First Time at Dragoncon
We are the Crystal Gems! Dragoncon, one of the country's largest Fantasy/Sci-fi/Gaming/Anime conventions. This year was my first time attending and it was a blast! I didn't have much time nor the money to prepare something big so I whipped up a quick costume over the course of a few days. I picked Garnet from Cartoon Network's Steven Universe . Having the right hair and skin tone meant that a lot of the costume was already done for me (no wigs needed!). I just needed her outfit, and the simple character design made it pretty easy. The outfit consists of three main pieces: a top, a leotard, and some tights. For the tights, I bought a black pair and a burgundy pair, cut them up and serged them together along the crotch. The seam was easily hidden by a leotard I already had in my wardrobe, which also gave the right shape to the colored leg. For the top, I cut out pink and magenta stars from plain cotton, and stitched them to an old t-shirt. I used the sh...