Pirates Of The Caribbean Elizabeth Swann Cosplay

This is one of my favorite movies growing up watching it with my dad. Who couldn't love Jack sparrow and his quirky self. Over the past years every time I watch one of the POTC movies I end up going off to Pinterest and daydreaming about making one of the costumes from the movie.

Fast forward to March 2021 My friend Chayla, Daniel, and I decided to go to St. Augustine in May to take content pictures for our businesses.

Daniel will be making his ( 3rd....4th?) Jack Sparrow Costume and I will be making Elizabeth Swann's Gold dress from The Curse Of The Black Pearl. I will also be taking my Katara Dress From Avatar to do a few cosplay yoga photos.

Research & Materials

Why the gold dress you ask? Well, I have the pattern for it, and I needed to get it sewn together quickly.

The dress she wears in the movie has a damask outer fabric and a heavily embroidered bodice front.

Sewing Pattern from Simplicity

https://www.simplicity.com/simplicity-storefront-catalog/patterns/costumes/simplicity-pattern-4092-misses-costumes/

This is pretty accurate to the dress as you can see.

Fabric For The Dress

The cheapest I found was in the same color, however with a different floral design.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/591286347/kayla-gold-polyester-floral-jacquard?ref=yr_purchases

I got the lining ( muslin) from Walmart and yellow fabric from Walmart.

I had a very light fabric for the contrast colors, but I ran out. I ended up having to go with the lighter yellow at Walmart, it's not as light as I would like, but it works.

Bodice Construction

The bodice construction wasn't bad at all. The only issue I had is the bodice front, I'm needing to upsize it.

Dress Construction

We ended up making the front bodice piece a lot bigger, as the original piece would not have fit at all. Thanks to Daniel for his pattern drafting. We decided to sew one end onto the dress, and the other we would use to close with hook and eyes. The top layer of skirt we sewed onto the bodice, and the underskirt we attached to elastic.

Finishing Touches

Adding the lace to the outline of the overdress and in the sleeves. Also attaching hook and eyes to the side of the dress to it closes nicely.

Elizabeth Swan Cosplay In Saint Augustine

Photography By Chayla Photography

Violet Fairy Cosplay For A Fairy Tea Party

Sarah invited me to her Birthday Fairy Tea Party and encouraged us to wear fantasy clothing. I knew right away that I wanted to make a violet fairy costume, where early spring I was making all the Violet things like jelly, syrup, and tea!

Construction

I used the Hobbit Pattern Simplicity 1771. That I had used for my past hobbit costume and just used the apron and skirt pattern for the bottom part of the violet fairy dress.

Then I ended up using the Jack sparrow shirt pattern for the top, but I made the sleeves a lot shorter.

Daniel made the hat out of foam. He thought it looked like a samurai helmet!

Fairy Tea Party

Waterbending Cosplay: Based On Katara From Avatar The Last Airbender

Waterbender Cosplay inspired by Katara

Research & Inspiration

I wanted to find a costume that when I teach sewing/cosplay at conventions, was comfortable and easy to transport. Katara in Avatar the Last Airbender, learns and teaches the group in a lot of ways, and I felt like this was a great teaching cosplay!

Kimono Fabric & Trim Choice

There are a lot of different fabric colors and options for Katara's water bending kimono, I decided to go with 6 yards of light blue Crepe Scuba Knit & 2 yards of white Cotton Broadcloth. I purchased the fur trim from Joanne's 2 yards.

Kimono Pattern Drafting

Daniel took brown drawing paper and held it up and drew the pattern for the kimono. He also drafted the patterns for the sleeves. It worked perfectly.

Kimono Construction

Basically what I ended up doing was sewing the back to the two sides. Added the sleeves. I took Bias tape and went around the neck and sides of the garment so the trim was white. We also added velcro to the top that overlaps, so it stays in place. The belt we measured to my waist and added velcro in two different places so it stayed in place.

The white fur trim I added all around the bottom of the kimono.

Final Thoughts

That was it! I'd say overall it took about 5 hours max? Personally, I'd like to make a few more of these easy to construct Kimonos to wear around conventions. They're very light and flow very nicely.

Completed Cosplay

Katara Inspired Cosplay

Photos by Chayla Photography