Final Fantasy XIV: Moonfire Faire Miqo'te

I started playing FFXIV last year around the time of the Moonfire Faire, and I've been excited to make one of the Yukata ever since! Colossalcon was a great opportunity to do it since the weather was finally warming up. I want to make some Bard things hopefully in the near future!

Since this is a new costume, here's what I did for each piece:

The wig is a Magnum in Desert Brown from Arda Wigs, with a pack of short wefts added in for the side pieces. To make them poofy, I curled them in several sections and brushed them together - it took a bit of time to get them just right! The hair beads are made out of EVA foam, though when I have more time I'd like to make sculpted beads.

The ears are made from artificial fur - The brown was originally very light, and I had to dye several swatches with a mix of brown and black polyester dye until I got a color that matched my wig. I did the same with my tail's fur, and used this method to make it:

The insides of the ears are just made of pink stiff felt that I glued to the underside of the fur; I got the felt wet and painted a red-to-pink gradient with fabric paint. Once everything was dry, I pinched the shapes and sewed them to some hair clips, so they can hook into my wig but be removable (since I eventually plan to make the Artifact gear for Bard, which has a hat).

I used Simplicity's Kimono Pattern for the Yukata, which is Simplicity 4080. The design is shorter in the game, so I just shortened the length of the Yukata itself, as well as the neck band. The only white fabric I could find that was thick enough to not be transparent was Denim, so that's what I used. I didn't have much time to do a lining, and Yukata usually don't have lining anyway, so I just went with it. XD

I did some draping for the obi thing since it has a different shape to it, and its' made with broadcloth, interfacing, and bias tape. It has hook-n-eyes in the back, and the bow was made separately and sewn on. It was interesting trying to figure out the braiding of the gold and red ties (which I'm not sure how you'd do it normally, but I think it turned out ok).

All the butterfly designs are applique. My illustrator husband was a huge help and drew most of them for me since I was pretty short on time, and I traced them on the heat-n-bond, cut them out, and did all the satin-stitching.

You can't see my shoes here, but I found black and red Geta that matched the ones in the game, and just attached some flowers that were spray-painted gold. You can get a bow like mine for dirt cheap on Amazon! www.amazon.com/Youth-Wooden-Ar…
I just did some light modifications since I also use this bow for Yona. XD

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