Hakkai's outfit (fabrics, patterns)
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 7:25 am
It's about that time of the year again. Time to haul ass doing preparations for September 16-18 becuase you know what? There's the local anime convention going on!
And I'm going as Cho Hakkai from Saiyuki.
I'm going in a group...(ah ha! Smooooth Moooove for Mara). Though his costume is proving to be a little difficult in some ways. So I bring my problems to you hoping for a little bit of help!
I'm actually having a problem finding the pattern for his shirt.
See this link here below for the reference picture:
http://www.hotaru.it/Konnichi%20wa%20-% ... iyuki4.jpg
Folkwear, the pattern company that does all the ethnic and period patterns don't carry a pattern with a mandarin collar that high. I actually want it to be just an inch and a half below the chin. But that's not the only problem
I'm also having a problem looking for the type of fabric that his shirt would be made with.
It needs to be a soft stretch fabric like stretch velvet. These two elements are important becuase the design of the shirt looks as if it was meant to be put on by slipping it over your head like a normal-tshirt. It doesn't appear to have any closures. I don't even think that the black "piping" is covering a zipper or buttons or velcro...
I think it's just the "trimming" for the end of the left side of the wrap around part. (As you can see by my use of terms, I just started sewing)
Now I'm very concerned of what the color of the fabric should be. In all the colored picture's of this shirt of hakkai's, the color was this unappealing swamp/muddy looking color. I decided to
depart from that swampy/muddy look and go for a richer darker and iridescent green for the sake of capturing all the colors in the photo. And yes, it's possible.![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Here's a stretch velvet that also has that iridecent quality along with a soft droopy look.
Except it's not in green and yellow green shades. It looks to be a brownish bluish purplish color. It's $8.00
http://www.denverfabrics.com/Merchant2/ ... t_Count=32
Do you get my drift?
Well if anyone has any suggestions, please reply soon. I have a deadline of the 16 of Sept.
And I'm going as Cho Hakkai from Saiyuki.
I'm going in a group...(ah ha! Smooooth Moooove for Mara). Though his costume is proving to be a little difficult in some ways. So I bring my problems to you hoping for a little bit of help!
I'm actually having a problem finding the pattern for his shirt.
See this link here below for the reference picture:
http://www.hotaru.it/Konnichi%20wa%20-% ... iyuki4.jpg
Folkwear, the pattern company that does all the ethnic and period patterns don't carry a pattern with a mandarin collar that high. I actually want it to be just an inch and a half below the chin. But that's not the only problem
I'm also having a problem looking for the type of fabric that his shirt would be made with.
It needs to be a soft stretch fabric like stretch velvet. These two elements are important becuase the design of the shirt looks as if it was meant to be put on by slipping it over your head like a normal-tshirt. It doesn't appear to have any closures. I don't even think that the black "piping" is covering a zipper or buttons or velcro...
![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
I think it's just the "trimming" for the end of the left side of the wrap around part. (As you can see by my use of terms, I just started sewing)
Now I'm very concerned of what the color of the fabric should be. In all the colored picture's of this shirt of hakkai's, the color was this unappealing swamp/muddy looking color. I decided to
depart from that swampy/muddy look and go for a richer darker and iridescent green for the sake of capturing all the colors in the photo. And yes, it's possible.
![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
Here's a stretch velvet that also has that iridecent quality along with a soft droopy look.
Except it's not in green and yellow green shades. It looks to be a brownish bluish purplish color. It's $8.00
http://www.denverfabrics.com/Merchant2/ ... t_Count=32
Do you get my drift?
Well if anyone has any suggestions, please reply soon. I have a deadline of the 16 of Sept.