Progress is halted.

I had the clever idea to line Midna's cloak entirely. 

Sleeves.

Hood.

The whole sha-bang.

But naturally, I didn't buy enough fabric. I didn't even buy enough to line just the back. 

SADFACE!

I will update when I have sorted out this minor issue.

IT'S ONLY OUT BY 25 CMS! RAWWWWWWWWR!!!

*angry mutterings* 

Just a note...

I forgot to mention Midna's skin. 

I used a dancer's leotard with arms, and added a single black legging to the left side. Thankfully I have a friend who has A LOT  of experience sewing and altering leotards, so she removed the stomach and back of the leotard.
I then use a blue body paint over my skin to create the black and blue pattern Midna is so recognisable for :)

I know another method a lot of people use, and that is a full body suit. You can buy body suits off Ebay in all sorts of colours for a decent price. The only difference is you paint the black and blue detail on the body suit, not your skin. Check out pattasy on YouTube for a tutorial on the body suit, and other things :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oYZN0eEGB0&list=UUDDSiezGjXIjaGuBeHu9XwQ&index=15&feature=plcp

Midna's Skirt

It's simple. 

It's basically a square piece of fabric that sits on your hips, at a slight angle. The best way to figure out the length for you is to either...
1) use a bedsheet. (SEE?! they are brilliant)    OR...
2) get a skirt you already own that falls to your feet. Measure the distance from your hips to the floor. You may need someone to help you with this.

Don't forget to leave an allowance for seams. I have left a 2cm for each of the pieces of the costume. It doesn't really matter if it's 1cm, 1.5 or 4. It's what you are comfortable with really.

So basic method;
1) Fold your bedsheet in half! Measure out your hip-to-feet distance on the sheet along the fold.

The top right left hand corner is where it will sit on the right side of your body.
The fold in the bedsheet/fabric is on the RIGHT.



   2) Measure out the distance from hip to floor on the open side, and a little bit extra. In the 3D game render of Midna, her skirt sits higher on the right side, or open side, of the skirt. As I am going for a more practical costume, I haven't worried too much about it. I simply added some length on the right/ open side of the pattern.

 

3) Test the bedsheet on your body. It should sit nice and high on your hips on the right side, and nice and flat on the left. If it isn't sitting flat, a small dart will fix this.
 

 4) When the skirt is sitting nice and fitted to your hips, pin it to your fabric and cut!

Voila! It is a very simple skirt to make. I will be adding a press stud to the skirt where I currently have it tied. It looks tidier and the belt will sit flat. Rather than having a bump where the tie would be. :)

Happy Sewing! xx