Exciting (yet strange) news everyone! The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce’s Business Expo this year is Star Wars themed. In a fit of enthusiasm, I sort of volunteered Stephanie-Elder Panda Cosplay-and myself to make three costumes to appear at the Business Expo ribbon cutting at 10 am on March 11. Now there are a few kickers: #1, neither one of us can actually attend the ribbon cutting, #2 that’s less than two weeks away.
It doesn’t matter though, because as any good cosplayer knows, you can plan to do things ahead of time as much as you want, but when it comes down to it you end up struggling to finish pretty much everything the very last few weeks before a con. This seemed like a perfect opportunity to document a little about cosplaying for those that have never made their own costumes before, or for those that have always considered yet never done it. It is doable. If we can manage three costumes in two weeks, then you can absolutely do one if you give yourself enough time to plan it out, buy good materials, and then piece it all together. (And if we manage to fail (We won’t! I’m feeling good about this) you can still do it. Just make sure you give yourself a bit more than two weeks time!)
The three costumes we have planned:
- Mon Mothma—A Senator who opposed Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and helped to form the Rebel Alliance. This costume will be worn by my Mom, Pam Santoro, of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices of GA.
- Obi Wan Kenobi—You know who he is. Do I need to tell you? This one will be worn by Hans Meier of Alpha Office Products.
- Rey—The heroine of the new “The Force Awakens” movie. This one will be worn by Libby, a friend of Stephanie’s who has so kindly allowed us to dress her up and send her to the expo in our place.
I hope you follow us through our crazy/speedy cosplay journey. I know I’m excited to get started! So far we have our patterns sorted out and fabric bought. In my next update I’ll go into a little bit about combining sewing patterns, which, I know, sounds utterly terrifying if you’ve never done it before.
If you’re interested in the Expo, register here for this excellent event!
