{"id":460,"date":"2015-06-05T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirakiracat.com\/?p=460"},"modified":"2023-03-30T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T20:37:07","slug":"umi-sonoda-lovelive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirakiracat.com\/index.php\/2015\/06\/05\/umi-sonoda-lovelive\/","title":{"rendered":"Umi Sonoda: LoveLive!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Character:<\/strong>\u00a0Umi Sonoda<br><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0LoveLive! School Idol Festival<br><strong>Version:<\/strong>\u00a0Korekara no Someday<br><strong>Debut:<\/strong>\u00a0A-kon 2015 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started working on Korekara no Someday Umi back in January for a group that was supposed to debut at Anime Matsuri this year. Unfortunately that fell through, but I went ahead and finished this costume up to wear to A-kon. Originally this was not one of my favorite outfits, I probably wouldn\u2019t have picked it without a group BUT it turned out being amazingly comfortable and fun to wear so I\u2019m really glad to have this one in my arsenal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this costume I used mostly altered commercial patterns. The tailcoat vest is modified from a blazer pattern. I made a mock up to get the front opening correct as well as add on the tails. It\u2019s made of a casa satin shell and cotton sateen lining. The blouse is an altered peplum top pattern. The pattern originally had some seaming on the chest so I combined that so it was one piece. The peplum was also originally pleated in the pattern, but I gathered it for my costume. I drafted the collar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bloomers are made using the pattern I drafted for my&nbsp;Prince Sakura&nbsp;costume. I was lucky enough to find a khaki suiting with a very subtle stripe pattern. This saved me a ton of time when I was adding all of the yellow bias stripes, I didn\u2019t have to measure anything for spacing. I added these bias stripes using pre-purchased single fold bias tape and heat n bond tape. I applied the bias with the head n bond, then top stitched everything down. I flat lined these with a few layers of netting, then lined them with some broad cloth for comfort. The openings are just gathered with elastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accessories were all purchased due to time constraints, but hey, if you can find a pair of accurate bunny ears with metallic pink accents on amazon why make them yourself?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <em>Photos: Filmshooter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-cta so-widget-sow-cta-default-d14a8d7b8425\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div\n\tclass=\"sow-cta-base\"\n\t>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"sow-cta-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"sow-cta-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"sow-cta-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDid you enjoy this post? \t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"sow-cta-subtitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPlease consider supporting the blog with a donation. \t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-button so-widget-sow-button-flat-761795e504a5\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"ow-button-base ow-button-align-center\"\n>\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/catchans\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"sowb-button ow-icon-placement-left ow-button-hover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" \t>\n\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-fontawesome sow-fas\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf7b6;\"\n\t\tstyle=\"color: #ffffff\" \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\tDonate with Ko-Fi\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction notes and photos for Korekara no Someday Umi from LoveLive!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[57,21,4,70,16,52],"class_list":["post-460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-my-cosplay","tag-2015-cosplay","tag-anime","tag-cosplay","tag-idol-cosplay","tag-my-cosplay","tag-video-game-cosplay"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/AO-Friday-27-683x1024.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hYEj-7q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":566,"url":"https:\/\/kirakiracat.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/12\/umi-sonoda-lovelive-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":460,"position":0},"title":"Umi Sonoda: LoveLive!","author":"Cat-chan","date":"April 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Construction notes and photos for Cafe Fruits Umi from LoveLive!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Cosplay&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Cosplay","link":"https:\/\/kirakiracat.com\/index.php\/category\/my-cosplay\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11133794_867086956685677_6336798364548332806_n.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11133794_867086956685677_6336798364548332806_n.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11133794_867086956685677_6336798364548332806_n.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirakiracat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/11133794_867086956685677_6336798364548332806_n.jpg?fit=960%2C640&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2163,"url":"https:\/\/kirakiracat.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/30\/mari-ohara-from-lovelive-sunshine\/","url_meta":{"origin":460,"position":1},"title":"Mari O&#8217;Hara from LoveLive! 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