Cosplay fun!

Ironically for a blog that’s on my college applications, writing college applications has mostly kept me from blogging lately. Totally coincidentally, I only have a couple of photos but they’re of something really cool! 

For Halloween, I wanted to make something I could use for cosplay, and I chose the PreservationAux survey group from the Murderbot Diaries books. 

The jacket is a gray long-sleeved tshirt that I cut open and sewed a zipper into, then embroidered, and the rest of the outfit is just stuff I had, except for the “feed interface” which I bought at the local ren faire. 

Me in the costume





Progress shots

Gratuitous project and pumpkin picture. You can probably guess which pumpkin I did, and it’s not the dog. 

Mirror selfie of the jacket right after I finished it. 


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