Rikku Costume Update

These progress pictures are pretty embaressing for me. However, I am too excited not to show you what I have done so far. I am so proud of myself. Please comment on what I have started so far.

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I am going to cut my hair shorter and add lemon juice to my hair to bring out my blonde highlights but I have the hairstyle figured out. CHECK!

Now, I already have a shirt and shorts. The shorts are commercial bought and they were expensive. So I refuse to really change the pattern of the shorts. I am going to add frills to the ends of the shorts and somehow attach the black garter and pouch when I make those.

I saw some pretty crafty welding goggles at Sakura con last year. I will have to see if I can find something cheaper at a hardware store because those goggles were EXPENSIVE.

Last night I also worked on the feet things and shoes. This is where I am very proud of myself. I put on my knee high black soccer socks then put on an old pair of my dad's socks that also come up to my knees over that. I then folded the black over the white sock. Taadaa! Now I am working on tacking green ribbon edging onto the socks and then I am going to hot glue the remaining parts of the ribbon onthe white sock.

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I hope in the next few weeks I finish the socks entirely and figure out the heck I should do for the arms. For the blue things that drape down the back, I was considering a satin type fabric and using white thread to embroider of sorts.

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