Day 2 of updatesssss

After a considerable amount of binging with babish, the hem got hemmed, and the buttons got buttoned

I really did not want to do buttonholes cause i think i forgot to get a buttonhole foot or i packed the wrong one when i moved, no worries, i find solutions. Hand done buttonholes were out of the question because of how flimsy the fabric is despite having interfacing, so i opted for snaps. It allowed me to keep a more cartoony button look, and also when i undo them they made a fun popping sound, not that I would take my shirt off at a convention halcon and fanexpo don't sue me please

I also had to add a strip of the lighter purple to one side of the shirt cause i realized only now that both of pauling's plackets were coloured that way.

The skirt is also not the final skirt, but is the pattern I will be using, plus about another 7 inches to be more in line with my drawing and the canonical skirt length in the comics. In fan art the skirt tends to be a lot shorter, coming to above the knee but in the comic series and official renderings, it hits below the knee.

I'm going to be making the skirt from this nice, dark blue watered silk??? I don't actually check my fabrics a lot of the time, as long as it has the right drape and colour I'm going to use it, but I will do a burn test before documenting this cosplay. Nothing special about this skirt, the waistband is flipped to the inside, there's a mitred vent in the back(which I think is very fitting for Miss Pauling with the amount of movement she does on a regular basis), unfortunately no pockets. I might add them if I feel like it, just because I like having a place to put my phone all the time, but I also love the streamlined look of the skirt on its own, and because it has no lining and is very close fitting, It would be seen very easily and I don't know if I want that.

I'm considering making a briefcase to go with the final cosplay. B)

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