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Birthday
• 1986-12-18
Location
• floating around the oceans of cynicism
Member Since
• 2003-08-02
Occupation
• dragon, student, and vet assistant
Real Name
• Just call me aurus.

Personal

Achievements
• Twenty-one years and still breathing.
Anime Fan Since
• High school-ish.
Favorite Anime
• Cowboy Bebop, Bleach, Ouran High School Host Club, Full Metal Alchemist, Peace Maker Kurogane, Rurouni Kenshin, Wolf's Rain... lots.
Goals
• Conquer the world... and maybe write a book.
Hobbies
• Reading, writing, role playing, music, watching anime... procrastinating... stressing... yeah.
Talents
• I can be confused in four different languages.

myOtaku.com: aurus

Sunday, January 11, 2004

Kenshin Costume. Wheeh.

Brought to you by... ah, heck, you probably know it already. Hail NPR and Prairie Home Companion, I worship thee.

So, a few of you know that I'm going to an upcoming anime convention in my area, and that my chosen costume is the one and only Himura Kenshin of Rurouni Kenshin. I've begun to put work into the costume now, and recently I went over to my grandma's house (she has a nice sewing machine) and had a little sewing binge. o.o;; This is coming from a person who really can't sew or deal with fabric in any way to save her life, and incidentally has a massive phobia of needles... heh. Anyway...

Progress on the hakama (pants): Iffy. Discovered after having almost completed them that I am short a bit of fabric. Also discovered that I screwed up majorly while sewing down the pleats for the pants. ALSO discovered that I screwed up the first belt (hey, I did what the directions told me... but then I noticed that the belt fabric that Kenshin has is a little different than the directions said... yeah).

Currently needing to be remedied: Improper knotting of thread on the butt-half of the hakama (that could be embarrassing, needless to say -.-"). Lack of enough fabric (54" by 4", to be exact) for the front belt. Improper stitching on the back belt. Badly-folded pleats.

Currently needing to get done: Repair all of the above. Hem the bottom of the hakama. Hem the back belt. Earn money to buy more fabric. Make the front-belt. Hem the front belt. Attach the front belt.

Progress on the kimono (top): Nonexistant. Still need to find a sewing pattern for it, and I'll need to modify it a bit. Still need to buy navy-blue fabric for the kimono itself, and thick white cotton (or maybe even flannel, something warm) for the liner.

If anyone knows where I can find a (free) sewing pattern for a very basic kimono, I'd be forever indebted... *grins*

Anyway. More style experimentation will commence later on... o.o; If someone could tell me how to set a page background, that would be lovely.

Off to my homework I go, then. Hey, at least I'm getting a B in my AP Lit class. ... though if I have to do one more style analysis paper, I think I'm going to kill something. Probably my AP Lit teacher. That'd suck, since he's an ex-cop and he'd probably beat and then sue the shirt out of me. o.o;...

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