costume: kira's backpack

[amezri]

I've been pretty excited to cosplay Kira Yukimura since she showed up on Teen Wolf, but the one signature thing I couldn't locate was her backpack.

I found the fabric used, but it's from Japan and is like $15/yard. Of course, I don't know how to sew a backpack. My brilliant idea was to buy a blank white backpack an paint the design on.

I KNOW.

It's taken me 5 weeks, but I finished it last night (this morning?) at 1am. Over the course of that time, there was a lot of frustration, cramped hands, and because I was working on the floor, a lot of me shouting, "ow my butt!"Seriously, I am never doing this again.

Supplies! Soft fabric paint, the pattern, and the stencil I made.

The front pocket started.

It took 4 hours to get the front pocket done. I also tried to match the pattern on the original bag where possible.

Working on the gusset.

Gusset finished and working on the straps. Which was awful because the pattern wrapped around and I was getting confused.

I wasn't going to do the back panel, but it looked awful. So I did. Crying.

Used a tiny spotter brush for the entire thing. Larger brushes wouldn't give me enough detail.

Finished the bag at 1:30am yesterday (today?). So happy. And it looks great.

If I had the patience, I'd probably do something to make the straps brown to look more like the original bag, but I am so done.

It came out awesome but NEVER AGAIN.