a con all packed into one.
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Getting the shell of the Ordinal Scale jacket together~
The top halves of the sleeves are puff sleeves measuring 6.125″ tall. The bottom halves are bell sleeves at 16.625″ long. The puff sleeves were also gathered for around 1.5″ at the top. I ended up making the diagonal openings on the sleeve sides steeper in the final draft.
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Buying gf
