I started 2021 full of energy. While Re:Zero – Starting life in another world was still airing and my hype was high, I decided to complete my Echidna Cosplay. Echidna is no other than the witch of greed. Actually she is not the only character that I have made from the series. I made my Emilia cosplay when the first season was airing. And probably she definetely be the last one either (Rem and Ram I am looking at your fabrics on my desk)
How I made my Echidna cosplay
The main feature of Echidna’s outfit is the striped fabric. Instead of painting the fabric, which is a method I have used many times in the past. I chose to find fabrics that already had a pattern on them. I just fell in love with some off cuts which I matched with some of the fabrics of my stash. Indeed, this cosplay is actually full of tiny details.
I made the dress and the cloak with stretch fabric. This was troublesome to construct with all the scalloped edges but in the end it was worth the effort. I probably could have made a pattern with darts to accomodate non-stretch fabric, but this fabric was the one I had. I embellished all the edges of the cloak and dress with white embroidery floss and a white trim cut to fit. The skirt is a slightly sheer flowy crepe fabric, and the bodysuit is a stretch ruffled fabric with ribs. I fell in love with it when I saw it.
You can see all the Work in Progress photos as well as a full tutorial on how I made my Echidna cosplay on my Patreon for free. And there is also some extra content available in there if you decide to support me, like the behind the scenes, the full photoshoot and a step by step dossier explaining all the steps I took to make this cosplay. It has plenty of tips and tutorials as well.
Wearing Echidna
Echidna’s photoshoot was a big experiment. As it was still lockdown I decided to take the photos at home. However, this time I got to play with quite a few new gadgets including a few new lights. I combined this with some trinkets that I had at home to recreate her tea party. Overall I am pretty happy with the results. It was also a delicious evening.
As usual, I took and edited all the photos myself (check my how to take photos at home for cheap). Perhaps in the future I will wear this cosplay again on a different setting as I still have many ideas for it. Maybe I can gather all the witches as well
Echidna Patterns and Downloads
You can download the pattern for Echidna’s butterfly hairpin for free below. For the inner long sleeve under the dress, I decided to make a bodysuit for a better fit. And you can also download the full cosplay which includes all the pieces including the skirt, dress, a t-shirt and the capelet.
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