First Time at Dragoncon
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| We are the Crystal Gems! |
Dragoncon, one of the country's largest Fantasy/Sci-fi/Gaming/Anime conventions. This year was my first time attending and it was a blast! I didn't have much time nor the money to prepare something big so I whipped up a quick costume over the course of a few days.
I picked Garnet from Cartoon Network's Steven Universe. Having the right hair and skin tone meant that a lot of the costume was already done for me (no wigs needed!). I just needed her outfit, and the simple character design made it pretty easy.
The outfit consists of three main pieces: a top, a leotard, and some tights. For the tights, I bought a black pair and a burgundy pair, cut them up and serged them together along the crotch. The seam was easily hidden by a leotard I already had in my wardrobe, which also gave the right shape to the colored leg.
For the top, I cut out pink and magenta stars from plain cotton, and stitched them to an old t-shirt. I used the shirt as a template for the sleeves, cut them out of pink and burgundy cotton, and stitched them right on top of the existing sleeves. Finally, I gave a quick chop to the bottom of the shirt, and then added 1-inch elastic along the edge to keep it snug. Quick and dirty!
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| Square Mom at your service. |
The gloves were made from sheer knee highs. I basically followed a tutorial I found that used them to make gloves, but I only stitched one finger, and cut the rest off. I then glued some gems to the palms and presto! I just had to grab some shades and my costume was complete!
By the way, I did make a Steven shirt for my boyfriend so we would match, but it shrunk a bit in the wash and he said it was uncomfortable. It's okay though, there were plenty of other Stevens who took their picture with me.
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| Garnet, Steve, and a tiny floating whale. |
This character was a great excuse to just let my hair do it's thing. I didn't need to worry about the humidity frizzing it up; the bigger the better! The costume was super comfortable and left me able to walk around easily, super important at a convention that spans several city blocks. I wore flats and my feet still ached!
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| This kid asked his mom for a picture with me! |
