Another Update, Keep 'em Comin'! [Who Wears Short Shorts]

Okay so I managed through my busy week to do the next piece of my costume, Alice's shorts. They actually look like bloomers, if you ask me, but anyway those are the shorts she wears. I think Alice's style of clothes borders on a style of Japanese Lolita because of the frilly and lacy bits throughout the costume.

See all the bits of lace around her coat, and shorts, and the frill on her hat and shirt? This is influenced by the Lolita style.

Anyway the shorts were actually quite easy compared to making the leggings, and they were much less time consuming. I doubled up the fabric because I made them out of white cotton. Every sewer knows white cotton is actually very transparent, so I don't want transparent pants! Haha. I had to create a sort of pattern to go by because this is the first time I made shorts. I had created 2 pieces, left side and right side, and sewn them together. After this I created a seam for the bottom of each leg opening, pulled the thread so the fabric would bunch together and create a frill effect. Neat, isn't it? It's not as big as a frill as I'd like it to have, but it will suffice. Then I created holes every so often for the lace to be strung through, and placed the lace so it would sit atop where the frill started.

Here is the final product:

I think it looks very well for a first try. Next piece of the cosplay I'll be making is Alice's pink frilly shirt that she wears under her poofy coat. Oh, joy. This next one will need a bit more time to work out all the finer details!