Frustrations and Cosplay

Hello there again! I'm pretty sure there's no one still out there. That's okay, honestly--I'm not expecting much. (Okay, I'm kinda disappointed but like I don't know what I expected~ Unreasonable ambitions, as always. Can you hear my sigh? It's there.)

Anyhow! I'm a bit of an aspiring cosplayer, and recently I've decided on my next biggest cosplay: Rose Quartz, the voluptuous, bubble-gum gem from Steven Universe. Naturally, I'm very excited (I've only cosplayed one woman in my time and I literally only got that cosplay last Saturday. Well, my Ymir cosplay from Attack on Titan counts, I suppose, but I've never even worn the whole outfit before).

Credit to Steven-Universe Wikia

However, I've found myself stuck up by a very problematic set-back: there's almost no pre-made cosplay for purchase for Rose. You see, I have absolutely zero knowledge of how to make any sort of  clothing. My closest encounter with a sewing machine was seventh grade FACS class where I made a long tube-like thing out of some cheap cow patterned fabric and filled with rice to make some lame-ass cold compress/heat pack god-knows-what-contraption. My younger sister took a fashion and design class, so I thought maybe I could enlist her.

Apparently not. She says she could possibly make the dress. But. She needs an entirely different sewing machine for that, which obviously is not within the realm of possibility and there is absolutely no way in hell that I am going to hand sew an entire dress. This is not the seventeenth century, and I 
frankly do not have the time or patience for that.

So what is a sad, cash-starved cosplayer to do? I've been trying to look online for a pattern, or a similar dress to Rose's. There's one tiiiiiiiiiiny issue with that all.

I'm a bit of what you'd call a "perfectionist." Well, mainly when it comes to cosplay. I want to embody my characters the best I can, to physically and emotionally be the best them I can. (Ever since my boobs have doubled in size, this has become a bit of an issue with my male cosplays.) Hell, I even chose Rose Quartz over Pearl to cosplay because I felt my body type fit better for Rose and would therefore be best. So to go out and buy something I know if imperfect is difficult for me, especially being so tight on funding. 

Wigs are surprisingly the easier part of this whole endeavor; I had assumed I would spend painstaking hours trying to find one of the right color, or length or curls. As it turns out, a specific style of Megurine Luka wig works fantastically, as do a handful of other generic pink, curled wigs. My biggest struggle with this is trying to decide whether or not to risk cheaper, easily tangled wig or 
thick, expensive ones. 

I suppose that's enough rambling for now. You may hear about this again later once I decide to go to a con as Rose and have to finally purchase.

Have a wonderful day and dream those dreams,
K.L. Palmer