Hello, it's Susan here from Koumori
No
Hime Cosplay and welcome back to the 20 Years of Anime Project in which we countdown to the year 2020 using costumes. Today
we're going to be going not so far back to the year 2017 to make the tail for Tohru from Maid Dragon.
To make Tohru's tail I cut two curved pieces out of dark green fleece and,
putting right sides together, we're going to sew them together
along what will become the top of the tail.
For the underbelly of the tail we're going to cut a piece of lighter green fleece that is flat on one end,
widens, and
then narrows back down at the end. Then we're going to take a pen and mark
lines
along the length
of the underbelly. Fold the fabric along each of these lines and sew it together
along the very edge of the material. When turned over the stitching
gives the tail a more reptilian stomach look. Putting right sides together,
sew the tail belly to the rest of the tail,
leaving the top open.
Then turn the tail right side out and stuff it full of
polyfill.
I'm not having it go all the way to the end of the tail because we're going to be folding this over to attach it
to the waistband later on.
We're going to
then cover it with some
scales. Now, I cut these out of fleece and I've been hand sewing them down,
but if you're in a time crunch
you could also just hot glue them to the tail.
Since I'm going to be wearing this tail underneath a dress and only the bottom end of the tail is going to be peeking out
I covered only about half of the tail in scales,
but if you want you could continue and go all the way up to the end of the tail. Now
take the end and fold it inward and we're going to sew the opening closed.
Fold the end of the tail over again and sew it into place to create a channel for the waistband.
Take some sturdy elastic, thread it through the tube, and sew the two ends together to
create the waistband. If you find that your tail is a bit on the heavier side
you could add additional straps to make it more harness like to redistribute the weight a bit more. And with that,
Tohru's tail is done! For more cosplay tutorial videos, please subscribe, and thank you very much for watching!
